The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong -- May 21, 2006

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

My name is Liu Shufen and I am 33 years old. Due to my practicing Faun Gong, the authorities arrested me on May 11, 2002 and illegally sentenced me to 11 years in prison. I am serving my time in the 1st Ward of Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison. The prison uses criminals to torture Falun Gong practitioners. Police guards allow and encourage the criminals' evil acts and use them to verbally and physically abuse practitioners. Our life and health are not insured, and we face constant mental pressure.

On December 2, 2002, I was sent to the "training squad". Because I refused to put on the prison uniform, my legs and feet were tied up with rope. My hands were handcuffed behind my back. I was forced to sit on the concrete floor from 4 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. every day for eight days. During that time, the police came several times to exert pressure on me. They struck my face with a book. The rest of the time, criminals guarded me. On December 19, I was transferred into a dark small cell with three meals of corn soup daily, handcuffed, and legs bound tightly with string.

On February 3, 2003, I was locked in Ward 1. In 2003, I was frequently handcuffed because I persisted in practicing Faun Gong.

On March 8, 2004, I was locked in a small cell with handcuffs on my hands and legs for 24 hours straight. Criminals in the same cell could abuse Falun Gong practitioners at any time. They did not allow me to wash my hair or take a shower. On April 11, I was released from the small cell and sent back to the regular room. On May 3, criminal Hou Liping, led by guards Zhou Ying and Liu Yan, hung me up until I was forced to agree to sign a letter. When they put me down, my limbs had gone numb, and I was carried back to the room.

On December 1, 2004, I refused to accept physical abuse. As a result, on December 5, I was carried to the first floor of the building behind the one that I used to stay in. Several criminals tortured me as directed by the police. They handcuffed my hands behind my back to a bed frame, and then moved the bed. I suffered such great pain that I nearly fainted. I tried to report their evil acts, so they beat me again.

On March 15, 2005, I refused to cooperate with the guards and was locked in a small cell. On June 6, 2005, I conducted a hanger strike to protest the extension of my term. On June 9, 2005, the police conducted force-feeding on me. The prison doctor Shang Xiaomei inserted a stomach tube into me and had a major part of the tube inside the stomach, which caused me stomachaches and gastrectasia. In the mean time, she also used a metal mouth opener to force open my mouth, which caused injuries to my teeth, upper jaw and tongue. The same tube was used on four to five practitioners in a short period of time. There was no disinfection process, but it was merely rinsed with running water.

On July 29, 2005, I was released from the small cell, but when I persisted in continuing the hunger strike, prison doctor Shang continued conducting force-feeding on me three times a day (milk twice and corn soup once). During my hunger strike, I was isolated by the police and had no contact with others. On December 28, I stopped the hunger strike and began eating.

On January 18, 2006, I refused to cooperate with a police guard, so the police ordered criminals Hou Liping, Jiang Yajing, Zhang Li, Wang Liying, Song Yanbo and Zhang Meizheng to force the prison uniform on me. They tortured me from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. During that time, they kicked me hard when I tried to cross my legs into a lotus position. In the evening, as I refused to participate in the roll call, the criminals covered up my mouth and pulled me away.

Police guards Hou Fengying, Lu Cuijun, and Yu Hongbo encouraged the criminals to abuse us. To protest the persecution, I conducted a hunger strike again. Under the banner of giving me "nutrition", they force-fed me with mashed steamed buns, radish and garlic, which was supposed to "reduce inflammation." The mixture irritated the nose, the esophagus and the stomach, and it made me miserable each time they force-fed me with it. The police did not participate in the force-feeding and directed the criminals to do it. I was only one of the practitioners who were persecuted.

Shayang Forced Labor Camp has eight groups, and most of the Falun Gong practitioners are illegally detained in the 3rd Group. Practitioners are also detained in the 5th and the 8th Group. The 2nd Group is for detaining female practitioners.

