(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

It has been more than 4 months since Falun Dafa practitioner Gao Fengqin was arrested on April 23, 2004. Back then, Mo District Court found Gao Fengqin 'guilty' and sentenced her to 4 years in prison. Currently, Gao Fengqin is still being detained in the Third Labor Camp of Qingdao City, Shandong Province, and she is said to be in very poor health as a result of maltreatment.

Dafa practitioner Sun Lin from Laixi City, Shandong Province was arrested on August 7, 2004 by Binhelu Police Station. Sun Lin's house was ransacked and she was taken by force to Laixi Detention Center. Four police officers beat Sun Lin fiercely and her body was badly bruised. She was also tied up and dragged on the ground behind a motorcycle. Sun Lin went on hunger strike, and she became very weak and fainted on August 16th. Today, Sun Lin is bed-ridden and is unable to stand or walk.

In May 2001, Dafa practitioner Deng Yunlin from Zhangshu City, Jiangxi Province was sentenced to 3 years in a labor camp. Dafa practitioner Zeng Xiaotu was also sentenced to 3 years in a labor camp. Today, even though both of their sentences have been served in full, they have not been released, nor are they allowed visitors.

Dafa practitioner Zhou Keli from the Agricultural Research Center in Xianning City, Hubei Province was sentenced to 2 years in jail for submitting an appeal [at the appealing bureau] in Beijing. His house was ransacked many times. Today, he and his youngest daughter are homeless. Meanwhile, his son and daughter-in-law have been sentenced to a labor camp for 1.5 and 2 years respectively, and his eldest daughter is now being detained in Shayang Ninth Labor Camp under a 3-year sentence.

Dafa practitioner Su Xiaolian, also from the Agricultural Research Center in Xianning City, Hubei Province, went to Beijing to appeal to the government in 1999. Su Xiaolian was detained several times, first in December 1999, then again on July 12, 2001, and again on April 24, 2001. In August 2002, he was sentenced to a labor camp for 2 years. Qin Xiaoyin, also from the Agricultural Research Center in Xianning City, has been forced to become homeless today in order to avoid arrest.