Issued by Clearwisdom Net

PARIS - March 13th, 2007. He was supposed to take part in a managers' meeting of the French company PCM on March 14th, in Angers, France but Ma Jian, manager in charge of the PCM Beijing office, selling oil pumps, was arrested on February 28th in Beijing as he was working.

The witnesses present during the arrest say they saw six plainclothes policemen arriving and asking for Ma Jian. After a heated discussion with the employees, the policemen remained alone with Ma Jian in his office. Then he disappeared and his whereabouts are still unknown. The secretary recounts that after much violence, the officers took away Ma Jian and a Falun Gong book he had. They ransacked the whole office and when they left there only remained his shoes. The phone line had been torn from its socket.

Ma Jian's wife, now living in Montreal Canada, appealed to the French Association of Falun Gong, the company PCM and any institution or person able to help free him because his life is in great danger. "In the current context of organ harvesting and widespread torture in China, practitioners of Falun Gong die every day," said the President of the Falun Gong Association, Alain Tong. "We are very worried for Ma Jian's safety".

As soon as they heard of the arrest, the PCM company took the necessary measures with the French Embassy in China to free their employee, known to be an honest, righteous, competent and very much appreciated by his superiors for his human qualities as well as professional. His kidnapping has stopped all economic activity at the Beijing PCM office.

The company was told that the Chinese police had thirty days to give an answer but that they could take an additional three months. After contacting their lawyers, the company was discouraged from taking any legal action, given the absence of rights existing for the victims in this kind of case.

Jiao Meishan, a staff member at Shijiazhuang Casting Pipe Factory, Hebei Province, was paralyzed during an accident at work. In September 1996 he started practicing Falun Gong. After three months he was able to stand up and walk again. Since then, he has not spent any of his employer's money for medical costs.

After the persecution of Falun Gong started in July 1999, the street office and police station frequently came to his home to harass him. Jiao Meishan was forced to leave home and became homeless. In March 2006 he was arrested by police and detained at the 2nd Detention Center in Shijiazhuang City. On November 30 an illegal court hearing was held, and currently he is still illegally detained.

Jiao Meishan's family members went to the related departments to explain the situation, requesting he be released. But the departments pushed the responsibility back and forth between each other. Jiao Meishan's family members are very concerned about his physical and spiritual status. The following is his son's appeal.

My father Jiao Meishan, 57 years old, is an employee at the Shijiazhuang Casting Pipe Factory. In March 1995 he fell down from a high location at work and was paralyzed. The doctor said my father had to spend the rest of his life in bed. Suffering this attack, my father tried to commit suicide several times. My family was in great despair. After my father started practiced Falun Gong, his health miraculously recovered. My family members were able to resume their formerly happy days. But after July 20, 1999, because my father was persistent in practicing Falun Gong, the police and the community office came many times to harass him. He was forced to leave home, and he was arrested on March 3, 2006.

On November 30, 2006, Xinhua District Court held an illegal hearing regarding my father. Due to lack of sufficient evidence, the case was delayed until now. On the day of the court hearing, I found my father could not stand straight, and he was very thin. Both his physical and spiritual condition were very bad. My whole family is very worried. Now my father has been illegally detained in the bad environment of the police station for almost a year. He is close to 60 years old. His body once suffered severely and he was paralyzed. Now that he is not allowed to practice Falun Gong, his old illness could easily recur. Wouldn't this push him back to the hopeless condition both physically and spiritually? Our family can no longer stand this type of persecution. We strongly urge the release of my father, Jiao Meishan!

Chen Jun, the political instructor of the 12^th Ward of Qianjin Prison in Beijing, is originally from Hubei Province. He was the former team head of the 9^th Ward. Chen is very cruel. When he was working in the 2^nd and 9^th Wards, he collaborated closely with Cao Lihua and tortured Falun Gong practitioners for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). When he was in the 9^th Ward, because he worked hard to persecute Falun Gong, he received the "Collective Class Two Merit Reward" from the CCP. In early April 2004, since the number of detained Falun Gong practitioners kept rising, Chen was transferred to the 12^th Ward, which only detained practitioners. In the 12^th Ward, he is the political instructor, and has been committing numerous crimes against practitioners.

