The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong  -- July 12, 2006

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Content


  • Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. He Yanxuan from Yubei District in Chongqing City Died as a Result of Persecution

  • The Torture I Suffered in Baishan City Detention Center, Jilin Province

  • Jilin Province Prison Guards’ Outrageous Treatment of Practitioners: Stabbing Their Ribs, Freezing Them, and Hanging Them Upside Down

  • Recent Incidents of Persecution in the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

  • Long’an Court in Guangxi Province Opens Illegal Trial of Practitioner Mr. Lu Chihua

  • Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured at Hebei Province Female Prison

  • Recent Cases of Illegal Arrest of Falun Gong Practitioners by the Authorities in Shanghai



  • Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. He Yanxuan from Yubei District in Chongqing City Died as a Result of Persecution

    Chinese Communist Party officials ransacked the home of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. He Yanxuan in the Yubei District of Chongqing City six times and "illegally sentenced" her to two years of forced labor.

    Ms. He was savagely tortured in Maojiashan Women’s Forced Labor Camp in Chongqing City and suffered severe physical and mental impairment. Even though she was bedridden, more than ten officials from the Shuangfengqiao Police Station and from the National Security Division ransacked her home again on September 28, 2005, and threatened her. Ms. He Yanxuan passed away on April 24, 2006.

    Ms. He was 58 years old and worked at the Chuandong Oil Drilling & Exploration Company in Sichuan Province. She started practicing Falun Gong on September 13, 1993, and was cured of numerous illnesses only a little over a month afterwards.

    From July 20, 2001, to October 2002, her home was ransacked five times. Chen Daming and Li Qihai, heads of Section 1 at Yubei District Police Department, were responsible. They led officers from the Shuangfengqiao Police Station and police officers Qiao Shuyi, Wang Zhongqiu, and Luo Yuguo from the Yubei District Oil Base in the Yubei District and other security people, totaling more than a dozen. They only found a group photograph of Teacher and practitioners from when Teacher had taught classes in Chongqing City, and they took it away. Ms. He Yanxuan left home and lived in exile from then on. That was not the end of her troubles.

    Chen Daming and other police officers illegally arrested Ms. He’s husband. They held him in a dark room inside the Shuangfengqiao Police Station. They savagely beat him and burnt his face with lit cigarettes as they demanded to know his wife’s whereabouts. They also froze Ms. He’s family’s bank accounts. They forced the couple’s employers to stop paying their pensions, which was a severe financial blow to the livelihood for three generations of the family.

    The police later on again ransacked Ms. He’s home and took her sister's phone number in Luzhou City.

    They arrested Ms. He Yanxuan on October 20, 2002, in Luzhou City and took her back to the Yubei District and held her at the Maojiashan Women’s Forced Labor Camp for two years.

    She underwent numerous forms of torture while in the camp. She developed high blood pressure, kidney failure, whole-body edema, and difficulty breathing and urinating. She was released in late October 2004.

    The police officers in the Yubei District continued to persecute her. Ms. He was bedridden on September 28, 2005, when more than a dozen officers from the Shuangfengqiao Police Station, the National Security Division, and other security officers ransacked her rented temporary residence. They threatened and intimidated her. She experienced tremendous physical and mental trauma, and her existing illnesses and injuries worsened. She died on April 24, 2006.


    The Torture I Suffered in Baishan City Detention Center, Jilin Province

    I am a Falun Gong practitioner in Baishan City, Jilin Province. At 3 p.m. on February 4, 2002, I was illegally arrested by police when I was hanging banners with fellow practitioners to clarify the truth of Falun Gong.

    The supervisor of the police station (name unknown) and policemen searched my body and took the 200 yuan I had, as well as my eyeglasses and my new belt. They also beat me and tied me to a tiger bench. I used silence to protest the threats and persecution towards me. The director got extremely mad and ferocious. He ruthlessly pinched my genitals.

    Another assistant director of the police department came after that. Since, for a long time, he was unable to catch any Falun Gong practitioners hanging banners, he was extremely angry and attacked me right away. He punched my head fiercely and kicked my chest badly until I was dizzy and faint. He then hit me one more time and left.

    The next morning I was sent to the criminal police unit in Badaojiang District. I was hanging there for four days and three nights. My hands were bruised purple and black and my wrist was injured. They did not provide me any food or drink and they tried to extort evidence from me every day. Afterwards, I was sent to the Baishan City Detention Center.