Behind the Shayang Forced Labor Camp Hospital is a tall building, which is used especially to torture female practitioners. Many female practitioners have been detained inside this building. The agonizing cries of badly persecuted practitioners were often heard outside this building.

The practitioners detained in Shayang Forced Labor Camp came from different areas throughout Hubei Province. The torture methods used in Shayang Forced Labor Camp are listed below.

1. Immediately after the practitioners arrived, the police guards in the Shayang Forced Labor Camp attempted to force them to write the three statements, i.e. a repentance letter, a letter of renouncement, and a letter of condemnation of Falun Gong. If the practitioners refused to write them, they would be shocked by several high-voltage electric batons at the same time.

2. The guards stomped on practitioners who were pushed down to the ground. They used several high-voltage electric batons at the same time to shock the practitioners and gagged their mouths with filthy pieces of cloth in order to prevent them from crying out.

3. The guards tied practitioners' whole bodies tightly with ropes, pinched their pressure points, viciously beat and kicked them, and shocked them with several electric batons at the same time. Some practitioners could not stand up for two months after they were tortured this way.

4. "Carrying a Sword on the Back:" The guards handcuffed the practitioner behind his/her back with one hand pulled over the shoulder and the other pulled up from the lower back. Falun Gong practitioners who were tortured this way could still not stand up two months later.

5. The guards forced practitioners to squat or run for extended periods of time and deprived them of both sleep and use of the restroom for long periods of time.

6. The officers inundated practitioners with sayings that slandered Falun Gong.

The forced labor camp often went on tours all over the country to study methods for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. The Falun Gong practitioners detained in the 3rd Group were classified as two kinds: Those detained upstairs were called "transformed." Among them, some became collaborators and were used to transform other practitioners after they themselves had enlightened along an evil path. These are the ones especially shown to visitors from other places or inspectors. Those detained downstairs were Falun Gong practitioners who had recently arrived after being illegally arrested from other places. Among them were criminal prisoners who were used to monitor and torture the Falun Gong practitioners.

Beside the 3rd Group there is a strict control team, with a special police squad and all kinds of torture instruments. It is a special place for torturing Falun Gong practitioners.

Fanjiatai Forced Labor Farm is ten kilometers away from the 3rd Group. Many practitioners were detained there. The torture methods there are also very cruel.

Ms. Sun Nianrong, a 65-year-old woman from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, had been persecuted repeatedly. She was tortured by the police from Taoyuan Local Police Station for 78 hours before she died on April 7, 2006 in the 5th Group of the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp.

Ms. Sun Nianrong lived in Unit 2, Room 403, Building 21, Yanxi Community, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. After CCP started to persecute Falun Gong, she went to Beijing to appeal to higher authorities. On September 30, 1999, policeman Gao Dongxi and others, without showing any ID cards, illegally arrested Ms. Sun and over 10 other practitioners and took them to the local police station. The police handcuffed Ms. Sun and the other practitioners on the staircase between the first and second floors of the local police station for three days and nights. In November 1999, police from the Jianda Local Police Station and the committee from Yanxi Community, Changan District went to Ms. Sun's company to force her employers to stop issuing her wages.

On May 12, 2001, the police from Taoyuan Local Police station arrested Ms. Sun and the chief handcuffed her to a metal window for two days. The police from Changan Police Station then took her to Xinle County Detention Center, where she was illegally imprisoned for 20 days.

On August 10, 2001, policemen Zhang Zhong and Zhang Jianmin from the 4th Criminal Police Squadron coerced Ms. Sun into going to the 1st Hospital and the 132nd Hospital in Hebei Province, where staff would "examine" her body. After being fined 5,000 yuan, she was sentenced to a year of "reeducation through forced labor" and taken to the 5th Group of  Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp.

Ms. Sun suffered tremendously in the Camp. After she was released, the officials frequently monitored and harassed her. In March 2003 Changfeng Police Station extorted 3,000 yuan of her salary through her company.

