The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong  -- September 18, 2005

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Content

  • Heaven's Wrath at the Torture Death of Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Yuan Qingjiang

  • Witnessing the Nature of Evil Through the Story of Du Juan's Suffering in Chongqing Women's Forced Labor Camp

  • Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Wang Dejiang Is Arrested and Viciously Beaten

  • Parents of Practitioners in U.S. Facing Prison Sentence: Appeal for Urgent Rescue

  • Six Elderly Practitioners from Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province Who Died as a Result of the Persecution

  • Brief News from China - August 27, 2005


  • Heaven's Wrath at the Torture Death of Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Yuan Qingjiang

    The death of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yuan ignited heaven's fury! He was tortured to death on the evening of July 23, 2005, at the Daqing Prison. On July 25, an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Daqing City. Even people living in Harbin City, 180 km [112 miles] from the quake's epicenter felt the tremors. The ground shook for more than 10 minutes. This earthquake destroyed about 1,000 homes and was followed by powerful aftershocks.

    Mr. Yuan was born on February 14, 1965, and had lived at No. 10-1-3, Building No. 108, the Anbu Section, 10th Division of the 9th Committee, Xiangfang District in Harbin City. He worked as a budget analyst at the Fourth Division of the No. 1 Construction Company of Heilongjiang Province.


    Photo 1: Yuan Qingjiang

    Photo 2: Yuan Qingjiang's work ID

    Mr. Yuan started practicing Falun Gong in June 1997. After that, he strictly conducted himself according to the principle of Truth, Compassion, Forbearance. He was well liked among his colleagues and neighbors. He was so proficient at his job that many of his colleagues asked him for help with difficult budget calculation problems. After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, Mr. Yuan exercised his rights as a Chinese citizen and clarified the truth about Falun Gong in a peaceful and rational manner to related government agencies. In response, officials from the local Party Committee, the police department and the police station monitored, followed and threatened him.

    1. Brutal torture at the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp in Harbin City

    In February 2000, Mr. Yuan went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong. When he got there, he learned that the government had blocked all channels of appeal and that other Falun Gong practitioners had been arrested for appealing. He walked up the Tiananmen Tower and unfurled a banner that read, "Falun Dafa is great." He was arrested, held at Tiananmen Police Department and later transferred to the Xiangfang District Police Department in Harbin City. Mr. Yuan was sentenced to one year of forced labor and was held at the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp in Harbin City. His sentence was later extended by six months.

    Because Mr. Yuan never cooperated with the perpetrators, he was one of the main targets of persecution at the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp. He used every opportunity to clarify the truth about Falun Gong and to expose the persecution. Shi Changjing, head of the labor camp and a head guard insulted Mr. Yuan at almost every Falun Gong-attacking meeting. Wu Jining, head of the Administration Section ordered inmates Sun and Mo Ou, "Take real good care of him, as long as the wounds are not visible on the outside!" They beat Mr. Yuan until he couldn't straighten his back and could not climb into his bed.

    In December 2000, Shi Changjing ordered Falun Gong practitioners to read articles that slandered Falun Gong. Mr. Yuan firmly refused. The perpetrators put him in solitary confinement for ten days. The solitary confinement cells are six cages made of steel bars, each measuring 1.3 m [4.3 ft] in length, 0.5 m [1.6 ft] in width and 1.5 m [5 ft] in height. The practitioner can neither stand straight nor lie down inside the cage. While locked in the cage in the bone-chilling winter when the temperature outside was below -30 degrees C [-86 F], the perpetrators did not give him any bedding or quilt. They even opened the windows to increase the circulation and lower the temperature inside the room. The walls were caked with frost and ice. In the heat of summer, when the temperature exceeded 30 C [86 F], the perpetrators closed the windows. They handcuffed some practitioners to the steel bars in the cage to increase their suffering.

    They transferred Mr. Yuan several times and exhausted every means of torture on him. They also sent him to Division 1 for brainwashing. There they forced him to watch and listen to videos and cassettes filled with lies and slanderous materials about Falun Gong. Two inmates monitored Mr. Yuan. When he fell asleep, they flicked his eyelids with their fingers. They took turns talking to him, trying to force him to write a repentance statement.

    They also sent Mr. Yuan to Division 2, where they made him work on two hosiery looms from 5:00 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. every day. After work, Falun Gong practitioners are forced to stand against a wall until midnight. Except for the three mealtimes, the practitioners are forced to stand for 17 hours a day, including when they are at work. They are forced to stand within the perimeter of a square tile; if they accidentally move out of it, they are beaten. Sometimes they are also forced to stand in a torture position called "flying the airplane." (In this torture, practitioners are forced to stand with their legs apart, their backs bent, their heads pointing toward the ground and their arms raised up. Their backs, arms and legs tire very soon after this torture begins.) They often tortured Mr. Yuan this way for half a day at a time. He was also made to sleep on his side without turning on his back or switching sides. The two inmates slept next to him and beat him whenever he didn't follow their orders. After all methods failed to "reform" him, the perpetrators sent Mr. Yuan to Division 3 and separated him from other Falun Gong practitioners. For nine months they didn't allow his family to visit him.

    On July 3, 2001, practitioner Mr. Kong Xiaohai (or Kong Deyi) held a hunger strike at the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp to protest the persecution. He asked for unconditional release, but died from a brutal force-feeding. Practitioner Mr. Ma Yongqian was held past his term. He appealed, so he was detained in a solitary confinement cage. More than 40 practitioners including Mr. Yuan held a group hunger strike and asked the labor camp to "abolish the use of torture, unconditionally release all Falun Gong practitioners, restore Falun Gong's good reputation and restore Teacher's reputation." Up until July 20, nearly 70 practitioners joined the hunger strike, which lasted more than two months. About 130 practitioners were held at the labor camp at that time. Work groups from the city and provincial judicial departments were sent to the labor camp. The labor camp's logistics staff placed those practitioners who were on a hunger strike under strict control; they extended these practitioners' terms and detained them in solitary confinement cages. They also searched for the organizer(s) of the hunger strike and planned to send them to prison, in an attempt to destroy the unity among practitioners and intimidate them.

    The perpetrators' force-feeding methods are extremely cruel. Ma, the head of the clinic, inserts a very hard tube in the practitioner's nose down to the stomach. He inserts it and then pulls it out so quickly that the practitioner suffers unbearable pain. He continues to insert the tube, even if blood runs out of the practitioners' nose. The perpetrators dip the feeding tube in a large basin as a token gesture to wash off the blood and gastric secretions on the tube; then they insert it into the next practitioner's nose. The practitioners often cough and vomit violently during this tortue. After a while their esophagus becomes so swollen that the tube cannot enter their stomach. The piercing pain that accompanies each feeding haunts the practitioners for months and even years after the ordeal has ended. Mr. Yuan underwent such inhumane treatment. Many practitioners would have died were it not for Teacher's help and the mighty power of Falun Gong.