The following is an account of some of the severe cases of persecution committed by Chen.

1. Mr. Wu Yinchang is a pharmacist in the Xiyuan Hospital at the Chinese Medicine Research Academy. He was born in 1966 and started to practice Falun Gong in 1996. Because he mailed out some Falun Gong truth-clarification materials, he was imprisoned for seven years. On January 8, 2004, Mr. Wu was detained in the 12^th Ward. He refused to renounce his belief in Falun Gong, and was hence was locked up in a "small cell" (1) several times. Chen Jun ordered some criminal inmates to take turns watching Mr. Wu. He was only allowed to sleep for one or two hours a day. He was frequently beaten and verbally abused, and was not allowed to wash his face and brush his teeth. He was also restricted in the time he could use the toilet. It was very common that Mr. Wu would be forced to sit on a board. He was often locked up in a small dark cell for as long as one or two months, sometimes even longer than that. He suffered from long-term torture, which caused his health to deteriorate. He became extremely thin. In about October 2004, Chen Jun brutally beat Mr. Wu until he lost consciousness.

2. Practitioner Mr. Xu Huaquan has a Masters degree from Beijing University. He used to work in the Beijing Developing and Renovation Bureau, and was also once a manager in a Japanese company. However, he was imprisoned for eight years because he refused to renounce Falun Gong. When he was detained in the 12^th Ward, Chen threatened that if Mr. Xu did not give up Falun Gong, he would be locked in a "small cell." Chen once set up a "chatting room," and claimed that practitioners could say whatever they wanted. However, Chen planned to use this method to brainwash the practitioners. Some practitioners intended to use this opportunity to clarify the truth to Chen. However, after a while, they realized that it was impossible, and that Chen just wanted to brainwash the practitioners. Eventually, Mr. Xu was locked in the "small cell."

3. Practitioner Mr. Zhang Yanbin is an assistant battalion commander in the army. He was imprisoned for eight years because he practices Falun Gong. When he was detained in the 12^th Ward, he was brutally tortured. Because he refused to cooperate with the unreasonable demands of the guards, he was forced to sit for over 20 hours every day. He could only sleep for one or two hours a day, and the guards often woke him up. He was tortured close to insanity. When the prison guards used brainwashing tactics on Mr. Zhang, he would not cooperate. Chen Jun slapped him on the face and prison guard Meng Fanguo poured a glass of hot tea on his face. Some prisoners lifted him up by his head and feet, and then forcefully hit his buttocks onto the ground. Sometimes, one prisoner would hold his legs, another would hold his body, and a third would use a tooth brush to roughly brush his private parts.

4. Practitioner Mr. Shi Qingwen is over 60 years old and lives in Shunyi. He had also been locked up in a "small cell" by Chen Jun.

5. On March 9, 2006, practitioners Ma Ang, Ma Jin, and Tang Jichang were all locked up in "small cells." They were put in shackles and handcuffs, and suffered from even more severe torture. Although they went on hunger strikes to protest this treatment, the prison guards did not let them sit, sleep or rest. Late at night, one would often hear the sound of metal chains from the "small cell." These practitioners became very weak and had difficulty walking. They could only move forward when the criminal inmates carried them.

Mr. Tang Jinchang, in particular, had to be carried by the inmates because his legs would not move anymore.

When the torture methods failed to make the practitioners renounce their belief, Chen Jun changed the method to constant sitting. After three days, prison guards, Chen and some others asked Mr. Ma Ang's wife to come to the prison to persuade him to give in. Upon seeing her husband being tortured like that, Mr. Ma's wife started to cry. Prison guards also asked his mother to persuade him. They read her letter in front of over one hundred people at a ward assembly. In the meantime, Mr. Tang Jichang was suffering from brutal torture. The guards ordered some prisoners to hit Mr. Tang's head with their hands, and pinch his body. As a result, his body was covered in blue bruises. However, under this situation, the prison guards still forced him to write his personal reflections. Because he was in handcuffs, it was difficult for him to write, "Although I am suffering from such torture, I don't feel bitter, instead I feel happy, because I'm a Falun Gong practitioner." The prison guards continued to torture him. A few days later, he started to show signs of a mental collapse.

