The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong -- January 20, 2006

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

My name is Qu Wenting. I am a 52-year-old woman who lives in Xituan Village in Dongchengfang Town, Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province. Several years ago, almost every part of my body was dysfunctional. I was paralyzed and bedridden. I could not get out of bed for six months. My husband had to turn me over in bed. My family life was very difficult. Through practicing Falun Gong, however, I became healthy and could do almost any kind of work. I used to have a bad temper. After studying Falun Gong, I conducted myself according to Falun Gong's requirements. My temperament improved and my family life became harmonious.

At around 8:00 p.m. on November 24, 2005, four men wearing police uniforms, carrying electric batons barged into my home. I asked, "What are you here for?" A tall policeman said, "None of your business!" I said, "You are trespassing by breaking into a private home!" I asked them to show their IDs. The tall officer said, "Don't you know why we are here, since we are already in here? We don't need to have an ID to deal with people like you!"

They went through things inside my home and I couldn't stop them. They found a recorder, two copies of the book Zhuan Falun, two exercise cassettes, one music tape and several copies of Teacher's articles. They asked me, "Do you practice Falun Gong?" I said, "Yes. I practice because I was sick." They said, "Don't explain it to us, tell it to our superiors." They pulled me up and tried to make me go with them. I refused. Officer He Xuejian kicked me with his boots, and another officer dragged me into a minibus. They flung the door to my home open and left it open when we departed. I was pushed into the minibus wearing thin clothes and thin cotton slippers.

I tried to get off the minibus at the police division, but they pulled me back inside. Six arrested people from my village including myself were on this minibus. We were taken to the Dongchengfang Police Department and locked in the office. They illegally interrogated the six of us during the night. He Xuejian and Wang Zengjun interrogated me. He Xuejian said, "You better behave or I'll poke you with electric batons!" He brandished an electric baton in front of me and hit my lower back and legs twice with the electric baton. I couldn't stand up and squatted on the floor. He yanked me up and slapped my face twice with his right hand. I saw stars and my head became numb. Blood seeped out of the corner of my mouth.

While He Xuejian was hitting me Wang Zengjun said, "Give her a good beating! No one will have to pay for a life like hers if we beat her to death." Wang Zengjun demanded, "Who else practices Falun Gong in your village?" I said, "No one." He Xuejian slapped my face twice again. He kept on slapping my face and kicking my pelvis with his boots. After the interrogation they forced me to sign a document. I'm illiterate so I didn't know what the document said. Later I learned that the fabricated document stated I had I said more than 30 people practice Falun Gong in my village. After word got out, many people in my village no longer trusted me. It was past midnight by the time I returned to the office. Practitioner Ms. Liu Jizhi was not there. When Liu Jizhi finally returned she said to me, "These people are beasts, and He Xuejian is a pervert." I thought, "That's impossible." I immediately said to her, "Don't casually say things like that. We are old and He Xuejian is about our children's age. We are Falun Gong practitioners. We shouldn't let them spread rumors about our words." The rest of the other practitioners came back at about 3:00 a.m. I sent forth righteous thoughts all night to eliminate the evil.

At 9:00 a.m. on November 25 my family brought me breakfast. Before I could finish eating, they made us clean the room, mop the floor, sweep the yard and clean the windows until lunchtime. Before we could finish eating lunch, they again forced us to clean the place and the car. He Xuejian knew that I was illiterate. He said to me, "So you can't stand up? That's OK because I'll let you do some work that won't require you to stand up." He ordered me to pick up cigarette butts all over the courtyard and threatened to beat me if I refused. He said, "Don't you dare talk back to me. Do as I said! Count it after you finish. If you are one [cigarette butt] short, I'll slap your face." As he was smoking, he deliberately threw the cigarette butts far away from him and ordered me to pick them up, pile them together and count them. He said, "If you make a mistake counting them, I'll stab you with my electric baton!"

One woman who was a cook in the cafeteria could not stand watching it any longer. She confronted He Xuejian. He Xuejian said, "They have to do exactly as I tell them! I dare them to disobey! I'll beat them up if they don't listen to me!" He sat on a chair, crossed his legs and laughed heartily. I saw that he was indeed crooked, so I asked for Teacher's help to give him retribution. He suddenly darted forward from his chair and fell below the steps. He got up and he was frightened, but he tried to reassure himself by saying, "I'm not afraid." He made us work.

As I was sitting down after I did the work, He Xuejian called Liu Jizhi to his room. About thirty minutes later Liu Jizhi came out. She fell into my arms, cried and shouted, "Aunt [in China, a courteous way to address women of older age], I don't want to live!" I asked, "What happened?" She said, "He Xuejian raped me." I couldn't believe my ears. I asked her once more, "Really? He did this do you?" She said, "Yes it's true!" She again held me and cried. She said, "If not for Teacher saying suicide is wrong, I would have thrown myself against the table and killed myself right there." I was so anguished I also cried. Liu Jizhi said, "You have to be careful!"

He Xuejian then took Han Yuzhi away. I was really worried and begged Wei Baoliang and Wang Helin, "You go stop him! He did this to Liu Jizhi. Han Yuzhi is younger than Liu Jizhi; it's not good!" They hesitated, stood up and sat back down. After a long time, Han Yuzhi came back. Her face was red and she didn't say anything. She only shed tears. He Xuejian again called her away. I was exasperated and I stroked my hands against each other. I looked out from the window and saw Han Yuzhi working.

At around 5:00 p.m. Han Yuzhi's husband Liu Jianzeng took her away. Wei Baoliang was bailed out, and Jia Yanzhi escaped. Jia Yanzhi was arrested when visiting a Falun Gong practitioner. Liu Jizhi, Wang Helin and I stayed in the small office. It was cold in the evening. At around 10:00 p.m. Wang Zengjun called Liu Jizhi and me to go to he and He Xuejan's dorm room. There were two single beds in the dorm room, separated by a table in the middle. He Xuejian was lying in one bed. They told Liu Jizhi and me to stay overnight near the table. Liu Jizhi and I saw that they had ill intentions, so we ran back to the office. He Xuejian tried to grab me but he missed and cursed, "We let you stay here and you don't want to stay, stupid women!" I was wearing only one layer of thin clothing since the arrest. I was chilled and numb from the cold during the night in the office. It was so cold!

On the morning of November 26 my father-in-law, who is in his 70s, and my 18-year-old son borrowed 1,000 yuan after an entire night of going to different people. They were hopeful that they could bail me out. The political head Xing said 1,000 yuan was not enough! My son cried. I asked Chai Yuqiao, "How much money do you want?" Chai Yuqiao said, "What can I do with 1,000 yuan? Give me 3,000 yuan!" My head spun. I sat on the bed and couldn't move. At around 11:00 a.m. my son and father-in-law, practitioner Wang Helin's family and Liu Jizhi's father-in-law had raised 3,000 yuan and bailed us out.

I learned after I got home that it was very difficult for my family to get 3,000 yuan. 1,500 yuan was borrowed from Yue Guihe. He would use this money to buy feedstuffs. My family told him we would return the money after they bailed me out. Now that I'm free, how in the world will I pay back this money? My family was poor to begin with, and we are now almost destitute after several years of persecution, during which time arrests and "fines" have been commonplace.

