Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Xiangfu was an employee of Fangzheng County Coal Mine in Heilongjiang Province. When he refused to give up his practice of Falun Gong, he was arrested and tortured many times. Police from the Fangzheng County Police Department and the 610 Office sent him to Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp in 2002. There the guards used over twenty different torture methods on him. They broke several ribs and chest bones, his skull was fractured and the backs of his hands were scorched. The guards invented a new torture to increase his suffering. They shot needles from a homemade gun at the practitioners. The needles go deep into the flesh, where they cause excruciating pain. Mr. Zhang died on October 15, 2005, from brutal torture, at the age of 33.

The following is part of a video interview of Zhang Xiangfu when he was alive, where he describes the torture inflicted on him.

Q: You said that you picked up toothpicks. Does this mean they poured the toothpicks on the ground for you to pick up and package in the forced labor camp?

Zhang: When we packed toothpicks, some would drop on the floor. The foreman told us to sweep up all the dust, dirt and garbage together. Then the foreman told us to pick out the toothpicks and pack them for sale. Some toothpicks had phlegm on them, our hands were very dirty and we had scabies on our hands.

Q: Are the scabies contagious?
Zhang: Ah...

Q: Your hands had blood and yellow pus on them?
Zhang: Yes, blood and pus...

Q: Were the toothpicks to be sold on the market?
Zhang: Yes, some were exported and some were sent to other places in China.

Q: They were sold overseas?
Zhang: Yes, many were sold overseas. Later in my stay, Zhao Shuang (group leader) ordered three prisoners to torture me using one of the cruelest methods. I felt extremely ill from the compression of my internal organs and was nearly suffocated.

Q: Suffocated?
Zhang: Yes, then Zhao Shuang tortured me by using an electric baton on my head for a long time. Another time, when Wang Kai was on duty, he used...

Q: What position does Wang Kai hold?
Zhang: Wang Kai is an instructor. When he was on duty, he ordered three prisoners to torture me. One of the prisoners was Li Chunlong, who made my nose bleed. He also clenched my private parts, causing me enormous pain.

Q: Those methods are extremely obscene.
Zhang: Extremely obscene.

Zhang: After a period of time, Yang Wenjie was again transferred back to Group 5. They tortured Yang Wenjie in the same way, and as a result Yang Wenjie lost control of his bowels. Then they pulled him to the big line (a line of prisoners). They slapped his face and tortured him.

Zhang: After a period of time, my legs would often cramp when I tried to sleep at night. The long persecution and torture severely injured my muscles. They were extremely painful.

Q: Were you getting muscle cramps many times during the day?
Zhang: If my legs were in a slightly wrong position at night, they would cramp. I had to use lots of effort to bring the muscles back to a position without pain. It was very painful to do that.

Q: Was it always like that or did it happen many times during a day?
Zhang: When I slept at night.

Q: Many times a night?
Zhang: Many, many times during the night.

Q: Basically, you could not sleep well.
Zhang: I could not sleep well. They cramped as soon as my legs were not in the right position. I had to stretch them out right away.

Q: That is a lot of suffering.
Zhang: After this long-term persecution, I had a high fever all day. I was emaciated and the hospital diagnosed it as tuberculosis. I was in pain all day, my high temperature did not go down and my chest felt like I was suffocating. All of these things done to me were only a drop in the ocean of crimes the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp committed against Falun Gong practitioners. Many people experienced the same things I did. Many died from the persecution. In comparison, the degree of persecution I suffered was relatively small compared to what others suffered. For example, Huang Tiecheng was left hanging up in the air for three days and nights. During those days, they also tortured him in other ways. That caused his joints to swell. He was in great pain, and whenever he stood he had to hold onto the wall to walk. Two people supervised him on every shift and they did not allow him to sleep. Many people tortured him in shifts, often punching him in the chest. Yang Yu used an electric baton on Huang Tiecheng while he was hung up.

Q: What position does Yang Yu hold?
Zhang: Yang Yu was a head (a leader). He tortured Huang Tiecheng with an electric baton for a long time. When Zhao Shuang was on duty, he would torture him again with the electric baton, pour water on him, and then shock his private parts. He used the baton all over Huang's body, including his mouth, abdomen and head. After pouring water on the body of Huang Tiecheng, they would open up the window to let the wind blow directly on him. It was nearly November and the weather was very cold. The prisoners who supervised him closed the window when they got very cold. During the three days, he was deprived of sleep and his arms lost all feeling from the hanging. Therefore, the prisoners let him down, forcibly revived the feeling in his arms and then hung him back up again.

Q: How high was he hung?
Zhang: He was standing straight up.

Q: With his arms and legs separated?
Zhang: Yes, hung with the handcuffs on...

Q: Hung on two sides of a bunk bed.
Zhang: Yes, hung on a bunk bed and tortured for three days. They continuously beat him. As a result, he could not eat and vomited bile. Then, head Yang Yu thought his life was in danger, so he let him down. Huang Tiecheng fainted and was sent to the infirmary for a check-up. He was diagnosed with liver disease and was sent to the Wanjia Hospital. Huang Tiecheng was persecuted severely. Dong Wencheng and another Falun Gong practitioner from Shuangcheng were hung up for several days, during which time they were suffered beatings. A practitioner named Shi Zuosheng also encountered severe persecution. He shouted, "Falun Dafa is good" one day. He was wearing a cotton shirt and underpants when he was pushed onto the iron chair. He was forced to sit on the iron chair for one day and night.

Q: Was it during the winter?
Zhang: It was in late January and it was very cold.

Q: He had to sit on the iron chair wearing cotton underclothes? The iron chair would be icy-cold in the winter.
Zhang: Yes, extremely cold, and they tied him with bandages.

Q: Where is Shi Zuosheng from?
Zhang: He is from Shuangcheng. When Zhao Shuang was on duty, he tortured Shi Zuosheng with two electric batons for around 30 minutes. He tortured his private parts and his face became swollen from the long periods of electrocution. Another time, Head Qiang was on duty and he entered the small cell. Then we heard the sound of someone bumping against the wall. I heard Qiang tell the people who supervised practitioner Shi Zuosheng to throw him against the wall until he was close to death. One of the prisoners kicked Shi Zuosheng's head with great force and did not stop until his shoes broke from kicking him. We could still hear the bumping sounds the next morning. Shi Zuosheng was protesting and his head was bleeding. They sent him to the infirmary. When the infirmary released him, Zhao Shuang tied Shi Zuosheng to a bed for seven days. Shi became emaciated, vomited everything he ate and had frequent headaches. His body suffered great harm.

Zhang: The above are my personal experiences in Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp. They are all facts. I hope fellow practitioners outside of China will send this footage to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the International Justice Committee's special court and other human rights organizations. I hope the kind-hearted people around the world can together stop this brutal persecution of kind Falun Gong practitioners in China. This is genocide of good people who follow "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." They are a benefit to society, causing no harm. Although I have experienced many tribulations, I won't give up "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." Human beings need sincerity and kindness.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/5/13/127570.html

On March 9, 2006, I went to Jiuzhan, planning to distribute several copies of "The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party," but I was arrested before I distributed any copies. I was in the residence apartment near Jiuzhan Paper Factory when the police came and illegally arrested me after receiving a tip.

A few policemen dragged me to the Jiuzhan Police Station. With a smile on my face, I started to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to the police. I said to the police, "I am a senior citizen that used to live in Jiuzhan. I returned to Jiuzhan today by bus for the purpose of clarifying the truth about Falun Gong." I continued, "The Epoch Times published 'The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party' in order to reveal to the public an endless litany of heinous crimes that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has committed since it took power in China. The CCP has killed millions of people. Worst of all, it has murdered by torture Falun Gong practitioners who followed the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance." But those policemen refused to listen. They handcuffed me and took me back home. After ransacking my home and confiscating several of Teacher's photographs, Teacher's new articles and all the Falun Gong truth-clarification materials, they dragged me back to the police station.

The police stuffed me in a special iron chair and locked my ankles, wrists and torso to the chair. A policeman said, "You are an elder to me. As soon as you tell us who you get these materials from, I will release you right away without any fuss. Just say it. Take care of yourself. Forget about others. You don't need to suffer through this." I thought to myself, "I shall never give away any information to these depraved policemen. I shall never give them any chance to persecute my fellow practitioners." This special agent repeatedly threatened me to tell him the fellow practitioner that supplied me with these materials, but I ignored him. Eventually he gave up and left.

Next the chief of the police station entered the room with two policemen. The three of them were very drunk when they started to torture me. At the time I told them solemnly, "You must not inflict me with any torture!" The police chief said, "But I will! I will not only torture you, but also put you in jail after I am done with you!" I told them, "You have no power over me!" They asked, "Who does, then?" I replied, "Only my Teacher has power over me."

The police chief soaked a towel in a liquid drug and liquor. (The liquid drug turned milky white after coming into contact with the liquor.) They gagged my mouth and nose with the towel and tied my head to the back of the chair with a belt, with my head tilted upward. With my face facing up, they kept pouring the mixture over the towel. They didn't care if I was suffocating. I used my tongue to stop myself from swallowing any liquid. I repeatedly retched the mixture while they were force-feeding me with it. I almost choked on it during the process. They poured out almost an entire quart bottle of the liquid drug. I retched all over my clothes and the floor around the iron chair.

