(Clearwisdom.net)
Just prior to the session opening of the two Congresses, the "610 Office" [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems] of Jilin Province ordered lower level offices in each city, county, district, police station, and neighborhood administration, as well as businesses and government organizations, to "Thoroughly eliminate and arrest all Falun Gong practitioners." They used tailgating, abductions, and stakeouts, forcing family members, children, and neighbors to report on practitioners for rewards of 10,000 Yuan (twenty months average pay of an urban worker). They arrested all practitioners who had previously been forced to give up cultivation in brainwashing sessions.
There were countless police vehicles on the streets of Changchun City, almost one police vehicle every 200 meters, patrolling the city around the clock. Security guards with banners on their sleeves could be seen everywhere, especially under the utility poles.
We learned that many Falun Dafa practitioners were arrested at home; some practitioners who became homeless and destitute in order to avoid being illegally arrested at home were arrested by the Changchun City "610 Office," and have been brutally tortured.