Later, Ms. Sun's home was searched and she was taken to the brainwashing center to be persecuted again. The police took her home after she went on a hunger strike for six days and. She suffered extremely both mentally and physically and passed away on April 7, 2006.

Mr. Wu Xingjiang was a 64-year-old retiree from Taifeng Silk Factory, Langzhong City, Sichuan Province. Because he was firm in his practice of Falun Gong and clarified the truth, the National Security Bureau illegally arrested and detained him in 2001. They threatened him with fines, with laying his children off from work and withholding his retirement allowance. They also tried to force Mr. Wu to stop practicing "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance." Wu Xingjiang was illegally monitored, and the factory security and community residence committee members of the Chinese Communist Party constantly harassed and threatened him. As a result of the extreme pressure and mental torture, Wu Xingjiang passed away on April 2, 2006.

Mr. Li Jinzhao was 63 years old, and lived in Ziran Village, Yang Zhuang, Zhangying Village, Tanpeng Town, Linquan County, Anhui Province. He had been practicing Falun Gong since 1995. Before he practiced, Mr. Li Jinzhao was diagnosed with many different illnesses. After practicing Falun Gong, his illnesses were cured, and he became very healthy. Since 1999, when Jiang's evil regime started persecuting Falun Gong, police officer Qiu San and department head Sun Kongzhi arrested and detained Li Jinzhao on numerous occasions. Li Jinzhao was sent to a labor camp and was subjected to brainwashing classes. He also suffered much physical hardship. In July 2005, the police arrested and sent Mr. Li to Linquan Detention Center. There they tortured him physically on many occasions. Then, he was sent to brainwashing classes for further persecution. By that time Mr. Li's body was already swollen from his injuries, and his life was in danger. A few days after he was released for treatment, Li Jinzhao passed away on October 3, 2005.

Ms. Yang Guizhen was a 73-year-old resident of Changchun, Jilin Province. She was diagnosed with a variety of illnesses before practicing Falun Gong. Since she started practicing Falun Gong in 1998, her illnesses were cured. Ms. Yang's daughter was also a practitioner. After the persecution began in July 1999, Ms. Yang's daughter was illegally detained. In her distress, Ms. Guizhen passed away.

1. [Shenyang, Liaoning Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Chen Xiu Held in Tiexi District Detention Center in Shenyang City

Practitioner, Ms. Chen Xiu in Shenyang City was taken on March 3, 2006. She was sent to the brainwashing center in Zhangshi, Shenyang City. She has been on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Ms. Chen is currently in Tiexi District Detention Center, Shenyang City. She is in very critical condition. According to sources, her case has been transferred to Tiexi District Procuratorate, and she is going to be charged. Her family has found her a lawyer, who will meet the personnel involved with her case after May 1.

2. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Zhao Hongli in Critical Condition in Panjin Prison

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Hongli from Jianpin C,ounty, Chaoyang City has been on a hunger strike for seven months in Panjin Prison. The prison has been persecuting him and force-feeding him. Because of the force-feeding, Mr. Zhao is now vomiting blood and is in critical condition. His family requested his release, but the request was refused.

3. [Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Jin Lihong and Ms. Ji Hongrui Persecuted in Heilongjiang Women's Prison

Practitioner Ms. Jin Hongli from Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province was arrested by Taoshan District Police Department on December 1, 2004. Her house was illegally searched. Her computer, two copy machines, a printer, and a color printer were confiscated. About one week later, practitioner Ms. Ji Hongrui was also arrested by Taoshan District Police Department. Ms. Jin was secretly sentenced to three and a half years in prison, while Ms. Ji was secretly sentenced to three years. They were transferred to Heilongjiang Women's Prison on May 18, 2005. Ms. Jin Hongli is now held in the "strictly managed" area of the training unit. Ms. Ji Hongrui is held in Ward 9. Ms. Jin has been ona hunger strike and is extremely weak. Her life is in danger.

