Days before the Fifth Asia-Pacific Cities Summit was to be held in Chongqing, China, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) "cracked down" on people who might have protested during the event.

CCP regularly monitors and arrests Chinese citizens during important events or sensitive dates. In preparation for the summit, Chongqing Special Steel Company workers who have been laid off without compensation and Falun Gong practitioners, particularly practitioners who have been detained, persecuted and forced into brainwashing sessions, were followed and supervised 24 hours a day. The CCP feared that they would protest during the summit, so they called in national security officers from other cities, and forced people on social welfare, drug addicts, personnel from the residents' office, the community center and state-operated units to carry out their so-called "crackdown."

According to inside sources, since CCP has been in power, never has there been such tension and rigorous surveillance. Residents who live near the summit venue in Chongqing are given 1,000 yuan each to go on outings in order to vacate the area.

Corrupt officials in Chongqing publicly persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in every district and county. They had them arrested, closely monitored by businesses and local communities, or arranged to have them go "do errands" or to another city for "vacation" by their workplace.

On the afternoon of October 6, 2005, practitioners Ms. Li, Xiao Wen and four to five other practitioners were followed in Shapingba District, Chongqing City, and illegally arrested by the 610 Office. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. Further investigation is underway.

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huang (alias) and Ms. Yang Yuhua from Yubei District were arrested and taken to the Yiwanshui Detention Center in Yubei District. The perpetrators did not allow their family members to take clothes or other necessities to them. Mr. Xiao Xiang was also abducted and his whereabouts are unknown. In addition, on September 28, Zhao Shan, two female practitioners and one male practitioner from another place were arrested in Miaoershi, Jiangbei; further details are unknown.

The perpetrators in Changshou District held a meeting, and installed electronic devices in several areas including Duzhou. Falun Gong practitioners, please take heed and maintain righteous thoughts and actions when handing out truth-clarification materials.

In less than six months, more than ten practitioners from Changshou District have been arrested. At around 3 a.m. on September 6, Mr. Gao Xiaobo from Duzhou Town was arrested because he tore up banners that slandered Falun Gong. The perpetrators had been waiting there for many days to trap practitioners. They searched Mr. Gao's home and confiscated a newly purchased computer and other items. The perpetrators then went to his parents-in-law's home and detained them for one day. They threatened Mr. Gao's in-laws so that they became afraid of contacting people. They took Gao Xiaobo to the Town Agricultural Market Fair and paraded him through the streets in order to humiliate him. However, he continuously shouted out, "Falun Dafa is great," and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is great." Mr. Gao was held for more than 20 days and his current situation is unknown.

Around 8 a.m. on September 23, while Ms. Zhang Xiuyun was going to the market, she was suddenly seized by five to six policemen from the Gelan Town Local Police Station and Manager Yuan Xiaoping. Forty-two-year-old Ms. Zhang is a Falun Gong practitioner from Nanxing Village, Gelan Town. Three policemen from Gelan and two government officials took her directly to the Chongqing Women's Forced Labor Camp-Renhe Station. In June 2000, Ms. Zhang tried to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong and was detained for a month. At the end of 2001, she was again held in a detention center for several months for clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. On June 30, 2005, her home was searched, and she was arrested and detained for the third time, this time for 28 days.

From now until October 16, Chongqing Falun Gong practitioners, please send forth strong righteous thoughts at 8, 9 and 10 p.m. every night to eliminate all evil elements that damage Falun Gong during the Asia-Pacific Cities Summit. Also, let's use strong righteous thoughts to eliminate all evil elements that persecute Falun Gong and Falun Gong practitioners, and rationally and wisely clarify the truth to expose the evil.

Telephone numbers of the perpetrators in Changshou District:

Please dial country code (86) before all cell phone numbers; and dial country code (86) + area code (023) before all other numbers

Changshou District Magistrate, Sun Wei :40244297 (office), 13808366200 (cell)
Changshou No. 2 High School: 40514084 (office)
Principal, Dai Dingfu: 40515289 (office), 40966463 (cell)
Political Education Section Chief, Lan Zonglin: 40514209 (office)
Changshou 610 Office: 40251893; Hua Changyi; Wang Dailu: 13983274748 (cell)
Changshou Public Security Bureau: 40586810
Director General, Ye Heping
Deputy Director General, Wang Daocheng
Changshou People's Court: 40244240
Changshou Procuratorate: 40403841
Chengnei Local Police Station: 40244111, 40244121, 40244131, 40246660

Duzhou Town Government Duty Office: 40420066
Secretary, Huang Zhengqiao: 64083300 (home)
Assistant Secretary, Tang Xianming: 40243016 (home)
Duzhou 610 Office: 40429280
Head of 610 Office, Cheng Yi 40429281: (home), 13883968967 (cell)
Deputy Head, Fan Jiaheng: 40420984 (home), 13193705746 (office)
Duzhou Local Police Station: 40420281
Manager, Che Kui: 13350386666 (cell)
Assistant Manager: Yuan Bibo
Case Officers: Zhang Zhenquan, Zou Yong
610 National Security Head, Yang Shulin

Duzhou Village officials, Deng Jie: 40429808; Luo Zhiran: 40420113; Zhang Dewei: 40421086; Yu Guohua: 40420033
Village officials, Liao Yong 40429437; Gou Xingzhi 40429435; Zhang Yubi 40409896
Li Chaoping 40420416; Tao Mingfen 40420066

Gelan Local Police Station: 40811234; Manager Yuan Xiaoping; Instructor Yan Jun;
Case Officer Xia Yang

Changshou District Detention Center: 40244120; Deputy Manager Chen Jian;
Police Officers: Luo Xuewan, Chen Jiaobi (female)

Guankou Local Police Station: 40514892; Manager Feng Xiaofeng; Yu Hongping (610 Office)
Policeman Tang Bing

Chuanwei Local Police Station: Security Section 68974703
Chief, Shi Shujia
Li Wei (610 Office)
Fu Jie (case officer of Wang Gaizhi)
Manager, Liu Qisheng

