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(Clearwisdom.net) On June 3, 2004, the U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus held a Member's briefing on China's current human rights situation in the Rayburn House Office Building. Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Erping Zhang was invited to the briefing and gave a 7-minute speech on the persecution of Falun Gong.
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Erping Zhang, representative of U.S. Falun Gong practitioners, in a media interview |
Erping Zhang testifying in the briefing |
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 Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, co-chair of the briefing |
The bipartisan Congressional Human Rights Caucus consists of nearly 200 House Members, and its mission is to raise public awareness of global human rights violations. The Caucus is co-chaired by ranking members of the House International Relations Committee, Congressmen Tom Lantos and Frank Wolf. The briefing on June 3 was co-chaired by Representatives Mark Steven Kirk and Lynn Woolsey. Congressman Lantos also attended the briefing. A representative of the Department of State, Falun Gong practitioner Erping Zhang, and representatives from several groups which have been persecuted by the Chinese regime testified at the briefing.
In his speech, Mr. Zhang first described the Jiang group's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners over the past 5 years. He said that to date, more than 100,000 Falun Gong practitioners are still being detained in labor camps, prisons and mental hospitals for not giving up their belief in Falun Gong. 108 Falun Gong practitioners have been sentenced to 5 to 13 years in prison for using the internet to expose the truth of the persecution. Of these, 20 practitioners are professors or graduate students. At least 968 Falun Gong practitioners have been persecuted to death, of which more than 50 were revealed this year. Because of the intense information blockade, the actual number of deaths is far more than this. He referred specifically to the cases of Xu Jinzhi, a 56-year-old female practitioner who died in police custody last Tuesday, and Wei Xingyan, a graduate student of Chongqing University who was publicly raped by police last year. Meanwhile, Mr. Zhang emphasized that the mental torture and brainwashing inflicted on practitioners was even more painful than the physical torture.
Erping Zhang also informed members of the Caucus and guests of the briefing about the court proceedings in the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin. Mr. Zhang pointed out that Jiang is the chief perpetrator of the persecution of Falun Gong and it is Jiang who personally orchestrated the persecution, which didn't reflect the will of the Chinese government. Therefore, Jiang should not be exempt from any charges in this case.
Reportedly, Jiang is panic-stricken about this lawsuit and has used all means at his disposal to pressure the U.S. government to dismiss the case. Mr. Zhang pointed out that this case would be a test of U.S. government officials, legislators and judges' commitment to justice. Mr. Zhang also added that this lawsuit and other lawsuits filed in other nations against those responsible Chinese officials have had a very positive impact by forcing other individuals involved in this persecution to consider their own future. If this lawsuit is dismissed, it would encourage the persecutors to recklessly continue what they are doing.
As for Jiang's crime of genocide, Mr. Zhang said in his speech that the determination of genocide does not depend on the number of victims, but rather on the intent to annihilate a group of people, and the systematic effort to carry it out. He emphasized that this persecution was very systematic and well planned. At the very beginning of this persecution, Jiang established and gradually developed a giant network that included the media and public security system in order to implement his persecution policy. Consequently, one may not see any obvious problem on the surface of Chinese society, even while tens of millions have actually been deprived of their basic human rights. In China, very few people are immune to the impact of this persecution, and this persecution, which targets people's fundamental conscience, has accelerated Chinese society's corruption and moral decline. Mr. Zhang said: "We hope every Chinese can realize that the Falun Gong issue relates to everyone, for not only is it an issue of fundamental human rights enshrined by the Chinese Constitution, but it is also an issue of morality and conscience."
Erping Zhang also talked about the situation of U.S. citizen Charles Lee, who has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for planning to expose the truth of the persecution of Falun Gong to the Chinese people. According to U.S. consulate officials in Shanghai, Charles has been beaten up, forced to attend brainwashing sessions and forced to do slave labor.
The co-chair of this briefing, Rep. Mark Steven Kirk asked the representative of the State Department about Charles Lee's recent situation, including his health, prison conditions and whether or not he had been visited regularly by U.S. officials. Department of State representative Liz Dugan said that the charges against Charles Lee were unfounded. Rep. Kirk also expressed his hope that there would be a media breakthrough on the reporting of Charles Lee's situation. He also said that Congress had the responsibility to help China improve its human rights situation before Beijing hosts the Olympics.
Another co-chair of the briefing, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, said that the Falun Gong issue was the touchstone of China's human rights.
In his speech, Mr. Zhang hoped that the U.S. Congress could pass Concurrent Resolution 304, which condemns the Chinese government's persecution and more specifically the exportation of the persecution to U.S. soil.
"However difficult it may be, whatever the result may be, one who can stand up for justice will bring the world courage and light. This will be the best way for us to defeat evil and darkness," Mr. Zhang concluded.
NEW YORK (FDI) -- With a visit to China planned at the end of June, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture's latest report highlights the torturing of Falun Gong practitioners there.
Of the 115 countries covered, China received by far the most ink in the 420-page report. Of over 130 cases of reported torture and abuse in China, approximately 100 of them were perpetrated against Falun Gong practitioners.
The report was published on March 23, 2004 and submitted to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. It is a summary of communications between the rapporteur and various governments concerning suspected torture cases and urgent appeals during 2003.
According to the report, Rapporteur Theo van Boven, 70, wrote to the Chinese government at least six times in 2003.
In a letter dated June 4 he informed the Chinese government he was aware that a Mr. Xiao "was reportedly subjected to the so-called "water dungeon"... locking a naked person into a small iron cage with spikes on all sides. The cage is then lowered into filthy water up to the victim's chest or neck in a completely dark room. The victim may be locked in the cage for days or even weeks, and urine and feces are excreted into the water."
The report (view on-line) is not comprehensive and many cases of torture may not be included in it, said a representative at the rapporteur's office. The rapporteur compiles it after processing information submitted to his office by various NGOs.
One such NGO is the Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group (www.flghrwg.net). According to working group representative Mr. Chen Shizhong, the NGO has received tens of thousands of reports on torture of Falun Gong practitioners in China over the past few years and submitted several thousand to the rapporteur.
These cases include severe beatings, whippings with poisonous hemp, hanging by the wrists, deprivation of food and sleep, dousing with extremely cold or hot water, shocking sensitive body parts with high-voltage electric batons, and sodomizing with sticks.
The Chinese government's response acknowledges the sudden death of multiple individuals in custody, though repeatedly states that "allegations of torture and ill-treatment are unfounded."
Examining these allegations is the main purpose of the rapporteur's trip. If carried out, this will be the Special Rapporteur's first UN mission to China after several attempts that fell through due to the Chinese government's last minute modification of the visit's conditions.
Even if the Chinese government makes no last-minute maneuvers this time, Falun Gong practitioner and past torture victim Mr. Zhao Ming is concerned about whether the rapporteur will be allowed to truly inspect detention facilities without interference. He says that the Chinese government has in the past effectively reduced visits to little more than show tours by hiding abused prisoners and other evidence of wrongdoing for the duration of the tours.
Other victims of torture in China referred to in the report include Tibetans, HIV/AIDS activists, and those arrested for openly expressing their views on a variety of issues.
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NEWS -- June 2, 2004
Falun Dafa Information Center, www.faluninfo.net
Background
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa (about), is a practice of meditation and exercises with teachings based on the universal principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." Practiced in over 50 countries world-wide, Falun Gong has roots in traditional Chinese culture. With government estimates of as many as 100 million practicing Falun Gong in China, China's then-Communist leader, Jiang Zemin, outlawed the peaceful practice in July 1999 (report). Since that time, Jiang's regime has intensified its propaganda campaign to turn public opinion against the practice while imprisoning, torturing and even murdering those who practice it. The Falun Dafa Information Center has verified details of 968 deaths (reports / sources) since the persecution of Falun Gong in China began in 1999. In October 2001, however, Government officials inside China reported that the actual death toll was well over 1,600. Expert sources now estimate that figure to be much higher. Hundreds of thousands have been detained, with more than 100,000 being sentenced to forced labor camps, typically without trial.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FALUN DAFA INFORMATION CENTER -- Gail Rachlin 917-757-9780, Levi Browde 914-720-0963, Erping Zhang 646-533-6147, or Christina Chai 917-386-5068. Email: contact@faluninfo.net, Website: http://www.faluninfo.net/
Source: http://faluninfo.net/displayAnArticle.asp?ID=8650
(Clearwisdom.net) During the past five years, Jiang Zemin and his political group's genocidal persecution of Falun Gong has been especially shocking as it has been applied to female practitioners. The torture and degradation inflicted upon female practitioners is a crime of state terrorism. It symbolizes the Jiang group's complete moral deterioration. This has brought profound harm to the Chinese people.
One female Dafa practitioner was raped by a policeman in broad daylight underneath a highway bridge. Many female practitioners in forced labor camps have been stripped naked and tied to a bed in a "spread eagle" position. In Dalian City's forced labor camp, police use electric batons to shock many female practitioners, specifically targeting their genital regions.
Rape of Female Falun Gong Practitioners is An Act of State Terrorism
To a particular country or ethnic group, the greatest humiliation and threat to its survival is the killing of innocent people and the rape of women as a result of political struggle or foreign invasion. Historically, Chinese people viewed the Japanese invader's acts of murder, robbery and rape during the "Nanjing Massacre" as a national humiliation . In the present situation, an even more savage tragedy has been staged in the land of China, the root cause of which is the jealousy of one man in power. Due to an extensive cover-up, most people are unable to see the complete picture of this act of state terrorism. However, from the large quantity of evidence, one can determine the true nature and extent of this crime. The persecution of female Falun Gong practitioners offers such evidence.
According to the statistics of confirmed cases of persecution that have come to light via nongovernmental sources, from July 1999 to May 2004 (58 months), 960 Falun Gong practitioners have died as a result of various forms of persecution for their belief. Among them, females totaled 496, a stunning 52%. Their average age is 45. These female Falun Gong practitioners were found throughout China's 30 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, which report directly to the Central Government. Confined at forced labor camps, detention centers, jails and brainwashing facilities throughout China, female practitioners come from all walks of life, including teachers, engineers, researchers, students, factory workers, farmers, small business owners, state employees, wives, mothers and young adults.
The Jiang Group's Immoral Treatment of Female Falun Gong Practitioners Is Relentless and Disregards the Consequences
Women's rights, the protection of their social status and their level of respect are direct measures of the civility of a society or country. The basic function of a civilized country is to assure justice and to protect ordinary people's legal rights, as well as to protect the rights of women, children and the elderly. However, during the past five years, Jiang Zemin did exactly the opposite by misusing the power given to him. An entire state's political, health, industrial, educational, etc. machinery has been used to kill the innocent and inhumane means were employed to ravage women. In their attempt to completely eradicate Falun Gong, Jiang Zemin and his followers have been relentless, showing complete disregard for the consequences.
Jiang Zemin, who publicly claimed to be "managing the country with virtue," was once asked about his opinion of a "June Fourth" [refers to the student democracy protest at Tiananmen Square] appeal by a female college student who was raped by police. Jiang replied almost without thinking, "They were rioters, it served her right!" His reply truly reflected the dictator's immoral nature. At the same time he announced to the whole world his way of "virtuously managing" the country: In China, sexually abusing political prisoners, prisoners of conscience and ideological prisoners is not considered against the law. In addition to his immoral philosophy, Jiang and his followers also used methods of great pressure, rewards to coerce policemen and reduction of inmates' sentences to get them participate in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
Through the instigation of Jiang and his followers, labor camp personnel from all over China treated women with the utmost brutality and despicable practices. In addition to almost a hundred different kinds of tortures promoted by this regime, a section within the "Falun Gong Human Rights Report" entitled "Crimes Against Women" has the following descriptions: Of the tens of thousands of detained female Falun Gong practitioners, very few escape the fate of having their clothes forcibly removed (sometimes they are forced to remain naked for long periods of time). They weren't allowed to use clean feminine hygiene products, and they lived under the constant threat of sexual harassment and abuse; quite often their breasts and genital areas were specifically targeted to be beaten, kicked and shocked by electric batons,. More horrifying cases tell of female practitioners being raped and even gang raped. Their vaginas were shocked with electric batons, scraped with hard-bristled brushes, or they were stripped naked and put into cells with male criminals. A female Falun Gong practitioner who escaped with her life said, "The wickedness in those places is unimaginable to the outside world."
According to Clearwisdom.net, although a number of vicious incidents took place at Dalian City's forced labor camp, none of the people who were responsible were punished.
Dalian City's labor camp embarked on a large-scale "transformation" campaign [to force practitioners to renounce their belief in Falun Dafa]; Chief Hao Wenshuai required almost every single guard to participate. On March 19, 2001, Hao Wenshuai personally used electric batons to shock female practitioners, which resulted in many blistered faces and bodies. Xiao Wangjun, Da Wangjun and Jiang Yi (females) forced Dafa practitioners to the ground, sat on them and held their heads down, while others used electric batons to beat and shock the women. Trying to force a practitioner (surname was Miao) to give up the practice, the evil perpetrators continuously persecuted her for twenty hours. The evil deeds they committed on "March 19th" resulted in one death and one practitioner badly wounded. Other Dafa practitioners who were killed at Dalian City Forced Labor Camp are Sun Lianxia (tortured to death on January 16, 2001) and Wang Qiuxia (beaten to death on June 10, 2001).
