Changchun Dafa practitioner Li Zhiyong, male, aged 26, began practicing Falun Dafa in 1995. Before being arrested for his belief, he worked in the dining hall of the Industrial and Commercial Bank in Changchun City, Jinlin Province. He strictly held himself to a high standard by following Falun Dafa's principles, worked hard on every assignment, and took the initiative on the most difficult work. All the staff members in the dining hall and even the leaders of the bank knew that Li Zhiyong always thought kindly of other people. His good deeds and his performance were praised by all the staff members at the bank.

This honorable man, who followed "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," was illegally arrested by Luyuan Station police in Changchun on March 10, 2003, after Changchun City's cable TV network was tapped on March 5. After being detained for 21 months in Tiebei Detention Center, Mr. Li was illegally sentenced to four years of imprisonment and sent to the Third Section of Jilin Prison for detention at the end of 2003.

On December 25, 2003, when his family went to visit Mr. Li, his health was not bad. On February 15, 2004, his family went to the prison planning to visit him again. The police in the Third Section of Jilin Prison told them that because Li Zhiyong "refused to be reformed" [renounce Falun Dafa], they were denying all visitation. At the strong requests of his family, they were able to visit him again two months later, on April 15, 2004 and his health was still alright. After May 1st, Jilin Prison changed its torture measures and once again began a round of brutal persecution of steadfast Dafa practitioners.

In the middle of May, Li Zhiyong's family received a call from Jilin Prison telling them that Mr. Li had kidney disease. They immediately went to Jilin Prison and requested to meet him. His family questioned the police about Li Zhiyong's illness, and they replied, """renouncing Falun Dafa] you may be granted bail for medical treatment."

On May 24,2004, Li Zhiyong's family went to Jilin Prison to visit him. The prison made all sorts of excuses and didn't let his family see him. Later on his family guessed that Li Zhiyong was very sick and in the hospital, so they checked the nearby hospitals one by one, and finally discovered that Li Zhiyong was in the kidney-disease section of the Jilin City Central Hospital. Li Zhiyong was in critical condition, suffering a combination of kidney illnesses. The doctor who examined him told them that Mr. Li was suffering from fluid in the heart, fluid in the stomach, a large amount of albuminuria, and that his disease was not possible to be cured with the present medical science. Medical experts commented, "If Li Zhoyong had no history of this disease, it is impossible for a 26-year-old young man to contract a 'combination of kidney illnesses' within 10 days. Only an accident, suffocation or shock from severe beating could lead to this."

Several days later, his family called Jilin Prison and asked what time they could go to the hospital to visit Li Zhiyong. The prison police officer was furious and shouted at his family, """

Li Zhiyong's present condition is currently unknown. The measures that Jilin Prison employs to persecute Dafa practitioners are severely brutal. They offer the incentive of reduced sentences to encourage criminal prisoners to torture Dafa practitioners. Jilin Prison fears that their evil acts will be exposed, so they try to block all means of communication; yet we know that Liu Chengjun was tortured to death; Wang Guiming was beaten for eight days and nights; and Zhang Hongwei was tied up to the "death bed" for over 50 days. Li Zhiyong is one of many Dafa practitioners currently suffering brutal persecution in Jilin Prison.

Fellow practitioners, let's send righteous thoughts to eliminate all evil factors in other dimensions behind the persecution, and expose the evil to the public. Appeal to human rights organizations and to people of justice around the world, to condemn the persecution and prevent further persecution of Dafa practitioners in Jilin Prison.

Relevant contact information -

Jilin Province Prison Administration Bureau: 86-431-2750068
The Discipline Inspection Commission of the Jilin Province Prison Administration Bureau: 86-431-2750061, 86-431-2750057
The Supervisory Division of Jilin Province Prison Administration Bureau: 86-431-2750062
Address of Jilin Prison: 100 Junmin Road, Jilin City,
Zip Code:132012
Tel: 86-432-4881551

Prison Administration Section: 86-432-2409418
Education Section: 4881551 ext. 3040
The perpetrators are named below:
Director of Jilin Prison, Li Qiang: 86-432-4881551 ext. 3001
|Political Commissar, Liu Changjiang: 86-432-4881551 ext. 3003, 86-432-2497756 (home)
Deputy director of Jilin Prison, Wang Yuyuan: 86-432-4881551 ext. 3006Education Section Chief, Tan Fuhua: 86-432-4881551 ext. 3040, 86-432-4832386 (home), 86-13644478377 (mobile)
Education Section staff member, Li Yongsheng|
Prison Administration Section Chief, Liu Wei: 86-432-2409418
Fifth Group leader, Lin Zhibin (considered the most reprehensible perpetrator)
Fourth Group staff member, Zhang Guilin
Sixth Group leader, Peng Hongjun
Inmates serving as accomplices: Xu Zhigang, Gao Yulin, Guo Shutie, Han Zhishan, Lu Sizhu, Zheng Lianwen, Kong Qinggang.