The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong  -- October 24, 2006

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Content

  • Mr. Yang Huilin Almost Buried Alive in Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp -- His Wife Dies as a Result of the Persecution

  • The Partial List of Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province

  • Information on Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners from Chaoyang District, Beijing City

  • Mr. Li Huzhe From Yanbian, Jilin Province Arrested and Taken to Helong City Brainwashing Center

  • Mr. Song Baogang from Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province Arrested



  • Mr. Yang Huilin Almost Buried Alive in Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp -- His Wife Dies as a Result of the Persecution

    The Communist Party publicly cracked down on Falun Gong on July 20, 1999. Since then, practitioner Mr. Yang Huilin from Shenzhou City, Hebei Province, has suffered illegal arrest, imprisonment, extortion, and torture at the hand of the local 610 Office and police several times. His family finally broke down and fell apart. At the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp, Mr. Yang was tied up and tortured with seven or eight electric-shock batons. His food was poisoned with the drug Ecstasy, and he was almost buried alive by the guards. After fleeing the camp, he had little choice but to be destitute and homeless for a long time. His wife, Ms. Yang Xiaowen, died from persecution.

    Some of those who persecuted the Yang family are:

    Yin Yuzhen, Shenzhou City Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary

    Ji Jie and Wang Jinggang at the 610 Office brainwashing center

    Zhao Enxue, director of Shenzhou City Detention Center

    Jia Shuangwan, director of Political Security Section, Shenzhou City Police Department

    Zhang Yuanxiang, agent of  Political Security Section, Shenzhou City Police Department

    Song Qingzhuang, Bingcao Township Political and Legal Committee Secretary

    Tian Shining, chief of Bingcao Township Police Station

    Husband and Wife Arrested, Mother and Son Tortured in a Labor Camp

    On December 18, 1999, Mr. Yang Huilin and his wife, Ms. Yang Xiaowen, went to Beijing to protest the suppression of Falun Gong. They were arrested on their way home and taken to the police station by the political and security section heads of Shenzhou City Police Department, Jia Shuangwan and Shang Yunhang. Four policemen beat Mr. Yang Huilin. They shocked him with high-voltage electric batons and slapped him in the face. He was detained until February or March 2000. He was not released until he was fined several hundred yuan. His wife, Yang Xiaowen, was detained for more than one month.

    In August 2000, Mr. Yangwas arrested again by the local police in Bingcao Township. The political and judiciary committee secretary, Song Qingzhuang, attacked him brutally to try to force him to give up his belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Yang Huilin did not yield to them, so they released him.

    On December 18, 2000, Ji Jie of Shenzhou City 610 Office and Song Qingzhuang led eight to nine others to arrest Ms. Yang Xiaowen. That night Jia Shuangwan and someone else arrested her son, Yang Deqiang. Yang Deqiang was handcuffed behind his back and thrown into the trunk of the car. This was witnessed by Mr. Yang's neighbor. On the way to the car, Jia Wangwan slapped Yang Deqiang on the face. At the city police department, Jia Shuangwan and Zhang Yuanxiang coerced a confession from Yang Deqiang by torturing him. They stepped on his cuffed hands and slapped him in the face for long time. Around 7:00pm, Jia Shuangwan forced Yang Deqiang to give his fingerprints and secretly sent him to the detention center. Yang Deqiang refused to comply with them. Zhang Yuanxiang brutally stomped on Mr. Yang's head. Several others pummeled him with their fists and feet. He passed out several times and was then hit to wake him up. The police also fired a gun.

    Later Jia Shuangwan and Zhang Yuanxiang took Yang Deqiang to a small hut. They made him lie on the floor with his face down. They took off his shoes and trousers and took turns beating him with a leather belt. Zhang continued when Jia got tired. This lasted for a long time. Yang Deqiang was so strong that he didn't make a sound. Later, Jia Shuangwan brought a bamboo torture device to ruthlessly hit the back of Mr. Yang's hands. Afterwards, he was locked up in a metal cage in the detention center. Jia Shuangwan said, "Nobody can see him." Mr. Yang endured great suffering. He was mercilessly beaten by other criminals and was illegally interrogated six to seven times a day. Almost every time, he was coerced to confess by means of torture.

