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(Clearwisdom.net) On March 5, 2002, Falun Gong practitioners in China's northeastern city of Changchun broadcast documentaries regarding the perscution of Falun Gong over China's state-run airwaves, exposing Jiang Zemin's systematic cover-up of atrocities committed against Falun Gong practitioners. This revelation of the true story sent fear down from the highest levels of the Jiang's regime. Enraged, Jiang Zemin sent out a secret order to "kill without pardon" those responsible for the broadcast. Over the next few days, more than 5,000 Falun Gong practitioners were detained during an all out and unprecedented police sweep in Changchun and the city was placed under near-martial law. Dozens were killed as a result of police brutality during the round up. Unfortunately, a total media blackout, imposed by the regime, severely hampered many attempts to contact local witnesses and confirm the individual reports. At least six death cases were later confirmed and at least fifteen Falun Gong practitioners were later sentenced to prison terms ranging from 4 to 20 years.
[On April 1, reports received from Changchun indicates that all leaders in Jilin Province and Changchun city were ordered to be removed from office should another cable TV broadcast occur, and police officers who fail to meet their "arrest quota" of Falun Gong practitioners were to be dismissed along with their supervisors. These reports help explain the scope and severity of the police action. Such threats are a typical example of the policy of implication that Jiang uses to demand results from state employees and clearly show that the victims of Jiang's persecution campaign extend well beyond the ranks of those who practice Falun Gong. ("A Crisis Unfolds in Changchun" from Falun Dafa Information Center)]
In September 2002, at least fifteen practitioners involved in the broadcast were sentenced to 4 to 19 year prison terms. Mr. Liu Chengjun, one of the main participants of the broadcast, was sentenced to 19 years in prison. On December 26, 2003, after 21 months of torture and abuse, Mr. Liu Chengjun died while in police custody. The "610 Office" announced a 50,000 Yuan reward for the capture of Mr. Hou Minkai, another participant. [500 Yuan is approximately 1-month salary of an average urban worker.] Mr. Hou was abducted by the police on August 21, 2002, and tortured to death within two days. At least eight other Falun Gong practitioners directly participating in the March 5 TV broadcast have been tortured to death.
[Note: "610 Office" is 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. Due to pressure from the international community, Jiang's regime has renamed the "610 Office" on October 15, 2003, and lied to the world, stating that the "610 Office" has been "disbanded."]
Because of the information blockade, we can only surmise from the scarce information available to us that the ten female Falun Gong practitioners participating in the March 5 video broadcast must be or were imprisoned in Heizuizi Female Prison in Changchun and Jilin Provincial Female Prison. The male practitioners participating in the broadcast must be or were imprisoned in Jilin Prison. It is expected that all of them have suffered from inhuman savage beatings, electric shocks with electric batons, and many other types of ruthless tortures which are perpetrated against Falun Gong practitioners as a matter of course. The recent death of Mr. Liu Chengjun leaves a grave and immediate concern for the rest of the Falun Gong practitioners who are responsible for broadcasting factual information about the persecution of Falun Gong on March 5.
An April 1, 2002, photo of Mr. Chengjun Liu in police custody. Liu was unable to sit up on his own and had to lean against the wall. There were bloodstains on his shirt. (Source: China News)
Ten Participants of the March 5, 2002 Broadcast Are Women; Several Practitioners were Tortured to Death or Missing before the Show Trial in September 2002
According to a Chinese News report on April 1, 2002, eighteen Falun Gong practitioners, including Mr. Liang Zhenxing, Ms. Zhou Runjun, Ms. Zhao Jian, Mr. Liu Chengjun, Mr. Yun Qingbin, and more, broadcast video programs showing factual information about Falun Gong and the truth behind the staged "Self-Immolation act" in Changchun City and Songyuan City in Jilin Province. In the photographs published in the China News on April 1, 2002, Mr. Liu Chengjun had already lost the ability to sit up on his own and had to lean against the wall. Rather than describing that he was "wearing" a green shirt, it is more accurate to say that Mr. Liu was covered with a shirt. It was as if they were trying hard to cover his upper body below the neck, including his arms. There were bloodstains on his shirt. Other participants also showed signs of torture. One could notice a large bloodstain on Ms. Zhou Runjun's crewneck T-shirt inside the blue stripe woven shirt. Her complexion was extremely pale and her lips appeared to be bloodless. As for Mr. Liang Zhenxing, there was a trace of blood on his left temple. On April 1, 2002, China News' report containing these photos was removed from the website shortly afterwards to conceal the evidence of the torture against these Falun Gong practitioners. Fortunately we were able to download these images before they and the evidence they display were covered up.
According to a report on September 20, 2002, by Taiwan's Central News Agency, Changchun City Intermediary People's Court sentenced fifteen participants of the March 5 TV broadcast to unprecedented long prison terms. More than fifteen Falun Gong practitioners were defendants in this trial, but only the subsequent fifteen names and their illegal sentences are known to us: Ms. Zhou Runjun and Mr. Liu Weimin were each sentenced to 20 years in prison; Mr. Liang Zhenxing and Mr. Liu Chengjun, 19 years each; Mr. Zhang Wen, 18 years; Mr. Lei Min, 17 years; Mr. Sun Changjun, Mr. Li Dehai, and Ms. Zhao Jian, 15 years; Mr. Yun Qingbin and Mr. Liu Dong, 14 years each; Mr. Wei Xiushan, 12 years; Mr. Zhuang Xiankun and Ms. Chen Yanmei, 11 years each; and Ms. Li Xiaojie, 4 years.
We concluded from the April 1, 2002 China News report, as well as other reliable information from our sources in China and published on the Clearwisdom.net (Minghui.org) website, that at least six more Falun Gong practitioners may have also participated in the March 5 video broadcast and had been sentenced in the show trial of September 2002. They were Ms. Tian Li, Ms. Chi Yan, Ms. Xiang Xiaomin (sentenced to 12 years), Ms. Qu Shufang (sentenced to 6 years), Ms. Zhao Heping (sentenced to 6 years), and Ms. Liang Shuying (sentenced to 4 years). Ten women were among the known participants of the March 5 video broadcast in Changchun City, among them were Ms. Zhou Runjun, Ms. Chen Yanmei, Ms. Zhao Jian, Ms. Tian Li, Ms. Chi Yan, Ms. Li Xiaojie, Ms. Xiang Xiaomin, Ms. Qu Shufang, Ms. Zhao Heping, and Ms. Liang Shuying.
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Hou Minkai also participated in the March 5 video broadcast. Sadly, we report that he was tortured to death prior to the show trial in September 2002. The whereabouts of several Falun Gong practitioners that had been arrested by the police are unknown at this time.
Mr. Lei Min: Suffering from the Brutal "Death Bed" Torture in Jilin Prison
An April 1, 2002, photo of Mr. Lei Min in police custody (Source: China News)
Mr. Lei Min was illegally imprisoned in the 4th platoon at Jilin Prison, and later transferred to another platoon, especially established to torture Falun Gong practitioners who refuse to renounce their belief, such as Mr. Lei Min. While Lei suffered the most excruciating "Death Bed" torture, the prison guards ordered prison inmates to attack him, directing their beatings on his head and genitals. Under this hellish torture Lei was forced, against his will, to write a "Repentance Statement", but during his detention in a "Small Cell," Lei cut his finger with his teeth and wrote a solemn declaration in blood to declare the "Repentance Statement" to be null and void. When the prison guards saw his solemn declaration, they became furious. They started to beat him up savagely and subjected him to the brutal torture of the "Death Bed" once again.
Illustration of the inhuman "Death Bed" torture: A person's four limbs are tied and stretched into four different directions. The limbs are pulled until the practitioner's torso is raised up in the air. The torturer then places a rolled-up hard quilt underneath the torso, and pulls the limbs hard towards four different directions while pressing hard on his torso. It is a newly invented torture designed to assure that Falun Gong practitioners suffer the most excruciating pain.
The "Death Bed" is also known as the "Execution Bed." This newly invented torture uses reinforced armature bars (rebar) fixed onto a board. The torturers twist the body of the practitioner between these bars. The practitioners' arms or legs are pulled apart diagonally from the torso. After the torturers stretch the practitioners' limbs towards four different directions to the extreme, they secure the practitioner's body in this twisted position. The torturers then place sticks, bowls, cans, bottles, rolled-up hard quilt, etc., between the practitioner's torso and the board. Finally, the torturers suspend the practitioner's torso in midair. The torturers use small leather covered hammers to hammer all the practitioners' joints until they turn black and blue. The practitioner will experience increasingly greater and more excruciating pain as all their joints are continuously stretched to the limit and the ligaments are torn.
[Locked in a Small Cell: Solitary confinement, widely condemned around the world, is among the cruelest tortures. A small cell is a room of less than three-square meters. It has no window, no bed, no water, and no toilet. A victim is locked in a small cell for months, having to eat, sleep, and excrete in the same small area. Since the height of the room is less than 1.5 meters, one cannot stand straight. To exacerbate the agony, the guards often handcuff the victim to the small cell door for many days so the victim cannot sleep.]
According to the latest Clearwisdom.net (Minghui.org) reports, based on sources in China, Jilin Prison has given an internal order to all the platoons: "You must not kill a Falun Gong practitioner inside his cell. However, you may 'severely discipline' Falun Gong practitioners in a 'Small Cell' where there are no witnesses. All Falun Gong practitioners that die inside the 'Small Cell' will be declared as 'suicide' or 'natural death.'"
Since the order has been given, the persecution in Jilin Prison has escalated at an alarming rate. Since June 2003, more than 100 Falun Gong practitioners, including Mr. Liu Chengjun, have been on a group hunger strike to protest the persecution. Now that Mr. Liu Chengjun has been tortured to death, the rest of the Falun Gong practitioners in Jilin Prison have become the immediate target. Their current situation warrants grave and immediate concern!
Mr. Liang Zhenxing: Interrogated through Torture in a Secret Torture Chamber
An April 1, 2002, photo of Mr. Liang Zehnxing in police custody (Source: China News)
Mr. Liang Zhenxing was illegally sentenced to 19 years in prison during an unlawful trial in September 2002. He is currently imprisoned in Jilin Prison. Sources from China have indicated that Mr. Liang suffered from the inhuman torture of "Death Bed" and had a close encounter with death. Mr. Liang Zhenxing was arrested and sent to Tiebei Detention Center in Changchun City. Prior to his trial in September 2002, the policemen would take him out of the detention center every two to three days for interrogation through torture. Each time Mr. Liang was covered with a blindfold before he was taken out of Tiebei Detention Center, and returned with injuries all over his body. Because he is a local resident of Changchun City, he was able to guess that the so-called "interrogation" took place near Jingyue Lake in Changchun. The police keep a secret torture chamber near Jingyue Lake where they subjected Mr. Liang to all kinds of brutal tortures.
Ms. Zhao Jian: Currently Incarcerated in the Jilin Provincial Female Prison
Ms. Zhao Jian is a college graduate and a Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun City. Because she participated in the March 5 video broadcast, the Changchun City Public Security Bureau announced a 20,000 Yuan reward [approximately 40-month salary of an average urban worker] for her capture. The police abducted her in March 2002 on the street. They blindfolded her and took her to the secret torture chamber near Jingyue Lake in Changchun. She was subject to the "Tiger Bench" torture, electric shocks with electric batons, choking with cigarette fumes right under her nose, near suffocation with a sealed plastic bag over her head, being handcuffed behind her back in the "Carrying the Sword on the Back" style (See Figure 8), and many other types of tortures. After being shocked with multiple electric batons for a long time, Zhao's arms were and are still paralyzed.
[Tiger Bench: Practitioners are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall with their knees tied together. With their hands tied behind their backs or sometimes placed on their knees, they are forced to sit straight up and look straight ahead. They are not allowed to turn their heads, close their eyes, talk to anyone or move at all. Several inmates are assigned to watch over the practitioners and force them to remain motionless while sitting on the bench. Usually some hard objects are inserted underneath the practitioners' lower legs or ankles to make it harder for them to tolerate this abuse.]
Illustration of the "Tiger Bench"
Ms. Zhou Runjun: The Police Broke Her Ribs
An April 1, 2002, photo of Ms. Zhou Runjun in police custody (Source: China News)
Ms. Zhou Runjun was sentenced to a 20 year prison term, and is now imprisoned in Jilin Provincial Female Prison. Prior to the trial in September 2002, Ms. Zhou had also been taken to the secret torture chamber near Jingyue Lake for interrogation through torture. The police shocked Ms. Zhou with electric batons, tortured her on the "Tiger Bench", and broke her ribs. She was later sent to the Public Security Officers' Hospital in Changchun City. The tortures of the 1st platoon of the Public Security Bureau once caused Ms. Zhou heart failure.
Atrocities Faced by Several Other Participants in the March 5 Broadcast
According a Clearwisdom.net (Minghui.org) report on January 19, 2003, the police subjected three female Falun Gong practitioners who participated in the March 5 video broadcast to inhuman tortures. Some of the tortures are recounted as follows: Three police officers used three electric batons to shock Ms. Chi Yan simultaneously all over her body, including inside her mouth, nipples, and genital area. Her body is covered with gruesome wounds. Ms. Tian Li was shocked many times with electric batons while she was forced to sit on the "Tiger Bench" for an extended period of time. The combination of "Tiger Bench" and electric batons torture caused her to scream in anguish over and over again. Police kept shocking Ms. Tian with multiple electric batons until the batteries ran out. But the torture did not stop there. The police repeatedly changed batteries and continued to shock Ms. Tian with multiple electric batons. For five consecutive days and nights, Ms. Li Xiaojie was forced to sit on "Tiger Bench" while being shocked with an electric baton. She passed out many times during the torture due to the extreme pain.
During the unlawful trial in September 2002, Ms. Chen Yanmei was sentenced to 11 years in prison. On September 18, 2002, during the trial, Ms. Chen was hauled to a room where the bailiffs beat her savagely and shocked her with multiple electric batons. Like her fellow participant of the March 5 video broadcast, Ms. Chen Yanmei had to be carried back to her prison cell daily after the trial because of the inhuman tortures. After the sentence, Ms. Chen Yanmei was transferred to Heizuizi Female Prison in Heilongjiang Province. According to our sources, Ms. Xiang Xiaomin was sentenced to 12 years in prison; Ms. Qu Shufang, 6 years; Ms. Zhao Heping, 6 years; and Ms. Liang Shuying, 4 years. They had also been transferred to Heizuizi Female Prison after the trial.