    The perpetrators exhausted their tactics and the practitioners continued with the hunger strike. In the end, the labor camp authorities agreed to all of the practitioners' conditions: remove the solitary confinement cages; repeal the "strict control system" and the "two-on-one system" [two inmates monitor one practitioner], unconditionally release all practitioners held beyond their term, improve the quality of the food, allow medical parole for practitioners with serious illnesses, and forward the practitioners' appeals to the related government departments.

    Seven practitioners including Mr. Yuan were unconditionally released. Mr. Yuan left the labor camp on August 3, 2001.

    2. How the family was persecuted

    The CCP officials did not just persecute Mr. Yuan. They also persecuted his family. Mr. Yuan was arrested for unfurling a banner. After he was held in Beijing for a few days, officers from Anbu Police Station in Xiangfang District took him to the Anbu Police Station. Several months later, they sent him to the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp. In the winter of 2000, after he was detained for about nine months, his family finally learned of his whereabouts and visited him at the labor camp. After Mr. Yuan's second arrest, Zhou Liang, an officer from the Anbu Police Station demanded that Mr. Yuan's family pay him 5,000 yuan for picking Mr. Yuan up in Beijing. His family didn't have 5,000 yuan, so Zhou Liang asked them, "How much do you have?" Mr. Yuan's family thought they would release him after they handed over the money, so they pooled 3,000 yuan and gave it to Zhou Liang. Later, they learned that Zhou Liang picked up a few people in Beijing, but only demanded money from Mr. Yuan's family. After Zhou got the money, he didn't release Mr. Yuan!


    Photo 3: Receipt of 3,000 Yuan extorted from the family

    On June 12, 2001, after Mr. Yuan was sentenced to forced labor, the Anbu Police Station authorities cancelled his household registration. They claimed it was because Mr. Yuan had been sent to forced labor, although the truth was that he had already been held at a labor camp for 16 months. This occurred actually four months past the end of his term. On August 3, 2001, Mr. Yuan was released from the labor camp. The Anbu Police Station authorities wrote on his household registration that he moved back from the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp on April 10, 2002. An officer from the Anbu Police Station in charge of household registration once told Mr. Yuan's family, "I was one of those people that went to your home to arrest Mr. Yuan."


    Photo 4: A copy of the household registration

    Photo 5: A copy of the household registration

    No existing Chinese law states that a citizen's household registration must be cancelled during the time he or she is held at a labor camp. The police made life more difficult for Mr. Yuan's family by abusing their power.

    Mr. Yuan's nine-year-old daughter had been born without ears, but she could tell different sounds when they bounced off her inner ear. Because Mr. Yuan's household registration was cancelled, his wife had to make a difficult decision when the school checked the students' household registration. If her daughter turned in her family's registration book, the teacher and classmates would find out that the young girl's father was sent to a forced labor and would discriminate against her. It was not possible to not show the registration book because it was school policy. Mr. Yuan's daughter was an outstanding student and she earned awards at school. Because of her father's status, however, her education and career would be affected in the years to come.

    3. Arrest and persecution at the Harbin Prison

    At 8:30 p.m. on March 7, 2003, during the time of the Party Congress, Mr. Yuan was making truth clarification materials. He was followed and arrested at home. In the evening, three police officers, one named Wang Lixing, broke into his home and beat him in front of his 66-year-old mother-in-law and nine-year-old daughter. His wife was at work. Mr. Yuan cried for help, and to let people in the whole building know that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was persecuting innocent people.

    Mr. Yuan's mother-in-law begged the perpetrators, "Please don't hit him! Why are you hitting him?" His daughter stood outside her bedroom and watched in shock and disbelief as the three police officers ruthlessly beat her father.

    Mr. Yuan was wearing only a sweatshirt and sweatpants at the time. Harbin City in March is very cold, and it was snowing outside. The police dragged Mr. Yuan toward the door; they allowed him to put on a coat and thick pants only after his mother-in-law repeatedly pleaded with them. They dragged him downstairs and pushed him into a car, barefoot. His mother-in-law followed downstairs and handed Mr. Yuan's shoes to him.

    The police ransacked Mr. Yuan's home three times after arresting him. His wife returned home the next day after receiving a phone call. Seeing the mess of what used to be their home, both mother and daughter were devastated. Mr. Yuan's daughter fell sick and slept for a whole week. Whenever she heard a knock on the door she would say to her mother, "Mom, the police are here." The night raid traumatized her. She did not expect that evening to be the last time she would ever see her father.

    Mr. Yuan's family later learned that the Party secretary from the Anbu Administration Committee had been following Mr. Yuan for a while before the arrest.

    Personnel from the Xiangfang Police Department and from the Anbu Police Station in Harbin City together planned the arrest. Wang Shengli was the head of the National Security Section at the Xiangfang Police Department. His phone number is 86-451-55651465, and the head of the Anbu Police Station can be reached at 86-451-55131112. Their justification for Mr. Yuan's arrest was, "He wanted to go overseas but couldn't obtain a visa." They charged Mr. Yuan with "[attempting to] defect to a foreign country" and "disrupting social order."

    The police arrested Mr. Yuan on March 7, 2003. His family received the Notice to Arrestee's Family or Work Unit on June 5, 2003 (Photo 6). Mr. Yuan was first held at the Xiangfang Detention Center and was later sentenced to four years in prison.


    Photo 6: Notice to Arrestee's Family or Work Unit

    Mr. Yuan was savagely tortured during his incarceration at the Harbin Prison because he refused to cooperate with the efforts to "reform" him. Guard Zhang Jiushan and inmates Guan Dejun and Wang Shijun forced him to stand for 18 days and 17 nights without sleep. They beat him until he developed pleurisy (the buildup of fluid in his chest). He lost control of his limbs and he lost consciousness. The prison authorities didn't allow his family to visit with him, yet they charged his family 200 yuan for a Meeting Permit. The permit is shown in Photo 7, and the receipt for 200 yuan is shown in Photo 8.


    Photo 7: The Meeting Permit

    Photo 8: The receipt for 200 yuan for the Meeting Permit

    Perpetrators from the Harbin Prison phoned Mr. Yuan's family and asked for 1,500 yuan to cover his medical expenses. His family asked to meet with Mr. Yuan. They were told they could not meet with him but that he would not receive any medical treatment until the money was received. Mr. Yuan's family pooled 1,500 yuan and gave it to the prison authorities.