    In the detention center, two fellow practitioners and I firmly refused to cooperate with the evil’s requests. We used hunger strikes to protest the persecution. We also requested the police station to return our personal belongings and the cash they took from us.

    The third morning, I was cuffed with heavy shackles and was tied to the death bed. In the afternoon, two other practitioners also suffered the same torture. In the evening, supervisor Piao and staff member Zhang, who was on duty, came to the small cell and commanded seven or eight criminals to pry open up my mouth, and brutally forced feed me in turn. During the forced feeding, my rib was bruised badly.

    After three days, they cuffed me with heavy shackles and tied me to the death bed again. They used a plastic bottle with the bottom cut out to brutally forced feed me. The chief of the Prison Political Section said, "This time you have to hold your head." The on-duty group leader and a few criminals jumped onto the death bed. Group leader Wang used his leather boots to crush my hand ruthlessly. My wrist was locked by chains and my palm was extremely painful. The other criminals pressed, rubbed, pinched and beat me and used all kinds of punishments to torture me brutally. The chief of the Prison Political Section threatened, "The Falun Gong practitioners who hunger strike here can never survive (the force feeding) for more than two days."

    They tortured me on the death bed for five days. My body was seriously weakened and I was hard to recognize. I carried very heavy shackles and it was very hard to walk. My ankle was bleeding. Due to my extreme weakness, they did not dare to force feed me on the death bead anymore. Instead, they moved me to the duty room on the second floor to force-feed me. When they started to force-feed me, the criminals came up all together. They consider torture and killing entertainment. The prison police really enjoyed the criminals forced feeding me. The criminals knocked me down and held me down firmly. Then six or seven criminals started to torture me. They used their thumbs to firmly press my ribs, they pinched my crotch, stepped on my hands, twisted my belly and forcefully squeezed my head. The criminals pried open my mouth in turn, inserted the plastic bottle into my mouth and corked my mouth with a toilet cleaning rag. Then another criminal would take a turn to force-feed me. I nearly suffocated several times.

    After a month of brutal persecution, the prison police and criminals were all tired. Staff Zhang was extremely mad and yelled at the criminals, "feed him to death!" Seven or eight criminals followed his order and used all kind of dirty methods unscrupulously. It felt like my head was exploding and my body could not move. A criminal pinched my nose and another criminal fed me brutally. I could not breathe because every time I inhaled, the rice entered my lungs and I spurted out the food. Then a criminal used a thick paper to block the mouth of the bottle. After a while, I lost consciousness. After I woke up, I was sent to the Baishan City Hospital emergency room in critical condition.

    After six days, the doctor brought my chest X-ray to supervisor Piao and told him that they found small blisters in my lungs and they diagnosed that it was acute pulmonary tuberculosis. Supervisor Piao was afraid and they transferred me to the Baishan City Tuberculosis Hospital. The police still cuffed me to the bed, forcibly gave me injections and fed me from my nose. Since the medical fee is too expensive, after a week, they transferred me back to the detention center but still continued the persecution of feeding me through the nose and giving me injections. The brutal persecution lasted for two months and my weight dropped from more than 70 kilograms to about 40 kilograms.

    On June 25, the Jilin Province Prison refused to accept me by the reason of "serious malnutrition." But supervisor Piao colluded with the local judge who judged the case unscrupulously. On June 28, I was sent to the Jilin Province Prison again to be persecuted according to the fake judgment that said: "fasting is a self-inflicted injury and therefore should not qualify for bail release for medical treatment."


    Jilin Province Prison Guards’ Outrageous Treatment of Practitioners: Stabbing Their Ribs, Freezing Them, and Hanging Them Upside Down

    I was once illegally detained at the Nanshan Detention Center in Shulan City, in Jilin City’s forced labor camp, and in Jiutai Forced Labor Camp. I witnessed how, at the instigation of the Party, the prison guards ruthlessly tortured Falun Gong practitioners.

    In the Nanshan Detention Center in Shulan City in December 2000, prison guards ordered other prisoners to "transform" those practitioners who firmly believed in Falun Dafa. They beat the practitioners until they fainted and then revived them with cold water and continued beating them. These beatings left practitioners’ faces covered with blood and their mouths filled with blood.

    The cooperating prisoners used combs to scratch practitioners’ sensitive areas, including fingernails and toes. They used pointed wooden sticks to stab practitioners’ ribs. Some were stabbed until they bled. In the winter, they stripped off practitioners’ clothes, forced them to squat down on the floor of a bathroom, and poured cold water on them over and over. One or two hours later, if the practitioners still refused to write "the three statements", the guards used pieces of cardboard as fans to dry the practitioners and poured cold water on them again. Sometimes the guards handcuffed a practitioner’s ankles and hung him upside down.