The police arrested Mr. Yun Qingbin in Yushu City, Jilin Province in August 2002. According to a Clearwisdom.net (Minghui.org) report on January 31, 2002, the police subjected Mr. Yun Qingbin to sleep deprivation, because he refused to write the "Four Statements." [The "Four Statements" were invented by the "610 Office" to prove a Falun Gong practitioner to have renounced Falun Gong. They are consisted of a Repentance Statement, a Guarantee Statement (to never practice Falun Gong), a Disassociation Statement, and a Revelation Statement (of fabricated flaws of Falun Gong.] Another participant, Mr. Liu Weimin, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. We were unable to obtain further information about these practitioners until now.
Changchun City Public Security Bureau Builds a Torture Chamber near Jingyue Lake in Changchun for Torturing Falun Gong Practitioners
According to multiple Clearwisdom.net (Minghui.org) reports sources from China reported that many participants in the March 5 video broadcast had been taken to a torture chamber near Jingyue Lake for interrogation through severe torture.
According to sources from China, Mr. Liang Zhenxing, another main participant of the March 5 video broadcast, was arrested and taken to Tiebei Detention Center in Changchun City. Prior to his trial in September 2002, the policemen would take him from the detention center every two to three days for interrogation with torture. Each time Mr. Liang was covered with a blindfold before he was taken from the Tiebei Detention Center, and returned with injuries all over his body. Because he is a local resident in Changchun City, he was able to guess that the so-called "interrogation" took place near Jingyue Lake in Changchun. The police keep a secret torture chamber near Jingyue Lake where they subjected Mr. Liang with all kinds of brutal tortures.
A separate information source revealed on January 19, 2003 that Changchun City Public Security Bureau kept a secret torture chamber near Jingyue Lake. The police shocked Ms. Zhou with electric batons, tortured her with "Tiger Bench", and broke her ribs. She is now imprisoned in the Public Security Officers' Hospital in Changchun City. Our sources also indicate that practitioners Mr. Lei Ming, Ms. Zhou Runjun, Ms. Zhao Jian, Ms. Tian Li, Ms. Chi Yan, Ms. Li Xiaojie, and Mr. Liang Zhenxin had been kidnapped and tortured by the police. Many other Falun Gong practitioners who participated in the March 5 video broadcast have also been taken to the torture chamber, but we have been unable to obtain their names so far.
The Bailiffs Beat and Shock Falun Gong Practitioners with Electric Batons During the Show Trial in September 2002
In mid-September of 2002, during the show trial, the bailiffs repeatedly dragged the aforementioned Falun Gong practitioners to a room in the court building, where the bailiffs brutally beat and shocked them with electric batons. Each day after the trial, Ms. Chen Yanmei, Mr. Liu Chengjun and Mr. Liang Zhenxing lost their ability to walk due to the torture and had to be carried to their cells. In response to the brutalities that occurred in the court, a staff member from Jilin City Prison stated, "Whatever happened in court is none of our business. It's all done by the Changchun City Public Security Bureau."
On September 20, 2002 right before the court announced the sentences, the fifteen Falun Gong practitioners were first brought to a room where several bailiffs shocked each practitioner with electric batons while shouting aloud, "You are not allowed to speak and scream in the courtroom!" Sources who witnessed this concealed torture inside the People's Court stated that while the police shocked practitioners with electric batons, the practitioners rolled on the floor with their hands handcuffed behind their backs and crying out loud in agony. Ms. Chen Yanmei and Mr. Liu Chengjun, besides already having incapacitating gunshot wounds to his legs, were subject to more savage and extended beatings by the police than other practitioners. Our sources indicated that, after the judge announced the sentences, the bailiffs took the fifteen practitioners to a room where several bailiffs grabbed each practitioner's hand, handcuffed them behind the back, and forced his/her fingerprints on the legal documents as a legal form of acceptance to the verdict while telling each practitioner, "It is you who put your fingerprints on the legal documents."
This is the truth about the Show Trial of Falun Gong practitioners that took place on September 18, 2002.
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Liu Fuse of Shenzhou City, Hebei Province, 67 years old, was a retired employee from a department in Shenzhou City's government. In 1999, she was taken to a brainwashing center by authorities for steadfastly practicing Falun Dafa. In 2000, she managed to get away from the brainwashing center. In order to avoid illegal arrest by local police and the "610 office," she had to leave home and live in different places. In July 2001, she was tortured to death by the authorities. [Note: "610 Office" is 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.]
In November 1999, Liu was illegally detained at Shenzhou City's Detention Center for more than 6 months because she went to Beijing to appeal to the government. Because Liu Fuse firmly refused to give up Falun Dafa, Cheng Yulian, the head of the detention center, directed a criminal by the name of Jianhua to handcuff and shackle Liu to another practitioner (Suqing, over 50 years old, from Beizhuang Village in Shenzhou City). These two practitioners were shackled together for a long period of time, causing difficulty for both when walking and eating meals. Liu became very weak due to the tortures she suffered. The detention center only provided one corn bun and some preserved vegetables for every meal. Sometimes the muffin was partially uncooked and had mouse droppings inside. She was often sworn at by the police in the detention center, was forced to do hard labor, and not allowed to practice any Falun Dafa exercises. She was then transferred to the brainwashing center for a 5-month term. Shang Yunhang the head of the Political Security Division of Shenzhen City along with a few other people searched and harassed her, looking for Falun Dafa books. No visiting from her family members was permitted at the brainwashing center. Here, practitioners are given long-term detention sentences if they refuse to write the "letter of pledge." In the winter of 2000, Liu got away form the brainwashing center, and was forced to leave home and live in various places in order to avoid further persecution. In July 2001, she passed away as a result of long-term mental and physical torture.
The people who are directly responsible for Liu's death are the former head of the Shenzhou City Detention Center Cheng Yuliang, Police Station Political Security Division Manager Shang Yunhang, the person in charge of the brainwashing session Wang Jinggang and his boss, Ji Jie. Also involved are the former Law Committee Secretary of Shenzhou City, the person in charge of the "610 office", Yin Yuzhen, "610 office" secretary Liu Wenhai, and vice-president Chen Hua who is in charge of persecuting Falun Gong at the police station. There are also other people behind the scenes who were directly responsible for her death.
The people listed above have committed tremendous crimes against Falun Dafa practitioners. For the past few years many Shenzhou City Falun Dafa practitioners have been fined and detained (there were over one hundred Falun Dafa practitioners illegally detained at the detention center at one time). Practitioners have been sent to forced-labor camps for detention (at least 90 people in total), detained at brainwashing sessions, and forced to leave home and go from place to place (some practitioners haven't been able to return to their homes since 1999). Many practitioners have been severely beaten while detained. Shenzhou City Politics and Law Committee secretary Zhang Jiantao continues to implement and carry out persecution policies against Falun Dafa practitioners.
Shenzhou City Detention Center: 86-318-3312136
Shenzhou City Brainwashing Session Head Wang Jinggang (Home)86-318-3325518
Police Bureau Political Security Division Head Shang Yunhang (Home)86-318-3315858
Former Shenzhou City Politics and Law Committee Secretary Yin Yujin (Home)86-318-3310166
Shenzhou City City Politics and Law Committee Deputy Secretary, also a member of the "610 office" Ji Jie:
(Home)86-318-3316203
Shenzhou City 610 Office Head Niu Wenhai: (Office) 86-318-3326107 (Home)86-318-3315668 (Cellular)13503182738
Police Bureau Switchboard: 86-318-3312134
Police Bureau Vice-President (in charge of persecuting Falun Gong) by the name of Chen Hua, who is the Politics and Law Committee Secretary of Shenzhou City; Vice-President Zhang Jiantao (Office)86-318-3312725 (Home)86-318-3316588 (Celluar)86-13903183216
Shenzhou City Deputy Mayor: Liu Ruicai 86-318-3312337(Office)、86-318-3310168(Home)、86-13903183368(Cellular)
Shenzhou Police Department Chief Zhu Xingguo: (Office)86-318-3312141 (Office)86-318-3315703
Shenzhou Detention Center Head: Zhao Enxue; Person in charge Zhang Baocai; police Kang Zhijun, Liu Quan, Dong Tianyu
Political Security Division Manager: Shang Yunhang; Police Jia Shuangwan, Zhang Yuanxiang
Brainwashing Session Head: Wang Jinggang; staff Yin Yuliang, Cui Jiangjun, Li Zhanyong, Cao Cangquan, Wang San (this person's name is incomplete; he always beats and swears at Dafa practitioners, and confiscates practitioners' belongings)
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Na Weigang and Ms. Tang Fafen were married residents of Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province. They had both benefited greatly both mentally and physically from practicing Falun Gong. Due to their persistence in practicing Falun Gong they received many rounds of beatings from governmental officials.
In October 2002, the Pengzhou "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] sent the couple to the municipal brainwashing center. In that terrible environment, Tang started to suffer from scabies [A fierce, itchy skin condition caused by a tiny mite] which covered her body and caused her to bleed everywhere. Because she insisted in her belief, the Pengzhou "610 Office" sent her to the Nanmusi Forced Labor Camp on March 3, 2003. After ten days of detention and torture she was on the brink of death, she then died less than two days after being sent home. Her husband Na Weigang was tortured so severely by the camp guards that he is now paralyzed and has also has become mute.
Na Weigang, 33 years old, his wife, Tang Weifen, 32, his mother, Liu Yuanfen, 70, are all residents of Fenghuang Village, Mengyang Town, Pengzhou City of Sichuan Province.
Na, Tang and Liu were often ill before they started to practice Falun Gong. After practicing Falun Gong for only one year, their bodies and minds had significantly improved. In September 1999, Na and Tang went to Beijing to peacefully appeal for an end to the persecution but as soon as they arrived Beijing they were arrested by the police in the Xiyu area. Later they were transferred to a detention center for nine days after which they were sent to Beijing and then back to Mengyang Town. After this they were sent to the Pengzhou detention center by the police and illegally detained for fifteen days. They were later sent back to Mengyang Town where the government officials told the couple that they needed to pay their expenses in Beijing and that it would cost them 9,800 yuan [500 yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China.]. The couple couldn't afford to pay such a large amount of money as they already had to make many other payments. The police searched them and confiscated the 1,000 yuan they had on them at that time. The police also extorted money from them by calling it a "loan", so in the end they paid a total of 4,000 yuan.
At 10 pm on January 7, 2000, the village government dispatched about forty to fifty people to surround Na's house. Jiang Fachuan (a thug who was later fired) asked the couple to open the door and lied to them saying, "You have a relative in the government office who is looking for you." The couple was deceived by the lies and were taken to the town government office. One of them was detained on the second floor and the other on the first. The Chief of the town, Tan Yanbo, asked Na if he was still going to practice Falun Gong with which he replied "Yes." Hearing Na's answer, Tan immediately slapped Na a few times. Then Tan asked the same question and Na still answered with "Yes." Na was then slapped a few more times. At that moment, over ten people came from the first floor and turned off the light. They then continuously beat Na for about thirty minutes. When the hit men grew tired, the Secretary of the Party Commission, Na Guihua, asked his followers to take Na Weigang's clothes off. The Secretary took off his belt and brutally whipped Na's back until it was severely wounded and bleeding. Na Guihua had beaten him so viciously that his belt had broken into pieces and Na was in severe pain. The Secretary was tired after the beating and so he cursed at Na and then asked Bai Meichun, who was in charge of the "610 Office," to continue slapping Na. The Secretary said, "We have orders from high ranking officials that we have to make sure that you can't even get up or eat". He was referring to Jiang Zemin's policy toward Falun Gong practitioners: "Defaming their reputation, bankrupting them financially and destroying them physically." It was 2 am at that time and the thugs were all tired and left. The temperature was about 32F and Na was left freezing on the floor until the next day.
On the next day, one of them told Na that he hadn't paid their expenses the last time that he went to Beijing to appeal. Bai Meichun from the "610 Office" led a group of people to Na's house and took all his valuables, including a TV, a VCR, and a fan. Na's child was still young and was crying for a TV, so the couple had to borrow some money from their relatives and spent 1,000 yuan to get another one. On January 9, 2000, a government official named Hong Ming, asked Na again if he would continue to practice Falun Gong. When he replied "Yes," Hong immediately beat Na in such a brutal way that it was as if Na's life meant nothing. After that, Hong asked Na to clean all the toilets in the town [Note: In China's rural areas, the toilets are open pits that do not use running water to flush]. Na's wife, Tang, was also persecuted. She was asked to kneel down on the floor with her arms outstretched to both sides of the body in a horizontal position. If this became too much for her and her arms lowered, Lo Shifen and Zhang Zhixiang would hit her hands with tea cups or even pour boiling water on her. The temperature was only 32F (0 Celsius) during this time. I later overheard the officials chatting among themselves saying, "Even though she was beaten to such a degree, she still insisted on practicing Falun Gong. She is so strong." After a few days, the officials held a brainwashing session and forced practitioners to fix the public road. Practitioners had to pay a "class fee" of 50 Yuan per day. The weekly cost added up to 350 yuan per person and so Na and his wife had to pay a total of 700 Yuan. A few days later, the officials called together a meeting in the village for the practitioners to attend. The Chief of the "610 Office" scolded the practitioners by saying, "Orders from higher levels say that if you don't give up the practice, we will defame your reputation, bankrupt you financially and destroy you physically." Only the Chief could talk in the meeting. Then under the supervision of the captains, practitioners needed to report to the captains and sign in every day.
One day in July 2000, Na and Tang went to Pengzhou City and chatted with other practitioners for a while. Soon the city police arrived and took them to Pengzhou City Public Security Bureau and then back to Pengyang Police Station. Without any explanation the Chief of the town, Tan Yanbo, and Bai Chunmei from the "610 Office" came and beat them up. Bai even used strips of bamboo to whip them. Afterwards the Chief of police, Fu Jing, asked whether "Falun Dafa is good?" Na replied, "Falun Dafa IS good!" Na was then beaten up again and later sent to the Pengzhou City Detention Center for fifteen days. Qiao Lijun (female), from the Mengyang Towns "610 Office," took them back to the government office, which she was planning to charge them 1,000 Yuan to cover the expense, but because the couple had no money at all, they had to sign a letter owing the debt.