    4. Head of 610 Office: "It's not a big deal to torture a few Falun Gong practitioners to death"

    In July 2004, perpetrators at the Harbin Prison beat Falun Gong practitioner Wang Dayuan to death. Fearing public exposure, the perpetrators transferred 30 practitioners including Mr. Yuan to the Hongweixing Prison in Daqing to divert attention from the death. Mr. Yuan was held at Ward 6. On July 8, 2004, the 30 practitioners drafted a lawsuit against the perpetrators at Harbin Prison (/emh/articles/2004/8/3/50985p.html)

    For a long time, Mr. Yuan's family was not aware that he had been transferred to the Hongweixing Prison. Several days before May 1, 2005, the prison authorities wrote a letter to Mr. Yuan's family and told them that he was holding a hunger strike. They told his family to persuade him to eat.

    His family later learned that Jiang Shuchen, deputy head of the Hongweixing Prison and Guo Chuntang, head of the 610 Office escalated the persecution of Falun Gong after attending a conference in Xian City. They force-fed hunger-striking practitioners with corn porridge every two to three days. Guo Chuntang said at a Falun Gong-attacking meeting, "Here at the prison, it's not a big deal to torture a few Falun Gong practitioners to death. There are no consequences whatsoever." To end the persecution, a dozen practitioners including Mr. Yuan went on a hunger strike before May 1, 2005. They were sent to solitary confinement and were tortured in metal chairs.

    Between May 30 and June 1, Dong Menghuan, head of Ward 6 and the deputy ward head ordered inmates to tie Mr. Yuan up for three days. Dong Menghuan personally beat him until he vomited blood and his arms and legs were disabled from overly tight ropes. He developed liver cirrhosis and had tremendous fluid buildup in his stomach. His buttocks also swelled to an inordinate size. The rest of his body was skin and bones. Because all channels of appeal were blocked, Mr. Yuan held another hunger strike to protest the persecution.

    One day, the prison authorities phoned Mr. Yuan's wife Ms. Dong Liping and told her that he had been diagnosed with a contagious disease, and it would cost 10,000 yuan to treat him. Ms. Dong did not have a job and told them that she could not give them 10,000 yuan. She confronted the perpetrators, "He was healthy when he was home. How did he catch a contagious disease at the prison?" The perpetrators couldn't answer.

    On June 12, Jiang Shuchen, deputy head of the Hongweixing Prison phoned Ms. Dong and said, "We'll consider medical parole for your husband since he is in critical condition." On June 28, officers from the Reform Division of the Hongweixing Prison went to Ms. Dong and asked, "Mr. Yuan is in poor health; are you going to take him home? If you don't, you have to sign a document and go through a procedure to let us treat him, and you have to agree not to give us trouble if he dies during treatment." Mr. Dong said, "I can't sign it. He was completely healthy going into the prison. If something happens to him, I'll sue you, even if I have to borrow money and sell my house."

    5. The death of an innocent person, Heaven unleashes its fury

    On June 29, Mr. Yuan's wife went to the prison and asked the authorities, "Why is he sick? Why don't you give him quality medical treatment?"

    The prison authorities said, "Mr. Yuan wrote a statement saying, 'I have no known conditions, and the prison authority is freed of any responsibility should anything happen to me...'" They showed the statement to Ms. Dong, pointing to a signature, claiming it was Mr. Yuan's. Ms. Dong took one look at the signature and realized it was forged. Mr. Yuan's signature is large and the one on the statement was small. The characters were also different from Mr. Yuan's handwriting. She pointed it out immediately.

    Ms. Dong was allowed to see her husband. She did not expect this to be the last time she would see her husband alive. The prison authorities agreed to release Mr. Yuan on medical parole and said it would take 20 days to process. Ms. Dong Liping said to her husband, "Don't worry. I'll come and pick you up. Everything will be fine." Mr. Yuan was happy to see his wife and he was in good spirits. However, he could not bend his legs and had to drag them when he was walking.

    During a meeting with his sister, Mr. Yuan told her that he was having terrible migraines; his neck and the back of his head hurt so terribly he had not been able to sleep for days. Mr. Yuan's sister thought there was something wrong with Mr. Yuan's head, and she repeatedly told the head of the prison hospital, "You have to give my brother a physical examination." Jiang Shuchen, the deputy prison head promised, "No problem, I'll take him to a hospital tomorrow." Mr. Yuan was taken to the No. 2 Hospital in Daqing City on July 15 for a CT scan on his head and an ultrasound on his stomach. He was diagnosed with metastasis of encephalic invasion, tubercular meningitis, tuberculosis of the liver, bilateral systemic lupus erythematosis, tuberculosis pleurisy, ascites, and tuberculosis of the epididymis. The doctor recommended hospitalization.

    The prison authorities refused to pay for medical treatment and took Mr. Yuan back to the prison hospital that same day. The doctor at the prison hospital suggested to Prison Director Jiang Shuchen several times that Mr. Yuan should be treated immediately at the No. 2 Hospital in Daqing City, or he would die. The prison authorities again refused to pay for medical treatment.

    During this period, Ms. Dong repeatedly inquired about the medical parole procedure, but the prison authorities gave various evasive excuses.

    On the evening of July 18, the prison authorities phoned Mr. Yuan's family and said, "Yuan Qingjiang is in critical condition. You should hurry and get this document stamped at the police department." They also said, "We'll send you the required document by express mail so you can get it overnight; then ask your local police to sign it."

    On July 19, Ms. Dong took the document to the Anbu Police Department and asked officer Wang Lixing to sign it. Wang Lixing said, "You have to show me the diagnosis. How do I know if you are telling the truth?" Ms. Dong said, "This was sent by the Hongweixing Prison. Right here is the prison phone number. You can call them and find out." Wang Lixing called the prison and asked for the original document, and the prison agreed to send it the next day. Daqing City is only 180 km [112 miles] from Harbin City, yet they waited another day, despite the urgency.

    Between July 18 and July 20 Mr. Yuan's condition worsened. He was bedridden and didn't eat for three days.

    Early in the morning on July 20, officers from Hongweixing Prison rushed to the Anbu Police Department and were in a hurry to get the document stamped. They received all the stamps within one hour, although they originally said it would take 20 days to get all the documents stamped. They took the document back to the prison, but they didn't release Mr. Yuan and they didn't ask Mr. Yuan's family to pick him up.

    At 5:00 p.m. on July 20, Mr. Yuan suddenly went into a coma. His teeth were clenched, his face black and blue, one of his pupils was dilated and the other one shrunk. The doctor on duty asked the prison authorities for an immediate transfer to a hospital. He asked Dong Menghuan, head of Ward 6, to send Mr. Yuan to the prison hospital. He warned that death was possible if Mr. Yuan was not given immediate medical attention. Dong Menghuan answered, "We don't have that kind of funding."