Next, the police started a new torture. The three of them each used a cigarette lighter to burn my fingertips and toes. Seven of my fingertips were badly burned. My left big toe was burned badly. My fingernails turned black. To this day my fingertips have not healed. They continue to discharge pus and blood. The pain is unbearable, but at the time of the torture the pain was even worse. I felt I'd be better off dead. I thought of Falun Gong at heart while shouting out loud, "Teacher! Save me!" The agony subsided a bit when I did that.

While some of them were burning my fingertips with lighters, others were shocking me with an electric baton and beating me with a very thick wooden club. When they finally became exhausted, the police dragged me to the ground from the iron chair. A policeman kept pulling my arms up from the back and kept my legs straight. The police chief produced a thick iron bar and laid it across my legs. Then he sat on top of the iron bar, adding a lot of weight on my legs. Words cannot describe the excruciating pain. Next, they pressed my upper body forward, put a chair on my back and had a policeman sit in the chair, forcing my upper body forward to the ground. Moreover, he pulled my arms up by force while sitting on my back. The pain was excruciating. Even to this day, my shoulders and arms are still in a lot of pain.

After a night of torture, the three of them still would not leave me alone. They tied me to the iron chair and cuffed my arms and legs to the chair. They did not untie me until the morning. The back of my hands became very swollen and my legs turned blue. I was unable to walk.

At around noon of the next day (March 10, 2006), the police transferred me to the Fengman Precinct Detention Center. At the detention center, I asked them, "What type of drug did you put in the liquor?" They replied, "It was a lethal drug." The police chief pointed at me and said to another policeman, "This is a good person." I questioned the police chief, "Since you know I am a good person. Why did you take me here?" He didn't answer.

I developed a fever. I felt cold and shivered. I felt pain in every inch of my body. The pain was unbearable. The liquid mixture that they poured over me burned my face in many places. My hair and my clothes were filthy from the vomiting. Since that day, I had severe cramps every day. The physician at the detention center diagnosed it to be caused by the drug. I was on medication for about two weeks to discharge the poison out of my body. Afterwards, the cramps stopped. I survived the poisoning, but I felt a lot of pain all over my body. I became muddleheaded. For about two weeks I was bedridden. The warden of the detention center and the physician notified Jiuzhan Police Station to take me home. However, the police from Jiuzhan lied to both the detention center and me. They told the detention center that they were taking me home, but in fact they transferred me, as well as three fellow Falun Gong practitioners, to Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City.

At the time I refused to cooperate with the police. I told them, "I did not commit any crime. It is you that have committed crimes. You are persecuting me and you are now trying to throw me into a forced labor camp. I refuse to enter such a place. You are the criminals. It is you that should be locked up." However, they dragged me into the forced labor camp by force.

Once in the forced labor camp, I started to expose the police's crimes. I said, "The Jiuzhan Police Station almost killed me. They tried to kill me by force-feeding me with a mixture of liquor and poison. Moreover, they burned my fingers with lighters. They have inflicted excruciating pain upon me. They persecuted me. They are the criminals." An official at the forced labor camp inspected my fingers and saw that they were terribly burned and that my fingernails were black. She declared right away, "We cannot take her. She must be released right now." However, the police from Jiuzhan Police Station refused to give up. They dragged me somewhere with no one else present and started kicking and cursing at me while declaring fiercely, "I cannot put you in there now, but I will give you hell!"

In order to put me into the forced labor camp, they devised a scheme. They took me to a police hospital in Changchun City and brought me to the emergency surgical center. They asked the physician to guarantee in writing that I was fit enough for labor education. Once they obtained a guarantee, they brought me back to Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp. It was already after 6:00PM when we were at the camp. Everyone had left work, so they had to make some phone calls to ask the admissions official to come back. She looked at the doctor's note and inspected my hands again. She said, "No. She will develop infections in her hands, which will affect her ability to perform labor. We cannot take her." The police from Jiuzhan Police Station pleaded with the admissions person for a long time, but she was very determined not to take me. Eventually, they gave up and brought me back to the police station. I felt cold and was in a lot of pain. They kept me in the police station until midnight.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/29/126304.html

 Because I didn't give up my belief and firmly believe in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance," I suffered all kinds of persecutiuons. I was close to death several times due to Jiang's regime's persecution. In 1999 I was illegally dismissed from my job. I was locked up many times. My original happy family was destroyed. Then I opted to become homeless to avoid further persecution.

Obtaining Falun Gong, I was freed from disease

I was a person who was formerly tormented by many diseases. During the 1998 Lunar New Year I got into a car incident, which made things even worse for me. I lost hope in everything. In June 1998, a friend gave me a copy of Zhuan Falun. After that I began to read Falun Gong books and do the exercises. A miracle happened several months later. All my diseases disappeared without a trace. The pain disappeared completely. I could walk so fast on my injured legs that I felt as if I were flying.

I went to Beijing twice and was tortured so badly that the bones showed through the skin of my feet

Just when I was immersed in happiness, on July 22, 1999, the media stopped all other programs and broadcast only one program all day long, slandering Falun Gong. On September 20, I took the train to Beijing, intending to tell the government my experiences of how I benefited from studying Falun Gong.

I was shocked as soon as I arrived at the Appeals Office of the State Council in Beijing. The People's Appeals Office had already become an arrest site. Police officers were aggressively arresting practitioners. I couldn't approach. Helplessly, I returned.

On October 25 I once again went to Beijing. Just as I arrived at Tiananmen Square, several police officers walked toward me and tried to arrest me. I asked, "What are you trying to do?" They said, "We want you to curse the Falun Gong Teacher. Do you dare to do so?" I said, "I don't even curse or beat anyone when I educate my son!" They said, "She is a Falun Gong practitioner!" They pushed me onto a police car and sent me to Miyun Prison.

There, several policemen pushed me to the floor and put me in shackles and handcuffs that weighed about 30 to 40 pounds and were covered wih rust. I was handcuffed behind my back. The vicious policemen took off my shoes. They dragged me to the yard covered with cobblestones and forced me to walk circle after circle wearing only pantyhose without shoes. When I had walked for several hours I really couldn't walk anymore. The policemen then came and dragged me by my arms and ran around the yard, with my legs bouncing off the ground. Because I was exhausted from walking for so long, I was unable to protest the torture. They stopped when they were too tired to walk. My pantyhose was by then torn and my legs were chafed. The handcuffs and shackles had cut deeply into the flesh and my skin had become a mixture of flesh and blood. In spite of this, they did not remove the handcuffs or shackles and kept them in place for six days. When I was sent back to the Jilin City Detention Center, my feet were so injured that the bones showed through. It hurt as badly, as if someone had cut me with a knife. I had difficulty walking for more than six months.

On February 15, 2000, when I was sharing Falun Gong experiences and understandings with other practitioners, I was again arrested. I was sent to the No.1 Detention Center in Jilin City. The police there ordered the criminals to monitor us. They prohibited us from talking or doing the exercises. I was punished twice with having to squat for long periods of time. I was forced to squat for more than 10 hours once. My legs were swollen and I couldn't stand. I went on a hunger strike. On the sixth day the police force-fed me. A criminal told me, "I made the corn paste. A half bag of salt was added to two handfuls of corn flour." About eight people pushed me down and force-fed me. When they did so, my stomach began to hurt. My mouth was cut, and my stomach was in such pain that I couldn't stretch my back. I couldn't eat normally for a long time.

Darkness in the forced labor camp

On March 8, 2000, I was sentenced to a one-year term in the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun. Seven practitioners and I were arrested at the same time, including Wang Rui, who was just 18 years old. Once we were sent there we were locked in a solitary cell.

Policewoman Hou Zhihong, who was in charge of the newcomer's team in the 4th Group, screamed, "Stand up! I'll tell you that no exercising is permitted in the forced labor camp. If you do the exercises, these things are waiting for you!" She then took out electric batons, straps, handcuffs and other instruments of torture. She said, "Do you see these? There are still some things that are even more terrible. I will choose to use them according to your attitude." We were forced to sit on benches every day, with no talking or moving. We were forced to sit that way for more than 10 hours a day. Later we were forced to do slave labor, as least 17 or 18 hours a day. Sometimes they let us sleep only two or three hours. If we worked a little slower, they would either beat or verbally abuse us.

Because of the camp officials' illegal tactics, more than 10 practitioners held a hunger strike and requested to be unconditionally released. The camp authorities had us force-fed brutally. The guard said to me, "You are the first!" They pushed me on the bed and inserted a long rubber tube into my mouth to my stomach. After a long time the corn paste just couldn't be poured in. I was suffocating and couldn't take a breath. I broke loose and sat up, out of reflex. Realizing that I would die unless I did so, I quickly pulled out the tube. I was completely exhausted, however, and coughed constantly. After that, I often coughed and vomited blood.

On May 13, 2000, the practitioners locked up in the 4th Group held a group hunger strike to protest our illegal detention and persecution. This time the officials escalated the persecution against us. Administration Chief Yue Jun and others held electric batons and bound the practitioners undergoing hunger strikes to a metal wire bed. They shocked the practitioners' mouths, necks and entire bodies while force-feeding them. The metal wire bed bounced up, along with the practitioner's body. Sparks flew everywhere. The sounds of the electric batons, cries, shouts, and sounds and smell of vomiting filled the hallway of the health care building. It was a miserable sight. Yue Jun then walked up to me and said, "I only recognize you. I will start with you today!" They kept shocking me for a long time. Immediately, big blisters rose on my body and neck. My wool sweater was burned. She still wouldn't stop. She took off my sweater, re-bound me to the metal bed, and shocked me again for a long time. The last thing I remember was darkness before my eyes and intolerable pain.