After Mr. Tang recovered, he went to talk to Chen Jun several times, demanding Chen to give him a reason for his torture. However, guard Fan, who witnessed prisoners beating Mr. Tang, denied that he knew anything about it.

6. In 2005, before being released from the prison, practitioner practitioner Mr. Wang Hongwei was locked up in the "small cell" for two months. Mr. Wang had accidentally poked his eyes with a needle while making soccer balls in the prison, and his eyesight was poor. However, Chen Jun still would not allow him to sleep inside the "small cell," hence Mr. Wang's eyes were swollen.

7. Practitioners Mr. Wu Jun and Mr. Qin Wei were also detained in the 12^th Ward from the end of 2005 to early 2006. Mr. Wu Jun was locked up in the "small cell" the entire time. Mr. Qin was also held in the "small cell" almost the entire time because the prison guards claimed that he distributed Master Li's lectures. On March 9, the two practitioners were transferred to the 8^th Ward.

In 2004, Qianjin Prison organized a blood drive. The 9^th and 12^th Wards where practitioners were detained also demanded people to volunteer. Some practitioners at the 9^th Ward volunteered, but nobody at the 12^th Ward did. Hence, Chen Jun gathered all the practitioners of the 12^th Ward, and called the practitioners "selfish" for not volunteering, regardless of the principle of "volunteering." The number of volunteers in Chen's ward was smaller than the number in the 9^th Ward. Chen Jun lost the competition against the 9^th Ward; therefore Chen did not look good in front of his leaders.

In early March 2005, Chen Jun gathered everyone who was detained in the 12^th Ward and used a fake Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party to confuse people. He pounded on the table, and fiercely yelled that if someone dared to disobey, he would "argue" with him. The atmosphere was one of terror. After being detained under this horrifying circumstance for a long time, and after Chen's sudden threat, Tongzhou practitioner Mr. Chang Guiyou's blood pressure rose to over 200. He was sent to the hospital where his blood vessel burst. He was later transferred to Tianjin Hospital where he passed away a few days later.

In January 2000, the criminal inmates who monitored practitioners noticed that some practitioners had distributed Master Li's lectures, or had said something that was "sensitive." The prisoners then reported the practitioners. As a result, the practitioners were locked up in "small cells." Due to the fact that Falun Gong practitioners were frequently detained in "small cells," practitioners tried to negotiate with the prison authority, but to no avail. The situation was very bad at that time. Several practitioners went to negotiate with Chen Jun, and more and more practitioners followed. They decided to choose some practitioners as representatives to negotiate with Chen. However, after a few days of talking, Chen decided to use more severe means to torture practitioners.

On March 9, Chen ordered armed guards to monitor the entire commons area. The guards also blocked all of the entries of the cells and started to take some practitioners away. Under the excuse that practitioners were "disrupting the prison order," they took away seven practitioners including Guan Zhisheng, Wang Weiyu, Wang Yi, Zhang Jian, Huang Jian, Qin Wei and Wu Jun.

In the meantime, the whole ward was under "strict discipline." Some prison guards threatened the practitioners and said, "Whoever secretly collects information, or discusses what to do, will be strictly disciplined!" Later, it was said that the seven practitioners were transferred to the 8^th Ward where they were separately interrogated. In November, the prison conducted a comprehensive investigation of the practitioners. As a result, Ma Ang, Ma Jin and Tang Jichang (whose arms and legs were disabled) were once again detained in "small cells." In addition, they were put in shackles and handcuffs. The practitioners started a hunger strike to protest.

(1) "Small cell" - The detainee is locked up in a very small cell individually. The guards handcuff the practitioner with their arms behind his/her back in a fixed position, in which the practitioner can neither move nor lie down. The small cell is very damp and no sunshine comes in. Detainees have to urinate and defecate in the cell. Only half of a regular meal is served to detainees locked up in a small cell during the daytime. During the night, rats run about. The stench in the small cell is so bad that it is difficult to breathe.