    On July 21 and July 22, Mr. Yuan regained consciousness and was able to eat. He was incontinent. During these two days, the prison doctor again asked Jiang Shuchen for approval to transfer Mr. Yuan to an outside hospital, but Jiang Shuchen again refused saying, "No one is going to pay for it."

    On the evening of July 23, the prison authorities phoned Mr. Yuan's family and told them that he passed away at 7:20 p.m. that day. Mr. Yuan's family went to the Hongweixing Prison on July 25 and inquired about the cause of death and funeral arrangements.

    Below is a conversation between Mr. Yuan's family and the prison authorities:

    Prison Authorities (P.A.): On July 23, the prison doctor reported that Mr. Yuan's condition had worsened and he had impaired judgment. At 9:30 a.m., the doctor on duty again asked the head doctor at the prison hospital and the head of prison to transfer Mr. Yuan to an outside hospital. They granted approval and Mr. Yuan was transferred from Division 6 to No. 4 Hospital in Daqing City at 10:30 a.m. The No. 4 Hospital refused to accept Mr. Yuan because tuberculosis is contagious and said he should be sent to the No. 2 Hospital that specializes in contagious diseases. Mr. Yuan was sent back to the prison hospital at noon, at which time his condition declined drastically. He became incontinent and lapsed into a coma. One pupil had dilated and the other one constricted. The prison doctor again asked the head of the prison hospital, the head of the prison and the head of Ward 6 and received permission to transfer Mr. Yuan to the No. 2 Hospital at approximately 3:30 p.m. (Later, the prison authority changed this time to 4 p.m.)

    Mr. Yuan's Family: Why didn't you send him directly to the No. 2 Hospital?

    P.A.: We thought he was doing ok. at the time.

    When Mr. Yuan's family asked Jiang Jinwen, the chief physician at the No. 2 Hospital about Mr. Yuan's condition, Jiang Jinwen said, "One of his pupils was dilated when he was brought in; he was in a deep coma and could not be resuscitated. We didn't do anything to revive him; and the paperwork was done on July 25."

    When Mr. Yuan's family confronted the prison authorities, Dong Menghuan, the head of Ward 6, denied that the hospital didn't do anything to revive Mr. Yuan. He said, "We gave him an IV infusion and kept him in a single room. We also sent four inmates to take care of his needs."

    The next day, Mr. Yuan's sister went to doctor Jiang Jinwen and asked to see the medical records. Jiang Jinwen said, "The earthquake in Daqing City shook me up; I can't remember anything now." What kind of pressure forced Jiang Jinwen to conceal the truth?

    The death of Mr. Yuan unleashed heaven's fury. Mr. Yuan passed away at 7:20 p.m. on July 23. At 11:43 p.m. on July 25, an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Daqing City, and even people living in Harbin City, 180 km [112 miles] from the center of the quake felt the tremors. The ground shook for more than 10 minutes. This earthquake destroyed about 1,000 homes and was followed by a powerful aftershock. This is not a coincidence!

    6. Body cremated without the family's consent

    After Mr. Yuan passed away, the prison authorities destroyed all of his belongings without asking for permission from his family. Below is a conversion between the prison authorities and Mr. Yuan's family.

    Mr. Yuan's sister: What did my brother leave behind?

    Dong Menghuan: Nothing important.

    Mr. Yuan's sister: I have to take a look.

    Dong Menghuan: No problem. I'll call them and ask them to bring it out for you. You can wait right here.

    (30 minutes later)

    Dong Menghuan: I'll bring it out at the front gate. You can meet me there.

    (30 minutes later)

    Dong Menghuan (uneasy look on his face): The guy that was with Mr. Yuan burned them.

    Mr. Yuan's sister: Why did he destroy Mr. Yuan's things?

    Dong Menghuan: What's the point of keeping those things when the person is dead?

    Mr. Yuan's wife: That man is under your watch! How can he just go ahead and burn Mr. Yuan's things? I don't believe you! I think Mr. Yuan wrote something for me and you don't want me to see it.

    Dong Menghuan: Do you think it's possible for Mr. Yuan to write things for you?

    Mr. Yuan's wife: Then why don't you let me see his things?

    Mr. Yuan's sister: Let's talk to the person who did the burning.

    Dong Menghuan: Ok.

    (A few seconds later)

    Dong Menghuan: It's too late now because everyone's gone home. Come back tomorrow!

    Mr. Yuan's sister: Tomorrow is ok, but we won't agree to cremation unless we talk to this person first.

    Dong Menghuan: What do you want? You are unreasonable!

    Mr. Yuan's wife: I'm not being unreasonable. What's wrong with wanting to see the things that my husband left behind?

    Dong Menghuan: Then go ahead and sue us. In fact, I want to sue you too. My superior will file a lawsuit against you at the Procuratorate and the court, and you will have to pay the legal fee. You can't see that person [who burned Mr. Yuan's things], because he practices Falun Gong, and Falun Gong people are not allowed to meet anyone.

    After Mr. Yuan died, the prison authorities repeatedly said to his family that his body should be cremated.

    Mr. Yuan's wife: I know that his body should be cremated; but how do you expect me to deal with the fact that you arrested my husband when he was alive and healthy, but now he is dead!

    The Prison authority: Are you asking us for money?

    Mr. Yuan's wife: When did I mention money? I won't agree to cremation because my husband died in such a suspicious way. He shouldn't have died!

    The prison authorities claimed they would sue Ms. Dong and accused her of "disrupting the administration of public duty" because she didn't agree to the cremation. They also told the family to pay tens of thousands of yuan for "medical expenses."

    Mr. Yuan's sister: Even kidnappers who murder their victims do not fabricate charges against the victim's family. The prison authorities are worse than gangsters!

    When Mr. Yuan's family finally saw his body, they saw a big hole above the big toe of the right foot; the legs, particularly the right leg, were black and blue; the skin near the left pelvis area was missing and the flesh was exposed, the area behind both ears was black and blue; blood and urine covered the inner thighs, and the quilt was also covered in blood and body fluid. His eyes were open and someone closed them. When the family went back the next day they saw the eyes were open again. Friends who went with the family said, "Look, he was murdered."

    Mr. Yuan's wife refused to let the perpetrators cremate the body because the circumstances surrounding the death were very suspicious.

    Plainclothes police officers stood around Mr. Yuan's family and pressured them to authorize cremation. Since their safety was threatened, the family reluctantly agreed to cremation.

    After the cremation, Mr. Yuan's family discovered a metal spring about 7 mm [0.27 inches] in diameter and 10 mm [0.4 inches] in length among the remains. When they stretched it out, it measured over 10 cm [3.9 inches] in length. They also found small piles of black ash from the burning of metal. Mr. Yuan's family asked the crematory whether the iron spring was from the incinerator; the answer was no, because the incinerator is cleaned after each cremation.