4. [Henan Province] Persecution of Practitioners in the 3rd Forced Labor Camp in Xuchang City Intensifies

In the 3rd Forced Labor Camp in Xuchang City, many practitioners have been incarcerated for the second or third time. Among them are Mr. Wu Junqing, Mr. Yang Deqi, Mr. Hu Bin, Mr. Ma Gang, and Mr. Yan Jiafu. Eight days after Ms. Yan Jiafu was brought in, he was sentenced to three years and sent somewhere else. Mr. Wu Bing was arrested for the second time. Because he refused to denounce Falun Gong, his right leg was severely beaten. His entire body has been affected by scabies. In spite of his condition, he still has to do hard labor.

5. [Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province] Ms. Guo Suying Arrested at Home by Officers from Shenjiatun Police Station

Around 11 a.m. on April 24, 2006, Li Yanjun, Director of the Shenjiatun Police Station in Zhang Jiakou, led four people and three cars to practitioner Ms. Guo Suying's home. With many people watching, four men carried her to the car against her will. The Falun Gong materials and books in her home were also confiscated.

6. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Changchun Women's Forced Labor Camp Continues to Persecute Practitioner Ms. Yuan Shufang

The detention of practitioner Ms. Yuan Shufang from Lushuihe, Baishan City, has been extended. To protest the persecution, she refuses to do the forced labor. The police have threatened that her term will be extended by the number of days she refuses to work.

7. [Hebei Province] The 4th Prison of Shijiazhuang City Continues to Persecute Practitioners

There are more than 60 practitioners in the 4th Prison of Shijiazhuang City. They are forced to do hard labor for more than 12 hours per day, seven days a week. Every day people are succumbing to the hardships or becoming ill. The working conditions, the environment, and the food are extreme poor.

8. [Tianjin City] Practitioner Ms. Han Enzhi from Dawanggu Village in the Wuqing District Arrested

At 11:00 a.m. on April 27, 2006, Zhang Jianguo, village director from Shuihuopu, and Song Dehua of the security committee led police officers from the Dawanggu Village Police Station and a policeman from Yang Village in the Wuqing District to practitioner Ms. Han Enzhi's home. They broke into her house and took her to Dawanggu Police Station. The police also put other Falun Gong practitioners' homes under 24-hour surveillance.

9. [Qinhuangdao, Shangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Lian Baochang's Family Harassed

In the afternoon on April 25, 2006, Wang Xueming from Haibin Road Police Station in Qinhuangdao and other two policemen once again intruded into Mr. Lian Baochang's home. He was forced to leave home to avoid being persecuted. They took away Zhuan Falun, "Minghui Weekly" and other materials. They also tried to take Mr. Lian's wife under the excuse of helping them to find him. Meeting her firm resistance, they gave up and left.

10. [Beijing] Practitioner Ms. Wang Qin is Detained

Falun Gong practitioner and former doctorial candidate of Tsinghua University Ms. Wang Qin is illegally imprisoned in the 3th Ward of Huazi Prison in Dengta County, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province.

11. [Beihai, Guangxi Province] Practitioner Ms. Zhang Liying and Others' Homes Illegally Searched

On April 11, the CCP Politics and Law Committee of Yinhai District, Beihai City, Guangxi Province, and several policemen from the Longtan Police Station in Yintan Town went to harass practitioners in Longtanxia Village. At 9:00 p.m. on April 22, the same group illegally searched the homes of practitioners Ms. Zhang Liying, Ms. Weng Liangfen, and Ms. Li Zuozhou. Four copies of Zhuan Falun, one copy of Minghui Weekly, three cassette players, and several exercise cassette tapes were confiscated.

12. [Longkou, Shangdong] Mr. Wang Xueqing Arrested at Home

On April 26 and 27, 2006, police from Nanshan Police Station broke into practitioner Mr. Zheng Quanhua's home and confiscated his equipment and Falun Gong books.

At 9:00 a. m. on April 28, 2006, policemen from Longkou City Police Department and Xinjia Police Station broke into practitioner Ms.Wang Xueqing's home and arrested her while she was looking after her sick husband.

