(Clearwisdom.net September 12, 2003)

The police brutally beat up Falun Dafa practitioner Yang Shu and forced him to sit in the double lotus position for long periods of time, which was extremely painful for him. Falun Dafa practitioners Li Wei, Wang Hui, and Wang Tianming were also beaten up. Li Wei's face is now deformed because of the severity of the beating. Falun Dafa practitioner Zhong Xi was beaten until his head started to bleed. Falun Dafa practitioner Mao Zengshun was beaten to the point where he became disabled in the No. 1 Police Division, so that now he can no longer walk on his own. The police prohibited Falun Dafa practitioner Zou Xiangyang from sleeping by pulling out his body hairs one by one. The police also forced him to do heavy labor that exceeded his physical capability. Another Falun Dafa practitioner was forced to sit in the lotus position for too long a time. His thighs were still bruised all over after several months.

On May 17, 2003, more than thirty Falun Dafa practitioners shared experiences in Shasongling Town, Jiaohe City, Jilin Province, and they were all arrested. Police released Guan Peixia after she went on hunger strike to protest, but abducted her at home on July 19 and sentenced her to six years of prison on August 3, 2003. Now, Guan Peixia has been on hunger strike without water for 28 days, and her life is in danger.

Falun Dafa practitioner Shi Shengying from Shenyang City is a 63-year-old lady who went to Beijing in October 1999, and was illegally detained in the Shenyang City Women's Labor Camp and the Shenyang City Longshan Labor Camp. She was detained twice because she clarified the truth to the district "610 Office"* and police station in 2000. She was sentenced to two years of labor camp in January 2001, and taken to the Masanjia Labor Camp. Because she refuses to cooperate with the police, she had her term extended twice. She went through many different forms of torture, including being forced to stand for a long time, being laid down on and handcuffed to a metal bed, sitting on the Tiger Bench**, having dirty rags stuffed into her mouth, having her hair grabbed and then her head thrown against the wall, electric baton shocks, being locked up in a small cell***, and so on. As a result of all this torture, she acquired scabies, her skin became cracked, and she got an infection. She has had a concussion, vomiting, her heart has been short of blood supply, and so on. The doctors said she could die at any moment. In order to escape responsibility, the labor camp let her family carry her back home on September 28, 2002, which was before her term had ended and when her life was in danger. The labor camp withheld all her bail money, amounting to 4,000 Yuan. On August 25, 2003, Shi Shengying was again abducted and brought to a brainwashing class held in the Zhangshi Labor Camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province.

The police tortured Falun Dafa practitioners in the Jiutai Labor Camp in Jilin Province with following means: sleep deprivation, one on one brainwashing, hanging them up and shocking them with electric batons, beating practitioners until their noses and faces were bleeding all over, kicking people out of the bathroom before they finished using the toilet, poking practitioners' fingers with a needle, burning practitioners' fingers until the flesh was charred. Falun Dafa practitioner Sun Kun was beaten until two of his ribs were fractured. Another practitioner was tortured to death. The police cover up the truth and extend the terms of firmly cultivating Falun Dafa practitioners.

The authorities in Qianjing City, Hubei Province continue to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. Lead by Yao Chengli, Guan Hongbing, and Liu Zhenghao, the police relentlessly arrest Falun Dafa practitioners. Husband of Falun Dafa practitioner Li Mingyun (who also practices Dafa) had to become destitute and homeless in order to avoid being arrested at home. Ms. Li was abducted many times, and was sent to a labor camp at the end of 2002. The labor camp doctor found out that she had high blood pressure, so the police had to release her after they extorted 4,000 Yuan from her family. She was abducted again on September 6, 2003. The police abducted Falun Dafa practitioner Li Qingxiu, and sent her to the Wuhan brainwashing class. Falun Dafa practitioner Li Shengli was abducted while working. Police often physically torture these Falun Dafa practitioners. They often interrogate them and do not let them sleep.

On September 9, 2003, Falun Dafa practitioner Liu Tongling from Chengsan Village, Rang District, and Daqing City was abducted near her apartment building by eight policemen. No one knows where she is now. Another Falun Dafa practitioner from the same village as Yao Qingyun was also abducted. On September 10, 2003, Falun Dafa practitioner Bai Yufu from Donghuxiaoqu, Rang District was abducted by people from his work unit.

Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Jun is a gentleman who is 50 years old. He works for the Nantun Town Grain Management Office in Xiangcheng City, Zhoukou region, Henan Province. After he was abducted while going to Beijing to appeal in October 1999, he was forced to wear ankle shackles for one month while detained in the Xiangcheng City Detention Center. Because he refused to cooperate with the evil, he was sentenced to two and half years of labor camp in the Kaifeng Labor Camp. He went on hunger strike to protest the persecution. He never gave in despite the heavy labor. His term was extended without any reason. When his term ended again, he was abducted and brought to the Xiangcheng City Detention Center. Because he never gave in, he was abducted again and brought to the Xuchang City Labor Camp.

This is a little story about something that happened in China. Once I put a truth-clarifying booklet in my child's classroom. Later when I came to the school again, I was chatting with the door guard, who is an older gentleman. He turned to show me the booklet that I had previously left there upon hearing someone talking about Falun Gong, and said to me, "Take a look at this quickly, and see how Falun Gong practitioners are being tortured. Those evil torturers are inhuman. Those practitioners only want to cultivate 'Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance.' They do not even allow this. I have already shown this booklet to many people, so that they will no longer be deceived."

Xinhua News Agency spewed out another article criticizing Falun Gong, entitled "Eliminating the Evil Should be Thorough, So That the Country Can Be Peaceful, and the People Can Be Safe." Let us think about what is most hated by the citizens of China. The answer must be, "corruption and violence." This is the true evil, which is rooted in the past 13 years of the Jiang regime's rule over China. If this regime continues to exist, state finances will continue to be transferred through corruption and stealing, the Chinese people will continue be suppressed and squeezed. There will be no peace in the country, and the people will not be safe.

Hermosa Beach traditionally holds its annual Hermosa Art Festival on Labor Day Weekend, with several hundred thousand people joining in. Falun Dafa practitioners in Los Angeles held a photo display on this Labor Day Weekend, and managed a booth. Some western Falun Dafa practitioners demonstrated the exercises, passed out flyers, and talked with many people.

*The 610 Office is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political or judicial systems.

**Sitting on the Iron Bench is when Practitioners are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall with their knees tied together. With their hands tied behind their backs or sometimes placed on their knees, they are forced to sit straight up and look straight ahead. They are not allowed to turn their heads, close their eyes, talk to anyone or move at all. Several inmates are assigned to watch over the practitioners and force them to remain motionless while sitting on the bench. Usually some hard objects are inserted underneath the practitioners' lower legs or ankles to make it harder for them to tolerate this abuse (see illustration on http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/11/24/16156.html)]

***Locked up in a small cell refers to when the detainee is locked up in a very small cell individually. The guards handcuff practitioners on their back in a fixed position, in which the practitioners can neither move nor lie down. The small cell is very damp and no sunshine comes in. Detainees have to urinate and defecate in the cell. Only half of a regular meal is served to detainees locked up in a small cell during the daytime. During the night, rats often run in and out of the cell. The stench in the small cell is so bad that it is difficult to breathe.