Summary of Other News and Articles - October 11, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

Ms. Ye Xiaojie

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Ye Xiaojie from Shanwei City, Guangdong Province is over 40 years old. In March, 2004, the "610 Office" and other personnel illegally ransacked her home and abducted her. In July, Ms. Ye was illegally sentenced to 8 years in prison and is now detained at the Haifeng County Detention Center.

Mr. Sun Kaiqing

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Sun Kaiqing, over 50 years old, is from Nangang District of Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province and is an employee of the Department of Education at Harbin Normal University. Mr. Sun went to Beijing in October 2000 to validate Falun Dafa and was arrested and detained. His tormentors used boiling water to burn him over a large area of his body. Mr. Sun was detained for about 2 months when he returned to Harbin City. In November 2001, he was detained in Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp for 2 years, because of handing out truth clarification materials. He endured brutal tortures at the camp, but he never yielded to the vicious acts of the perpetrators. In November 2003, Mr. Sun walked out of Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp with dignity. On September 19, 2004, Sun Kaiqing was arrested and taken to the Qingbin Police Station in Nangang District when he was clarifying the truth about Falun Dafa at Qingbin Park on Xuefu Road in the Nangang District of Harbin City. He is now being detained illegally at the Nangang District Police Station Detention Center.

Ms. Liang Jinhua

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Liang Jinhua, 58 years old, lived at No. 15 Chenjiachang on Xinbei Street in the North District of Baoding City, Hebei Province. In 2002, policemen from the North District Police Station lied to Ms. Liang, asking her to come to the police station under false pretenses. When she went to the police station, they detained her illegally for two nights and one day. Ms. Liang was beaten and slapped by the policemen. On the evening of September 19, 2004, Ms. Liang was handing out truth-clarification flyers and was illegally abducted by officers from the Wusi Road Police Station. On September 20, she was illegally detained in the Baoding City Detention Center. On September 27, Ms. Liang was illegally sent to Baoding Forced Labor Camp. Her family never received any warrant for her arrest or notice for labor "education." They only found out what happened to Ms. Liang after asking around.

Six Young Practitioners Pressured by the Authorities, Their Mothers are Detained

The daughters of six Falun Dafa practitioners, from the Yinhe Textile Company in the Mouping District of Yantai City, Shandong Province, all attended middle school in Dayao Town. They all practice Falun Dafa. The parents rented a house near the school to provide a convenient environment for the girls to study the Fa (1) and practice the exercises. Some vicious people informed the police about them. About 8:00 p.m. on September 1, the police broke in and arrested Ms. Jiao Cuiguo, a mother who was accompanying the children. The policemen went to the house to harass the children when they came back at 9:00 p.m. from school. The second day, the police and schoolteachers pressured those students to write pledges that they would give up practicing Falun Gong. That afternoon, the police abducted the other mothers. These were Ms. Liu Renling, Ms. Jiao Lixiang and Ms. Sun Houyun. The four mothers went on a hunger strike for 15 days at the detention center. Ms. Liu Renling and Ms. Jiao Cuiguo vomited after being force-fed and they were released. Currently the other two mothers are still enduring torture in detention. The unscrupulous personnel at Dayang Middle School are still pressuring those six children.

Mr. Wang Jiping and Ms. Zhao Wenlin

Mr. Wang Jiping and Ms. Zhao Wenlin, husband and wife, are doctors from the anesthetic department of No. 225 Hospital in Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province. They went to Wutonghe Farm in Baoquanling to clarify the truth to people on September 30, 2004. Some vicious people turned them in to the police. Now Mr. Wang is being illegally detained at No. 224 Hospital and Ms. Zhao Wenlin is being illegally detained at the Baoquanling Farm Detention Center. The No. 224 Hospital is under the administration of the Logistics Department of the Shenyang Military Forces.

Mr. Luo Guangzhong

On July 15, 2003, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Luo Guangzhong, a villager in Qingshui Village of Qidong County, Hunan Province, wrote a letter about the benefits he experienced after practicing Falun Gong, explaining how he improved his character by helping others and doing good deeds. In his letter, Mr. Luo requested that the government stop this persecution against Falun Gong. Mr. Luo was arrested on July 21 by policemen from Qidong County. Several days later, he received a warrant for detention without any time limit. Mr. Luo's son paid almost 3,000 yuan in fines before corrupt officials released him.

Luo Shurong and Zhang Yushu

On September 24, 2004, Dafa practitioners Luo Shurong and Zhang Yushu went to Tong County of Beijing City to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa and the persecution. They were arrested by policemen from the No. 13 Section of the Beijing Police Department and detained in Qiaozhuang Forced Labor Camp in Tongzhou District. They were charged with "Disrupting the Social Order and Security." Currently those two practitioners, both over 60 years old, are enduring torture in prison. The prison authority refused to allow their family members to visit or send clothes to them.

Notes

1. Fa: Law and principles; the teachings of Falun Dafa.
2. Yuan is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income for an urban worker in China.