    In Jilin City Forced Labor Camp, the prison guards shocked practitioners’ faces with electric batons for extended periods. Some practitioners’ faces were disfigured due to the shocks. They also isolated those practitioners who firmly believe Falun Gong in a room filled with guards who surrounded each one and beat him.

    In Jiutai Forced Labor Camp, the guards prompted other prisoners to torture a newly detained practitioner. We saw that he was carried out 40 minutes after he came in the camp. His whereabouts is unknown.

    The outrages that go on in those detention centers and forced labor camps are really beyond description.


    Recent Incidents of Persecution in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

    The Second Women's Station of Masanjia Forced Labor Camp is now called "Liaoning Educational School." In November 2005, officials in that section hired 40 male and 20 female police guards from the Yuhong District in Shenyang City to torture Falun Gong practitioners.

    Approximately 200 practitioners are jailed in the Second Women’s Section. The police guards use a special tool to abuse practitioners during force-feeding in particular. It is a round tool, augmented by two sharp ends. When force-feeding, the guards insert the sharp ends between the practitioners' front teeth and try to pry their mouths open. Some practitioners’ teeth have been broken and some practitioners’ lips have been torn.

    On February 4, 2006 practitioner Ms. He Guirong from Fushun, had her legs broken from beatings. She was afterwards locked up for three days.

    In 2006, a practitioner was force-fed for six months and otherwise tortured badly.

    On April 17, 2006, the section demanded that the practitioners do heavy manual labor. When the practitioners refused to cooperate, more than 50 of them were beaten.

    Between April 21 and 25, 2006 practitioners Ms. Cheng Hua, Ms. Wang Guixiang and nine others were beaten and badly injured. They were also forced to do manual labor. Practitioner,Ms. Zou Xiuju from Dalian was force-fed. Some of her teeth were broken during the force-feeding, which also made her mouth bleed.

    On April 28, 2006, practitioner Ms. Cui Defen from Dalian was tortured to the point of extreme weakness. She could not walk unaided, but the guards still forced her to do labor. Since she walked slowly, guard Zhao Jinghua (ID# 2108473) beat her severely and locked her up for three and a half days. Zhao handcuffed her to a metal pipe in a room with her face against the pipe. She could not bend down or stand up.

    On May 16, 2006, practitioners Ms. Yulan from Fushun and Ms. Cheng Hua and Ms. Li Mei from Dalian refused to do extra work. They were taken away. People have so far lost contact with them.

    Between May 21 and 25, 2006 practitioners Ms. Yang Xiufang from Fushun and Ms. Zhang Liping from Benxi were force-fed for four days, although they were not on a hunger strike. They were locked up 24 hours a day and beaten. Torture made them muddle-headed. Policemen took them away and nobody knows where.

    On May 31, 2006, practitioner Ms. Zhang Suling from Huludao yelled, "Falun Dafa is good!" Guards Dong Suxia (ID# 2108474), Zhang Xiurong (ID# 2108051), Zhou Qian (ID# 2108113), Xiang Kuili (ID# 2108120), and He Yanxiang (male) took her to an office, locked her up, and beat her severely. They also tortured her in other ways for two days.

    On June 2, 2006, practitioner Ms. Huang Sumei was found to have Falun Gong books. Guard Zhang Xiurong (ID# 2108051), Zhou Qian (ID# 2108113), and Xiang Kuili (ID# 2108120) beat her cruelly. Male guards Liu Yong and Ma Qishan also badly beat Falun Gong practitioners. Their excuse was that practitioners didn’t go to the bathroom at their allotted time.

    On June 5, 2006, practitioners Ms. Zhang Lirong from Shenyang, Ms. Zhang Jingyan from Liaoyang, Ms. Wang Guiling from Tieling, and Ms. Jiang Weizhen from Chaoyang were taken away. Nobody knows where they were taken.

    Between May 28 and 30, 2006, practitioner Ms. Qu Shumei from Dalian was locked to a metal pipe in a room with her face against the pipe. She could not bend down or stand up. Female guards tortured her because she refused to collaborate with the evildoers.



