Summary of Other Articles and News -- December 15, 2003

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

Zhongxinjie Elementary School teacher, Ms. Wu Xinmei of Hengshui City, Hebei Province has been detained many times for practicing Falun Dafa. Since 2001, she was forced to become destitute and homeless in order to avoid being wrongfully arrested at home. The city's "610 Office" and the Education Department have been persecuting her for the past four years. They detained her for 16 days in her school, extorted 2,800 yuan from her, didn't allow her to work, and have withheld her salary since May 2000.

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Liu Wentao from Shulan County, Jilin Province has been sentenced to 13 years in prison by the Chuanying District Court, and is now jailed in sector no.1 of Tiebei Prison in Changchun City. Before October 1^st, 2003, the National Day, police beat him with a metal rod and a wooden stick until his whole body was covered with bruises. Then they locked him in the small cell, where he has been ever since.

Former Chief Secretary Liu Xiping (male) of Lixia District, Jinan City, Shandong Province and Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary Li directed the "610 Office" to brainwash about 300 Falun Dafa practitioners living in the district, torture them and extort large amounts of their money. The current committee secretary ignores kind advice, and continues to encourage the "610 Office" personnel to violate human rights. On August 27, 2003, the police and "610 Office" personnel worked together to abduct Falun Dafa practitioners, ransack their homes, and hold a brainwashing class on August 29, 2003. The phone number to the brainwashing session is 86-531-8586610.

The second in command of the Political Security Team in Yangxin County, Hubei Province Song Shengqiang (male) has been actively involved in persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners since July 20, 1999. He said himself that he was responsible for all Falun Gong cases in the County. Before the 16^th Party Congress in 2002, he abducted a high school teacher named Guo (a Falun Dafa practitioner) and brought the teacher to a Huangshi City brainwashing center. Under this pressure, Guo panicked and had a nervous break down. Guo jumped down from the second floor and was knocked unconscious when he hit the ground. He also broke his leg, which has not yet healed. Another retired elementary school teacher, Ms. Wu is almost 70 years old. Song grabbed her hair, and punched her head against the wall, which made her head swell with many big bumps. Song also slapped her face, pinched her arms, and beat her hands so that they were covered with purple and blue bruises. Song has extorted tens of thousands yuan from Falun Dafa practitioners.

The following are the facts surrounding the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in the Hehuakeng Labor Camp of Tangshan City, Hebei Province: Falun Dafa practitioner, Mr. Wei Danquan had heart attacks on many occasions, and passed out a few times. He was suffering from tuberculosis, and had to be released. Falun Dafa practitioner, Mr. Liu Jianbo was "tied up"^iv by police officer Wang Yulin (male) for shouting "Falun Dafa is Good!" All the rest of the Dafa disciples protested this cruel torture, and the police sent them to the strictly controlled group, among them were Dafa disciples, Mr. Gao Guochang, Mr. Yin Guihua, Mr. Zhang Xiaolong, and Liu Jianbo.

On November 16, 2003, Falun Dafa practitioner, Mr. Xu Fei, Mr. Zhao Chuanhai and one other unknown practitioner wanted to exercise openly. Police Team Leader Liu Zhongke (male) sent them to the strictly controlled group. Both hands and feet of Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Jun were cuffed to a metal bed in the strictly controlled group, which caused him to have high blood pressure. He went on hunger strike on November 12, 2003 to protest. Around the same time, Falun Dafa practitioner, Mr. Liu Xiyong was sent to the strictly controlled group again from the third team.

Around May or June 2001, police in the Kaiping Labor Camp, Tangshan City, Hebei Province started brainwashing Falun Dafa practitioners. Many Falun Dafa practitioners have been tortured, for example they've been deprived of sleep, shocked with electric batons, brutally beaten, forced to sit on a small stool for long periods of time, and forced to stand for long periods. Each practitioner was isolated from other practitioners. "Collaborators" would then take turns trying to brainwash them with their brainwashed thoughts.

"610 Office" personnel in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province started a new round of persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in July to August 2003. They abducted several tens of Falun Dafa practitioners and brought them to the Chikan "Law Education School," which is actually a brainwashing center, forced practitioners to write guarantee statements and tortured steadfast practitioners mentally. At the end of September 2003, 610 officers sent Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Tongying and eight others to the Sanshui Labor Camp, where they were tortured both mentally and physically.

Corrupted officials in Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province held a brainwashing class on December 22, 2003, and are bent on torturing Falun Dafa practitioners. They have abducted four practitioners already, and plan to abduct more. These four are Zhao from Maanshan Village, Hongkeli Town, Chen from Weizigou Town, Ms. Li Guijuan from Dongnantun, Dalianhe Town, and Mr. Ma Honggang from Hongji Village, Dalianhe Town. Mr. Ma Honggang has escaped.

Falun Dafa practitioner Zhang Wenlian has been abducted twice from his work and sent to labor camp since October 2001. Because of the extreme conditions in the labor camp his entire body became swollen and his muscles became weak. His term ended in October 2003, but he was sent directly to the Heishijiao Brainwashing Class where he is now. His physical condition has been worsening, and he is on hunger strike to protest, requesting release.

Falun Dafa practitioner, Mr. Chen Qingqu, among others who are detained in the Nanchang City Labor Camp of Jiangxi Province are on hunger strike to protest. Among them, Mr. Xiaoyuanguang has been on hunger strike for more than 100 days. He is protesting because the police illegally changed his term to three years in labor camp when his 100-day term ended.