    A healthy and energetic person was deprived of his life after two years of detention. His body was covered in blood and wounds, and a mysterious metal spring turned up in the box of his ashes. This tragedy took place in the 21st century, a period the CCP claims to be "the best time for human rights and the most comprehensive legal system" [in China's history].

    Goodness will be rewarded and evildoing will reap its own retribution .


    Witnessing the Nature of Evil Through the Story of Du Juan's Suffering in Chongqing Women's Forced Labor Camp

    Du Juan was sent twice to Maojiashan Forced Labor Camp in Chongqing and suffered brutal persecution for four years and six months for persisting in cultivating Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and clarifying the truth. During her detention she witnessed many dirty tricks used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in the labor camp, which ranged between overt and covert, mixed with violence and deceit.

    In the beginning, to resist the persecution, Du Juan would clarify the truth about Falun Gong and wipe off the propaganda from the blackboard that slandered Falun Gong. She also refused to put on a prison uniform. The police therefore instigated prisoners to torture her. They covered her mouth with dirty strips of cloth and secured them with clear wide tape. They then slapped her face with a shoe sole, stripped her and forcefully put the prison uniform on her. They tied her tightly and left her under the hot sun for several hours. In May 2002, in order to improve the so-called "reformation" rate, the woman's labor camp invited several males known for their cruelty and mercilessness from Xishanping Men's Labor Camp. The most vicious one among them was called Li Binxian. Mere mention of his name terrified the prisoners. On June 11, 2002, when Du Juan was once again sent to the labor camp and would not acknowledge her so-called crimes and refused to answer the roll call, Li Binxian slapped her face several dozen times, causing swelling and distortion. Even after a week, Ms. Du's lip was still severely swollen.

    The police guards took the lead in beating the detainees, which made the criminal inmates even more fearless. Prisoners Ma Lan and Zheng Xiuqin forced Du Juan to squat and repeat their words. When Du Juan refused, they beat and kicked her in the stomach. Ms. Du lay on the ground, sick and in extreme pain, unable to eat. Despite her extreme pain, she was still thrown into a consolidated cell where she was watched by a group of six prisoners 24 hours a day.

    The consolidated cell is a small dark room with walls covered in rubber, and with a small book-sized window on the ceiling. The air does not circulate inside the cell at all. In the winter, it is cold and damp; in the summer, it is hot, like a pressure cooker. Practitioners are held inside this cell around the clock and must eat, drink and relieve themselves in the cell. When the toilet bowl cover is open, the room smells so bad that it is hard to breathe. Despite these inhumane conditions, the practitioners were held inside the cell for one to two months. Instigated by the police, the prisoners forced Du Juan to stand straight or squat military style. She was required to stand perfectly upright, looking straight ahead with both hands tightly touching the line of her trousers. Sometimes, they would use a piece of paper and try to insert it between Du Juan's hands and her trousers to test whether her hands were tightly clasped to her body or not. Sometimes they would suddenly hit her behind the kneecap to test whether her legs were tense and straight. The requirement for squatting was to hold the body on a single foot and not move at all. The foot would be in pain after a short period of time. Changing to another foot was not permitted unless the "personal cangues" [the name given to those assigned to monitor practitioners] gave permission. Even young and strong people needed to change feet every ten minutes or so. However, the practitioners would not be allowed to change feet for half an hour, one hour, or even longer.

    Du Juan had extreme stomach pain and could not fall asleep. On June 12, she was unable to straighten her back, but the police continued to torture her since she still refused to answer the roll call. That evening, the team leader, Yang Ming, resorted to a most vicious method. He ordered some guards to use chalk to write words slandering Falun Gong and Master on Du Juan's clothes, her body, on the wall and on the ground. Du Juan, who holds high respect for Master, fainted. The next day, she was sent to the clinic for a checkup. After a forced infusion, she was sent back to the dark room where she continued to suffer persecution. The prisoners used vulgar language and behaved indecently by touching her breasts, shoulders and arms. When Du Juan reported it to the guards, they just sneered and left without doing anything to stop the abuse. On June 14, Du Juan's blood pressure was so low that even an infusion did not help. She was sent to Heping Hospital and was diagnosed with "damage to her left kidney and spleen, along with intestinal obstruction." The authorities were afraid to take responsibility and released her that night.

    By that time, Du Juan had suffered a lot of damage to her face, which was swollen and distorted. Her whole body was also covered in bruises. She was unable to straighten her back and had to hold her stomach when walking, and she could only walk very slowly. On June 15, to cover up their crimes, the authorities changed their minds and forcibly sent Du Juan to Heping Hospital for medical treatment. One week later, when her health improved, they once again sent her back to the labor camp. At that time, the guards hypocritically prepared highly nutritious food for Du Juan, which she refused to eat. They force-fed her to demonstrate their concern in caring for Falun Gong practitioners and to deceive and brainwash other practitioners without mentioning how they had persecuted Du Juan in the first place.

    The guards also used another way to make Du Juan suffer - no showers. In the hot weather they did not allow Ms. Du to take a shower or bathe for two whole months. Du Juan was provided with only one basin of water, which she used to brush her teeth, wash her face, feet, body and clothes. Even so, they kept continually decreasing the amount of water. Once, the police rebuked an inmate for giving Du Juan a little more water than usual. Du Juan's bed sheet was soaked with sweat but she did not have enough water to wash it. Her hair was greasy and sticky. Her clothes were stiff and she was smelly. When Du Juan protested the maltreatment, the police tried to arouse dissension among the inmates by saying "It is all because you refused to answer the roll call. Now you are making others suffer with you." An inmate said to Du Juan privately, "I would sue them once I get out." The authorities perpetrated this torture while claiming to the public that they were "educating people." When the higher authorities came for an inspection they would often make the labor camp inmates do the cleaning. The floors would be scattered with laundry powder and washed repeatedly with basins of clean water. The windows were scrubbed bright until they shined, and the restroom was doused thick with air freshener.

    The guards torture practitioners physically and mentally. The physical torture methods were labeled "strict management" or "consolidation training." The main physical torture was to force practitioners to stand military style or to squat. Victims of this torture were required to keep their body in one position for 17 to 18 hours each day with a short break during meals. After a while, the feet and hands lose blood circulation, which would cause the limbs to swell. Du Juan's feet were swollen all year round. When it was the worst, the swelling would reach her knees and by only lightly pressing on the swollen part, she could cause an indentation. Ms. Du's normal shoe size was 36 but she was unable to fit into size 40 shoes at that time. Sometimes the guards hypocritically allowed her to soak her feet in hot water before going to sleep and seemed to show concern. However they did not stop the torture, which was the cause of the swelling in the first place.