Han Shuhua, a fifty-year-old female practitioner lived in the Ganjingzi District, was sentenced to two years of forced labor for not giving up her belief. At Dalian City Forced Labor Camp, Han was locked in a "small cell." Brigade leaders Wan Yalin, Fan Lingyue and Han Jianmin instigated inmates to torture her. She was suspended in the air in a "spread eagle" position. They used wooden boards to hit her feet, a cucumber and wooden stick were forced into her vagina and she was force-fed chili pepper water. The cruelest thing they did to Han was to pour an entire bottle of boiling water over her bound feet, giving her huge blisters. She passed out from the intense pain immediately. Then the perpetrators untied her, dragged her back and forth across the floor until the skin and blisters on her feet were scraped off leaving exposed burns.
Yi Guiyong was a 43 years old female practitioner living in Lushun City. In February 2002 she was put in a "small cell." Under the direction of brigade leader Han Jianmin, inmates Guo Ling, Zhang Xiujuan and Sun Po suspended her from a metal cage in a "spread eagle" position, and then they brutally tortured her. They sprayed Yi Guiyong with cold waterat the coldest time of winter. They also used rough and heavy ropes to drag back and forth across her genital area as a form of torture. The methods were very cruel.
Wang Xinfeng was a 30 year old female practitioner from Pulandian City. She was very firm in her belief and she refused to wear a sign that had the word "transformed" written on it. For this, she was handcuffed to a heater and was forced to stand in place for five days and nights.
Practitioners Cheng Hui (27 years old) and Sun Yan (30 years old) also experienced being tied while arms and legs were spread out. So-called "Assistant Educators" forcibly inserted a long rod in and out of their vaginas, which caused them to begin hemorrhaging profusely. Perpetrators induced chili pepper water into the vaginas of two other female practitioners; "Assistant Educators" also forced a toilet brush that was used to clean the bathroom into their vaginas, which caused heavy bleeding and subjected them to dangerous infection.
The so called "small cells" in Dalian City Forced Labor Camp were nothing more than metal cages about 1 meter in width and 2 meters in height. When a person was dragged into a small cell, their arms were handcuffed overhead, and the handcuffs were tightened until they cut into the flesh. One leg was raised to a position touching the arm, then it was tied with a rope; and then two people would raise the other leg to its highest possible position. The perpetrators would also tape the mouth of the practitioner. All these were to prepare for the torture of the woman's genital area. For instance, a rope that was tied with many knots (a knot every 2 to 3 inches) was held by two perpetrators at each end and was rapidly moved back and forth in a sawing motion against the woman's bare genital area. Evil perpetrators also forced mop handles into practitioners' vaginas. Their genital areas were also cut and beaten with wooden boards. After a round of this inhuman persecution, the amount of blood on the floor had to be wiped up with a large rag.
According to reports, Falun Gong practitioners who were persecuted at labor camps were often told the following by perpetrators, "We represent the government when transforming you," "It will be ok even if you die," "We have orders that any Falun Gong (practitioner) beaten to death can be counted as a suicide."
Victims of this persecution of women not only include elderly women and children, but also pregnant and nursing women.
The following are some of the representative cases from different facilities:
Forced Abortion: When Shanxi Province's female Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Hanyun was ready give birth, Hanzhong City's 6-10 Office forcefully took her to the brainwashing center as well as to the hospital and used a late term abortion method to abort her almost full term fetus. Shenzheng City's Falun Gong practitioner Wang Shaona and her husband went to Beijing to appeal, where they were abducted and detained at Shekou District's custody center. At that time Ms. Wang was 6 months pregnant; in order to detain her "lawfully" the police forcibly aborted her baby.
Torturing Pregnant Women: Luo Zhixiang, from Guangzhou City's Tianhe District, was a 29 year old engineer who was 3 months pregnant. She was taken away by perpetrators from 6-10 Office to a drug rehabilitation center where she was tortured. On December 4, 2002 she was persecuted to death. Another female practitioner, Shu Ping, was sent to Hebei Province's Gaoyang Labor Camp, because she refused to give up practicing Falun Gong. Although she was 4 months pregnant at the time, perpetrators still used electric batons to shock her legs and mouth, forced her to spread out her arms and stand for long periods of time with her body bent. Sometimes she was tortured for more than 20 hours causing agonizing pain in her lower back and stomach as well as nausea. She protested to her perpetrators, "How can you treat a pregnant woman like this?" They replied, "Who knows if you are pregnant? When you die, we will cremate your body, and the only thing your family will see is your ashes."
Persecution of Nursing Women and Children: On October 21, 2000, during their journey to Beijing to appeal to the Central Government to stop the persecution of Falun Gong, Wang Lixuan, a villager from Xixia Temple Zhennangou Village, Yantai City, Shandong Province, and her 8-month son were abducted and later detained at Beijing City's Tuanhe Labor Camp. On November 7, both the mother and the son were tortured to death.
Wang Lixuan and her 8-month baby were murdered
Baoding City's preschool teacher, Gu Peng, was a 27 year old practitioner. In January 2001, Gu Peng, her husband and their 6-month baby were abducted in Beijing because they appealed to the government to stop persecuting Falun Gong. The brutal police continually shocked Gu Peng with electric batons. After being returned to Baoding City, she was sent to a psychiatric hospital by the local "610 Office". She was beaten every day and was forced to take drugs that depress the central nervous system, which can cause severe dissociation. The drugs made her quite delirious; as a result, she started to pace back and forth for no reason. Because she was being abused and tortured this way in the psychiatric hospital, she was unable to care for her baby.
Amy Lee had a happy family and used to be a successful fashion designer in Guangzhou. After the persecution of Falun Gong, Amy Lee was abducted many times by plainclothes policemen. Her daughter Doudou was also frequently detained for over 24 hours at a time. Because her daughter was afraid of not seeing her mother again, she never took a step away from Amy; she was even afraid of going to the bathroom alone. Every time Doudou saw her mother taken away by police, she would cry at the top of her lungs. Out of love and concern for her daughter's future, Amy was forced to leave her daughter and come to the United States. The US government approved Doudou's visa to come to the US; however, Guangzhou City's police department's Dongshan Division initially refused to give her daughter a passport, because "family members of Falun Gong practitioners can't leave the country." After much effort, on November 8, 2003, Doudou finally joined her mother in New York.
A practitioner who was beaten and raped
Rape: While posting Falun Gong flyers, a female Falun Gong practitioner (unnamed to protect the victim) was stopped by a plainclothes policeman. He started to beat her fiercely and yelled to the nearby pedestrians, "She's a Falun Gong practitioner, a counter-revolutionary, its nothing, even if I beat her to death." After beating her, this policeman dragged her under the bridge, tore open her pants and raped her. Afterwards he sat on her and forcibly inserted a plastic baton into her vagina.
On the night of May 13, 2003, a Chongqing University female graduate student, Wei Xingyan, was raped by a policeman in public at the Shapingba District's Baihelin Custody Center. After public exposure of the incident, Chongqing University not only failed to investigate the policeman, but denied that Wei Xingyan was a student of the University and deleted the description of Wei Xingyan's department of study--High Voltage Direct Current and Simulation Technology. At present, Wei Xingyan's whereabouts remain unknown.
Gang Rape: In June 2000, 18 female practitioners from the Masanjia Labor Camp were stripped naked and thrown into male criminal inmates' cells. Those male inmates were directed to rape these female Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong practitioners were forced to stand naked in front of the surveillance cameras for humiliation, and also to stand naked in the snow. Female practitioners at Masanjia were often stripped and shocked with electric batons around and in their vaginal areas. Not only were they interrogated, but they were also sexually abused and humiliated--all these actions were used to terrorize them to give up practicing Falun Gong.
Sexually Abusing Older Women: in August 2000, four female Falun Gong practitioners over 55 years of age--Ms. Liu Jiaming, Ms. Wang Rulan, Ms. Chen Lihua and another whose name is not known--were arrested and sent to a police dispatching facility in Beijing's Daxing County. The police searched their personal belongings when they first arrived and ripped open their satchels to see if they concealed anything. Then the police forced them to take off all their clothes. After the search was done, they drove the naked elderly women into the courtyard to sew together their satchels. At the same time, male policemen were patrolling the area and all the male inmates were able to view them.
Persecuting Female Falun Gong Practitioners Visiting from Abroad: According to Clearwisdom.net, on the morning of April 6, 2004, Yoko Kaneko, a resident of Japan, gave a speech at the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, offering her personal testimony of the persecution she experienced while being held at the Beijing Women's Labor Camp:
In the Police Hospital, the police tried to force me to give up my belief. They handcuffed me to a bed. The handcuffs were so tight that my wrists were bleeding. They not only injected a tube through my nose into my stomach for force-feeding, but also used a catheter to drain my urine so that I would not need go to the toilet. At that time, I was menstruating. They put me on a plastic sheet with my lower body naked and exposed.
I was handcuffed to that bed for almost 20 days in the hot summer heat, lying in my own sweat, sticky sludge, and the discharge from my lower body. When I was finally released from the bed, I couldn't get off the bed by myself and couldn't walk. The skin on my entire back was infected and rotted.
The Persecution of Women was Organized and Systemically Executed
From the case of the rape of Wei Xingyan (above), one can glimpse of the scale and intensity of this persecution that involves the entire machinery of a nation directed by Jiang Zemin. After the exposure of such evildoing from the Central Government down to local administration levels, no one has punished any perpetrators nor upheld the law; no media has publicized the truth and condemned the evil deeds. On the contrary, administrators from the party together with the news media and education department cooperated with the Gestapo-like "610 Office" to block the passage of information--they transferred the offender and quarantined the victim and witnesses from other students in the dorm. Chongqing University even lied to the public, saying that the victim and her major of study did not exist by issuing three releases on the subject. Jiang's political group sent agents from the "610 Office" to arrest Falun Gong practitioners and whoever leaked information. This allowed them to continue to assert their immoral policies.
During the persecution, national and local Women's Federations and Women's Workers Committees combined forces with the 6-10 Office and participated in the media's campaign by promoting deception and hate propaganda, encouraging family members to exert pressure on Falun Gong practitioners and employing the method of belief segregation--even exporting the persecution beyond China's borders.
On January 20, 2001, right before Jiang's group directed the "Tiananmen Immolation" fraud, according to the New China News Agency, the All-China Women's Federation of China launched a nationwide activity instigating women of China and 270 million families to force Falun Gong practitioners to "completely separate from Falun Gong." Beijing City, Tianjin City, Hebei Province, Anhui Province, Harbin City, Jilin Province, Shandong Province, etc. also organized the so-called "Million Family Promise" signature collection campaign, causing a nationwide media campaign of hate propaganda that poisoned the minds of millions of people. After the "Self-immolation" fraud, Jiang Zemin, who is infamously labeled by Amnesty International as a "Human Rights Scoundrel," immediately expressed concern for human rights using the Women's Federation as a puppet, suggesting that "Falun Gong has harmed children's rights of survival and development." What a hypocritical example of "a thief crying, 'stop the thief!' "
In addition to using the Women's Federation within China to stir up hatred, Jiang's group also used government-established "Non-government Organizations" to spread the persecution outside of China: In 2002, the All-China Women's Federation handed down a notice calling upon families to write letters and call friends and family abroad to spread the hate propaganda and persuade them to stop practicing Falun Gong. When summarizing the organization's work, Hua Fuzhou, the person in charge of the All-China Women's Federation said that in the Yuanbaoshan District, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region alone there were 212 families that had written letters and cards to be disseminated abroad. Her report added, "This activity was fully affirmed by the Central "610 Office."
The Morally Depraved Jiang and his Political Group has Brought Endless Calamities Upon China
A society's determination of what is "criminal" is usually based upon three broad criteria, morality, public opinion and law. But when a tyrant, out of his own immorality, wields his power to do the opposite, and produces propaganda filled with deception and hatred to mislead public opinion and intimidates the legal system into a becoming a "rubber stamp" using other public services (police, hospitals, etc.) to murder the innocent and rape the women, then there is no guarantee for the safety of people's lives, women's rights or dignity.
Hopefully more people will help to expose the evildoings of the Jiang group's acts of state terrorism. Everyone in the world should denounce them! This is the only way Chinese people can be freed from this terrible civil misery.
(Clearwisdom.net report by Xu Jing, Chicago) The teary Falun Gong practitioner who was demonstrating torture by force-feeding in the following report is Wang Yuzhi. She was once a successful entrepreneur in China and was illegally detained three times, simply because she practices Falun Gong.