Bake Town Head, Chen Xiaohong: 40795799 (office), 13609405067 (cell)

Officials: Li Jinyun, Jun Xiurong, Duan Shuming, and Sun Xiaomei

Bake Local Police Station: 40794222

Managers: Li Zhirong, Ma Weidong

Justice Staff, Dai Shangyin: 40794148 (office)

Bake Zitong Village Secretary, Xiong Jinming: 13983151328
Village Head, Che Huaibing: 40791103 (office), 1367766899 (cell)

Recently, in order to claim credit from higher authorities in persecuting Falun Gong, Mengyin County Party Committee published a report entitled, "Work Report of the 610 Office of Mengyin County Chinese Communist Party Committee" to highlight their "achievement" in persecuting Falun Gong. The report, printed in color, summarized how Falun Gong has been persecuted since July 20, 1999, and how much money was spent to "transform" and brainwash practitioners. The report contains three parts: prologue, details about Falun Gong, and work in progress.

The report outlined the following actions:

1) A special work team was established in July 2001. Specifically, the 610 Office was established with a staff of ten as prescribed. Within the Public Security Bureau, a detective squad was staffed with ten police officers. 610 Office branches were set up in all townships with staffs of three to five people. In units directly reporting to the county authorities, one to two observers were placed.

2) Facilities were improved. They reported that over the past several years, "We have invested over one million yuan to build facilities for persecuting Falun Gong. Currently, the 610 Office has over thirty buildings, two vehicles, one set of equipment for physical checkups, a total of ten office machines including PCs, printers, and fax machines. Office work has been fully automated. Closed circuit surveillance has also been set up. A file room, recreational room, kitchen, and dormitory for those who have been 'transformed' have been set up. Comprehensive and standard facilities for reeducation have been implemented."

In these ways the 610 Office staff use taxpayer's money to persecute kind-hearted citizens.

The report continued, "For the past several years, we have shut down a total of 40 [Falun Gong truth-clarification] materials production sites and gathering sites, arrested 6,000 Falun Gong practitioners, handed down over forty sentences, the longest being fourteen years, sent over a hundred practitioners to forced labor camps and detained some 8,000 practitioners. In addition, over 480,000 Falun Gong books have been confiscated, as well as 560,000 flyers, 4,500 banners, 40,000 sound systems, over 3,000 cassette players, and 200 cars, cell phones, and computers.

The report also summarized how the Mengyin County local 610 Office launched a smear campaign: They organized a group made up of 120 people and visited over 400 villages and held over 600 meetings to smear Falun Gong. They have also held exhibits with approximately 30 displays as part of a traveling show, which has been shown about 150 times. They have organized over 160 so-called educational activities in rural areas, elementary schools, and in middle schools, to promote science and condemn [slanderous term omitted].

From the above, one can see that it is the Mengyin County Party Committee, who masterminded and organized the deliberate persecution of Falun Gong, that is actively sending practitioners to brainwashing centers, prisons, and forced labor camps. To persecute Falun Gong, a small county with a population of 510,000 has spent over a million yuan to build facilities for the persecution. In addition, countless other people have suffered due to broken families and the death of loved ones. To date, two practitioners have been persecuted to death (Zhang Dezhen and Liu Shufen, reported on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website). Over fifty other people are currently detained. Many others are displaced and homeless, in order to avoid persecution. The money collected in fines may exceed 10 million yuan. In addition, many practitioners' homes have been ransacked and valuables have been stolen. One practitioner's home in Duozhuang Township has been damaged to such an extent that it can no longer be lived in.

The illegal fines have added up to tens of thousands of yuan and probably more. While the 610 Office claims that it loves the people of China, it is a shameful lie. Given what they have done, there is no way they can say that they care about families. Many practitioners' homes have been ransacked and their grain stores and farm animals have been taken away. If a county with only 500,000 people has spent over a million yuan to build facilities solely for the persecution of Falun Gong, not even mentioning salaries and bonuses, how much has the whole country spent on the persecution? Now, so many factory workers are unemployed, peasants have no money for healthcare or to go to school, and yet Jiang Zemin's regime has spent so much of the taxpayer's money to persecute those who believe in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. Whose interests are they protecting?

Why has the Mengyin County 610 Office received so many honors and recognition from the higher authorities? In their own words, Mengyin County is one of the worst counties in the whole province in persecuting Falun Gong. Since July 20, 1999, when the persecution began, all party secretaries and leaders of the Political and Legal Committee and the 610 Office have played the role of organizers and implementers of the Jiang regime's persecutory policy.

There is a proverb that says that if good and evil are not rewarded accordingly, the cosmos must be selfish. It should be known that among the four associate party secretaries who are responsible for the persecution in Mengyin County, two have received karmic retribution (the wife of Wang Changli died in a car accident, and Chen Yongbo died of cancer at age 50). In 2003, Lei Yancheng, former head of the 610 Office, suffered a stroke and his wife suffered from a brain disorder. In 2005, they had a car accident and the wife was injured. Now, husband and wife have realized that they have committed many wrongs against Falun Gong and asked to leave the 610 Office. They left the post in 2003. Lei Yancheng is now the head of the Tourism Bureau. But he is still responsible for the wrongdoings that he has committed.

We sincerely advise those who are still involved in the persecution to stop, mend their ways and secure a better future for themselves and their families.

On July 25, 2005, the police suddenly broke into the home of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Guangyou, a villager living in Huanan County, Heilongjiang Province. The police illegally ransacked the home and found Falun Gong books. In order to protect her father, his daughter Ms. Liu Yue claimed that the books were hers. As a result, the police "arrested" Ms. Liu Yue. Although the police knew very well that Ms. Liu did not practice Falun Gong, they illegally arrested her and then tried to extort a large sum of money from her family. When they realized that her family was unable to pay the ransom, they arbitrarily sentenced Ms. Liu to two years in Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp in Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province. The police also abducted her father. Ms. Liu's little brother is now left at home alone without any adult supervision. He has been forced to drop out of school.