    When violence and physical punishment did not work, the guards would try the "soft" approach to get practitioners to renounce Falun Gong. They would chat with you, hold your hands, gently stroke your hair and show sympathy with tears in their eyes. They would also show concern for you and might even give you some daily essentials for free. They may also make an exception for your visitors or "violate regulations" and allow you to keep some of the items the visitors brought for you. As long as it was helpful in their attempts to "reform" you, they would violate any regulations. However, once they discover that their soft methods were not working, their true colors would show. In the name of "regulation" and "administration," the practitioners suffered brutal and inhuman tortures. "Regulation" became their tools for persecuting and for covering up their crimes. If any inmate showed a little sympathy towards any practitioner, she would be immediately scolded.

    Mental tortures were the most widely applied and also the most subtle methods used in reforming practitioners. From the very beginning practitioners were isolated completely from the outside world. No family visits, no letters and no phone calls were allowed. The practitioners were closely monitored 24 hours a day. Almost everything required permission, including going to the restroom, getting hot water, making one's bed, combing the hair, turning around or scratching. Even the sleep posture and the direction to face while sleeping were set. If the "personal cangues" were one meter away from their assigned target, they would be regarded as irresponsible and punished. Therefore, the designated inmate would follow practitioners very closely all the time. There was a time when Du Juan was not even allowed to talk with the inmates in the same cell. Police called it "freezing." Once the "freezing" method did not work, the police changed their attitude and became warm towards her. They kept trying to brainwash her with speeches comprised of evil enlightenment [distortions of the teachings of Falun Gong], as well as TV programs, newspapers and books that slandered and framed Falun Gong. Two teams consisting of three collaborators and two to three police officers per team surrounded Du Juan and tried to brainwash her. Sometimes they tried to use false reasoning and hypocritical methods, at other times they applied accusations and insults.

    Once, Du Juan was deceived by the police and their collaborators and accepted some false enlightenment. However, she realized her mistake in time, which instigated the guards to apply the "full isolation measure" on her for over seven months. During this period, Du Juan was not allowed to go downstairs. Not once was she allowed to go outside to breathe fresh air or practice the Falun Gong exercises. In this environment Ms. Du's health became progressively worse, especially in the hot months of June and July. To prevent her from even making eye contact with other fellow practitioners, she was not allowed to open her cell door. The inmates in her cell could go outside to breathe fresh air but Du Juan had to bear the dirty hot air inside the cell all day long. In August, an inmate contracted pulmonary tuberculosis. Because this inmate was poor and could not pay for medical care, the labor camp did not allow a medical check-up on her in time and therefore did not take proper isolation measures. This inmate was one of the ones assigned to closely monitor Du Juan. Soon Du Juan was infected with pulmonary tuberculosis. At that time, she did not show any obvious symptoms and she continued to do heavy labor. However, in November, she had severe breathing problems and was diagnosed with "secondary pulmonary tuberculosis" and "chest hydrocephalus on both sides." The labor camp even wanted to use this incident to slander Falun Gong. Police officer Chen Yanyan threatened to use the X-ray films to prove that practicing Falun Gong caused tuberculosis. However, Du Juan's X-ray, taken at the time of the entrance medical checkup, was normal. She was infected in the labor camp because the labor camp did not take measures in time to isolate the contagious patient. No matter how the labor camp denies this fact with all kinds of excuses, they cannot shirk their responsibility for Ms. Du's illness. Only when Du Juan suffered from high fever and had severe difficulty breathing, did the labor camp allow her to go home.

    Now there are still many practitioners detained illegally in forced labor camps in China. They are suffering inhuman tortures and maltreatment. We hope that more kind people in the world will pay attention to this persecution of belief in China.



    Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Wang Dejiang Is Arrested and Viciously Beaten

    Mr. Wang Dejiang is a Falun Gong practitioner from Yantai City, Shandong Province. Due to persecution, he had been forced to leave his home and remain destitute for a very long time. On August 15, 2005, Mr. Wang was arrested and viciously beaten. Later, Mr. Wang was severely persecuted while imprisoned at the Huanhai Brainwashing Center and the Zhaoyuan Brainwashing Center. When his condition worsened and his life was in danger, the police left him at the hospital and walked away. On August 31, his family and friends took him home.

    Mr. Wang Dejiang is 50 years old. He was an employee at the Yantai Marine Fisheries Corporation. He lived at Xinfu Community, Zhibu District, Yantai City. He was persecuted for practicing Falun Gong. As a result, in order to avoid the persecution, he had not able to live at home for four years.

    On the evening of August 15, 2005, guided by the local security guards, police from the Gaoling Police Station of Muping District broke into the homes of Falun Gong practitioners Sun Houqi and Sun Houxuan. Six practitioners were arrested; they are Sun Houlian, Sun Houxuan, Sun Xuejin, Wang Dejiang, Sun Houqi and his wife Wang Chunxiang.

    Mr. Wang Dejiang was able to escape from the police. When they ran after him, they told the villagers that they were chasing after a thief. The villagers believed the police and stopped Mr. Wang. When the police caught up with Mr. Wang, they beat him so badly that he passed out. According to an eyewitness, "They used a wooden bench to beat him. They beat him so severely that the bench was smashed from the beating."

    They sent Mr. Wang to the Huanhai Brainwashing Center and later transferred him to the Zhaoyuan Brainwashing Center. He refused to cooperate and acknowledge the persecution. He went on a hunger strike in protest, so the police and collaborators beat him. As a result, Mr. Wang's life was in danger.

    Around August 24, Mr. Wang was sent to the Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital. He was unable to walk. His left knee turned a dark purple color. There was a bruise under his right arm 10 cm long and 6~7 cm wide. It was unclear if it was from the electric shock or other torture. When his family demanded his release, the police and the hospital ignored their requests. Instead they instructed the caretakers from the fisheries to prevent Mr. Wang's family from visiting him. On August 31, the family and friends took Mr. Wang home. The police officers dared not tell their names or phone numbers.

    It has been learned that practitioners Sun Houlian and Sun Houxuan who were arrested along with Mr. Wang are still being detained at the Muping District Detention Center. Sun Houqi, Wang Chunxiang, and Sun Xuejing are all in their sixties. They were first detained at a brainwashing center near the Muping District Communist Party School. When the family went to visit them, they found out that they had already been secretly transferred. Sun Houqi and Wang Chunxiang do not have any family members living with them, so no one is caring for their vegetable garden, chickens, and farm crops.

    In March of this year, Gaoling Police Station officers Zhu Jianguo, Yang Yinhai, Hu Fengrui, Wang Li, Yang Xinwei and one more person broke into Sun Houqi's home and searched the place.

