The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong --September 9, 2009

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

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  • Mr. Jiang Xiqing's Died in Forced Labor Camp; Daughter Arrested for Seeking Justice
  • After Mr. Jiang Xiqing's death, his daughter Ms. Jiang Hong and other family members, sued several levels of government for an investigation of his suspicious death. The family members were harassed and now Ms. Jiang has been arrested.


    Mr. Jiang Xiqing Died in Forced Labor Camp; Daughter Arrested for Seeking Justice  

    After Mr. Jiang Xiqing from Jiangjin, Chongqing City, was persecuted to death in Xishanping Forced Labor Camp, his daughter, Jiang Hong, sought justice through legal means. As a result, the CCP Political and Judiciary Committee and the 610 Office in Jiangjin District had police arrest Ms. Jiang.

    In May 2008, Ms. Jiang Xiqing's parents were both illegally sentenced for practicing Falun Gong. On January 28, 2009, her father, Jiang Xiqing, died as a result of persecution in Xishanping Forced Labor Camp. The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear. Seven hours after being notified of his death, his family found his body still warm in the freezer. Labor camp officials did not give any reasonable explanation for his death and had his body cremated without his family's consent. They even forged records of a postmortem examination, designated people to monitor and even threaten his family, ransacked their home, and beat their attorney, all to prevent his children from seeking justice after his death.

    After Mr. Jiang Xiqing's death, Ms. Jiang Hong; her husband, Xia Buchu; and their uncle, Jiang Dehua, sued all levels of the judiciary and government in Chongqing City. The CCP Political and Judiciary Committee and the 610 Office in the district searched everywhere to find her. They claimed that if she didn't come back, they would punish her more severely. On June 4, Wan Fenghua, the secretary of the CCP Political and Judiciary Committee in Jiangjin, said they would arrest her if Ms. Jiang did not show up within seven days.

    At around noon on August 28, 2009, as Ms. Jiang was leaving New Era Grocery Store on Buxing Street in Yangjiaping with her family, she was arrested by Mu Chaohen from the Domestic Security Team in Jiangjin Distrcit and another five or six others. Her current whereabouts are unknown.

    Ms. Jiang Hong, 41 years old, started to practice Falun Gong in1998. She was imprisoned in Chongqing City Women's Prison for three years for telling people the truth about Falun Gong. Released in 2003, she no longer had a job when she got home. Since 2008, she has done accounting for a business in Jiangjin. Her income is just 500 yuan a month. In order to keep Mr. Jiang Xiqing's family from seeking justice through legal means, Wan Fenghua has regularly threatened and persecuted his family. They designated people to follow Ms. Jiang Hong and monitored the homes of Ms. Jiang, Jiang Ping, and Jiang Hongbin closely