In August 2000, policewoman Zhang Guimei said that she would use a different technique on us. She ordered several practitioners who didn't renounce Falun Gong to go to a small storage room, where she forced us to sit on the ground in the lotus position for eight hours every day. Our hands were put behind our backs and we were prohibited from moving. Policewoman Li Xiaohua said, "Whoever moves will be shocked with a big electric baton!" We were forbidden to use the restroom. All of us suffered from blood blisters on the feet. Some vomited. The extreme pain made us hover between life and death. When Ms. Wang Xiufen moved a little, she was dragged forward and kicked and beaten by several group leaders. Then she was forced to continue to sit for three days. Zhang Guimei threatened, "The state gives us a death quota! I will first use that on you three," which meant Wang Xiulan, who was eventually persecuted to death, Jin Min, and me.

By the end of November 2001, I had been locked up for ten months beyond my term.

Newly arrested practitioners were constantly sent to the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp . The authorities used violence on steadfast practitioners. They were forced to stand for several days in a row, deprived of sleep, bound to a bed, and shocked with electric batons. One day Zhang Guimei stared at me and said, "As soon as the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee closed the meeting, they issued new documents. We will send all of you that don't 'reform' to the northwest region where there are no signs of human habitation. You will have no way to come back. You will die of hunger or cold!"

They subjected the newcomers to violence on a daily basis to force them to "reform." Seeing this pained my heart.

On November 30 I again held a hunger strike. I put forward three requests: 1. Stop violating the law while executing the law, meaning, stop the violent persecution of practitioners using electric batons and other instruments of torture. 2. No term extensions. The forced labor camp officials have no right to extend victims' terms at will, which is disobeying the law. 3. Release all the Falun Gong practitioners who are "illegally imprisoned."

After I finished stating my request, group leader Guan Wei said, "It's impossible! When are you going to eat?" I replied, "If you don't promise me, I won't eat."

On the third day of my hunger strike they force-fed me as a means of persecution, not to save my life. Several people pushed and held me down and inserted a rubber tube into my nose. I coughed badly and couldn't breathe. They tried to insert it into my nose but it came out of my mouth. I had a severe nosebleed and vomited a large quantity of blood. They didn't care about my life and said, "No matter what happens, we have to insert it!"

It frequently happened that the tube needed to be inserted five or six times. I was nearly suffocated several times. In fact, even if the tube were inserted, they wouldn't feed me many things. They knew that it wouldn't help anything, but they had to force-feed me twice a day. Each time after they force-fed me, I was exhausted and felt that I had had a narrow escape from danger. I clearly knew what the torture of force-feeding meant. I already was mentally well prepared: I'm still alive today, but I might lose my life tomorrow. They saw that they couldn't change my mind. On the eleventh day they decided to send me to the police hospital.

The above incidents are only part of what I've experienced and witnessed in the forced labor camp.

The police hospital

Before they sent me to the police hospital, the forced labor camp authorities extorted 2,000 yuan from my younger brother. On December 9 the camp administrators, guards, and doctors sent me under escort to the police hospital. They threatened me all the way to the hospital, "Didn't you refuse to eat? You thought that the forced labor camp was bad. After you get to the police hospital, you will see that they have plenty of methods to punish you!" Wang Kefei was tortured to death the end of 2001 and died in that police hospital.

The guards bound me to a bed with hand and foot rings. I could only lie down and couldn't move, not even a little. They then took a very thick rubber tube and inserted it into my stomach through my nose. Because the tube was too thick, they attempted to insert it several times but still couldn't succeed. It made me cough violently. The guards didn't care about my life and forcibly inserted the tube into my nose. They tortured me for a long time and finally succeeded in inserting the tube. I had broken out in a sweat and was exhausted. They said, "Let's continue!" They then inserted a catheter. My body was shaking from the pain, and the tube in my nose kept me from breathing properly.

It was extremely painful, and death was a blink away. At night, saliva kept running into my mouth, but I could not take care of myself because of the bindings. Sometimes when I could not spit I felt almost suffocated. They had inserted the tube but did not feed me. They kept the tube constantly inside me as a form of abuse, keeping it inserted so long that my throat was swollen and I coughed continually. Since nobody was taking care of me and I was tightly cuffed to the bed, I could only turn my head to the side when I had to spit. My face and body were covered in filth. When the catheter leaked and urine spilled onto the floor, the criminal detainees cleaned the floor with my cotton pants while cursing at me "for was polluting the ward." During the day they were too disgusted to be around me and stayed in other rooms. Before they left they would leave the windows open. It was December, the coldest month of the year and this was in northern China. I only had my underwear on. The mattress was wet, and the quilt covered me only up to my chest, and yet I couldn't move. Pain, cold, physical abuse, and insults came together. Every day I suffered in great misery.

The criminal in the same cell told me, "I've been here for more than a year. I've already seen a lot of things. How about Yu Lixin? She was from the city government, but she was still tortured. Later, nobody took care of her and they abandoned her in the hallway!"

After I returned home I heard that Yu Lixin underwent a hunger strike for four months in the police hospital. Nobody took care of her there, either. It was the hospital rule. Later they force-fed her. The catheter broke and left her soaked in urine. Feces accumulated so much that it touched her hair. Bedsores covered her whole body. She died on May 4, 2002 from the torture.

On the fourth day the camp authorities were afraid that I might die and they would have to take the responsibility. They let my younger brother take me home. Finally I left the evil den. After only four days in the police hospital I developed the profound opinion that this hospital was not for curing illnesses or saving lives, but for intensifying the abuse and torment of people under the persecution.

The above incidents are only part of what I had to endure under the persecution. Jiang's regime is so vicious and inhumane. Their crimes are too numerous to record. But none of the difficulties and hardships could shake the kind and righteous people's belief in Falun Gong and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance."

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/5/8/127177.html

 Since August 2005, Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp in Beijing has intensified its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioner Guo Zhenge was tortured until he became muddleheaded. Gao Changze, Zhang Qingshan, and Wang Jiping were viciously beaten. The guards even put drugs in practitioners' food in order to "transform" them. The following are partial accounts of the persecution of practitioners in Tuanhe Force Labor Camp.

1. "Sandwiching"

The most common tactic that the guards used is to order inmates convicted of theft or drug abuse to monitor the practitioners. In Team III, guard Yin Hongsong was the most vicious. Sometimes one inmate monitored one practitioner, but more often than not two, and sometimes even four inmates monitored and sandwiched one practitioner. The practitioners would be placed under close monitoring around the clock, completely losing their personal freedom. Moreover, they were frequently beaten and verbally abused, which caused them bodily and psychological harm.

2. Vicious Beatings

The guards entice the inmates with sentence reduction, privileges to buy food or order dishes, and at the same time intimidate and threaten them to persecute practitioners. Practitioners Gao Changze (a 60-year-old farmer in Huirou City), Zhang Qingshan (close to 40 years old), and Wang Jiping (30's) were physically attacked and verbally abused by the inmates.

Guard Yin Hongsong beat practitioner Xing Baoxiang to the ground and claimed that he fell due to high blood pressure. Guard Li Wei also beat Mr. Xing.

3. Starving practitioners and not letting them use the restroom

For those practitioners who refuse to be "transformed," the guards often do not give them enough food. They are only given a steamed bun and a small amount of vegetable soup. They are often not allowed to drink water or use the restroom.

One practitioner was held in a storage room. He was not allowed to go to the restroom and was forced to urinate on the ground. When a practitioner goes to the restroom, he is often held by the inmate by the collar and the arm.

4. Sleep Deprivation

The guards often keep the practitioners up until very late at night, and sometimes not let them sleep at all. When they do let the practitioners go to sleep, they often poke at them from time to time to disturb them. In the winter, they keep the windows wide open when the practitioners are sleeping.

Practitioner Guo Zhenge (close to 50 years old, a farmer in the Beijing suburbs) has been deprived of sleep over a long period of time by guards Gao Jianguo and Li Weichang, and is now mentally disoriented.

5. Lacing drugs in food and savage force-feeding

Practitioner Gao Changze often called out "Falun Dafa Is Good" while being tortured. The guards ordered the inmates to gag him with a mop. Guard Li Wei secretly put drugs in his food.

Some practitioners went on hunger strikes in protest. The guards ordered the practitioners to pay for the cost of their force-feeding. They also forced the practitioners to do hard labor.

6. Confinement

Guards put the steadfast practitioners in a small room and have the inmates watch over them and beat them. When the practitioner appealed to the authorities, the guards would collude with the inmates and said that they were not aware of any beatings taking place.

7. Sitting in a child's chair

The guards force the practitioners to sit in a small child's chair. They force the practitioners to sit still and hold a piece of paper in between their legs. The sitting can last half a day, a day, or even weeks at a time. Practitioners are beaten if they move at all.

8. Slave labor

The guards force the practitioners to do slave labor to make money for the guards. The labor includes braiding hair for wigs, making unsanitary tourniquets, constructing advertising products, making pieces of hardwood floors, packaging DVD's, and other forms of manual labor.