    Relevant Telephone Numbers:

    The Gaoling Police Station: 86-535-4722006
    The Muping State Security Unit Office: 86-535-4212479 ext 4108
    Yang Yinhai: 86-13863801960 (Cell), 86-535-4228520 (Home)
    Zhu Jianguo: 86-535-4312188 (Home)
    Yu MingSi, Secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-13606381909 (Cell)


    Parents of Practitioners in U.S. Facing Prison Sentence: Appeal for Urgent Rescue

    On July 8, 2005, at lunch time, police from the Zibo City National Security Department of Shandong Province and from the Binhai Police Department in the Shengli Oil Field went to my parents' house. They arrested my father, Zheng Ruihuan, and mother, Liu Yinglan, both of them Falun Gong practitioners. They also confiscated my parents' computers, books and other belongings. Right now my parents are being detained at the Binhai Police Department in Dongying, Shandong Province. I heard that the law-violating police are planning to impose a secret trial and sentence them to over ten years in prison.

    My father Zheng Ruihuan was born in February 1943 and my mother Liu Yinglan was born in July 1942. They were both senior electrical engineers but took early retirement in the beginning of 1996 from Jidong Oil Field in Tangshan City, Hebei Province. They began practicing Falun Gong in 1996 for health reasons. They cultivated themselves by following the principles of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. Soon they achieved good health and contented minds. When the Communist Party began persecuting Falun Gong in 1999, their previous work unit made my parents the focus of their "reform" tactics. My parents were forced to turn in their Falun Gong books, write a guarantee statement, and attend brainwashing classes. Their daily life was grossly violated. Every day, persons from the Retiree Administration Office called to harass them and spied on their activities. My parents were told that they must get permission from the Retiree Office if they wished to travel anywhere. My parents later learned about many cases of Falun Gong persecution in China. Together with fellow practitioners, they began to clarify the facts and revealed the evil nature of the persecution to the public.

    One day in 2002, a director from their local National Security Police Department went to my parents' house. The director told them that the police had found out that my parents were able to access some websites that the authorities had restricted. He demanded that my parents cooperate and confess to this. He threatened that if they refused to cooperate, the next visitors wouldn't be as polite as he was (meaning, "we will arrest you"). He also said that the National Security Police knew very well what their son (the writer of this article) is doing in the USA. To avoid further unnecessary trouble, my parents left their home and went into hiding.

    They moved to Shengli Oil Field area in Dongying, Shandong Province, and rented an apartment there. After the Retiree Office found out they had left home, they stopped their pension check to terminate their only source of income. Despite the difficult circumstances, my parents contacted local Falun Gong practitioners and started to clarify the facts and reveal the evil persecution. On July 8, 2005, the police arrested them.

    For the past six years plus, since the persecution began, the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China has never stopped. In the Shengli Oil Field alone, between January and June 2005, the police have arrested 27 Falun Gong practitioners.

    The following are the names and phone numbers of the responsible officials: (area code 0546)

    National Security Branch, Binhai Police Department: 86-546-8794443, 86-546-8553767, 86-546-8553569, 86-546-8550139

    Zhang Jianlin, team leader, National Security Branch

    Sun Guorui and Cao Fating, deputy team leaders, National Security Branch

    Binhai Police Department Law Enforcement Section: 86-546-8552557

    Guo Guijun, deputy director general: 86-546-8793009

    National Security Office: 86-546-8794443, 86-546-8553767, 86-546-8553569, 86-546-8550139

    September 12, 2005


    Six Elderly Practitioners from Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province Who Died as a Result of the Persecution

    Ms. Li died in her 70s. She lived in Zhuangyuan Street, Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province. After she started practicing Falun Gong in 1998, the many illnesses she suffered from disappeared without medical treatment. After the government of China started its persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, the so-called law enforcement officers often harassed her at her home. Her husband is a retired leader in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP.) He fell prey to the CCP's poisonous lies about Falun Gong, so he took Falun Gong books from her and forbade her from practicing Falun Gong. Each time Ms. Li saw hate propaganda broadcast on television she was brought to tears. She would exclaim, "Falun Dafa is so wonderful! Why won't the CCP allow us to practice it?" After Ms. Li witnessed Falun Gong practitioners around her being arrested and tortured, she passed away in grief and anguish.

    Ms. Meng died in her 70s. Her family works for the Magouqu Mine of the Mining Bureau in Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province. Her husband is the secretary of a branch organization. In 1998, Ms. Meng and her husband started practicing Falun Gong. Then the diabetes and hypertension that had bothered her for many years miraculously disappeared. After the CCP started its persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, the local police often harassed the couple at their home and confiscated their Falun Gong books. As a result, Ms. Meng's previous illnesses surfaced again in 2002 and claimed her life.

    Mr. Liu Jinbao died at the age of 75. He was a leader at the Hancheng Mining Bureau and a permanent member of the Party Committee in one of the CCP's organizations. He used to suffer from a liver problem and other ailments. After he started practicing Falun Gong in 1997, his health was restored. After the CCP started its persecution of Falun Gong, people from the Party Committee of Hancheng Mining Bureau often harassed Mr. Liu at home and forced him to give up practicing Falun Gong. As a result, his liver disease surfaced again at the end of 2003. He passed away in the spring of 2004.

    Ms. Wang Chunling died in her 50s. She was a worker at the Hancheng Mining Bureau factory. She used to suffer from many types of illness and was very frail. After she started practicing Falun Gong in 1998, she quickly regained her health. She was even able to carry a sack of flour up three floors. In 2001, the CCP staged the self-immolation on Tiananmen Square and fooled her husband. He forced Ms. Wang to give up practicing Falun Gong and started cursing and beating her up. Her physical and mental health was severely damaged. When Ms. Wang Chunling was on her way to her sister's home in June 2004, she had a heart attack and died. Three months later, her husband fell into the Yellow River while fishing and drowned.

    Ms. Xue Wengu died at the age of 59. She was a clerk in the Production Department of Magouqu Mine of the Hancheng Mining Bureau. She used to have heart disease and hypertension. Since she started practicing Falun Gong in 1998, she became healthy after a short time. After the CCP started its persecution of Falun Gong, Ms. Xue's family and relatives fell prey to the lies about Falun Gong and made her give up practicing Falun Gong. As a result, her previous illnesses returned. Ms. Xue was repeatedly checked into the hospital before she passed away in the spring of 2004.

    Mr. Yao died at the age of 67. He was from Wenmiaodadui, Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province. He used to suffer from enteritis and several other illnesses. He had three operations before he started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. Then he became perfectly healthy. After the CCP started persecuting Falun Gong, his family was poisoned by the CCP hate campaign and became opposed to his practice of Falun Gong. As a result, Mr. Yao passed away in the summer of 2001.



