The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners at Jiamusi University

(Clearwisdom.net) Below is a compilation of persecution cases of Falun Gong practitioners at Jiamusi University in Heilongjiang Province:

Huang Min, Lecturer at the School of Information Electronics Technology, Jiamusi University

Huang Min was held at the Jiamusi Detention Center beginning in November 1999 for six months because he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. In 2000 he was again illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor for appealing in Beijing. In August 2001, Huang Min was tortured to such an extent at the labor camp that he could not take care of himself and was released on medical parole. Because he participated in the action of tapping into a cable TV system to broadcast truth-clarifying information, the police went after him in April 2002. Huang Min went into exile to avoid arrest. The state police department issued a No. 1 Arrest Warrant and posted a reward of 50,000 yuan for information leading to his whereabouts and a reward of 10,000 yuan to a local government for his capture.

In 2003, Huang Min was again arrested by officers from the Weifang Police Department in Shandong Province, and was illegally sentenced to 20 years in prison. He is currently being held at the Shandong Provincial Prison.

Liu Qingwei from the Music Department of Harbin Normal University

Liu Qingwei went to Beijing in 1999 to appeal for Falun Gong and then attended the Guangzhou City Falun Dafa Conference. He was arrested and sent back to Jiamusi City and held for over 40 days. After Mr. Liu was released, he was not allowed to return to the school. In 2001 he was arrested for making Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials and was brutally tortured. Liu Qingwei was sentenced to 12 years in prison and was held at the Harbin City No. 3 Prison. He was recently secretly transferred to an unknown location. Seventy-eight Falun Gong practitioners being held at the Harbin City No. 3 Prison were also secretly transferred to other locations.

Yang Yongping, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jiamusi University

A student reported Professor Yang when she clarified the truth about Falun Gong during a training class for teachers from other schools. She was sentenced to three years in prison and is currently being held at the Harbin City Women's Prison.

Yuan Yuqin, former head of Financial Section at Jiamusi University

Yuan Yuqin was arrested after July 1999 and held at a detention center for 40 days because she was an assistant at a Falun Gong practice site. In December 2000, Ms. Yuan attended a Falun Dafa conference and was subsequently arrested and sent to a detention center. She held a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was released only when she was at the brink of death. Yuan Yuqin learned that she had been sentenced to two years of forced labor when she was detained in the detention center, so she had to leave home to avoid being sent to the labor camp. The perpetrators from the University Security Division, the City Police Department and the Xiangyang District Police Department went to her home numerous times to try to find out her whereabouts. In November 2003, the perpetrators from Xiangyang Police Department again arrested Ms. Yuan when she was home, and held her in Building No. 1 of the police department. They released her after extorting money from her family.

Yao Kai, Lecturer at the School of Information Electronics Technology, Jiamusi University

In January 2001, Professor Yao Kai went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was sent back to Jiamusi City and held at a detention center. In April 2001, Yao Kai was reported when distributing truth clarification materials and was sent to a detention center. In July 2001, Professor Yao was again reported when distributing truth clarification materials and was sent to a detention center. Later, Yao Kai was illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor. After being released, Professor Yao was demoted and put on a two-year suspension from the university.

Wang Ping, Lecturer at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiamusi University

Wang Ping was stripped of her university position because she was a Falun Gong practitioner. On November 18, 2000, she posted a notice saying "Falun Dafa is Good" on a wall and was reported. The police from the Patrol Division brutally beat her and took her to the Police Department, and then sent her to a detention center. They ransacked her home and illegally sentenced Wang Ping to one year of forced labor. Around May 1, 2002, the university sent Wei Guilin and two teachers from the university, who were deceived by the anti-Falun Gong propaganda, to Wang Ping's parents' home in Mudanjiang City in an attempt to arrest her, but they failed.

Zhang Baojun, Lecturer at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiamusi University

Professor Zhang Baojun was stripped of her position because she was a Falun Gong practitioner. She was arrested while posting truth clarification materials and was beaten, and her home was ransacked. Zhang Baojun was then sentenced to one year of forced labor. In April 2002, perpetrators from the Xiangyang Police Department sent word for Zhang Baojun to report to them in an attempt to arrest her, but Zhang Baojun had already left home to avoid arrest.

Li Limin, Lecturer at the School of Information Electronics Technology, Jiamusi University

In December 2000 Professor Li was followed on her way to a Falun Dafa conference. She was arrested and sent to a detention center, and was later sentenced to two years of forced labor.

Zhao Lunxian, graduate from the School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiamusi University

The university rescinded Zhao Lunxian's qualification to remain and teach at the university in 1999 because he practices Falun Gong. In June 2002, his home phone was tapped. Perpetrators from the Security Bureau arrested him, ransacked his home and sentenced him to two years of forced labor. His wife Zhou Yinqiu was forced to leave home to avoid arrest, and their two-year-old child has been left at home.

Huang Yanying and Ma Hongbo, students at the School of Information Electronics Technology

Huang Yanying and Ma Hongbo went to Beijing for personal reasons in 2000. After they returned, the university suspended them for one year. Huang Yanying was sent to the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp because she delivered truth clarification materials in Harbin City during her suspension from school.

