Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. He Lihua from Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province is being illegally incarcerated at the Daqing Detention Center. She was arrested in mid-April 2005 and has been holding a hunger strike since the day of her arrest. She was brutally force-fed. Right now her life is in danger. Her home phone number is 86-459-5951840.

Another Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Yang Yuhua, a teacher at the No. 6 Middle School in Daqing City, was arrested from her home on the evening of April 16, 2005. The perpetrators were from the Tieren Police Department. She was sent to a detention center, where she was savagely beaten and tortured. On May 12, many guards and inmates force-fed her, which caused her death.

The following are the details about Falun Gong practitioner Ms. He Lihua's situation. Ms. He was born in 1965 and worked at the Daqing Water Company. Because she persisted in her belief in Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, she was severely persecuted during the past few years. Ms. He was not allowed to go to work, was detained many times and had her home ransacked many times. On March 15, 2001 Ms. He was sent to forced labor. At the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center, she was tortured until she became incontinent. She could not eat or take fluids, and was paper-thin. After He Lihua returned home, Chen Guiqing from the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center led a group of perpetrators to her home and harassed her. In mid-April 2005, the police abducted He Lihua when she was clarifying the truth in front of a Daqing department store. The police subsequently ransacked her home. On May 24, perpetrators from the Longnan Criminal Police Division in Daqing issued an arrest warrant. The person in charge of the arrest was Zhang Kai.

Practitioners Zhang Guiyun, Yang Yuhuan, Zhang Weixia, Han Naixiu, Zhang Wenhua and Yang Huagui {in her 70s} are continuing to suffer brutal torture at the detention center.

The Daqing Forced Labor Camp is the main location where practitioners from Daqing City are being detained. In the past few years, the guards there have savagely tortured practitioners. They encouraged the criminal inmates to torture and abuse the practitioners as well. While some detention centers in Daqing City are starting to turn down requests to incarcerate Falun Gong practitioners, the Daqing Forced Labor Camp is still holding and torturing these practitioners. In May 2005, practitioner Yang Yuhua was tortured to death there.

Contact Information -

(Note: for home or office phone numbers, dial country code + area code before all numbers. For cell phone numbers, dial country code before the numbers. Country code: 86, area code: 459)

Daqing City Detention Center:

Head office: 4616098, 4616638
Daqing City Detention Center: 4616163,4616158
Zhang, director: 4616098, 13059058777 (Cell phone)
Bai, director: 4616161
Office of the deputy director: 4616090, 4616099
General office: 4616163
Monitoring room: 4616312
Front office at the front gate: 4616158
Front office at the inner gate: 4616160
Internal supply office: 4616100

Daqing City Police Department:
Cao Zhenhe, political head: 6373066 (Office), 6280888 (Home), 13329500002 (Cell)
Lin Guoli, deputy head: 6375026 (Office), 6986708 (Home), 13329500003 (Cell)
Liang Ximing, deputy head: 6390005 (Office), 6390988 (Home), 13329500004 (Cell)
Wei Chunhua, deputy head: 6398889 (Office), 6381983 (Home), 13329500005 (Cell)
Hao Dejiang, deputy head: 6375029 (Office), 6381516(Home), 13329500006 (Cell)
Liu Yong, deputy head: 6374899 (Office), 6292999 (Home), 13329500007 (Cell)
Lan Yingjie, deputy head: 6688059 (Office), 6689098 (Home), 13329500008 (Cell)
Wang Chunru, head of the Politics Bureau: 6368499 (Office), 4688828 (Home), 13329500009 (Cell)
Gao Zhenbo, office head: 6683926 (Home), 13329390299 (Cell)

Daqing City Safety Bureau:
Lin Zhisheng, head: 6281231 (Office), 6688448(Home), 13604651999 (Cell)
Wang Xiyan, Party secretary: 6181232 (Office), 4611878 (Home), 13904591292 (Cell)
Zhang Wanyu, deputy head: 6181233 (Office), 6362878 (Home), 13903690009 (Cell)
Kang Jinlong, deputy head: 6181234 (Office), 6283599 (Home), 13804653333 (Cell)
Zhang Wendong, deputy head: 6181235 (Office), 6286716 (Home), 13903693705 (Cell)
Shao Zhenbang, secretary of the Disciplinary Inspection Division: 6181236 (Office), 4663149 (Home),13614668088 (Cell)
Wu Shengsheng, head of Politics Bureau: 6181237 (Office), 5980826 (Home), 13009903408
Lu Guowen, deputy division head: 6181232 (Office), 6681568 (Home), 13804680733 (Cell)
Tian Guihai, office head: 6181239 (Office), 6292173 (Home), 13329390383 (Cell)
Wu Wei, deputy head: 6181235 (Office), 6383936 (Home), 13945901158 (Cell)
Song Xianfu, deputy head: 6181235 (Office), 6372324 (Home), 13804688977 (Cell)
Front office: 6363033 (Office), 13945991999 (Cell)
Fax: 6181250

