(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Xia Tongmu, 62 years old, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Xiejiazhuang in Xuzhuang Township, Jizhou City, Hebei Province. He was illegally arrested in September 2009 and brutally tortured. In March 2010 he was sentenced to five years in prison. His lawyer solidly defended against the false charges made against him during the trial. However, he was still sentenced to prison. Mr. Xia is currently detained in Jindong Prison, Tangshan City.
Mr. Xia's wife, who is over 60 years old, and his daughter are very worried about his safety. His wife has been deeply depressed since the ordeal began.
Mr. Xia Tongmu
Mr. Xia Tongmu started to practice Falun Gong in 1997 and recovered from his illnesses without any medical treatment. He follows the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and thinks of others first. People around him know that Falun Gong is good because of him.
However, since the CCP started to persecute Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, Mr. Xia has been arrested many times.
Mr. Xia was arrested and detained in the Jizhou Detention Center for 47 days in October 1999. Later when he visited his relatives in Tianjin, the police from the township police station considered his visit as an appeal for Falun Gong, so they went to Tianjin, seized him and took him back, and fined him 1,000 yuan.
In March 2000, Mr. Xia was arrested at home and detained in the Jizhou Detention Center for 15 days. Li Jianjun, deputy head of the Jizhou Police Department, and Zhao Guoshen from the political and security section were directly involved in Mr. Xia's case.
On May 20, 2000, Mr. Xia was taken to the township office from his home. He was beaten and threatened, and was shocked with an electric baton. Li Yinghao from the Xuzhuang Township government and police from the township police station, including Gao Shufan, Guo Shuangnian, Wang Jiegong, Sun Tao, and Zhao Jiantang, were involved in his arrest and torture. Later Mr. Xia was sent to the Jizhou Detention Center and detained for 38 days. At the detention center, he was tortured and shocked with electric batons several times, resulting in his body being covered with wounds.
On the afternoon of September 18, 2009, Du Jianting from the Henshui Domestic Security Division and several people from the Jizhou Police Department and the 610 Office broke into Mr. Xia's home. They searched his home and confiscated personal property, including a personal computer. They arrested him and put him in the Henshui Detention Center. After suffering brutal torture, he was sent back to the Jizhou Detention Center.
After being detained in the detention center for half a year, he was put on trial. Xia Qizeng from Jizhou City Court was directly involved in the case.
Mr. Xia's daughter hired a lawyer for him. During the two court sessions, the lawyer strongly defended Mr. Xia against the false charges from the police, including Liu Lishuang, Zhang Jinbiao, Dong Fanglin, and Li Xiangfei. However, Mr. Xia was still sentenced to five years in prison by a Jizhou Court judge.