Ms. Liu Yue, 21, is a villager in Zhenxing Village, Yuanerdaogou Township, Huanan County. She is a single woman and a farmer. In her spare time, she helps her father Mr. Liu Guangyou with his medical clinic. Her little brother, Liu Mengyang, studied at Huanan No. 3 Elementary School. Ms. Liu does not practice Falun Gong.

On July 25, 2005 while Mr. Liu Guangyou was out, several men suddenly broke into his home. They claimed to be agents from the Pricing Bureau searching for illegal medicines. Without showing any credentials, they began to ransack Mr. Liu's home. It was not until they found Falun Gong books and materials that Ms. Liu realized that they were plainclothes policemen.

The police asked Ms. Liu Yue whom the books belonged to and who practiced Falun Gong in the household. In order to protect her father, Ms. Liu replied, "These are my books. I practice Falun Gong." Captain of the State Security Team Li Jun, Deputy Captain Wang Jinfeng and policemen Chen Yujun and Huang Xiaodong then took Ms. Liu Yue to the Huanan County Detention Center.

In the detention center, Ms. Liu Yue has been missing her family a great deal. In addition, the illegal detention has had a negative effect on her prospective marriage. She has been terribly tormented. Although the Huanan County Public Security Bureau knew perfectly well that Ms. Liu Yue did not practice Falun Gong beforehand, they tried to extort 13,000 yuan from her family in exchange for her freedom. Because her family was unable to pay the ransom, the Public Security Bureau's State Security Team concocted "evidence" against Liu Yue and arbitrarily sentenced her to two years in Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp in Jiamusi City.

On August 22, 2005, the police, led by Li Jun, abducted Ms. Liu's father, Mr. Liu Guangyou, and had him incarcerated in the Huanan County Detention Center. Ms. Liu's younger brother, Liu Mengyang, is only 14 years old. Their mother passed away when the children were little. His father and sister were all that young Mengyang had. Now that his father and sister have been incarcerated, he has no one to look after him. He cannot attend school and lives alone.

On the 11^th and 12^th of August 2005, in coordinated raids, police from the 610 Office of Junan County and the police stations of Dadian Town, Yanbin Town, Zhendong, Town, and Zhenxi Town of Liyi City, Shandong Province, searched, harassed, and monitored scores of practitioners in the area. Many practitioners were arrested. It is believed that these raids were a part of a systematic "red terror" action on the part of the Communist Party directed against practitioners before the upcoming tourism ceremony on August 13 in Dadian Town, Junan County. Apparently their goal was to prevent practitioners from clarifying the truth to the tourists and other visitors to the region.

On August 11, agents from the Junan County 610 Office and the Dadian Town Police Station went to the house of practitioner Mr. Wang Xianxue to "illegally arrest" him. Because Mr. Wang was working out of town and his wife was not home, the police broke down the door and entered the home unlawfully. They then proceeded to ransack the residence, confiscating Falun Gong books and other articles.

On August 12, the same police went to the house of another practitioner, Mr. Li Baoshan, in Goudong Village, Pengjiashi. When Mr. Li returned from work, he found his home ransacked and the police waiting to arrest him. Now, his father, who is 82 years old and only recently recovered from an illness, and his seven-year-old daughter are left at home on their own. Mr. Li's wife, Qian Jinhua, also a practitioner, was subjected to persecution for many years. To avoid harassment and arrest, she has lived a homeless life for more than two years.

On the same day, this same group of 610 Office agents and local police officers went to the house of practitioner Mr. Wang Houling in Juguanzhuang Village. Mr. Wang was earlier sentenced to three years in prison for clarifying the truth and is still serving the term. His wife, Cui Jianai, took care of their two daughters, who are 10 and 17 years old, and her husband's parents. Their life was not easy. After arriving at the home, the police arrested Ms. Cui Jianai, ransacked the home, confiscated Falun Gong books and truth-clarifying materials, as well as a small cassette player. Ms. Cui's motorcycle was also impounded. Now, her 10-year-old daughter is left at home alone.

Other practitioners whose homes were ransacked by the agents from the 610 Office of Junan County and the local police station include Ji Xingshu and Ji Xingcai from Yanbin Town in the south of Dadian, Ji Xingzhen from Xi Village, and Yanbinji, who was later released. Several practitioners in the county seat of Junan County were also harassed and monitored. Practitioners from Xiaodian Town, which is close to Dadian Town of Junan County, were also harassed by the local 610 Office and police. Practitioner Wang Changyi's Falun Gong books were confiscated.

It has been learned that practitioner Peng Xiuzhan was unlawfully sent to the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp for two years, Ji Xingshu was illegally sentenced to one year, Mr. Li Baoshan was sentenced to six months, and Ms. Cui Jianai to two years. We don't know the details of Ji Xingcai's current situation.

Perpetrators and their phone numbers:

Liu Xipeng, head of the 610 Office of Junan County: 86-13205392801 (Cell)
Policemen of the 610 Office: Chen Xin, Zhuang Xuru, Ma Zongtao
Yanbin Town Police Station: 86-539-7787035
Dadian Town Police Station: 86-539-7813046

Mr. Kou Ping, 32 years old, is an employee of the Mobile Company in Huan County. His wife, Miao Huixia, 32 years old, works in the Genwan Township government in Huan County. Both of them are Falun Gong practitioners. After 9:00 p.m. on February 16, 2004, over a dozen local police officers came to their home and forcibly searched their house. Among the police officers were Chang Yuhai, Secretary of the Politics & Law Committee in Huan County; Yang Heping, director of the local Public Security Bureau; Cheng Yongzhong, director of the Security Section of the local Public Security Bureau.

Since it was late, Kou Ping refused to open the door. However, the police officers attempted to break the window and lock, forcing Mr. Kou to open the door. The officers turned Mr. Kou's home upside down, and confiscated his computer, photocopier, scanner and Falun Gong literature among other belongings.