Falun Gong was brought to Weiyuan County, Sichuan Province in 1994. Ever since, those who practiced or were positive towards Falun Gong experienced many miracles. A grandmother from Gaoshi Township was blind for many years and medical treatment was ineffective. However, after practicing Falun Gong for only one month, she regained her eyesight. Quite a number of elderly people who depended on medicine at all times began to enjoy good health after they began to practice Falun Gong. One elderly lady from Jiepai Township chanted "Falun Dafa is Good" frequently and her eye disease was cured. A former thief from Yan Ling Township turned honest and opened a respectable business. The examples are too numerous to mention. Countless people benefited from practicing this precious high-level cultivation system.

When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to suppress Falun Gong, many practitioners from Weiyuan County went to Tiananmen Square to appeal. They spoke of their personal experiences to show that Falun Dafa is good. Several practitioners walked from Sichuan Province in Southwest China to Beijing, a distance of thousands of kilometers and wore out several pairs of shoes.

The CCP uses all dishonorable methods from ancient to modern times, from China and foreign countries, to persecute and butcher the Chinese people. The "Nine Commentaries on Communist Party" clearly describes the CCP's anti-human, anti-nature, anti-heaven character.

When the CCP began to persecute Falun Gong, Weiyuan County immediately took up the CCP's cause. Those people who spared no effort in suppressing Falun Gong received 30 thousand yuan in "reward" money from CCP Political and Leagal Secretary Luo Gan. From the day Falun Gong was banned, certain perpetrators arrested more than 200 practitioners. More than a dozen practitioners were given long sentences and more than 30 practitioners were taken to forced labor camps. There were a number of practitioners who died as a result of inhuman torture. As of this date, at least five practitioners are verified tortured to death. Their names are, Tang Jianping, Zhang Chongming, Lin Deming, Li Xinze and Li Hui. Additionally, many practitioners' families have been destroyed during the persecution.

Please find below selected cases of crimes committed against practitioners in Weiyuan County. We hope that this article will be used in lawsuits against the perpetrators as soon as possible. We hope to bring the murderers to justice.

Ms. Li Hui, 42 years old, was from Yangliu, Longhui Township, Weiyuan County, Neijiang City, Sichuan Province. She was arrested in May 2005 at the Chengdu Railway Station after she was found carrying a copy of Zhuan Falun and other Falun Gong materials. Police brought her back to Longhui Township Police Station the same day. She suffered cruel torture.

The policemen from Gaoshi Township Police Station also raided and ransacked Ms. Li Hui's parents' home. Ms. Li's father was arrested and taken to the Longhui Township Police Station in Weiyuan County where he learned from conversations with the policemen that his daughter had died as a result of inhuman torture.

Police from the Longhui Township murdered Ms. Li Hui on May 5, and two policemen, disguised as civilians, transported Ms. Li Hui's body in a truck to Huangshanqiao Road, about ten kilometers from her father's (Mr. Li Yingmao) home. They chose a ditch, overgrown with weeds, where water had leaked from an iron pipe, and dumped the body. The policemen pushed Ms. Li's head into the ditch and pulled her dress up from the back to cover her head. They left her in a position to simulate a drowning.

The policemen then informed the crematorium to pick up Ms. Li's body and had some photographs taken. As no family member was aware of Ms. Li's death, police ordered the mortician to perform an autopsy. The mortician was ordered to give false information saying that Ms. Li drowned.

On May 8, three days after Ms. Li Hui's death, the police from Gaoshi Township Station notified Ms. Li's family about the death and asked them to come to the crematorium. Policeman Liu Renpin from the police Station asked Ms. Li's father to identify her from a photo. Mr. Li Yingmao identified his daughter. A medical expert said, "Your daughter was not murdered but died accidentally. We did an autopsy and did not find anything suspicious. Maybe there were some problems in her head, so we need to open her head to examine it." Ms. Li Hui's father said, "Why did you cut open my daughter's abdomen without informing us. There is no need to autopsy her head, as she is already dead." Ms. Li Hui's family did not allow Ms. Li's body to be damaged any further. The police extorted from Ms. Li's family 1,730 "yuan" for the autopsy and cremation before they allowed them to take her ashes.