Daqing City officials:
Gai Ruyin, Party secretary: 6181833 (Office), 4601833 (Office), 6104941(Home), 13304500260 (Cell)
Han Xuejian, mayor: 6186779 (Office), 6181228 (Office)
Han Keyan, executive deputy mayor: 6181097(Office), 4607676 (Office), 5998518 (Home), 13604659306 (Cell)
Li Yongku, deputy mayor: 6581059 (Office) 4601059 (Office), 6377722(Home), 13039833033 (Cell)
Cui Qiang, deputy mayor: 6186190 (Office), 4689590 (Office), 6395056 (Home), 13804680568 (Cell)
Wang Hongen, deputy mayor: 6185199 (Office), 4671596 (Office), 6188565 (Home), 13936796666 (Cell)
Tian Fengchun, deputy mayor: 6392628 (Office), 4605770 (Office), 6199880 (Home), 13945997880 (Cell)
Tian Liying, deputy mayor: 6186755 (Office), 4689577 (Office), 6199733 (Home), 13604897733 (Cell)
Shen Hongyu, deputy mayor: 6361606 (Office), 368029 (Home), 13329390100 (Cell)

Daqing City Political and Judiciary Committee:
Li Dong, deputy secretary: 6392011 (Office), 6387336 (Home), 13904696199 (Cell)
Wang Gui, deputy secretary: 6372469 (Office), 6381758 (Home), 13904890661 (Cell)
Li Jibin, deputy head of the Comprehensive Office: 4666486 (Office), 4612602 (Home), 13945602390 (Cell)
Zhao Wenpeng, head of the Politics Division: 6390920 (Office), 6362203 (Home), 13845933508 (Cell)

Daqing City Party Committee:
Xia Lihua, deputy secretary: 6398366(Office), 4609866(Home), 13804642080 (Cell)
Li Fumin, deputy secretary: 6376667(Office), 6368196 (Home), 13945929999 (Cell)
Ruan Dianlong, deputy secretary: 6186776 (Office), 6371988 (Home)
Si Jiaxiang, deputy secretary: 6181355 (Office), 4600655 (Home), 13329390039 (Cell)
Su Yutian, deputy secretary: 5998800

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Chunhua was arrested and taken to the Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp in 2001. The camp guards directed drug addict prisoners and collaborators to torture her day and night. The beatings were severe, and Ms. Liu often screamed in pain. She was released after suffering a mental collapse from the torture, and she died in early 2005 after falling from a building.

Ms. Liu Chunhua was 48 years old, lived in Anzhen region, Chaoyang District, and was employed as a pharmacist by the Beixinqiao Hospital. From March through April 2001, Ms. Liu Chunhua was detained in the Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp, where she suffered both mental and physical torture. The camp guards directed drug addict prisoners and collaborators to take turns torturing her around the clock. Others often heard her screams during the night. Her face was covered with bruises. She was denied use of the toilet for a long time, forcing her to use other methods, which resulted in more severe beatings and abuse. She endured these tortures for more than six months.

In autumn 2002, Ms. Liu suffered from urinary incontinence for more than two months, and then she disappeared from the camp. Later another fellow practitioner, who was in the hospital due to torture injuries, saw Ms. Liu Chunhua lying unconscious on a hospital bed, while the guards continued to beat and curse her. She was diagnosed as having late stage liver cancer. Nevertheless, the guards still took her back to the Training Division, tortured her with force-feeding, and gave her intravenous injections for several months. She was released only when the nurses could not find her veins and the force-feeding tubes could not be inserted in her nose. She suffered a complete mental collapse.

Local fellow practitioners went to visit her after hearing that she was released. She couldn't talk but would smile in an odd way when people talked to her. Her family members said she also would not talk to her family. She cooked meals for her family but never went outside.

After the 2005 Chinese New Year (February 9, 2005), Ms. Liu Chunhua fell from the fourth floor of her building and died.

Ms. Zhang Xiaobo, age 35, lived at #54 Northeast Street, Yi'an County, Heilongjiang Province. Ms. Zhang Xiaobo is being tortured while illegally held in the First Section, Second Group of the Harbin City Women's Prison in Heilongjiang Province. On March 9, 2004, prison guards tortured her until she went into shock. When she regained consciousness, the criminal inmates bound her hands to the bottom of the bed with rope. On December 21, 2004, the guards ordered more than ten prisoners to handcuff Ms. Zhang Xiaobo, hang her up, and then torture her until she went into shock. Afterwards they stuffed her mouth full of heart attack medication.

Ms. Zhang Xiaobo described the savage torture she endured after being arrested in 2002:

On the evening of December 17, 2002, I was arrested by policemen from the Yi-an County Political Defence Branch. Two policemen from the Tiefeng District came and tried to extort a confession from me. On the 18^th, they sent me to the First Team of the Tiefeng District Police Station. They conducted the following tortures on me:

1. "Tearing limb from limb by five horses": They forced me down on a tiger bench, with my hands behind the chair through two holes. There were eight to nine policemen in the front, pulling my limbs in different directions. It felt like my heart and lungs were being torn apart.
2. The "Great Hanging": They handcuffed both of my hands behind my back. They then hung me up with a belt hooked onto the handcuffs, with my toes barely touching the floor.
3. Electro-shock: In the afternoons, they handcuffed both my hands and sat me in a chair. Both thumbs were wrapped with copper wires, and they then shocked me with electricity. As a result of the shock, I jerked up in the chair. They also slapped my face. I don't how many times they slapped me, but I could hardly see straight during the shock sessions.