In the afternoon of January 2, 2002, Na was working in a brick factory. The Mengyang Town officials, Huang Guangyao and Huang Rensong, drove to the factory and found Na. They told Na that the government needed to speak with him. After Na got in the car, they told him, "We went to your house this afternoon. Your mother and wife were reading and so we took them to the government office. None of you should even dare think of spending New Year's at home." The entire family was abducted by the authorities and taken to the Mengyang government complex. The minute Na arrived, seven to eight people approached him and beat him up. They took his clothes off and lashed him over his back with many bamboo strips. The flesh on his back was severely lacerated and bruised. They even poured a glass of alcohol onto the wounds to cause him more pain. Then Huang Guangyao, Miu Shichang and Lo Dachuan dragged him to the back yard of the government complex. Na was hung up from a tree for an hour in such a way that his feet barely touched the ground.
When the three of the family were locked in the same room on January 7, Na realized that his mother and wife had both been brutally beaten. This time they were detained for many months and were tortured with extremely cruel methods. They wouldn't be given food if they didn't pay for it, and even if they did pay, they only received two meals a day. There were five people in Na's family and three of them were detained, leaving his father, more than seventy years old, and a nine-year-old chile behind. The officials in the Town government asked the three of them for money every day. If they didn't have any money, Na's father would have to pay by giving them 250 pounds of grain.
The government detained another ten practitioners at the same time, and they all went through the same persecution. They practitioners were detained in a very damp place close to the open pit toliet. As the weather grew warmer, besides suffering from mosquito bites, the maggots from the open toilet pit crawled out and swarmed on the food brought in by practitioners' family members. Everyone there was badly tortured and was suffering from terrible scabies. Everyone requested that they be released, but the government would not pay attention to their request. Six of the Falun Dafa practitioners successfully were able to leave during the night and had to live away from their homes for four months to avoid further persecution.
Their escape shocked the Pengzhou police and the "610 Office." It was regarded as a "big case." The locals were all shocked at that time. Those practitioners who had escaped became wanted by the government and their names and photos were posted in all the train stations and on all utility poles. Their relatives were all being harassed and were placed under surveillance. All other practitioners were being searched.
The next day, Na's second sister was seized by police and taken to the Mengyang Police Station. As soon as she arrived, the Chief with a surname of Xu (first name unknown) not only beat her, but also whipped her with a bunch of Huoma branches [hemp-like perennial plant, with downy branches and piercing thorns that causes red, blistered and extremely painful, itchy skin. Often large patches of this plant are grown around detention centers and used in abusing prisoners or making escape more difficult] and pulled out a bunch of her hair. Na's sister was sent to the Mengyang government that night and detained. After a severe beating, Na's sister had a serious headache and didn't eat for seven days. The government wouldn't release her even though she was on deaths door. She was released after her husband asked for help from other officials in the village. Her husband had to carry her home on his back. Na's third sister was unable to escape the persecution.
One day in October 2002, the couple was clarifying the truth about the persecution in another town. Unfortunately they were reported by some people and then arrested by the local police. They were detained there for two days and then sent back to the Mengyang Police Station. As soon as they arrived at the station, they were brutally beaten by the Chief Xu and then by Qiao Lijun, Huang Rensong, Xiao Xiaofeng and Liu Zhengfang from the "610 Office."
On the third day they were sent to the Pengzhou City brainwashing center. Liu Zhengfang and Liu Jianhua (from the Pengzhou "610 Office"), Lo Jian, Zhuang Zemin, Cao Yishen, Ding Yajun and Qiao Lijun (from the Mengyang "610 Office") and thugs Lo Ke and Wang Dong wouldn't allow the practitioners to memorize the Falun Dafa teachings or practice the five sets of exercises. They said, "If you want to go home, you must write the "Three Statements" [Practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write these as proof that they have given up their belief. Created by the "610 Office," the Three Statements consist of a letter of repentance, a guarantee to never again practice Falun Gong, and a list of names and addresses of all family members, friends and acquaintances who are practitioners] and give up practicing. If you don' give up practicing then there's no point in even thinking about going home."
The food served in the brainwashing center was dirty, contained sand and was served in small portions. The portions were so small that it wouldn't satisfy anyone's hunger. Four to six people lived in a space that is about twelve meters square, with a wet, smelly and dirty floor. The practitioners had to eat, live and go to the toilet in the same place. Many of them were infected with serious scabies. Everyone who lived there was persecuted and was close to being destroyed both mentally and physically. The long-term torture and abuse caused Na to become paralyzed, develop an abnormal heart rate and lose his voice. Even when he was on the brink of death, those in the brainwashing center still wanted him to write a guarantee letter stating that he will stop practicing Falun Gong. Though he couldn't speak, he still knew in his heart that he would always follow "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance" even if he were to live for just one more day. He would never bow to the evil. The "610 Office" saw that he was in a state of emergency and didn't want to be responsible for what might happen to him, so they sent him home.
Na's wife Tang Fafen was sent to the brainwashing center the same time as he was. On March 3, 2003, all detained practitioners, about thirty of them, were taken outside. The head of the Pengzhou "610 Office," Liu Zhaoqing, announced, "You can go home if you are transformed. If not, you will be sent to the forced labor camp." Tang was sentenced to two years of forced labor as she would not give up the practice under their coercion. Later Tang was sent to the Chengdu Detention Center for about a month, and then she was sent to Zizhong City Nanmusi Forced Labor Camp. Initially the Nanmusi Forced Labor Camp refused to take her because she had such a serious case of scabies and open sores. The Pengzhou "610 Office" talked the labor camp into taking her. During her ten days of detainment in the labor camp, it is impossible for anyone to imagine how ruthlessly the labor camp must have tortured her. She was sent home when she was about to die. Two days after she was sent home she was dead.
At the time of her death, Na was still detained in the brainwashing center. The family asked the center to let Na go home to see his wife for the last time. Even under such circumstances the "610 Office" and the Town government firmly refused.
Na's mother, Liu Yuanfen, was 70 years old and was also persecuted in the brainwashing center. Her health was getting worse and she too was also suffering from serious scabies. She was swollen all over and was extremely short of breath. The brainwashing center later allowed the doctor to see her and she was diagnosed with skin cancer. The center didn't want to be responsible for causing her condition and quickly informed her local government authorities to pick her up.
This was how Na's happy family was persecuted and ended up in such misery and even death. The Pengzhou City "610 Office," police and the local government brutally persecuted them only because they wouldn't give up practicing Falun Dafa.
(Clearwisdom.net) Since July 20, 1999, Chicheng County's party secretary Qiu Jianguo, along with the vice secretary and the head of the "610 Office" Song Wangui, have directed and controlled their subordinates to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. They have used such illegal tactics as detention, torture, surveillance, phone tapping, breaking into residences, dismissal from the work place, brainwashing, forced labor, and jail sentences. In the past four years, they have illegally detained 150 practitioners, sent 70 to brainwashing sessions, forced eight practitioners to leave home to avoid arrest and further persecution, sent 54 to labor camps, five to jails, caused two to become disabled, and caused three deaths.
Since July 20, 1999, Falun Gong has been demonized and persecuted. A large number of practitioners exercised their constitutional right to appeal and went to Beijing, but upon arrival they were seized by police, detained and fined. Thirteen practitioners were put into detention centers, while over 1000 were detained at different sites. Police used force to coerce them into renouncing their belief in Falun Dafa and write "guarantee letters" to give up their belief. Police also fined practitioners that went to Beijing to appeal, 1000 Yuan each and those that did not travel to Beijing were fined from a few dozen to a few thousand Yuan. Police even charged practitioners a fee for the cost for their food and administration fees during their detention. On the way to Beijing at the Luotuoshan stop, two female practitioners climbed a mountain in order to avoid interrogation by the police which often entailed torture. Because it was dark and the road treacherous, the two women fell to their deaths at the base of the mountain. But the police lied, claiming that they had jumped off the mountain on purpose.
In order to gain political clout and gain a promotion, Qiu Jianguo and Song Wangui lied to their superiors, claiming a 100% of transformation rate of Falun Gong practitioners in Chicheng County. They then published this information in the newspaper. Some practitioners went to the "610 Office" to clarify the truth on April 13, 2000. The office staff not only refused to listen but also put those practitioners into the detention center. A total of 17 practitioners were detained. The "610 Office" authorities said that the practitioners had violated the law and detained them for 30 days. At the end of that time, the "610 Office" personnel attempted to force the practitioners to write a letter guaranteeing not to go to Beijing. Some practitioners were fined 1000 yuan but did not get any receipt for the money they paid.
In order to prevent practitioners from going to appeal, the police confiscated practitioners' ID's and set up roadblocks at intersections on the way to Beijing. Bus passengers also had to have an ID. On every holiday and so-called "sensitive day," special staff were dispatched to monitor practitioners. Practitioners needed permission just to go outside. "610 Office" personnel even follow practitioners secretly. They also set up detection equipment and often arrested people secretly. Dafa practitioners Practitioners Wang Haojun, Zhao Chunxiang, and Wang Yufeng had all been contact persons. They were arrested at night and given long term detentions. When we questioned the police, they said, "We'll arrest whoever Qiu Jianguo asks us to arrest, especially you guys, as you have been a contact person!"
Because of this illegal persecution, Dafa practitioners have lost their basic rights and freedom. In the face of these illegal actions, we have no other place to seek justice. So, Dafa practitioners spontaneously go to Beijing to exercise their constitutional right to appeal, one after the other. We hope to bring about the end of the persecution against Falun Dafa after more officials learn the facts. But what Dafa practitioners receive is cruel persecution. Whenever police catch practitioners who go to Beijing or distribute materials, they torture them. They use whips, electric prods, and force them to be tied to the "tiger bench" [The practitioner is forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall. He has to sit straight up with his eyes looking straight ahead. His hands are placed on his knees.] They have sent practitioners to detention centers, to labor camps or even to prison for long-term detention.
Qiu and Wan intensified the persecution under pressure from Jiang's regime. In the Xiaodiaoe area some very misguided people created a brainwashing center. They seized practitioners, who would not give up their belief in Falun Dafa, from their homes and work places, took them to the site, and subjected them to brainwashing. About 70 practitioners were detained. Because practitioners resisted the brainwashing, the head of the center, Liang Zhibin, complained to Song Wangui, who then led criminal policemen to the center to beat and threaten the practitioners. Liang hit Ms. Sun Fuqin across the face and hung her up in the air for four hours, until 7 pm. Ms. Huai Dianying was so severely beaten that she developed a protrusion of her lumbar vertebra and had difficulty walking. Mr. Yan Jingcai was beaten until he was hardly able to walk. Mr. Wei Shufeng and Mr. Xiao Kuicheng were electrically shocked. Because of long term detention and brainwashing Ms. Wang Chunmei suffered from a mental breakdown. The authorities invested a large amount of manpower, material, and monetary resources into this project. In 2001 alone, the cost of persecuting Falun Gong was as high as 800,000 yuan, despite the fact that Chicheng County is such a poor county that it cannot pay salaries on time.
The authorities even fine Falun Gong practitioners. When a practitioner's term is fulfilled, the police extort money from their familes by claiming it is "paying bail," otherwise they threaten to send practitioners to labor camps or jails. The families can do nothing but pay these extortions, in amounts ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of yuan. The police do not give any receipts, and the money becomes their personal bonus. There is a saying in China that the people have regarding these types of policemen. The people say, "Catch and then release, release and then catch. If they don't catch and release, there is no money to spend."
The police detain Dafa practitioners who refuse to renounce their belief for long terms. They refuse to release practitioners at the end of their 30-day terms and arbitrarily extend their detention to 6 months without proper legal procedure. Practitioners inside suffer severe persecution both physically and mentally from the torture they receive from the police. For example, in June 2001, practitioners acted to protest their illegal detention by refusing to go back to their rooms at lunchtime and demanding to be released immediately. The chief of the detention center led over twenty guards to force them back into their rooms. Some female practitioners' clothes were torn open. Finally the police had to throw the practitioners into their rooms. Some practitioners' bodies were therefore covered with dirt or injured in many places.
On July 20, 2001, in order to protest the persecution against Falun Dafa, practitioners spread banners reading "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" and "Falun Dafa is good," etc. Some practitioners wrote the words on their T-shirts to express their appeal. The guards became very angry and reported the practitioners actions to their superiors. The vice bureau chief led a group of guards to search the rooms and beat practitioners. Wang Manlin beat Ms. Jin Jianhua and Ms. Zhang Xiufen on their faces. Guards stripped off female practitioners' clothes to conduct searches. A female guard named Shi Hongwei stripped off one female practitioner's underpants, in the full the presence of male guards and criminals, leaving a female practitioner naked in front of them. They handcuffed 16 practitioners, including ten females, hands behind their backs. Two practitioners put in thick iron shackles. At night they could not sleep or go to the bathroom. Ms. Zhao Binheng's arm became so severely swollen from having it cuffed behind her back that she almost lost feeling in the arm. She was handcuffed like that for 15 days, until some leaders came to check. Her arms did not recover feeling for a long time having suffered nerve damage. Her hands remain feeble and numb to this day, and she has become slightly handicapped.
Mr. Li Yuchuan voiced his protest against the illegal action of the guards, so the chief attempted to put handcuffs on him that were purposely too small to cause him a lot of pain. Li Yuchuan sqeezed his hands so tightly to resist the handcuffs that even when guards pressed him to the ground, they could not open his hands. Cui Zhengjun locked another handcuff on one of his arms and then jerked it forcefully, causing his wrist to bleed. Only then were they able to put the small handcuffs on him.
Li Yuchuan was in great pain, and his hands became swollen. The on-duty guards and doctors all said it was very serious, but they said they did not dare remove the handcuffs because the chief had put them on. So Li Yuchuan stood for the whole night. The pain cannot be described in words. He suffered until the next morning, his hands swelling up to a huge size from the lack of blood circulation and were left completely without feeling. The chief finally inspected Li Yuchuan's hands and ordered the guards to put on larger handcuffs. The guard Cao Yu looked at Li Yuchuan's hands and saw that a blister as big as a ping-pong ball had formed on each of his wrists. He felt sympathy and asked the chief to waive the penalty. Finally the chief agreed but told Li Yuchuan, "If you do not listen to me, it is easy to make you handicapped!" The two blisters took a long time to heal and left two black scars. Now both of his hands are numb and barely functional.