On the evening of May 2, a large group of police officers was deployed in Qingdao City. Seventy Falun Gong practitioners were arrested overnight because the evil Jiang was coming to Qingdao on May 5.

2. [Mainland China] The CCP Deprives People of Their Right to An Education

Because the Chinese Communist Party persecutes Falun Gong in China's universities, many people in universities throughout China have become accomplices in the persecution. For instance, the Northwest Industrial University in Xi'an questions the new students (including those enrolled in both undergraduate and graduate studies) as to whether they practice Falun Gong when they register. In Beijing's universities, such as Academia Sinica, Beijing Technical University, Beijing Postal and Telecommunication University and many other universities, potential applicants are asked whether they practice Falun Gong. Those students who practice Falun Gong will be discriminated against and will be unable to attend college.

3. [Wuhan, Hubei Province] Qinduankou Prison Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners

Qinduankou Prison in Wuhan conducted the so-called "exposing and criticizing" once more on March 10, 2006, using "collaborator" Zeng Xianqi from Macheng to slander Falun Gong at the meeting. Practitioners are illegally detained in the Fourth Production Group of Qinduankou Prison. Mr. Feng Zhen, Mr. Zhou Jiangang and others shouted loudly, "Falun Dafa is good!" Guard Qin incited inmates to torture and mercilessly beat Feng Zhen, Zhou Jiangang, and the other practitioners. The perpetrators confined them in a small cell and continued to torture them. On April 25, one practitioner's life was in danger.

Moreover, in the Ninth Production Group of Qinduankou Prison, practitioner Mr. Cao Zhenguo was put into confinement on March 1, 2006. Practitioner Mr. Han Shanhe was put into confinement on March 27, 2006. Wang Jinyong, the chief of the Ninth Production Group, incited inmates to beat and torture both of them savagely.

4. [Zhunhua, Hebei] Falun Gong Practitioners at Puchi River Village Forced to Give Up Practicing Falun Gong

On the morning of April 26, 2006, Zhang Lianhe and Li Chengyou from Puchi River Village, Zhunhua, Hebei Province, led Xiliuchun Township government personnel went to the homes of practitioners in Puchi River Village and tried to deceive them into signing their names and giving up their cultivation practice.

5. [Hebei Province] The Shijiazhuang Northern Suburb Fourth Prison Holds Brainwashing Session Again

The Fourth Prison in Shijiazhuang Northern Suburb, Hebei Province, is currently holding a brainwashing session for the over 80 illegally-imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners, starting a new round of persecution, and setting a goal of 100% "transformation" rate.

6. [Xianyang, Shaanxi] Qian County Police Department took Falun Gong Practitioner's Appeal Evidence through Deception

In July 2005, practitioner Ms. Qin Yingchang from Xianyang was illegally taken away from home for no reason, and several other Falun Gong practitioners who were present at Ms. Qin's home were arrested at the same time. Without any evidence, the Qian County Police Department secretly sent Qin Yingchang to a forced labor camp and extorted money from the other practitioners. An insider disclosed that one of the practitioners was extorted out of 8,000 yuan.

Qin Yingchang appealed to the court according to standard legal procedure while in the forced labor camp. The Qian County Police Department was afraid to resolve the matter through the legal system. They sent someone to Ms. Qin's home to talk them into giving away the court-issued written judgment which was needed for the appeal. Thus, Qin Yingchang is unable to appeal and possibly will be sentenced to two years of forced labor.

7. [Qingyuan, Guangdong] Several Practitioners Arrested

Several Falun Gong practitioners were arrested: Ms. Wu Huilian, Mr. He Jianren (from Shaoguan), Mr. Nan Jianzhou (from Shaoguan), Ms. Liang Huizhen and others.

8. [Nanning, Guangxi] Qingxiu District Court Attempts to Continue the Illegal Trial of Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Liya

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Liya was scheduled to have a court hearing on April 20, 2006. With the help of local Falun Gong practitioners and other domestic and overseas practitioners, the Nanning City Qingxiu District Court was forced to postpone the court hearing to 9:30 a.m. on May 10, 2006.