The Deputy Head of Gaoshi Township Miu Yongli beat practitioner Zhang Congming with a leather belt. He, Yang Xuecheng and Miu Yongli ordered that teachers Lin Chunquan and Song Tiangui's salaries be reduced to 120 yuan a month. These 610 Office officials fabricated stories to slander Falun Gong and its founder Mr. Li Hongzhi.

After the fabricated "Tiananmen Square Self Immolation" incident, Miu Yongli and the head of Gaoshi Township, Li Gang, lured Tang Yichun from Hefeng Village, Gaoshi Township, by promising 200 yuan and reimbursement of medical expenses, to frame Falun Gong. They took her to a place called Zhimapu, located on the highway linking Gaoshi and Weiyuan Counties, some 400 meters from her house. They told her to dance for joy and shout, "I became insane as a result of practicing Falun Gong." At the time Tang Yichun had been insane for 25 years. This act was videotaped and broadcasted by the Weiyuan County TV Station. The repeated broadcast created a very bad impression and poisoned the minds of 700,000 people in the neighboring counties and cities, including Neijiang, Zigong, Leshan, Ziyang and Chengdu. They wanted to incite hatred against Falun Gong and its founder Mr. Li Hongzhi.

Tang Yichun received 200 yuan, but pickpockets at Gaoshi Township market stole it. Later on, Tang Yichun went to see Miu Yongli and Li Gang for the reimbursement of medical expenses, but they tried to put her off.

Li Gang, the head of Gaoshi Township, was responsible for Mr. Zhang Congming's death. Li Gang and Liu Renpin arrested several practitioners. Practitioner Song Tiangui, an outstanding teacher, was taken to a forced labor camp. Li Gang and the police from Weiyuan County confiscated 5,000 yuan bank savings, belonging to Song Tiangui. They did not return the money. Li Gang took practitioner Mr. Zhou Ziyu to the Neijiang Brainwashing Center, where he was cruelly beaten. Li Gang detained the widow Ms. Gou Yuqin many times and forced her teenage daughter to work as a laborer in another area. Therefore, Ms. Gou Yuqin's 80 year-old mother was left alone. The old lady went to Gaoshi Police Station many times requesting the release of her daughter. Li Gang, Liu Renpin and Yu Chi not only refused to release her daughter, but also threatened and verbally abused her. They threatened her, "Your daughter is in the water dungeon. We will drag her out and shoot her. Your daughter will not be released."

Ms. Gou Yuqin's mother passed away because of the threats and worries.

Mr. Tang Jianping, 29 years old, was a practitioner from Weiyuan County, Neijiang City, Sichuan Province. He was detained in the Weiyuan Detention Center several times for not renouncing Falun Gong. The police tortured him cruelly and he became comatose from the beating and torture. They deprived him of sleep for ten days and nights. Later, Tang Jianping was transferred to a labor camp. During that time, his internal injuries worsened. He experienced swelling of the chest and abdomen, difficulty in eating food and drinking water, vomiting of blood, and blood in his urine. He was released in early 2002, and his health worsened. He died after vomiting a large amount of blood on August 28, 2002. (An earlier report of his death can be found at: /emh/articles/2004/3/13/45987.html)

Tang Jianpiing suffered brutal torture, as follows:

1. Beaten into unconsciousness. A dozen prisoners beat him unconscious and then revived him with cold water.
2. Using a stiff brush on his anus until it bled.
3. Ripping off his pubic hair with force by pushing him down.
4. Poking the sensitive point between the eyebrows with the middle finger until it became swollen and bloody.
5. Forcing him to eat cigarette butts lying on the ground.
6. Using him as a punching bag. One prisoner punched him on one side and another prisoner another side, until he became unconscious;
7. The criminals hit his ankles with the soles of shoes until it was swollen and he could no longer walk;
8. Depriving him of sleep for ten days and nights. He was tortured in the day and not allowed to sleep at night. This torture was even worse than death;
9. Stripping off all his clothes. The prisoners rode on his back and lower back, treating him like an animal and forcing him to crawl on the ground by pulling his ears;
10. Each prisoner slapped his face 6 times, so his cheeks became very swollen;
11. Each prisoner punched his chest three times until he fainted, and then revived him with cold water.