The guards have also committed many other illegal acts. For example, a male guard Chen Yu let a criminal Zhang Youli break into the female practitioners' room to grab the T-shirts they wore with the words "Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance" on them. They tore the T-shirt off of Ms. Zhou Yumei, leaving her naked. Their behavior, which seriously violated jail rules, is the behavior of scoundrels. When other practitioners criticized their actions, they said shamelessly, "Sure I violate the law, so sue me whenever you like. I am not afraid." The chief did not care about their illegal behavior at all. On the contrary, in fact he encouraged it.
Under the direction and with the cooperation of the chief, the inmates also became belligerent towards practitioners. In order to flatter the guards they often tortured and humiliated Dafa practitioners, especially the females. They were afraid that practitioners would write about and expose their crimes, so they forbid practitioners from having paper or pens. The criminals took away the practitioners' clean clothes and toilet paper. Every time a practitioner went to the bathroom the inmates only handed over a few pieces of toilet paper to female practitioners, not even enough for a man, even during their menstrual period. The inmates also used obscene language. They limited the times practitioners could go to the bathroom and if they took longer than five minutes they would start harassing them. When female practitioners went to the bathroom, the inmates threw stones at them.
The inmates even dared to beat practitioners in front of witnesses. Ms. Li Hongying's body was shaking after receiving one of these beatings. Under the strong protest of practitioners the chief had to detain this inmate in a cell as a penalty.
In addition the police deprived practitioners of all their rights. Practitioners were not permitted any family visits when the montly visiting day arrived. Even criminals sentenced to death were allowed have to family visits. They did not pay attention to practitioners who went on hunger strikes. After seven days the police began to force-feed practitioners on hunger strike, even though some practitioners' esophagi started to bleed from the force-feeding. They still did not stop. Some practitioners' lives were endangered but the police did not show any concern for their condition.
Ms. Jiang Shuhua was arrested by the Yangtian town government and local police on January 27, 2002, and seriously tortured. Afterwards she was sent to a detention center. She started a hunger strike to protest. When her life was in danger, the guards did not care at all and refused to rescue her. Not until they saw Jiang was dying did they notify her family and ask them to send her to the hospital. But it was too late; Jiang Shuhua died an unnecessary death. Personnel from the Zhangjiakou Hospital testified that there was a scar on the back of her head. The police cruelly tortured a person to death but did not take any legal responsibility. After Jiang was tortured to death the authorities feared that the issue would become public, so they agreed to pay 3000 yuan to her family members in compensation. However, they only gave the family an IOU.
The police guards have lost their humanity in persecuting practitioners; they would not even let a high school student go. Miss Xu Yan was only 16 years old when she was detained. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa and was put into a detention center for half a year. When the national senior high school entrance exam day approached, she wrote to the county government, the "610 office" and the police department several times requesting to participate in her school exam, but to no avail. The authorities even deprived a high school student's right to receive an education.
The authorities used every means possible but they could not change Dafa practitioners' belief in "Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance." This made them become even more ruthless. They summarily sent Dafa practitioners to labor camps as soon as they were caught. Many practitioners were sent to labor camps without the benefit of any legal procedure. Due to the fierce beatings and long-term detention, practitioners became very weak and emaciated. All practitioners sent to labor camps were diagnosed with abnormal health conditions whenever they were physically examined. When the labor camps then refused to accept them, the police bribed the camp officials to let the practitioners enter. The secretary of Dongmao Town Su You is famous for his cruelty in treating practitioners. He tied up dedicated practitioners and beat them. Some were beaten until they became unconscious. Others were sent to the labor camp but were refused entry because of poor health. Su You bribed the labor camp with 3000 yuan in order to get the authorities to accept the practitioner. Over the past few years he has arrested 120 practitioners and sent 14 to labor camps.
During the past few years, 54 practitioners from Chicheng County have been sent to labor camps. Many more were forced to leave home to avoid arrest and cannot return. Some practitioners' families were broken apart. For example, practitioner Wang Haojun used to be the chief of the Chicheng County Industry and Commerce Bureau and his wife Ling Ying worked as an accountant in the County Smoke Bureau. Their two daughters were studying at a university. They also have an elderly mother. In the past the husband and the wife had serious diseases. Wang Haojun had gastritis and cholecystitus. His wife had serious stomache ailments. After they started to practice Falun Gong in 1995, they regained their health and enjoyed a happy and peaceful life. After July 20, 1999, however, because they did not give up their belief and because he had been a contact person, the police went to search his house many times. Whenever it was considered to be a "sensitive day" by the authorities, he was put into the detention center and kept their for a long time. He was forced to leave his home to avoid further arrest and harassment and lead a homeless life. The police department issued a warrant for his arrest and offered a large reward for his capture. Finally he was arrested and sentenced to two years in a labor camp. His wife was sentenced to five years in jail for going to Beijing to appeal. Their elderly mother's heart was broken, and she passed away in grief and indignation after police ransacked their home numerous times, creating an atmosphere of terror. Their children, who were in school in other cities, had to depend on their relatives for their living expenses since their parents could no longer support them. The parents and the children are not allowed to see each other.
The vicious persecution of Dafa practitioners these past four years cannot be adequately described in words. From the above examples we can see that the reason government officials at every level are so unscrupulous and inhumane in their persecution of practitioners is that Jiang Zemin directs the persecution and issued the order against Falun Dafa practitioners to "ruin their reputations, destroy them economically and eliminate them physically" while "deaths-from-torture are counted as suicide".
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Li Shumin, a Falun Dafa practitioner held in the Banqiao Women's Labor Camp, was tortured to death because she believes in Falun Dafa and lives her life according to the principle of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance.
No one would suspect that this walled courtyard, surrounded by picturesque buildings, near the Dagang Development Region in Tianjin City was in reality the Banqiao Women's Labor Camp, built under the orders of Jiang Zemin. This is just one of many such places where a huge sums of government money is spent toward the torture of Falun Dafa practitioners. This tragedy affects the entire world, as good and honorable people suffer inhumane treatment each day.
Ms. Li Shumin went to Beijing to conduct a peaceful appeal for Falun Dafa during the period of the 16th Congressional meeting (November 2002), requesting the unconditional release of all detained Falun Dafa practitioners. Police brought her in for questioning in January 2003, and would not release her. When fellow practitioners went to search for her, the police told them they were "working on her." Inside sources revealed the details of her treatment after she was taken away by police. Female officers Han Jinling, Song, Yang, and another with the surname of Feng stripped Li, shocked her with an electric baton, then locked her in a pig sty. Later they locked her in a one square meter, icy cold, solitary compartment. Inside the solitary compartment, Li Shimin was not given any food, or permitted to use the toilet. The police put metal restraints on each of her 10 fingers, tied them with rope, forced her lay on the floor, and then pulled hard on the rope, causing severe pain. One day, police tied her up, gagged her mouth, suspended her in the boiler room, then beat her. She was thrown in a cage after passing out. A little while later, another inmate went to get something in the boiler room, and fainted at the sight of Li Shimin after she received this cruel torture. Afraid that she might expose their crimes, they released her early, claiming she "had a disease."
Falun Dafa practitioner, Ms. Zhao Dewen, 52 years old, is a resident of Beichen District, Tianjin City. Because she resisted the persecution, police Kou Na instructed two female prostitutes, Guo Juan and Wang Jiongd,e along with two others to beat Zhao, lift her in the air, then throw her down hard against the floor. After several rounds of this torture, they stuffed the dying woman in a tiny solitary compartment. At 6 am on June 3rd, 2003, police shouted to all inmates, "All go back to your cells! No one is allowed to look back! No one is allowed to stand up!" They used this time to fabricate a suicide scene and cover up the evidence of their crime. They hung Zhao's body, cut open her veins, and took photographs for false records. Then they put her body in a black garbage bag, and sent her body to the morgue to be stored. (See http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/7/30/38666.html)
Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Xu Xinhua, and Ms. Wang Meiqing are both over 60 years old. They were forced to work long hours, getting only 2-3 hours sleep. They were also forced to stand all night. They could not stand for such extended periods, and their blood pressure became very high.
Ms. Chen Yumei, Falun Dafa practitioner from Tianjin City has had her term extended repeatedly because of her refusal to renounce her belief in Falun Dafa. She always tells the truth, and believes in the Falun Dafa principle of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance. She was on a long hunger strike to protest the illegal detention. Police cuffed her hands and feet to the bed, stuffed her mouth, and stripped her from the waist down. Covered with a plastic sheet, she was forced to excrete on the bed.
Ms. Gao Jianling is a 38 year old Falun Dafa practitioner from Wuqing County. Because she was practicing the Falun Dafa exercises, police instructed drug addict Kang Na (female) to tie Gao up, and beat her suspended body. Kang Na often pushed Gao down on the bed or floor for no reason, sat on her, and hit her in the head with a heavy shoe. Sometimes she would grab Gao by the hair and slam her head into the wall. Female police Wang and Chai both pretended not to see this torture.
Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Xiuying is over 60 years old. She was tricked by police and arrested on Chinese New Year's Eve of 2001. The police told her they had just "a little business" with her, but that was just an excuse they used before they sent her to a forced labor camp for 18 months. The police beat her, pulled her hair and shocked her with electric batons. She was locked in a metal cage, and also a pig sty numerous times for maintaining her belief in Falun Dafa. Other times, she was deprived of sleep, and forced to peel beans all night long. The regular inmates were ordered to beat her and try to suffocate her with a comforter. Prostitute Wang Jiong (female), along with collaborators [Falun Dafa practitioners who, under the pressure of persecution, renounced their faith and assist with the persecution] Shao Xiuzhong, and Lu Lu dragged Yang into a solitary compartment to beat her. They fractured her thumb, and injured one of her feet. Female guard Kou Na locked her in a one square meter, icy cold solitary compartment. Once police tied Ms. Yang to a tree in the yard, and set a police attack dog upon her to viciously bite her. When her term ended, the police refused to release her and instead extended her term without any legal justification term and transferred her to the No.1 Team.
Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Fenjia, is a Muslim resident in Tanggu District. She was sentenced one year in a forced labor camp. Her term was extended an additional year and then extended again for an additional two years. While in the forced labor camp she was tortured. Her face became swollen and unrecognizeable and her body was covered with wounds from the brutal beatings she received. Her hair was pulled out of her head, and she became emaciated.
Ms. Li Jinyan is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Dagang District. She was seized from her home by Gangbeijie Substation police in October, 2001 and taken away from her one year old daughter who was still nursing. Li was sentenced to three years in a labor camp for clarifying the truth of the persecution of Falun Dafa to the public. She was forced to work 17-18 hours each day in a workshop that is 40-50 oC [104-122oF] in the hot summer and freezing cold in the winter. She only was permitted to sleep 2-3 hours per day. Because she refused to attend the brainwashing session that forced all attendees to listen to speeches defaming Falun Dafa, several police, including Kou Na, Yang, Liu, Li, and Zhang (all female) instructed drug addict prisoners to beat and kick her. Police Officer Yang kicked her lower back hard, and Police Officer Xia said to her while pointing at her, "We'll kill you to make you disappear!" Police Officer Liu Bin (formerly from the Fifth Team) said, "We want you to know that Woks [cooking pots] in the Labor Camp are made of metal!" [a chinese saying meaning police are tougher than practitioners]. These two police both live in Dagang District.
Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Feng Zuoru was locked in a wet, dark room for three months. Police would not allow her wear clothes, eat, or use the toilet. She was beaten many times, and reduced to skin and bones. She has been transferred to the No.1 Team.
Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Xia is from Cangzhou County, Hebei Province. She went to Tianjin to visit her relatives and was abducted. She was sent to a labor camp for three years, where she was frequently beaten by gangs of inmates under direction from the police [inmates are often ordered by police to beat Falun Dafa practitioners in return for reductions of their sentences or their sentence is threatened to be increased if they refuse to follow the police' orders].
Falun Dafa practitioner Li Jing was an employee of Dagang Shopping Mall. She was tricked and seized from work by the police who then put her in a forced labor camp for two years. Her term was extended an additional year because refused to give up her belief in Falun Dafa when her first term expired. When she was detained in the Fifth Team, she was often beaten and suspended in the bathroom. She was locked in a solitary compartment twice, once for three months and another time for seven months. In the summer, police forced her to stand in the exercise yard to be bitten by the swarms of mosquitoes or bake in the hot summer sun, while in the winter, they forced her to repair the broken pavement with pieces of brick. She is currently detained in the No.1 Team.
If Falun Dafa practitioners in the Labor Camp refuse to curse Falun Dafa according to police' orders, they are beaten by the prisoners. Police violate practitioners basic human rights, depriving them of food, sleep, use of the toilet, family visits, and communication with family members. Packages from families are confiscated. When supervisors came for inspection, police tied up Falun Dafa practitioners who would not renouce their belief, gag their mouths, and hide them away. They prepared fake reading materials, and had prisoners pretend to be "transformed" Falun Dafa practitioners to be used to create fabricated videos and poisons the minds of the public against Falun Dafa.
The following Falun Dafa practitioners are still detained and suffering from torture in the forced labor camp: Gao Tianhua From Yangliuqing Town, Ms. He Qingying From Tian Jin City, Ms. Wu Yuting from Wuqing County, Ms. Liu Qing from Xiwangzhuang Town, Ms. Guo Chengru, and sisters Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Guiyun all from Tianjin City.
The brutal persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners continues. For obvious reasons, the investigation of these accounts of torture is very difficult, and all the details have not been uncovered yet.
Please support righteous and kind people. Show that you know the truth about the persecution of Falun Dafa and extend your help. We cannot let Government Officials continue to commit crimes of torture and murder. The responsible parties must be brought to justice!
Tianjin City Jiangxin Labor Camp, zip code, 300211.
Below are names, area code (put 86- in front), and phone numbers:
Wang Zongsheng (22)-88252363
Li Guangqi (22)-88250988
Xia Wenhua(22-88250186
Camp Police Departemnt (22)-88254564
Office Management(22)-88250580
Fifth Team (22)-88251887
Sixth Team (22)-88250186
Tianjin City Police Station zip code, 300020
Operator, (22)-27319000
Switch Board (22)-27318987
Reception Office (22)-23397513
24 Hour Guarding Office (22)-23313434
Appeal Office (22)-23397570
Tianjin Beichen Distirct Government
Legal Control Office (22)-26393429, ext. Legal or Discipline Office.