In addition, the officers also threatened Kou Ping's mother and his mother-in-law and forced them to stay inside their bedrooms. Miao Huixia tried to clarify the truth to the police but they refused to listen. Instead, they kept searching around until about 2:00 a.m. and took Kou Ping and his wife away with them. Two days later, both of them were put into the Huan County Detention Center.

During the detention, Miao Huixia refused to be interrogated and was beaten. In the end, she was illegally sentenced to one year and three months of forced labor. After 40 days in the detention center, she was sent to the Gansu Women's Forced Labor Camp in early April 2004. After she was subjected to all sorts of torture, Miao Huixia was released in May 2005.

Kou Ping was unlawfully sentenced to prison for three years. Currently, he is still being detained in the Huan County Detention Center. Kou Ping and Miao Huixia wrote a so-called "Statement of Regret" in their state of confusion after being brutally tortured. Later, both of them declared that the statement was null and void. Kou Ping's eight-year-old son and his elderly mother are both left at home, under his aunt's care.

The Shengli Oil Field's on-site 610 Office directed the Shengli Oil Field's affiliates, the Oil-gas Gathering Company, the Logging Company, and the Education Institute to arrest five Falun Gong practitioners, including Jiang Haisong and Li Xiaodong, and take them to the "Mental Health Center" building in the Shengli Hospital for "treatment." The doctors and nurses there have forcibly injected the Falun Gong practitioners with unknown drugs. If the practitioners refuse the drugs, they are shocked with electric batons.

The "Mental Health Center" Building at Shengli Hospital, where the persecuted Falun Gong practitioners were held

The Shengli Hospital Outpatient Building

The Shengli Hospital Office Building

The Shengli Oil Field Administration Bureau Office Building, where the 610 Office is located. It is the 610 Office that directed the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

Ms. Su Shukun was 78 years old and lived with her daughter, Su Donghui. They lived in Changsha City, Hunan Province. Ms. Su  tarted practicing beginning in early 1999. She benefited a great deal from practicing Falun Gong. The pulmonary emphysema and gastric disease she had lived with for decades improved. In November 2000, Ms. Su went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong and was sent to a forced labor camp. She was subjected to various tortures, leaving her with deteriorating health. In December 2001, Ms. Su unwillingly wrote the Three Statements and was then released. However, she continued practicing and studying Falun Gong.

In July 2002, her daughter was again illegally arrested and sent to a forced labor camp because of distributing Falun Gong truth clarification materials. Ms. Su was so devastated and exhausted by the ongoing persecution that her old illnesses returned. However, she still wrote a letter to her daughter, Su Donghui, at the labor camp. She encouraged her daughter to be a good person with righteous thoughts and a firm, unshakable belief in Falun Gong. Ms. Su Shukun died on August 8, 2003.

Mr. Liu Zhigang was a 52-year-old practitioner from Xian City, Shaanxi Province. He was a cadre in the Bureau of Commodity Inspection and Quarantine in Shaanxi Province. Many of his illnesses disappeared after he started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. In October 2001, Mr. Liu was abducted and sent to brainwashing sessions for more than three months. He was badly injured both physically and mentally. He expressed his intention to continue practicing after his release, but he was upset for a long time. Early in 2003, his wife, also a practitioner, was abducted and taken to a brainwashing center. In July 2003, Chen (surname) from the City 610 Office, Lu (surname) from the District 610 Office, staff from Mr. Liu's workplace and the deputy officer went to Mr. Liu's home several times on consecutive days to threaten and intimidate him. This caused serious physical and mental stress to Mr. Liu. His health deteriorated rapidly and he died on December 16, 2003. Ten days later, his mother (not a practitioner) died of sorrow after hearing the news of her son's death.

Mr. Hu Tianliang was a 67-year-old retired cadre from Hujiazhuang in Lingshou County, Hebei Province. He was formerly a director at the Beihuoying Vermiculite Factory. He was paralyzed and confined to bed before practicing Falun Gong. Mr. Lu learned the Fa in 1997. After watching Teacher's lectures on video, he could gradually sit up. He was able to stand up and do the exercises after practicing for about 20 days. He was able to get off the bed and walk after two months. In less than six months, he was able to do some household chores and go to other villages to tell them about the Fa and study with other practitioners. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, Mr. Hu was abducted by the County Security Department. They forced him to write the three statements and pay them 500 yuan. He was finally released with help from other people. As a result of the persecution, Mr. Hu lost the group environment for studying the Fa and doing the exercises. His body and mind were severely strained, causing his old illness to return. He was again paralyzed, confined to bed and died on September 10, 2005.

Ms. Wu Mingyan was 59 years old and from Maoming in Guangdong Province. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. Ms. Wu had illnesses before practicing Falun Gong, but became very healthy after practicing. In December 2000, Ms. Wu went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong and was illegally sentenced to one year at a forced labor camp. She was severely pressured into unwillingly writing a statement agreeing to stop practicing Falun Gong. After Ms. Wu gave up cultivation practice, she became very sick. She was sent to a hospital before the New Year in 2005 and diagnosed with late stage liver cancer, liver cirrhosis and liver ascites. She could not move and her family was preparing for her death. Some practitioners, hearing of her illness, came to her house every day to send forth righteous thoughts, and her health miraculously recovered. She could go up and down stairs, study the Fa, do the exercise and send forth righteous thoughts. Her family members, who were not practitioners, were very grateful to Falun Gong and the practitioners. Later, Ms. Wu was reported to the 610 Office by someone who did not understand Falun Gong. Her family was threatened many times by the 610 Office staff. Wu Mingyan died on September 21, 2005.

Mr. Xu Zhaohong, 70 years old, from Xiama Village of Dangyu Town in Zunhua City, Hebei Province, started practicing Falun Gong in 1998. After the Chinese Communist Party started persecuting Falun Gong, a person who did not understand the truth of Falun Gong led the police to Mr. Xu's house, where they threatened Mr. Xu and his wife. They illegally searched the house. Mr. Xu eventually died due to the persecution.