Now, Song Xiaobin, Dongchengfang Town Political and Judiciary Committee, secretary Chai Yuqiao, General Politics Office head Wang Huiqi and others have entered Xituan Village. A group of patrol police are now in the village, too. They claimed that they would arrest the two victims who left home to avoid persecution, and two witnesses --Wang Helin and me. Anyone who provides hints leading to the arrest of any of the four of us will receive a 100,000 yuan reward.

I left home to avoid another arrest. Recently, the perpetrators threatened witness Wang Helin that they were going to send him to the Nanma Prison and then release him, so they could satisfy their superiors.

Mr. Du Anli was a teacher at the Liaoning Art Vocational College (formerly known as The Euro-American Art and Fashion Design College) in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. He was also a Falun Gong practitioner. Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp brutally tortured him for two years, causing his mental collapse. In June of last year, he was released from Shenxin Forced Labor Camp after being transferred there from Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp. Mr. Du is currently unable to work and unable to live a normal life due to the persecution.

On March 19, 2003, Suichuan Police in Heping District, Shenyang City, abducted Mr. Du because he was distributing truth-clarification materials near the Shenyang Cigarette Factory. The police held him at the Heping District Detention Center. Mr. Du refused to wear the prison uniform because he said he was not a criminal. The policemen ordered all other male prisoners to beat him. Much of his soft tissue was badly injured. Two weeks later, Mr. Du was transferred to Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp for further persecution.

On April 7, 2003, Mr. Du was put in the infamous Forced Brainwashing Center inside the Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp as soon as he arrived. Head policemen Shi Fengying and Song Baishun, along with two others, tied Mr. Du onto a rail between two beds, stripped him to his underwear and covered his head with his clothes. Then the policemen shocked him for several hours with eight high-voltage electric batons until the batteries ran out. His head, cheeks, lips, neck and chest suppurated and bled.

The policemen repeated the procedure on the same night with eight fresh electric batons. They only asked Mr. Du one question: would he be transformed or not? They shocked him again for several hours until the batteries ran out. Mr. Du's whole face was so badly swollen that he was hardly recognizable. The new wounds made his previous injuries even worse.

On the second night, the four policemen used the same torture method, each man holding two electric batons and shocking and burning him until the batteries ran out. They also forced him to watch the policemen shocking another practitioner with electric batons and to hear that practitioner's unbearable screaming. After this huge psychological trauma, Mr. Du collapsed mentally and he was unable to sleep at night.

In March 2005, Zhansghi Forced Labor Camp was shut down. Mr. Du and other practitioners were transferred to Shenxin Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang City. In June 2005, Shenxin Forced Labor Camp took the physically deteriorating Mr. Du to some hospitals for physical check-ups. In the end, Mr. Du was released from the labor camp due to his mental collapse.

After Mr. Du returned home, his condition didn't get any better. He is unable to work or live a normal life. Before the persecution, Mr. Du was a good teacher at the Liaoning Art and Vocational College. He was gentle and kind. He was a good father and husband at home, but this good citizen has suffered a mental breakdown as a result of torture.

Relevant information of the responsible personnel

Bureau of Justice

Zheng Chaoquan, Director General and Zhang Hongsheng, Deputy Director General: they are directly in charge of arranging for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Longshan Forced Labor Camp, Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp and Dongling Forced Labor Camps.

Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp

Ma, Head of the camp; Guan Feng and Zhang Yi, Deputy Heads; Cheng Diankun, Commissioner: they organize the tortures and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

Other relevant organizations where Mr. Du lives

Shisiweilu Police station, Heping District, Shenyang City: telephone: 24-23875271
Shisiweilu Community, Heping District
Residential area of Bureau of Forestry of Beiling, Huanggu District, Shenyang City
Suichuan Police Station, Heping District: 24-22823772

A paralyzed woman who lived in the countryside of Jilin Province miraculously recovered after practicing Falun Gong. However, she was cruelly tortured to death amidst the persecution.

Ms. Xia Yufang, 36 years old, lived at the Fourth Group, in Huadian Village, Huadian Town, Ji'an City, Jilin Province. Her entire body had been paralyzed since she was 20. She was bedridden and could not even move her teeth. Her body was reduced to skin and bones. The feces and urine she excreted were stuck to her body with nobody to assist her day to day living. Her back bone was rotten and filled with bed sores where maggots dwelled. In fact, she was very close to death, and the only thing she could do was wait to die, because it was physically impossible for her to commit suicide.

Xia Yongfang's parents were both over 70 years old and they were also seriously ill. Despite their illnesses, they still worked daily out on the farm. Her parents were already in a lot of debt from trying different methods to treat her illness. She had been suffering from severe physical hardships for as many as 13 years. By the time she learned Falun Gong, her family had already lost all hope for her.

Falun Gong was introduced to the family in 1997. Upon seeing the book Zhuan Falun, Xia Yongfang's face was full of tears. The book represented her life's hope.

In the beginning, Xia Yongfang asked others to hold the book for her to read. Later, she could move her arms and read the book by herself. Initially, her entire body could not move. Then she could turn over to read the book. Finally, she could sit up and read. When she could sit up, she started to learn the sitting meditation. Miracle after miracle occurred. Gradually, she could get off the bed, practice the standing exercises and take care of herself. She could also do some housework. Her parents' illnesses all disappeared too. The whole family was very grateful to Falun Gong.

In 1999, Jiang's regime and the CCP started the persecution of Falun Gong. Xia Yufang and her fellow practitioners wrote a long letter to Jiang Zemin. In the letter, they used their own experiences to describe the miracle and beauty of Falun Gong.

The appeal letter provoked the Tonghua Regional Police Department, County Police Department and local police station to ransack Xia Yongfang's home and confiscate her Falun Gong books. Xia Yongfang cried and told them of her changes after practicing Falun Gong. She also showed them the medical aid and the support stand she used for urinating when she was paralyzed.

In the latter days, with the CCP's frenzied persecution of Falun Gong, the local police unceasingly harassed her again and again, trying to force her to stop practicing Falun Gong. In 2003, her elderly mother was arrested for clarifying the truth of Falun Gong. Under the Jiang regime's continual and extensive harassment, and suffering deeply with the grief and indignation of her mother being persecuted, Xia Yongfang passed away at 5 p.m. on January 14, 2003 (lunar calendar).

On November 22, 2005, Masanjia Forced Labor Camp Division II brought more than 20 male policemen to torture women Falun Gong practitioners. These policemen were referred to as the labor camp's "Intensifying Team."

On November 18, 2005, most practitioners in Masanjia's Division II refused to wear the inmate clothing and resisted the persecution. The guards did not allow them to use the bathroom or let them eat. In the morning, officials and guards went cell-by-cell to confiscate all of the practitioners' belongings, leaving just blankets. Since the practitioners were not allowed go to the bathroom for two days and two nights, they had to use containers in their cells. The officials in turn laughed at them and humiliated them. Practitioners were allowed to eat only at noon on the third day.

On the fifth day (November 22), Division II brought in more than 20 male police officers. With electric batons and handcuffs, they dragged practitioners one by one to a centralized building. To force the practitioners to wear the inmate clothing, these officers tried every possible tactic including beating, threats, and enticements. Ms. Wu Lixia in Group 1 was the first taken away. When she entered the building, six male officers said nothing but started to beat her and kick her cruelly. One of their badge numbers is 2118674. After beating Ms. Wu, they forced her to wear the inmate clothing and hung her up onto the heating pipes. Ms. Wu was handcuffed behind her back and suspended for the entire night. On the second day, she could no longer walk, and others had to carry her on their backs. The guards eventually forced all the practitioners to wear the inmate clothing. There were practitioners who were brutally beaten in every group. For example, after several policemen beat Ms. Xu Shuying in Group 2, she was unable to get out the bed for a week. Practitioners Zou Xiuju and Liu Suwen in Group 5 and other practitioners in Groups 3 and 4 were also beaten. Their conditions remain unknown.

