Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Ms. Zhang Hong, age 25, resident of Heitai district, Mishan city, Heilongjiang province, started to practice Falun Gong in 1997. On July 20, 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong, but was stopped on her way in Jidong by police from Heitai and was sent back.

On June 28, 2000, Political and Legal Secretary Wang Zhongjie, policeman Shi, and Du Yongshan of the Security Service arrested her for practicing Falun. She was illegally detained in Mishan city's First Detention Center for 72 days.

During her detention, Zhang Hong was tortured by the prison's doctor Qin (female) who hit her over the head with a police baton. It caused her to vomit blood, and she was seriously injured. After Ms. Zhang was released, Wang Zhongjie and the police constantly harassed her at home. They would visit her home in the middle of the night, pounding on the door and forcing their way in. They refused to leave until they saw her sleeping.

The constant harassment scared Zhang Hong's family members, and she was becoming weak and thin. She was forced to leave her parents and went to work in Dalian City.

But even then she wasn't left alone. Her parents were forced into revealing where Zhang worked and her contact information.

In December 2003, Zhang Hong was again taken to a brainwashing center to be persecuted and during detention, vomited large amounts of blood. To avoid being held responsible should anything happen to her, the officials of Heitai district forced her family into paying 200 Yuan and released her after 4 days.

Zhang Hong's physical and mental health deteriorated from the constant harassment and detention, and she died on February 2, 2004 from a relapse of tuberculosis. She was only 25 years old.

Mr. Wang Ziguang, 58 years old, was a teacher from the No.26 High School. He went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong and was arrested and taken back home. Then he was sentenced to forced labor. He was persecuted so severely that he appeared very ill in the forced labor camp. He passed away soon after he was set free.

Ms. Guo Shufen was over 50 years old. She went to Beijing to appeal and was arrested. She was afflicted by heart disease after she was taken back. The authorities still sent her to a detention center where she was tortured to death in less than 30 minutes.

Thirty five practitioners were sent to forced labor camps

Falun Gong practitioners who were illegally sentenced to forced labor are: Wang Ziguang, Guo Shufen, Liu Jun, Yu Guiling, Yang Wenjun, Liu Xiuli, Yao Ruixian, Dang Minling, Su Changlin, Zhou Chunying, Liu Hongmei, Yu Yemin, Li Wenyou, Fang Lichun, Jiang Ronglian, Qi Fengqin, Wang Xiuling Li Minghua, Wang Liang, Song Baicheng, Wang Fengping, Liu Shuang and his wife, Liu Sen Couple, Wang Zhongguo, Mr. Zhao and his wife, Mr. Wang Baocun’s wife, Xu Guizhen, Liang Shufan, Xue Ping, Cao Shufang, Liu Guiqin, and Zhang Ying.

People responsible for the persecution are: Xin Dechen, Tao Weiguo, the police station head Zhuang, Xu Zhenfeng, Ma Chunde, the township head Liu, Chang Yue, Li Jianping, and Cao Jianguo from the Fengman District Police Department.

Many practitioners are in the brainwashing centers and detention centers. The details are still under investigation.

Persecution cases

1. The persecution of practitioner Yu Guiling

I will briefly depict the persecution I suffered. After July 20, 1999, officials from Erdao Township, the Erdao Township Police Station, and Suxiang Village frequently came to my home and harassed us. They prohibited me from practicing Falun Gong, ordered me to sign a guarantee statement, confiscated my Falun Gong books and all other Falun Gong-related materials including radio-recorders, and 4,000 yuan, which they claimed to be "the pledge" and didn’t return it to me.

I was locked up in a forced labor camp for one year and two months. I was taken back from Beijing on December 30, 1999, and was released in March 2001. After that, they still frequently harassed me. I was forced to wander about for over seven months. My husband was released at the end of 2001. We were still frequently harassed. Whenever it was a "Sensitive Day" (April 25, July 20, October 1, New Year’s Day, or Chinese Lunar New Year’s Day), they would ransack my home.

Xu Zhenfeng, Xin Dechen, Wang Zhongyu and others, led by Li Jianping from the Erdao Township Police Station, came to my home at about 7 p.m. on July 19, 2004, to ransack our home. We didn’t let them enter our yard. Li Jianping then called Cao Jianguo, head of the Fengman District Police Department. Cao led a group of officers who broke the gate and entered our house. They broke the doors and locks and beat us and smashed and looted our property. They confiscated our Falun Gong books, Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials, and all sized (large, medium, and small) tape recorders. They took our new motorcycle, which cost over 4,000 yuan. Many people witnessed this event. Later they said, "These police officers acted just like bandits. You can accuse them." We reported them to the City People’s Congress and then to the District People’s Congress. Our problems were not solved. Instead, Cao even ordered the police from the Erdao Township Police Station to arrest us, threatening to send all our family members to prison. A neighbor told us of their intention. All the family members were forced to move from place to place except one old man that was sick. The police officers went seven times in three days after we left our home to arrest us. They also forced the elderly man to go find us. The police officers entered our rooms and ransacked everything. The curtain was damaged and thermos bottles were smashed.