In 2001, the family had no income and couldn't sustain itself due to Tang Jianping's long-term detention. Tang's wife could not bear the pressure and divorced him, leaving a less than three year-old boy and an elderly grandparent to fend for themselves. A once happy family was broken up because of the persecution ordered by Jiang Zemin (former leader of China, but currently directing the persecution behind the scenes).

At that time, Tang Jianping's health had deteriorated. The police did not release him, but took him to the Xinhua Labor Camp in Mianyang City where he was held for one year and six months. He was tortured at the camp in an effort to make him renounce his belief in Falun Gong. His internal injuries worsened. He experienced swelling of the chest and abdomen, had difficulty ingesting food and water, vomited blood, and had blood in his urine. Only then did the labor camp allow Weiyuan Police Department to notify Tang's mother. His mother took him home on January 8, 2002. His parents borrowed money in hopes of saving his life. Tang Jainping bled to death on August 28, 2002, when he was alone at home. The false charges against him were never cleared.

In 2003, a practitioner persisted in practicing the exercises at the Weiyuan Detention Center. At the time, Zhang Bing was the head of the detention center. He ordered a rapist to beat the practitioner. However, the criminal knew that the practitioners had not had anything to eat for several days so he did not have the heart to do so. Zhang Ping yelled and demanded that he beat the practitioner cruelly. Zhang Bing is one of the murderers of practitioners.

Practitioner Ms. Chen Yuqing, 52 years old, was from Hedong Street, Yanling Township, Sichuan Province. She was a staff member at the Weiyuan Self-employed Workers Association. She was arrested on November 6, 2003 for refusing to give up her belief in Falun Gong and sentenced to one year and nine months of forced labor. Shortly before this she had an accident at work. She broke nine ribs and fractured her cervical vertebra. While she was still recovering from injuries, police from the Weiyuan County Police Station arrested her and dragged her brutally to a labor camp

Ms. Chen Yuqing used to suffer from all types of illnesses and was miserable. After practicing Falun Gong, all her illnesses and pains miraculously disappeared. She not only regained her health, but also learned the truth about life. Over the past few years, she clarified the truth with a compassionate heart to people who treated her unfairly, and who made her suffer mentally and physically, especially to a few perpetrators from the County Industrial and Commercial Bureau who had taken her to a mental hospital in 2000. While in the mental hospital she was force fed and given injections of unknown drugs that damaged the central nervous system. As a result, she had difficulty walking.

On January 13, 2000, Ms. Chen Yuqing went to the Appeals Office in Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was detained for 14 days after returning home. At the time her work place only paid her 200 yuan living expenses a month. In the middle of February, Chengdong Police Station in Weiyuan County organized a two month brainwashing class just for her. One month into the brainwashing class, the leaders of her work place, the Weiyuan Industrial and Commercial Bureau, realized that she could not be brainwashed, so they took her to Zigong Mental Hospital, which refused to take her in. Ms. Chen's family and her husband's family had no history of mental illness. Naturally, she had no history of mental illness either.

On April 10, 2000, Ms. Chen's family repeatedly explained to the management of her work place that she had no mental problems. They deceived her into going with them to Ziyang Mental Hospital in Sichuan Province. They claimed that they were taking her for a health check up. But, instead they took her to the mental hospital, where she was locked up. The nurse checked her temperature and pulse and found nothing wrong with her. In the afternoon that same day, several hoodlums grabbed her hands, pushed her and then pulled her by her hair on to one of the beds when no doctors were around. They tied her up and proceeded to give her an infusion, and kept her tied up. She was tied up for about 16 hours and had to relieve herself on the bed. Every day she was given drugs that damaged her central nervous system. Ms. Chen had very strong reactions after an infusion or taking drugs. She felt sick, vomited, was dizzy, weak and unable to walk. Her memory was deteriorating.