On the evening of the 19^th, the police sent me to the First Lockup Office in Qiqihar City. They continued to torture and punish me, attempting to extract a confession out of me. Two days later, the Anshun Road Police Station in Longsha District, Qiqihar City interrogated me. They handcuffed me to the tiger bench. One policeman force-fed me liquor [note: The practice of Falun Gong requires practitioners to refrain from drinking alcohol]. You could hear screams of pain coming from practitioners in the opposite room being tortured by the "Great Hanging."

On the 20^th, officers from the Longsha Police Station Squadron #4 came to interrogate me. They tortured me with the "Great Hanging" again. My hands were separately handcuffed and I was hung from two iron rings in the wall. They tied my feet with rope, and three policemen hung me up. I was hung up for an entire day.

Even six months later, I still cannot pick anything up with either of my hands. To just wash my hair and my clothes, I have to have help from fellow practitioners. Among the people who tortured me, there was one called "Bureau Chief Yan," as well as people from the Political Defense branch of the Tiefeng Police Station. There are others whose names I cannot recall, but I can still recognize them when I see their faces.

The phone numbers of the offices responsible:

Qiqihar Municipal Public Security Bureau Assistant Commissioner, Zhang Weiping: 86-452-2468283 (Office) 86-452-2427766 (Home) 86-13514680002 (Cell phone)

#2 lockup Manager Lin: 86-452-2710041
#1 lockup office: 86-452-2632347

The Zhengyang Police Station in Longsha District: 86-452-2425078

The surname of the manager is Zhang, the political instructor is Sun, and the person who handles the cases is Zhao Shimin (this person is extremely evil).

May 19, 2005

Inside Zhuzhou (Baimalong) Women's Forced Labor Camp in Hunan Province, the persecutors tortured me with several of the torture methods at their disposal: "Five Horses Splitting the Body," "Up in the Air," "Modeling in the Air," etc. They were part of the so-called: "Educate and Save," "Re-Educate and Re-Save" and "Ideological Education Like Spring Showers and Breezes" programs initiated by the purportedly lenient policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

I started to practice Falun Gong in January 23, 1999. Simply because I believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," I have faced continuous persecution for the past five years, since the persecution of Falun Gong began in July 1999. In November 1999, the authorities in my work unit dismissed me from my position, stopped my salary, and illegally detained me in an office for two weeks; during this time they attempted to brainwash me. At the end of 2000, after I wrote to them to clarify the truth, telling them about my own cultivation experiences and feelings, these persecutors punished me by forcing me to sign-in and sign-out at work. They also dismissed me from my position as Team Leader of the Mathematics Teaching Team. At that time, I was teaching eight classes, which meant twenty-four sessions a week. The compensation for such a heavy workload was about 10,000 yuan. Yet, just because I practiced Falun Gong, the persecutors in my work unit withheld the money and failed me in the year-end evaluation.

On February 28, 2001, the persecutors arrested me and sent to into a "Legal System Study Session" (a brainwashing session) in Furong District, Changsha City. I was detained in the brainwashing center, and 4,500 yuan per month was extorted from me (my work unit also had the same amount extorted from them). My salary was withheld once more during this detention.

Under the influence of the slanderous brainwashing materials and various pressures, I was confused and gave in to their demands to write a renunciation of Falun Gong, which I regretted greatly afterwards. The managers of my work unit used my case as their "success story" to show off to others. In an attempt to rectify my mistake, I wrote a statement declaring that the Guarantee Statement I had written was null and void. I submitted my declaration directly to the highest levels managers at my school. On September 13, 2001, people from both the school's security office and Wulipai Police Station ransacked my home and detained me for fifteen days under the fabricated charge of "Disturbing Social Order." When I was released, the persecutors again sent me to the Furong District Brainwashing Center. They detained me in a room equipped with a bathroom (about 200 square feet) and had someone constantly monitor me. I was only allowed to go out when I was buying food. Threats and pressure were also applied regarding various aspects of my life. After I was detained there for ten months, my school transferred me to the Zhuzhou Women's Forced Labor Camp Brainwashing Center for another month of incarceration. After that, I was transferred back to the Furong District Brainwashing Center. Two months later, the persecutors sent me once more to the Zhuzhou Women's Forced Labor Camp. They sentenced me to a one-year term without going through any legal procedures.

From November 5, 2002 to January 31, 2004, I led an inhuman life inside the forced labor camp. Practitioners detained in this labor camp were put in three groups: Group 7-1, 7-2, and 7-3. Group 7-1 is the "Brainwashing and Reforming" group, in which the collaborators try to brainwash the practitioners. Group 7-2 detains practitioners who remain firm in their beliefs after going through the brainwashing in Group 7-1. The persecutors force the practitioners in Group 7-2 to obey all rules and regulations of the labor camp and forbid them from practicing the Falun Gong exercises. With any disobedience at all, practitioners from Group 7-2 are sent to Group 7-3, which is also known as the "Strictly Controlled Group." In Group 7-3, persecutors torture the practitioners brutally with various methods and try to force them to write Guarantee Statements.

