Summary of Other Articles and News - November 6, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

1. Jilin Third Municipal Lockup shackled together the hands and feet of practitioner Dong Lihua for as long as eight days

On October 15, 2004, when Ms. Dong Lihua from Longtan District, Jilin City, Jilin Province was distributing truth-clarification materials in Shulan County, she was arrested by the local police. That very evening, she was sent to Jilin Third Municipal Jail. The wicked police used handcuffs and foot-shackles to curl Ms. Dong up into a ball for as long as eight days. Ms Dong fasted from food and water to protest. Facility personnel force-fed her and added drugs into the food. During force-feeding, they inserted the feeding tube anywhere from two to five times, causing severe pain and injury to her esophagus. Sometimes, repeated insertion of the tube made people suffocate. During these eight days, Ms Dong lost 20 lbs and her heart was seriously injured from stressful periods of the torture. Her heartbeat was 150 times per minute. The wicked police still sent Ms Dong to Heizuizi Female Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City. Because she was extremely weak, the labor camp did not dare to accept her. She was sent back to Jilin City the same day.

2. The evil conduct of Cao Xuefeng, the secretary of Politics and Law, Niujia Town, Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province

Before October 1, 2004, Cao Xuefeng, the secretary of Politics and Law in Niujia Town attended the "610 Office" meeting in Wuchang City. He believed the rumors spread by some personnel at the meeting that the Falun Gong practitioners would go to Beijing to attend a large-scale experience-sharing meeting. Cao Xuefeng asked the leader of Xianghuangsitun Village, surnamed Wen, to strictly monitor the activity of practitioners and he also personally led the local police to the village to arrest practitioners. After October 1, Cao Xuefeng led a group of people to the village to conduct mass arrests of practitioners again, which forced three practitioners in the village to flee and become destitute and homeless.

3. Many practitioners in Wuqing District, Tianjin City, unlawfully sentenced

Dafa practitioner Gao Shihua was arrested on September 3, 2004 and is currently incarcerated at the Baodi District Jail. On July 20, 2004, the police arrested six Dafa practitioners who were found watching a truth-clarification video at Wu Jianzhong's home on the second street in Cuihuangkou Town. They were beaten and taken to the local police station, and on the same night, sent to Wuqing District Jail. Five of them used their righteous thoughts to help them through the ordeal and were released. Practitioner Wu Jianzhong had to undergo "re-education" (brainwashing) through labor for one and a half years. On August 12, he was transferred to Shuankou Forced Labor Camp, Tianjin City. Dafa practitioner Zhang Hanping in Wuqing District was arrested when she was found to have made truth-clarification materials in the Baodi District. The court in the Baodi District sentenced her to three and a half years. When practitioner Yang Suyun from the Wuqing District made truth-clarification materials in the Baodi District as well, someone reported her and the police detained her at the Baodi District Jail.

4. Dafa practitioner Chen Xinghua from Kaijiang County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, was trapped and kidnapped

Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Xinghua from Kaijiang County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, is over 40 years old. After she learned Falun Dafa, all of her diseases were cured without any need for treatment. After July 20, 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal. She was taken back to Kaijiang by the police and was imprisoned for about 30 days. Recently when she clarified the truth, she met a person who requested to "learn the Falun Gong exercises" from her and asked to practice together with her. On November 1, 2004, this "new practitioner" called Ms. Chen and invited her to come in the afternoon to teach the exercises at some farmer's home in Yangliu Countryside, Puan Town, Kaijiang County. After Ms. Chen arrived there, she was suddenly arrested by two policemen. According to an investigation, this was a premeditated plot by the Kaijiang County "610 Office," National Security Brigade of Kaijiang County Police Department and Xicheng Police Station in Xinning Town. At present, Ms. Chen is detained at the Erliban Jail, Kaijiang County, Dazhou City, Sichuan.

5. The persecution of Sun Yaomin and Zhao Liya from Chengguan Town, Ye County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province

In Jiaozhuang Village, Chengguan Town, Ye County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, there is a young couple who practice Falun Gong. The husband is Mr. Sun Yaomin, and the wife is Ms. Zhao Liya. Since July 1999, because the couple persisted in their belief of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance," they were taken away many times by Ye County Police Department and the local "610 Office" members. After the couple went to Beijing to appeal in June 2000, the heads of the "610 Office" and police department in Ye County imprisoned the couple at the Ye County Jail and beat them. After Mr. Sun was imprisoned six months beyond the original term, he was sent to Bailou Forced Labor Camp in Pingdingshan and was detained there for an additional three years and four months. In Bailou Forced Labor Camp, he was tortured to the point of becoming mentally disoriented for nearly half a year. During his time in detention, the police did not allow his family members to visit him. His wife Ms Zhao was detained for several months before she was released. On September 12, 2004, the couple was arrested once again by the national security brigade of the county. It was reported that they would again be illegally sentenced.

6. Li Shaoqing in Maoming City, Guangdong Province, unlawfully imprisoned several times

My name is Li Shaoqing, and I am 41 years old now. I am from Shijiuling, Juehua Town, Maoming City. After July 20, 1999, because I continued to practice Falun Gong, I was imprisoned and taken to the Maoming brainwashing class. I was released after 18 months and had 2,000 yuan extorted from me by the police. During my imprisonment, I was handcuffed, beaten, verbally abused, and was often locked up in a dark room. After I went home, the "610 Office" harassed me frequently and asked me to give up Falun Gong. Because of the constant harassment, my husband was compelled to divorce me. In addition to this, my two eldest children, because of the difficulties I have faced from the "610 Office" and the persecution, no longer have enough money to go to school.