In July 2001 she was abducted while printing Dafa truth-clarification materials and was later sent to the Wanjia Labor Camp in Heilongjiang Province where she suffered all kinds of torture and as a result almost lost sight in both eyes.
Tearfully, Wang Yuzhi recounts her savage, personal experience of being force-fed
1. A former entrepreneur's personal experience
From May 24 to 26, 2004 Falun Gong practitioners in Chicago held a Torture Exhibit entitled "Persecution Meets Principle" in the city center, which included demonstrations by people who had personally suffered the same tortures. The exhibit combined live actors, artists' renderings and display boards to show some of the cruel torture methods used on Falun Gong practitioners in China today.
Wang Yuzhi, who was accepted as a political refugee to Canada in 2003, once again recounted her nightmarish suffering while being force-fed in a labor camp in China. With tears swelling in her eyes as she spoke, she said,
"During my hunger strike to protest the persecution, the guards who force-fed me used the most savage torture methods on me. Several guards and inmates tied up my hands and feet, and then I was pinned down onto a wooden board. They covered me up with a piece of white cloth, with only my mouth visible. Then they inserted a piece of pipe into my mouth, the same kind people in the Northeast of China use for connecting to a gas tank. At the same time they tried to hold my mouth open with a pair of pliers and a metal device for opening a horse's mouth. In order to force the corn paste into my mouth more efficiently, they stood at a place over two meters high. Because the food was very coarse and the pipe was thin, the food could not go down and it splashed all over the place."
Wang went on and said, "I protested this torture repeatedly, but the police said, 'Jiang is in power and you have no rights whatsoever.' After the force-feeding, perhaps a dozen police officers lifted me up and threw me hard onto the ground. I lost consciousness several times during the torture. Once, when I regained consciousness, I saw myself covered with bruises, and even other inmates sharing the same cell with me wept when they saw my condition. Under such torture, both my nose and eyes started to bleed and run with pus. As a result I became nearly blind and my health was severely damaged."
Wang Yuzhi suffered all kinds of inhumane torture simply because she would not give up her belief in the principles of "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance."
When people asked her if all this was true, Wang Yuzhi said, "What I have personally demonstrated here is only a small portion of the tortures they used. Here in the U.S., we cannot get the thick gas pipe used for force-feeding in China, so we are unable to show you the whole picture of the real torture I suffered, and yet such a method of torture is frequently used on Falun Gong practitioners in China."
It is said that the type of torture Wang Yuzhi suffered is called "destructive force-feeding" and is completely different from that of medical [feeding] treatment for humanitarian reasons. It is a form of cruel physical torture under the guise of humanitarian aid, which is used on people holding a hunger strike. It is aimed at forcing the people being tortured to submit to their oppressors.
According to statistics from Clearwisdom, based on facts leaked out from various sources to date over a hundred Falun Gong practitioners are known to have been tortured to death in Mainland China as a result of such savage force-feeding carried out by guards and common criminals who have no medical training whatsoever. Many more practitioners suffered various after-effect symptoms from force-feeding. Many were force-fed with highly concentrated saline solution, with water laced with hot chili pepper powder, strong white alcohol, cleaning solutions, even urine and human waste. They experienced extreme suffering and humiliation.
Some guards even incited criminals to force-feed Falun Gong practitioners for pleasure. For example, they would ask the criminals to pump air into a practitioner's stomach after he/she had been force-fed, and then ordered them to step on the practitioner's stomach, forcing the saline solution to gush back up from the practitioner's stomach out through the nose and mouth, causing severe irritation to the nose and eyes. The guards got great pleasure from watching the suffering of the victim. Some practitioners lost control of their bowel after being so tortured, and they needed to go to the toilet. However, the guards forbade them to do so, and instead, for sport, they hung the practitioners upside down onto the iron door of a cell.
2. All this is still happening
According to Clearwisdom net, during an illegal police mass arrest of Falun Gong practitioners on February 28, 2004, Xiao Yali from Zhoujia Town, Gu Xiuxian from Lanling Town and Liu Guangzhen from Handian Town were abducted from their homes and died in police custody six days later at Shuangcheng No. 2 Detention Center. Xiao Yali and Gu Xiuxian died on March 6 and March 4 respectively. Later, a guard from the detention center revealed that Xiao Yali died from force-feeding, and a doctor named Wang from Shuangcheng City People's Hospital's No. 3 Outpatient Department was directly involved in her death. There were many injuries to Xiao Yali's body, but the police said that she had died from a "heart attack." She left behind her husband, her parents-in-law and five-year-old twins. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/5/10/47911.html)
Xiao Yali died at Shuangcheng No.2 Detention Center on March 6, 2004
At the general meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 1, 2004, the Chairman of the International Education Development (IED) recounted the sufferings experienced by Falun Gong practitioner Chen Aizhong and his family, and appealed to the UN to set up a special group for the investigation of cases in China, and to appoint a special human rights inspector to deal with cases in China. According to investigations carried out by the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, Hebei Province is one of the provinces where the persecution is the most vicious. As of May 14, 2004, 97 Falun Gong practitioners from Hebei province were verified to have been tortured to death, including Chen Aizhong and Chen Hongping, a brother and sister. Both of them suffered horrific tortures prior to their deaths. The police used to shock Chen Aizhong with 30,000-voltage electric batons and buried him in snow for as long as three to four hours.
On September 20, 2001, 33-year-old Chen Aizhong died from savage force-feeding at the Hehuakeng Labor Camp in Tangshan City. Police cruelly beat up his sister Chen Hongping. The officers were from the Donghuayuan Police Station in Huailai County. She was beaten so severely that she started to vomit blood and both her legs were broken. She continued to suffer torture for another year and a half at the Gaoyang Labor Camp before she died on March 5, 2003. According to the latest information, Chen Aizhong's mother, elder sister and younger brother were also arrested. His sister Chen Shulan is currently detained at the Tiantanghe Female Prison in Beijing's Daxing County and his mother Wang Lianying is being kept in a local brainwashing center.
3. I shall pray for them
Torture methods demonstrated on the square include dragging, handcuffing, electric shocking, forcing practitioners to stand on a red-hot iron rod, hanging, the "Tiger Bench" (to break the victim's legs), "Dead Person's Bed," hammering bamboo sticks under fingernails, violent force-feeding, electric cage, forced abortion in advanced pregnancy, administering nerve-damaging drugs and slave labor. All these are only "the tip of an iceberg."
These tragic scenes moved many people to tears. Many passers-by stopped to take a look and read various information about the persecution attentively. A young man said after he looked at the exhibits, " In the past I knew a little bit about the persecution of Falun Gong in China, but I had never seen anything like this before, so close to the torture scenes. I found it very hard to believe that there are still things like this happening in this world. As far as I know, Falun Gong is a very peaceful and kind group. I'm a Christian myself, and I shall pray for them. I hope their efforts can help change the world for the better.
Passers-by moved to tears by the tragic scenes
Several Falun Gong practitioners in Chicago in 2002 have accused Jiang Zemin, the criminal who launched and carried out the fiendish persecution, of the crimes of torture and genocide and crimes against humanity. Since then, lawsuits against Jiang Zemin have been filed in a number of other places as well, including Belgium, Spain, Germany, Korea, and Taiwan.
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Guo Chunsheng was from Fenghuang Town, Xinzhou District of Wuhan City, Hubei Province. On October 30, 2003, his home was illegally ransacked by Gao Ziliu, the Fenghuang Town Party Secretary and concurrent Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary, and others. They attempted to abduct Mr. Guo to a brainwashing center. In the process they violently beat Mr. Guo, causing him to vomit blood. He passed away at 8 p.m. the next day.
Mr. Guo, who was 45 years old, made a living by running a small business. He lived in Xiliwan, Sanchalu Village, Fenghuang Town, Xinzhou District of Wuhan City, Hubei Province.
Mr. Guo used to have many diseases, including hepatitis, and had received medical treatment for a long time but found no help. He started practicing Falun Dafa in February 1999, and all his diseases were gone in just three months. For the years following, he had not taken any medication and had remained very healthy.
Mr. Guo had been following Falun Dafa's principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance" in every circumstance, and getting along very well with his neighbors and fellow villagers. He traded fairly in conducting business, and people all praised him as being a very good person.
At around 8 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2003, Gao Ziliu, along with Luo Yinhe, Zhou Yanfeng, Xu Hongping, Guo Wenbing and Fan Fuhua, broke into Mr. Guo's home without presenting any warrant or following any legal procedures. They attempted to abduct him to the Xinzhou District Liuji Brainwashing Center. A police van from the Fenghuang Town Police Station was parked right at the door, in which other practitioners who had just been arrested were held.
Gao Ziliu and Xu Hongping rushed to the second floor and ransacked the place, destroying everything. Xu Hongping viciously took down Master Li's picture and destroyed the glass frame and even stepped on it. They seized the picture and other photos related to Falun Dafa and ran downstairs in a hurry. Mr. Guo's wife, Mrs. Zhang Congjun, blocked them at the foot of the stairs, and asked for the photos back. She warned them that their evil behavior would bring them karmic retribution, but Gao Ziliu viciously shoved Mrs. Zhang, a disabled woman, and ran away.
Seeing Gao Ziliu and his gang running away in such a hurry, she then recalled hearing her husband's painful moaning from upstairs earlier. She realized something was wrong and went to her husband's room immediately, and was shocked at what she saw: Mr. Guo had tears all over his face because of the pain, and was doubled over in bed holding his lower abdomen and vomiting blood. His blood had filled a basin. The family members immediately took Mr. Guo to the Xinzhou District People's Hospital emergency room. He vomited blood four more times after he was taken to the hospital. He passed away the next day as a result of the injuries he'd received at the hands of the police.
To escape responsibility and destroy the evidence, Liu Xiaoming, the Town Executive, and Xiong Guohui, the Deputy Town Executive, acted on behalf of Gao Ziliu and his gang and deceived Mrs. Zhang and her family members into having Mr. Guo's body cremated in a hurry.
Mr. Guo's untimely death has left his young son and daughter with no guardian, his elderly mother with no financial support, and his disabled wife with no caregiver. The family has been mourning the loss of their beloved kin every day.
The list of evil persons directly involved in the persecution:
Gao Ziliu: male, 49 years old, the Town Party Secretary and concurrent Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary of Fenghuang Town, Xinzhou District, 86-13871314923 (Cell), 86-27-89356766 (Office)
Luo Yinhe: male, 38 years old, the Director of Fenghuang Cultural Center of Xinzhou District,
86-13871559673 (Cell)
Zhou Yanfeng, male, employee at the Urban Construction Bureau of Fenghuang Town, Xinzhou District
Xu Hongping, male, 30 years old, security personnel at the Safety and Security Team of Fenghuang Town, Xinzhou District, 86-13871042649 (Cell)
Guo Wenbing: male, 36 years old, the Vice Party Secretary of Fenghuang Town, Xinzhou District,
86-1365726765 (Cell), 86-27-89270311 (Office)
Fan Fuhua: Male, 47 years old, the Vice President of Fenghuang Town Court, Xinzhou District,
86-13006348985 (Cell), 86-27-89270801 (Office)
Related personnel:
Xiong Guohui: male, Town Executive of Fenghuang Town, Xinzhou District, 86-13871318186 (Cell)
Zhao Lijun: male, Director of the Fenghuang Town Police Station, Xinzhou District: 86-13707129137 (Cell)
Liu Xiaoming: the former Town Executive of Fenghuang Town, Xinzhou District
Huang Jinwang: Commissar of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for Xinzhou District of Wuhan City, Hubei Province. After Mr. Guo Chunsheng died as a result of persecution, Huang Jiwang has published articles slandering Falun Dafa, and defamed Mr. Guo's wife, Mrs. Zhang Congjun, who is also a Falun Dafa practitioner. 86-27-86919388 (Home), 86-13871178376 (Cell).
(Clearwisdom.net) Dafa practitioner Mr. Song Youchun was from Dai County in the Xinzhou Area of Shanxi Province. His nickname was Song Yongjun. He went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in the year 2000 and was tortured to death at a labor camp in Yuanping County. He was only thirty years old at the time of his death.
Song Youchun started practicing Falun Gong when he was a college student at Linfen Normal College. After graduation, he became a teacher at Dai County No. 2 High School. He was the coordinator of the Falun Gong practice site in that area. Except for a younger brother, the rest of his family, including his wife and parents are all Dafa practitioners. They had a happy family.
In January 2001, we learned from people in Song's village that Song was sentenced to forced labor for going to Beijing to appeal for Dafa in the year 2000. He suffered brutal torture at a labor camp in Yuanping County and was in critical condition. To avoid being responsible for his death, the labor camp notified Song's family to take him home. Song died not long after he came home. He was only 30 years old, and he left behind his wife, a very young child and elderly parents.
Song Youchun's hometown: Fengshuiling Village, Fengshuiling Township, Dai County, Shanxi Province.