On the third day after I arrived at the labor camp, the persecutors forbade me to sleep (I was in Group 7-1). During the daytime, collaborators would try to brainwash me; during the night, other inmates monitored me, not even allowing me to blink my eyes. If I did blink my eyes, they would pour a mentholated liquid medicine over my face. I was forced to stand or sit all night long each night. After fourteen days of that, I was allowed to sleep for two hours per night. After being deprived of sleep for such a long time, sleeping for only two hours made me fell horrible. I was tortured like this for eighteen days. The guards of the labor camp link the sentences of the inmates monitoring the Falun Gong practitioners to the results of how well those they are responsible for "reformed." In order to gain earlier releases, those inmates subjected the practitioners to cruel torture.

Eventually, I was sent to the "Strictly Controlled Group" three different times. The first time was in mid-March 2003. Because I refused to admit I was a criminal and therefore refused to participate in the labor, my persecutors forced me to stand facing a wall from 6:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. each day, during which time I was only allowed a five-minute break to eat my meals. I was tortured like this for 8 days. Next, the "Strictly Controlled Group" persecutors handcuffed me and hung me by the handcuffs for six days and six nights. Sometimes the handcuffs cut into my wrists, and only my toes touched the floor. They also forced me to stand absolutely straight for several days and nights -- they called this "Modeling." The persecutors also put small stools between my arms and my waist.

The second time was on June 24, 2003. Because I had not given in during the previous torture sessions, the guards went wild this time. First they tortured me with two electric batons for an entire day. While one recharged, they would use the other one to shock me. Next, they hung me up by handcuffs attached to my wrists and forced me into different positions.

In "Five Horses Splitting the body," I was forced to stand on a stool while three or four persecutors put handcuffs on my wrists and stretched my arms straight out in opposite directions, and then attached the handcuffs to something to keep them there. Then they would take the stool out from under my feet. Because my entire body weight was rested on my outstretched arms and wrists, the handcuffs pulled so hard that they cut into my wrists, causing them to bleed. This really did feel like "Five Horses Splitting the Body."

In "Hanging in the Air," they secured my upper arms and then pulled me up into the air so that all of my body's weight pulled against my upper arms and shoulders. This caused horrible pain across the chest.

In "Modeling in the Air," they held my wrists with handcuffs and then put my feet on two legs of an upturned stool. The tips of the stool's legs were tiny, and when my entire body weight pressed my feet against them, falling totally onto these two small round leg-bottoms, it caused excruciating pain to the soles of my feet. Even after two stools were broken by doing this, I still did not give in to the torture.

I was handcuffed and hung up in every one of these positions for between half a day and a day at a time, being released only for five to ten minutes while eating. The handcuffs were not removed even when I used the restroom. While I was being subjected to these tortures, the persecutors played audio and videotapes of programs slandering Falun Gong. During that period, I was allowed to sleep for only three or four hours.

This torture lasted for forty days. By the end of it, I could neither move my arms nor take care of myself. During the hot summer weather, I was unable to wash myself or brush my teeth for more than ten days. Knowing that they could no longer torture my arms and hands, the persecutors moved to targeting my legs and feet. They forced me to kneel on the ground and then used torture methods directed at my legs and feet.

Because I knew that they had gone too far, I began a hunger strike, refusing all food and water. For the first four days of my hunger strike, they continued to punish me as before. After four days, they turned to force-feeding. Three or four people would push me to the floor (sometimes there would be a mat on the floor, sometimes it would be bare). They held my hands and feet, pinched my nose and pried open my mouth so that they could force-feed me through a tube. Within a few days, my nose and mouth were badly injured. My hunger strike lasted for about six months; from August 4, 2003 to January 31, 2004, when I was released.

Because I was not allowed to take showers or brush my teeth during the heat of summer for more than forty days, and also because of the poor hygienic conditions there, my body became covered with blisters, which came out layer after layer for over six months. Some people said these sores were scabies; they were extremely itchy, and pus oozing from them often stuck to my clothes. My term was due to end on December 14, 2003, but on December 16, 2003, I was sent back to the "Strictly Controlled Group," where I was detained for forty-five more days before my release.

On January 31, 2004, when I was finally released, some people from my school took me back to a brainwashing center, where three people monitored me around the clock. Other people would come to brainwash me at different times. I was detained and tortured like that for six months. In July and August of 2004, I was forced to do physical labor in an experimental garden while three people monitored me. In September 2004, I went back to my own work, but I was still being monitored.

I went through various forms of torture during the past five years. For more than three of these years I completely lost all my freedom; during this time my salary was completely cut off. The persecutors used a multitude of torture methods on me while they had me in the forced labor camp. These tortures were forced on me under the so-called: "Educate and Save," "Re-Educate and Re-Save" and "Ideological Education like the Spring Showers and Breezes" programs of the CCP. The tortures go against all fundamental moral values and the very conscience of human beings and the laws that govern us.

In the most difficult days, I had only one thought in my mind. It was this: In this world and this cosmos, if I cannot have righteous thoughts and speak the truth, I would rather disappear into the cosmos. Truth and gods do exist. With my righteous belief in Falun Gong I survived, much to everyone's surprise at the labor camp.