9. Covering up the truth

Sometimes the guards conduct an "audit" to cover up their crimes. They would have some inmates fill out surveys but only pass them out to the ones that would give favorable feedback. Occasionally they would ask everyone to fill out surveys, but those are used to determine who is to be subjected to brainwashing.

I hope that all people of conscience can pay attention to the harsh persecution against the practitioners in China. The Chinese Communist Party has utilized the entire nation's resources to persecute innocent Falun Gong practitioners. They have written the darkest chapter in China's history.

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In late February of 2006, Zhang Mingqian and Wang Wei, director and deputy director of the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp; Ma Jishan, Management Section Leader; Su Jing, leader of the Masanjia Women's Second District (the so-called "Thought Education School"); Wang Naimin from the Political Committee; Li Mingyu and Xie Chendong, Leader and Deputy Leader of the First Large Team; as well as Li Mingyu's husband, Liu Yong, Section Leader of the Masanjia Labor Camp Protection Section, jointly subjected all persevering practitioners "illegally imprisoned" in the First Large Team to torture. Their methods included handcuffing, beatings, and forcing the practitioners to sit on stools for long periods of time. Each practitioner also had her prison clothes forcibly put on by at least three or four male guards. Those who refused to submit were brutally beaten.

Practitioners Ms. Sun Suxiang, Ms. Yuan Shuzhe, Ms. Yang Baoying, Ms. Qiu Li, and others were all brutally beaten. Among them, Ms. Sun, Ms. Qiu, Ms. Huang Sumei, Ms. Liu Guiyuan amd Ms. Zhang were confined to small prison cells to be persecuted. In order to resist the persecution, Ms. Qiu Li and Ms. Liu Guiyuan went on hunger strikes. On March 22, 2006, Ms. Qiu, Ms. Liu, and Ms. Huang Sumei were moved out of their individual small cells and imprisoned in three empty houses in the First Large Team. Other practitioners imprisoned in these empty houses include Ms. Zhou Hua, Ms. Meng, Ms. Guiqiu, Ms. Yuan Shuzhe, Ms. Xie Xinying, and others. In order to resist the persecution, they have all begun a hunger strike.

From 6 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. police guards handcuffed these practitioners and forced them to stay in a squatting position almost every day. The pressure on the practitioners' hands often resulted in numbness and swelling. Some of their hands and legs became frozen. When practitioners are asked to stretch out their hands, they have to stretch their hands out straight or diagonally in the air. Sometimes the guards force the practitioners to squat down for long periods and don't allow them to stand, a very inhumane form of persecution. All this is done while they are handcuffed to bed frames, unable to move.

Ms. Qiu Li, Ms. Liu Guiyuan, Ms. Huang Sumei, Ms. Meng Guiqiu, and Ms. Zhou Hua were not allowed to wash themselves or even to change their clothes for a month. They were be handcuffed everyday, even when they went to sleep at night. On April 10, they were transferred out and illegally detained in the Third Group of the Masanjia Labor Camp Women's First District's First Large Team. For refusing to wear prison uniforms in the Third Group, they were brutally beaten many times by criminals Wang Liying and her gang. Much of their hair has been pulled out. Even though the Team Leader Sun Mei was present, she refused to stop the criminals from torturing the practitioners.

Currently, Ms. Qiu Li is still on a hunger strike. She has been force-fed everyday and given injections, which cost 20 yuan per bottle. They are force-fed corn porridge, salt, an egg, and small amounts of sugar, yet it costs 20 yuan each time. Another practitioner undergoing hunger strike is Ms. Jiang Chunxia from Dalian City. Ms. Jiang has already been persecuted to the point where she cannot walk, while Ms. Qiu Li can only stumble. Both of these women have become severely emaciated.

Other practitioners imprisoned in the Masanjia Labor Camp include Ms. Wang Xiuyan (Benxi City), Ms. Qu Shumei (Dalian City), and Ms. Xin Shuhua.

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 Practitioner Ms. Li Xiaoyu persisted in her belief in Falun Gong. She was illegally sentenced to 10 years in prison. She is currently extremely weak and cannot care for herself unassisted.

(Photo of Li Xiaoyu)

Ms. Li, 36 years old, used to be a teacher at the Jiefangbeilu First Elementary School. Since becoming a Falun Gong practitioner in 1997, she did everything according to the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." She was very attentive to her teaching job, and her colleagues considered her to be a top teacher. Teachers at her school said that the students in her class had the best discipline and moral character.

Agents from the Lianxin Police Station in the Jinjiang District of Chengdu City arrested Ms. Li in April 2002 when she was at a Falun Gong materials production center. Two other practitioners were arrested at the same time. They were Mr. Zhao Yong, 35 years old, who lived at Group One, Chen Village, Jingshan Township in Bazhou District, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, and Mr. Min Qinjun, 30 years old, who lived at #5 Gujinsi Road, Shaping Township, Ebian Yi Autonomous County, Leshan City.

In July 2003, Jinjiang District Court officials held an illegal hearing in which the three practitioners openly exposed Jiang Zemin's crimes in persecuting Falun Gong. They each received a 10-year jail sentence.

Ms. Li Xiaoyu was steadfast in Falun Gong practice and suffered from long-term persecution. The police frequently arrested and detained her. She lost her job and the right to live a normal life and was often harassed and intimidated by people from the Jinniu District Political and Judiciary Committee. The persecution even extended to her young son. Even a holiday gift, to which he was entitled, was withheld from him.

According to an insider, because she refused to perform any forced labor, Ms. Li endured very severe physical and mental trauma. Her face was disfigured and swollen. She lost quite a few teeth from violence. Ms. Li is extremely weak, and her situation is very critical.

Responsible persons in this case:

Chengdu City's Jinniu District Political and Judiciary Committee: #65 Shawan Road, Chengdu City 610031
Long Xingyu, Secretary, Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-28-86266390; 86-13808060117 (Cell)

Chengdu City's Jinjiang District Political and Judiciary Committee: Dacisilu Chengdu City, 610016
Hao Xiaofeng, Secretary, Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-28 -86753550

Western Sichuan Women's Prison: Dabao Village, Longquan Yiwenan Township, Chengdu City 610109
Yuan, Jail Education Section Chief: 86-28-84898233
Li, Prison Politics Branch Section Chief

Chengdu City's Jinchiang District Lianxin Police Station: Lianhua North Second Lane, Chengdu City: 86-28-84545602
Leng Qiuming, director
Chen Qingfu and Li Xu, police officers.
Chengdu Cao Jiaxiang Police Station: 68 Chengdu Ma-an Street, 610081
Li Huasong, police officer: 86-28-83345576

Chengdu City, Jinjiang District Court: 5 Chengdu Tianxianqiao South Road, 610021, phone: 86-28-84554377
Yang Yuquan, Chief Judge
Li Tong, Presiding judge: 028-84529065
Chen Jianqing and Chen Xiufen, jurors
Liu Husheng, clerk

Chengdu City's Jiefang North Road First Elementary School, 610081: 86-28-83330837
Liu Xingcheng, retired principal
Zhang Zhi, principal.

Sichuan Province's Dianzhang Law Firm: Luo Yuqin, designated attorney appointed by Jinjiang District Court for Ms. Li Xiaoyu

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 Ms. Zhao Tingyun, 54 years old, was from Xinxiang City, Henan Province. On January 6, 2006, the police arrested her. Her home was then searched and her husband was arrested and detained, as well. Section head Qian from the Muye Police Branch of Xinxiang City led the police do this unlawful deed. At around 9:00 p.m. on January 15, at a detention center, Xu Qiang, head of the Monitoring and Supervision Branch of the Xinxiang Police Department, told Zhao Tingyun's husband that Ms. Zhao died between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. that morning. He ordered Ms. Zhao's husband to sign the autopsy authorization. Xu Qiang refused to let the family see the body first and threatened that an inspection would not be accurate 12 hours after death.

To seek justice in the death of his mother, Ms. Zhao's son, Liu Yan, has been to all of the law offices in Xinxiang City but no one dared to accept the case. He only option now is to appeal to the provincial capital. Here is his Letter of Appeal:

Appellant: Liu Yan, 26, son of Zhao Tingyun. Lives in the Bus Factory's residential community, Tielu West of Xinxiang City. Phone number: 86-373-2162149

Pleadings:
1. Investigate how my mother died
2. Uphold justice and punish the murderers

The Facts:

My mother, Ms. Zhao Tingyun, 55, was a retiree from the Xinxiang Bus Factory. On January 6, 2006, when she was visiting a friend, agents from the Hongqi Police Branch of the Xinxiang Police Department arrested and interrogated her in Dongfang Hotel in Xinxiang County. She was then detained with a charge of "disturbing the social order." That same day in the evening, Muye Police Branch section head Qian led more than 10 policemen to break into my parents' home to conduct a search. Later my father was arrested and sent to the No. 760 Factory guest house. He was illegally detained there for two days and three nights and then sent to the municipal detention center. At around 9:00 p.m. on January 15 in the detention center, Monitoring and Supervision Branch head Xu Qiang told my father that my mother had died between 4:00 and 5:00 am. that morning and ordered my father to sign the autopsy permission slip. My father did not agree to sign but agreed to discuss the issue after my mother's family viewed the body. Agent Xu Qiang didn't agree and threatened that the exam would be inaccurate because death had occurred 12 hours before. My father had no recourse but to sign the permission slip. They finally released my father the next morning.