On December 7, all practitioners were ordered to sweep away the snow. When some practitioners refused, officials and guards dragged them downstairs. In Group 5, some practitioners did not go. Officers Zhou Qian, Xiang Kuili, Zhang Xiurong, and Zhang Chunguang went in, kicked the practitioners, dragged them, and cursed them. When Zhou Qian kicked Ms. Qiu Meiyan's leg, Ms. Qiu said, "How dare you kick me?" Zhou became furious, "Yes, I have kicked you and beaten you. And I think that is not enough." She then beat Ms. Qiu even harder.

The guards brought Ms. Qiu to the divisional office. Later, Zhang Chunguang pulled her hair and dragged her downstairs. Ms. Qiu was not wearing many clothes. Zhou and Zhang beat her, pinched her face, and slapped her in the face until it was swollen. The guards later forced her to stand outdoors in a cold place for a long time.

The guards also slapped Ms. Liu Suwen in the face. They dragged her as well as Ms. Zhou Jing downstairs and forced them to stand still, from 1:10 to 3:30. The guards also forced Ms. Sun Ping in Group 2 to stand still in the bathroom at noon every day. In Group 4, there were also practitioners who were forced to stand, but details remain unknown.

The guards in Masanjia Labor Camp beat and tortured practitioners like this at will. Above are just a few incidents that we witnessed, but there are many more that we do not know about. The guards took away all the paper and pens, and practitioners were not allowed to speak or write; therefore it is very difficult to write down what happened.

The address of Masanjia Labor Camp:
Masanjia Village of Masanjia Town in Yuhong District of Shenyang City, Zip code 110145
Director of Section II for Women Su Jing
Phone number: +86-24-89210822, 89212252, 89210454
Operator: +86-24-89210074
Deputy director Zhao Laixi: 13236642655, +86-24-89120908 (home);
Division II head Zhang Xiurong
Deputy head Zhou Qian
Leaders of various groups: Zhang Zhuohui, Wang Zhengli, Dai Yuhong, Lu Yaoqin, Wang Xueqiu, Ma Xiaodan;
Phone number for Division II: +86-24-89210074;
Phone number for Division I: +86-24-89210406;
Phone number for Division III: +86-24-89212252;

Some thugs involved:
From Chaoyang City: Gao Yuzhen, Wang Fenghua, Li Ziling;
From Benxi City: Wu Qiang, Zhang Yingzhi;
From Fuxin City: Bao Shuqin;
From Fushun City: Zeng Fanyu;
From Dalian City: Han Yan.

Ms. Niu Shoulan is a 61-year-old practitioner from Taiping Village, Shunyi District, Beijing. After receiving a false tip that Ms. Niu Shoulan distributed Falun Gong truth-clarification materials and practiced Falun Gong exercises in public with her non-practitioner younger sister and nephew, the Procuratorate and the people's court in Shunyi, Beijing, threatened to throw Ms. Niu's nephew into a forced labor camp. As a result, he wrote a statement with fabricated information, which they used as legal evidence to sentence Ms. Niu to three years in prison. The following is the truth about the false allegations.

Ms. Niu Shoulan's younger sister and nephew are not Falun Gong practitioners. In October 2004, Ms. Niu Shoulan, her sister, and her nephew went to relocate her mother's grave, but Mr. Shao Zhenhai, a security officer in Nanquan Village, reported to the police that he had witnessed them distributing Falun Gong truth-clarification materials and practicing Falun Gong exercises together. Nanfaxin Police Station, the nearest precinct to the cemetery, sent out several police cars to arrest Ms. Niu, her sister and her nephew and take them back to the police station for interrogation. Officers from the Renhe Police Station in Ms. Niu's area of residence illegally ransacked her home and confiscated several audiocassettes and VCDs. As for her sister, Fengbo Police Station in her precinct sent out officers to illegally search her home, confiscate her telephone book and take her non-practitioner husband into custody.

Ms. Niu refused to acknowledge all the false accusations and was released that same day. But a year later, Ms. Niu received a court summons from the Shunyi Procuratorate. It turned out that when the Shunyi Procuratorate originally failed to obtain any evidence for prosecution, they threatened Ms. Niu's nephew, "If you refuse to say your aunt distributed Falun Gong materials in writing, we will sentence you to serve time in the forced labor camp." Her nephew gave in to the threat and fabricated lies to avoid persecution. Normally Ms. Niu's son and daughter-in-law, who do not practice Falun Gong, treated Ms. Niu with filial piety, but they gave in to the Procuratorate's repeated telephone threats and brought Ms. Niu to the Procuratorate. In addition, they pressured her son and daughter-in-law to make her admit that the fabricated evidence was true. They said, "Her attitude is not good. We have to sentence her to two years in prison."

In November 2005, Ms. Jiang Jiayu from Shunyi People's Court summoned Ms. Niu Shoulan to appear in court. Ms. Jiang presented a statement written by her younger sister and called it a piece of "evidence," but Ms. Niu's sister had no knowledge of it. On December 21, 2005, Jiang Jiayu violated the law and sentenced Ms. Niu to three years in prison based on the fabricated evidence. Ms. Niu was then transferred to Nihe Detention Center in Shunyi for illegal detention.

Ms. Niu Shoulan's husband has been diagnosed with cancer and admitted to the hospital. Ms. Niu's son has been subjected to threats and pressure from these law enforcement officers for a long time. He tried to appease these so-called "public servants" by giving them gifts and fruit, but they continued to harass him. He finally gave in to the pressure and started to reproach and curse his own mother from time to time. Ms. Niu's two grandsons are now too frightened to answer any calls. Ms. Niu's nephew, after being forced to write a false statement about his aunt, is afraid to return home. Ms. Niu's harmonious family is now in turmoil and does not have a moment of peace.

Relevant Telephone Numbers:

Nanquan Village Committee (with Mr. Shao Zhenhai as the security officer): 86-10-69474545
Shunyi Precinct People's Court's Trial Court (led by Ms. Jiang Jiayu): 86-10-69444395
Shunyi Precinct Procuratorate: 86-10-81496807
Public Complaint: 86-10-81496809, 86-10-81496810, 86-10-81496812

[Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared recently on the Minghui.org website, the Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net]

In December 2004, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yu Shaoqi from Chenxi, Hunan Province was illegally arrested and held at a detention center and later sent to a labor camp. He resisted the persecution and was finally released. The 610 Office agents didn't relent until they extorted 1,500 yuan from his workplace. In January 2006 they again went to Yu Shaoqi's employer, the Chenxi Weather Bureau to repeatedly extort money.

I was persecuted at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province for more than two years. The following are my personal experiences, some facts of the persecution, and the cruel methods of persecution that I have witnessed.