    On January 11, 2001 Yang Deqiang and his mother, Ms. Yang Xiaowen, were "illegally sentenced" to a labor camp for three years. At Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp, Mr. Yang Deqiang was tortured with electric batons, mercilessly beaten, brainwashed, force-fed ,and so on. The electric shock was done by 202nd squadron commander Zhang Li at the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp. Mr. Yang was mercilessly beaten by Bian Shuqiang. The brainwashing was done by Dong Yi. The force-feeding was done by the administration section police officer, Wang Jun. The guards also instigated criminal inmates such as Qi Jianliang, Wang Yuntao from Henan Province, Wu Shaomin from Liaoning Province, and others to mercilessly beat practitioners. Mr. Yang Deqiang was illegally imprisoned for nearly one and a half years. His spirit was devastated and his body was extremely weak. He nearly lost his eyesight. He lost control of his bodily functions and had blood in his stool. Mr. Yang Deqiang was so brutally beaten by Jia Shuangwan and Zhang Yuanxiang from Shenzhou City that he had internal injury. Even now the bruises can still be seen on his buttocks.

    Around 11a.m. on December 18, 2000, Ms. Yang Xiaowen was arrested. At first, she was persecuted for one night at Bingcao Township Police Station. Later she was delivered to the detention center. Twenty days later, she was sentenced to three years of forced labor. She was transfered to the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Yang Xiaowen did not cooperate. The guards' force-feeding caused her nostril to hemorrhage. She became weaker day after day. To avoid responsibility, the guards informed the Shenzhou City 610 brainwashing center to pick her up. In April, 2001, Bingcao Township government brought her back. However, they wanted to extort 2000 yuan to release her. Through thorough clarifying the truth, Ms. Yang Xiaowen was released.

    Husband and Wife Detained in a Brainwashing Center

    One day in August, 2001, before dawn, the Shenzhou City Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary, Yin Yuzhen, instigated the police to break in the Yang home. They arrested Ms. Yang Xiaowen and took her to the 610 Office brainwashing center. She went on a hunger strike for ten days. She was as thin as a rail. Mr. Yang Huilin visited his wife during this time. Later, because the police did not want to take responsibility, they called the family to take her home.

    Shortly after Ms. Yang Xiaowen returned home and before fully recovering, Mr. Yang Huilin was caught and returned to the brainwashing center. Bingcao Township Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary Song Qingzhuang brutally attacked him. Several people encircled him and ruthlessly pinched his neck. This caused Mr. Yang to be unable to eat anything for a long time. He was released two months later.

    On February 13, 2004 police officer Jia Shuangwan and eight to nine other police, led by the Matun Village security guard, used the excuse of looking for practitioners who publicly clarify the truth to break into the Yang home. They arrested Mr. Yang and took him to the police station. About ten days later, he was transferred to the detention center for further persecution.

    At the detention center, Mr. Yang Huilin overheard Director Zhao Enxue's telephone conversation. The one on the other end of the line said, "Why still keep him? Release him." Zhao replied, "No, no. I can't release him. I'll send him to the labor camp." Thus Zhao Enxue should be the person directly responsible for sending Mr. Yang Huilin to the labor camp.

    Guards Plan to Bury Mr. Yang Huilin Alive before He Escapes

    The Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp refused to accept any Falun Gong practitioners because there were too many of them. They could not "convert" that many. So the Bingcao Township local police station sent Mr. Yang Huilin to the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp. There, Yang Huilin was tied up completely and shocked with seven to eight electric batons. They put Ecstasy in his food, but the drug didn't take effect. When two guards went over to him to look at him, and they found that Mr. Yang still opened his eyes, they were scared. They quickly went out the door and whispered, "How come his eyes are still open? How can we bury him like this? Alive?" Mr. Yang heard this discussion very clearly. He thought: "So vicious. I've got to leave here."

    On September 5, 2004, around 7:00 p.m., Yang Huilin took the chance when two guards went over to one side. He rapidly went down from the fourth floor, and passed through more than 200 meters of courtyard in the 5th Group, bound for the south entrance. He walked out, right under the eyes of two gatekeepers. Yang Huilin laid in a field of crops for three days and three nights. He passed through the police, layer by layer, and escaped out Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp. Unable to return home, Mr. Yang Huilin is now destitute and homeless.

