Summary of Other Articles and News - June 23, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

1. Tianshui City Third Prison Guards Brutally Torture Practitioner Mr. Wang Yongming in Gansu Province.

The types of tortures used in the Tianshui Third Prison are particularly cruel and savage. Since March 2005 Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Yongming has been brutally tortured because he resisted the persecution. At one time six prison guards put handcuffs and ankle shackles on him and used three and four electric batons, each with 300 kilowatts voltage, to shock him. Guards even stuck the batons into his mouth, shocked his tongue, his teeth, his head, neck and hands. During the nights, guards encouraged prisoners in the same cell unit to torture him, to not allow him to sleep, and to force him to stand still without touching the wall. As soon as he fell asleep, the prisoners would scream and threaten him. Mr. Wang Yongming was tortured like this for five entire days. Mr. Wang was already in extreme pain from the electric baton shocks, but the guards still encouraged prisoners to beat him; to kick his handcuffs, which cut into his wrists; and to punch him in the chest, making it painful for him to breathe. Prisoners held him up against a wall by his clothes and beat him with their fists. All of this was because Mr. Wang refused to give up his faith in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. He was inhumanly tortured by being locked in solitary confinement for 50 days, where he had to sleep on the floor more than half the time. He was not allowed visits from his family, and all contact with the outside world was cut off.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/23/104688.html

2. Baoding City Officials Mistreat Farmer Practitioners in Busy Season

On the morning of June 13, 2005, around 11 a.m., officials from Baoding City suddenly broke into Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Tang Huifang's home in Mingyi Township, Laishui County, Hebei Province. They ransacked the house and caused Ms. Tang to become destitute and homeless to avoid illegal arrest. The Mingyi Township Government officials have been actively involved in the persecution, arresting practitioners, ransacking their homes, and extorting money from them. Many practitioners have been sentenced to forced labor after being abducted. Practitioners Ms. Zhao Guo and Ms. Wang Suei are now locked up in the Baoding City Brainwashing Center after being abducted on May 10, 2005.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/23/104638.html

3. Policeman Wu Wei from the Luotaishanzhuang Brainwashing Center Cruelly Tortured Practitioner Ms. Shi Chunying

Practitioner Ms. Shi Chunying is in her 40s. She was twice sentenced to forced labor. The first time was for one year, served in October 1999 in the Fushun Forced Labor Camp and then later in the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. The second time she was reported when clarifying the truth and was sentenced to three years of forced labor. Once again she was sent to the Fushun Forced Labor Camp and then to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Shi often went on hunger strikes to protest the brutality and was force-fed many times. On the morning of April 6, 2005, Ms. Shi Chunying was in her older sister's home. Authorities broke into the house and arrested her. She was sent to the Luotaishanzhuang Brainwashing Center. Ms. Shi immediately began on a hunger strike without water to protest but was brutally force-fed by Wu Wei (male) for four days. After more than ten days on a hunger strike, Ms. Shi Chunying walked out of the brainwashing center. Ms. Shi is still being harassed at her home. http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/23/104640.html

4. Persecution Facts of Seventy-Year-Old Practitioner Ms. Guo Fuxiang in Longkou City, Shandong Province

Ms. Guo Fuxiang, in her 70s, is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Longkou City, Shandong Province. Because of her strong her faith in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," she has been tortured by local officials, arrested, fined, beaten, cursed, and forced to remain for a long time in a half squat position.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/23/104661.html

5. Crimes Committed by Chen Fenggang in Wuwei City, Gansu Province

Chen Fenggang (male) is the head of the Armed Police Division in Wuwei City, Gansu Province. He has extorted large amounts of money from practitioners and beaten them brutally. Below are some crimes for which he is directly responsible:

Practitioner Ms. Dong Jinlan was tortured to death.

Practitioner Mr. Zhang Yanju was arrested, robbed of more than four thousand yuan in cash, and has been detained in the Liangzhou District Detention Center for more than four months.

Practitioner Ms. Zhang Wenjuan and her husband were arrested, had their home ransacked, and have been detained in the Liangzhou District Detention Center. Their two children are left home without anyone to care for them. Her husband Xu Jinbiao was released after paying five thousand yuan in extortion but is under house arrest and is not allowed to go back to work.

Practitioner Ms. Tai Meihua was in the City Hospital taking care of her husband who just had an operation. Villains ransacked her house, arrested her, and then detained her in the Liangzhou District Detention Center. Their two children and her husband are now home by themselves.

Practitioner Mr. Liu Yongchun was arrested in 2003 for passing out truth-clarifying materials. He was sentenced to five years in prison in the Lanzhou City Prison, where he was beaten and shocked with electric batons. He was later transferred to the Wuwei Prison.

Practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhilu was arrested in 2001 when passing out truth-clarifying materials. The official Cehn Fenggang could not find anything in Mr. Zhang's house when he ransacked it but forced family members to pay extortion money anyway. Mr. Zhang Zhilu was sentenced to five years in prison after being held for one year in the detention center.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/23/104663.html

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