Practitioners from Linhai City, Liaoning Province Illegally Sent to Labor Camps or Sentenced to Jail

July 1, 2002

(Clearwisdom.net)

Wang Shuzhong, the mayor of Linhai City, was criticized by the State Public Security Bureau and the Liaoning Provincial Government regarding the numerous practitioners from his city who had traveled to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa during the Chinese New Year 2000. Wang almost lost his post as mayor. To protect himself, Wang instructed various city agencies to torment practitioners in whatever way they chose. He openly told the local police, "You may beat the Falun Gong practitioners that you have arrested as much as possible, as long as they keep breathing." Following the mayor's instructions, the police ruthlessly tortured practitioners who had appealed in Beijing. Some of the practitioners were severely beaten to the point of unconsciousness. The police then poured cold water on the unconscious practitioners to wake them and subsequently brutalized them again.

Additionally, police extorted huge sums of money from practitioners, causing them serious financial hardships. Wang Shuzhong directed many companies to dismiss the practitioners who had appealed in Beijing. Next, he illegally sent them to forced-labor camps. Some practitioners were sentenced to jail. In March through mid-May, when practitioners had allegedly broadcasted truth-clarification footage by overriding Changchun cable television signals, 47 Falun Dafa practitioners were illegally arrested in Linhai.

Since July 1999, approximately 60 practitioners have been sent to labor camps. Comparatively, this is a high number for a small town such as Linhai.

The following are lists of many of the practitioners who have been illegally detained in labor camps or sentenced to jail:

Sent to Labor Camps:

Name	Term (years)	Gender	Age	Occupation
Li Jingqi	3	female	51	former staff member of food bureau
Zhang Deguo	1	male	53	unknown
Sun Jipin	2	female	49	self-employed food vendor
Sun Jipin's husband	2	male	50	self-employed food vendor
Li Hongchen	3	male	51	farmer from Yuji village
Li Hongchen's wife	3	female	47	farmer from Yuji village
Wang Baoqing	3	female	49	business owner
Dong Yanling	2	female	48	business owner
Wei Shouzhe	2	female	56	unknown
Zhun Shuyun	2	female	53	former staff of Jingcheng Paper Mill
Chen Shuyun	1	female	42	unemployed worker
Lei Wei	1	female	42	worker at Jingcheng Paper Mill
Guo Oihe	1	female	48	unemployed worker
Pan Xiuying	1	female	52	farmer
Jiang Hao	1	female	30	farmer
Wang Dan	1.5	female	22	farmer from Banshigou Village
Wang Lin	1.5	female	18	farmer from Banshigou Village
Li Shuqing	1	female	55	business owner
Dong Li	1	female	33	farmer
Dong Zhizhou	1	male	71	former director of the Forest Bureau, Linhai City
Shi Baozhong	2	male	36	farmer from Niangnianggong Village
Chen Miao	1	male	48	teacher
Li Guodong	2	male	30	unknown
Zhang Guohai	2	male	28	factory employee
Li Yong	2	male	30	unemployed worker
Zhang Baoshi	2	male	53	laid-off employee, Jingcheng Paper Mill
Mr. Zhang	1	male	58	former Director of Security, Jingchen Paper Mill

Sentenced to Jail:

Name	Term (years)	Gender	Age	Other information
Li Xia	unknown	female	51	Sentenced in Beijing for the second time. Further information is being blocked.
Sun Zhenling	unknown	female	50	Sentenced in Beijing. Further information is being blocked.
Dong Baoshen	trial delayed due to illness	male	?	former official of the Inspection Bureau

Names and/or telephone numbers of officials in Linhai City:

Director of the Police Station: Li Xiao

Deputy Directors of the Police Station: Jin Teiquan, Wang Jinshan, Zhang Bo, Liu Shoucheng, Zhang Xiai

Supervisor of the Political Security Department: Zeng Decai (home telephone: [phone])

Song Jiayue

Captain of the Police Operative Team: Li Shuseng

Police Operative Team: 86-416-8122459

Detention Center: 86-416-8124035, 86-416-8122867

The Court: 86-416-8122798

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