Ms. Zhang Shuxian, 87 years old, from Nongan County in Jilin Province, lived with her daughter, Miao Guiqin. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1996 and many of her old-age-related diseases disappeared without medication. After the persecution began, the police frequently showed up at Ms. Zhang's house to disturb them. One day in the spring of 2000, the police harassed them all night long. On August 16, 2005, seven or eight people from the National Security Division and the Gucheng Police Station in Nongan County broke into Ms. Zhang's home through the second floor patio. They illegally searched her house, took away Falun Gong books, and tried to arrest Miao Guiqin. Ms. Zhang was so frightened that her whole body trembled and her face looked ashen. Her daughter was forced into homelessness in order to avoid arrest. This caused deep mental anguish for Ms. Zhang. Within just a few days, she could not get out of bed and she died on September 25, 2005.

Mr. Wang Yongqing was a 76-year-old retired teacher from the Professional School at the Mineral Resources Bureau in Panzhihua, Sichuan Province. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, he continued his practice and constantly spread the truth of Falun Gong and the persecution. Therefore, he was constantly pressured and harassed by the West District Security Bureau, his workplace, and the residential committee. Wang Yongqing died on September 14, 2004.

Mr. Cheng Guozheng, 66 years old, lived in Unit 21 of the Third Village of North Tiaping Road at the Mineral Resources Bureau of Panzhihua in Sichuan. He began the practice of Falun Gong in 1996 and his hypertension, heart disease and gallstones all disappeared. After July 20, 1999, the staff at the Mosohe Police Station, the Baoding Police Department Sub-bureau, and the Security Department of Huashan Ore often went to Mr. Cheng's house to harass him. This caused him to suffer a relapse of his previous illnesses. He died on January 5, 2005.

Mr. Zhang Qinzeng was 80 years old. He was the former director of the Forest Bureau of Quzhou County, Handan City, Hebei Province. Before practicing Falun Gong, he suffered from several illnesses. Every year, he spent two to three thousand yuan on medicine. When he went to the market, only a mile away from his home, he needed to rest several times. Fortunately, in 1997, he began to practice Falun Gong. His mind and body were purified, his illnesses vanished, and he saved his country a large amount of money because he no longer needed medication. All of the villagers understood that those who practice Falun Gong are good people. To benefit more people, Zhang Qinzeng often traveled out of town to tell people about Falun Gong. After July 20, 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party and Jiang Zemin's regime started to persecute Falun Gong, the police and the 610 Office repeatedly harassed, threatened, and intimidated Mr. Zhang. He was severely traumatized. Even with this pressure, he continued to clarify the truth to villagers and other people. Sometimes, he rode his bicycle to towns that were several miles away to clarify the truth. During a funeral ceremony in his village, he clarified the truth about Falun Gong to the leaders of various bureaus and to the staff of the 610 Office. Over time, however, due to the extreme pressure of the persecution, Zhang Qinzeng's health deteriorated and he passed away in 2005.

Ms. Jiao Xiuying was 80 years old. She was a Falun Gong practitioner from Shanxi Province. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1998. In a short period of time, her health improved dramatically and various illnesses vanished. After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, she was harassed many times and her home was ransacked. All of her family members were determined not to give up their practice; three of her family members were sentenced because they refused to renounce Falun Gong. As an 80-year-old woman, Ms. Jiao Xiuying was left at home to live with her daughter. The police constantly harassed and intimidated her. One night in October 2002, a group of policemen (about 20) broke into her house and ransacked it. The sudden trauma caused Ms. Jiao to collapse. She was helped to bed but was never able to get up again. A few days later, the policemen deceived and detained her daughter. Jiao Xiuying passed away in November 2002.

Ms. Guo Guilan was 71 years old. She lived in the Shuangta District, Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province. She benefited greatly from practicing Falun Gong. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, her second daughter was arrested and the police ransacked her home many times. Ms. Guo's mind and body were badly traumatized by the relentless persecution. She passed away on December 20, 2003.

Brief News from China - September 17, 2005

1. [Bazhou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Jin Hong Abducted by Langfang City 610 Office

On the evening of September 2, 2005, a group of people led by Meng Fanli, from the Dongduan Township Police Station in Bazhou City, arrested Ms. Jin Hong at Hejiaobao in Dongduan Township. The officers later sent her to a brainwashing center located in the Jiaotong Hotel in Langfang City.

On September 14, 2005, Mr. Li Yinhui, at Wangbo Village Elementary School in Wangzhuangzi Township, was arrested by officers from the Langfang City 610 Office, Cai Shaoyong from the Bazhou City 610 Office, and officials from the Bazhou City Culture and Education Department, and the Culture and the Education Office in Wangzhuangzi Township. The authorities immediately sent Mr. Li to the brainwashing center in the Jiaotong Hotel in Langfang Ctiy.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86, area code: 316
Jiaotong Hotel Brainwashing Center: 6878937
Cai Shaoyong, Bazhou City 610 Office: 7214610
Zuo Benzhong, director of Bazhou City 610 Office: 7214210
Bazhou City Culture and Education Department: 7212768
Dongduan Township Police Station in Bazhou City: 7512277, 7512044

2. [Taikang County, Henan Province] Mr. Wang Fengde and His Daughter Arrested at Their Home

Around 9:00 p.m. on September 14, 2005, Mr. Wang Fengde and his daughter Ms. Wang Yan were arrested by police at their home. Mr. Wang operates a small retail business at Liu Village in Yangjun, Liuyin Town, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province.

3. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Shuhua and Ms. Jun Xia Arrested

On the night of September 6, 2005, approximately a dozen officers led by Xue Lianchun, Deputy Political Head of the police department, and Chen Yuezhi, Division Head, came to Ms. Wang Shuhua's home a total of three times between 12:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. The officers searched her home and confiscated her personal computer and cellular phone. Ms. Wang managed to escape.

The officer then swiftly arrived at Ms. Jun Xia's home and arrested her. Ms. Jun is being held at the Guan County Detention Center.

