The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong  -- June 26, 2006

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Content


  • 610 Office of Shouguang City Persecutes Zhang Keliang and his Wife Wang Zhongyun

  • Jinan Prison Authorities Deprived Wang Chenglin's Family Members of the Right to Visit Him

  • Three Falun Gong Practitioners from Chongqing, Tianjin, and Heilongjiang Died as a Result of Persecution

  • A Teacher Is Sent to Trial After Clarifying the Truth in Class

  • Ms. He Mingzhen Detained Ten Times

  • Five Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Missing in Liaoning, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Guangdong Provinces




  • 610 Office of Shouguang City Persecutes Zhang Keliang and his Wife Wang Zhongyun

    At around 4 p.m. on February 4, 2005, Li Tongzhong from the 610 Office of Shouguang City in Shandong Province and more than 10 others went to the home of Zhang Keliang in Houpuli Village and arrested him and his wife Wang Zhongyun.

    After the police entered the village, they surrounded Mr. Zhang’s home, blocked the paths into and out of the village and began to search for the couple. During the illegal search, the policemen ransacked the couple’s home. The 80-year-old mother of Mr. Zhang Keliang and his 10-year-old young daughter were so frightened that they were trembling. One policeman even blamed this young girl for not telling them where her parents were. He punched the girl, almost knocking her to the ground. Five or six policemen (including Liu Zhushen, Guo Hongtang, and Ma Wenhe) used a confiscated key to open the door to Mr. Zhang Keliang’s home and did not follow any legal procedure to ransack Mr. Zhang’s home.

    During an illegal interrogation session, the policemen used torture to force them to confess. The police stripped off all of Mr. Zhang Keliang’s clothes, handcuffed Mr. Zhang’s hands behind his back, tied up his feet with electric wires and used Mr. Zhang’s winter coat to wrap up his head. Three policemen (Zhao Chunli, Liu Zhushen and Ma Wenhe) stepped on Mr. Zhang’s head and back and used high voltage electric batons to shock his whole body. They shocked his throat, nipples and genitals. They poured water on Mr. Zhang’s head and used an electric baton to shock his Baihui point (an acupuncture point at the top the head). They also inserted cigarettes into his two nostrils and burned his back with burning cigarettes, slapped him on the face, struck him with a belt, and beat him. They did this continuously for over 10 hours, from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. the next morning.

    Mr. Zhang Keliang’s back and spine were fractured again. (In December 2001, his back was fractured and his kidney was injured by Sang Hanli and four policemen from the Wenjia Street Police Station in Shouguang City). When he and his wife were sent to the detention center, not even their friends could recognize them. Mr. Zhang Keliang walked abnormally, his face was swollen and missing skin on the left side. He had several deep scars on his right chin about 3 cm long, which appeared to be burn wounds, and he had deep burn marks on his throat. Mr. Zhang Keliang’s wife was disheveled and her forehead was badly bruised. Even after they were physically abused like that, they were still sent to the Shouguang Detention Center. Later on, they were sent to the Weifang Brainwashing Center for further persecution. Before they were sent from the detention center to the brainwashing center in Weifang City, half of Wang Zhongyun’s body was immobilized. She needed other detainees to carry her in a stretcher for a physical examination or interrogation. Even after they had been persecuted to such an extent, Mr. and Mrs. Zhang were still forcibly sent to a brainwashing center in Weifang City.

    When they left the brainwashing center of Weifang City, Mr. and Mrs. Zhang were very skinny and appeared deformed. Mr. Zhang Keliang had lost almost all of his hair at the top of his head, where he had been shocked with electric batons. He had bruises and injuries all over his body, and his back was hunched over. He became paralyzed and lost his ability to work. Ms. Wang Zhongyun’s face was wax yellow, her eyesight was fuzzy and she could no longer see clearly. She was paralyzed on half of her body. Their family now lives in poverty and has to rely on assistance from relatives and friends.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/6/1/129353.html


    Jinan Prison Authorities Deprived Wang Chenglin's Family Members of the Right to Visit Him

     Authorities at Jinan Prison deprived practitioner Wang Chenglin's family members of the right to visit him many times on the pretext of his refusing to be "transformed".

    Practitioner Wang Chenglin from Qingdao City was illegally sentenced to jail for 11 years since he made Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials in 2004. Since then he has been detained at Jinan Prison. Because he refused to give up Falun Gong, he was subjected to persecution with the "strictest control" by the guards. His family members went to visit him many times, but were denied entrance by the authorities of the prison.

    In September 2005, his family members learned that he had been tortured to an unconscious state. They became extremely worried and requested to take him out for medical treatment, but their request was rejected. Wang Chenglin's 88-year-old father missed him very much. Also, after learning of the Chinese Communist Party's crimes of harvesting living practitioners' organs, he was extremely worried and came down with an illness for which he had to be hospitalized.