Zhou Yinqiu, Lecturer of law, ethics and other classes, Jiamusi University

Zhou Yingiu had been sent to a brainwashing class several times between July 20, 1999 and May 2000. The university deprived her of her position as a lecturer and made her work in the library. Around June 2002, her home phone was tapped and the perpetrators from the Security Bureau ransacked her home. Professor Zhou's husband, Zhao Lunxian, was arrested and sentenced to two years of forced labor, and Ms. Zhou was forced to leave home to avoid arrest. Their two-year-old child was left uncared for. In the spring 2003, Zhou Yinqiu went to the Qiaonan Police Station to pick up her ID card, but she was arrested and her home was ransacked. The perpetrators ignored the fact that there was no one else to take care of her child, and held Zhou Yinqiu in a detention center for two weeks. Her family spent a large amount of money to get her out.

Wu Fengqin, Lecturer in the Department of History, Jiamusi University

Professor Wu went to Beijing in November 2000 to unfurl a banner validating Falun Dafa and was arrested. She was held for a period of two weeks each at the Changchun Detention Center and the Jiamusi Detention Center.

Wang Kun, Lecturer at the School of Information Electronics Technology, Jiamusi University

Wang Kun went to Beijing in August 1999 to appeal and was sent back to Jiamusi City and eventually sent to a detention center. In December 2000, Li Changfeng, head of the Security Division, and Wang Shuchen, head of the Teaching Faculty Office deceived Professor Wang, and he was again sent to a detention center.

Liu Xuan, Lecturer, Jiamusi University

Liu Xuan went to Beijing in 1999 to appeal for Falun Dafa and was sent back to Jiamusi City, where she was sent to a brainwashing class. The perpetrators demanded that she write an article to slander Falun Dafa and deceive people, and they plan to spread it through the media.

Sun Ning, retired, Jiamusi University

Sun Ning was arrested in early 2001 after being implicated with another practitioner. The perpetrators from the city police department held him in a detention center for several days. His family later spent some money on the perpetrators before they released him.

Li Cuihua, Affiliated Factory of Jiamusi University

In 2003, perpetrators from Xinhua Police Station received orders from the city government and ransacked Li Cuihua's home. They took her to the Xinhua Police Station and then to the Xiangyang Police Department. They released her after her family wrote a guarantee for her, saying she would not practice Falun Gong. Prior to May 1, 2004, perpetrators from the Anqing Police Station suddenly ransacked Li Cuihua's home again and arrested her. They held her at a detention center for over two weeks.

Wang Jinfeng and Gao Yulan, family members of a university employee

Wang Jinfeng and Gao Yulan were reported in November 2003 when distributing truth clarification materials. They were arrested by perpetrators from the Qianjin Police Department and were sent to a detention center. Gao Yulan was later released because she was in her 70s, and Wang Jinfeng was sent to a mental hospital for further persecution. She was released after her family spent money on the perpetrators.

Zhao Wanqi, Lecturer at Jiamusi University; Xu Fumin and Meng Xiangli, Students at Jiamusi University

These practitioners went to Beijing in November 2000 to unfurl a banner but were arrested. Meng Xiangli was illegally detained for more than one month because she refused to write a "Guarantee Statement." She was expelled from the university because of her belief in Falun Dafa.

Ma Hongbo, Wang Dazhi, and Li Shi, students at the School of Information Electronics Technology

These three students were threatened, and against their own will they read slanderous materials against Falun Gong on TV that written by the university authorities.

Yang Minjiang, a student at the School of Mechanical Engineering

Yang Minjiang went to Beijing in 1999 to appeal for Falun Dafa, and was taken back to Jiamusi City and sent to a brainwashing class.

Perpetrators at Jiamusi University responsible for the persecution:

Zhang Shaojie, Party Committee Secretary and Head of Jiamusi University

Phone: [phone] (Home)

Because he believed the anti-Falun Gong propaganda, he attacked Falun Gong in numerous school documents and set policies on salaries, bonuses and promotions in accordance with the persecution.

Mei Xuesong, Head of the Security Division, later transferred to the Party Committee

Phone: [phone] (Office), 86-454-8221430 (Home)

During his term at the security division, he participated personally in the persecution by either directly administering or ordering subordinates to carry out specific acts of persecution.

Li Changfen, Section Head of the Security Division, Jiamusi University

In 1999, he was active during meetings organized to slander Falun Dafa. In the past several years he was actively engaged in arresting practitioners who went to Beijing to appeal. He also personally participated in the large-scale arrest of Falun Gong practitioners in 2002. He threatened and extorted money from practitioners and their families.

Fu Guibin, Deputy Head of the Security Division in 1999, later transferred to the Military Division

Phone: [phone] (Office), 86-454-8655381 (Home)

In 1999, he threatened Falun Gong practitioners who went to Beijing. He also held brainwashing classes and tried to force the practitioners to write slanderous reports against Falun Gong. He sent steadfast practitioner Wang Kun, a female teacher in her early 20s, to a detention center.

Wei Guili, a member of the university "610 Office"

In 2002, Wei Guilin and two university teachers went to Wang Ping parents' home in an attempt to arrest her but were unsuccessful.

Li Gang, former member of the university's Propaganda Department and a member of the university "610 Office"

In May 2000 he held brainwashing sessions at the university and read slanderous articles against Falun Gong every day during the session.