In 2003, I was illegally arrested at my home and taken to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Currently, about four hundred Falun Gong practitioners are still detained there, but at that time, about twelve hundred practitioners were there. Each team had about 70 practitioners. The Camp policemen didn't let the recently arrested practitioners get a room to sleep, and further persecuted those who were determined not to give up the practice. The persecution sites consisted of the "triangle storeroom" (no windows and the light bulb was on for 24 hours), the first floor hallway, the staircase turning areas, the waterhouse (where hot water can be obtained), the clothes-drying field, the cafeteria, and especially this dirty place - the police restroom. The practitioners were forced to eat all their daily meals in the restrooms.

In November 2003, the Masanjia Labor Camp started a so-called "Harsh Attack" campaign to intensify the persecution. Some practitioners were not allowed to sleep for more than 10 consecutive days, and others for over 20 consecutive days. On December 5, 2003, a collaborators group consisting of 50 collaborators was organized from five cities in Liaoning Province. They stayed and ate at the "Comprehensive Building" where Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted. They sent those determined practitioners by groups to the "Comprehensive Building" for persecution. The practitioners were allowed to sleep for only two hours each night. Some were beaten, and some were forced to sit with crossed legs and handcuffed behind their backs. Their heads and crossed legs were tied with a rope. Those determined practitioners were then sent back from the "Comprehensive Building" to the clothes-drying field to suffer in the cold weather in the middle of December 2003 for more than 10 hours every day. Also the practitioners had to eat all three daily meals at the field. Some other practitioners were hung by their thumbs, called the "Small Hang," or by their wrists and chest, called the "Big Hang." When they were hung, their feet barely touched the ground or were in the air. The hanging location was in the police restroom. The police officers also dragged some practitioners from their sleep to the first floor storage room for further persecution.. They pressed the practitioners to the ground and several of them stepped on the practitioners' bodies. Four or five policemen beat the practitioners with their fists and kicked them with their feet while other policemen used tape to seal the practitioners' mouths.

Another cruel method used was to extend the practitioners' terms as a means to persecute practitioners. The term could be extended if a practitioner shouted, "Falun Dafa is Good," refused to wear the camp clothes, gave Teacher Li New Years greetings, refused to attend the brainwashing session that the police held, or wrote a "Solemn Declaration" expressing the wish to return to the practice after previously giving it up. The number of days for the extension were not the same each time. It could be 10 days, a few months, or half a year.

Fushun City Detention Center has been involved in the persecution of Falun Gong since 1999. So far, at least six Falun Gong practitioners were directly tortured to death at Fushun City Detention Center and many are suffering long term illegal imprisonment and brutal torture. Numerous practitioners' lives are in danger. In addition, Fushun City Detention Center coerces Falun Gong practitioners to participate in forced heavy labor.

The following article provides in-depth information on the topics listed below:

1. Wei Zaixin---died from abuse
2. Huang Ke---Tortured to death
3. Chen Sulan---Beaten to death
4. Zou Guirong---Tortured to death
5. Wang Xiuxia---Tortured to death
6. Zhou Jicheng---Tortured to death

1. Sun Qian ---Suffered from brutal torture and eventually tortured to death
2. Liu Mingjie--- suffered long-term torture (mental status unsteady at present)
3. Liu Chengyan--- at least twice in critical condition from torture
4. Qu Cailing---in critical condition due to torture
5. Xing Yurong---in critical condition due to torture
6. Wang Pinlan---in critical condition due to torture
7. Jia Naizhi---under critical condition due to torture
8. He Lizhong---prison refused to accept him, but the detention center refused to release him
9. Du Jingqin---suffered from the 'tiger chair' torture method

1. Falun Gong practitioners detained beyond their original release date
2. Additional list of persecuted Falun Gong practitioners

Fushun City Detention Center is presently located at the Nangou area, Wanghua district, Fushun City. Fushun City Detention Center's previous address was Jiangjun area, Shuncheng district. During the second half of 2003, Fushun City Detention Center was moved to its present address. Relevant reports from Clearwisdom.net mentioned places such as "Fushun City Shizilou Detention Center", "Jiangjun Shizilou Station Number Two", "Jiangjun (area) Shizi Building (Detention Center)", "Nangou Detention Center"., are all in fact referring to "Fushun City Detention Center". Within Fushun City Detention Center, there are the two sections of "Fushun City Detention Center Number 1" and "Fushun City Detention Center Number 2".

Fushun City Detention Center

Fushun City Detention Center

Location of Fushun City Detention Center

Sketch Map of Fushun City Detention Center Interior Layout

*Following Are Photos Taken From different Angles From the East Side of the detention center

The detention center is built in a valley. The outer walls are built with red bricks that follow the curves of the mountain. The walls surround the buildings inside of the detention center (in the picture, there was a row of military trucks with cloth covers driving out of the detention center. Usually those trucks are used to transport the detainees). This picture shows the entire layout of the buildings inside of Fushun City Detention Center. The main gate of the detention center can be seen. Further away are residential areas.

Panorama of Fushun City Detention Center (A Far Shot)

Recent Pictures of Compounds and Office Buildings of Fushun City Detention Center

Despite the green vegetation, flowers and ponds on the outside, inside the detention center Falun Gong practitioners are tortured and abused there.

*Fushun City Detention Center's Detention Unit

Two of Fushun City Detention Center's Detention Units (Far shots)

In the photo, the white wall surrounding the nearby area is one of the detention units (there are two guard towers on top of the wall. In the distance, there is another detention unit behind the office building. It was not possible to captured it in the photo. Only the three guard towers can be seen. Falun Gong practitioners are illegally detained in these two places.

Recent Picture of the Detention Unit (Picture was Taken From East Side of the detention center)

Recent Picture of the Detention Unit (Picture was Taken From West Side of the detention center)

Recent Picture of the Detention Unit (Picture was Taken on the Mountain Top From South Side of the detention center)

Recent Picture of the Detention Unit (Picture was Taken on the Mountain Top From South Side of the detention center)

Prison Cells and Guard Towers Inside the detention unit (Picture was Taken on the Mountain Top From South Side of the detention center)

Prison Cells and Guard Towers Inside the detention unit (Picture was Taken on the Mountain Top From South Side of the detention center)

*Fushun City Detention Center's Previous Location

Picture of Fushun City Detention Center's Previous Location (Picture Taken in 2005)

Fushun City Detention Center's previous address was Jiangjun area, Shuncheng district (Five Falun Gong Practitioners were Tortured to Death there).

1. Wei Zaixin---died from brutal abuse

Wei Zaixin was sixty three years old and was a high ranking engineer at Liaoning Province Fushun City Science Advanced Studies Academy. On February 7, 2002, he was arrested, beaten and was forced to "confess" by policemen from the 1st Division of Fushun City Police Department, Liaoning Province and Liangzhan Street Police Station. After being tortured for a whole night, he was sent to a "Strict Monitoring" class at Fushun City Forced Labor Camp.

In June 2002, policemen from Jiangjun Police Station sent Wei Zaixing to Fushun City Detention Center Number 2. Police ordered prisoners to beat Wei Zaixing. The police refused to let his family visit him or bring him clothes. After he was tortured with long term poisoning, ulcers covered all Wei Zaixing's body. Wei Zaixin was also made to sleep next to the toilet. Prisoners from the entire prison tormented him by walking and stepping on him.