    On May 18, 2006, other family members picked the father up from the hospital and brought him to Jinan Prison again, expecting to visit Wang Chenglin. One director claimed that since Wang Chenglin refused to be "transformed", he was strictly controlled and his family members were not allowed to visit him. With the Mr. Wang's father's painstaking pleas, he was allowed to see his son at last for a few minutes. The son just called out "father", and before he had an opportunity to say more, his father was driven off.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/6/3/129536.html


    Three Falun Gong Practitioners from Chongqing, Tianjin, and Heilongjiang Died as a Result of Persecution

     Ms. Gao Yunling, a retired employee of the Chongqing Oil Transport Warehouse, began to practice Falun Gong in 1996. As a result of the practice, all her illnesses disappeared without medical treatment. In October 2005, the local community committee (Shiyangyishe Community, Shiqiaopu Township, Chongqing City) put her under surveillance twenty-four hours a day. This happened again during the Chinese New Year in 2006. She was forced to write the so-called three statements, which brought her huge detriment mentally. She died on February 13, 2006.

    The following are the personnel who participated in the persecution:

    Shiyangyishe Community Committee
    Party Secretary: Shang Yong and Zhan Zhengmo
    Community deputy Director: Shi Yingxia

    Mr. Gao Qingcheng, 54 years of age, was an employee of the Tianjin Xinhe Shipyard and was from Gaoxinzhuang. He was illegally detained in a forced labor camp for three years from February 2001 to February 2004. After he was released, he was still constantly harassed by government personnel. He was living under extreme mental pressure and died in March 2006.

    Ms. Tang Liyan, 36 years of age, was a school teacher at the Linjiang Township Middle School, Tongjiang City, Heilongjiang Province. After she began to practice Falun Gong in May 1998, her illnesses went away and she became a healthy person. The local 610 Office and local police station often monitored and harassed her after the persecution began on July 20, 1999. She suffered a lot mentally and her health got worse gradually. She died on October 14, 2003.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/5/5/126909.html


    A Teacher Is Sent to Trial After Clarifying the Truth in Class

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

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Lu Chihua is a teacher employed by the Yanjiang Town Middle School in Long'an County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. On March 13, 2006, he was arrested by policemen from the County Department, and is now detained in Long'an County Detention Center. Mr. Lu's family hired a lawyer, but the police will not allow the lawyer visit him, and they have been interfering with the lawyer's work.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/6/15/130504.html


    Ms. He Mingzhen Detained Ten Times

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

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. He Mingzhen lives in the Tenth Commune of Pingyang Village, Salian Township, Miyi County, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province. Since the persecution started on July 20, 1999, Ms. He Mingzhen has been detained ten times, brutally beaten five times, and gone on hunger strike ten times. Her husband was forced to divorce her, and she has had more than a thousand yuan cash extorted from her.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/6/15/130498.html


    Five Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Missing in Liaoning, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Guangdong Provinces


    Seeking Ms. Wu Haiyan

    Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Wu Haiyan, 30, lived in Gushupuzi Village, Hongqi Township, Faku County, Liaoning Province. She has been missing since August 2002. Her ten-year-old child was left behind and misses her very much.

    Seeking Mr. Luo Bin

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Luo Bin is a teacher in Nanchang City Middle School in Jiangxi Province. He was arrested by Dazhu County State Security agents while passing out truth clarifying materials in 2001, and has been missing ever since.

    Seeking Mr. Huang Bin

    Mr. Huang Bin lives in Dayuan First Group, Guixi Township, Gaoxin District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. He started cultivating Falun Gong in 1998. He left home in the spring of 2001, when he was about 27-28 years old, but never returned. His older sister has been worried that he may have been arrested because he practices Falun Gong.

    Seeking Mr. Ruan Peiji

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr Ruan Peiji, in his 50s, lives in Maoping Village, Dongcheng Management Area, Liudu Town, Yun'an County, Yunfu City, Guangdong Province. He started practicing Falun Gong in 1998.

    After the persecution started, local policemen and 610 Office agents often harassed and threatened him, forcing him go to Pudong District, Shanghai City to work. A year later, he went to another factory in Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province for about one year, but never returned home.

    After September 2002, Mr. Ruan Peiji lost contact with his family. His wife went to Shunde District to look for him, and discovered that his clothes, bedding, and several hundred yuan in cash were still in his dorm. His roommate said that he left on his bike, but never returned. His wife and fellow practitioners are all very worried about him.

    Seeking Ms. Li Xiaochun

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Xiaochun, 45, was forced to leave home to avoid being arrested in May 2000, but there has been no information on her whereabouts since. He has a 21-year-old son..

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/6/20/130921.html