The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong -- September 6, 2008

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

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  • Ms. Liang Xiulan Tortured with Electric-Shock Batons by Police
  • After 28 days of brainwashing in the year 2000, Ms. Liang Xiulan gave up the practice Falun Gong. By 2005 she had resumed the practice and Communist authorities resumed her persecution. In 2008 she was arrested and not released until near death.
  • The Current Situation of Falun Gong Practitioners Unlawfully Arrested or Sentenced in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province
  • A list of arrested Falun Gong practitioners, many given long sentences, from just one Chinese city.


    Ms. Liang Xiulan Tortured with Electric-Shock Batons by Police

    Ms. Liang Xiulan, 42, is a worker in a hospital of Chinese medicine in Qian'an City, Hebei Province. She has been the target of frequent persecution by the Domestic Security Team in Qian'an City. Earlier this year, Liang Xiulan was arrested, beaten and tortured with electric-shock batons by Peng Minghui and other policemen.

    In July 2000, Liang Xiulan's home was ransacked by Wang Shiwu and others. She was arrested and taken to the police station, where she was detained for two days and a night. She was released after police extorted 2,000 yuan from her. On December 25, 2000, Liang was arrested again because she had been in contact with other practitioners. Peng Minghui led a group of officials to ransack her home. Officials forced Liang's husband, a policeman himself, to beat and slap his own wife. Afraid of facing the same fate as she, he joined them in persecuting his wife. Liang was detained in a brainwashing center for twenty eight days, and was only released after she was coerced to renounce her belief. Later, Geng Jiyang brought people to ransack her home and harass her.

    By 2005, Ms. Liang had resumed practicing Falun Gong, and authorities resumed harassing her, picking her up and detaining her several times.

    On May 21, 2008, Ms. Liang was caught talking to people publicly about the persecution she and other Falun Gong practitioners face. She and several other practitioners were arrested on the spot. Liang has computers and printers at her home, so her case was referred to the Domestic Security Team. On May 22, Peng Minghui ordered Fu Yonglai to have Liang taken to a brainwashing center, where a person named Yang slapped her repeatedly. Fu Yonglai told her fiercely, "We count it as suicide if we kill you, so we don't care. Go ahead and tell the world what we're doing so that our leader knows we did our job." They handcuffed Liang's hands to two separate iron chairs, one hand on each. Fu Yonglai and another guard shocked her with electric batons. Another guard held her to stop her movements. She could not stand it and her head hit the floor. A bump larger than her fist developed from the immediate swelling, making it difficult for her to see. Fu Yonglai dragged Liang up by her hair to shock her some more. When he got tired, he took a nap. The handcuffs cut Liang's wrists deeply causing them to swell and bleed.

    The next afternoon, Ha Fulong brought two guards and returned Ms. Liang to the scene of her torture. They cuffed her hands behind her back with one handcuff. Liang's back faced up, and a chair was put on it. One guard sat on the chair, another held it, and two others each took hold of electric shock batons. The guard in the chair brutally shocked the lower half of her body and even shocked her vagina. The other shocked her neck and breasts. They tortured Liang her until she was bruised all over. Her arms and legs were black and purple all over, and to this day, Liang's legs remain black. After torturing Liang, Ha Fulong laughed and they all went to a restaurant to celebrate.

    They later took Ms. Liang to a detention center. Liang's blood pressure was always high and she felt dizzy. One day, Liang fell to the ground. Her body twitched, and she got a fever, so fearing the worst, the police released her. When Liang's daughter came to pick her up, she didn't even recognize her mother. After staying at home for two months, the people in the procuratorate harassed her again, and Fu Yonglai and other people from her department harassed her family many times.

    She has now left home to avoid further persecution. Her husband is too sick to work and needs urgent medical attention.



    The Current Situation of Falun Gong Practitioners Unlawfully Arrested or Sentenced in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province

    All cases took place in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, unless otherwise noted.

    1. Name: Mr. Gao Daxing, 38 years old

    Gao Daxing

    Day arrested: August 18, 2008, sentenced to nine years of imprisonment
    Detention location: Cuodian Squadron, the First Group, Jidong Prison
    Persecution: Currently undergoing brainwashing
    Shuiyuesi Police Precinct agents had previously arrested him on October 13, 1999 at his work place, the Beihuan Branch of Cangzhou City Industry and Business Bank. He was then held in the Cangzhou Second Detention Center for 15 days and has not been allowed to return to his job since. Another arrest followed December 1999, in his hometown Yanshan with a subsequent three-month incarceration in the Cangzhou First Detention Center.

    A year later he had gone to Beijing on November 13, 200 and was arrested and held in Cangzhou First Detention Center for more than five months and was sent to forced labor. The camp officials refused to accept him because of his poor health. He was released from police custody on April 13, 2001. While attempting to repair his computer, Mr. Gao was arrested and taken to the Cangzhou Yunhe Police Department on August 18, 2001 and sentenced to nine years of imprisonment.

    2. Name: Mr. Yang Quanli, 41 years old

    Yang Quanli

    Day of arrest: July 29, 2001, sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment
    Detention location: the Ninth Prison Ward at the Baoding Prison, #18 of P. O. Box 127, Baoding City
    Persecution: He has been very steadfast in his belief in Falun Gong. He and his wife, also a practitioner, have not seen each other in the past seven years. He has been tortured many times since July 20, 1999 and not been home only briefly.