4. [Beijing] Ms. Zhu Fenghe, a Retired Teacher from Yuying Middle School, Secretly Arrested

On the morning of September 8, 2005, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhu Feng, a retired teacher at Yuying Middle School in Beijing, was arrested at her home after the Haidian District police received reports about her being involved with Falun Gong. Her whereabouts are unknown.

5. [Daying County, Sichuan Province] Mr. Hu Changqiong Unlawfully Sent to Labor Camp; His 4-Year-Old Son Sent to Senior Home

Mr. Hu Changqiong, 60, is from Team 1, No. 2 Xinqiao Division in Daying County, Sichuan Province. He was arrested after being turned in to the police for writing truth-clarifying signs. Mr. Hu has been sentenced to one year of forced labor. His 4-year-old son has been left unattended and has to be sent to a senior home.

6. [Meishan City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Ji Shuhua from Danling County Suffers Cruel Torture upon Arrest

Ms. Ji Shuhua, in her sixties, is from Danling County in Meishan City, Sichuan Province. Around 9:00 a.m. on August 30, 2005, officers from the Meishan City 610 office and those from Danling County arrested her at her home. She has been held at Panglinxian Resorts in Guangji Township, Meishan. Around 3:00 p.m. on September 5, 2005, Ms. Ji's family was granted a visit. They found that she had suffered numerous injuries and was in very bad shape as a result of torture.

Panglinxian Resorts: 86-13808164165 (cell)

7. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Guo Yulong from Liaohe Oil Fields Arrested; His Home Ransacked

Mr. Guo Yulong from Liaohe Oil Fields lives in the Xinglongtai area in Panjin City, Liaoning Province. On September 14, 2005, officers from Liaozhong County and from the Xinglongtai area arrested him. They also searched his home. Mr. Guo is being held at the Yangshigangzi Brainwashing Center in Liaozhong County.

Office of the Panjin City Justice Department: 86-427-2811780
Office of the Panjin City Government: 86-427-2824977

8. [Shanghai] Ms. Xu Hanming Taken to a Detention Center by Local 610 Office

Ms. Xu Hanming, in her sixties, lives at Room 404A, No. 32, Lane 329, Xinhua Road in Shanghai. On the morning of September 13, 2005, officers from Changning District and from the local 610 Office broke down her door and arrested her. The officers searched her home and videotaped the entire process.

9. [Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Feng Yuqiong and Ms. Liao Liqing Unlawfully Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Feng Yuqiong, from Duanzhou in Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province was arrested in December 2004. It has been reported that she has been sentenced to six years in prison. Her whereabouts are unknown.

Ms.Liao Liqing, from Huaiji in Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, was arrested in April 2005 for writing signs saying "Falun Dafa Is Great." She has been sentenced to three years in prison and is being held at the Huaiji Detention Center.

10. [Jilin Province] Ms. Zhao Shuyun from Shenyang Railroad Construction Company Arrested

Ms. Zhao Shuyun, 45, is an employee of the Second Project in Shenyang Railroad Construction Company, Jilin Province. Around 11:00 on August 24, 2005, Ms. Zhao was arrested at her workplace because she practices Falun Gong. She is being held at the Jilin City No. 3 Detention Center.

11. [Fujin City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Tian Haitao Arrested

Around 4:00 p.m. on September 13, 2005, officers sent from the Fujin City Police Department in Heilongjiang Province arrested Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Tian Haitao at his home.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Zhang Yuncheng, chief of the Fujin City Police Department in Heilongjiang Province: 86-454-6989991
Pei Xiaodong, of the State Security Section of the Fujin City Police Department (specifically in charge of persecution of Falun Gong): 86-13846100678 (cell)
Sun Weiyang: 86-13903649811 (cell)
Zip code of Fujin City, Heilongjiang Province: 156100

12. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Yan Tingzhen Under Persecution at Wanjia Forced Labor Camp

On June 30, 2005, Ms. Gu Tingzhen, a graduate student, was illegally arrested and taken to a detention center by Zhang Guofang, Head of the Dongli District State Security Division, Wang Yi from the local police station and another police officer. Ms. Gu went on hunger strike in the detention center to protest the illegal arrest. In mid-July, she was forcibly sent to the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province and is serving a two-year term. Ms. Yang is being held at a maximum security team in No. 12 Division.

13. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Officials in Changqing Garden Community Break in Through Windows to Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners

Around 2:00 p.m. on September 15, 2005, officials of the Changqing Garden Community and officers from both the local police station and from the Wuhan City Police Department arrived at Mr. Yang Jun and his wife's home at Room 201, Unit 2, Building 16, Village 8, Section 2, Changqing Garden Community to arrest the couple. Mr. Yang and his family refused to open the door. The officials called in a vehicle from the Changqing Garden Fire Department. The set up the ladder and used a welding torch to cut apart the anti-theft steel screens outside Mr. Yang's bathroom windows. At 4:30, they broke through the windows and entered his home. They arrested the couple and half a dozen guests, most of whom are elderly women, including Ms. Huang Xiaoying, and the elderly Ms. Yuan.

Ms. Huang Xiaoying is a dancer in the Wuhan City Opera and Ballet Troupe. After arresting her, the officers searched her home in Section 4 of the Changqing Garden Community.

1. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Wang Peng Suffers Six Months of Excruciating Torture

On March 7, 2005, Li Xingtao, deputy leader from the No. 4 Division, the National Security Team and the Changchun City Police Department led a group of more than ten policemen to "illegally arrest" practitioner Wang Peng at the Changchun City Automobile Factory. Wang Peng was later interrogated at the No. 1 Division, Changchun City Police Department while being tortured. He was deprived of sleep for five days in a row. After being tortured for over 40 days at the police department, Wang Peng was transferred to the Tiebei District No. 1 Detention Center, Changchun City. Wang Peng and several other practitioners there staged a hunger strike and resisted the persecution. They were later brutally force-fed. Personnel at the detention center inserted a tube through their nostrils into their stomachs and administered a cold, high-density saline solution. As an even more cruel torture, the police put Mr. Wang in a straitjacket. (Several Falun Gong practitioners have already been killed by being immobilized in straitjackets at the Shibalihe Forced Labor Camp in Henan Province).