2. The persecution of practitioner Dang Minling

Leaders from Erdao Townships, the head, and police officers from the police station broke into our house. Once they entered, they took away my copy of Zhuan Falun, an exercise tape, and other materials. I said, "I’m trying to be a good person, you shouldn’t treat me like this." They then rushed at me like wolves and asked me if I would still practice. I answered that I would practice. They then beat me and dragged me into the police car. They didn’t even allow me to put on my shoes. Xu Zhenfeng bound me onto the Tiger Bench in the police station and asked me if I would still practice. I answered yes. He then beat me. He also said, "You are even worse than thieves. A thief can have some money. What do you possess?" A police officer handcuffed another practitioner and me to the heating pipes at night. They didn't allow either of us to have food or to wear sweaters. They then sent us to the Fengman Police Department on April 5. In the afternoon, they brought with them some truth materials and claimed that they found these materials at my home. Agents from the District 610 Office and Township Head Ma arrested me on the road and sent me to the brainwashing center in August 2001.

3. Some facts about the persecution of a practitioner by the Erdao Township Police Station

I’m a villager from Erdao Township, Jilin City. I gratefully obtained the Fa at the end of 1994. My family witnessed a great change after I started to practice Falun Gong, and many of my relatives and friends also took the path of cultivation in Falun Gong.

Jiang launched the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, and the evil persons from the Erdao Township Police Station and the township government monitored us. One day, policeman Wang, leading several other police officers, ransacked a number of practitioners’ homes according to a list of names. They took away an exercise tape from my home. Since I was not at home at that time, Wang told my family to have me go to the police station the next day. I voluntarily went to the police station. However they didn’t let me go home and wanted to detain me for ten days. They asked me how much money I had brought with me and asked if I had money or rice at my home. I said that I only had 50 yuan for vegetable oil. The head said that they then would detain me for five days.

In early winter the next year, several fellow practitioners and I went to Beijing to appeal. When we were booking the tickets at the Panshi Station, the train station police officers arrested us. They asked us where we were from. We didn’t tell them our true addresses and said that we were from a place in Kouqian. Two policemen from the Kouqian Police Station came and took us to the Kouqian Detention Center at midnight. They put us into a room that had the toilet and the tub in it. There was a big Kang (a heatable brick bed) in the room. They only heat the Kang one time a day. Many practitioners had already been locked up in the room for a long time. It was said that if only we claimed that we "wouldn’t practice" would they send us back home. Otherwise, we would be confined there indefinitely. When the officers interrogated me several days later, I told them my true address. Wang from Huanxi Township and officer Sun sent us back to the Erdao Township police station, where they detained us for 15 days.

One time when the CCP was in session at the National People’s Congress, Wang and Officer Sun came to my home and tried to force me to sign the "guarantee statement." I refused and they intended to arrest me. I firmly protested and argued with them. They finally relented.

Later, the police officers came to my home and harassed me many times. One time, they extorted money from me and said that it was the "money pledge" and would return it to me after a period of time.

Since the persecution started, my family and I have greatly suffered, both mentally and physically.

Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the minghui.ca website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).

Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Xiaolin is a 54-year-old woman living in the Fenshouchang family neighborhood in the city of Pingliang, Gansu Province. On July 22, 2000, Zhang Xiaolin went to the city hall to practice the exercises. As a result, she was detained for a total of 30 days.

On January 17, 2001, at around 2 p.m., three policemen arrested Zhang Xiaolin and took her to the detention center. On the same day, her husband was also arrested. The policemen were organizing a "transformation" session, and they kidnapped over 30 practitioners for it.

As a result of the detention and the persecution, Zhang Xiaolin’s husband heart and brain illnesses worsened, and his life was put in danger. Liqun Wang of the 610 Office sent someone to investigate at the hospital, and forced Zhang’s husband to write "guarantee statements", even at a time when he was in danger of losing his life to these illnesses. They also forced Zhang Xiaolin’s family members to pay a fine of 1,000 yuan. Zhang Xiaolin’s husband was released after 40 days of illegal detention.