    The responsible prison guard: Lu Zhangang, 86-312-5923049(Office), 86-13832224049(Cell)

    3. Name: Mr. Wang Bin, 40 years old

    Wang Bin

    Day of arrested: August 18, 2008, sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment
    Detention location: the Fourth Prison of Hebei Province
    Persecution: He decided in September 2000 to leave his home to avoid further persecution because of local police harassment. He eventually went to Beijing to appeal against the persecution, but was arrested on November 13, 2000 at Tiananmen Square. The officials sent him back to Hebei Province and detained him for over three months. His employer, the Bank of China, dismissed him. He left home once again in June 2001.

    On August 18, 2008, he was was arrested again. Agents from a special cases group affiliated with the 610 Office arrested him for sending e-mails to expose the Chinese ruling regime's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The persecutors sentenced him to 11 years of imprisonment. He has been steadfast in his belief despite the ruthless persecution.

    Hebei Province's Fourth Prison, also called Shijiazhuang North Suburban Prison
    Address: #3 Beihuanxi Road, P.O. Box 131, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, Zip Code 050061
    Prison head: Xiao Feng, 86-311-87751830 (Office), 86-311-83826601(Home)
    Deputy head: Wei Wensheng: 86-311-87718069 (Office), 86-311-83810877(Home)

    4. Name: Mr. Cai Guozeng, 55 years old

    Cao Guozeng

    Day of arrest: June 15, 2002, sentenced to eight years of imprisonment
    Detention location: Zhimu Squadron, the First Detachment, Jidong Prison
    Persecution: Brainwashing and physical torture; he suffers from high blood pressure.

    5. Name: Mr. Liu Tonghai, 34 years old
    Home address: Daodong County
    Day of arrest: April 1, 2006, sentenced to three years of imprisonment
    Detention location: Jimu Squadron, the First Detachment, Jidong Prison
    Jidong Prison Address: Jiantuozi, Nanbao Developing Zone, Taishan City, Hebei Province
    Jidong Prison head: Song Zhenliang, 86-315-8327666(Office), 86-13930530566(Cell)

    6. Name: Mr. Xu Kai, 35 years old

    Xu Kai

    Home address: Jiuzhou Township, Cang County
    Family members: mother, wife and daughter
    Date of arrest: August 8, 2007, sentenced to a forced labor camp for a year and a half
    Detention location: Handan City Forced Labor Camp, Hebei Province
    Persecution: He has remained steadfast in belief in Falun Gong while detained at the labor camp. He was subjected to torture by having to stand for four months. He has been detained five times since July 20, 1999.

    7. Name: Ms. Zhang Songfeng, 42 years old
    Day of arrest: arrested in early 2004 and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment
    Detention location: Shijiazhuang Women's Prison, Luquan, Hebei Province
    Persecution: Brainwashing and torture. She has constantly suffered the persecution since July 20, 1999.

    8. Name: Ms. Li Junying, around 60 years old
    Home address: Sanlizhuang
    Day of arrest: January 14, 2004, sentenced to eight years of imprisonment
    Detention location: The Ninth Ward, Shijiazhuang Women's Prison, Luquan City, Hebei Province
    Persecution: She has constantly suffered abuse since the persecution began on July 20, 1999

    9. Name: Ms. Ku Jin'er, 63 years old
    Home address: Cang County
    Day of arrest: November 2004, sentenced to six years of imprisonment
    Detention location: The Eighth Prison Ward, Shijiazhuang Women's Prison, Luquan City, Hebei Province
    Persecution: On the evening of August 11, 2007, 62-year-old practitioner Ku Jin'er was meditating when criminal inmate You Hsipo and another criminal suddenly dragged her from the bed to the floor, injuring her right arm. Ms. Ku went on a hunger strike to protest the abuse. Prison guards Bi Ch'unmei, Sun Chihchun, Liu Chiaoyan, Xu Haiying, and one other guard incited criminal inmate Zhang Chienju to abuse her brutally. They force-fed her through a nasal tube twice a day. Ms. Ku Jin'er complained to police district magistrate Bi Chunmei who responded by placing her into a small, confined chamber. Other practitioners in the area protested the persecution and clarified the truth to the police. Ku Jin'er continued the hunger strike until the criminal who hit her apologized to her.

    10. Name: Mr. Wang Jiasheng, 43 years old

    Wang Jiasheng

    Day of arrest: June 4, 2008. CCP officials are planning to sentence him. His case has been transferred to the court.
    Detention location: Cangzhou City Detention Center, Hebei Province
    Persecution: In October 2000 he went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. He was then sent back and held in the Second Detention Center of Cangzhou City. He was sentenced to four years of imprisonment and detained in the Fengnan Prison in Tangshan and released in 2004. He was seized again, on June 4, 2008, on his way to run an errand.

    11. Name: Ms. Tang Jianying (Wang Jiasheng's wife), 45 years old

    Tang Jianying

    Day of arrest: June 4, 2008. CCP officials are planning to sentence her. Her case has been transferred to the court.
    Location of detention: Cangzhou City Detention Center
    Persecution: On June 4, 2008, officers from the Yunhe Police Station of Cangzhou City went to ransack Wang Jiasheng's home and also arrested Tang Jianying.