(Clearwisdom.net)

The Yuzhong County Court in Gansu Province has held unlawful trials of nine Falun Dafa practitioners. Jin Jilin was illegally sentenced to ten years in prison. Jin Faming and Wang Yinghe were illegally sentenced to eight years in prison. Lu Yanben, Peng Xibin, Mao Libing, Wu Bingqi, Wang Yingcun, and Jin Fashui received illegal prison terms ranging between three and seven years.

Falun Dafa practitioner Yang Chuanjun from Dalian City, Liaoning Province has spent over seven months in the Yaojia Detention Center since being unlawfully arrested by the Dalian police on April 24. According to police sources, the Ganjingzi District Court of Dalian City is about to hold a trial in a couple of days. It is expected that Yang Chuanjun and three other practitioners arrested at the same time will be brought to the courtroom. The three practitioners include Tian Jun and spouse, and Zhang Yong.

3. [Daqing, Heilongjiang Province] The Daqing Petroleum and Chemical General Factory Plans to Hold Illegal Brainwashing Classes

The Daqing Petroleum and Chemical General Factory is preparing for brainwashing classes as a result of pressure from higher authorities. Each subsidiary factory is drafting a list of practitioner attendees. Each factory will contribute 5,000 Yuan and each attendee will have to pay 300 Yuan [500 Yuan is equal to the average monthly salary of an urban worker]. At the same time, two "guardians" are to be assigned to each practitioner. Some practitioners have been forced to leave home in order to avoid this persecution.

Falun Dafa practitioner Sui Ximin is from Mulan County, Heilongjiang Province. He went to the Xiangfang Farm to visit a fellow practitioner in April 2002 while he was working on odd jobs in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. The Xiangfang Farm Police Station arrested him, and his whereabouts are not known at the moment. No one is taking care of his 70-year-old mother and young child at home.

Lawless officials in Dalian City, Liaoning Province have set up secret brainwashing centers in various districts in preparation for the Party's 16^th Congress. To keep everything under cover, lawless officials held illegal brainwashing classes in residential buildings, and small or mid-sized hotels. It has been verified that the Hongxia Hotel on Sichou Road holds a brainwashing center on behalf of the Shahe District. The brainwashing class takes up both the first and second floors. Falun Dafa practitioners are locked up in isolation, and each practitioner is held in a separate room.

A Falun Gong truth-clarification materials producing site was damaged in late October, and the practitioners arrested there are being held in the Dehui City Detention Center. Other Falun Dafa practitioners arrested at the same time include Wang Chunbo, Liu Jingchun, businessman Du, and a fellow practitioner from the Nongan area.

Female Falun Dafa practitioner Yingzi is in critical condition as a result of her hunger strike in the Dehui City Detention Center. On November 21, the detention center issued notice to her family members that her life was in imminent danger. However, the detention center authorities have refused to release her. They will be held responsible for any consequences that may result.

On the morning of September 12, 2002, as Falun Dafa practitioner Li Houli stepped out of his home, he was arrested by police officers who had been waiting outside his door. The police then illegally searched Li's home without presenting any documents or search warrants. The police also took possession of his cash savings without leaving receipts.

The Xingouqiao Police Station, the Office of Retirees of the Qingshan Heating and Electric Factory, and the Residential Committee in the Redian District participated in the arrest and search.

Members of the "610 Office" [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems] and police officers in the Qingshan District of Wuhan City, Hubei Province started arresting Falun Dafa practitioners in mid-September, 2002. They were arrested either at home or at work and sent to a brainwashing center in Qingcheng District. The brainwashing center has placed practitioners under round-the-clock surveillance, forbidding them from talking to each other. Practitioners have also been deprived of sleep, and are subjected to brainwashing day and night. Collaborators [former practitioners who have renounced Falun Dafa under extreme physical and mental pressure] have been called in to take turns trying to coerce practitioners to give up their belief. The "lenient" approach is that collaborators persuade with "kind" words, while the "harsh" approach involves brutal beatings. Practitioners on hunger strikes have been tortured by brutal force-feeding. The brainwashing center is a living hell.

Members of the "610 Office" in charge of the Qingshan District Brainwashing Center in Wuhan City: Yuan Lianghong, Wu Xingbei, and Fan Wenbin.