After enduring torture and hardships, Wei Zaixing had nearly lost all ability to care for himself. Quite often people from the detention center would pull off Wei Zaixin's underpants, which had stuck to his body from the blood on his wounds. This caused blood to run down his leg and pool on the floor. Police instructed prisoners to pay attention to Wei Zaixin's underpants. Whenever the flesh would stick, they were ordered to yank them off to torment him. This method was used on him quite often.

Under police instructions, prisoners were ordered to increase their cruel treatment of Wei Zaixin. Prisoners even forced their own body waste down Wei Zaixin's mouth. Under physical and mental tortures, Wei Zaixin's life became critically endangered. In July, the police department sent Wei Zaixin to the city hospital. He was in critical condition and his family was ordered to take him home. On November 15^th, Wei Zaixin passed away.

Wei Zaixin was frugal. He used his life savings to print and produce materials used to clarify the truth of Falun Gong. Fushun city 610 office personnel used to ask him: "How can you be so stupid as to give away tents of thousands of yuan to people you don't even know!" Wei Zaixin said: "You don't know the truth about Falun Gong. If Falun Gong practitioners need money to make truth clarifying material, I would give them the money. I want all of you to know about Zhuan Falun. I want all of you to know that Falun Dafa is good and learn the truth."

2. Huang Ke---Tortured to death

Huang Ke was 31 years old and an employee at Fushun Petrochemical Engineering Research Institute Laboratory No 10

Mr. Huang Ke, a 31 year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Wanghua district, Fushun city, Liaoning province was an employee at Fushun Petrochemical Engineering Research Institute Laboratory No 10. He was arrested in March 2003, and sent to Detention Center No 1 (located in Jiangjun area, Fushun city) where he went on hunger strike. He was then sent to a hospital for force-feeding. Huang Ke resisted and was sent home after ten days. Towards the end of June 2003, he was illegally arrested again by policemen from Fushun City Wanghua District Guangming Police Station and was detained at Fushun City Detention Center No 1 (located in Jiangjun area, Fushun city). Once again, Huang Ke went on hunger strike. There, he was force fed with violence for an extended period of time and died on July 3^rd from torture. Huang Ke was there for a mere 10 days. Huang Ke's wife Zhong Yunxiu, also a Falun Gong practitioner, was tortured to death in October 1999 when she appealed in Beijing. Currently in the Huang household, the only occupants are their young child and Huang Ke's elderly parents.

3. Chen Sulan---Beaten to death

Ms. Chen Sulan, a 53 year-old, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Fushun city, Liaoning province. She was arrested when she went to appeal for the rights of Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing in December 2001. Two days afterwards, she was taken back to Fushun City by local police (Fushun City Gaowan Economic Development District Police Station) and was sent to Fushun City Detention Center. In less than a week, the police had beaten her to death.

4. Zou Guirong - persecuted to death

(Zou Guirong, 36, was an employee at Xinbin County Public Highway System of Fushun City, Liaoning Province)

Ms. Zou Guirong, 36, was a worker at Xinbin County's Public Highway System of Fushun City, Liaoning Province. Because she refused to renounce her belief in Falun Gong, she was detained and brutally tortured at six different locations, including the Fushun City Forced Labor Camp, Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp, Shenxin Forced Labor Camp, and the Shenyang City Dabei Underground Jail Hospital over two years. On April 11, 2002, she and ten other practitioners were arrested, including Ms. Wang Xiaoyan. They were detained in Fushun City Detention Center, in Jiangjun district of Fushun city. They began a hunger strike to protest the illegal persecution and were force-fed. On April 23, 2002, Ms. Zou injured herself while attempting to escape from the detention center. She passed away in the Fushun City Hospital.

Responsible individuals include guard Zhao Chunyan, an officer named Cai, etc.

5. Wang Xiuxia - tortured to death

(Wang Xiuxia, 42, a practitioner from Qingyuan County, Fushun City, Liaoning Province)

Wang Xiuxia, 42, was a practitioner from Qingyuan County, Fushun City, Liaoning Province. On May 29, 2003, Fushun city police arrested Ms. Wang. She was brutally tortured and severely injured. Then, she was detained in the Second Detention Center of Fushun City, in Jiangjun district. Ms. Wang went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was force-fed by police. She was tied to an iron chair and kept in handcuffs and heavy shackles. She could only sit in one position and was unable to move her arms or legs. Criminal inmates carried her out of the cell before and in after the force-feeding. She was then handcuffed to a radiator beside the bathroom. Because the radiator was very low, she had to sit on the floor all night. After eight to nine days, she experienced breathing problems and speaking became difficult. The guards stopped bringing her out of the cell and removed the handcuffs and shackles. They started her on intravenous fluids. Inmates beat her and force-fed her at the same time.

One day we helped her to go to the restroom. After squatting for a long time she could not urinate. With great effort she told us that the criminal inmates had tortured her by pulling out all her pubic hair. She could not urinate because that area was so swollen. The wicked inmates also pressed a coffee mug lid to her rib cage and moved it around, which caused excruciating pain. Several days later, Ms. Wang passed away. On the evening of June 15, Fushun City Police Department authorities notified Wang Xiuxia's family of her death. When her family rushed to the police department, they saw that Wang Xiuxia's body was in a freezer and was misshapen. The police refused to let the family take a close look at the body and didn't answer their inquiries about the cause of her death. On the morning of June 17, before her family could view the body, the police sealed the coffin.

6. Zhou Jicheng - tortured to death

(Zhou Jicheng, 50, a practitioner from Donggou Village, Hada Town, Fushun County, Liaoning Province)

Mr. Zhou Jicheng, 50, was a practitioner from Donggou Village, Hada Town, Fushun County, Liaoning Province. On June 3, 2003, Mr. Zhou was reported and then arrested by the county public department and Hada Town Police Station. They took him to the Fushun City Forced Labor Camp. At the end of June 2004, Mr. Zhou's release date, he was transferred to Luotaishanzhuang Brainwashing Center, because he refused to sign the guarantee statement. There, he also could not be reformed. Consequently, he was once again sent back to Fushun City Detention Center in Nangou district. Given this long-term persecution, Mr. Zhou's body and mind was severely hurt. His lungs were filled with fluid and many shadows, indicating advanced stage of an illness. He was brought home at the end of September 2004. He died on November 5, 2004.

1. Sun Qian -suffered and died from all kinds of torture

Mr. Sun Qian, 33, was a practitioner from Wanghua District, Fushun City. On October 10, 2002, police from the First Division of the Fushun City police department arrested Mr. Sun for hanging banners and being involved in producing Falun Gong truth clarification materials. He was tortured during interrogation, and then sentenced to nine years in prison. While detained in the Second Detention Center of Fushun City in Jiangjun district, Mr. Sun suffered severe mental and physical torture. In the fall of 2003, Mr. Sun was transferred to the Second Prison of Shenyang City. Mr. Sun died as a result of torture on March 15, 2005.

2. Liu Mingjie - Suffered mental breakdown due to long-term torture

Mr. Liu Mingjie, 36, is a practitioner from Wanghua District, Fushun City. He was arrested and detained at the First Detention Center of Fushun City for producing and distributing truth clarifying flyers. During his detention, he was forced to work for long hours. Prisoners often beat him when he couldn't finish his work quota. He was allowed to sleep only three to four hours daily for eight months. Then, he was illegally sentenced to three years in the Second Prison of Shenyang City. Mr. Liu suffered cruel mental and physical torture while in prison. He was locked in a tiny, solitary cell several times, lasting each time up to three months. His hip began to fester and his legs became useless. Finally, he suffered a mental breakdown.