    Ms. Yang Xiaowen Died of Persecution

    On April 14, 2005, Jia Zhituo and Ji Yingqiu went to Yang Huilin's home to threaten Ms. Yang Xiaowen, his wife. They asked her to give them a one meter swath of her land on the south for no reason. Ms. Yang Xiaowen tried to speak rationally with them. Jia and Ji knew that they were short of reasons but still unceasingly harassed her. The two wouldn't leave until Yang Huilin's younger brother came.

    The continuous persecution devastated Ms. Yang Xiaowen mentally and physically One morning, she suddenly fell to the ground and lost feeling on one side of her body. A hospital exam said that it was a stroke. After suffering for more than three months, she died on August 6, 2005. Ms. Yang Xiaowen did not see her husband, Yang Huilin, before she died.

    Currently, Mr. Yang Huilin is still destitute and homeless. The eldest son, Yang Deqiang, was the only one left at home to take care of the planting, and he withstood pain that an average person could hardly withstand. The younger son is still at college and lives in a difficult situation. His school expenses were paid by his relatives and fellow villagers. Now, he faces having to drop out of school because of financial difficulty. Mr. Yang Huilin's harmonious family was broken up and decimated by the persecution.

    The fellow senior villagers of Shenzhou City and Yang Huilin's family suffered persecution only because they believed in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. How many families like Yang Huilin's have suffered such persecution?! No wonder some elderly people have said, "What a society it has turned out to be. It is dead. Do we, who have wives and children, brothers and sisters, ever think about what happens if we don't have the right to be good? Those who persecute good people are bad."

    We sincerely hope those who are closely aligned with the Chinese Communist Party to persecute Falun Gong practitioners do not continue to work for them for a few dollars, but instead back off, so that they may have a glorious future for themselves and their families. We also hope that all people of conscience step forward to stop this persecution and defend justice.

    Those who participated in this persecution:

    Yin Yuzhen is no longer the Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary of Shenzhou City. Li Guangxin is the present secretary.

    Ji Jie and Wang Jinggang are still at the 610 brainwashing center of Shenzhou City.

    Jia Shuangwan and Zhang Yuanxiang are still at the police station (political and security section) of Shenzhou City. Jia Shuangwan is the director. His cell phone number is 86-13833825676. He lived in Beidatong Village in Tangfen Township of Shenzhou City. Now he lives at his brother-in-law's home at Xutuan Village in Anping County.

    Tian Shining transfered away from Bingcao Township and is no longer the manager of the police station.

    Bingcao Township Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary, Song Qingzhuang, already suffered retribution for his evil deed. He had a tumor on his heart. After spending more than 70,000 yuan on treatment, he died.

    Jia Zhituo was dismissed from his position for embezzling more than 10,000 yuan by the end of 2001.

    Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/9/25/138603.html


    The Partial List of Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province

    The following five practitioners were sentenced in 2000:

    Mr. Hu Chuan, 30, computer engineer of the Railway Department 403 Vehicle Factory, was illegally sentenced to three years in prison for practicing Falun Gong. He has since gone into exile to avoid further persecution.

    Ms. Liu Fenfang, 54, retired worker from Zixing County, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2000 and two years of forced labor in January 2005.

    Ms. Zhang Hejun, 50, employee of the Piston Pin Factory of the Torch Automobile Group Co., Ltd., sentenced to five years in prison in 2000 and was fired from her job.

    Ms. Yu Zhenju, 51, employee of the Piston Pin Factory of the Torch Automobile Group Co., Ltd., was sentenced to four years in prison in 2000 and was fired from her job.

    Ms. Liu Chunqin, 34, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2000.

    Other practitioners and their situations:

    Mr. Chen Min, 35, former lecturer at the Zhuzhou Institute of Chinese Medicine, was sentenced to one year of forced labor in 2001 and to five years in prison in September 2002. He is now in Wangling Prison.

    Mr. Zhao Shiqing, 30, an was employee of the Zhuzhou City Finance Bureau. Prison officials tortured him to death.