Wang Peng has been held for over six months now and is extremely weak. His family members haven't been allowed to visit him. The authorities fabricated a crime to frame Mr. Wang. Zhang Nan from the Archive Office, Procuratorate Bureau, No. 1 Automobile Factory not only refused to release Wang Peng but also sent Wang Peng's file twice to the No. 7 Team, No. 1 Division of the Changchun City Police Department, as so-called supplemental evidence.

2. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Practitioners Shang Yuping and Sun Jinfang Suffer Severe Torture at the No. 1 Women's Detention Center

Police from the No. 1 Division of the Jianghan District Police Department arrested five practitioners from Wuhan City, including Shang Yuping and Sun Jinfang. Three days later, Shang Yuping and Sun Jinfang were transferred to the Wuhan City No. 1 Women's Detention Center and have been held there to date. During that period of time, Sun Jinfang staged a hunger strike to protest her unlawful detention and was so violently force-fed that she lost several teeth. She is now extremely weak and is unable to do any work; however, the guards said "she was just pretending" and forced her to work. A guard by the last name of Jin is an extremely vicious person and incites inmates to beat practitioners at will.

At present, Sun Jinfang is manifesting symptoms of serious ill health.

3. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Arrest Liu Li from Home

At around 6:00 a.m. on Friday, September 23, 2005, a group of policemen suddenly surrounded practitioner Liu Li's home in Changxi, Longfeng District, Daqing City. Liu Li refused to open the door. The police called a locksmith and then forcibly opened door and ransacked the place. They turned everything upside down in all the rooms, including the balcony. They confiscated a computer, a printer and some office supplies. Liu Li was so traumatized that she fainted. The police called an ambulance to send her to the Daqing City No. 5 Hospital. Later they took Liu Li directly to the Longfeng District Police Station for interrogation. At present, Liu Li is being held at the Daqing City Detention Center. Her family members are not allowed to visit her and her situation is unknown. Plainclothes policemen are patrolling around her home, and whoever goes to her home will be questioned.

Liu Li used to be an employee of the Longfeng Baojie Cleaning Company, Wanlong Property, Daqing City Oil & Chemistry Company. She is an honest and pure-hearted person. She was once awarded the title of "Outstanding Worker." After the persecution against Falun Gong started, she didn't give up her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and persisted in clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to people. Ms. Liu was held in detention for over a month. As she refused to give up Falun Gong cultivation, Liu Li lost her job in 2000. In addition, personnel from her place of employment and from the local police station periodically harassed her, in person or by phone. In April 2004, Liu Li opened a small childcare center. She loves children very much, so lots of children call her "Mommy." Because of her sincere hard work, her business thrived. In addition to Liu Li, the authorities also arrested Feng Ying whom she had hired to assist in her daycare business. Feng Ying was released later, on the same afternoon of the arrest. Her childcare center was forced to close. Almost 30 children left reluctantly.

4. [Anqiu City, Shandong Province] Liu Ruiyou Arrested; Police Officials Ransack Home

At around 11:00 a.m. on October 8, 2005, six policemen arrested Falun Gong practitioner Liu Ruiyou from Huangqipu in Anqiu City and ransacked the practitioner's home. Liu Ruiyou was taken to the Huangqipu Police Station. The police confiscated a computer, an ink-jet printer and a laser printer, seven boxes of printing paper, one box of self-adhesive paper, a paper cutter, a box of ink, a lamination machine, four tape recorders, a Falun Gong truth-clarification tape, Falun Gong books, and all the cash in the home. Liu Ruiyou's family was trying to stop them, but a low-ranking police officer in charge said, "We will take anything!"

Phone number for the Huangqipu Police Station: 86-53-64621021

5. [Jingmen City, Hubei Province] Former Falun Gong Practice Site Contact Person Meng Xianglong Still Under House Arrest

On June 21, 2005 Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Meng Xianglong from Jingmen City, who was just released after serving a five-year sentence, was taken away again by personnel from the 610 Office. They sent him to the Wuhan City Brainwashing Class because they insisted he had not given up the practice of Falun Gong. Ten days later, Mr. Meng was sent back home, but there was no freedom for him since the police monitored him around the clock. Once, Meng Xianglong sent some cash to a relative at a local post office. A few days later, his relative replied that he hadn't received the money. The Meng family went to inquire at the post office, but personnel there answered, "The police took the money away as soon as he left." When they asked at the police department, the police said, "We will monitor Meng Xianglong's every action."

Meng Xianglong was an official at the Local Tax Administration Bureau in Jingmen City, but he has been fired because he practices Falun Gong.

6. [Liangshan Area, Sichuan Province] 610 Office Authorities Keep Trying to Sentence Eight Practitioners

On May 26, 2005, when eight Falun Gong practitioners, including He Xianqun, Mao Kaiming, and Lu Zhengguo, from Xichang City in the Liangshan area went to rural Leibo County to clarify the truth of Falun Gong and distribute the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, personnel from the local State Security Department arrested them. In June, the State Security Department submitted "incriminating evidence" to the Leibo County Procuratorate Department, but the prosecutor rejected the case due to insufficient evidence. In August, the State Security Department submitted the incident to the prosecutor again, but it was rejected the second time because of insufficient evidence. Personnel from the Liangshan area 610 Office and from the Police Department have reported the case to the Provincial Government for processing.

