Tsinghua University Employee and His Mother Arrested for Handing Out DVDs

(Minghui.org) Ms. Chen Xiaolin was illegally arrested on April 14, 2015, at a park near her home, for giving out DVDs related to Falun Gong. Her son Mr. Li Bin was also arrested on his way home that day.

The police ransacked their home and confiscated their computer, printer, Falun Gong books, and Shen Yun Performing Arts DVDs.

Both mother and son are being detained at the Haidian Detention Center in Beijing.

Ms. Chen, in her seventies, lives with her son's family to help take care of her granddaughter. Mr. Li Bin works at Tsinghua University, a well-respected university in China.

Ms. Chen, who took care of her bedridden parents for more than ten years, practices Falun Gong. She was arrested because she refused to give up the Falun Gong principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.

Practitioners at Tsinghua University Targeted

The educational institutions in China have been closely monitored by the government since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999. Li Lanqing, head of the 610 Office, is stationed at Tsinghua University, and university officials are expected to assist the 610 Office, or they will lose their jobs.

Approximately 300 teaching staff at Tsinghua, along with graduate and undergraduates students, have lost their jobs or were suspended from school for practicing Falun Gong. Most were sent to brainwashing centers, and at least 16 were imprisoned, and 18 sent to forced labor camps. Many were forced to leave home to avoid arrest.

Ms. Liu Zhimei was one of the brightest students at the school. A 17-year-old peasant girl, she was ranked first in the college pre-entrance exam in Shandong, her home province.

She was expelled from Tsinghua University because she practiced Falun Gong and sentenced to 12 years in prison. In prison, she was injected with a mixture of narcotics and anti-psychotic drugs. She became mentally unstable and passed away in February 2015.

Parties Involved in Persecuting Ms. Chen and Mr. Li:

Haidian Police Department: [phone]Yin Yanjing (尹燕京), chief of Haidian Police Department: [phone]Peng Tao (彭涛), deputy chief, in charge of detention center: [phone]Haidian Detention Center: [phone]Zhang Wenlin (张文林), political commissar of Haidian Detention Center: [phone]