Summary of Other Articles and News - April 7, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

1. Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Shen Manliang Arrested

Mr. Shen Manliang from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province has been listed on the Police Wanted List. He had been followed many times but he often escaped with strong righteous thoughts. On the 2000 Chinese New Year, Mr. Shen was arrested by officers at Hedong Substation where he was cruelly tortured. In the afternoon of April 1, 2005, Mr. Shen was abducted by authorities on the road. It is unknown where he is detained. Mr. Shen's wife is also a Falun Dafa practitioner, she went on a hunger strike during her forced labor term in Shijiazhuang Labor Camp. Mr. Shen and his wife had become destitute and homeless at the end of 2001 in order to avoid being illegally arrested at home. Their teenage son is living with his wife's parents.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/4/7/99102.html

2. Persecution Facts on Mr. Wang Shuzai and His Wife Zheng Yongxiu from Tangshan City, Hebei Province

Falun Dafa practitioners Mr. Wang Shuzai and his wife Zheng Yongxiu lived in Shijiang Village, Tanghai County Eighth Farm, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. They were both arrested and detained for three days by the local police on July 20, 1999. On September 18, 1999, Mr. Wang Shuzai and his wife went to Beijing to appeal again. Both were detained and each had 2,000 yuan extorted from them. In July 2001, Mr. Wang Shuzai was arrested and detained. He went on a hunger strike for three days and was sent to Tangshan City Ankang Hospital (a police hospital) where he was force-fed with drugs. Mr. Wang was beaten and cursed by drug addict prisoners inside the hospital. He was threatened and sent back to the detention center after seven days. Immediately after the detention, he was transferred to Tanghai County Brainwashing Center. Mr. Wang's wife Zheng Yongxiu was fired by her employer, the Xingda Paper Mill in 2001 without any justifiable reason.

On July 19, 2002, Mr. Wang Shuzai was arrested again by the police. He was sentenced to two years of forced labor on September 23, 2002. In December 2002 when he was in the labor camp, he was violently forced to undergo brainwashing. He was first forced to stand three days, 14 hours each day. On the fourth day, he was tortured with "Tying Up" (1) four times. In July 2003, Mr. Wang was tortured by being forced to sit on a small stool for one month, 14 hours per day. The prison guards forced him to watch programs slandering Falun Dafa until his eye site were severely damaged. The doctors diagnosed his eye nerves with atrophy. His legs went numb which affected his walking. He was finally allowed to be bailed out on medical parole.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/4/7/99103.html

3. Persecution Facts in Cangxi County, Sichuan Province

Since July 2004, twenty three Falun Dafa practitioners in Cangxi County, Sichuan Province have been abducted for brainwashing at the Guangyuan Science and Technology School. Each practitioner was forced to pay a fee of 5,000-8,000 yuan. The prison guards tortured Falun Dafa practitioners and deprived their rights to sleep for several days to mentally torture them. Falun Dafa practitioners who were not abducted to the brainwashing center were also harassed and threatened. Their homes were ransacked by the State Security Agents who extorted 3,000-10,000 yuan from practitioners and forced them to write Guarantee Statements. Otherwise, the agents threatened to sent practitioners to the brainwashing center. In the past five years of persecution, more than sixty practitioners have been detained, and/or sentenced to forced labor or prison. More than one hundred practitioners' homes were ransacked and their money had been extorted. There are still four Falun Dafa practitioners in jail. http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/4/7/99067.html

Terms

(1) Tying Up - The police tie up the practitioner with a thin rope, circle the rope around his neck, and tie his hands behind his back. Then, the police would use all the force they could muster to tighten the rope. The rope becomes tighter and tighter around the body of the practitioner, and makes it more and more difficult for him to breathe. The pain is so intense that the practitioner sometimes loses control of his bladder. There are instances when the rope was tightened enough to break a practitioner's arm. See illustration on http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/9/18/52553.html