(Clearwisdom.net) Dafa practitioner Ms. Su Juzhen, in her 40s, lived in Gucheng, Qiansuo Town, Suizhong County, Huludao City, Liaoning Province. She owned a beauty salon. Ms. Su had previously suffered from severe heart disease, stomach disease, tapeworm infection, pancreatic infection, and her legs were often swollen. In 1996, Su Juzhen began practicing Dafa, and soon all of her illnesses disappeared and her skin became smooth and glowing.
Before the persecution began, Su Juzhen was well known for her selflessness and kindness. She lived a frugal life but she never hesitated to use her money to help others. Ms. Su donated free services to poor people who went to her salon and she even gave them money. Sometimes psychiatric patients went to her salon, and she helped them to get washed up, combed their hair and changed their clothes for them. She was awarded with the distinction "Outstanding Self-employed Businessperson" several times. Additionally, Ms. Su often provided financial assistance to poor students. The principal of Qiansuo No 3 High School once personally delivered a silk banner in appreciation of her selfless deeds. Su Juzhen often visited elderly people in nursing homes bringing them daily necessities and food. She also donated money to fix the Xihe Bridge. Her family was awarded as one of the "Ten Outstanding Families in Huludao City." A local TV station requested an interview, but she politely declined, saying, "I did all these because I practice Falun Gong" [Note: Falun Gong practitioners conduct all their actions without conditions and neither do they seek fame or reward for their efforts.]
However, such a kindhearted person who always took other people's interests to heart has now been tortured to the point of suffering a mental breakdown as a result of the persecution of Falun Gong by Jiang's group. She was targeted for persecuted because she refused to give up her belief in the principles of "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance."
In July 1999, Jiang's group began persecuting Falun Gong. Su Juzhen went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong, but was intercepted and escorted back.
In August 1999, Su Juzhen again went to Beijing to appeal and was arrested and sent to the Suizhong Detention Center. The police confiscated 2,000 Yuan cash from her.
On October 31, 1999, Su Juzhen was seized by authorities and sent to the Masanjia Labor Camp. She was later transferred to Zhangshi Labor Camp, a youth correction facility, then transferred again to the Longshan Labor Camp, Shenxin Labor Camp, Dabei Prison and other places for persecution.
During the 2002 Chinese New Year, Su Juzhen's family received a notice from the labor camp requesting them to pay 1,500 Yuan to cover "medical expenses" before they could take Su Juzhen home. The true reason the perpetrators wanted to release Su Juzhen was because she was mentally traumatized at the time from savage torture. She was helped out of the labor camp by four or five people. Her limbs were slack; her eyes unfocused and non-blinking and she had a blank expression on her face. She could not eat until 22 days after she returned home. Her family later discovered unhealed wounds around her genitals and there were needle punctures on her body.
Su Juzhen is still not able to speak or think normally. Her husband, who is also physically weak, sits home with her all day. Both of them require care from others. Her younger daughter is below working age and the whole extended family relies on income from a small shop owned by her elder daughter. Su Juzhen's father lost the sight in both eyes due to extreme grief over her condition and her mother passes each day in a depressed state of mind.
Even under such miserable circumstances, corrupt government officials and police officers from Suizhong still harassed Su Juzhen's family. In October 2002, the police forcibly dragged Su Juzhen's elder daughter from her bed, and her family cried while Su Juzhen stood watching but showing no response or any expression on her face. It was a very tragic scene.
According to witnesses, Su Juzhen was savagely tortured during her detention (the following information regarding her case was published previously on Minghui.Net).
"With orders from guards Qiu Ping and Su Jing, Dafa practitioners Zou Guirong and Su Juzhen were brutally tortured. The collaborators [former Falun Gong practitioners who went astray after torture and brainwashing] pushed Su Juzhen's head down toward her crotch and stuffed her mouth with a towel so she could not scream. Then they jabbed her fingers with needles and shocked her with three electric batons. The perpetrators saw that Zou Guirong and Su Juzhen would not renounce their belief, so they sent them to an underground hospital in Shenyang City, where the practitioners were abused with forced injections of drugs. The two practitioners persisted in their belief in Falun Dafa."
(Translated from http://search.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/1/15/64923.html)
"One day the police again summoned Juzhen to their office. I listened carefully to find out what was going on in there. All I could hear was the crackling noises of the electric batons. A little while later someone came out of the office, and I managed to see that Juzhen was tied to a bedpost. They kept her there for two days and one night without allowing her to eat, sleep or go to the bathroom. When she was finally let out, several people carried her since her legs were so weak that she could not walk by herself. Since then she seldom went out for the morning roll call, and her movements were under close surveillance. The labor camp did not stop torturing her until she became totally disabled. When she was finally let out she could not move by herself, nor could she utter a word."
(From http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/1/17/31010.html)
"Dafa practitioner Su Juzhen recited the Falun Dafa teachings, and was summoned to the confinement room, where she was forced to take off all her clothes and the authorities shocked her with electric batons all over her body. The torture went on for an entire night. When she went to the workshop later, I saw that her face was full of large blisters from the electric shock, and there were also blisters on her lips. Her face was badly swollen and covered with bruises. It was so horrible that I could not bear to take another look at her."
(Translated from http://search.minghui.org.mh/articles/2003/4/22/48578.html)
"One day the Brigade Leader told me to visit Su Juzhen. I found that she could not smile nor could she speak. She wore no expression at all. Her expressionless eyes were staring ahead and her pupils were dilated without any reaction whatsoever. I greeted her and there was no answer. I touched her but she did not respond. It seemed that she did not know me. Her whole body was very fragile and traces of blood were visible on her face. There were black and red dots on the backs of her hands, which were the scars from electric shocks. I knew Auntie Su had been a mentally healthy person, but the Brigade Leader forced her to take some kind of powerful drugs. I recalled that it was early in the morning, and I was still in bed when I heard Su Juzhen's blood-curdling screams. I did not know how long she had not had any sleep because of the torture. I could not help but have tears well up in my eyes. I remembered that she seemed to be crippled when walking lately. It was obvious that her legs were injured. It was confirmed later that the crippling was caused by severe beatings and long-time forced squatting."
(From http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/9/29/27027.html)
"Su Juzhen was very determined in her belief in Falun Dafa. Zhang Xiurong (a vicious policewoman) handcuffed her hands behind her back, and then hung her up with her head down and her feet off the ground. Zhang Xiurong took me to witness her torture in person, indicating that if I did not give up belief in Falun Dafa, I would be tortured the same way. My heart was full of pain seeing Su Juzhen being tortured that way. I tried my best to control myself so I would not burst into tears. Su Juzhen was also shocked with electric batons many times. Few could endure the electric shocks and physical torture; many renounced their belief under such heavy pressure. The place is a truly monstrous hell and the guards are totally inhuman. People suffer enormous mental torment under such intense pressure, a feeling too painful to put in words."
(From http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/5/4/35251.html)
"Dafa practitioner Su Juzhen had not been allowed to sleep for five days and five nights. She was forced to squat in the bathroom with her arms lifted in front of her. The perpetrators beat her if she didn't comply with their orders. They took her to the 'Four Prevention Room' on the third floor and wrapped her arms around her head so she couldn't breathe and tried to make her curse Falun Dafa and Master. Once, the division head called for Su Juzhen and when she returned I saw blisters all over her neck, the back of her hands and the soles of her feet from electric baton shocks. She had been shocked countless times. Once I was awakened from my sleep at around two or three in the morning and I heard screaming in the bathroom. I couldn't help but cry. I walked to the bathroom and saw Su Juzhen was pinned on the ground with some people sitting on her. A young woman named Bai Kun was beating Su Juzhen. Bai Kun was the one who went on TV and lied that the labor camp division head treated her like a mother would a daughter, and bought clothes for her. Bai Kun comes from Dashiqiao, Yingkou City. Perpetrator Chen Xiaoyu was also beating Su Juzhen. She used to slander Dafa on the Focal Point Interview program of the CCTV. These perpetrators received a five day sentence reduction for participating in brainwashing Falun Dafa practitioners, and they got another five days sentence reduction for beating practitioners, therefore they put in extra effort in the persecution."
(Translated from http://search.minghui.org/mh/articles/2001/7/15/13448.html)
"Guard Qiu Ping shocked practitioners Zou Guirong and Su Juzhen until they were almost dead and their skin became scorched. Seeing that they could not make the practitioners waver in their firm belief in Dafa, the guards handed them over to the collaborators These people have become evil and are extremely vicious. They forced Zou Guirong and Su Juzhen to stand close to and face the wall from morning until night. They deprived the practitioners of sleep for several days at a time, allowing them only one meal per day. If one method of torture did not work, they would devise other torture methods. They forced the practitioners to stay motionless in each torture position for several days in a row. The torture positions included standing, squatting, "flying the airplane" [where people are forced to bend over and raise their arms behind their backs], "riding the motorcycle," and standing upside down. Once they even hung up Zou Guirong upside down. Along with these tortures, the collaborators also beat her. Seeing that these torture methods did not work, they invented even more cruel torture methods. One was to tie her head and feet together and have someone sit on her back while beating her up. To prevent other practitioners from hearing their victims' screams, the ruffians often took them to the storehouse or bathroom, or gagged them. Once, guard Qiu Ping and others took Su Juzhen to the psychiatric department of a hospital in Shenyang City. The hospital prescribed several bottles of some drug for treating mental illnesses and made Su Juzhen's family pay for them. They especially assigned someone to force Su Juzhen to take the drug every day."
(From http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/8/27/13266.html)
"When Su Juzhen was allowed to be taken home after she suffered a mental breakdown as a result of the persecution she suffered at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, people found that Su Juzhen, who was once beautiful and capable, was covered with injuries and scars. She looked slow-witted, could not speak clearly, had no memory and could not walk. She needed care from others in doing everything, even eating meals or going to the toilet. Her father was able to see his daughter get out of the prison alive, but his daughter could no longer recognize him."
(From http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/5/11/35503.html)
(Clearwisdom.net) Since July 20th 1999, people from the "610" Office (1) and the Political Security Section in Kuancheng County have persecuted the local Falun Gong practitioners in the county to different degrees: more than 20 people at a time were sent to the brainwashing center, 55 people at a time were detained, 2 practitioners were sentenced to prison, and 12 practitioners were sent to the forced labor camp. Illegal penalties reached 65,000 yuan (2). Many houses of the practitioners were searched and their property was confiscated.
The facts of the persecution of several practitioners are as follows.
Practitioner Mrs. Cuihua Bai, over 40 years old, lived in Dashizhuzi Township, Tangdaohe Town, Kuancheng County, Hebei Province. She began to practice Falun Gong in 1996. Because she came out to validate the Fa, she was detained, arbitrarily fined, and sent to a forced labor camp and brainwashing center on 7 different occasions. Her family's normal life has been constantly disrupted.
On December 18th 2003, Zeyuan Li, Jinglian Li and Fengzhi Cao in the "610" Office of Kuancheng County instigated more than 10 people in the Political Security Section and Police Station as well as officials of the village and township to abduct Cuihua Bai and Zhilin Wang to the brainwashing center in Chengde. People in the "610" Office extorted 3,000 yuan from the officials of the village and township, using the hard-earned money from the people to persecute these good people. Even though the Dashizhuzi Township is in a poor rural mountain area, the officials in the "610" Office still required the Dashizhuzi government to provide money, cars, and manpower for the persecution.
Practitioner Ms. Shuge Liu and her husband Shouchun Jing in Dashizhuzi Township, Kuancheng County, Hebei Province were abducted on October 28th 1999. They were detained illegally for a total of 15 days. During that time, they were locked in a cold room for 2 days and 3 nights. There was no bedding in the room. They only had a cold, hard board to sleep on.
On May 11th 2000, simply because Shuge Liu tried to get her Dafa book back from the authorities, she was sent to the brainwashing center in the county by the Tandaohe Police and then was detained for 30 days.
On June 16th 2000, Shuge Liu was sent back to the county and put into the forced labor camp for one year because she went to Beijing to appeal. In the forced labor camp, she suffered various kinds of inhuman persecution. After she was released from the forced labor camp, she was reported by some misguided people to the authorities when she was handing out truth-clarifying materials. On the 18th day of the twelfth month of the lunar year of 2002, head of Police station Xuelong Gao, and Rongyu Zhang & Yongjun Zhang from the Political Security Section abducted her into a car and detained her illegally. She went on a hunger strike to protest and was released after 7 days.
Practitioner Shouchun Jing, male, over 40 years old, lived at Xiliyuan Village, Dashizhuzi Township, Kuancheng County. After July 20th 1999, people from Tangdaohe Police Station of the county's Police Department and the local government of the village and county always came to harass him at his home, search his home, confiscate his property, and abduct people from his house.
On July 28th 1999, Shouchun Jing was detained for 15 days. In December 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal and was sent back by the policemen in the county. He was sentenced to a year of forced labor.
