(Minghui.org) As more practitioners step forward to exercise their constitutional rights to demand justice, notably in suing former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Jiang Zemin, they run the risk of harassment and detention.
Ms. Kang Lijun from Huangcun Town in the Daxing District of Beijing was illegally arrested and had her home ransacked by the police on October 27, 2015. Ms. Li Guanglan from the Daxing District was arrested on November 6, 2015. They were both arrested for suing former CCP dictator Jiang Zemin for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners.
The women have been held in the Daxing Detention Center for over eight months. Ms. Li Guanglan's case was returned to the police by the Daxing District Procuratorate for insufficient evidence. Ms. Kang Lijun was tried in the Daxing District Court on April 14, 2016, and is awaiting sentencing.
Ms. Kang and Ms. Li were both arrested, detained, and sentenced to forced labor several times prior because they practice Falun Gong.
Ms. Li Guanglan Arrested Many Times
Ms. Li was arrested and her home was ransacked by by Li Xuejun and 12 other domestic security police officers from the Daxing District in May 2011. She was first detained at the Qingyuan Police Station and then transferred to the Beijing Armed Police Guest House Brainwashing Center in Daxing for brainwashing. She was also threatened with sentencing if she did not give up her belief in Falun Gong. She was detained at the brainwashing center for 15 days.
Ms. Li was arrested again by Guanyinsi Police Station officers in Huangcun when she posted information about Falun Gong on May 4, 2013. She was detained for 10 days in the Tuanhe Detention Center in Daxing for “disturbing social order.”
Ms. Li was arrested by Qingyuan Road Police Station officers in Daxing on the evening of November 6, 2015, for filing a criminal complaint against Jiang Zemin. The police also ransacked her home and took her computer, printer, and other personal belongings, all without a search warrant.
Ms. Li's family members pointed out it was illegal to ransack a citizen's home without a warrant. The police issued the search warrant the next day, but Ms. Li's family refused to sign it.
Ms. Kang Lijun Endured Two Years of Forced Labor
Ms. Kang Lijun was arrested and had her home ransacked by the Daxing domestic security police, the local 610 Office, and officers from the Lucheng Police Station on March 8, 2012. Her husband was also arrested.
The police first took the couple to the station and then had Ms. Kang admitted to the Daxing Detention Center. Ms. Kang was forced to have her blood pressure taken and take different medications. She was transferred to the Haidian Detention Center in Daxing a month later. While she was detained, she lost more than 20 pounds and had blood samples collected from her on many occasions.
Ms. Kang was sent to the Tiantanghe Women’s Forced Labor Camp on May 8, 2012, for two years. She was tortured regularly in the forced labor camp, subjected to strip searches, and made to do forced labor every day. She was also made to sit upright on a small bench for long periods of time.
Ms. Kang's family were greatly affected by her imprisonment. Her parents were beside themselves with stress, and her ill husband had no one to care for him. Her two children were traumatized.
Ms. Kang was arrested again by the Daxing domestic security police, local 610 Office, and the Lucheng Police Station on August 15, 2015, for filing criminal complaints with the Supreme Procuratorate and Supreme Court against former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin. She was detained for 15 days.
Ms. Kang was arrested and her home was ransacked again by officers from the Huangcun Police Station in Daxing on October 27, 2015. The police ransacked her home without any search warrant and took her computer, printer, DVD burner, DVD discs, and other personal belongings. She has been detained at the Daxing Detention Center ever since.
Information about Ms. Li and Ms. Kang
Ms. Li Guanglan started to practice Falun Gong in 1998. By following the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be a good person, she became happy and healthy.
Ms. Kang Lijun also started to practice Falun Gong in 1998. Before that, she had many health problems, such as high blood pressure, headaches, joint pain, bone spurs in her knees, premature ventricular contractions, and hemorrhoids. After she started to practice Falun Gong, all her health issues disappeared.