Instructor Li Jiezhi, Secretary Li Yuhong, Instructor Li Wei; Squadron Commander Dong Yujiang, Prison Instructor Wang He and others from the First Supervision Area of Mudanjiang Jail in Heilongjiang Province directed Liu Lijun, a robber and convicted murderer who now has two years of his sentence left to serve, to carry out intense persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

Because of strong support from jail and prison instructors in this supervision area, criminal Liu cruelly beat practitioners Mr. Yang Xiaoguang, Mr. Sun Rongxiao, and Mr. Liu Guolai. Liu beat Mr. Yang until he was bleeding from his nose and mouth, his face was distorted from the swelling, and his mouth was so injured that he was unable to eat. Mr. Liu Guolai was beaten until his eye sockets were black. He had three broken ribs, and he was unable to get up from the ground. Mr. Sun suffered from a merciless beating for four days. His face was deformed from the beating. After two days, Mr. Sun, who is over 50, was beaten again. He was beaten until he couldn't get up from the ground.

Less than a month after the 2005 Chinese New Year, Liu was more rampant than ever in attack practitioners, but he continued to do so with blessings from the jail authorities. Liu dared to do this because he was incited to do so by the jail officials, the area magistrate of the First Supervision Area, and the prison instructors.

During the first ten days of December 2004, Li Jiezhi, Li Yuhong, Li Wei, Dong Yujiang, Wang He and other prison guards in the First Supervision Area assembled more than 30 criminals to carry out the persecution of four practitioners in this area. They assigned four criminals to each practitioner to act as watchdogs, taking shifts to monitor the practitioners 24-hours a day. If a practitioner did not write a "guarantee letter," they would torture the practitioner by depriving him of sleep, forcing him to straighten his back and sit on a board cross-legged, covering his eyes with pieces of paper, violent beatings, and other methods. Squadron Commander Dong Yujiang told these criminals, "No matter what methods you use, that will be right as long as you are able to make them write the 'four statements'." Secretary Li Yuhong said, "This work is directly related to the percentage of your jail sentence that can be commuted upon review." Prison guard Wang He said, "Punish them for me. I will take responsibility if there is a problem."

Poisoned with propaganda, threatened and enticed by promises by these Chinese Communist Party government personnel, the criminals aggressively persecuted practitioners. In secret these criminals told practitioners about their predicament, "If we don't persecute you, they will punish us. We want to go home, so we have to follow what the jail instructors say. If they tell us to beat you, we have to beat you. All of us know you are good people and did not commit any crimes, but this tactic is used to persecute good people across the country. We do not have any other choice. Otherwise, we will not have any good days."

The First Supervision Area in Mudanjiang Jail:
Instructor Li Jiezhi, badge number: 2306301
Secretary Li Yuhong, badge number: 2306321
Instructor Li Wei, badge number: 2306268
Squadron Commander Dong Yujiang, badge number: 2306265
Prison Instructor Wang He, badge number: 2306263

Thirty-eight year-old robber and convicted murderer Liu Lijun, whose death sentence was originally postponed, now has just a two-year prison term remaining.

Mr. Zhang Wei, about 36, used to live in Shenyang City, Shenhe District, Wencui Road south of the Military Main Hospital. In 2001, he went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop persecuting Falun Gong and was sentenced to six months in prison. He was released one month early. He returned to work for a few months in 2002. In six months, he was going to receive his doctorate degree. One day his work place asked him to pick up money at the finance and accounting department, and he was never seen again. His whereabouts are still unknown,

Ms. Li Ruihuan, 60, is from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. She used to live at Huaxing plot No. 42-5-301. On January 13, 2002, she went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong and has vanished. Her whereabouts are unknown.

Ms. Wang Guihuan is a practitioner from Tianmen City, Hubei Province. She was brutally persecuted by members of Tianmen City 610 Office. Even her family participated in abusing her. She disappeared in 2003, and there has been no news about her since then.

Ms. Jiang Xiuxiang, 41, is practitioner from Rongcheng City, Shandong Province. After July 20, 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal twice. The first time the police arrested and mercilessly beat her. They detained her in the Renhe hotel. In May 2005, she went to appeal for the second time, but the police arrested her on her way to Beijing. She was held at the detention center for 46 days and was brutally tortured. Ms. Jiang didn't give up cultivation and refused to write the Three Statements. She was then sent to a mental hospital. Later her family paid a fine and brought her home. The authorities wanted to send her to a forced brainwashing center. In order to avoid further persecution, Ms. Jiang was forced to leave home. Her whereabouts are unknown. Ms. Jiang has two daughters. Her older daughter is 18 years old and a high school student. Her younger daughter is 11 years old and living with her aunt.

Ms. Yu Lan, 75 years old, was from Qingdao City, Shandong Province. Ms. Yu started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. All her diseases were cured because of the practice. Ms. Yu was illiterate, but after she started practicing, she was able to read the book Zhuan Falun without difficulties. Her mind and body were purified. In December 1999, after Jiang's regime banned Falun Gong, Ms. Yu and her three daughters traveled to Beijing to appeal to the government for the right to practice and to appeal for Falun Gong. The police there arrested them and the Qingdao Sifang District Police Department took them back to Qingdao. Ms. Yu and her three daughters were imprisoned in a police station. Ms. Yu became very ill after she was released. She died on March 28, 2000.