"610 Office" (22)-26823602
Beichen District Police Station zip code, 300400
Operator, (22)-26392185-86
Political Security Office, (22)-26390303
ext. to Director, or:
ext. to Legal section (85288)
ext. to"610Office" (85239£©
ext Discipline Office.
Shuangjie Police Substation (22)-26970257
Yushan Labor Camp (22)-29149197
Banqiao Women's Labor Camp in Dagang Distirct, Tianjin City zip code, 300270
Director He Demin cell phone, 1380306179
Main Office, (22)-63252203
Address, P.O.Box 31-49, Dagang, Tianjin.
Han Jinling cell phone, 13012282063
Camp Office, (22)-63251479
Zhang Chunyan (No.1 Team) cell phone, 13702121262
Office (22)-63251415
Police Liu Yan (22)-63228798
No.2 Group in the Fourth Team, (22)-36251823
Liu Junying (No.2 Team) cell phone, 13920956101
Office (22)-63251423
Shuangkou Labor Camp zip code, 300401
No. 1 Team (22)-86839003
No. 2 Team, (22)-86839017
No.3 Team (22)-86839012
No. 4 Team (22)-86839006
No. 5 Team (22)-86835276
Other Departments (22)-86839001/(22)-86839100/13502191549
Liu Shunyou, Legal Representative in Labor Camp, also in charge of Discipline, (22)26374290; address: Jiefanglu, zip code: 300042
Appeals Office of Tianjin People's Congress of Tianjin City, (22)23303229
Reception Office fax, (22)23303229
Tianjin City Government Overseas Chinese Office, (22)23313622
Appeal Office Secretary Office, (22)23306490, zip code: 300040
Reception Office, (22)23305555
Secretary Office, (22)23313056
Discipline Control Office, (22)27129186/(22)27129786, zip code: 300073
People's Procuratorate Office, (22)27425066
General Office, (22)27425011
Secretary Office, (22)27425004; Procuratorate Office, (22)27425026
zip code: 300042, The Political Consultation Conference Secretary Office, (22)23303581
Propaganda Office, (22)23138771
Union Operator, (22)23310823
Union Reception Office, (22)23313559
zip code, 300070. Broadcasting and TV Department Director Office, (22)23601655
Radio Station Office, (22)23601993
Zip Code, 300073 for Court, (Middle) Court Operator, (22)27476902/(22)27388102
Main Office, (22)27388108
Case Office, (22)27420124
Legal Office, (22)27411117
Retired Senior Employee Office, (22)27388100
Execution Court, (22)27388138
Jury Court, (22)27388086
Forensic Medical Office, (22)27384128
Filing Office, (22)27388148
Court Police Station, (22)27473575
Tianjin City Economic Cooperation Office
General Office, (22)23316851
Reception Office, (22)23317371
International Labor Office, (22)23316813
International Trade Office, (22)83850096
December 26, 2003
(Clearwisdom.net)
The deception of "Highest transformation rate in the province"
At the beginning of 2003, the Fanjiatai Jail of Shayang City, Hubei Province was reported by the jail newspaper Shayang Xinsheng to have "The highest transformation rate in the province" [meaning forcing Falun Dafa practitioners to renounce their belief in Falun Dafa's principle of Truth, Compassion, Tolerance]. Behind the misleading title of "transformation rate" lay acts of bloody violence and shameless deception.
Since 2000, Falun Gong practitioners have been unceasingly persecuted in the Fanjiatai Jail. Among them, over 80% of the practitioners are covered with scars on their bodies. Some have had both eyes go nearly blind, some have cuts and bruises all over the body, some practitioners' internal organs have been seriously injured, others had their skin burned with cigarette butts, serious damage done to their legs, or incurred head wounds, etc.. While applying physical torture, the guards also use all kinds of deceit to mislead practitioners, such as telling them statements that "the transformation rate [of Falun Dafa practitioners] is 100% nationwide," "Falun Dafa is no longer welcome overseas," "So-and-so is writing the Repentance Statement,"* etc. It is exactly how the criminals who were forced to monitor practitioners described it saying, "We lie once every three sentences; the team leaders lie three times in one sentence."
An atmosphere of terror was deliberatively created in the fourth ward of this jail, and sayings such as "Only the road towards death is left for those not transformed" were spread in the cells. Such a terrifying atmosphere, mixed with all kinds of deceit that confused right and wrong, continually increased the pressure on practitioners. However, this could not shake the practitioners' firm belief. Many practitioners who had written renunciations of their belief against their will, wrote solemn declarations one after another to annul the "transformation" and continued to practice Falun Gong. So the criminal guards had to resort to deception. The approximate percentage of practitioners who have the courage to directly say "Falun Dafa is good, Falun Gong practitioners are innocent" is over sixty percent; that of practitioners who tactfully clarify the truth and persuade people to be compassionate is thirty percent; and the percentage of those who were forced to give up the practice under high pressure, i.e. the "transformed," is less than ten percent.
However, the transformation rate was claimed by the newspaper to be ninety to ninety-five percent. In fact, such fabricated news is part of the propaganda campaign against Falun Gong that has been plotted from the highest authorities down to bottom. It is a tool that the Jiang regime uses to deceive the world. Every time the officials from the province came to audit the "transformation rate," the police team leaders, fearful of being severely punished should it be discovered they did not meet their quote for "transforming" practitioners, would almost beg the practitioners to lie, saying to them "After passing this test by deceiving the officials, you are free to do whatever you want."
With the increase of more practitioners' clarifying the truth of the persecution to the public, the fabricated "transformation rate" will eventually be discovered to not exist.
The persecution of Xiong Junwei and other practitioners detained in the Fanjiatai Jail continues
Xiong Junwei is from Yingcheng City of Hubei Province, and a graduate of Tongji Medical University in Shanghai. In 2002, after being released from the forced labor camp, he was again abducted by police. In 2003, he suffered inhuman treatment many times after being sent to jail.
The criminals talk about Xiong Junwei's kindness and talent from time to time -- he kindly helped all kinds of criminals get rid of their bad habits, and helped the dean of the hospital handle medical accidents. Xiong Junwei is a kind person, and Falun Dafa is a righteous practice. Every criminal knows this. Headed by Xiao Tianbo, Xiong Zuyong and Duang Yu, the guards took Xiong's kind persuasion and rejection of brainwashing as an excuse to wantonly pressure him. Xiong Junwei held a five day hunger strike to protest, and was sent to the brick and tile factory of the jail afterwards, where he suffered endless physical torture.
Because he expressed his truthful opinions, practitioner Yan Sanming was detained in isolation. The guards spread a rumor that Yan Sanming had been suspected to have contracted SARS. Yan was not permitted to be detained in a regular cell until after he held a five day hunger strike. Moreover, the guards disregarded medical standards when dealing with contagious diseases and forced him to share his cell with a criminal who was diagnosed with a serious case of hepatitis.
Terms frequently used by the guards in the Fanjiatai Jail
The following are terms frequently used by the guards in Fanjiatai Jail. This is also a testimony to the persecution they imposed on Falun Gong, and are recorded here:
Pan, jail political head: (hitting the table with his fist, causing the tea cup to jump) "If you want to practice, go home. Don't think that your graduation from universities or having received doctorates will qualify you to report or expose anything to me. This is jail."
Wang, division chief: "Some of you are predestined to bring your granite-solid heads to see God."
Xiao Tianbo: (to Falun Gong practitioners) "Whether you are transformed or not has nothing to do with me." (To the criminal prisoners instructed by the guards to monitor and persecute Falun Gong practitioners) "If the practitioners you are responsible for monitoring cannot be transformed, how can I reduce your terms?"
Xiong Zuyong: "For you, we have plenty of methods. There are many felons here who kill people without blinking an eye. The authoritarianism of the Party is made of iron."
Duan Yu: "If you don't write the repentance statement, I can't prevent the anger and actions of the prisoners who are monitoring you." (Note: an indirect way to hint to criminal inmates to rough up practitioners.)
Yang Rui: "On the path of transformation, whoever lags behind will be
beaten."
He Ping: "I will beat you, and I dare to take the responsibility."
Shen Jianjun: "Where can you go if you are not transformed? Even if you are
transferred to the small team, you still have to be transformed."
* "Repentance Statement" - In this statement the practitioner is forced to admit remorse for practicing Falun Gong, promise to give up Falun Gong, and never again associate with other practitioners or go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.
(Clearwisdom.net) Seven Falun Dafa practitioners are on a hunger strike at Huazi Prison in Dengta City, Liaoning Province. Some of them have been on the hunger strike since July 20, 2003.
Five times each day, the prison guards force-feed corn soup to the seven practitioners through rubber tubing inserted into the stomach through their nasal passage.
The latest practitioner to join the hunger strike began on December 7, 2003. He is Mr. Tan Shiqiu from Kaiyuan City, whose left leg was broken when he was initially detained at Huazi Prison. Due to the deplorable living conditions in the prison, his leg still has not recovered, having become seriously atrophied with the heel turned upward and the toes pointing inward. The prison guards forbid him from practicing the Falun Dafa exercises, and he has become very weak.
Whenever the practitioners' relatives come to visit them, the prison guards or designated criminal prisoners always accompany the practitioner, in order to monitor the visit. In order to expose the inhumanity of Huazi Prison, Mr. Xu, a 62-year-old practitioner, once tried to smuggle out a small piece of paper stating the facts of the persecution. When the prisoner who had been assigned to monitor Mr. Xu discovered it, Mr. Xu immediately put the paper in his mouth. Guard Shang then beat the elderly practitioner until he dropped to the floor, then climbed on top of Mr. Xu and continued beating him. Another prisoner held Mr. Xu's head against the floor while a third prisoner pinched his neck and mouth, trying to remove that piece of paper. Three of Mr. Xu's teeth were knocked out before the piece of paper was finally retrieved. The criminal prisoners and guards at Huazi Prison often maliciously curse and beat Falun Dafa practitioners. We can see that the hateful regime is terrified of being exposed.
There are still many facts about the persecution that currently remain unknown due to the information blockade imposed by the government.
January 4, 2004
(Clearwisdom.net) Police from Jinchang City illegally sent Dafa practitioner Mr. Ma Yuefang of Jinchang City, Gansu Province to the Lanzhou City Pingantai Labor Camp. Because Ma Yuefang persisted in his belief in Falun Dafa, the guards at the labor camp tortured him until he received a broken leg, and later sent him to the labor camp hospital. The guards did not permit the doctor to use anesthetics while setting the fracture, causing Ma Yuefang to suffer unimaginable agony from the torture. Now Ma Yuefang's leg has gone totally numb and he is effectively disabled. His condition is still deteriorating.
The cruel personnel at the Pingantai Labor Camp fear exposure and refuse to permit Ma Yuefang out on bail for proper medical treatment.
Jinchang City Dafa practitioner, Special Honored Teacher Ms. Hou Youfang, was mistreated and physically abused so severely that she died. The vicious police officers of this labor camp are responsible.
Persecutors from Jinchang City who are primarily responsible for persecuting Dafa and practitioners since July 20, 1999:
Wang Youxiang: Jinchang City Police Department Political and Security Section Chief, head officer of the "610 Office," 86-935-8219127.
Meng Jiaxiang: Jinchang City Police Department Political and Security Section Chief, head officer of the "610 Office," chiefly responsible person for practitioners' imprisonment and forced labor in Jinchang City.
Li Xinhua: Primary person responsible for mistreating Falun Gong at Jinchang City Police Department. This man is extremely vicious. In order to amass political gain, he forged and exaggerated the quantity of distributed Dafa truth materials the Dafa practitioners were accused of handing out and rampantly persecuted Dafa practitioners.
Deng Shaojun: Deputy Party Secretary of Jinchang City Jinchuan Company, main
responsible person for Falun Gong issues in the Jinchuan Company.
Jinchuan Company Party Office Head, 86-935-8811356
Jinchuan Company Party Office Deputy Head, 86-935-8811498
Yang Huiguo: Jinchang City Longshou Police Department Chief, 86-935-8811820
Han: Jinchang City Longshou Police Department Deputy Division Chief,
86-935-8811101
Dai Baoji: Jinchang City Longshou Police Department Deputy Division Chief. He was originally section chief. He was promoted to deputy division chief for his efforts in persecuting Dafa. This man brutally persecuted Dafa practitioners Guo Hong and others from the Jinchuan Company. His methods are debased and despicable. He repeatedly personally arrested Dafa practitioners.
Xin Fuqiang: Jinchang City Longshou Police Department Political and Security Section Chief, previously Security Section Chief of the Living Company Power Plant. He repeatedly joined in the persecution of Dafa practitioners.
(Clearwisdom.net) Since July 20, 1999, many students and faculty from China's Northeastern Normal University and its affiliated high school were persecuted for their steadfast belief in Falun Dafa and unwavering adherence to the principle of "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance." The corrupt administrators from the University and the local police follow Jiang and his vicious policy against Falun Gong practitioners that states, "Ruin their reputation, destroy them financially, and eliminate them physically."
Students and faculty are forced to write the "Three Statements" and dormitories and apartments are unlawfully searched for Falun Dafa books and materials [The Three Statements consist of a letter of repentance, a guarantee to never again practice Falun Gong, and a list of names and addresses of all family members, friends and acquaintances who are practitioners]. Dafa practitioners are expelled from school, fired from their jobs and and their Party memberships are canceled. They are also fined and evicted from faculty housing owned by or associated with the university. The corrupt people at the university also actively cooperate with the local police to send Dafa practitioners to forced labor camps, detention centers, and brainwashing centers. Dafa practitioners and their families have been tormented cruelly. Practitioners have suffered tremendously both physically and mentally and their lives have been destroyed.
New undergraduate and graduate students are not admitted to this university if they practice Falun Gong. Graduates from this University who practice Falun Gong are not granted employment. Thus far, one Dafa practitioner has been tortured to death; many were sent to forced labor camp, fired or expelled. Nearly 30 practitioners from Northeaster Normal University were illegally detained. Below are the facts regarding the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners that has been supported by the University:
In July 2000, he was illegally sentenced to one year of forced labor. He was sent to Fenjin and Weizigou Forced Labor camps in Changchun city where he suffered brutal torture. He was severely injured and thus taken to the labor camp hospital. On February 12, 2002, he was released from the labor camp after more than seven months of imprisonment and immediately taken to the Xinglongshan brainwashing center for another month. Afterward, he was illegally held at Changchun Metropolitan No.3 Detention Center for nearly one month. Because he refused to renounce Falun Dafa, he was again sentenced to a three-year forced labor term in April of 2002. He was detained at the No.4 Section of Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City.