    Long’an Court in Guangxi Province Opens Illegal Trial of Practitioner Mr. Lu Chihua

    On June 14, 2006, the Long’an Court in Guangxi Province opened an illegal trial of Falun Gong practitioner Lu Chihua. The presiding judge was Huang Yuying and the judicial officer was Lin Pijie

    Even after Mr. Lu Chihua had been illegally detained and tortured by the police for several months, he continued to clarify the truth to the public in the court. Finally, Mr. Lu said, "I hope all present can remember that Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good. Every Falun Gong practitioner wishes you a good future." Everyone listened quietly. The presiding judge said, "Thank you!" Later, he seemed to realize something and quickly said, "You dare to publicize those things to us! The court is adjourned!" The evil attempt to put forward a sentence was nullified.

    Mr. Lu Chihua is a teacher in the Yanjiang Town Middle School in Long'an County, Guangxi Province. He works hard and is widely acclaimed by his colleagues and students. Because he told his students the principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance," he was reported by the principal of the middle school. On March 13, 2006, the police from the Long’an Police Department arrested him. After Mr. Lu was detained, his family hired a lawyer, but the Long'an Police Department did not allow the lawyer to interview Mr. Lu.

    A high-ranking official who closely followed Mr. Lu Chihua's case suddenly woke up after he attended the court session. He said, "The CCP will definitely become extinct. Without any legal foundation, it sentenced a person just because he said several true words. I want to quit the CCP. Please use my real name to quit the CCP."



    Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured at Hebei Province Female Prison

    In the summer of 2005, Hebei Province Female Prison was newly constructed and all Falun Gong practitioners illegally sentenced in Hebei Province were gradually transferred there for concentrated detention and persecution. On February 25, 2006, 32 remaining Falun Gong practitioners from Hebei Province Taihang Female Prison were transferred to the new Hebei Province Female Prison. Currently, there are over 200 Falun Gong practitioners detained there. This prison is located at Shitong Street, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. There are many evil prison policewomen who are deployed from other prisons. The policewomen bully and instigate inmates to curse, beat and torture those steadfast Falun Gong practitioners.

    Falun Gong practitioners are tortured mentally by means of traps and allures and physically tortured by being forced to stand day and night and being deprived of sleep. The police force practitioners to write so-called "four statements". Even practitioners who are seniors, such as 67 year old Zhao Wenlan aren’t spared as long as they keep up their belief in Falun Gong. The police utilize the criminal inmates to closely monitor Falun Gong practitioners for long terms, not allowing them to speak with anyone and depriving them of personal freedom.

    Yu Jingxia’s body extremely frail, her family appealing for her release on bail for medical treatment

    Practitioner Yu Jingxia from Shijiazhuang City was illegally sentenced to 10 years in prison. She was targeted for persecution because she refused to give up her belief in Falun Gong and be brainwashed and transformed. She is now very frail and suffers from severe heart disease from the persecution. According to insider information, she is now being treated with intravenous injections in the prison. Her family is appealing for her release on bail for medical treatment.

    Yu Jingxia is a resident of Bolin North District, Shijiazhuang City. She used to have a happy family and both husband and wife practiced Falun Gong. They owned a clothing store and enjoyed a prosperous business.

    After July 20, 1999, her happy family life was shattered. On September 28, 2001, her husband, Zhang Lingjiang, was arrested in Kaida Apartment Complex on Gongnong Street. He was then sentenced to 10 years in prison and detained in Hebei Province Baoding Prison.

    Yu Jingxia was forced to become homeless and wander the streets to avoid arrest and persecution by the police. Her teenage daughter also became homeless and has been taken care of by Yu Jingxia’s younger sister.

    On the afternoon of January 19, 2004, Yu Jingxia went to visit her relatives at the clothing store and was arrested by the police from Xinhua Police Station Branch who were waiting there. She was detained in the Second Detention Center of Shijiazhuang City. Yu Jingxia went on hunger strike to protest the illegal arrest and inhuman torture by the police. She suffered extreme weight loss to the point of being beyond recognition. Her legs became badly swollen and she could not walk by herself. She also had other complications and her internal organs were damaged. The Xinhua Police Station Branch feared that she might die in their hands and released her. On the morning of April 29, 2004, Xinhua Police Station Branch, in spite of her fever and fragile health condition, abducted Yu Jingxia from her grandfather’s home and sent her to the Second Detention Center of Shijiazhuang City. Yu Jingxia was sentenced to 10 years in prison and is currently detained and persecuted in Hebei Province Female Prison.