    Mr. Zeng Haiqi, 36, was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2000. He has become handicapped from the torture.

    Mr. Liu Qingliang, 36, employee of Southern Airlines, was sentenced to one year of forced labor in 2000 and another year of forced labor in 2002, and sentenced to three years in prison in 2004.

    Ms. Liu Xiaoli, 54, was sentenced to eight months of forced labor in December 2000 and then to three years in prison. In July 2006, she was sentenced to two years of forced labor.

    Mr. Liu Jian, 63, was sentenced to forced labor. Eight months after his release, in June 2006, he was sentenced to two years of forced labor again.

    Ms. Liu Junli, 56, retired worker from the Firepower Construction Company, was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor in February 2001 and again sentenced to one year of forced labor in August 2003. She has gone into exile to avoid further persecution.

    Ms. Liu Xueqin, 32, sentenced to one year of forced labor in 2005 and released in August 2006, is now unemployed.

    Ms. Liu Rongpei, 44, employee of the Zhuzhou Smelt Factory, sentenced to seven years in prison, is now in Changsha City Women's Prison.

    Ms. Chen Ying, 30, employee of the Zhuzhou Glass Factory, sentenced to six years in prison, is now in Changsha Women's Prison

    Mr. Yuan Rong, 33, employee of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, is now in Wangling Prison.

    Mr. Xu Xin, 37, schoolteacher at Yifu School, now in Jinshi Prison.

    Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/10/15/140280.html


    Information on Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners from Chaoyang District, Beijing City

    Since the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, Chaoyang District, Beijing City closely followed Jiang's regime and the Communist Party to persecute local practitioners. To this day there are many local practitioners imprisoned. Following is incomplete information about some cases of imprisoned practitioners from Liulitun Community, along with the crimes committed against them.

    At around 6 a.m. on September 11, 2003, practitioner Ms. Su Wei was illegally arrested by personnel from Liulitun Community Office, the 610 Office, and Liulitun local police station while she was buying breakfast for her child. At that time her husband was visiting his ill mother, so her young son was left at home with nobody to look after him. At around 9 a.m. that same day they also ransacked her home. Ms. Su was later sentenced to a two-year term of forced labor.

    On September 11, 2005, after Ms. Su returned from the forced labor camp, the local authorities continued to monitor her. Around 10 p.m. on February 24, 2006, she was again arrested from her home by staff from the National Security Group, the 610 Office, and the local police station, and her home was ransacked again. She was later sentenced to another two and a half years of forced labor. She is currently imprisoned in Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp.

    For the past several years Ms. Su's husband has been unemployed, and her child is currently preparing for high school examinations. Their life is very difficult.

    Practitioner Ms. Zhou Liying has suffered a great deal from the persecution. On the evening of February 24, 2006, she and a practitioner that was visiting her were arrested by staff from the National Security Group, the 610 Office, and the local police station. She is now in Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp. Her husband died of illness many years ago, and now she is imprisoned and unable to work to support her child, who remains at home without a source of income, living a tough life.

    Practitioner Mr. Liu Zhenhua, 60, was arrested from his home in mid-January 2006. Further investigation is needed to uncover the details.

    On the evening of February 24, 2006, practitioner Ms. Wang Aiqin, 52, was arrested from her home by staff from the National Security Group, the 610 Office, and the local police station. Her home was ransacked. She was later sentenced to two years of forced labor. She is now in Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp.

    Married couple Mr. Wang Ping, 59, and Ms. Liu Dahua, 55, were arrested by the National Security Group, the 610 Office, and the local police station on the morning of February 25, 2006. Their home was ransacked. Mr. Wang was later sentenced to two years of forced labor, and is now in Beijing Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Liu was sentenced to two and a half years of forced labor, and is now in Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp. This is the second round of persecution Ms Liu has suffered, as she has already served a one-and-a-half-year forced labor camp, starting in the summer of 2001.

    Practitioner Ms. Xi Xiulan, 65, lived at no. 302, Unit 3, Building 18, Shuiduizi Beili. On the afternoon of September 25, 2005, she was arrested by the local police and 610 Office staff, and her home was ransacked. She was sentenced to two years of forced labor.