3. Liu Chengyan - persecuted twice to the brink of death

Ms. Liu Chengyan is a practitioner from Wanghua District of Fushun City. In October 2002, Ms Liu was arrested and detained in the Second Detention Center of Fushun City, Jiangjun district. In July 2003, Ms. Liu lost consciousness and almost died. On August 29, 2004, while being detained at the Fushun City Detention Center in Nangou district, Ms. Liu went on a five-week hunger strike to protest the persecution. She was in critical condition. At the time, several dozen other practitioners were also detained there. They had been sentenced to serve more than ten years. Among them, Ms. Liu Chengyan and Qu Cailing were sentenced to 12 year terms. The jail did not admit them because of their health condition. They were taken back to the detention center. But the detention center still would not release them. Her current situation is unknown.

4. Qu Cailing - life endangered due to the persecution

Ms. Qu Cailing is 52 years old. She was detained in the Second Detention Center in Fushun City since October 2002. Because of the long-term persecution, she suffered from hypertension, heart disease, dizziness and her limbs became numb. Her life was in great danger. Not only was she refused medical care, but also sentenced to nine years at a jail in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province in July 2003. The center refused to accept her, she was taken back to the detention center. Under required procedure, the detention center should have granted a medical review to decide if release on bail for medical treatment was warranted. But the Second Detention Center of Fushun City refused a medical review and took her to the prison again. Her recent situation is unknown.

5. Xing Yurong - life endangered due to the persecution

Ms. Xing Yurong is approximately 40 years old. After being detained in the Second Detention Center of Fushun City, she suffered severe pulmonary edema, pleural effusion, and breathing problems. Her life was in danger. In July 2003, Ms. Xing was illegally sentenced and taken to a jail in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province despite her health condition. The jail refused to take her due to her health condition. The Second Detention Center in Fushun City didn't send her to hospital or grant a medical review, worsening her condition. Finally, due to outside pressure, the detention center granted a medical review, which was followed by her release on bail for medical treatment.

6. Wang Pinlan - life endangered due to the persecution

Ms. Wang Pinlan lives in Lagu Township in Fushun County, Liaoning Province. In September 2005, officers from the Xinfu Police Station and the security department of the Fushun City Chinese Medicine Hospital arrested her for clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to patients in the hospital. She was then detained in the Fushun City Detention Center in Nangou district. Ms. Wang refused food and water to protest the illegal persecution. She was tortured until she was in critical condition. As soon as her family found out about her situation, they questioned officers in the police station and the detention center. Police at the police station avoided them. Guards in the detention center replied that they were not aware of Ms. Wang's situation. Her current situation is unknown.

7. Jia Naizhi - life endangered due to the persecution

Ms. Jia Naizhi is 54 years old. She was arrested on October 11, 2002, and detained in the Fushun City Detention Center. In July 2003, she was illegally sentenced to 10 years in prison without due process. The Liaoning Provincial Women's Prison denied admitting her because of her severe illness. Ms. Jia Naizhi has been held for more than three years in the Second Detention Center of Fushun City. We learned on July 5, 2005, that Ms. Jia had been on hunger strike for many days. Her health is deteriorating daily, and she is in danger of dying. The detention center still refused to release her on bail for medical treatment.

8. He Lizhong - detained despite her health condition

Ms. He Lizhong, 60 years old, lives in Fushun city, Liaoning Province. She was arrested on April 15, 2004 and was sentenced to a 9-year prison term. She is currently detained at the Second Detention Center of Fushun City, located at Nangou district in Fushun city. She developed symptoms of hypertension, heart disease and lost consciousness on and off. She was sent to Shenyang City Prison, but was not admitted. Her family was told to arrange for her to be released on bail for medical treatment. The family paid a total of 900 yuan, but the police have still not released her. Her current situation is unknown.

9. Du Jingqin - tortured on the tiger bench

We assume that the following occurred in early December 2002. Detention center guard Zhao Chunyan ordered prisoners to torture Ms. Du. Prisoners tightly locked Ms. Du's hands on a tiger bench, tied her feet with shackles and then beat her. Ma Dan and another prisoner were the worst among them. They stood on an elevated place, so they could kick her chest and heart area more efficiently. Ms. Du lost consciousness. It was December and the bench was in the hallway where there was no heat. She was not allowed to go to the bathroom. It is unknown how long she had to sit in wet pants and how often she wet her pants. Her health condition was extremely weak by the day when they released her. Her left leg was all black and blue from the ankle to the knee. Other parts of her body were also black and blue. Her face and her lips were swollen. She could barely open her eyes because of the swelling. Blood was still on her nose and the corners of her mouth and two of her teeth were broken.

Guard Zhao Chunyan and prisoners Zhang Baohua (known to be very cruel), Ma Dan, Xu Shulan, Li Lili, etc were responsible.

Note: more details cannot be provided at this time because of an information blockade.

Zhao Chunyan, female, is a guard in the Second Detention Center of Fushun City. She is known to be cruel and brutal. She was in charge of many brutal force-feeding. Many Falun Gong practitioners were tortured by her cruel force-feeding.

Zhao specially trained a bunch of prisoners to torture Falun Gong practitioners. They use wood saws or toothbrushes to open practitioner's mouths while feeding them by force. Many practitioners' teeth were broken. Zhao also taught the prisoners to hit practitioners' body parts that other people cannot see or practitioners cannot describe, for example to pinch practitioners' chests, insides of their arms and legs while supporting or force-feeding them. She also told them nipping a tiny spot hurts especially. They also put practitioners in shackles or cuffed their hands behind their backs. Many practitioners were black and blue after being pinched.

At Fushun City Detention Center, more than 30 people are detained in a cell the size of just a little over 10 square meters (about 330 square feet). Those imprisoned have to sleep sideways on the floor. They are forced to work from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. or 9:00 p.m. At times they are required to work until midnight or the next morning. Yet, they do not receive the nutrition needed for such hard labor. They are fed unbaked corn bread, a few moldy pickles, and small quantities of very thin soup. They are sometimes also given a steamed bun.

There are a number of Falun Gong practitioners that were severely persecuted at this detention center. Fluid accumulated in their chest cavity, and infusions were no longer possible. Shenyang Prison Hospital refused to take the practitioners, yet the detention center still did not release them. They gave them nourishing foods, instead of the necessary medical treatment. When practitioners refused the nutrients and requested a hospital checkup, police forced them to write "Falun Gong practitioner refuses to take medicine. I accept responsibility if my own life is in danger."

It is difficult to assess as to how many practitioners were persecuted at Fushun City Detention Center since the persecution began. The following is only the tip of the iceberg.

By the end of July 2003, the following 12 Falun Gong practitioners were detained beyond their original terms in Fushun City Detention Center. Then, they were sentenced to prison terms without due process. Some practitioners were brutally persecuted and their life was endangered, yet Fushun City detention center refused to release them on bail for medical treatment. Some were still imprisoned in 2005.

(1) Ms. Jia Naizhi, 54 years old, was arrested on October 11, 2002. She was detained until early July, 2003, beyond her original term. Then, she was illegally sentenced to 10 years in prison without a court hearing.