At 9:00 a.m. on January 18, agent Xu Qiang came to my home and said the cause of my mother's death was "collapse from hunger strike." My mother was detained the afternoon of January 6 and was declared dead on the morning of January 15. How could she have died of collapse due to a hunger strike? We have many doubts. The officials then did not try to explain to or comfort us. In fact many people, including those from the Muye District municipality, the police department, and my mother's workplace, came to my home in turn to advise and intimidate us to sign the cremation permission, otherwise they would do it anyway.

We later repeatedly requested the written results of the autopsy report. Xu Qiang, who was in charge of the case, stated that the autopsy report was a legal document and the family was not privileged to receive a written copy but was only entitled to an oral report. Xu Qiang also intimidated us and said that the municipal procuratorial court and the police department's Discipline Inspection Committee had been involved and believed there were no violations.

To see my mother for the last time and provide a change of clean clothes for her, we had asked the related offices and persons in charge many times to permit us to do so. Finally, on January 27 we got permission. When we arrived at the funeral home, dozens of police were already there waiting for us. As it turned out, only four of us were permitted to see her body. To cover up the fact that my mother had suffered brutal beatings when she was alive, they already changed her clothes and covered her with a set of old-style, big, loose clothing. My mother's hair was messy. When we tried to put on makeup, we found congealed blood on the left side of her neck. There was a five centimeter-long wound behind her left ear and a strip of bloody bumps on the back of the head. A hunger strike could never have caused these injuries. They were wounds from being struck with a solid object. When we asked to see the original clothes my mother had worn, Xu Qiang hemmed and hawed and lied, and finally said to check with the Hongqi Police Branch. Since our visit to determine my mother's cause of death made the officials very uncomfortable, Xu Qiang refused many times to accede to our family's right to view my mother's remains again.

On February 23, the police department agents notified us to come see the autopsy report. It reported cavities in my mother's lung and concluded that long-term malnutrition had caused her death.

From what we saw, the cause of my mother's death was not what the report said.

First, before my mother was interrogated on January 14, she looked very normal. When she was sent back, she kept vomiting blood and moaning painfully. At night she experienced stiffness all over her body.

Second, if my mother's death was caused by "collapse from hunger strike," how are the wounds on her head and her neck to be explained?

Third, if lung cavities caused her death, as it stated in the autopsy report, it was the savage beatings that caused these internal injuries. Several hours before my mother died, she was interrogated and subjected to ruthless torture. It is likely that they subjected her to force-feeding.

The above facts are convincing evidence that it was not a hunger strike but the savage beating during interrogation or the force-feeding that caused my mother's death.

To find justice for my mother's death, I have been to every law office, but no one has dared to accept my case. I have no other recourse but to appeal to the provincial capital and hope that you can give me a satisfactory answer.

Appellant Liu Yan
March 26, 2006

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 The thugs in the Lanzhou Women's Jail are cruelly persecuting Falun Gong practitioners.

Falun Gong practitioner Lei Zhanxiang from Jinchang City, Gansu Province, was transferred to the Lanzhou Women's Jail on April 26, 2006. On the morning of April 27, as soon as Lei arrived, the policemen instigated two prisoners to beat her. They also deprived her of sleep for three days and nights and forced her to watch the brainwashing videos. Lei's face and shoulders was swollen from the beatings and her eyes became reddish. The jail even forced her to take unknown drugs. After taking these drugs the police forced her to protrude her tongue for an examination, forbidding her from moving or using the washroom. She suffered from abdominal pains after taking the drug.

The thugs, while forcing her to watch the relatives of Falun Gong practitioners slandering Teacher and Falun Gong, said, "1. If you do not transform upon the completion of your term, we will let you die inside the jail. 2. No bail will be granted to you till your death in the jail. 3. The insiders have labeled Falun Gong as being 'counter-revolutionary.' They do not dare to kill Falun Gong practitioners openly, but they will try to kill them secretly."

A fellow practitioner, name unknown, was persecuted to such an extent that she needed the support of other persons to walk. Despite this, the jail still denied her bail for treatment.

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 Wang Xi, a college professor at Shihezi City Business College, Xinjiang, was illegally arrested on January 5, 2004. Two months later she was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment and detained in Xinjiang's No. 2 Jail in Urumqi City. During the first two years in jail, Ms. Wang Xi's hands were handcuffed between the bunked beds and she was not allowed to go to bed until 2:00 a.m. every day. Then she was handcuffed again in the same way beginning at 4:00 a.m. Her health seriously deteriorated due to the long-term persecution. On May 10, 2006, Ms. Wang's family members went to the jail to see her, since according to the regulation set by the jail, there could be visits at three-month intervals. They arrived there very early, but did not get the permit until 11:30 a.m. Then a woman guard said they were not allowed to see her since Ms. Wang violated jail regulations during the Labor Day holiday. Ms. Wang's family pleaded with them, saying, "We live far away from here, so it is not easy to get here. Please let us take a look at her!" But the guard peremptorily said, "You can see her next time." Ms. Wang's family said to her, "That would be three months later, what kind of regulation did Wang Xi violate?" The guard responded impatiently, "You know what it is!"

Wang Xi was illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor in 2001 and detained in Ulapo Forced Labor Camp.

In May of 2003, Wang Xi was released on medical parole. She lives a very difficult life because she got divorced and lost her job. So she asked to resume her previous work and sent a letter entitled "My experience of illegal arrest and forced labor during the last four years" to the responsible department to expose the inhuman treatment by the authorities. This included such things as brutal beating, handcuffing behind the back, sleep deprivation, forced feeding, and so on. Because of this, Wang Xi was arrested again on January 5, 2004 and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment in March of the same year. Wang Xi appealed several times but never got a response.

Currently, Wang Xi's family members are very much worried about her situation and her health.

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1. Ms. Shi Xizhi

Ms. Shi Xizhi lived in Apartment 402, Building No. 2, Yinfu Community Area, Kunming City, Yunnan Province. She was reported to police for practicing Falun Gong and was arrested at home in April or May of 2003. She was tried secretly and sentenced to four years in prison and detained in the No. 2 Prison of Yunnan Province.

Late at night on March 8, 2005, the prison called Shi Xizhi's daughter and informed her that Ms. Shi was in the Gongren Hospital, in critical condition. The next morning, when her family members arrived at the hospital, Shi Xizhi was already in a coma. She had been tortured and suffered from the persecution for a long time. Ms. Shi was unable to recover and died the early morning of March 17, 2005.

From the time Shi Xizhi was arrested until she died, her family members didn't know what happened to her during that time. When Ms. Shi was secretly tried and sentenced to prison, no one from her family was permitted to attend the trial. When they visited her in prison, there was always someone nearby to monitor them. Even when Ms. Shi was comatose in the hospital, the police still stayed around to monitor everyone. No one knows exactly how she suffered and died.

2. Mr. Lu Shilin

Mr. Lu Shilin, 69 years old, lived in Huangmei Town, Huangmei County. He was the gatekeeper for the county department store outlet. He lived alone in the outlet's courtyard. Since Mr. Lu began Falun Gong practice in 1995, he improved greatly both physically and mentally. He was regarded widely as a good man at the outlet. Since 1999, when the evildoers started to persecute Falun Gong, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) kept harassing him. His home was searched and his Falun Gong books were taken away. Mr. Lu was arrested and detained in the Huangmei Town Police Station and in the No. 2 Huangmei Detention Center several times. In 2004, he was sent to a brainwashing center in Wuchang City, Hubei Province and suffered a lot, both mentally and physically.

Early in the morning of March 10, 2006, some residents in the outlet's courtyard heard a loud sound like a "bang" in the yard and a person crying. Around 4:00 a.m., a driver found Mr. Lu lying face down on the courtyard ground. There was a lot of blood around. His hat and shoes were one meter away from his body. His relatives later found a big hole in his forehead. The details need more investigation.

3. Ms. Liu Suzhi

Ms. Liu Suzhi, 57, lived in Dangba Town, Bingquan County, Hebei Province. Before she practiced Falun Gong in 1998, she had multiple diseases, which all disappeared after she began the practice. Since 1999, when Jiang's regime started persecuting Falun Gong, Ms. Liu's family members didn't support her practice, causing her to be unable to regularly perform the exercises and read book. In 2004, her old heath problems returned. She died on October 6, 2005.

4. Ms. He Weixian

Ms. He Weixian, 61, lived at an oil company base in Chongqing City. Someone threatened her in July 2001 for clarifying the truth. She decided later to leave home and go from place to place to avoid further persecution. On October 24, 2002, Ms. He was sent to the Maojiashan Women's Forced Labor Camp in Chongqing City, where they injected her with toxic substances that harm the central nervous system. She was in constant pain since then. On October 13, 2004 Ms. He was released to go home, but the persecutors kept harassing her. She died on April 24, 2006.