    Bai Yuzhi not able to take care of herself, not allowed bail for medical treatment

    Falun Gong practitioner Bai Yuzhi is over 40 years old and was a commissar of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference of Jingxing County, Hebei Province. She is detained in Hebei Province Female Prison. Her health is in bad condition and she was on the verge of death quite a few times. She lost her eyesight and is not able to take care of herself in daily life. Her family has appealed for her release on bail for medical treatment but their request was rejected by prison authorities.

    Bai Yuzhi was arrested and sentenced to forced labor several times for continuing to believe in Falun Gong. She was detained in Kaiping Forced Labor Camp in Tangshan City of Hebei Province, where she suffered all kinds of inhuman tortures. She went on a hunger strike for over 100 days. Her family and friends appealed to various authorities and she was released on bail for medical treatment. At home, before she was able to recover, the police started harassing her. She was forced to become homeless to avoid harassment and further persecution.

    In August of 2002, Bai Yuzhi was abducted from her residence in Shijiazhuang City and detained in the Second Detention Center of Shijiazhuang City. In the detention center, she went on a hunger strike to protest her arrest and suffered severe deterioration of her health. On April 10, 2003, she started to vomit blood and was force-fed by the police. Her nose was broken and she nearly lost her eyesight. She could not walk by herself and had to be carried by the person that was force-feeding her. When the Second Detention Center authorities reported her situation as "critically ill", the 610 Office still declined her family’s request to release her on bail for medical treatment. The 610 Office sentenced her to 4 years in prison. On May 19, 2003, Bai Yuzhi and Wang Yunman were detained in the Second Female Prison of Shijiazhuang City and later transferred to Hebei Province Female Prison.

    Bai Yuzhi started a hunger strike in September of 2002 and was force-fed to the point that she almost died. She vomited blood and became very frail. Her body swelled and she could not see anything from either eye. She could only lie on the bed and could not take care of herself in daily life. It has been 3 years up to now. Her family has appealed several times for her release on bail for medical treatment, yet the prison authorities have declined their appeal using the excuse "not being allowed by the higher authorities."

    In March this year, the international media exposed the startling behind-the-scenes plotting with respect to the harvesting of organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and then cremating them to destroy the evidence. According to insider information, Hebei Province Female Prison has also participated behind the scenes in such crimes. We appeal to the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong to pay attention to the criminal acts of the Hebei Province Female Prison.



    Recent Cases of Illegal Arrest of Falun Gong Practitioners by the Authorities in Shanghai

    Recently, the Shanghai Fa, national security, and all levels of government personnel rampantly arrested and persecuted Falun Gong practitioners. The following are some of these cases:

    At the end of March 2006, when Falun Gong practitioner Hu Shunfang from Jinshan Petrifaction District, clarified the truth to the people, she was illegally arrested. Now her whereabouts is uncertain.

    At the beginning of April 2006, Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Gao Hongdeng, Zhou Huilin, and Yu Peiying clarified the truth when they took a taxi. Afterwards, they were tracked by the taxi driver and were reported to the authorities. The details are under investigation.

    On April 27, when Falun Gong practitioners Ms Wu Jingfang and Ms Wu Meifang, elder and younger sisters, distributed truth-clarification materials in a supermarket, they were arrested and their family’s property was confiscated by the police. Now they are imprisoned in Zhangjiang Detention Center in Dongxin District, Pudong. Ms Wu Jingfang once had serious heart disease and asthma and took sick leave at home for a long time. Now her health is very bad. When her family members wanted to visit her, they were beaten and abused by police and were not allowed to visit. A Falun Gong practitioner from Puxi is also imprisoned with Ms Wu Jingfang and Ms Wu Meifang.

    At dawn on April 30, when Falun Gong practitioner Ms Jiang Yufang from Zhabei District in Shanghai prepared to remove a banner that slandered Dafa, she was arrested by the evil people waiting in ambush. Now she is imprisoned in Qingpu brainwashing center.

    Around noontime on May 5, when Falun Gong practitioner Ms Zhu Xuejuan from Xuhui District and other two fellow practitioners clarified the truth in a supermarket, they were reported to the authorities. Later on, they were arrested and taken away by the 610 Office personnel and police. Now they are imprisoned in Minhang District Detention Center. One of these three practitioners, a 75 year-old practitioner, has already gone home safely.

    On May 10, Falun Gong practitioners Ms Xu Chenghua, Ms Zhai Qiaoying, Ms Tao Yudi and another Falun Gong practitioner (whose name is uncertain), from Xuhui District were arrested at home by some local malevolent people.