(2) Ms. Qu Cailing, 52 years old, was arrested on October 11, 2002, and was detained until early July 2003, beyond her original term. She was illegally sentenced to 9 years in prison without a court hearing. Because of inhuman treatment, she contracted many illnesses. Therefore, the prison refused to take her. Yet, Fushun City 's 2nd Detention Center did not release her.

(3) Mr. Sun Qian, 32 years old, was arrested on October 10, 2002, and was detained until early July 2003, beyond his original term. He was illegally sentenced to a 9-year prison term without a court hearing.

(4) Mr. Sun Yongsheng, 31 years old, was illegally sentenced to a 2-year prison term for appealing for Falun Gong in Beijing. He was arrested on October 10, 2002 and detained until early July 2002, beyond his original term. He was sentenced to an 8-year prison term without a court hearing.

(5) Mr. Hao Xiangjun, 49 years old, was arrested on October 11, 2002 and was detained until early July 2003, beyond his original term. He was illegally sentenced to a 6-year prison term without a court hearing.

(6) Mr. Song Wenliang, 40 years old, was arrested on October 11, 2002 and detained until early July 2003, beyond his original term. He was sentenced to a 6-year prison term without a court hearing.

(7) Ms. Xing Yurong, 37 years old, was arrested on October 11, 2002, and was detained until July, 2003, beyond her original term. She was sentenced to a 6 years prison term without a court hearing. He contracted severe pleural effusion (accumulation of fluids in the chest cavity) due to the persecution, and his life was in danger. He was released on bail for medical treatment.

(8) Ms. Miao Shuqing, 54 years old, was arrested on October, 10, 2002. She was detained until July 2003, beyond her original term, after which she was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison without due process.

(9) Ms. Wu Xiaoyan, 33 years old, was arrested on October 11, 2002. She was detained until July 2003, beyond her original term, and then sentenced to a 4-year prison term without due process.

(10) Ms. Gao Guirong, 49 years old, was arrested on October 11, 2002. She was detained until July 2003, beyond her original term, and then sentenced to a 4-year prison term.

(11) Mr. Liang Xuesi, 66 years old, was arrested on October 2002. He was detained until July 2003, beyond her original term. He was then sentenced to 3 years in prison without given a court hearing.

(12) Ms. Dai Yulan, 58 years old, was arrested on October 15, 2005. She was detained until July 2003, after which she was sentenced to a 1-1/2 year prison term without due process.

(1) Mr. Liu Zhange was arrested by police from the 610 Office on November 7, 2001 while distributing truth-clarification material. He was taken to Fushun City's 2nd Detention Center and was released after a month, due to holding righteous thoughts. On July 6, 2002, he was arrested by police from the 1st Division and was detained in Fushun City's 1st Detention Center.

(2) Mr. Tian Jinling, 38 years old, is a resident of Heping St., Wang Hua District, Fushun City, Liaoning Province. He was an employee at Fushun Steel Factory. He was illegally arrested in 2002 and detained in the Fushun City Detention Center. He was sentenced to a 4-year prison term in Feb. 2003.

(3) Ms. Wang Xiaoyan, was illegally sentenced to a15-year prison term during unlawful secret court hearings by the Fushun City Court. Other practitioners sentenced at the same time included Wang Xiaoyan, Wang Tao, Yan Jun and others. Although she was in poor health, the police refused to release her on bail for medical treatment. She was detained in Fushun City No.2 Detention Center.

(4) Wang Fengyun, Liu Xiangyun, Ma Fengmei.

(5) Li Jing, Zhang Lijuan and a practitioner surnamed Li, were reported to police while distributing truth clarification materials in the Dawa and Xiaowa districts of Fushun City. They were arrested and taken to Wanghua District Lishi police station of Fushun City. They were taken the following day to Fushun City Detention Center.

(6) Police of Hongkuang police station, Fushun City Police Department arrested Mr. Yu Shiquan, a Falun Gong practitioner from Qingyuan County of Fushun City, on May 19, 2004. He was illegally detained at the Fushun City Police Detention Center in Nangou.

(7) State Security police of Fushun City arrested Ms. Du Jinling, a Falun Gong practitioner from Hongtoushan Town, Fushun City, on August 16, 2004. She was detained at Fushun City Detention Center.

(8) Plainclothes police tricked Mr. Yang Boliang, a Falun Gong practitioner from Hongtoushan Mine, Fushun City, to go to the Hongtoushan Town governmental office on August 18, 2004. He was arrested and taken to Fushun City Detention Center.

(9) Ms. Jiang Yuxiu (52 years old) and Ms. Qian Hong (over 40 years old), are residents of Lizigou District, Fushun City. On August 30, 2004, Jiang Yuxiu and Qian Hong distributed truth clarification CDs in Qianjin Township, Fushun County. They were reported to police, and subsequently police from the Qianjin Township police station arrested them. Jiang Yuxiu was detained at Nangou Detention Center, Fushun City. Qian Hong was taken to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang.

(10) Mr. Yuan Peng was arrested on September 8, 2004 at his home in Sifangtai, Lishi Township, and sentenced by Fushun Economic Development District Court. He was detained in Fushun City's 1st Detention Center.

(11) Staff from Shijagou Community and Police Station, Fushun City arrested Wang Guijie before October 1, 2004. He was illegally detained at Fushun City Detention Center (located at Nangou District, Fushun City).

(12) Staff from the Guchengzi police station and Wanghua District Political and Judicial Committee arrested Wang Yumei and her younger sister on November 4, 2004. They were detained without due process in Fushun City Detention Center (located at Nangou District, Fushun City).

(13) Wang Guiqin, a practitioner from Shiwen Town, Fushun City, was arrested on November 11, 2004 for clarifying the truth to people. She was detained at Fushun City Detention Center.

(14) Lin Bo, Wang Guoying, Chengmin and her husband, were arrested during the night of January 12, 2005, when police raided a Falun Gong material site at Yulin District, Fushun City. Mr. Lin Bo, over 40 years old; Ms. Wang Guoying, close to 40 years old; Ms. Cheng Min, over 20 years old and her non-practitioner husband (name unknown), were also arrested. They were taken to Fushun City Detention Center and detained without due process. Lin Bo was detained in the 1st Detention Center. Wang Guoying, Cheng Min and her husband were detained in the No. 2 Detention Center.

(15) Gai Xiuqin and Lu Guanglin (husband and wife), Lin Guilan, Lu Yan and Chen Guifeng were arrested by staff from the 1st Division, Fushun police department on March 15, 2005. On March 22, Lu Guangli was taken to Fushun City's 1st Detention Center. The other four practitioners were taken to Fushun City's 2nd Detention Center.

(16) Staff from the Fushun City police's 1st Division arrested Zhao Jifan, a teacher from the Fushun City Heping School on January 17, 2005 by. He was detained at the Fushun City Detention Center.

Fushun City Detention Center forces prisoners to produce toothpicks.

Many toothpicks are in actuality waste products. The detention center forces Falun Gong practitioners and other inmates to select toothpicks from waste products, and then pack them in plastic, paper or other kind of bags. Some of the toothpicks may be wrapped with a luminous paper band, then made into a bundle of 100 or 120 toothpicks. Each box will contain several hundred bundles. Also, they may have to use 4 different colorful bands to wrap toothpicks, and put them into a small box, with each small box containing 400 to 500 toothpicks. Then they put each small box into a larger box. It is rumored that these products are exported to South Korea. This work is very time-consuming. The waste products arrive in large quantities. It is very common that the "slave laborers" work more than half a month, or more than a month on such batches. The work must be completed within a set time. If it appears that the deadline can't be met, staff from the detention center force the inmates to work around the clock. Often prisoners have to work until 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. If Falun Gong practitioners refuse to work, staff from the detention center handcuff practitioners' hands behind the back and chain their feet.