On February 25th 2003, the head of the Political Security Section, Shan Gao, along with Yongjun Zhang arrested Shouchun Jing at his home by force and sent him to the detention center. In the detention center, he went on a hunger strike as a protest against the illegal detention. Then he suffered the persecution of force-feeding with concentrated salt-solution (3), wearing handcuffs combined with foot shackles (4), and sleeping on a dragon's bed [a torture method], etc. His body was tortured severely and he had blood in his stool. Then Yongjun Zhang informed his family members to take him home since his blood pressure was extremely low and he was near to death.
On April 28th, the head of Police Department, Xuelong Gao, with several policemen broke the door open and entered Shouchun's house at 11 p.m. They arrested Shouchun and sent him to the detention center. Because his body was so weak, Shouchun was not sent to the forced labor camp at that time. While in the detention center, the policemen finished the procedures to put him into the forced labor camp for two years. He was sent to the Hehuaken forced labor camp in Tangshan on the second day. However, the camp refused to accept him and he was sent back to the detention center in the county. During these 12 days, Shouchun Jing did not drink a drop of water and he was near death. Only then did the Police Department release him from the detention center.
Practitioners Zhenlin Liu and Cuilan Jiang, were a couple over 60 years old at Dashizhuzi Village in Dashizhuzi Township, Kuancheng County, Hebei Province. Because they firmly believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance" they were arrested by the police in Beijing. Then, they were sent back by the policemen and people in the Political Security Section of Kuanchen County and detained in the detention center illegally. When the couple was detained, the head of the Department of Armed Forces of Dashizhuzi Township, Guoqiang Wang, with X Liu from the Tangdaohe Police Station came to their house around 9 p.m. They forced the eldest child of the couple to find a tool and pried a lock-box open. They stole pictures of Teacher Li, Dafa books, bankbooks, and 700 yuan in savings. Zhenlin Liu was sent to the forced labor camp for one year and Cuilan Jiang was extorted several thousand yuan by the policemen and the people in the Political Security Section.
Practitioner Ms. Guilian Bai, lived at Xiaoshizhuzi Village, Dashizhuzi Township, Kuancheng County. In December 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal and was detained illegally in a detention center. During this time, Dashizhuzi officials including Yuzhu Guo with X Liu of Tandaohe Police Station went to her house. In the name of searching for Dafa books, they extorted100 yuan from her family. Her family was also forced to pay a 4,500 yuan fine issued by police and the authorities in the Political Security Section.
Practitioners Mrs. Cuilian Guo, Mrs. Cuiyin Wang, and Yushu Xia lived in Dashizhuzi Township, Kuancheng County, Hebei Province. All of them were over 50 years old. From July 20th 1999, police in the Dashizhuzi Police Department along with people from all levels of the government always came to their home to harass them. Because they persisted in practicing Falun Gong, they were abducted by the officials in the village, township, and town. Cuilian Guo was detained on four separate occasions. Cuiyin Wang was detained three times and Yushu Xia was detained once.
In December 2000, after these three Falun Gong practitioners were detained for one month at the detention center because they went to Beijing to appeal, Gaoxue Long, the head of the Police Department sent them to the forced labor camp for one year. In the forced labor camp, they suffered a lot of persecution, along with bad food and were forced to work to make money for the camp. Whether it was windy or raining, whether it was hot in summer or cold in winter, they were forced to work more than 10 hours per day.
(1) "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.]
(2) Yuan [500 Yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China.]
(3) Force-feeding Concentrated Salt-Solution [This causes intense pain in the gut. Many practitioners have died from this because of the resulting dehydration.]
(4) Handcuffs Combined with Foot Shackles [One of a victim's hands is handcuffed to the other hand between the legs. The shackle weighs over 20 pounds. The victim cannot go to sleep, walk, stand, use the bathroom, or eat a meal. They have to walk in a half-squatting and bowing position. Police often torture practitioners this way for weeks.]
(Clearwisdom.net) In 2003 over 70 teachers, who admitted to being Falun Dafa practitioners were dismissed from their jobs in Dazhu County, Sichuan Province.
On February 20, 2003, Ms. He Dacui, 53-years old, told her students that the universal principle of, "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" is good and that Falun Dafa is good. Chen Daijun, a villager from the Zhongxin Village who did not know the facts about the persecution of Falun Dafa, reported her to the authorities. Ms. He Dacui was later arrested by Li Yuexue, head of the County's "610 Office" (1), and Li Xianhua, head of the County's National Security Team. She was then taken to the Dazhu County First Detention Center where she was brutally tortured to force her to renounce her belief.
On August 8, 2003, after Ms He Dacui was illegally detained for over 50 days, Chen Zhongjun and individuals working with him from the Dazhu County Court secretly sentenced her to five-years in prison under the fabricated charge of, "obstruction of justice." Currently Ms. He is imprisoned in the Longquanyi Prison in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province.
Later, Li Yuexue, head of the County's "610 Office," together with Huang Shengguo, the County's Party Secretary responsible for the persecution Falun Gong practitioners, and Yuan Xiaofan, head of the Education Bureau, dismissed all the teachers who admitted they practice Falun Dafa in Dazhu County's education system from their posts. In total, 70 teachers were dismissed because of their personal belief.
During the second semester in 2003, Li Yuexue threatened the teachers with "suspension or dismissal from their posts" and forced the 70 teachers who practice Falun Dafa to attend a government brainwashing program. He told them that they could not return to teaching until they completed the brainwashing program and renounced their belief in Falun Dafa.
Most of the 70 teachers are from Zhangjia County, Zhubei County, Qinghe County, Yangjia County and Huangjia County, etc. They all possess outstanding abilities, integrity, excellent academic credentials and teaching skills. They are the backbone of the education system. Teaching resources are extremely scarce in rural China, as not many people are willing to live in the remote rural villages and teach in the schools. It is even harder to get excellent teachers who can easily get well paying jobs in larger cities. Yet so many excellent teachers are now being forced to do menial jobs like admitting visitors at the gate, cleaning dormitories, janitorial work, kitchen help, etc. The students and their parents are the ones that have suffered for more than a year while these teachers are not permitted to teach the students because they live according to the principle of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" and practice Falun Dafa.
Li Yuexue, Head of "the 610 Office"
86-13508263513 (Cell); 86-818-6242610 (Office); 86-818-6225996 (Home)
Li Xianhua, Head of the National Security Team
86-818-6224321(Office); 86-1388281808 (Cell)
You Shicheng, the County's XX Party Assistant Secretary, in charge of the Persecution toward Falun Gong
86-818-6232050 (Office); 86-818-6223112 (Home); 86-818-2896266; 86-
13508243600 (Cell)
Yuan Xiaofan, Head of the Education Bureau, XX Party Secretary
86-818-6233605 (Office); 86-818-6223548 (Home), 86-818-2893058 (Home); 86-13982803139 (Cell)
Liu Dewan, Head of the Department of Security of the Education Bureau, in charge of the Persecution toward Falun Gong 86-818-2894766
(1) 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.
(Clearwisdom.net) My name is Liu Yueying and I am 63 years old. I live in Ningxiang County, Hunan Province. I have had many diseases since childhood. Later, I was injured while working at an industrial construction site. My left foot was broken, and my upper back, lower back, head and neck have not recovered since. Sometimes, the condition even became worse. During the difficult trials in my life, there were many times that I wanted to commit suicide to leave the suffering of life. However, I felt the preciousness of life also which helped me to continue on. In February 1999, I heard that Falun Dafa taught by Teacher Li Hongzhi had a very good effect on elevating one's morality and good health. I took part in the group study right away when I heard about it. During the period I studied the Falun Dafa teachings, I elevated my moral standard and daily behavior strictly according to my understanding of the principles taught in the book Zhuan Falun [main teachings of Falun Dafa]. Living according the Falun Dafa principles had a huge effect toward eliminating my illnesses and improving my health. My body, which had been wracked by diseases, became healthy and felt light. I felt that the happiest event in my life was learning to practice Falun Dafa.
In 1999, Jiang Zemin began persecuting Falun Dafa. I went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa and was arrested on the train. On the third day, the local police came to pick me up and sent me to local detention center. I was fined 4000 Yuan. A policeman asked me why I went to Beijing. I said I went there to appeal on behalf of my Teacher and Falun Dafa. Falun Dafa teaches people to be good people. He beat and kicked me with his leather boots; the injury still remains today. I was held for five months before I was released. In August 2002, I was reported by some people to the police because they knew I practiced Falun Dafa. On the night of August 7th at 2am, police, officials from the "610 Office" (1) and dozens more people came to my home and took away eleven Falun Dafa books and some articles. They took me to the police station where they beat me violently. They burned me with fire, forced me to kneel down on wood, and tried to force me to sit on Teacher's book. No matter how hard they beat me, I refused to sit on the books. Had I not been a Falun Dafa practitioner, I'm sure I would have been beaten to death. After torturing me for some time, the police realized the cruelty of their actions, yet, I still kept a peaceful attitude and showed no anger or malice. The policemen said, "You really do practice Falun Dafa. You have such a good spirit." They held me on two separate occasions totaling 30 days.
One day in 2002, I went to buy seeds. Someone spoke bad words about Falun Dafa. I told him the truth, "Do not be deceived by the lies. Falun Dafa is good." At that time some government employees were there. In September, they organized a brainwashing program to force practitioners to renounce their belief in Falun Dafa. I was forced to sign my name. Later, I thought as a Falun Dafa practitioner, I should step forward to appeal against the persecution of Falun Dafa. I wrote a declaration to the "610 Office".
In September 2002, my husband became severely ill. My grandson fell down and fractured a bone. They both needed my care. The policemen deceived me into going to the police station on September 22 and when I arrived they forcibly sent me to the detention center. Two hours later, while I was being taken to the detention center, my husband passed away. On the fifth day when I was busy handling his funeral arrangements, the police seized me and took me to the detention center again.
On January 1, 2003, I was transferred to the Baimalong Labor Camp for one year of forced labor. I have never given up my belief in Falun Dafa nor betrayed my Teacher. Falun Dafa is good!
(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.
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We Also Know Falun Dafa is Good!
One day I told my fifth grade students about the truth of Falun Dafa, from the suspicious points surrounding the so-called Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident to the wide dissemination of Dafa in foreign countries. When I told them that a Canadian Falun Gong practitioner traveled thousands of miles to Tiananmen Square only to tell people, "The United States knows, Europe knows, all the world knows: Falun Dafa is good!" Just after I said that, a student said, "We also know Falun Dafa is good!"
To be Honest, the Government Shouldn't Spend So Much Money Persecuting Falun Gong
One day, one of the leaders in my school called me from far away after he saw me. He said to me, "Hey! Your old classmate is here. Why not come to greet him?" After I went over to him and my old classmate, I immediately opened a conversation about Falun Gong. I told both of them the facts about Falun Dafa and the persecution. The leader said from his heart, "To be honest, the government shouldn't spend so much money in persecuting a group of good people."
No Matter How It is Criticized, I am Still the Beneficiary of Falun Gong
One student told me that their school had played many films criticizing Falun Gong. When the films played, he told his classmates: "No matter how Falun Gong is criticized, I am still the beneficiary of Falun Gong." I asked him why and he said: "When I studied in high school, I lost my tuition, about 700 Yuan (1), and it was found and returned to me by my classmate who bunked in the bed underneath me. I wanted to thank him with some gifts but he refused. He said he was a Falun Gong practitioner and if I wanted to give thanks, then I should thank Falun Gong."
Falun Gong is Really Good!
A fellow practitioner went to the village government to clarify the truth, and picked up some money in the amount of 470 Yuan that he found along the way. When he arrived at the village government, all the government leaders were there. The fellow practitioner returned the money to them. The leaders all felt surprised and thought the money might be counterfeit. After the money was validated to be authentic, the leaders all praised him, "Falun Gong is really good!" Then the leaders were very warm and offered him a bench, "Falun Gong, please have a seat!"
(1) Yuan is the Chinese currency. The average monthly salary of an urban worker in China is 500 Yuan.
(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. After July 20, 1999, I was locked up in police stations and detention centers several times for going to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa and for distributing truth-clarifying materials. I was sentenced to two years of forced labor in 2001. Later I managed to come out of the labor camp with righteous thoughts and rejoined the Fa-rectification activities.
I had only one thought at the time, "I will do anything as long as it is good for Dafa." I followed Master's teachings to do the three things well. In the past two years, I have become more clear-headed, rational and mature; I felt that I had improved rapidly in the process of clarifying the truth, and had become more and more righteous on my cultivation path. The following are some of my personal experiences to share with fellow practitioners.
In "Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. Fa Conference, 2002" Master told us,
"This is why each Dafa disciple needs to realize the importance of clarifying the truth. This, more than anything, is what you should do with all your effort, and it's the most magnificent. The salvation of sentient beings and the Consummation of cosmic bodies that correspond to you are all part of this. Every single Dafa disciple needs to do this. Don't miss a single opportunity."
