Summary of Other Articles and News - August 20, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

1) Ms. Zhang Fengde, an employee of the Anci District Mass Art Center in Langfang City, Hebei Province won gold and silver medals in provincial and city art contests. Because she practices Falun Gong and believes in Truth ¨C Compassion - Tolerance, she was fired, expelled from the Party, illegally detained three times and then sentenced to three years of forced labor. She was extensively tortured in a savage manner at the Langfang City Detention Center and the Baoding Detention Center.

2) The perpetrators at Section One from the Liu'an Police Department in Anhui Province arrested Dafa practitioner Zhou Younxin, hung him up and tortured him. Then they held him in secret to continue the abuse and mistreatment for three more months. Dafa practitioners Peng Yanfang and Zhang Yongjin were also abused and mistreated, and are still being held at this detention center. They also went after practitioners in Huoshan County.

3) The police in Shou County are arresting practitioners and sending them to brainwashing classes.

4) Since the persecution began on July 20, 1999, the authorities from the Fangzi District "610 Office," the Heng'an Police Station and persons from his work unit have harassed and mistreated Dafa practitioner Wang Zhiheng, an employee of the Fangzi District Agriculture Bureau in Weifang City, Shandong Province. They detained him several times, sent him to a brainwashing class and forced him to do heavy manual labor. Since July 20, 1999, Wang Zhiheng was extorted between 7,000 Yuan and 8,000 Yuan. His work unit sent other employees to follow him and restricted his freedom to move around.

5) Practitioner Deng Yuanxiu worked at the Guang'an Birth Control Supervisory Institute in Sichuan Province. She was arrested seven times and unlawfully sentenced to one year of forced labor. In June 2004, Deng Yuanxiu's supervisor received a Falun Gong flyer and suspected that Deng Yuanxiu had sent it, so he called the police, had her arrested and they sent her to a forced labor camp.

6) Practitioner Li Jine from the Fangzi District, Weifang City, Shandong Province was arrested numerous times for practicing Falun Gong, and the police extorted money from her family. From July 1999 to 2002, officers from the Qimalu Police Station in the Fangzi District constantly harassed Li Jine and her family.