5. Ms. Wen Shuqiong

Ms. Wen Shuqiong, 68, lived at Chengbei Village, Wujing Town, Xinjing County, Chengde City, Shichuan Province. Before she practiced Falun Gong, she had many diseases including diabetes, nephritis, rheumatism, cholecystitis, cataracts and other ailments. For years she had to depend on medicine to sustain her life. Not long after Ms. Wen started the practice in 1996, her health problems disappeared miraculously. In March 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. She was arrested and sent back to Xinjing County. She was detained for 45 days and was fined 10,500 yuan. Her home was searched. On June 30, 2000, the local officials arrested Wen Shuqiong on the street. They were Chen Zichao and Chen Guihua from the Wujing Town government, and the head of Chengbei Village, Lin Jun. Ms. Wen was held in a detention center for 30 days. She was arrested again in January 2002 when she clarified the truth in Qinglong Town, Pengshan County. She was later sent back to Xinjing County, was fined 1,200 yuan and sentenced to two years of forced labor, to be served at the Nanmusi Women's Forced Labor Camp, Sichuan Province. In April 2002, Ms. Wen was released on bail for medical treatment. She suffered a lot during arrest and detention, and her health deteriorated. Ms. Wen Shuqiong died in April 2006.

6. Mr. Xu Yunzhang

Mr. Xu Yunzhang, 61, was from Beijing. In 1995, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer and underwent surgery. The doctor asserted that he could live only for five years at most. In 1996, Mr. Xu began Falun Gong practice and recovered, becoming a normal, healthy person. He had appealed for justice for Falun Gong many times, including taking part in the "April 25" appeal in 1999. In 2000, local police agents detained Mr. Xu. For several years, he kept clarifying the truth to people in his area and suffered continuous harassment from the local residential committee, from agents of the 610 Office, and the police station. Mr. Xu's health deteriorated as a result of the high pressure and threats during the long-term persecution. He died on April 30, 2006.

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1 [Chaoyang, Liaoning] Practitioner Mr. Zhao Hongli Persecuted To Near Death

Practitioner Mr. Zhao Hongli lived on Tienan Street, Yebaishou Town, Jianping County, Chaoyang, Liaoning Province. He was sentenced to eight years and serves in Panjin Prison Liaoning Province. He has been on a hunger strike for more than seven months. On April 27, 2006, his relatives were notified that his life was in danger but the prison authorities refused to release him.


2 [Hebei Province] Shijiazhuang City Finance Bureau Practitioner Mr. Jiao Shuchao Taken To Brainwashing Center

Practitioner Mr. Jiao Shuchao from Shijiazhuang was sent to the Hebei Provincial Capital Brainwashing Center by his work unit on April 25, 2006. Li Heping, the chief of the finance bureau, is responsible for this incident.

3 [Yitong County, Jilin Province] Practitioners Ms. Zheng Jianying and Ms. Lin Yazhen Forced to Become Homeless

On March 26, 2006, Yitong County practitioners Ms. Zheng Jianying and Ms. Lin Yazhen were illegally arrested, and their homes were ransacked by Han Jie and others from Yitong County National Security Group. They were held in the Yitong County Detention Center, where they went on a hunger strike to protest. They were released on the afternoon of March 30. It is said that the authorities from the National Security Group were planning to put them into a forced labor camp and only released them temporarily. They would be sent to a forced labor camp after approval from higher authorities. Ms. Zheng and Ms. Lin have been forced to become destitute and homeless to avoid persecution.

On the morning of April 25 at about 5:00 a.m., Han Jie led four police officers from Yitong County National Security Group to enter practitioner Ms. Zheng's home to arrest her, but they failed because she no longer lived there.

4 [Guangzhou, Guangdong] Practitioner Mr. Wei Yingxin's Recent Situation

Practitioner Mr. Wei Yingxin was arrested and had a court hearing on January 23, 2006. During the hearing, Mr. Wei stated firmly and righteously that he was innocent and that Falun Gong had brought him countless benefits but no harm. The defense attorney also argued for his innocence and requested his release. After the court hearing, Mr. Wei was brutally beaten by the police. As a result, he was unable to take care of himself for 10 days. He has been held in No. 119 Warehouse of the Guangzhou Yuexiu District Detention Center.

5 [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Zhao Xibo's Wife Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong

Mr. Zhao Xibo lives in Fumaying Village, Meicun Town in the Fangzhi District of Weifang City. His wife was arrested for practicing Falun Gong. The time and location of the arrest are unclear. She is being held in Meicun Local Police Department.

6 [Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province] Practitioner Ms. Guo Suying Arrested

On April 23, several persons from the village committee came to practitioner Ms. Guo Suying's home in Zhangjiakou City, Yanjiatun, and asked her to come out to talk with them. As soon as she walked out of her house, she was not allowed to go back in. Her home was ransacked. Now Ms. Guo's whereabouts are unclear.

7 [Beijing] Practitioner Ms. Hua Qiyun Arrested And Her House Ransacked by Police

Ms. Deng Xueyin, 65, and her daughter, Ms. Hua Qiyun, 35, live at Unit 103, 4th Gate, 6th Building, Anhui North Lane, Chaoyang District, Beijing. They have been firmly practicing Falun Gong. At 3: 00 p.m., on April 14, police illegally ransacked their home and arrested them. Presently they are detained in Chaoyang District Police Department, Beijing City.

8. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Lu Zhaoxin Arrested

Mr. Lu Zhaoxin is from Dasiping Town, Xinbin County, Fushun City, Liaoning Province. On April 25, 2006, Zhao Yajun and other officers from the Dasiping Police Department unlawfully took Mr. Lu to the police department when he got off at Sifangtai Village Station. It was reported that informants turned him in to the police.

9 [Beijing] Practitioner Ms. Li Jinghua Taken to Gucheng Brainwashing Center

Recently, officials in Beijing started a new round of brainwashing sessions in Shijingshan. At noon on April 21, 2006, officers from the Bajiao Police Station and officials from the local residential committee broke into Ms. Li Jinghua's home, which is located at the border between Fengtai and Shijingshan. They arrested Ms. Li. It has been learned that Ms. Li is being held in Gucheng Brainwashing Center.

Zhu Wei, residential police officer: 86-13910563588 (cell)
Liu Yang, state security official: 86-10-68668715

10 [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Mr. Bian Lihui in Critical Condition while on Hunger Strike in Protest of Persecution

11 [Dandong City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Zeng Qingtao Beaten by Prison Officers for Doing Falun Gong Exercises

Mr. Zeng Qingtao is being unlawfully held at the No. 9 Ward in the No. 1 Prison in Shenyang Prison Complex. He was recently beaten by Sun Fuqing, unit head of prison officers, for practicing Falun Gong exercises in the prison.

12 [Jiamusi City, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Guiying and Other Practitioners Unlawfully Detained

On the evening of March 5, 2006, several officers from the Yingezhuang Police Station unlawfully searched the homes of practitioners Ms. Lu Guiying and Ms. Liu Guiying. The officers confiscated Teacher's portraits, Falun Gong books, MP3 discs, and other items.

On April 19, 2006, several officers from the same police station arrested Ms. Liu Guiying and Ms. Lu Guiying. The officers also arrested Ms. Wu Yuzhi, who was visiting the other two practitioners. The three practitioners were cursed, beaten and had their fingerprints taken before they were released.

Telephone number of the Yingezhuang Police Station: 86-315-3061485

13 [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Yanzhao Cosmopolitan Press Publishes Slandering Reports to Shirk Responsibilities

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Hong Fei, 21, was a college student from Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. On the evening of March 7, 2006, he died from the persecution. On April 25, 2006, the East Hebei Province Section of the Yanzhao Cosmopolitan Press reported in large bold type on page 10: "Shocking Death Case as a Result of [Practicing] Falun Gong," Section Editor Wang Jianxiong, Graphics Editor Zhang Jing. The newspaper made up outright lies to frame Falun Gong on its website. They tried to help police officers to shirk their responsibilities for the death of Mr. Hong and to poison the minds of the public who were not aware of the facts.

14 [Laiwu City, Shandong Province] Mr. Qi Fuxiang, a Middle School Teacher from Gangcheng District, Arrested

Mr. Qi Fuxiang, a teacher at the Gangcheng District No. 4 Middle School in Laiwu City, Shandong Province, was unlawfully detained on April 4, 2006. He remains in custody in Laiwu Detention Center in Beibu.

Mr. Qi, in his 30s, graduated from a university in Beijing. He was from Qijiangling, Huangzhuang Town in the Gangcheng District of Laiwu City. Officers from the Huangzhuang Town Police Station arrested him twice for his going to Beijing to appeal and for his determination to practice Falun Gong. He served three years in a forced labor camp, and he has continued his practice upon returning home from the forced labor camp.

15 [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Mr. Li Decai Unlawfully Detained

Wang Xianjun, who does not have a regular job, is an informant for a local police station. He called the Fendou Police Station, the State Security Unit, and the Yongxing Village Office and turned in Mr. Li Decai to the police around 9:00 a.m. on April 4. Mr. Li Decai is a practitioner from the Hulan District, Harbin City. During the arrest, Wang Xianjun broke two fingers. As a result, he asked the police to detain Mr. Li on criminal offenses for premeditated injury.

