Arbitrary Detention in Chong-qing City

Since April 22 of 1999, many practitioners from Chong-qing City have gone to Beijing to appeal for the righteousness of Falun Dafa. Most of them got detained. The police threatened that practitioners would be detained or sentenced if they went to Beijing.

1, Han Yi-ming, 42 years old, a former fine arts teacher from the Normal University of Southwest, and Liu Xin-yu, were given two years of forced-labor in 1999. They are now being detained in Xi-shan-ping labor camp and Jiang-bei labor camp separately. Although they have to do a lot of hard-labor everyday, they are still very determined about Falun Dafa.

2, Chen Fu, 28 years old, a former graduate student from the department of politics of the Normal University of Southwest, was given one year of forced-labor in 1999, and is now being detained in the Xi-shan-ping labor camp of Chong-qing City.

3, Yuan Zhi-qiang, male, 27 years old, resigned his job before going to Beijing to appeal. He got detained in January of 2000, and was given two years of forced-labor in March of 2000.

4, Liu Fan-qin, a retired official from the factory of optical instruments, and Wa Jie-nan, a former employee from the Hardware Company, were both given one year of forced-labor education in March of 2000. They are now being detained in the Jiang-bei Labor Camp.

5, Zhu Bi-lan, 45 years old, a former employee from the 203 Hospital, was given two years of forced-labor.

6, Several dozens of male practitioners from Xi-shan-ping of Chong-qing City have been sentenced to forced-labor. They have to do a lot of hard labor. Their living conditions are very bad.

7, In Tong-nan County, the police would detain whoever claimed to be a practitioner of Falun Dafa. They could get released if they paid a stiff fine of up to 10,000 Yuan.

8, Liu Lan, 35 years old, from the Shuan-bei Factory of Special Steel, has gone to Beijing to appeal three times. She was given 2 years of forced-labor.

9, Zhang Sheng-jun, 28 years old, a former official from the Tax Department of Rong-chang City, has gone to Beijing to appeal for 4 times. The police officer who escorted him back got acquainted with him. Mr. Zhang went to the Tiananmen Square alone. He started to meditate after dropping off his luggage. In a short while, the police came over and dragged him into the police vehicle. In a police station of Beijing, the police washed his head with Coca-Cola drink and beat his thin face to a fat one. He might be sentenced.