Ms. Chen felt dizzy when going to the restroom. As a result, she lost two teeth and her lips were cut. Her body was swollen and she had a rash over all of her body. Her eyes were so swollen that she could barely see.

Her work place refused to have her released until May 11 (after one month), and only because her family had been very insistent. She could not sleep for an entire week. She suffered constipation, could barely use her hand and walking became difficult. It took more than six months before she had full use of her hand and legs again.

On January 19, 2001, her work place and policemen from the Chengdong Police Station continued to persecute her. After failing to find Falun Gong materials at her home or work place, the perpetrators put truth-clarification materials into her office file cabinet to frame her. They used this as an excuse to sentence Ms. Chen Yuqing to one and a half years forced labor and discharge her from public employment.

Guo Shunwen is behind the aforementioned persecution of Ms. Chen.

Mr. Li Xinze, 51, was a practitioner from Weiyuan County, Neijiang City. He and fellow practitioners were brutally tortured at the Xinhua Forced Labor Camp. They were only allowed to sleep between 3 to 4 hours daily, sometimes even less. The guards forced practitioners to march under the scorching sun after 2 o'clock in the afternoon and do 100 sit-ups. Two guards and inmates pulled practitioners who could no longer run until they collapsed. Some guards took practitioners to hidden areas where they punched and kicked them, and pinched the nerves of their thighs and nipples. They also forced practitioners into brick-kilns when the temperature was still very high. One day a young personal cangue (a non practitioner) who was pushed into the brick-kiln with the practitioners lost consciousness within a few minutes. Mr. Li had changed from a healthy individual to one with mental and health problems within a little over a month. He wrote, against his own will, the so-called guarantee statement and "transformation statement." More than twenty days later, when Mr. Li became sober-minded again, he renounced this statement and expressed his determination to cultivate Falun Gong. That evening, policeman Yang Xiaolong tortured Mr. Li Xinze until 2 a.m.

After Mr. Li Xinze was tortured to death, the authorities fabricated stories and showed a large amount of fake evidence. They asked the mental hospital to fabricate fake analytical reports in order to hide the truth of Mr. Li's death. They lied to Mr. Li's family and framed Falun Gong. The Youxian District procuratorate report participated in the cover up.

Individuals directly responsible for Mr. Li Xinze's murder include Zhao Zeyong, Yu Xincai, Group Head Zhu, Deng Gang, He Xueling, Qing Guoquan, Ren Qing Daji, Yang Xiaolong and the Youshan district prosecutor in Xinhua.

Others who also took part in the persecution include Deng Haibo, Fu Weidong, Zhao Yu, Li Changgeng, Huang Xu, Zhang Zhongwei, Zhang Xiaognag, Team Leader Liu, Team Leader Huang and Guard Leader Tang.

1. Weiyuan City Police arrested practitioner Mr. Wei Wei from Longkou City, Shandong Province in December 2003 for handing out Falun Gong truth-clarification materials. In May 2005, Mr. Wei was given a 9-year sentence by Weiyuan City CCP's Court in Sichuan Province and was taken to Deyang Prison, Sichuan Province.

On his arrival at the prison, the guards asked him if he was guilty. Mr. Wei Wei responded, "I am not guilty!"

Therefore, the guard called in more than a dozen criminals. They dragged Mr. Wei Wei out of the room and beat him up cruelly. Then they forced him to stand for a long time beginning that night. He stood there until early the next morning. The next day, guards ordered two criminals to force him to renounce Falun Gong.

One evening in October 2005, Mr. Wei Wei woke up because of noise in the corridor. He wanted to go and have a look, but was stopped by prison guards. He learned later that the prison guards were beating up a practitioner. On the following day the prison guards told Mr. Wei Wei that he would be punished by "loneliness," forbidding him to talk to anyone. If he talked to any one he would be taken to the "strict control group." Criminals beat Mr. Wei Wei daily. Telephone number of the prison where Mr. Wei Wei is held: 86-838-3820024

2. Practitioner Mr. Liu Wangquan was sentenced to a 7-year prison term.

3. Practitioner Ms. Luo Jianxin was sentenced to an 8-year prison term. Note:

It is said that policeman Wang Dongliang from Xindian was responsible for the persecution of Ms. Luo and her daughter. Wang Dongjiang has boasted to a practitioner about his role in the persecution.