When I first came out of the labor camp, I still had some fear, so I only clarified the truth to friends, relatives, coworkers, former classmates and people that I knew well, and the number of people to whom I clarified the truth was rather limited. At the beginning of 2002, I decided to go out in society and clarify the facts to people face to face. I tried not to miss any opportunity to clarify the truth. Here I have several stories to share.
Whenever it came to a so-called "sensitive date," I would be sent to a brainwashing class. At the brainwashing class, I continued to study the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts. Every morning I got up at 3 am to do the exercises. I took every opportunity to clarify the truth to anyone who came in contact with me. Within a week I clarified the truth to more than 20 people, and the effect was very good. Some staff members of the class even asked me for Dafa books to read. One of them told me, "It seems to me that all the stories (slandering Dafa) were made up by Jiang's group. I will never try to transform any Falun Gong practitioners any more; in fact no one can transform them."
Once, a fellow practitioner and I shared a taxi. We started telling the taxi driver the truth about Dafa as soon as we got into the car. The driver was very happy to listen to us, and he refused to charge us for the ride. He said, "It must be very hard for you to do this. Moreover, you have already given me a VCD."
One day, I went to the local police station. There were about a dozen people in the office. I immediately started looking for opportunities to clarify the truth to them. I saw a young man reading a newspaper, so I looked at the newspaper over his shoulder and said to him that these days a lot of reports in the newspaper were untrue. The young man agreed, and I went on to say, "Reports slandering Falun Gong are not true either." This gave me a starting point to clarify the truth; at least half of the people in the room were happy to listen to me. A police officer pretended to stop me, "Stop, they will not believe what you say." I said, "You have listened to what I said as well, and it will bring you benefits." He did not say anything any more. Everyone listened to me, and a young man even said he would tell others what he learned.
Whenever I encountered difficulties and interruptions, I would remind myself what Master said in Zhuan Falun,
"Wandering about is pretty hard--he goes from place to place, begging for food and running into all kinds of people who laugh at him, and insult him, or take advantage of him. He runs into all kinds of things."
Whenever I lost confidence, I would remember Master's "Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Washington D.C. Fa Conference,"
"While they're clarifying the facts some students often run into people who don't want to listen, don't accept things, or are even antagonistic. You shouldn't let one person's opposition be a mental setback for you or make you lose the courage to save sentient beings. ... You'll run into this kind of person when you clarify the facts. You should be clear and rational: we're saving those who can be saved. But as Dafa disciples, you cultivate kindness, so you should be compassionate."
From Master's Fa, I found courage and confidence again.
There is a lot more that I experienced while clarifying the facts. I deeply appreciate that our righteous thoughts and righteous deeds all come from the Fa, and only by studying the Fa well can we do better in clarifying the truth. In the process of clarifying the truth, I also realized a lot of shortcomings that I needed to improve. I will continue to study the Fa well and improve myself in order to do well the three things all Dafa disciples should do.
(Clearwisdom.net) I would like to share my experience and the lessons I learned from being deceived by a special agent from China's National Security Bureau. I want to disclose their vile, deceptive tactics in the hopes that everyone can learn from this incident.
Several years ago, a practitioner in China with whom I was acquainted gave me his address, in order to stay in touch with him and to mail truth clarification materials to him. Then, for a period of time, we lost contact. However, a few months later, I received a letter from him saying that he had been illegally arrested, but that he had gotten out of prison with his righteous thoughts and actions. He won my complete trust. Several days later, he wrote to me again, this time mentioning that he did not have a job and asked if I could lend him money. He also mentioned that he was not in contact with other practitioners and felt lonely, and he wanted me to introduce him to other practitioners I knew in China. I then gave him the addresses of two practitioners I knew. In the following year, he mailed me materials such as practitioners' solemn statements and some information on the persecution in China to post on Clearwisdom.net. He would also ask me for information from the website and at the same time, he used all kinds of excuses to "borrow" more than ten thousand yuan (1) from me and gradually gathered my personal information. Then, he suddenly disappeared and I stopped hearing from him. Soon after, the practitioners with whom I was in contact, including the practitioners I introduced to him, were followed by people from the National Security Bureau. My cultivation practice and everyday life have also been interfered with.
From this experience, I have realized my shortcomings in the following areas:
1. Judge a person based on the Fa, not with how much he does
To deceive practitioners who have the attachment of judging people according to the amount of truth clarification work they do, special agents always talk about how much truth clarification materials they have given out, or the amount of time they spend studying the Fa every day. They rarely talk about matters based on the Fa but more about everyday people's issues. In actuality, it is very easy to recognize special agents who disguise themselves as Falun Dafa practitioners.
2. The attachment to sentimentality
When he asked about my personal information, at first I did not want to tell him anything. But due to my attachment of feeling bad about not answering him, I gave him the information he requested. Because I did not study the Fa well and did not follow the Fa's standard, I did not pay attention to security issues and shared personal information about myself and other practitioners. Here, I would like to remind practitioners outside of China to pay special attention: Do not disclose your personal information to anyone. Use a pseudonym when you are clarifying the truth over the Internet and do not introduce practitioners in China to each other.
The above is my own understanding. Please point out anything incorrect.
The name of the special agent from the Security Bureau is Zhang Yanwei. He is male, about 25-30 years old, approximately 5' 5" tall, and slightly overweight. He was active near Jinan City and Zhengzhou City. The email address he used was zhsx354@hotmail.com. Those practitioners who know him need to be aware.
The following is some information on a few special agents from the Shanghai National Security Bureau:
Ying Hao (Special agent from Shanghai): 86-13601739027 (mobile phone)
Wu (first name unknown, Special agent from Shanghai): 86-13601894330 (mobile)
Office of the Shanghai National Security Bureau: 86-21-24026182
(1) Yuan is the Chinese currency. 500 Yuan is the average monthly income for a worker in urban areas of China.
(Clearwisdom.net) Since February 2004, a distorted picture of Master, and some words slandering Master and Dafa on both sides, have been laid on the floor on the only hallway in front of the visitor's room in the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp. Every visitor has to step on it in order to enter the Wanjia Labor Camp. This targets all practitioners in Harbin City and its surrounding areas and its purpose is to make sentient beings commit crimes against Dafa. Through experience sharing, we decided to send forth righteous thoughts in close proximity to the Wanjia Labor Camp to eliminate the evil. Here are some of our understandings of this experience.
1. Eliminating Evil with Righteous Thoughts
Before we set out, we informed some of the practitioners we knew in Harbin City and its surrounding areas and asked them to send forth righteous thoughts to cooperate with us. On May 1, 2004, a holiday, we drove to the Wanjia Labor Camp. On our way there, we kept our minds calm and kept sending forth righteous thoughts to clean out the interference from within ourselves and outside as well. In the afternoon, we arrived at Wanjia and parked our car nearby. The surrounding area was very quiet. Adjusting the state of our mind, we started to send forth righteous thoughts. Just when we had entered the state of tranquility, a gust of cold and gloomy air blew into the car, which made the car shake several times. We knew that it was interference from the evil and continued to send forth powerful righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil. We could feel that the energy field was very strong.
Here is the scene in another dimension that a practitioner saw at that moment.
"Once we started to send forth righteous thoughts, I quickly calmed down and entered the state of tranquility. Then I saw an evil [being] having the form of a policeman open the front door and reach into the car toward the steering wheel. He held the wheel with one hand and turned it in different directions in an attempt to move the car. I immediately sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate it. At that moment, the whole car seemed to be swept up by a gust of wind and loud noises could be heard inside the car. Outside of the car, it seemed that more vehicles were passing by and it became very noisy outside as well. We were not affected by this interference and continued to send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil. Half an hour later, the evil was eliminated and the wind stopped blowing."
2. Giving Rein to the Power of One Body during the Battle between Good and Evil
Later, we settled down at a pre-arranged place in order to continue sending forth righteous thoughts. We had a short sharing on what we had just experienced. We all felt that the battle between good and evil had just started. Our journey was very important and our time was very precious. After quickly finishing dinner, we resumed sending forth righteous thoughts.
We sat together in a circle. Right on the hour, we sent righteous thoughts. After that, we would study the Fa, share experiences and perform the exercises. During our sending forth righteous thoughts, practitioners all felt different forms of interference, such as noises outside the windows, which resulted in our being unable to concentrate in our minds. One practitioner saw a woman with long, unkempt hair, holding her stomach against a bed in pain with a pale face and a bleeding mouth. The practitioner heard a voice in her ears, "Your master showed mercy, how can you [do this]?" Later, after sharing with other practitioners, we realized that it was interference from the evil that wanted to shake that practitioner's determination. We continued to send righteous thoughts and were in a good state. At midnight, the time for global sending righteous thoughts, we felt very strong energy and experienced the power of one body.
However, at 1 AM, there was again much interference. Everyone felt unbearable pain from the legs that made it hard to double cross the legs [in lotus position]. The pain at the waist made us unable to sit up straight. We felt tired and sleepy. One practitioner joked, "Maybe the practitioners who are at home went to bed. Why do we feel that the energy field is not as strong as before?" (Later, we found out that the practitioners at home had indeed gone to sleep.) Practitioners with their Tianmu open saw many small light spots gathering, some were big and some small, and they were in disarray. One suffered from much interference, feeling feverish, and then feeling cold over the entire body, showing symptoms of nephritis -- going to the restroom every few minutes and urinating blood. Later after sharing experiences, the practitioner realized that one of his thoughts--that it was normal to have physical suffering when eliminating a large amount of evil-- was wrong. At this time, seeing the fellow practitioner's health condition, others realized that there was a loophole in the whole body and that their fellow practitioner realized it as well. Through sharing experiences, we realized that we should look inside of ourselves at all times and clean and purify every thought of ours so that the evil could not take advantage of us. In the following hours, until 6 AM, although there was still much interference, every practitioner held strong righteous thoughts.
3. Returning the Next Day and Manifesting Mighty Power
The next day, after a little rest, we went back to the Wanjia Labor Camp again. It started to drizzle. We realized that it was again interference. We sent forth righteous thoughts for 25 minutes and could feel the interference becoming much less. Not long afterwards, the rain stopped. After finishing sending forth righteous thoughts, we felt very relaxed and didn't feel tired or sleepy. Later a practitioner shared a scene that he saw in another dimension while sending righteous thoughts: on a battlefield, there were many dismembered corpses with pus and blood. Later they became dark like burnt meat. We realized that through sending forth righteous thoughts in the past 24 hours, a large amount of evil had been eliminated. We also realized that it was Master's hint to encourage practitioners that the righteous thoughts of practitioners were powerful. It seemed very ordinary in this dimension but in another dimension, it was a grand and spectacular battle between good and evil.
On the way back, we passed No.7 Department (Harbin No.1 Detention Center and No.2 Detention Center). Since there were many practitioners detained inside, we decided to send forth righteous thoughts in close proximity. It began to rain again just when we started. Fifteen minutes later, the rain stopped and the sky became clear. We continued to drive back.
4. Thoughts after the Journey
Through sending forth righteous thoughts in close proximity, we found out that we could improve in the following ways.
A most important understanding in this experience of sending righteous thoughts in close proximity is the importance of cooperation as a whole. Every practitioner in Harbin City should look inside and find out what attachments lie within us. We do not realize how important it is to cooperate as a whole. At the last period of Fa-rectification, although the evil dark minions are being eliminated on a large scale, we should not lower our guard. Cooperation is very important. Take the example of several practitioners among us: although our individual cultivation states are different, our understandings of the Fa are different, and we all need to improve ourselves, when we work together, share our experiences, cooperate with each other, and compensate for each other, as a whole we form an indestructible entity. We measure everything with the Fa and do well the three things Master requires of us. From this experience, some practitioners realize, as Fa-rectification practitioners, once we think about it and realize it, we just need to go do it. We should not wait for or rely on something and we should just do what we are supposed to do as a practitioner.
When we wrote this experience, we suffered from much interference. Some practitioners felt that their minds were blank when they tried to write. Some couldn't continue when they were half way through their writing. We overcame interference to write down this experience together. Please point out any improper.
Lastly, we share with fellow practitioners the following teaching of Master from "Teaching the Fa on Easter, 2004, at the New York Fa Conference",
"In validating the Fa, you are the ones who've come up with many of the ideas, and you've resolved many a problem yourselves. And with validating the Fa, you are thinking about how to do well validating the Fa, this most magnificent task, and Dafa disciples the world over are thinking about their shared tasks. You're all cooperating together, discussing, and debating and analyzing things with each other to come up with the best approaches. Whatever the case, this is Dafa disciples' unique way of cultivating, and it's something history has never had before."
(Clearwisdom.net) Many people in Yupin County, Guizhou Province know Mr. Zhao Youde. The changes he showed after beginning Falun Dafa practice are so touching that the officers in the police station also admire him. Mr. Zhao Youde is a butcher in Yuping County. Before practicing Falun Dafa, he would do anything bad and would scare anybody around him when he shouted. He is a big man, whom even the police considered difficult to deal with. After he began Falun Dafa practice, he changed completely, and treated everyone nicely. He knew that he killed too many lives, so he redoubled his efforts to cultivate himself, and was strict with himself at all times.