Frustrated by their failure to successfully brainwash Bai Xiaojun and force him to renounce his belief in Falun Dafa, the vicious police instructed inmates to pour salt water onto Xiaojun's body, which was covered with scabs from the torture at the labor camps. Starting in June of 2003, Xiaojun became bedridden and was unable to eat or drink for three weeks. The labor camp authorities ordered the guards to ignore Xiaojun's deteriorating health condition. On July 18, 2003, Bai Xiaojun died at the Changchun Hospital for Infectious Disease.
People who are related to this persecution against Falun Gong:
Secretary of the Party Commission:
Sheng Lianxi, 86-431-5269309 (office), 86-431-55643532 (home)
University President:
Shi Ninzhong, 86-431-5269322 (office), 86-431-5269289 (home)
The "610 Office" at the University: 86-431-5269610.
(Clearwisdom.net) In December 2003, the "610 Office" 1 of Chifeng City in Inner Mongolian has coordinated and colluded with the Hongwei Coal Mine Local Police Station, the Yuanbaoshan Town Local Police Station, the Yuanbaoshan Coal Mine Local Police Station, the Yuanbaoshan Power Plant Public Security Office, the Jianchangyeng Town Local Police Station, and the Yuanbaoshan Bajia Town Local Police Station, to arrest Falun Gong Practitioners in the Yuanbaoshan area on fabricated charges.
The practitioners who have been abducted are: Wang Daorong of Jianchangyeng; Yan Zhiqiang , a worker of the Yuanbaoshan Power Plant; and Wang Guisheng, a worker of the Hongwei Coal Mine. Wang Yanping of the Yuanbaoshan Bajia Town has been forced into homelessness. The details are under investigation.
List of those responsible:
Yang XX, Assistant Director of the "610 Office" of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolian, 86-476-8339595, zip code 024000. Mailing address: the "610 Office" at the Legal System and Education Base of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolian
Chen Xiaodong and Meng XX, Section Heads, 86-476-8424610 (office), or 86-476-8421672 (office)
Wang Li, Director of the "610 Office" and Assistant Bureau Head, Pingzhuang Coal Mine Local Police Department of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolian
Phone numbers:
Country code 86, City code 476
13947365566 (cell)
3510190 ext. 24781 (office)
3510190 ext. 22099 (home)
Jiang Xuezhi, Assistant Director of the "610 Office," Pingzhuang Coal Mine Local Police Department of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolian
Phone numbers:
Country code 86, City code 476
3510190 ext. 24941 (office)
3510190 ext. 22822 (home)
Liu Kexue, Security Team Leader, Pingzhuang Coal Mine Local Police Department of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolian
Phone numbers:
Country code 86, City code 476
13947637900 (cell)
3510190 ext. 24272 (office)
3510190 ext. 22828 (home)
Evil Police:
Wang Jianfeng, Director of the Yuanbaoshan Jianchangyeng Town Local Police Station of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolian, zip code 024070
Crimes committed:
Wang Jianfeng has arrested many Falun Gong practitioners during the past four years. Five were sentenced to terms of three or four years, and they are now being detained at the Huhehaote Women's Prison in Inner Mongolia. Sixteen practitioners have been sent to forced labor for one to three years, and they are now being detained in Tumuji in Zhalantun City and Huhehaote Women's Prison in Inner Mongolia. Nine practitioners have been detained at the Yuanbaoshan Pingzhuang Detention Center of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolian. Seventy-three have been forced into brainwashing sessions, and seventy-three have also been illegally fined for a total of two hundred thousand yuan2 (preliminary statistical figure). Wang has illegally confiscated many Dafa books, lecture tapes, exercise tapes, microcomputers, telephones, and so on.
Xu Xiaoguang, Director of the Fengshuigou Police Station of Pingzhuang Coal Industry Limited of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia.
Phone numbers:
Country code 86, City code 476
13015183901 (cell)
3580200 ext. 80390 (office)
3592288 ext. 66363 (home)
Zip code: 024080
Crimes committed:
Xu Xiaoguang has acted as a vanguard in the persecution of Falun Gong in order to gain personal political benefit. He has confiscated the' property of families, detained, arrested, and fined many practitioners. Five practitioners have been sent to labor camps and eleven have been illegally detained for a total of 22 times. Ten practitioners have been forced into brainwashing sessions and practitioners have been illegally fined over thirty thousand yuan (preliminary statistical figure).; Many Dafa books, lecture tapes, exercise tapes, microcomputers, etc. have been taken away, and two practitioners have been forced into a destitute and homeless state.
Director of the Yuanbaoshan Strip Mine Local Police Station, Pingzhuang Coal Industry Company of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolian, 86-476-3592288 ext. 66212
Xu Dazhang, Director of the Yuanbaoshan Town Local Police Station of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolian
Phone numbers:
Country code 86, City code 476
3563305 (office) or 3592544 (office)
Director of the Yuanbaoshan Mine Local Police Station of Pingzhuang Coal Industry Company of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolian
Phone numbers:
Country code 86, City code 476
3592725 ext. 57440 (office)
3592725 ext. 56464 (home)
Crimes committed:
Xu Dazhang and the Director of the Yuanbaoshan Mine Local Police Station of Pingzhuang Coal Industry Company have sentenced four Falun Gong practitioners to a labor camp and illegally detained more than 10 practitioners. 20 practitioners have been illegally forced into brainwashing sessions and illegally fined over thirty thousand yuan. Many Dafa books, lecture tapes, exercise tapes, and tape recorders have been taken away, and two practitioners have been forced into a destitute and homeless state.
Director of the Red Temple Coal Mine Local Police Station of Pingzhuang Coal Industry Company
Phone numbers:
Country code 86, City code 476
3584319 ext. 41515 (office)
3584319 ext. 41346 (home)
Crimes committed:
This person has illegally sentenced five Falun Gong practitioners, who are now detained in the Huhehaote Female Prison in Inner Mongolian. Many practitioners have been illegally detained and fined for over forty thousand yuan. Many Dafa books, lecture tapes, exercise tapes, tape recorders, copiers have been taken away, and practitioners have been forced into a destitute and homeless state.
Director of Five-family Coal Mine of Pingzhuang Coal Industry Company 3490113 ext. 88300
Crimes committed:
This person has illegally sent six Falun Gong Practitioners to a labor camp. The details need future investigation.
List of related phone numbers in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia:
Country code 86, City code 476
Director of the West Strip Coal Mine of Pingzhuang Coal Industry Company 3470135 ext. 72635
Director of the Six-family Coal Mine of Pingzhuang Coal Industry Company 3510190 ext. 39066 (office)
Ancient Mountain Police Station of Pingzhuang Coal Industry Company 3510190 ext. 36174 (office)
Director of the Pingzhuang East Town Police Station 3510190 ext. 22642
Director of the Pingzhuang West Area Police Station 3510190 ext. 25502
Bao XX and Liu XX, Security Team leaders of the Police Department, zip code 024000
Related persons:
Zhang Junqing, Party Secretary of Pingzhuang Coal Industry Company 3510190 ext. 25185 (office)
Sun Jianguo, General Manager of Pingzhuang Coal Industry Company 3510190 ext. 25510 (office)
Lian Qinggui, Party Secretary of the Fengshuigou Mine of Pingzhuang Coal Industry Company 13947360497 (cell), 3580200 ext. 80216 (office), 3510190 ext. 25637 (home
1
"610 Office" is 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.2
Yuan is the unit of Chinese currency. The monthly salary for an average Chinese urban worker is about 500 yuan.
(Clearwisdom.net)
Alloy Factory, Nuerhe Textile, and Heavy Machinery Factory
Forty-one Practitioners Sentenced to Labor Camps Unjustly
Li Li, Sun Yingli, Wang Shaobing, Lu Shujun, Xu Shucheng, Feng Yunang, Hu Chunsheng, Bai Xiaoming, Li Qingyan, Zheng Yanmei, Wang Yuquan, Wang Fengyun, Zhao Chengjie, Han Qiang, Wang Yuqing, Cao Ce, Chen Zaihua, Jiang Li, Guo Yanhua, Yan Yuchun, Wang Hong, Wang Xiuqin, Yan Li, Wang Wenjun, Yue Xuefeng, Li Yajuan, Zhao Lianxia, Cao Juewen, Jing Cuizhen, Wang Wenjuan , Zhou Lixian, Zhang Jing, Sheng Fuchang, Zhang Xuezhong, Wang Wentao, Huang Cheng, Feng Shudong, Zhang Ren, Li Guilan, Gao Jun, Ms. Gao.
Ten Practitioners Sentenced to Prison
Wang Guixia, Lu Shujun, Zhao Huimin, Gu Wanxian, He Tao, Dou Lanying, Duan Yanli, Zhang Limei, Yue Xuefeng, Wang Wenjun.
Forty-four Practitioners Detained
Zhu Xiangqin, Pei Yufeng, Qu Ajuan, Gu Hexia, Zhang Xiulan, Shi Zhongyu, Wang Hongge, Zheng Xiujuan, Ma Xiuying, Guan Chun, Zhai Yanchun, Guo Liguang, Cao Liya, Sun Limin, Guan Xingyu, Liu Jing, Dai Lanying, Li Sunuan, Li Hui, Guan Fengyun, Ren Changjiang, Cheng Sazhang, Guo Lin, Wang Lijuan, Bao Changqing, Guo Kunjie, E Likun, Liao Lina, Zhang Guoli, Lu Li, Zhao Xiyun, Li Fuhe, Yan Weijie, Huang Yungui, Jin Dejing, Jin Yuzhen, Zhou Suzhen, Wang Qingyou, Teacher Wang.
Twelve Unjustly Locked up in the Detention Center
Zhang Po, Wei Liping, You Li, Ju Xiaomei, Diao Shufen, Sun Wei, Ning Shaoyong, Shen Wangliang, Zhao Zhixin, Guo Yanhua, Ma Zhimin, Liu Chuanhua.
Twenty-six Practitioners Unjustly Fined
Li Shuzheng, He Guizhi, Cheng Sazhang, Li Qingyan, Wang Guixia, Ren Changjiang, Wei Liping, Zhang Po, You Li, Ning Shaoyong, Zhao Zhixin, Guo Yanhua, Shen Wanliang, Dao Shufen, Wang Lijuan, Liu Caiyun, Jiao Wanhui, He Guanghua, Huang Yungui, Wang Keyu, Cao Ce, Teacher Wang, Sun Yi, Zhou Suzhen, Jin Yunzhen, Jin Dejing.
Practitioners Still Detained
1. Masanjia Labor Camp: Lu Shujun, Zhen Yanmei, Wang Fengyun, Li Yajuan, Guo Yanhua, Yin Yuchun, Wang Hong, Wang Wenjuan.
2. Jinzhou Education Camp: Zhang Ren, Cao Ce, Huang Cheng.
3. Shenyang Dabei Prison: Wang Guixia, Zhang Limei, He Tao.
One Practitioner Died from Persecution: Wang Wenjun.
From these statistics of Falun Gong practitioners suffering from persecution in a small district in a city, it is not difficult to estimate how people have suffered from the persecution of Falun Gong over the entire country of China and how families are indirectly affected.
(Clearwisdom.net) There are seven detention wards in the Chishan Prison in Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province, of which No. 3, 5, 6 and 7 are the worst in terms of persecuting Dafa disciples. Practitioners in those detention wards were tortured and forced to do manual craft work, like making summer sleeping mats by stringing together bamboo strips, making cloth dolls, and making stuffed toy rabbits and horses and other items for export through a Korean wholesaler. They also had us polish man-made gems. The prison authorities then financially reward the police there with commissions from the sale of these goods.
It usually takes 12 to 13 hours to finish the daily assignments. If the work process was slow it could take 15 to 16 hours, or even longer. Any practitioner who did not finish in time was hung up and beaten with electric batons, or kicked and punched, forced to stand still for long hours, or forced to do frog jumps and push-ups. Those not meeting the requirements were punished. Because of the long-term slave work and torture, many inmates became ill, and the number of tuberculosis cases increased daily. Out of more than 2,000 prisoners, more than 200 (10%) had tuberculosis. The illegally detained Dafa disciples objected to this kind of mistreatment. Events that occurred in the No. 6 detention ward showcase its cruelty.
No. 6 Ward Political Chief Ren Fei assigned Dafa disciple Mr. Li Xuexian a daily task of polishing 600 gems with a promise of no extra work. It took Li Xuexian 12 to 13 hours each day to finish. However, since October 22, 2003 he was assigned additional work. He worked from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and was too tired to finish the extra assignments. Division head Pang Chifeng saw him taking a rest in the workroom. He attempted to force Mr. Li to continue with the additional work, but Li Xuexian refused.
Li Xuexian also refused to address prison guards in a submissive pose, such as squatting, even when Pang Chifeng tried to force him to do so (prison rules requires a prisoner to squat or single-kneel down when talking with a guard). Then the deputy division political head Cheng Weidong, team head Qiu Hui, and team political head supervisor Yao Qi ganged up on Mr. Li and tried to drag him by his arms and legs, but even then Li Xuexian didn't give in. Then, head Cheng Weidong grabbed a high voltage electric baton to shock his legs, but Li Xuexian still didn't squat. Then four of them tore his clothes off and furiously applied electric-shocks all over his body. Li Xuexian called out at the top of his voice, "Falun Dafa is Good! Falun Dafa is the Righteous Way!"
The prisoners were looking on. Guard Cheng Weidong rammed an electric baton into Li Xuexian's mouth and discharged it for about 10 minutes. There were sparks all over his mouth. After the baton was removed, Li Xuexian continued calling, "Falun Dafa is Good! Falun Dafa is the Righteous Way!" The prisoners in the workroom stopped what they were doing, and watched and praised Li Xuexian. For fear of influencing the others, the four perpetrators dragged Li Xuexian outside the workroom. Guard Ren Fei asked him if he would follow orders to put on the prison uniform, and Li Xuexian said "no." They then beat him while verbally abusing him at the same time. Li Xuexian said, "You've broken the law, article 41 of the prison law. You have committed a criminal act."
The four guards electrically shocked him again and again. Li Xuexian insisted on not squatting. Qiu Hui then took a long bench to press against his calves but Li Xuexian didn't give up. After about an hour, police Ren Fei beat Li Xuexian and hung him up in the air.
Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Xuexian was handcuffed to the workroom window beginning October 24, for 15 to 16 hours each day. He was even handcuffed at night during sleeping hours, and he was not allowed to talk to the inmates. This kind of abuse and gross mistreatment continued until November 11.
(Clearwisdom.net) In order to bring about an end to the persecution of Falun Gong and inform Koreans and Chinese people living in Korea about the atrocities committed against Falun Gong by Jiang's regime, Falun Gong practitioners in Korea performed a "Symbolic International Trial of Jiang Zemin" that toured around the country. This is part of a series of activities in cooperation with Falun Gong practitioners around the world and human right groups to bring Jiang to trial in the international court.
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Since the symbolic trial tour began in Seoul on December 7, 2003, it has been on stage and well received at three locations in Seoul and in ten other large cities. Media reported this activity in every city. When the prosecutor was stating Jiang Zemin's numerous crimes against Falun Gong practitioners during the trial in Pusan, a viewer in the audience was so filled with righteous indignation that he almost beat up the practitioner who played the part of Jiang.
The trial lasted one hour and twenty minutes. Three Falun Gong practitioners who had been victims of the persecution gave their testimonies sharing their personal experience. The audience learned the facts of the persecution first-hand.
Symbolic trials of Jiang Zemin are growing across the whole country like a raging fire. With one hundred and eighty-seven attorneys' signatures, Falun Gong practitioners in Korea filed a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin for genocide and other crimes at a local court in Seoul on December 26, 2003. This is the sixth formal lawsuit against Jiang following those in the U.S., Belgium, Spain, Taiwan and Germany. Information about the lawsuit had been distributed to all media, reporters and organizations. Reporters from World Daily, Korea News and other media attended and reported the press conference right after the lawsuit was filed.
In addition to the lawsuit against Jiang in Korea and growing number of symbolic trials, Falun Gong practitioners in Korea introduced Falun Dafa in various ways, including introduction to Falun Dafa on huge electronic advertisement boards at downtowns and advertisements at international airports and on freight vans. More and more people learned about the persecution. The Media reported frequently on these issues regarding Falun Dafa. Many journals reported the lawsuit and published introductions to Falun Dafa.
(Clearwisdom.net) Dafa practitioners in Austria gathered at the Chinese Embassy on January 6th to mourn the death of fellow practitioner Liu Chengjun. They appealed for the arrest and severe punishment of his murderers.
After activities were held last year to call for the rescue of Liu Chengjun and many other imprisoned Dafa practitioners in Jilin Province who were on hunger strike in the jail, people in Austria continued to ask if we had any updated information about Liu Chengjun. It was shocking to know after the New Year that Liu Chengjun died as a result of the persecution he received. The brutal killing of Liu Chengjun indicates the vicious and callous nature of the persecution in China and shows that the evildoers are scared that their crimes will be exposed.
The genocide committed by Jiang's regime against Dafa practitioners is characterized by lies and the instigation of hatred against Dafa. In March 2002, Liu Chengjun and other Dafa practitioners in Changchun city successfully interrupted cable TV signals to show a video revealing the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong. His brave actions powerfully exposed the truth, shocked the evildoers and blazed the path for a new form of truth clarification in China via television.
Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200401/17197.html
(Clearwisdom.net) During the Christmas and New Year holidays, UK practitioners held a retreat in London. Every day, practitioners studied one or two lectures written in Zhuan Falun [the main text of Falun Gong] in the morning and one or two of Master Li's latest articles in the afternoon; group exercise practice took place in the morning with meditation in the evening. After Fa study, practitioners shared their experiences and understandings about cultivation during Fa-rectification. Some practitioners gave specific accounts of their experiences and understandings of cultivating themselves, sending forth righteous thoughts and validating the Fa. The experience sharing enabled everyone to develop, within the Fa, a more clear and rational understanding about the Dafa practitioners' mission of validating the Fa and saving sentient beings during the Fa-rectification period. It also strengthened their confidence in doing well in the three things Master requests of practitioners at this time.
Some practitioners talked about the importance of
coordinating and cooperating harmoniously together, and resolving conflicts
between fellow practitioners with compassion. Everyone hoped that practitioners
in UK will make holistic improvements after this retreat. Practitioners came to
join the study from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and the number of the
participants reached about one hundred. Upon the completion of the activities,
many practitioners indicated that they had spent a very beneficial New Year
holiday together with fellow practitioners.
Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200401/17200.html
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Joey Ivansco / AJC Sam Lu says his wife was "jailed for standing up to defend the right of the millions of persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China." |
BEIJING -- In the relentless official Chinese suppression of Falun Gong, the outlawed spiritual [group], Sam Lu counts his wife as one tiny but significant victory. After more than three years in a labor camp, Zhou Xuefei was released Tuesday.
"I am very proud of my wife," Lu said in a statement. "My wife is brave, because she was jailed for standing up to defend the right of the millions of persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China."
Lu, a former warehouse manager living in Duluth, campaigned tirelessly for her release, writing countless letters and petitions and attending protests.
Yet Tuesday brought only a measure of relief. He was informed that his wife was home with her mother in Shenzhen, but he couldn't speak to her. Their home number was changed unexpectedly, and it seemed international calls were blocked.
Lu's mother-in-law picked up her daughter Tuesday at the Sanshui Women's Labor Camp outside Guangzhou, accompanied by Shenzhen police. In Shenzhen they were met by members of the local neighborhood committee, the grass-roots Communist Party body that will monitor Lu's wife.
His wife dropped in to visit Lu's parents, who also live in Shenzhen, for about half an hour.
"My father said she seemed to be in good spirits," Lu said.
Lu said the phones of both his parents and his mother-in-law, Zhou Jie, are tapped.
"She is very happy," Zhou Jie said by telephone. "She has no plans. She's going to rest. Then we're going to celebrate the new year."
The Chinese lunar new year begins January 22.
Falun Gong practitioners are generally not released until they have undergone a "transformation." The group calls it brainwashing, [...]
Lu, 34, and Zhou, 29, were living together in Shenzhen, where he was a tax auditor, and had been married less than two months when she was detained for handing out Falun Gong pamphlets.
Falun Gong was founded in 1992 by Li Hongzhi, [Falun Gong practitioners follow universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance, and practice five-set of gentle exercises for improvement of both mind and body] Falun Gong claimed to have attracted 100 million practitioners by the time it was outlawed in 1999.
Although the crackdown on Falun Gong was viewed in the West as an issue of religious freedom, for the Communist Party it was a matter of political control. Falun Gong and other forms of qigong -- a form of martial arts based on the concept of internal energy -- had long been encouraged. It was only when Falun Gong amassed such a large number of followers that the [then communist leader Jiang Zemin was jealous and initiated the inhumane persecution against Falun Gong practitioners.]
The group says 860 followers have died as a result of persecution. It says it has documented thousands of cases of physical and mental torture.
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http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0104/14china.html
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Nine members of the outlawed Falun Gong were charged by a court in the northeastern city of Changchun on 18 April with [fabricated charge] because of their alleged role in the [interception] of a cable TV network in Changchun and Songyuan in early March to broadcast two documentaries about the persecution of the Falun Gong since July 1999. Six others were arrested in the following weeks. The TV [broadcast on exposing the crimes of Jiang Zemin regime's persecution of Falun Gong] had enraged the authorities. The police, especially "Bureau 610," had spent several weeks hunting down Falun Gong followers in Changchun. [...] On 21 April, the Falun Gong announced that it had [broadcast in] another cable TV network, this time in the northeastern city of Harbin, again transmitting a documentary about the persecution of Falun Gong followers. [...]The Falun Gong claimed that Luo Gan, the head of public security in China, had gone to Harbin and had demanded the arrest of 6,000 Falun Gong members by June. The trial of the 11 men and four women arrested in the Changchun incident began on 18 September. On 20 September, after [show trial by the totalitarian regime], they were given sentences ranging from four to 20 years in prison.
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Four Falun Gong members received sentences ranging from seven to 16 years in prison from a court in the southwestern city of Chongqing on 18 May for [broadcasting in] a local television channel in January in order to broadcast a programme [clarifying the facts of Falun Gong and exposing the inhumane persecution of Falun Gong in China]. [...]
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The authorities on 23 June [fabricated charges against] the Falun Gong of hijacking the Sinosat satellite signal, thereby disrupting the programming of nine national channels and six regional channels, replacing it with black screens or pictures of Falun Gong meetings. [...] The official news agency Xinhua [told lies that the] signals had come from Taiwan but this was denied by officials in Taipei and Taiwanese members of the Falun Gong. [...] There had also been a further incident in the week following 23 June, in which a Falun Gong message was transmitted on a TV signal in Laiyang in the eastern province of Shandong. The authorities said the message had appeared on screen for one minute, while a Hong Kong-based human rights group said it stayed on screen for 15 minutes. The same group reported a similar TV [broadcasting] on 27 June in the coastal city of Yantai.
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Falun Gong members [broadcasted in] local television's Channel 5 in Baiyin in the central province of Gansu on 17 August. Baiyin residents said programming was interrupted for 10-20 minutes by pictures of Falun Gong members being persecuted by the police. The local newspapers did not report the incident.
The Hong Kong government on 24 September published a draft national security law proposing imprisonment and other heavy penalties for treason, secession, subversion and theft of state secrets. Presented as an implementation of article 23 of the Basic Law negotiated before Hong Kong's handover in 1997, the draft law had Beijing's stamp and was widely criticised as a threat to individual freedoms, especially press freedom, as the concept of state secret was defined in the vaguest of terms and could be used to arrest journalists for publishing all manner of information. Furthermore, with penalties of up to seven years in prison for publishing reports that incite treason, secession or subversion, the law would reinforce self-censorship on subjects considered sensitive by the mainland government. After its publication, senior Hong Kong officials warned journalists about the way they use press freedom. Justice minister Elsie Leung on 17 October said any report containing unsourced confidential information would henceforth be treated as a "state secret." The Hong Kong Journalists Association and the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association addressed a statement to the authorities on 24 November calling for the elimination of the more restrictive measures from the proposed law. It was signed by 879 Hong Kong journalist and was backed by 26 international press and human rights groups.
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Article Last Updated: Monday, January 12, 2004 - 5:29:30 AM PST
Supporters of a Chinese citizen who recently died while in Chinese police
custody gathered Sunday in San Francisco to remember the man they say was
tortured throughout the 21 months he spent in jail. About 100 people attended
the memorial for Liu Chengjun in Portsmouth Square in Chinatown, according to
Alex Ma, spokesman for the Chinese Press Freedom and Human Rights League, which
organized the event. Ma said Liu had been arrested following a March 2002
incident in which Liu participated in tapping into a cable television signal in
Changchung, China and [...] broadcasting foreign-made programs about the Chinese
government's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong is described by
Human Rights Watch as a practice involving [...] meditation, used to improve
practitioners' physical, mental and spiritual well-being. The practice has been
banned in China since 1999. Ma said he does not know why Falun Gong is illegal,
but said he thinks the Chinese government is afraid that the number of Falun
Gong practitioners will exceed the number of members in the Communist Party. One
of the speakers at Sunday's memorial was the fiancée of Menlo Park resident
Charles Li, a U.S. citizen arrested at a Chinese airport in January 2003 while
on a trip to visit his family members there for the Lunar New Year. Li's
supporters say he was officially arrested for allegedly planning to interrupt
television signals in China, but that the real reason Li was targeted was his
practice of Falun Gong.
http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/Stories/0,1413,87~11268~1885971,00.html
December 24, 2003
(Clearwisdom.net) Practitioners A and B meet with each other often. Together they exchange their understandings and their experiences in overcoming tribulations. They also discuss how to clarify the facts of the persecution and the scenes they see during sending forth righteous thoughts. A is already seventy-eight years old. No matter under what kind of pressure, her determination to practice cultivation never wavered. A once said to B, "Last night I dreamed that there were shapes of mouths all over the snow and grass. After thinking about it, I realized that Teacher is hinting that I should clarify the truth to people more. I realized that I have neglected this part of my cultivation and have not done enough in this regard. I always thought that it was sufficient to do just some truth clarification. For instance, it is hard for me to clarify the facts to people face to face because I fear that I won't do well. But it looks like this is not going to work. I must clarify the truth more in the future to amend my omission." B said, "I too believe that your dream has some connection with clarifying the facts. As long as we have the intention to do so, we will definitely have the chance. You should read more materials pertinent to clarifying the truth and practice several times beforehand. You will find that there's nothing difficult to it. In Touring North America, Teacher praised Dafa disciples' clarifying the truth, 'Whether it's the bitter cold of winter, the intense heat of summer, or when everything is covered by ice and snow, or in the pouring rain, and no matter what people's attitudes are or how difficult it is, you haven't let up.'"
When A and B met again after a few days, A said to B, "My sister wrote me from Jilin. She is ill and misses me greatly. I have several relatives there and I realized that this is a chance for me to clarify the truth to them. I think I should go, don't you?" B replied, "I think you are right. From an ordinary person's perspective, you are an elder approaching your eighties. The journey is long and the winter is harsh, people will not think badly of you if you don't go. Yet, because we are practitioners, we have the mission and responsibility to save the world's people. This chance is hard to come by. You will regret it if you let it slip away. Go ahead. I will send forth righteous thoughts here to help you." A said, "Then I should leave right away. Wait for my good news." Therefore Practitioner A followed the cultivation path that Teacher has arranged for her. With the compassionate heart she has cultivated within Dafa, and the accompaniment of one of her relatives, she got on a train heading north to do what she was supposed to do.
They met again after several days and practitioner A said excitedly to B, "My entire journey was exceptionally smooth. I clarified the truth to many people back home and handed out all the truth clarification materials I brought. They were very willing to listen to me speaking. I appreciate Teacher for giving me such a great opportunity." B said, "You did a great job. This is an encouragement to all fellow practitioners. We will have no regrets if we seize each opportunity we have. Let's not develop the attachment of zealotry though! I dreamed that many Dafa disciples were walking hand in hand on a road covered with rocks. They constantly reminded each other to avoid those rocks while walking forward together. Teacher does not want to lose one true disciple. This is also our destiny and glory."