7. [Pingyi County, Shandong Province] Married Couple Zhang Yuzhi and Pei Linying Arrested and Their Home Ransacked

During the afternoon of August 14, 2005, a white car stopped in front of the home of practitioner Mr. Zhang Yuzhi in Shangshenjiawa Village, Liuyu Town, Pingyi County, Linyi City, Shandong Province. Four plainclothes officers in their 40s came out of the car and walked into Zhang Yuzhi's home under the pretext of asking for driving directions. They talked with Zhang Yuzhi's wife Ms. Pei Linying, and then all of sudden, before the couple realized what was happening, they dragged the couple into a car. The four plainclothes policemen turned the couple's home upside down. They confiscated Falun Gong books, some truth-clarifying materials, Pei Linying's August salary card worth 2,000 yuan, a bank deposit book worth over 5,000 yuan, 3,200 yuan in cash, a compact size audio tape player and a radio receiver. The gang took the couple to the Liuyu Town Police Station. They handcuffed the couple for a whole night. They then sent the couple to the Pingyi County Detention Center. Pei Linying has been on a hunger strike for 15 days since her arrest, to protest the unlawful detention. Later, she was sent to the Jinan City Forced Labor Camp. Zhang Yuzhi was put under house arrest and was extorted out of 5,000 yuan.

8. [Jingyu County, Jilin Province] Police Arrest Practitioner Zhang Fengqin and Ransack Her Home

On the morning of October 4, 2005, officers Ma Jing and Feng Baoqiu from the Political and Security Section of the Jingyu County Police Department in Jilin Province went to ransack practitioner Ms. Zhang Fengqin's home, using the excuse of having found some Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials in the county. Though they did not find any materials at her home, they arrested Zhang Fengqin and put her in the Jingyu County Detention Center. Zhang Fengqin has been on a hunger strike for five days in protest.

Contact information for personnel from the Jingyu County "610 Office" and from the Police Department, Baishan City, Jilin Province (Country code: 86, Area code: 439. Please do not dial area code before a cell phone number):

Chen Zhongqiang, Police Department Chief: 7223075, 8971329, 13904497243

Zhang Aiguo, 610 Office head and Secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee in the county: 13804497977, 7225592

Wei Jian, Political Security Section Chief: 7229548, 8971798

Ma Jing, an officer of the Political Security Section: 7226472, 13039383472

9. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Four Practitioners Sentenced to Over Twelve Years of Imprisonment

On September 12, 2005, four practitioners, Ms. Hu Zhehui, Mr. Hou Yunfei, Mr. Xin Minduo and Ms. Bao Juncen were secretly sentenced to 15, 14, 13, and 12 years of imprisonment, respectively, in the Xinglongtai District Court, Panjin City, Liaoning Province.

On October 8, though practitioner Hu Zhehui could not take care of herself because of the torture she suffered, the perpetrators sent her to the Shenyang City Women's Prison Complex. The prison refused to admit her because of her bad health (heart problems, high blood pressure, and hyper-cholesterol). Thus, she was sent back to the Panjin City Detention Center. Ms. Hu has been staging a hunger strike to protest the persecution. She has not had any food or water since August 3. The police torture her by brutal force-feeding.

Hou Yunfei was sent to the Jinzhou City Prison and the other three practitioners are still being held at the Panjin City No. 3 Detention Center.

10. [Shanhaiguan City, Hebei Province] Li Xianhua Arrested For Mailing Truth-Clarifying Materials

In mid-September 2005, practitioner Li Xianhua from Heilongjiang Province was arrested for mailing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials in the Shanhaiguan Developing Zone, which is the eastern area of the Qinhuangdao City Developing Zone in Hebei Province. He is presently being held at the Qinhuangdao City Shanhaiguan Detention Center, known as the City No. 3 Detention Center.

11. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Further Information about Practitioners on Hunger Strike in the Baoding City Detention Center

Practitioners Zhi Zhanmin, Wei Haiwu, Zhang Rongjie, Yang Jinying and Liu Yongwang are still being held at the Baoding City Detention Center. In order to protest this persecution, Liu Yongwang, Wei Haiwu and other practitioners there are on a hunger strike. Someone said that Wei Haiwu and Liu Yongwang's situation is critical. Liu Yongwang has been on the hunger strike for 44 days. His lower limbs are in continuous pain and are numb. He can't walk without help.

Baoding City Detention Center: 86-312-5027634, 86-312-5015804, 86-312-5028774

12. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Bai Yuqin and Li Fengjie Arrested For Distributing Truth-clarifying Materials

Practitioner Bai Yuqin and Li Fengjie are from Yushu Township, Xinbin County, Fushun City, Liaoning Province. During the night of October 5, 2005 when they went to Chaluzi Village in Yushu Township to distribute truth-clarifying materials, Gao Zhenyuan and Dong Xianwei, officers from the Township Police Station, arrested them and put them into the Xinbin County Detention Center. Later, lawless policemen searched Li Fengqin's house. Ms. Li's husband tried to stop the unlawful arrest, but policeman Gao Zhenyuan brutally beat him.

Policeman Gao Zhenyuan: 86-13904932435 (Cell)
Policeman Dong Xianwei: 86-413-5152258 (Home)
Yushu Township Police Station: 86-413-5152015
Xinbin County Detention Center: 86-413-5026405

13. [Muleng City, Heilongjiang Province] Several Falun Gong Materials Production Centers Destroyed

On September 23, 2005, two policemen from the Mudanjiang City National Security Team went to Muleng City and forcibly arrested practitioners Gu Yan, Zhang Yanfen, Liu Huidi, Liu Yan, Wang Limei, Li Yuzhi, Sun Shiwei, Lu Shuqi and Kou Qiang. They were taken to the Muleng City Detention Center. The perpetrators have destroyed several Falun Gong truth clarification materials production centers. The police are interrogating practitioners day and night, depriving them of sleep.

14. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Tian Junhua Arrested and Her House Searched

At about 9:00 p.m. on October 6, 2005, personnel from the Wuyi Road Police Station arrested practitioner Tian Junhua from the family residential yard of the Zhangjiakou City Finance Bureau. At about 3:00 p.m. on October 7, five or six policemen searched her house. Tian Junhua is currently being held at the Shisanli Detention Center.

15. [Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province] Zheng Meiqun Is Captured and Taken to the Huangang Brainwashing Class

On September 30, 2005, policemen from Shaoguan City's 610 Office arrested practitioner Zheng Meiquan. Zheng Meiquan is currently being detained at the Huanggang Brainwashing Center.