16 [Shangdong Province] Elderly Practitioner Ms. Liu Daying from Shengli Oil Field Taken to Brainwashing Center

Ms. Liu Daying is the family member of an employee of the Oil Field Construction No. 1 Company of Shengli Oil Field. She is about 70 years old. After she started to practice Falun Gong, she had a healthy body and harmonious family. On April 11, Wang Jichen, chief of Political Security Section of the Binxi Police Department, arrested her and ransacked her home with the excuse that she had a Falun Gong book. The next day, she was sent to the Supply Division of Shengli Oil Field Brainwashing Center. Since her family members kept on going to the brainwashing center and the Police Department to ask for her release, Chief Liu of the brainwashing center claimed that she would be released if her family paid 50,000 yuan.

17 [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Practitioners Ms. Xia Xiaoying and Ms. Zhang Liyuan Arrested

Practitioners Ms. Xia Xiaoying and Ms. Zhang Liyuan from Kunming City, Yunnan Province, were arrested by police when they were distributing truth clarifying materials in Xiaohe Township in the suburban area of Kunming City.

18 [Jilin Province] Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp Refused to Release Practitioners Mr. Li Yongjun and Ms. Zhang Xiuling

Ms. Zhang Xiuling and Mr. Li Yongjun were taken to Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp because they clarified the truth to the public. They were shocked many times by the guards with electric batons because they refused to give up Falun Gong. Ms. Zhang was beaten by guard Liu Zhiwei so severely that she had some difficulty walking. Both of them were supposed to be released on April 17, 2006, but when their family members tried to pick them up that day, the guards refused to release them.

19 [Jiangsu Province] Practitioner Ms. Wang Yingxia Arrested

Practitioner Ms. Wang Yingxia from Jiangsu Province is 32 years old. On the night of April 24, 2006, she was arrested by the police officers from the Shipai Township Police Station in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province. The details are unknown.

20 [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhao Arrested

On the afternoon of April 27, 2006, the police officers from the Weizhou Road Police Station arrested practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhao while he was working. Prior to his arrest, the home of his practitioner mother, Ms. Wang Zhen, was ransacked. They continue to monitor his mother. The police also confiscated his van with which he made a living. The police even tried to arrest his wife.

21 [Shenzhou City, Hebei Province] A List of Practitioners Detained Illegally

A list of Falun Gong practitioners who are detained in the 4th Prison of Hebei Province:

Mr. Zhang Liqun, more than 30 years old, was a physics teacher at Muzuo Middle School in Shenzhou Township, Shenzhou City. He was arrested at the end of September 2002 and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Mr. Xie Shuheng, over 20, is from Xilangli Village, Shenzhou Township, Shenzhou City. He was arrested in the late 2002 and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Mr. Zhang Zhiquan is from Xiyangtai Village, Donganzhuang Township, Shenzhou City.
Ms. He Jinhuan, over 20, is from Wang Luosi Village, Huchi Township, Shenzhou City. She is detained in Shijiazhuang City Women's Prison.
Mr. Ke Xingguo is from Beijing City. He used to work as a driver in the Agriculture Ministry. Due to the persecution, he was forced to leave home and went to Shenzhou City. He was arrested by the local police and sentenced to seven years in prison.


22 [Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Detained in Changli County Brainwashing Center

The Changli City Brainwashing Center, once discontinued, was reestablished again recently. Three practitioners are now detained there and being persecuted. In 2001, Ms. Guo Yuetong and her mother, Ms. Liu Aihua, were detained for 18 months. Now she and her parents have been arrested again.

Gao Jieli and Li Zengqiang are now in charge of the brainwashing sessions. The staff members have been replaced, and the relevant news has been blocked.

23 [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Practitioners Mr. Liao Heping and Ms. Cai Rufen Illegally Sentenced

On June 2, 2005, officials from the Xinzhou District 610 Office and the State Security Team of the Xinzhou District Police Department arrested practitioners Mr. Liao Heping and Ms. Cai Rufen and ransacked their homes without following any legal procedures. When ransacking Ms. Cai's home, they injured her sister. Then they pretended to be nice and sent her to the hospital, so no family members were present when they ransacked the house.

On December 1, 2005, in the Xinzhou District Court, the two practitioners were on trial based on evidence either obtained by the police illegally or fabricated by the police. At the end of March 2006, the Middle Level Court of Wuhan City sentenced Mr. Liao to four years in prison and Ms. Cai to three years in prison. Now Mr. Liao is detained in the 4th Group of the Shayang Forced Labor Camp, and Ms. Cai in the 1st Group of Baofeng Road Women's Prison in Wuhan City.

24 [Hubei Province] Zhang Guoxiu, Director of the Huangzhou City Police Department, and Fan Congzheng, Head of the 610 Office, Arrested Two Practitioners from the Field of Education and Sent Them to the Provincial Brainwashing Center on or around April 15

25 [Tianjin City] Shuangkou Forced Labor Camp Coerce Family Members to Disgrace Falun Gong

On visiting day at the labor camp, if practitioners' family members want to see their dear ones who are detained there, they must follow the instructions and write something to disgrace Falun Gong. The daughter of one practitioner refused to do so, and she was not allowed to see her father for more than a year.

26 [Shangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Wang Yumei from Shengli Oil Field Arrested

On April 14, 610 Office chief Zhao Xiucheng and police officer Dong Ning from the Binbei Police Department arrested practitioner Ms. Wang Yumei from Shengli Oil Field and sent her to the Jishu Brainwashing Center.

27 [Handan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Chang Xiwen from Fengfeng Mine Bureau Missing

Mr. Chang Xiwen, a welder from the Selection Sector of Kongzhuang Mine of the Fengfeng Mine Bureau, lives in Dongguanglu Village, Guanglu Township, Ci County. He has been missing since January 15. 2006.

28 [Hebei Province] Wang Dechun, with the No. 2 Iron-smelting Plant of Tangshan City Steel Company, Involved in the Persecution of Practitioners

Wang Dechun, the chief of the water supply workshop of the No. 2 Iron-smelting Plant, colluded with his work unit and arranged for the arrest of Ms. Zheng Xiuzhi, a staff member in the same plant. She was held in a detention center, a forced labor camp, and a mental hospital. She was released from the forced labor camp in 2002 but was not allowed to go back to her job.

29 [Yuci, Shanxi Province] Practitioners Ms. Liu Zhengfang, Ms. Zheng Jianmei, and Mr. Ma Meiju Unlawfully Held in Prison


30 [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Yanzhao Cosmopolitan Press Publishes Slanderous Article

On April 25, 2006, Yanzhao Cosmopolitan Press in Hebei Province published as top news on page 5 an article slandering Falun Gong. It claimed that officers from the Haibin Road Police Station affiliated with Haigang Police Department in Qinhuangdao City had found two people who died from kidney and lung problems in the residential complex of a coal factory. The report stated that those two practiced Falun Gong. As a result, they did not seek treatment in time for their illnesses.

31 [Tianjin] Additional Report on Practitioners Arrested in March

Practitioners Ms. Song Ying, Ms. Zuo Liping, and Ms. Li Huanu from the Tanggu District of Tianjin were arrested by officers in Tanggu District on March 11. On March 17, they were sentenced to forced labor, Ms. Song and Ms. Zuo for 18 months and Ms. Li for one year. The three practitioners are being held in the Banqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp in Banqiao, the Dagang District, Tianjin. Most female practitioners who were unlawfully taken into custody had been held at the Banqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp for persecution.

The Officers took Ms. Li Huanu into custody as soon as she arrived at work. Officials of Tanggu Network Communications Bureau resorted to an implication policy and reduced the bonus of all employees in the development zone branch office of the sub-bureau in the hope that employees would harbor hatred toward practitioners and would participate in the persecution.

32 [Beijing] Fourth Grade Exercise Manual Has Contents that Slander Falun Gong and Its Founder

There are slanderous remarks on page 30 of the second volume of the fourth grade Chinese exercise manual published by Longmen Press.

Address: 16 Huangchenggenbei Ave, Beijing
Telephone number: 86-10-64000246
Zip code: 100717
Editors-in-Chief Liu Hongwei and Liu Yuanxi
Assistant Editor-in-Chief Zhang Huajie

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/29/126350.html

1. [Zhangqiu, Shandong] Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Liu Liyuan and Others Recently Arrested

On May 4, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Liyuan was arrested. Older practitioner Ms. Zhao Fengying from Dingwang Village, Zaoyuan Town, was arrested on May 11, 2006. Practitioners Ms. Sun Fanglan from Nan'gaofu Village and Ms. Zhang from Xiaozhuang Village were also arrested on May 11, 2006. On May 14, 2006, practitioner Mr. Lu Shoulu from Xiuhui Town was arrested.

2. [Yinan County, Shandong Province] Mr. Liu Hongquan Arrested

At around 11:00 a.m. on May 16, 2006, police officers drove a white car to Liujialing Village, Hutou Town, Yinan County. They stormed into Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Hongquan's home, arrested him, ransacked his house, and took away his notebook computer, two printers, and some truth clarifying materials.

Mr. Liu Hongquan had femoral head necrosis when he was a teenager. He was bed-ridden and could not walk. Their family spent a lot of money, but could not find a cure for him. Soon after he started practicing Falun Gong at the beginning of 1999, he could sit up and walk. He runs a small convenience store, and had a good life together with his parents. He was telling people that Falun Dafa is good, and how he personally benefited from the practice. Now his parents are very worried about him, and their store can not be operated normally.