Mr. Liang Guangqing was 71 years old. He was a retiree from the Jianwu Company in Gansu Province. Mr. Liang became healthy after he began to practice Falun Gong. On February 12, 2000, the police from the Tianshui City Police Department arrested him during a group Fa study session. The police imprisoned and tortured Mr. Liang in the Tianshui City Luergou prison. The police released him after he paid a 2,000 yuan fine. The police frequently visited Mr. Liang's home to harass and threaten him. On January 19, 2004, as a result of the persecution, he passed away.

Mr. Ji Keyu was a 66 years old practitioner from Hengyang City, Hunan Province. Mr. Ji started practicing Falun Gong in 2004 and his illnesses improved significantly. Yang Lixin and other staff members of the National Security Unit, Hengyang City Police Department Yancheng Branch, arrested Mr. Ji's son, also a practitioner, at his work. They were on their way to ransack Mr. Ji's home when Mr. Ji's son escaped with righteous thoughts. After the escape, plainclothes policemen and others affiliated with Yang often harassed and persecuted Mr. Ji's family. The persecution intensified during the holidays. Mr. Ji was highly stressed for a long period of time, to the point where he could not even sleep peacefully. He often woke up at night, feeling scared. Mr. Ji's only son couldn't take care of him. Constant stress caused Mr. Ji's health to worsen. He died on May 14, 2005, and his son couldn't attend his funeral. Many of Mr. Ji's friends recognized the CCP's involvement in his persecution and death.

Ms. Yuan Meixiang was 56 years old. She used to work at the Zijiang Pesticide Company in Shaoyang City, Hunan Province. Her family lived in the dorm of the Zijiang Pesticide Company in Longshutang Office, Shuangqing District, Shaoyang City. Ms. Yuan went to a practitioner's home in June 2000, where the police arrested and imprisoned her. On the night of September 19, 2002, the police came to her home. They confiscated her personal property, arrested her again and took her to a prison for forced brainwashing. After Ms. Yuan was released from prison, the police and others from the 610 Office often came to her home and harassed her. They wanted her to stop practicing Falun Gong. Because of the harassment and persecution, she became severely ill and died on May 19, 2005.

Mr. Xu Huatang, 72 years old, was from Yongxing County, Hunan Province. Xu was the director of the County Agricultural Bureau. In 1994, after he retired, he began to practice Falun Gong. After Jiang's regime began to persecute Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, the county 610 Office, the police department, the Chengguan town Agricultural Bureau, and the local police station harassed him frequently and forced him to pay a 1,060 yuan fine. They demanded that he renounce Falun Gong, took money from his retirement pension, and forced him to report to the County Agricultural Bureau and Police Station frequently. Mr. Xu was monitored and harassed for a long period of time and, as a result, died on March 4, 2004.

Ms. Du Chunlan was a 72 year old practitioner from Yongxing County, Hunan Province. Ms. Du went to Beijing in 2000 to appeal for justice for Falun Gong and was imprisoned for 15 days. They forced her to pay a 10,000 yuan fine. Ms. Du was persecuted over a long period of time. The county 610 Office monitored, harassed and brainwashed her. She died on January 17, 2005.

Ms. Wei Lianying, 83 years old, was from Zhangshu City, Jiangxi Province. Ms. Wei lived with her daughter. After July 20, 1999, the resident committee imprisoned her for over 20 days. Ms. Tu Meihua, Ms. Wei's daughter, refused to renounce Falun Gong. Ms. Tu was imprisoned and her household property confiscated. Ms. Wei was traumatized. On December 10, 2004, the police arrested Ms. Tu and ransacked her home again. Ms. Wei went into shock, and her previous heart condition recurred. She died on January 18, 2005.

Ms. Zhang Yunzhi, 78 years old, was from Fanjiatun, Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province. Ms. Zhang started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. Because they were under constant pressure due to the persecution, her family was afraid to becoming involved. They believed the CCP's propaganda and slandered Falun Gong. Ms. Zhang's family and the police threatened her and caused her tremendous trauma and pressure. She died on April 17, 2002.

Ms. Liu Fengqin, over 60 years old, was from Fanjiatun, Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province. Ms. Liu was suffering from the after effects of brain thrombosis. After she started to practice Falun Gong in 1996, she became healthy and could easily move around again. After the persecution started on July 20, 1999, the police came many times to her home to harass her. Ms. Liu was traumatized. Her brain thrombosis recurred and she died in the fall of 2000.

Ms. Zou Yunqin, 61 years old, was a practitioner from Wujintun, Taolaizhao Town, Fuyu County, Jilin Province. Because of the persecution, the authorities harassed and hassled Ms. Zou and her family. Zou died in 2003.

Ms. Su Yawen, 61 years old, was a practitioner from Benxi City, Liaoning Province. She started practicing Falun Gong in October 1994. After July 20, 1999, Ms. Su went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. She was twice imprisoned and suffered deeply as a result of the persecution. She lost the environment to practice Falun Gong. In 2003, Ms. Su became paralyzed from a brain hemorrhage and died on February 6 of 2005.