When Jiang's regime began persecuting Falun Gong, Zhao Youde was illegally arrested. He was first locked up in the Yuping Detention Center. One evening a male drunkard was put into his cell. Upon arriving, the drunkard crawled onto Zhao Youde's bed and fell asleep. Zhao Youde had to sit up and spent the night without sleep. The next morning the drunkard woke up and became conscious of his surroundings. Only when the man got up did Zhao Youde remove the quilt that covered the drunkard. He found that the man's urine had wetted a large area of bed. Zhao Youde showed no annoyance but smiled. He removed the stitches from the quilt and washed it all by himself. That is only one of the examples showing his moral improvement after practicing Falun Dafa.
Cultivating Falun Dafa made a huge change in Zhao Youde. Additionally, his whole family practices Dafa and has obtained enormous benefits from the practice. His wife, Yang Jinmei, was bedridden for two years with a painful kidney disease, and she was dying. After practicing Falun Dafa, Yang Jinmei immediately became stronger. His child, Zhao Yun, got uremia and had terrible swelling of his head. The Second Hospital in Zhanjiang City, Guandong Province refused to accept him since the doctors said there was no cure for this kind of disease. With bloody urine, bleeding nose and mouth, the child was dying. By cultivating Falun Dafa he miraculously recovered.
Yet Zhao Youde has been cruelly persecuted by Jiang's regime. He was locked up and told he would be detained for eight years. He has been in prison for almost three years now, without benefit of any legal process, and without any reason for the proposed eight-year imprisonment. His family knew nothing about his imprisonment.
Zhao Youde's parents died one after the other, grieving over such wrongs, and having nowhere to appeal for their son's innocence. When their home was surrounded and Zhao Youde was about to be arrested, Zhao Youde's daughter cried, "You killed my grandparents and would like to kill all my family!"
Zhao Youde is currently still locked up in the Tongren City Detention Center, Guizhou Province. The telephone number is 86-856-5222177.
(Clearwisdom.net) At the end of August 2003, my wife and I went to an urban area to sell rice. We took truth-clarification CDs, flyers, brochures, and self-adhesive notes with us. While selling our crop of rice, I clarified the truth to customers and others with whom I was interacting. One of us would be clarifying the truth, while the other sent forth righteous thoughts, and it worked out well.
In a small town, I came across a fifty-year-old woman who was a Christian. When she saw that my wife and I were nice to our customers, that our rice was of good quality, that we made sure that the quantity was sufficient for our customers, and we delivered rice to customers' homes, she asked us if we had any personal belief. I told her that we practiced Falun Dafa. She replied by saying that there are fewer and fewer people like us nowadays. I then told her about how Falun Dafa taught people to be kind, and the principles of being good people, and I also told her about several cases of persecution. I told her how my wife and I were sent to a forced labor camp and I talked about the brutal methods adopted to persecute Dafa practitioners in the forced labor camps.
As the woman enjoyed listening to me, I gave her some truth-clarification flyers, brochures, and a VCD. I said, "You are helpful to others because you believe in Christianity. After you finish reading these materials, please pass these on to your church members, your relatives and friends." She said that she had a function to attend that day where there would be over 60 people in attendance; as for her relatives and friends, they numbered nearly 100. She said she would pass the materials on to them.
A few days later, I went to sell rice and I came across this woman again. She told me that the VCD had been played dozens of times, so that hundreds of people had seen the truth, and a church member from another province borrowed it. She said that everyone was shocked after watching it; they said that Jiang was just too cruel, and many people wept while the VCD was playing. She continued, "Before I watched the truth-clarification VCD, I thought that the people who practiced Falun Gong were against the government, and that you participated in politics, but I couldn't understand the situation fully. Now I understand everything. You are right, and you have been greatly wronged. The people who have watched this VCD have all come to understand this as well."
(Clearwisdom.net) May is a festive time in Massachusetts, and adding to it was the lotus flowers made by Massachusetts Falun Gong practitioners. In the month of May, the local government and officials gave many proclamations for Falun Dafa and Mr. Li on the occasion of World Falun Dafa Day and denounced the persecution in China.
  Making paper lotus flowers |
  Lotus Flowers |
In early May, practitioners visited the state government and many city and county governments with their handmade paper lotus flowers to show our appreciation for their continuous support over the past five years and to invite them to join the "World Falun Dafa Day" celebration.
The paper lotus flower is lovely but takes a lot of effort to make. It is safe to say that the practitioners truly put their hearts into making them. According to Ms. Su Daiyi, who participated in the flower making, each paper lotus flower involves cutting, folding, binding, stretch the petals, adding the center, and writing the card. On average one flower takes about 45 minutes to make. Making nearly one thousand lotus flowers was a long and difficult project.
When asked if making the flowers was too complex and time consuming, another participant Dianne Daily said, "We never felt that it was hard or a waste of time. Actually, the process was very pleasant. These lotus flowers are so beautiful, and we are sharing the beauty with other people. When people see the flowers, the kindness and beauty in their hearts will be awakened, and it will help them to support "Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance" and condemn the persecution."
Thanks to the practitioners' persistent efforts, hundreds of lotus flowers and the message that practitioners took with them moved the hearts of government officials at many levels. In the weeks around World Falun Dafa Day, Massachusetts Falun Gong practitioners received a lot of award certificates and proclamations.
Linda Lank, the assistant to State Senator Diane Wilkerson, stated when she proclaimed "Falun Dafa Week" in person, that they usually issue proclamations to organizations or individuals. But the proclamation for Falun Dafa was different. Because of the beauty of Falun Dafa, she made sure to write the best things in the proclamation letter.
(List of proclamations omitted)
(Clearwisdom.net)On May 29-30, 2004, the beautiful seaside city of Swansea welcomed a group of Dafa practitioners. They set up a stall in the city centre to introduce Falun Dafa and demonstrate the exercises to passersby.
Compared to before, this time the passersby were more inquisitive. Some passersby and their families stopped to look and some delightful children watched the practitioners do the exercises out of curiosity. All appeared reluctant to leave. Some people came to talk to practitioners to hear information about the truth and ask where the practice sites are; some people took photos of practitioners for mementoes after obtaining permission; and there were others who walked past but turned back to watch and take flyers or sign petitions.
  Signature to support Falun Gong |
  Clarifying the truth of Falun Gong |
There were two youths who stopped to ask about Falun Gong after passing the appeal. When they saw the photos of Dafa practitioners being persecuted and the Chinese regime burning the books of Dafa shown on the display boards, they could not understand how such a thing could happen in today's society. They asked in detail about the persecution of Dafa practitioners in China. After understanding the truth, they expressed that justice and kindness will surely overcome evil. They also hoped that Falun Gong practitioners would soon be able to practice freely in a peaceful environment. Before leaving, they took all the available information and hoped to maintain contact with practitioners.
A young man who came to work in the UK from the US took photos of practitioners exercising after obtaining permission. He said he has his own website and would like to put the photos on the homepage. He also left behind his website address. He said his work permit in UK will expire next week and that he was very happy to meet with practitioners here unexpectedly just before leaving. A practitioner replied that he was also happy to know him and also told him that Falun Dafa is being practiced worldwide. There are also many practitioners in the US. When he returned to his country, he would also have the opportunity to meet other Falun Gong practitioners. Before leaving, he said he would go back and watch the Video-CD we gave him and develop a better understanding of Falun Gong.
A student from China came to understand the truth on her own initiative. She said that she had received flyers in English before. She also asked some questions that practitioners answered one by one. She was curious that there were Western people practicing Falun Gong too and was also astonished to learn that Falun Gong practitioners do not receive any financial reward for promoting Dafa. It is done voluntarily and free of charge. Practitioners suggested she take a look at a Dafa website so as to learn more. She said she had seen the website and that it was forbidden to read in China but was allowed outside. Practitioners know that the environment in China today has impeded people's vision. There are still many people who are unable to have an overall understanding of today's world and what is happening. We believe that what this student saw today will definitely help her.
Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200406/20003.html
Editors' Note: Each time we publish news of this nature, we do so with heavy hearts. These people started off as public servants, but under the intense pressure applied by the Jiang regime, they were pushed into persecuting Dafa disciples. In the process of destroying the lives of kind, law-abiding citizens, they have sealed their own fates and inevitably faced karmic retribution as punishment. If it weren't for Jiang's wicked orders, perhaps their fates would have been different.
(Clearwisdom.net)
Since the latter part of 1999, when the persecution against Falun Dafa began, police in Xinxiang City have treated Falun Gong practitioners who arrive in Anyang City, which is on the way to Beijing, as if they had already gone to Beijing to appeal. Practitioners found with more than thirty truth-clarifying flyers in their possession are sentenced to detention in a forced labor camp.
The police have exerted pressure on all levels of government leaders using economic means and assigned tasks. Each practitioner who goes to Beijing to appeal is fined 30,000 Yuan (1).
Assistant Police Chief Yang Wenshun, of the Hongqi District Police Department in Xinxiang City, died from cardiac arrest at his home, immediately following his return from Beijing.
The Chief of the Xinxiang City Internal Security Bureau, Zhang Keren, could not distinguish the good from the bad, due to the Jiang regime's blanket of mass media propaganda. Wielding the power of his position in the Internal Security Bureau, he made many attempts to control and suppress Falun Gong practitioners. He received his karmic retribution in 2001, when he incurred tens of thousands of Yuan in medical expenses for a heart bypass operation. He then became disabled and bedridden in 2003. Additionally, his daughter died from cancer that same year.
The Assistant Chief of the Transportation Bureau, Gao Guangxin, made many efforts to monitor practitioners in what he referred to as "the headache of dealing with Falun Gong." To celebrate his move to a new house in 2001, he treated his friends to dinner at a restaurant located on Wenhua Road. After dinner, he got lost on his way home. There was only one other car on a wide part of the road that led through a construction area. Nevertheless, his motorcycle hit the car, and he was badly injured with multiple bone fractures, which left him unable to work for quite some time.
Qin Ruilin, from the Xinxiang City Detention Center, is very cruel to Falun Gong practitioners. After dinner one evening in 2001, he rode his motorcycle to pick up goods for the small concession stand at the detention center, where Qin made illegal profits from prisoners who were not allowed to buy things anywhere else. He hit a bicyclist in the pedestrian crosswalk near the Xinxiang Women's and Children's Hospital. Witnesses called the "120" Medical Rescue Center, but it took an hour for emergency personnel to arrive. The motorcycle was not damaged. The bicyclist had no injuries, and his bicycle was fine too. However, Qin suffered a serious head injury, and he died shortly after being taken to the hospital.
We advise all the police officers who are still working for the Jiang regime: For your own sake and for the sake of your families, stop persecuting Falun Gong. Please believe that it is a heavenly principle that good deeds are rewarded with good fortune, and evil deeds are met with karmic retribution.
(1) Yuan is the Chinese currency. The average monthly salary of an urban worker in China is 500 Yuan.
(Clearwisdom.net)
1. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Ruihua and Her Five-Year-Old Son Brutally Taken into Custody by Gaomi Township Police
On May 6, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Sun Ruihua brought her five-year-old son along to distribute Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials at the country fair in Gaomi. Police took Ms. Sun into custody and their brutality terrified the child. Bystanders rebuked the officers for abusing the mother and child, both of whom were thrown into a police vehicle. Later, Ms. Sun's husband went to visit them and demand the release of his loved ones. Police refused to release either one of them and the only contact Sun's husband had with his family was a peek through a window. By that point the mother and the son had not had any food or drink for a day and a night.
2. [Shandan County, Gansu Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhou Junqi Arrested
On the evening of April 30, 2004, Shandan County Falun Dafa practitioner Zhou Junqi was arrested while hanging banners in the Weiqi Township, near the county government and in the county's Nanhu Park.
3. [Shandong Province] Four Falun Dafa Practitioners from Qilu Petrochemical Company Unlawfully Arrested and Taken to the Zibo City Detention Center
On April 21, Falun Dafa practitioners Zhang Ping, Zhao Yuying, Zhou Yuxiang, and Jia Hongxia from Qilu Petrochemical Company went to the countryside to distribute Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. They were unlawfully arrested by local authorities and are now being held at the Zibo City Detention Center.
4. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] Facts About the Persecution of Ms. Li Wei, a Nurse at Meihuazen Clinic, and Her Husband
In May 2003, Ms. Li Wei, a nurse at the Meihuazhen Clinic in Yanji City, Jilin Province, and her husband were arrested by the Yanji City State Security Brigade for being steadfast in their beliefs in Falun Dafa . With righteous thoughts in mind, they managed to escape. At the end of February 2004, the couple was again arrested. Li's husband was released, as he appeared to be very ill. Ms. Li remains in custody.
5. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Su Weihuan Detained at Longshan Forced Labor Camp
In February 2003, Shenyang City Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Su Weihuan was arrested while distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials in Sujiatun, Liaoning Province. Later she was unlawfully sent to the Longshan Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang City. She was held in the No. 2 Brigade.
After receiving her bachelor's degree, Ms. Su Weihuan, 33, became an engineer with the Liaoning Province Hydraulic and Electric Science Research Institute. In December 1999, she went to Beijing to peacefully appeal the persecution. She was arrested and thrown into a Women's detention center in Zaohua Township in Shenyang City. In March 2004, officer Tang Yubao beat her using a charged electric baton.
Relevant telephone numbers:
Construction Materials Institute, where Ms. Su worked: 86-24-23863895 and 86-24-23861906 (fax)
Main line at the Longshan Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang City: 86-24-24760033
Head of the labor camp: Li Fengshi
No. 2 Brigade in the labor camp: 86-24-24761745, 86-24-24760033 ext. 8222
Head of the No. 2 Brigade: Wang Jinghui (female)
Deputy head of the No. 2 Brigade: Tang Yubao
6. [Tianjin] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners in Beichen and Hedong Districts Arrested; Their Homes Ransacked
On April 12 and 13, officers from the Tianjin City Police Department unlawfully arrested five Falun Dafa practitioners in the Beichen District, including Mr. Li Yuanyong, Ms. Xu Xueli, and Ms. Shao Shuwen.
Mr. Ma Hongzhi and Mr. Qiu Gang from Hedong District, Mr. Li Yuanyong from Beichen District, and Ms. Liu from Hongqiao District are currently being held at the Hebei Branch Police Department. Their homes have all been ransacked.
7. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Xiao Yanmei Held at the Shuangyang No. 3 Detention Center
Ms. Xiao Yanmei, 46, is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Changchun City, Jilin Province. In mid-April 2004, she was arrested while in the home of another Falun Gong practitioner. She is being held in the Shuangyang No. 3 Detention Center.
8. [Shaoyang City, Hunan Province] Daxiang District Court Unlawfully Puts Ms. Shen Zhihua and Mr. Liu Yong on Trial
Ms. Shen Zhihua, a woman in her 60's, and Mr. Liu Yong, who is in his 30's, are Falun Dafa practitioners from Shaoyang City, Hunan Province. In 2003, they were unlawfully arrested and were brutally beaten by police. On April 5, 2004, the Daxiang District Court in Shaoyang City sentenced Mr. Liu to five years in prison and Ms. Shen for three years. Around the same time, officials of the "610 Office" (1), police department, procuratorate (prosecution department in China), and the court extorted several thousand Yuan (2) from the practitioners' families. Mr. Liu Yong and Ms. Shen Zhihua insisted on their innocence and have filed appeals. Both practitioners remain in the Shaoyang City No. 2 Detention Center.
9. [Tongling City, Anhui Province] Ms. Yu Xiuhua Arrested
Ms. Yu Xiuhua is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Tongling City, Anhui Province. Around April 8, she was arrested on the way to her home in Wangjiang. She was sent to a brainwashing class held in a hotel in Tongling City. It has been reported that this brainwashing class was set up for her alone. Officials from the Tongling City Police Department, the Suburbs Branch Police Department and the Suburbs People's Government have participated in the persecution.
10. [Changyi City, Shandong Province] Yang Guihong and Liu Jiageng Arrested
On the evening of March 13, 2004, Ms. Yang Guihong and two other female Falun Dafa practitioners from Ligezhuang village in Beimeng Town, Changyi City, Shandong Province were abducted by authorities. One of them was found and brought home while the other two remain missing.
On April 2, 2004, the police arrested a Falun Dafa practitioner from the same village named Liu Jiageng. Over a month has now passed and not a word has been heard from Liu.
11. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Xin Unlawfully Held in Custody
Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Lu Xin, 37, who has a Master's degree, works in the Chinese Language department of Changchun Univeristy. Ms. Lu is being unlawfully imprisoned in the Changchun City No. 3 Detention Center for refusing to renounce Falun Dafa.
12. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners Arrested
In April 2004, lawless officials in Jianchang County, Huludao City, Liaoning Province arrested seven female Falun Gong practitioners and sent them to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Liaoning Province.
Ms. Zhu Yun, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Huludao City, has been missing since late April 2004. No one has heard from her so far, and it is likely that she has been arrested.
The police took Ms. Wang Wenlian, a Falun Dafa practitioner in the petrochemical industry in Huludao City, away from her home at 3:00 p.m. on May 6, 2004.
On the evening of April 29, 2004 police ransacked Ms. Wang Lixiang's home. Wang is also a Falun Dafa practitioner in the petrochemical industry in Huludao City, and she has been forced out of her home, and now has no where to go.
Relevant telephone numbers:
Huludao City State Security Department: 86-429-3113154
Yang Yaowei, chief of the Lianshan Branch Police Department in Huludao City: 86-429-2161999 (office), 86-429-3113789 (home), 86-1394290999 (cellular)
Xu Chongjie, head of the Management Branch Brigade of Huludao City Detention Center: 86-429-3111025 (office), 86-429-2130736 (home)
Wei Guozhong, head of a detention center: 86-429-3126987 (office), 86-429-3119802 (home)
13. [Liaoyang City, Shenyang Province] Ms. Zhuang Lanying in Liaozhong County Arrested
At 4:00 p.m. on April 30, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhuang Lanying was arrested near the building she lives in by officers from the Shenyang City Police Station and the local Xichu Police Station in Liaozhong County.
14. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhang Hong Unlawfully Taken to the Harbin City No. 2 Detention Center
Zhang Hong is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Dongli District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. On the evening of May 8, 2004, Zhang was hanging Falun Dafa banners near the Dongfeng Prison in Dongfeng Town, Taiping District, Harbin City, and was spotted by armed police officers in the prison watchtower. Officers alerted the Dongfeng Police Station, who arrested Zhang. On May 9, Zhang was taken into custody to the Harbin No. 2 Detention Center and has since been interrogated by the Taiping District State Security Brigade in Harbin City.
Relevant telephone numbers:
Zhang Guangming and Wu Jinlong, officers from the Dongfeng Police Station in Dongfeng Town, Taiping District, Harbin City who arrested Zhang Hong: 86-451-82034015
Taiping District State Security Brigade in Harbin City: 86-451-57684184
Bai Zhenyu, person in charge of this case: 86-451-88743896
Han Huabin, head of the state security brigade: 86-13089993399 (cellular)
15. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Ms. Peng Yuyuan, an Employee of the Hefei Science and Technology University, Unlawfully Held in the Hefei City Detention Center
Ms. Peng Yuyuan is an employee of the Hefei Science and Technology University. On the evening of May 8, she was taken to the Hefei City Detention Center by the Changhuai Police Station in Hefei City.
Relevant telephone numbers:
Changhuai Police Station in Hefei City: 86-551-4211953
Security Division of Hefei Science and Technology University: 86-551-3602309, 86-551-3602312, 86-551-3602313
Wang Xiaoming, head of the Hefei City Detention Center: 86-551-4483021, 86-551-4484984, 86-551-4484983, 86-551-4482902 (all main lines) extensions 2838 or 2815 for the office of the head of the detention center
16. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Three Falun Dafa Practitioners in Dongxinzhuang Village Arrested
Around 10:00 p.m. on April 27, 2004, Li Yanjuan and other officers from the Shijiatun Town Police Station in Qiaoxi District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, set up a trap with the help of Yang Zilin, head of the security section in Dongxinzhuang Village. Yang asked three Falun Dafa practitioners to speak to the village committee. When the three practitioners, Dong Liyuan, Meng Jinzhen, and Wang Yuling arrived, they were swiftly arrested and taken to the police station. So far their whereabouts remain unknown.
17. [Linqu County, Shandong Province] Facts Regarding the Persecution of Several Falun Dafa Practitioners
Ms. Wang Yonglian, 60, retired from the county's Hydro-Bureau in August 1998. In November 2000, she was unlawfully sentenced to three years of forced labor. She was sent to the No. 3 Brigade of Jinan Women's Forced Labor Camp where she was constantly persecuted and had over 22,000 Yuan in cash extorted from her by the county police department. Her workplace also fined her 3,000 Yuan.
Ms. Wu Chunxia was unlawfully sentenced to three years of forced labor in April 2001, and was sent to the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo City, Shandong Province. In 2000, she was expelled from the Yidu Nursing School in Shandong Province for practicing Falun Gong.
Mr. Lu Hongyue was an accountant in the country branch of the China Construction Bank. On October 18, 2000, he was unlawfully sentenced to three years of forced labor while being held at the Changle Forced Labor in Shandong Province. He was then fired by the bank in November 2000.
Mr. Shi Mingchang was unlawfully sentenced to three years of forced labor by the county police department in conspiracy with the county's armed police.
Ms. Sun Jihua used to work for the county's water supply company. On November 27, 2000, she was unlawfully sentenced to three years of forced labor and held in the Jinan Women's Forced Labor Camp. The fines extorted from her for appealing peacefully and for being forced to attend brainwashing classes have added up to 11,000 Yuan.
18. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Mr. Zhu Xiangkuan in Luocheng Town Remains in Custody
Mr. Zhu Xiangkuan, 60, is a resident of Zhujia Village in Luocheng Town, Shouguang City, Shandong Province. Early in the morning on May 23, 2004, Shouguang police climbed over the wall and broke into his home. Without presenting any legal documents, they forcibly arrested him and confiscated 2,000 Yuan in cash. While holding Mr. Zhu in an unlawful detention, officers persistently demanded cash from his family, which they flatly refused to pay. Mr. Zhu has since been unlawfully sentenced to two years of prison. He remains in the Changle Forced Labor Camp.
19. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Yu Xiuhua Arrested
At 4:00 p.m. on April 29, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Qian was arrested at her home. She is an employee of the Shouguang Food Byproducts Company.
20. [Linqu County, Shandong Province] Ms. Lu Guifang Remains Missing after being Abducted by the "610 Office"
Ms. Lu Guifang is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Baijia Lizhao Village, Yangshan Town, Linqu County, Shandong Province. Members of the Weifang City "610 Office" arrested her around March 12, 2004. Her whereabouts remain unknown.
(1) The "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) The monthly income of an average urban worker is 500 Yuan.
(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)
Persecution Facts
Dafa practitioner Ms. Wu Qinxia from Benxi City was abducted and sent to a detention center and her home was ransacked on March 9, 2004. The police also arrested Wu Qinxia's daughter and sent her to the detention center. Ms. Wu Qinxia was incontinent and lost partial function of her left side due to torture. Mother and daughter were sent to the Masanjia Labor Camp. Her daughter was sentenced to three years of forced labor. The labor camp refused to take Wu Qinxia and sent her home.
Dafa practitioners Guo Baojun and Yang Shuxia were monitored by their work units after the persecution began. In late June 2000 they went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa and were arrested. From July 2000 to the present, their work units have completely cut off their salaries. In March 2002, Yang Shuxia told her colleagues the truth about Dafa and someone reported her. As a result, Guo Baojun had to leave home for a few months and Yang Shuxia was sentenced to one year of forced labor. On December 1, 2003, their work unit told them to go to a hospital for a "talk," while in fact the perpetrators were trying to arrest them. They decided to leave home.
Dafa practitioner Ms.Ye Huilan from Daliang Town, Wuqing District, Tianjin City went to Beijing to appeal on December 29, 2000. She was sent back, brutally beaten and held for two-and-a-half months. On March 15, 2001 she was sentenced to 1.5 years of forced labor, later extended by one year, in violation of the Chinese constitution. At the Dagang Female Labor Camp she was forced to work for 15 to 16 hours daily and copy Dafa-attacking books at night. During this time she was detained in solitary confinement, ordered to stand and squat and was not allowed to sleep. The torture mentally traumatized her.
Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiuqin from Qitan Village, Dongpuwa Town, Tianjin City went to Beijing to validate Dafa on December 30, 2000 and was illegally detained for more than three months. On April 17, 2001 she was sent to the Banqiao Female Labor Camp in Dagang, Tianjin City where she was cruelly tortured, both physically and mentally. Her legs and feet turned numb because of the long-term savage abuse. During this period she was sent to a brainwashing class. She was held a total of 2.5 years in the labor camp.
Dafa practitioner Mr. Dou Jianjun used to work for the Magnetic Company of the China Oil & Gas Pipeline Bureau. His supervisor and colleagues praised his character. Since he began practicing Falun Gong in 1998, he conducted himself strictly according to Truth -- Compassion - Tolerance. He was nevertheless abducted and sentenced to three years of forced labor because he is a Falun Gong practitioner. Mr. Dou is currently being held at the Tangshan Labor Camp. Recently, the guards didn't allow him to sleep for seven days and seven nights, and they beat and tortured him in an attempt to make him give up his beliefs.