The toothpicks are packaged often unhygienically. Prisoners are angry because they are forced to work, although they dare not complain, so they will vent their anger on the toothpicks. After they get up at 6:00 a.m., some prisoners will not wash their face and hands. They throw the waste products to the ground, not caring if the ground is dirty or clean, before they begin to pack the toothpicks. Especially during hot summers, prisoners get very angry for being forced to work. Some prisoners step on the toothpicks and push them around in the dirt before they throw the toothpicks on a big pile. Some would pick a toothpick and pick their teeth. Besides, it is a crowded environment. There are 20 or 30 people crowded into a small cell of a little over a dozen square meters. The toilet is in the same room. So many people eat, drink, go to the toilet and sleep in this small room. People have to sleep side by side, and it is so crowded that it becomes difficult to breathe. They practice no hygiene.

Yin Shuiping is the head of Yongxing County's 610 Office. He is from Ruilai Township, Yongxing County, and has been working in the county government for years. After the Chinese Communist regime started to persecute Falun Gong, he got promoted. In order to gain fame and serve his personal interests, he did not differentiate goodness from evil and has committed so many crimes against those who practice righteousness that they cannot all be counted. Moreover, he doesn't regret his behavior at all. The following is an expose of his evil acts.

In the past several years, Yin Shuiping has led police officers to intrude into many practitioners' homes and conduct illegal searches without official permits. The searches have occurred in the daytime, evening, night or early morning. Each time they break into several homes. They usually start by threatening and trying to deceive the practitioners, saying, "Someone reported you to the police." Then they rummage through chests and boxes looking for Falun Gong books or materials. In the end, they smash the electric appliances, break the furniture, and destroy the doors and windows. They take away anything of value. For example, one practitioner had prepared new furniture worth 4000 yuan for his son who was going to get married. The police took the entire set of furniture to the township government office. Later the practitioner's family paid 600 yuan to get only a portion of the furniture back. The police have even taken away things like bags of rice, vegetable oil, peanuts and vegetables. Some practitioners have endured having their homes searched five or six times. About 50 families have suffered such robbery to differing degrees.

If they find any Falun Gong books or materials as they are searching the homes, the police not only take away all the materials but also illegally arrest the practitioners immediately. After interrogation, they then hand the practitioners over to the detention center. More than 60 practitioners have been detained in such circumstances. More than half of them have been detained more than twice. Some have even been detained six times. Those who are detained for distributing truth-clarifying materials or for clarifying the truth are persecuted more severely. About 20 people have been sentenced to forced labor camps and five sentenced to prison, with a maximum term up to nine years. (That case was handled by another county.)

After practitioners are arrested, they are subjected to brutal beatings. They are kicked or punched, slammed in the face, forced to kneel down, handcuffed, shackled, or both, shocked with electric batons, burnt with cigarettes, or whipped with leather straps. Some are also brutally force-fed. When one practitioner was force-fed in the detention center, the police held her hair and pushed her down on the ground. Several others held her hands, feet, head, and chest. They maliciously used a bamboo tube with one end sharpened and inserted it into her mouth, breaking one tooth and causing a great deal of bleeding. They still continued the force feeding, opening her mouth with the bamboo tube and pouring salt water through it. The sharpened bamboo caused punctures around her whole mouth, which filled with blood. Such inhuman tortures have taken place many times.

In order to try to "brainwash" practitioners, they held brainwashing sessions. However, they all ended unsuccessfully. For example, in December 2004 the county 610 Office held a brainwashing session and ordered related work units to send practitioners. One responsible person from each work unit was also told to attend. Each attendee was told to pay 1800 yuan for the class. However, the practitioners as well as the work units were all strongly opposed. Yin Shuiping blamed the related leaders, "Use any measures necessary to get people to attend; otherwise you will be responsible." Giving in under Yin's despotic power, a work unit would send six or seven people to break into a practitioner's home at night and carry the practitioner away. When a certain work unit did not cooperate with Yin, he personally led several police to the residential building where the practitioner lived. They waited in the car near the building. When the practitioner came back from a farmers market, several police showed up and quickly pulled her to the car. The practitioner was even not allowed to take the vegetables home. A practitioner took the whole family and left home when hearing the news of this persecution. Yin kept harassing the work unit that the practitioner worked for and threatened the unit to pay the class "tuition" of 1800 yuan. He was refused face to face. There were about 20 practitioners who suffered such "concentration camp-type" persecution.

During each home search, in the name of law, the unscrupulous authorities in fact commit the crime of theft by extorting money from the practitioners as a so-called "fine." For example, a township leader with four or five cadres broke into a practitioner's home late at night. They beat whoever came their way and rummaged through chests and boxes. They took away a bankbook with more than 21,000 yuan in it and later managed to illegally draw the money out of bank. After paying the so-called "fines," most people were not given any receipts or were just given handwritten ones. The money actually went into the pockets of the police. We are aware of nearly 80 people who have been fined, blackmailed or robbed by their work units to the tune of nearly 500,000 yuan in cash; 3,000 yuan in property valuables; and 35,000 yuan in fines. We challenge the law enforcement and human rights organizations to investigate how these "fines" are used. Return these victims' money and property. Reestablish fair treatment and stop persecuting Falun Gong. We will seek legal redress.

All local practitioners are under close watch by their work units, the 610 Office, the police station, and the resident community committee. Those who are regarded as key figures are even monitored 24 hours a day. During the holidays they are told to show up at specific locations to "sign in." About 100 people have been called day and night and harassed. They have been arrested walking down the street. For example, two years ago a practitioner was walking along a street with a plastic bag in her hand. Yin Shuiping saw her and stopped her. A few minutes later, a police car arrived and the practitioner was taken to the police station and later to the detention center. She was released after paying a fine.

Besides persecuting practitioners themselves, Yin also targets their friends and relatives and even their work units. One day, Yin went to a work unit and then illegally broke into a practitioner's home. When he discovered some materials, he immediately went to the work unit and threatened the head of the unit, "You did not manage your employee well. Do you want to keep your position?" The work unit head immediately agreed to pay the fine and also agreed to pay their hotel and entertainment costs. Once Yin wanted to go to Yuelai Hot Spring to enjoy himself but he didn't have much money, so he brought several local police officers to a practitioner's home. They illegally ransacked it, smashing furniture and searching carefully, which created a horrible scene. When the Falun Gong books were found, Yin started to knock on the top of the table, scolding and threatening, then "sweet-talking." Once they got the money, they immediately rushed out and went to the hot spring.

The 610 Office personnel have all kinds of privileges and yet resort to all kinds of tactics to persecute practitioners. No other government branches dare to get involved. No one is to question or investigate them. Moreover, this reprehensible organization is often praised by their CCP superiors and rewarded with funds that come from the common people. With power and money, they are unrestrained in their continued persecution of Falun Gong.

The people long for "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." Upholding "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" is safeguarding essential human morality. If more people stand up and call for righteousness, will those without principles dare to continue doing bad things so flagrantly?

Yin Shuiping's cell phone: 86-13973538472