Case One: Cao Zhenqi, male, 36, farmer, Changyi County, Shandong Province

On Feburary 15, 2000, Cao Zhenqi went to Beijing to appeal [for Falun Gong], and on Feburary 18, the local county police took him back. The head of the detention center, Shao Mingyi, used a rubber club and boots to beat and kick his face and ribs. Cao Zhenqi then was handcuffed outside in the cold. Afterwards, the county leaders personally beat him. Cao Zhenqi was detained in Changyi Criminal Detention Center for one month. After returning to his village, he was detained for another 22 days. After staying at home for ten days, and on April 25, he was again detained by the village for two days.

While he was doing work at home, the village police sent out people to arrest him. Several people in the joint force [against Falun Gong], Zhang Zaicheng, Han Yuncheng, and Yue Puchang beat him until he passed out. When the police saw he was about to die, they took Caozhenqi's family members to the police station and then left. Cao Zhenqi's family took him to the Zhangling Hospital on and July 31. Cao Zhenqi was unconscious from two o'clock in the afternoon till the morning of the next day. On August 1, his family made emergency calls to transfer him to Changyi Hospital.

This picture was taken on the sixth or seventh day after the beatings (Changyi Hospital)

á

Case Two: Yao Hexing, male, 25, Anqiu City, Shandong Province

On October 10, 1999, Yao Hexing went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. He was detained for 30 days by the police. During the time he was being detained, he was tied up with ropes for 22 hours. Because the ropes were tied on too tight and for too long, the blood could not flow, and necrosis of the flesh began and he had to be taken in for an operation on his skin. On June 3, 2000, he was arrested again for going to Beijing to appeal, and was detained for another 30 days. For a long time, his personal freedom was restricted by the public security supervisor at his work unit.

In addition, at the beginning of August, 2000, in order to carry out the order from their superior, the party officials at every level in Weifang City had conversations with party members who continued to practice Falun Dafa. They gave the practitioners two options. The first option was asking them to voluntarily resign from the party, and the second was making them being expelled from the party. They were forced to make a decision in a short period of time. Most Falun Dafa practitioners said they would not voluntarily resign from the party and stated: Cultivators are the ones who follow the teachings of Mr. Li Hongzhi and follow the characteristics of universe Zhen-Shan-Ren (Truth-Benevolence-Forbearance) for making requirements for themselves. Everywhere they go their actions represent that of high standards. Because of this, those Falun Gong practitioners from the party were expelled from the party the next day.

á

(Compiled on August 18, 2000)