These past years, no matter how difficult our environments are or how busy we are, the experience-sharing and discussions among practitioners are essential. It is Dafa that connected us together. The countless open-hearted sharings are unforgettable, inspiring and make us yearn for more. When disagreements arise, everyone then looks inward to eliminate one's exposed attachments. Consequently we can then be purified and return to our true selves. I hope that more practitioners can step out and participate group discussions to help each other and progress together. As Teacher told us,
"The better you cooperate with each other as a whole the more powerful you are, and the more powerful you are the greater your impact." "But of course, as long as the evil still exists it's going to cause harm. We cannot let our guard down, and we still need to cooperate even better and communicate with each other often." (From "Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Midwest-U.S. Fa Conference")
January 4, 2004
(Clearwisdom.net)
How are you!
Since November, the prison guards have not allowed anybody in our prison cell to send even one letter; nobody has received a letter either. Some learned in the court that their families had sent them seven or eight letters, including some pictures. However, nobody ever received any of them.
During detention, as long as the prison guards are not pleased they are allowed to do anything to us, including punishment, beating, and scolding. If anyone defends oneself, he or she will be beaten or scolded more severely, or will even be punished with torture instruments. Every inmate is mobilized to beat Dafa practitioners.
Of course, these were the actions of some policemen. There were also policemen who were kind and righteous. Now, the majority of the police realize that Falun Dafa is good. The inmates understand more and more about the truth of Falun Gong and realize that Falun Gong is good. One inmate, who was sentenced to prison for selling false receipts, realized Falun Dafa is good from the bottom of his heart after he lived with Falun Dafa practitioners for a period of time in the prison. He started to practice Falun Gong in the prison. His heart and mind upgraded quickly. After his release, he studied the Fa and clarified the truth. After about 20 days, he was sent to the detention center again. This time it was for cultivating Falun Gong. In the detention center he acted strictly according to the standard of Falun Dafa practitioners. He did very well. Now, he has been released.
A sixteen year-old girl who was transferred from a different detention center, also started studying the Fa and doing the exercises in the detention center. She could remember everything she had read. When she was sent to Chengdu Detention Center she could recite Dafa from her heart to other practitioners.
For practicing Falun Dafa, they were all threatened with extension of their jail terms. However, they were all very determined.
(Clearwisdom.net) In June 2003, I walked out of a forced labor camp with dignity. When I returned home, friends and neighbors all came to visit. My relatives came the next day when they heard that I was home. They were chatting about how things were going, and suggested that I do not "make any more trouble." I was grateful for all the kind greetings, but I was more cautious when it came to their attitude towards Dafa. My heart was heavy because some of them were still deceived by Jiang and his regime's lies. They all have predestined relationships with me! There are few other Falun Dafa cultivators in our mountain area, information is blocked, and we are very short on truth-clarifying materials. Meanwhile those lies are being forced into people's minds through the TV, newspapers, and other media. I felt like it was my responsibility to save these people.
My fellow practitioners came to visit me one by one after letting me rest a couple of days. They brought Teacher's new articles and Clearwisdom articles, and updated me on the Fa-rectification process in our hometown. They helped me understand our coordination efforts so that I, as a Dafa particle, could melt into the one body. When farming during the day, I went about things as usual by letting everyone I met know about the goodness of Falun Dafa and telling them about the facts of the persecution. Then I would hand out truth-clarifying materials at night, in addition to studying the Fa and practicing the exercises. I left no corner without putting up Dafa stickers or written banners, or without leaving some informational materials.
Recently, with the help of my friends and family, I clarified the truth to people where I am working as a part-time employee out of town. My boss knows Dafa is good, and he trusts me. But in case anything might happen, he helped me find another job. I wanted to change to another place to clarify the truth to more people anyway. Isn't this the path Master arranged for me? Now, I am traveling back and forth from my hometown to out of town, and am doing what a Falun Dafa particle should do. I often come across people who do not believe me or resist the truth, and threaten to report me, but my heart remains calm, and I use my compassion and sincerity to save them.
Under the protection of our Master, I have on many occasions narrowly escaped danger. These experiences inspire me to seize the day and do better with fulfilling the mission that Master has bestowed on us disciples, until the truth is fully revealed.
(Clearwisdom.net)
December 24, 2003
"I Rescued You from Jail, But You Rescued Me from Hell"
A Dafa practitioner is always a top performer in his work unit. When he was arrested, a leader of the work unit talked to the police several times and managed to release the practitioner unconditionally. After the practitioner returned to work, he made an appointment with the leader who rescued him. They talked for one entire afternoon, and the leader completely understood the facts about Dafa. Prior to that, he had made some negative comments about Dafa since he was deceived by the propaganda shown on TV and lies from higher authorities. After the long talk with the practitioner, he realized his future would not be good as a result of his bad thoughts. He said, "I rescued you from jail, but you rescued me from Hell. I truly appreciate that you helped me to know the truth. I know how to deal with the Falun Gong issue from now on."
The practitioner told him, "Please protect all the confiscated Dafa books that are locked in your book cases." He smiled, "Don't worry, I will treat them well."
Clarifying the Truth to People Assigned To Monitor Dafa Practitioners
After Master's Comment on "Expose the Evil Happening Locally to the Local People" was published, many Dafa practitioners realized their own shortcomings in clarifying the truth and exposing the evil. As a result, practitioners became more active in truth-clarification.
Recently, a Dafa practitioner was released, but the local residence committee still assigned a person to monitor him. When the practitioner learned of this situation, he recalled Master's comments about Dafa disciples' responsibility of saving sentient beings. He went to the home of the person who was assigned to monitor the practitioner twice to clarify the truth. The practitioner told him how practitioners were inhumanly tortured in the labor camps, and how he himself became handicapped due to the torture. After listening to him, that person said, "I did not know all this before; I can't believe the Party is doing such an evil deed. Now that you are suffering financial difficulties, and you cannot work, I will give you 100 yuan for now. Please feel free to come to me for help in the future." The Dafa practitioner thanked him but did not take the money, "I will be happy as long as you understand the truth and not assist the evil." Since then this person has stopped monitoring Dafa practitioners.
Dafa Practitioner Entrusted by Businesswoman
Once there was an entrepreneur businesswoman who needed a housekeeper. Since both her parents practice Dafa, she knew that Dafa practitioners are all reliable and decent people. She said, "I hired several different housekeepers before, but ended up losing several household items. All Falun Gong practitioners are reliable, they don't steal, they are not greedy, and they never take anything that doesn't belong to them, they are also reliable to get the job done." When the newly hired Dafa practitioner housekeeper came, she was greeted with special trust. The employer gave her 500 yuan petty cash and all the keys to her home on the first day, and told her, "I trust you to take care of everything well for me. This way I can pay all my attention to my business." Since the Dafa practitioner did a great job as a housekeeper, everyone in the family liked her a lot. The child said, "It is great that Grandma (the Dafa practitioner) is living with us as family."
(Clearwisdom.net)
A Party Secretary Who Protects Dafa Practitioners
There was a Party Secretary named Ye, in a certain business, who could not quite agree with the idea of cultivation practice, but often protected Dafa practitioners in his workplace. Once when the "610 Office" personnel wanted to take away practitioners for brainwashing or arrest, he firmly rejected their actions. This year the "610 Office" held a brainwashing session and again wanted to take away two of the practitioners in his workplace. Ye reasoned with them and tried his best not to let the practitioners be taken away. Through vigorous efforts, he was able to protect one practitioner from the brainwashing session. Later he told the practitioner who was not taken away, "I'm under tremendous pressure. I am very sorry that I can only protect one of you." Later he communicated with relevant departments, not fearing he might have to sacrifice his own personal interests, and bailed out the other practitioner from the labor camp. Because he had protected practitioners on many occasions, he had won admiration from the staff members of the "610 Office," who told others, "Secretary Ye is a true man. He can be anyone's friend. He is very loyal to those he calls friends." In a state of reversed circumstances, another party secretary who was found to actively follow the orders of the "610 Office" was looked down upon by "610 Office" personnel. When family members of abducted practitioners questioned the "610 Office" personnel, they used that secretary as scapegoat without hesitation, "It is him who reported the practitioners to us. We're only responsible for sending practitioners to brainwashing centers. We have nothing to do with the abduction. You may sue him for unlawful arrest."
A Kindhearted Guard
A new Dafa practitioner, who obtained Dafa in March 2003, actively clarified the truth about the persecution of Falun Dafa to the public. One day he went out to pass out truth-clarification materials in the daytime and was followed by the police. He quickly returned to his home located in a residential building. The police lost track of him, and after a quick search, they came to his apartment complex and asked the guard of the building if he had seen such and such person. The guard said in repugnance, "So many people come in and out of the building. How can I know if there's such a person?" The police had no alternative but to leave. The guard then immediately phoned the practitioner, suggesting that he change his clothes and hairstyle. A short while later, eight policemen came in search of the practitioner, but their search efforts were to no avail.
(Clearwisdom.net) A "solemn declaration" is a person's public statement declaring to the world that whatever he or she has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. Most of these statements have come from Falun Dafa practitioners in China who wished to express regret that, in the face of physical torture and brainwashing, they had signed documents renouncing Dafa and guaranteeing not to practice again. Also, as more and more people in China learn the truth about how they have been deceived and lied to by the Jiang regime, many non-practitioners are also submitting "solemn declarations."
Here are some examples of the Solemn Declarations:
Please click here for more Solemn Declarations.
(Clearwisdom.net)
Facts of the Persecution
Falun Dafa practitioner, Mr. Lin Yanqing, who was a post-Doctorate student at the Harbin Industrial Institute was tortured and as a result became disabled. He is still detained in the 9th Team of the Fujian Provincial Drug Rehabilitation Center. He is on hunger strike to protest for his release. The labor camp address is #47 Mawei-kuai-an street, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, 350014. The Team phone number is 86-591-3970666-8367.
The Lushuihe Town Police Station Director Lu Hongyan (male) of Jilin Province closely follows the orders of Jiang Zemin by ordering the arrests of Falun Dafa practitioners. He accuses first, then arrests, and then finally fabricates evidence. He beat and tortured Dafa disciples until they had bruises all over their bodies, including 60-to-70-year-old ladies. Some ruthless officials in Lushuihe Town defame Falun Dafa practitioners by broadcasting propaganda on the radio, TV, and newspapers to incite public hatred of Falun Dafa. They harassed students forcing them to watch movies that defame Falun Dafa. They organized students to sign their names in opposition to "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance." They also encouraged teachers to defame Falun Dafa in their classes.
The evil deeds of the police in Botou City, Hebei Province are as follows:
Ms. Yang Suping is a teacher employed by the Employee Training Center of Dagang District, Tianjin City. She was sentenced to 18 months of labor camp in 2001 because she steadfastly practiced Falun Dafa, and was locked in the No.1 Team of the Banqiao Women Labor Camp in Tianjin City, where she endured hard labor and mental torture. After being released on April 1, 2003, her employer only paid her 500 Yuan, when all others' salaries were over 1,000 yuan. After several months, the employer forced her to sign a contract, which contained a section which stipulated her dissociation with Falun Gong. She refused to sign such a contract, so she was not allowed to teach. Her employer reported her to the 610 Office and prepared to send her to a labor camp again ["610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other politically and judiciary systems]. Now, she has had to become homeless in order to avoid being wrongfully arrested at home, and has lost her job, leaving her with no means of support.
On January 3, 2004, at least five Falun Dafa practitioners from Shimenzhai Town, Funing County, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province went to nearby villages to pass out truth-clarifying materials, and were reported. Ms. Zhang Kuiling, Ms. Du Guijie and three others were arrested and brought to the Shimenzhai Police Substation. The rest of the practitioners escaped. The other three practitioners escaped later as well, but Ms. Zhang and Ms. Du are now detained in the Funing County Detention Center. While Falun Dafa practitioners were passing out materials in Kazhuang Village and Wangmu Village, some evil person cut the residents' power, and framed Falun Dafa practitioners, saying that they had deceived villagers. On January 4, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner, Ms. Gao Rongjuan from Zhuqingyu Village, Shimenzhai Town was abducted by police. Because she resisted the unlawful arrest, the vicious police dared to strip off the clothes from her upper body. Then, they forced her to board a police vehicle, and humiliated her. Now she is also detained in the Funing Detention Center.
On January 3, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Cao Shuxian from Xingcheng Town, Liaoning Province read a Falun Dafa Book on a train. The train police abducted her and brought her to the Zhanqian Police Substation in Suizhong County. Her hometown police from Xingcheng came over to arrest her and taker her back home. They were violently pushing her, and slammed her head against the door frame. She fell instantly, and there was a big gash on the back of her head, which bled profusely. Police sent her to the Suizhong Hospital after two hours. She had more than 20 stitches, which cost her more than 4,000 yuan. Police only paid half, and forced her family to pay the rest.
Police in the Jiamusi Labor Camp torture Falun Dafa practitioners using a "Backward Cuffing" method where one hand is pulled over the top of the shoulder and the other hand is pulled up behind the lower back, and then the two hands are cuffed together. Ms. Huang Bin sometimes suffers from spasms twice a day as a result of the torture. Ms. Zhang Yufang is suffering from high blood pressure, and passes out constantly. It is hard for Ms. Deng Chunxia to breathe because of the torture she received, and she is very weak. Ms. Yu Chunyan has difficulty walking or moving her hands. Police stabbed at Ms. Liu Yuekun with a needle all over her body, which caused her agonizing pain. Police also punched her, kicked her, and left her hands cuffed for a long time. Now Ms. Liu has difficulty walking, she can only get around with the help of others, and is in extreme pain.
In the summer of 2002, under the direction by the "610 Office," the notorious Masanjia Labor Camp in Liaoning Province reported three Falun Dafa practitioners, whose three-year term ended, Ms. Li Dongqing, Ms. Li Liming, and Ms. Song Caihong, to the Dabei Regional Procuratorate. Hence, personnel from this Procuratorate went to Masanjia, and announced a lawsuit. Then they re-arrested the practitioners on the spot, and sentenced them all to five years in prison. They were sent to the Dabei Women's Prison directly.
Ever since the end of 2001, police in the Baita Police Substation in Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, headed by Yu Hongchang (male), often harassed Falun Dafa practitioner, Ms. Liu Jinhui, so she had to become destitute and homeless in order to avoid being wrongfully arrested at home together with her daughter. In September, 2002, Ms. Liu called her fellow practitioner, Ms. Zhang Yanqiu. However, her phone was tapped by police and she was followed. When she reached Ms. Zhang's home, both of them were arrested.