Telephone numbers: 86-27-86511050.

On June 27, iron chains were hung half-way across the doorways of all the cells in the detention center. All people in custody had to bow down when going in and out of the cells. The police claimed that, "this was to strengthen the management of perpetrators of severe crimes."

On July 20, a Falun Dafa practitioner with the last name Li was thrown into a female cell. The next day, the female guard Gao Zhihua asked Li to go out to fill out a form. Li demanded that she remove the chain across the doorway before she went out. Gao Zhihua angrily asked, "Are you going to bend down to come out underneath the chain or not?" Then Gao started to drag Li's arm from the other side of the door. Li refused. Gao made up excuses that Li had twisted her arm, and called in a group of male guards carrying "leather pipes" (a kind of torture device made of hard plastic tubes about 40 inches long and about 2 inches in diameter). The male guards rushed toward Li and dragged her out of the cell. They pulled down Li's pants to her ankles, leaving only her underwear on, and held her head, feet, and arms on the ground. Male guard Huang Liancheng (with police officer badge number 860221) viciously beat her several dozen times. Li had to be carried back to the cell.

One afternoon, Gao Zhihua came to ask Li about her family members' names. Li stood up and let her see the injuries. Dark bruises were visible from the waist down, all along the outside of both legs. Gao Zhihua said, "These injuries are nothing! The beatings are much more severe in the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp."

One day, the prosecutors came to interrogate Li, and Li showed them the injuries on her body. Li Xianhua from the Political Security Section of the Shuangta District Police Department rebutted, "Why didn't you crawl out from under the chain? They didn't beat you hard enough!"

Falun Dafa practitioner Sun Runsheng, 61 years old, is from Dalian City, Liaoning Province. He has been held in custody numerous times for appealing on behalf of Falun Gong and for distributing leaflets. Each time, he was able to get out of detention with his righteous belief and righteous thoughts. In the most recent case, he had been held for over three months and was then illegally sent to a forced labor camp. During the physical examination, he thwarted the evil persecution by maintaining a righteous mind. He was released on "parole for medical treatment." His elderly wife was also released from the forced labor camp on "parole for medical treatment."

In March 2002, he and his wife went out to post leaflets and were captured by violent police officers. Mr. Sun firmly refused to cooperate and was able to walk away. His wife was sent to the forced labor camp again. The authorities were not able to bring Mr. Sun in, and absurdly decided to extend his forced labor "reeducation" term to be served off site. Mr. Sun has not been intimidated at all. When he went out to post leaflets on July 10, he was again caught by violent police officers. He has been held in the Yaojia Detention Center for over four months. A warrant has been issued by the court. His wife was released on July 20 as a result of maintaining firm righteous thoughts.

Falun Dafa practitioner Zhang Xin, 22 years old, lives on Qingyun Street in Zhongshan District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province. He was taken away from his home by officers from the Taoyuan Street Police Station in mid-November, 2002. He is currently being held in the Yaojia Detention Center.

Nine Falun Dafa practitioners in Mulan County, Heilongjiang Province have been arrested by the Mulan County Police Department. They are: Yang Yuqin (female), Qi Jingfang (female), Tian Ying (female), Mei Guangli (female), Sun Lizhi (female), Li Yanping (female), Liu Xicheng, Liu Bo, and Li Weijun. They have been sent to the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp and the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. Yang Yuqin is over 60 years old, and was at home taking care of her elderly paralyzed husband when she was arrested.

Falun Dafa practitioner Shao Benying from the Shaungta District in Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province was arrested by the Chaoyang Police Department on November 7, 2002. He is currently held in the Chaoyang No. 1 Detention Center. It is said that he mailed the recent article "Righteous Thoughts" by the founder of Falun Gong, in a letter sent to a relative in a far away place. The letter was intercepted and traced to him, which resulted in his being kidnapped.

Falun Dafa Practitioner Wang Tianxue is being held at the Kunming City No. 2 Detention Center. The person responsible for the persecution in this area is Li Gangao of the No.2 Regiment of Investigation of the Guobao Brigade.

Telephone number: 86-871-7190306.

December 3, 2002