Summary of Other Articles and News -- August 24, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

1) Ms. Ping Guilan from Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province fully recovered from her sickness after cultivating Falun Dafa. She benefited both mentally and physically. Because she is firm in her faith, police harassed her at home many times, and she moved several times to avoid them. On March 7, 2001, Ms. Ping was sent to a brainwashing class, and later detained in the Acheng City No.1 Detention Center. She was released after being tortured for more than five months. On the evening of August 14, 2004, she went to Xiaoling Town and was arrested, while distributing truth clarifying materials. She is now held at the Acheng Detention Center. Her home was also ransacked by police.

2) My name is Yan Chunying, and I live in Changsha City, Hunan Province. Because I traveled to Beijing many times to appeal, and was also detained multiple times, I was sentenced to eighteen months in a labor camp. On March 8, 2001, I was sent to the Baimalong Labor Camp in Zhuzhou City, where police arranged for two prisoners to monitor each Falun Dafa practitioner. The monitors would not allow us to practice the exercises or recite the Fa, and prevented us from sleeping at night. They used all sorts of torture on us, these included standing for extended periods of time, hand cuffing, and shocking with electric batons. My daughter and son were also abducted. My son was sentenced to one year in a labor camp. My husband almost suffered a nervous break down due to the severity of the persecution. My peaceful family life was destroyed by this persecution.

3) Falun Dafa practitioner, Ms. Du Zi-ai from Chenxi County, Hunan Province is an elderly seamstress. Because she spread Falun Dafa to the people, she was brutally beaten by police in December 2001. Police strangled her with a rope, resulting in a major throat infection that threatened her life. Her family bailed her out for medical treatment. With wounds still not fully healed, she had to become destitute and homeless in order to avoid being harassed at home three years ago. Her whereabouts remains unknown.

4) At noon on August 16, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner, Ms. Du Jinling from Hongtoushan Town, Fushun City, Liaoning Province was arrested by the local police substation. Police sent her to the Fushun City Detention Center that afternoon. On August 17, another practitioner from the same town, Ms. Qiu Guihua, was arrested at home and directly delivered to the Qingyuan County Detention Center. On August 18, a third Falun Dafa practitioner from the same town, Mr. Yang Bailiang, was also arrested and was sent to the Fushun City Detention Center.

5) Falun Dafa practitioner, Mr. Qin Cairong, is in her 60's, lives in the Guangzhou Railroad Company Dorm. On March 8, 2004, she clarified the truth to her colleagues, and was reported to the police. She became destitute and homeless in order to avoid being illegally arrested at home. In April 2004, she was abducted when she returned home, and was sent to the "Guangzhou City Legal Education School," a brainwashing center.

6) There are fifteen Falun Dafa practitioners detained in Shulan City Detention Center in Jilin Province at this time, eight women and seven men. Falun Dafa practitioner, Ms. Wang Youhuas was arrested by the local police substation at her home in Liangjiashan Township. Police Station Director Wang Jinfu beat her until she passed out. She is still held in a detention center. Another female practitioner, Song Bing, has been tortured severely--she is also in an advanced stage of tuberculosis. Police still refuse to release her.

7) Mr. Tang Wenwu is a retired employee of the Sichuan Provincial Space Academy. He is 63 years old and lives at No.1 Xinguanghua Street, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Because he refused to give up cultivating Falun Gong, he has been under house arrest since 2001. Persons from the Renmindonglu Police Substation, Yanshikou Neighborhood Administration, and his former employer decided to withhold his retirement salary. They have eight people watching him to prevent him from leaving his home.