    On May 13, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yuan Yahui (about 56 years old) was arrested. Now she is imprisoned in Jinshan Jail. On the same day, her daughter delivered a baby.

    On May 14, Mr. Huang Jiayuan (about 35 years old) and Mr. Chen Chen (about 33 years old) were arrested. Now they are imprisoned in the Jinshan Jail. Mr. Huang’s wife is 2 to 3 months pregnant. His father lies in bed and cannot take care of himself. His mother has died under the huge pressure. Mr. Chen personally owned a very small computer service company (Shanghai Hui Repairing Computer Science and Technology Company. Ltd.). It was boarded up on the day he was persecuted.

    On the afternoon of May 16, Falun Gong practitioner Ms Jiang Suying from Hongkou District was on her way to a meeting when she was abruptly arrested by the 610 Office personnel and police. The next day when Ms Jiang was imprisoned, she exhibited symptoms of hypertension and urinary track infection. The jail refused to accept her. They tried very hard to send her to Tilanqiao Jail hospital. Her recent situation remains unclear. On the evening of May 16, her husband, Mr. Lu Dehuan, was also arrested by police and was mercilessly beaten by three police officers. He was threatened with torture. Now he has returned home and there are many scars on his body. Their son Mr. Lu Weidong was secretly sentenced last year for three-and-a-half years. He is imprisoned in Tilanqiao Jail.

    On May 23, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zeng Aihua (57 years old) from Shanghai, who is a Hong Kong resident, was arrested at home and her family property was confiscated by the police. She was imprisoned in Xinqu Jail in Pudong. When her family members overseas made a call to the 4th National Security Section of Pudong New District Police Department, inquiring about the details, they were given the dodge that the person in charge was not there. Later on, they did not answer their calls.

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms Bai Gendi from Shanghai was arrested at the same time. She is imprisoned in Xuhui District Jail. Ms Bai was sent to forced labor on two occasions. She was imprisoned in Shanghai Qingsong Women’s Forced Labor Camp for a total of 5 years.

    On May 24, two Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Dong Xiangru (over 50 years old) and Ms. Wang (over 40 years old) from Hangzhou, both working in Shanghai, were arrested for distributing truth-clarification materials. Their residences in Shanghai and their homes in Hangzhou were confiscated. They are currently imprisoned in Hangzhou City’s Laodongyue Prison. Several years ago Ms. Dong’s son was sentenced to four years because he practiced Falun Dafa.

    Around May 24, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Yuan Xiufang (61 years old), Zhou Licheng (about 65 years old) and his daughter from Xuhui District were arrested when they were printing truth-clarifying materials. .

    On May 25, Mr. Du Zhilong from Hongkou District was arrested by 610 Office personnel and police. He is imprisoned in Baoshan District Detention Center. His wife was taken away for interrogation by police at the same time. She was later released but there is no news on Mr. Du.

    On the evening of May 25, Falun Gong practitioner Little Wang from Puto District was arrested and his home was confiscated by 610 Office personnel and police.

    On May 30, Falun Gong practitioner Ms Chen Yaoqin (approximately 57 years old) who lived in #501, Linfen Street 1513 Lane 30, Pengpuxin Village, Zhabei District, was forcefully arrested by Zhabei sub-bureau 610 Office police Zhou Zhiyi, Tang Jinfeng, a policeman surnamed Wang from the Sanquan Street local police station, other police, the residents’ committee from 1513 Lane, Liu Guiying and other people. Ms Chen is imprisoned in Zhabei District Lingshi Street Jail.

    On June 1, Ms Chen Yaoqin’s husband, who was unable to withstand the pressure, suffered a mental collapse and was taken to a hospital. Ms Chen’s oldest daughter, 31 years old, was mentally retarded at birth and has serious hypertension. Suddenly losing the care of her parents, she became absent-minded and her blood pressure shot up. She was reportedly sent to a welfare home the same night that her father was taken to the hospital.

    On May 1, 2006, International Advocates for Justice (IAFJ) published some statistics which show that the Falun Gong group has filed as many as 54 civil and criminal lawsuits in 33 different countries on the five continents against Jiang Zemin (former Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party), Luo Gan, and 30 other high-level officials of the Chinese Communist Party who have been playing the most active roles in the persecution of Falun Gong. As of April 2006, in addition to the lawsuits filed against Jiang Zemin in 16 countries around the world, other high-level officials of the Chinese Communist Party, including a former Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, the Minister of Culture, the Minister of Commerce, a former Minister of Education and the Minister of Information have also had suits brought against them.