Mr. Fu Yongliang was from Huayuan Village, Yahe Township, Xiuyan County, Liaoning Province. On November 2000, the police from the county political security division beat him and imprisoned him for 15 days. In 2001, the police took Mr. Fu to Anshan City for forced brainwashing. Under the yearlong mental pressure, Mr. Fu died suddenly in 2002. His 80-year old parents were left without anyone to take care of them. His father died soon thereafter.

Mr. Wang Fengyi, 68 years old, was from Taliu Village, Hartao Town, Fuxin County, Liaoning Province. Local officials often came to his house to harass and threaten him. Mr. Wang died on February 17, 2005.

Ms. Fang Yuzhen, 79 years old, was from Yushu City, Jilin Province. Fang's illnesses were cured after she started practicing Falun Gong. After July 20, 1999, Ms. Fang's son Mr. Liu Yan, who was a practitioner from Qing'an County, Heilongjiang Province, died because of the persecution. Ms. Fang's daughter was sent to a forced labor camp and was under tremendous pressure. On May 11, 2004, the police from Qing'an County, Heilongjiang Province, confiscated Teacher's lecture tapes that were in Ms. Fang's daughter's home. Ms. Fang died on March 5, 2005, because of the persecution.

Ms. Ye Yuzhen, 65 years old, was from Fuyang City, Zhejiang Province. Ms. Ye suffered from terminal stage lung cancer. She was cured after she started practicing Falun Gong. After the persecution started on July 20, 1999, Ms. Ye traveled to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. The local police brought her back to Fuyang and imprisoned her for 2 weeks. Ms. Ye was then transferred to a brainwashing center. Because she was monitored, threatened and harassed, she was unable to do the exercises and study the Falun Gong teachings on a regular basis. Her old disease recurred and she died in January of 2005.

Ms. Dong Linrong, 73 years old, was a practitioner in Fuyang, Zhejiang Province. Ms. Dong was handicapped before she practiced Falun Gong. She looked pale and sickly. Ms. Dong started to practice Falun Gong in August 1997. Her festering leg wounds were cured after she had suffered for several decades. After the persecution started in 1999, Ms. Dong clarified the truth about Falun Gong. Therefore, the local police arrested her. The police came frequently to her home, confiscated her property and threatened her family. Even Ms. Dong's relatives were implicated in the persecution. Ms. Dong was harassed for a long time and suffered because of the pressure from her family and from the authorities. She was mentally traumatized. She became semi-paralyzed in September 2004 and died in March 2005.

1. [Ningxia City, Gansu Province] Update on the Brutal Torture of Mr. Ma Zhiwu in the Mahu Prison

In 2001, the police sentenced Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ma Zhiwu from Ningxia City to three years of forced labor. Mr. Ma and other practitioners went on a hunger strike to protest their detention. As a result, his detention term was extended to eight years. At present, Mr. Ma is being held at the Guanmahu Prison in Ningxia City. Mr. Ma insisted on studying the Falun Gong books, doing the exercises, sending forth righteous thoughts and clarifying the truth about Falun Gong in the prison. Many inmates understood the truth and even started practicing Falun Gong. They read Falun Gong books and do the exercises every day. Because of Mr. Ma was steadfast in his belief, the police in the prison took revenge on him. They put dozens of pounds of handcuffs and shackles on him and relentlessly tortured him. Due to the torture, Mr. Ma is extremely weak.

On the evening of May 19, 2005, "610 Office" personnel arrested practitioner Ms. Liu Xiaoling from Jiaxing City and ransacked her home. They confiscated a computer, a printer, a large number of Falun Gong books and truth-clarifying materials. Ms. Liu is now being held at a detention center.

On May 15, 2005, "610 Office" personnel in the Jianghan District arrested practitioner Ms. Ye Chunfeng from Wuhan City. According to eyewitnesses, more than ten policemen took part in the arrest. At present, Ms. Ye is being held at the notorious Erdaopeng Brainwashing Center in the Jianghan District. Since her arrest, Ms. Ye has been on a hunger strike.

Practitioner Mr. Li Jiwang from Yushu City, Jilin Province is being held at the Jiutai City Forced Labor Camp, Jilin Province. A month ago it was heard that Mr. Li had been tortured to the point of suffering a stroke. The forced labor camp authorities notified his family to pick him up, but the Yushu City police officials refused to sign the release permit. In spite of his condition, Mr. Li is still being held at the forced labor camp.

Practitioner Ms. Du Yunhong from Dalianwan Town, Dalian City works at the Environment Hygiene Department at the Dalian City Port. On March 31, 2005, police in a Dalianwan Town Border Station arrested her again for her clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. The police first put her in the City Yaojia Detention Center. Then in early May, they transferred her to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.

The Dalianwan Town Border Police Station:

Zhang Jian, chief, 86-13942691111 (cell)
Miao Zhuang, political head, 86-13052729017 (cell)
Li Maohai, recorder, 86-13322210158 (cell)

On May 4, 2005, the police arrested practitioners Zhao Facheng and Ren Zhifang from Laizhou City for distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials and put them in the City Detention Center.