3. [Shanghai City] Ms. Wu Jingfang and Her Sister Wu Meifang Both Arrested

On April 27, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Wu Jingfang and her sister Wu Meifang were both arrested when passing out truth clarifying materials in the Yiculianhuan Supermarket in Yanggaozhong Street. The police ransacked their homes and took away two computers, two printers, Falun Gong books, and some materials. They have detained the practitioners in the Zhangjiang Detention Center located in Pudongxin District for over fifteen days. Their families went to visit, but were kicked out by guards who did not allow them to visit.

Ms. Wu Jingfang had severe heart disease and asthma, and had to take a long-term sick leave at home.

Another Falun Gong practitioner from Puxi district is also detained together with them.

4. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Aiying Arrested at Her Home

At around 10:00 a.m. on May 15, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Aiying from Liuquanxin Village, Zibo City was arrested at her home.

5. [Changde City, Hunan Province] Twelve Falun Gong Practitioners Facing Trial on May 18, 2006


6. [Pingdingshan City, Henan Province] Persecution Facts in Pingdingshan City

On April 21, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Fu Minghui was arrested by policemen from the Pingdingshan City Tenth Mine Station (all male) Zhang Dakui, Hu Changjiang, Li Ming, Liu Fushan, Zhang Jianhua, and Wang Yanwei, and his home was ransacked. Mr. Fu Minghui is now detained in the Pingdingshan City Detention Center.

Practitioner Ms. Li Xiuzhi had escaped an arrest by policemen from the Ye County Department in Pingdingshan City.

Practitioner Mr. Wang Sanyun and his wife Wang Chunxia were both arrested by police from the Lushan County Department, and they are about to be sentenced to five years in prison.

On March 31, 2006, practitioner Ms. Chen Xiuzhi was arrested at her home by Xiangcheng County's National Security Group head Ding Shuguang (male), policemen Ma Fei (male), etc., and has been sent to perform forced labor in the Xuchang City Labor Camp. Practitioner Ms. Qin Ke'ni was arrested and detained in the Xiangcheng County Detention Center in April 2006.


7. [Huaihua City, Hunan Province] Ms. Zhang Yugui and Ms. Yang Guizhen Arrested

On the morning of May 11, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Zhang Yugui and Ms. Yang Guizhen were both arrested when passing out truth clarifying materials, and they are now detained in the Xupu County Detention Center.

8. [Sichuan Province] Mr. Yang Zhi Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Zhi, 32, started practicing in 1997. On October 19, 2000, he was arrested when passing out truth clarifying materials, and was sentenced to 14 months of forced labor. On June 2, 2005, he was arrested when working at the Pi County Sanguo Company and detained in the Pi County Detention Center. On March 9, 2006, the Pi County Court sentenced him to seven years in prison, and plan to send him to prison on April 26, 2006.

9. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Gan Jiejun Detained in Luohu District Detention Center

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gan Jiejun, in her 60s, is from Changsha City, Hunan Province and now lives in Changcheng Building Neighborhood, Futian District. She has been arrested and detained several times in the past years because she firmly practices Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.

In 2000, she was detained for one day in the Huali Police Station (now combined with Yuanling Police Station) because she was sitting and meditating in front of the Shenzhen Stadium.

In 2001, she served an extended one year forced labor term in the Baimalong Labor Camp in Hunan Province.

In 2003, she was arrested to be locked in the Xili Detention Center, but she went through brainwashing for six months and was then released due to high blood pressure.

In 2004, she was detained and then sentenced to three years forced labor. Due to her physical condition, she was released after eight months.

In early 2005, she was sent to Sanshui Labor Camp by guards of the Luohu District Detention Center, but she was rejected and released due to her physical condition.

On November 16, 2005, she was arrested when passing out truth clarifying materials at Honggui Street, Luohu District, and was detained in the Luohu District Detention Center for the past six months.

10. [Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province] Police Harass Ms. Zhang Shuchun at Her Home

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Shuchun from Taishang Village, Xinzhuan Town, Zhaoyuan City has been forced to leave her home to avoid being arrested for the past five years because she has been brutally tortured for firmly practicing Falun Gong.

On the afternoon of May 4, 2006, policemen from Xinzhuang Town Station came to Ms. Zhang Shuchun's home to harass people, and asked for her photo when they heard that she has not come home in the past years with the reason that she's "seeking help."

11. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Xiu'e Arrested

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Xiu'e, 56, lives in Chenzhuang Street, Yankoudian Neighborhood, Decheng District, Dezhou City. On the early morning of May 17, 2006, she was arrested by policemen from Yankoudian Station when passing out truth clarifying materials.

12. [Yueyang City, Hunan Province] Three Practitioners Arrested

On May 13, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Yueyang City, Ms. Ling Xuehui, Ms. Peng Xiaohui, and Ms. Zhao Qunlan were arrested by police officers from the Qianlianghu Town Station in Junshan District, Yueyang City.

13. [Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province] One Older Practitioner Arrested

On the evening of May 12, 2006, older Falun Gong practitioner Zhao (first name unknown, gender unknown) was arrested when posting truth clarifying materials, and is now detained in Zhuozhou City, in the detention center.

14. [Maoming City Guangdong Province] Additional Information about Mr. Li Qiaosong's Arrest

In late February 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Qiaosong was arrested when visiting his family in Maoming City. He is still detained in Maoming City First Detention Center. On May 16, 2006, his family requested to visit him, but was refused

15. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Liu Li Arrested

On May 16, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Li, who lives in Baiguolin Neighborhood, was arrested. At around midnight on the same day, policemen from Jinniu District Department ransacked her home.

16. [Shanghai City] Ms. Min Xiujuan, Mr. Hou Bo, and Ms. Mi Wenxiang Sentenced to Prison

Under direction of the 610 Office, Jiading District Court recently sentenced Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Min Xiujuan, Mr. Hou Bo, and Ms. Mi Wenxiang to five and a half years, three years, and four years in prison respectively. The court did not allow their families to attend the trial.

Jiading District Detention Center: 86-21-59538808

17. [Chongqing City] Ms. Li Xiuying Arrested

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Xiuying was recently released from the Yongchuan Prison, but she was arrested again in September 2005 when joining a Falun Gong Conference. Her family was notified last October. Ms. Li Xiuying is now detained in the Liziba Detention Center. Her family requested to visit her many times, but they were refused.

18. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Cao Chunqiang Arrested

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Cao Chongqiang, 33, lives in the Tenth Group, Eighth Village, in Banzeng Town, Shunqing District, Nanchong City. At around 8:00 a.m., on March 28, 2006, he was arrested in the Lanjun Drug Store by a group of policemen [including Longmen Town Station head Huang Longjun (male), deputy head Liao (male, first name unknown), and Gaoping District State Security agent Tian (male, first name unknown)]. They handcuffed him and even shackled his ankle, and said they were taking him to be interrogated at the Longmen Town Station. Mr. Cao was brutally beaten by Huang Longjun and another policeman (badge number 044717), causing his body to sustain many injuries. His family went to visit him in the Longmen Town Station, but they were refused, and no one knows exactly where he is now.

19. [Chenxi County, Hunan Province] Practitioner's Home Ransacked

In early May 2006, one Falun Gong practitioner's home was ransacked, his Falun Gong books were all taken, but he was not arrested.

20. [Ruanling County, Hunan Province] Falun Gong Practitioners Being Arrested and Their Homes Ransacked

In early May 2006, Ruanling County policemen ransacked Falun Gong practitioners' homes, and arrested two practitioners. Their families have spent several thousand yuan each to bail them out.

22. [Chongqing City] Ms. Hong Qingxiu Arrested

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Hong Qingxiu, 62, lives in Gongnengpo Family Housing of Shuangbei Special Steel Factory, Shapingba District, Chongqing City. At 11 a.m., on May 13, 2006, she was arrested when clarifying the truth to people in Jingkou Area. Her home was ransacked at 5 p.m. on the same day. She is still detained.

23. [Macheng City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhang Zihua and Ms. Xiang Jinping Arrested

On May 16, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Zihua was arrested at her home located in Macheng City. Another Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Xiang Jinping, was arrested several days earlier when going to her mother-in-law's home in Songfu and clarifying the truth

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/5/18/128148.html

 
Mr. Hou Yinzhu Went Missing Two Months Ago

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Hou Yinzhu, 42, lived in Dalian City, Liaoning Province. One early morning, at the end of March 2006, he left home at 3 a.m. but never returned. There hasn't been any new information about him.

Ms. Hu Yulan Missing Since Six Years Ago

Practitioner Ms. Hu Yulan, in her 20s, lived in the Beipei District of Chonqing City and was a physical education teacher employed by the Chaoyang Elementary School in the Beipei District. In 2000, she was interrogated by the Beipei District 610 Office and has been missing since her release from the 610 Office six years ago.

Mr. Yao Jinheng Missing Since 2001

Practitioner Mr. Yan Jinheng, born in 1961, lived in the Dengzhuangzi Village, Qing County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. He used to be a CCP Qing County Committee worker, but his level and salary were reduced, and he was not allowed to work in the Committee because he practiced Falun Gong. He went on vacation on May 1, 2001, and has been missing ever since.

Mr. Wang Wenqiang Missing Since 2003

Practitioner Mr. Wang Wenqiang, in his 30s, lived in Xiguanzhuang Village, Wulongtang Township, Cang County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. He went to Shijiazhuang City in 2003 to look for a job and has not been heard from since.