    Brief News from China - August 27, 2005

    1. [Jilin] Practitioners Yang Lijuan, Zhau Shuyun, and Zhang Guizhi are Arrested by Jilin National Security Bureau Officers

    Ms. Yang Lijuan, 55, lives in the small district of Tielu, Jilin City. She was the director of a kindergarten in the city. On August 24, 2005, three police officers from Jilin City claimed they were investigating a theft and deceived the practitioners into opening the door. The officers ransacked Ms. Yang's home and arrested her. At this time Ms. Yang, along with Ms. Zhang and Ms. Zhau, is under cruel torture on the second floor of  the Third Group office of Songjiang State Criminal Activity Investigation.

    Ms. Zuau Shuyun, 40, lives in Songjiang, Jilin City. She works in the railroad construction industry.

    Telephone numbers of responsible offices:
    Minzhu Police Station of the Public Security Bureau Changyi Branch: 86-432-2552473, 86-432-2563286
    Bureau Chief: 86-432-2485301, 86-432-2485303
    Switch Board of Public Security Bureau, Jilin City: 86-432-2409221
    Bureau Chief: 86-432-2409110, 86-432-2488110
    Mail Room: 86-432-2409424

    2. [Qingdao, Shandong Province] Practitioner Tian Xiulan is Illegally Detained by the 610 Office

    Ms. Tian Xiulan was illegally sentenced to one year of forced labor in October 2004. (Prior to her sentence, her husband Mr. Liu Weixian was unlawfully sentenced to ten years in prison.) On August 19, 2005 the 610 Office and Badahu Police Station in Qingdau City transferred her and illegally detained her in the Quingdao 610 Brainwashing Center.

    3. [Meishan, Sichuan Province] Practitioner Liu Fuming is Illegally Sentenced to Forced Labor

    On August 3, 2005 Mr. Liu Fuming from Dongpo District, Meishan City, Sichuan Province was detained and tortured in a brainwashing center in Liyuan Mountain Village, Wansheng Town, Dongpo District. On August 23, the brainwashing center was closed. Mr. Liu was sentenced to one year of forced labor and was sent to the Xinhua Forced Labor Camp in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province.

    4. [Foshan, Guangdong] Practitioner Chen Haiban and Others from Nanhai District are Illegally Arrested

    Mr. Chen Haiban from Nanhai District, Foshan City, Gurandong Province was arrested by Public Security Bureau officers and 610 Office policemen while shopping at Donger Supermarket at around 7:30 p.m. on July 26, 2005. It is not clear as to his whereabouts.

    On June 17, 2005 the police officers from Guanyao Public Security Bureau in Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province arrested Ms. Xu Miaoyan and ransacked her home.

    Telephone numbers for responsible personnel:
    Persons in charge of Nanhei District 610 Office in Foshan City:
    Li Yanghuan: 86-13702651133 (Cell)
    Ye Bingkun: 86-13928611599 (Cell), 86-757-86286256 (Office)
    Deng Guoxiong: 86-13809223582 (Cell)
    Guanyao Local Public Security Bureau, Wu Jialian: 86-13702985018 (Cell)

    5. [Changchun, Jilin] Practitioners Gong Yuying and Wang Lixin are Arrested

    Ms. Gong Yuying from Changchun (she lives near the 228 Factory), and Ms. Wang Lixin (who lives near Kuanping) were arrested on August 25, 2005 while distributing truth-clarifying materials.

    6. [Baoding, Hebei Province] Practitioner Tian Gang is Illegally Sentenced to Three Years of Forced Labor

    Mr. Tian was reported to authorities when he clarified the truth. He was then arrested by the Beishi District Public Security Bureau and sentenced to three years of forced labor. At present, Mr. Tian is detained in BaliZhuang Forced Labor Camp in Baoding. He has been on a hunger strike for the past eight days to protest the persecution.

    Telephone numbers of the responsible personnel:
    Police Station on Wusi Road: 86-312-3067400
    Police Station of Heping Town: 86-312-5096110
    Head of Baoding Forced Labor Camp, Mr.Yu Yanping: 86-312-5939001
    610 Office of Nansi District: 86-312-5078747

    7. [Shenyang, Liaoning Province] Practitioners Tian Xiuqin and Qu Yanhong from Shenyang District are Arrested

    With strong righteous thoughts, Ms. Tian from Shenhe District, Shenyang City safely left Masanjie Forced Labor Camp in December 2003. She was again illegally arrested this year.

    Ms. Qu Yanhong from Dadong District, Shenyang City was unlawfully arrested.

    8. [Pingdingshan, Hunan Province] Practitioner Li Xiaoping Suffers Persecution

    Ms. Li Xiaoping, 42, from Pingdingshan City, Henan Province was arrested on the evening of July 20, 2005 by a Public Security Bureau special agent. She is locked in the Detention Center of Pingdingshan City. A claim against her is pending and her physical condition is very poor since she has been on hunger strike for over 30 days.

    9. [Hebei] Practitioners Zhang Jansen and Li Foxing are Illegally Arrested

    Ms. Zhang Jansen from Hebei Province and Mr. Li Foxing from Guozhuang Village were arrested while clarifying the facts. They are detained in the 610 Office in Hebei Province. Detailed information about them is not available.

    10. [Dali City, Yunnan Province] Practitioner Huang Yufang is Illegally Arrested

    Ms. Huang Yufang from Dali City, Yunnan Province is a staff member of a telecommunications company in Dali City. She was abducted by Dali City Public Security Bureau officers on August 10, 2005. Her computer, printer and truth clarifying materials were all confiscated. Ms. Huang is now detained in the Detention Center of Dali City.

    Telephone numbers of responsible personnel:
    Liang Zhengjun, Public Security Bureau Chief in Dali City: 86-872-2203658 (Home), 86-13987266999 (Cell)
    Police Officers of Public Security Bureau Local Branch in Dali City:
    Xia Zhiqiang: 86-872-2129172 (Home), 86-872-6882916 (Cell)
    Zhang Yong: 86-872-2126382 (Home), 86-872-6882737 (Cell)
    Zhang Jinzhou: 86-872-2132099 (Home), 86-872-6882765 (Cell)
    Zhang Zhuxiang: 86-872-2133506 (Home), 86-872-6882772 (Cell)
    Li Famao: 86-872-2130471(Home), 86-872-6882825 (Cell)
    Jia Zhengfang: 86-872-2271752 (Home), 86-872-6882870 (Cell)
    Xie Qun: 86-872-6882860 (Cell)
    Bai Min: 86-872-6887877 (Cell)