The Laizhou City Detention Center: 86-535-2212856

Ms. Tan Lingfang, 56 years old, is a retired employee from the Power Supply Administration Bureau in Kunming City, Yunnan Province. Personnel from the Human Resource Department in her work unit and from the National Security Team constantly harass her and do not let her practice. She kept on clarifying the truth about Falun Gong by mail. On around April 20, 2005, the police arrested her. The police didn't go through any legal procedures but directly put her in prison.

At the end of April 2005, Ms. Liu Lianxiang, an employee from the Henan Province Petroleum Field, was arrested when distributing truth-clarifying materials in the Petroleum Construction Factory's residential area. She is being held at the detention center affiliated with the Tanghe County Police Department.

On around May 10, 2005, the police arrested practitioner Mr. Ma Gang, an employee of the Fine Chemical Factory of the Petroleum Field, when he was clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. At present, he is being held at the No.1 Detention Center in Nanyang City.

Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Gao Fen and Ms. Zhu Li are being detained at the Qingdao City Dashan Detention Center. Ms. Gao has been sentenced to four years in prison and has appealed. Ms. Wang Yubao is incarcerated at the Jiaozhou City Detention Center and her case is on appeal. Policemen won't allow her family to see her.

Ms. Liu Zhenjun is from Shazikou Town, the Laoshan District, Qingdao City. On May 13, 2005, she was arrested for distributing truth-clarifying materials and sentenced to two years of forced labor. It is reported that she has been sent to the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp.

In December 2004, the local police arrested Mr. Ma Zhiyuan from Taiyuan City for distributing truth-clarifying materials and detained him for 50 days at a forced labor camp. Later, his work unit, the Zhongbei University, bailed him out. He was sentenced to two years of forced labor but detention was to be carried out outside the prison, so he went back to work. Personnel from the Taiyuan City "610 Office," however, often came to harass him. They demanded that he contact other practitioners through the Internet. He refused. Then the "610 Office" ordered him to report to their office. In order to avoid additional persecution, Ma Zhiyuan has left home.

On April 12, 2005, policemen in the Baiyun District, Guiyang City arrested Ms. Guo Yongfeng because of her determination to practice Falun Gong and to clarify the truth. The police confiscated all of her Falun Gong books. Ms. Guo has been sentenced to two years of forced labor. She is incarcerated at the Guizhou Province Women's Detention Center.

On April 15, 2005, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Yunyi, from the Fuling District of Chongqing, received a seven-year prison sentence from the Fuling District Court. He appealed the illegal sentence. Mr. Li was arrested in the early morning of August 20, 2004, when he and another practitioner went to the home of a fellow practitioner in the Dadukou District, Chongqing. The police officers waiting there hit Li Yunyi with a shovel, causing a serious injury. He was then taken to the Fuling District Detention Center.

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Practitioner Ms. Su Yiwen, 37, lives in Jinzhou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province. In January 2000, Su Yiwen was illegally sent to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp because he practiced Falun Gong. She was released on medical parole in May 2000. On April 22, 2002, Su Yiwen was abducted and sentenced to three years of forced labor. Ms. Su was sent to the Women's Second Division of the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Due to long-term torture, Su Yiwen lost her memory, showed symptoms of heart disease, and had trouble breathing. In July 2004, authorities from the Women's Second Division announced at a meeting that Su Yiwen and three other steadfast practitioners were being arrested. The four practitioners were handcuffed and taken away. The current whereabouts of Su Yiwen are unknown.

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On January 10, 2005, practitioner Wu Junde was reported to the police while distributing truth clarification materials with fellow practitioners. Officers from the Pingluo Police Station in the Yuhong District of Shenyang City arrested them. Wu Junde was brutally tortured and sent to a hospital. More than 20 days later he was arrested again and sent to the Yuhong Detention Center. He was sentenced to 18 months of forced labor, and his sentence was later extended to two years. He is currently being held at the Shenxin Forced Labor Camp, where he has been holding a hunger strike for one week.

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My name is Zheng Shaozhen and I am a practitioner from Linghai City, Liaoning Province. At 8:00 p.m. on April 2, 2004, officers from Linghai City Police Department broke into my home and took me to the police station. They later sent me to a custody center and didn't allow me to use the toilet while I was detained. I held a hunger strike to protest the persecution. They force-fed me half a bowl of milk. I had a severe stomachache afterward and vomited everything. Later, they sent another practitioner and me to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, but I didn't pass the physical exam. I was then taken back to the detention center, but the authorities there also refused to take me. They sent me to the Linghai City Hospital, where I stayed under police watch for four days. On the morning of December 7, the police went to my eight-year-old daughter's school to harass her. They went to my home the next day to harass me.

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Wang Xinfeng, 68, is a practitioner from Baogezhuang Village, Rizhuang Town, Laixi City, Shandong Province. In November 1999 she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and was arrested and returned to her hometown, where she was detained and tortured for 18 days. On May 13, 2004, officers from the Rizhuang Town Police Station broke into Wang Xinfeng's home. They took her to the Laixi Custody Center and held her there for ten days. They then sent her to Xinzhuang Brainwashing Center in Laixi City. Because of the brutal torture, she could not take care of herself and could not do the exercises or study the Fa on a regular basis. As a result, her health deteriorated.

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