9. Bai Xiuquan and His Wife Liu Sufen from Baizhuang Village, Douzhuang Town, Zhuozhou City Arrested

On May 3, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Bai Xiuquan and his wife Liu Sufen were arrested from their home in Baizhuang Village, Douzhuang Town, Zhuozhou City by Yang Yugang and seven or eight other police officers from the 610 Office of Zhouzhou City and the National Security Group. They are being held and persecuted in a detention center in Zhuozhou City.

10. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Zhou Hua Persecuted in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhou Hua is now detained in the "Tightly Controlled Group" in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. She started a hunger strike in February to resist the persecution. To prevent her from taking off the prison uniform, the guards tied up her hands separately. Since February 27, Ms. Zhou was tortured by being hung up 24 hours a day. On April 15, the head of the Tightly Controlled Group savagely beat her twice. Now, four other persons have been released from the Tightly Controlled Group, and only Zhou Hua still remains there.

11. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Xiang Lijie Was Unlawfully Arrested

On April 25, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xiang Lijie from Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province was unlawfully arrested. Xiang Lijie's husband is in Taiwan. Because she refuses to give up the cultivation of Falun Gong, the police and the 610 Office of Liaoyuan City harass her constantly. The authorities refused to issue her a visa for going back to Taiwan, and forced her to separate from her husband for years. Ms. Xiang lived on about 300 yuan she earned as a part-time worker. Since the persecution of Falun Gong started in 1999, Xiang Lijie has been detained, sentenced to forced labor camps, and shocked with electric batons for appealing for Falun Gong. In 2004, when she was applying for a visa to return to Taiwan, Ms. Xiang was slapped in front of her family members by Li Bin from the National Security Group because she reviewed to give up Falun Gong. That same year, Xiang Lijie was detained for five days by the National Security Branch, but an attempt to sentence her to labor camp failed.

12. [Shanghai] Supplementary Information on the Whereabouts and the Persecution of Yang Fang, Li Jing and Other Practitioners

Ms. Yang Fang was born in 1969 in Jianshui City, Yunnan Province. She worked in a joint-venture corporation with Taiwan in Shanghai City.

Ms. Li Jing was born 1969 in Tonghai County, Yunnan Province. She is unmarried. Ms. Li worked at a tobacco analytical instrument company in Shanghai City. She obtained Falun Gong in April 2004.

Ms. Lu was 54 years old. Her husband and she were all young students in Shanghai, and both were sent to the countryside in Yunnan Province in 1969. The couple worked in Wenshan City, Yunnan Province. Her husband was a worker. Ms. Lu was a teacher, and later was relocated to work in the country government office. According to Ms. Lu, she was unlawfully sent to a forced labor camp in Yunnan. After retiring, her husband, daughter, and she moved back to Shanghai.

Ms. Zhang Qiuning is 50 years old. She was from Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province. She lives in Pudong District, Shanghai City.

On February 15, 2005, Clearwisdom.net reported that Yang Fang was arrested in her hometown in Yunnan Province and brought back to Shanghai. Soon, she was missing. Later, it was learned that Li Jing, Ms. Lu, Zhang Qiuning were also arrested in Shanghai in February 2005.

Before the lunar Chinese New Year, Li Jing was arrested in Shanghai because she was reported when she was clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. After a failed attempt to interrogate Li Jing, the police started to intimidate her family members. Out of fear, her family members told the police of the location where truth clarifying materials were made and also of Falun Gong practitioner Yang Fang who had a close relation with Li Jing. After the Chinese New Year, the police from Shanghai arrested Yang Fang from Jianshui County, Yunnan Province. Yang Fang was sentenced to 18 months and served in Tingpu Labor Camp, Shanghai City. This labor camp was newly constructed.

13. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Fuyu County Practitioner Ms. Wang Enhui Unconditionally Released on the Morning of April 30, 2006