4. Practitioner Mr. Yang Huoming has been sentenced to 4 years in prison.

5. Practitioner Yao Liangjing has been sentenced to 4 years in prison.

6. Practitioner Ms. Mo Xiaoying is still held in the Weiyuan Detention Center.

7. Practitioner Mr. Lin Chunquan was a teacher from the Agricultural Construction High School. The Principle of the School and the Chief of the Teaching Section Yang Guobin did not allow Mr. Lin to teach. Mr. Lin was forced to become homeless to avoid being arrested and persecuted. The school withheld his salary of more than 1,000 yuan. Not long ago the school discharged Mr. Lin from public employment.

Xiao Changjun from the National Security Team of Shunyi District, along with other policemen, suddenly surrounded the home of practitioner Ms. Gao Weiling of Wulicang Community in Shunyi District, Beijing. This happened around 7:00 a.m. on August 31, 2006. Because Ms. Gao and her husband (a non-practitioner) refused to open the door, Xiao Changjun found someone from the local community office and pried open their door in broad daylight. They illegally arrested Ms. Gao and confiscated many items from their home.

The police first sent Ms. Gao to the Shunyi Brainwashing Center. They planned to forcefully "reform" her, but they failed. Then they sent her to Nihe Detention Center in Shunyi. They issued the "warrant for her arrest" on October 11. Ms. Gao's husband has inquired about her and tried to see her. However, the police refused with the following excuse: "She's got a bad attitude."

The police will not even allow clothes to be sent in for her. Currently, Ms. Gao is facing a trial in Shunyi District Court. However, those so-called law enforcement institutions even denied her family members of their lawful right to hire an attorney.

Ms. Gao is on a hunger strike to protest the persecution.

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zeng Zhizhong has been severely beaten since he was detained October 2005 at the 6th Ward of Jinshi Prison in Changde, Hunan Province. The guards have made things difficult for him. He was insulted and forced to lick sputum off the floor. He was also forced to eat meat, even though he is a vegetarian.

Mr. Zeng worked in the wool fabrication workshop continuously for over 12 hours. Guard Liu Yanbo (male) beat him many times and made trouble for him. He was not allowed to wear a mask even when there was a lot of dust. Wang Lin (male), the leader of the group did not allow him to use the restroom except during breaks. On January 2, 2006, he did not feel well and wanted to take the day off. Wang Lin did not agree and ordered the prisoners to carry him from the bed to the workshop. He was extremely cold for an entire morning, wearing only thin underwear when it was 48^oF outside. On February 15, 2007, his mouth became swollen when Luo Qingwu (the leader of the guards) beat him. The head of the group, Tian Yubao (male) who is very vicious, ran over and severely kicked Mr. Zeng, who then fell to the floor.

Mr. Zeng had been on a hunger strike since August 2, 2006, and one day he was transferred to the first group workshop for color tubes. He was berated by Zhou Shaoming (male) and Yao (first name unknown). He was forced to start his work at night, and even when he finished his work, he was not allowed to leave. They also insulted him by forcing him to lick sputum. Then he was forced to stand where he was handcuffed for 16 days (from August 23 to September 6, 2006, which exceeded the time limit by one day, as he originally was forced to be handcuffed for 15 days). As a result, his feet became swollen.

On November 10, 2006, since the first group of the color tube workshop was removed, he was transferred to the fourth group workshop for electronics. On November 11, 2006, he was beaten severely by the group leader, Tian Yubao. At that time, two of his teeth were loosened. His feet and the left side of his ribs were also injured. At the meeting that night, the people who watched over him were ordered publicly to beat Mr. Zeng from then on.

Detained fellow practitioners Mr. Liu Shenghua and Mr. Wang Shengliangare were also mistreated the same way.