    Practitioner Ms. Wang Shuying, 58, was arrested in January 2001 and was sentenced to seven years of forced labor. She is now in Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp.

    Practitioner Ms. Zhang Junfeng, 69, was arrested by staff from the National Security Group, the 610 Office, and the local police station. She was sentenced to five years of forced labor, and is now in Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp. Her husband, Mr. Xu Junying, was also implicated and was arrested at the same time. He was sentenced to one and a half years. He was mistreated to the point of being critically ill and was taken to the local police hospital three times. After ten months he was released, only to continue to suffer outside of prison. His son was forced to transfer from his job, and his pregnant daughter-in-law, who was also arrested at that time, was so mistreated that she had a miscarriage.

    Practitioner Ms. Han Jinggui, 56, was taken from her home on September 11, 2003, by staff from the National Security Group, the 610 Office, and the local police station. She was taken to the second floor of an office building, where she was tied to a chair with rope. Because she shouted, "Falun Dafa is good," she was denounced as mentally ill by the 610 Office, and was sent to Balizhuang Mental Hospital. Later on she was sent to Chaoyang Hospital. She was released after being so mistreated that she developed dangerously high blood pressure. After returning home, she was continuously harassed. Two security personnel monitored her door 24 hours a day. On October 31, 2003, the ongoing mistreatment resulted in her having a brain hemorrhage, and she is now paralyzed. The persecution of Falun Gong has brought her and her family members enormous pain and suffering. Her medical expenses alone have reached more than 200,000 yuan.

    Besides those mentioned above, there are many other persecuted practitioners whose situations have not been addressed.

    The departments and individuals that have participated in persecuting practitioners in the area over the last several years include:

    1. 610 Office, Liulitun Community Office, Chaoyang District:

    Director (from 1999 to 2004) Wang Chunru (male)

    The current director, Chen Qiumin (female)

    Employees Zhang Fu (male); Wang Fenghua (male), 51 years old and originally a worker at a knitting company; and Meng (female).

    Telephone: 86-10-65013243, 86-10-65072910, 86-10-65077940.

    2. Liulitun Police Station:

    Deputy Chief Wang Hui: 86-13910006667

    Police Officer Shen Zhuo (male): 86-13901509040

    Police Officer Bai Jiusheng (male): 86-13601033264

    More contact phone numbers and names of responsible individuals are needed.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/9/22/138410.html


    Mr. Li Huzhe From Yanbian, Jilin Province Arrested and Taken to Helong City Brainwashing Center

     [Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the Minghui.org website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).]

    Officers from Beishan Police Station in Yanji City broke into the home of practitioner Mr. Li Huzhe on the evening of September 18, 2006. They took him to Beishan Police Station in Yanji and later sent him to the Helong City Brainwashing Center. (See related report on /emh/articles/2006/9/30/78510.html)

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/9/27/138762.html


    Mr. Song Baogang from Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province Arrested

     [Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the Minghui.org website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).]

    Practitioner Mr. Song Baogang, 38 years old, from Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, lives on Wenhua Road in Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province. He used to work as a driver in Baodugu National Forest Park in Zaozhuang City. He was fired in July 2000 because he refused to give up his belief in Falun Gong. His home was ransacked and he was arrested in August 2000. He went to Beijing to appeal on January 1, 2001, and was later held at Yuelou Detention Center in Zaozhuang City for one month. His family paid 2,000 yuan for his release. Later, national security agents eavesdropped on his phone conversation with a friend in Zaozhuang City, and he was arrested by the Shanghai police. He was taken back to Zaozhuang City and held in Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo City, Shandong Province, for a two-year term. His sentence was eventually extended by more than two years.

    Mr. Song stayed away from home after his release in August 2005 to avoid any further arrest. He was arrested at the home of another practitioner, Mr. Gao Jiyu, on the morning of September 7, 2006, by a group of officials including Di Hao from the Shizhong District's 610 Office in Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, and Yang Meng, deputy head of Guangminglu Police Station in Zaozhuang City. Mr. Gao Jiyu was also arrested and his home was ransacked. At present, both practitioners are being held at Yuelou Detention Center in Zaozhuang City.

    Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/9/15/137866.html