Summary of Other Articles and News - June 21, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

1. Details of the Persecution of Five Falun Dafa Practitioners from Mentougou District, Beijing City

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Zhitong, 55 years old, lives in Junxiang Village, Zhaitang Town, Mentougou District. On April 11, 2005, he clarified the truth to Yang Hongying (gender unknown) from the local police substation and was abducted ten days later on April 21, 2005. His home was ransacked.

Ms. Wang Huaijin, 47 years old, lives in Dongzhaitang Village, Zhaitang Town. She was reported to the police when clarifying the truth in Dujiazhuang Village, Qingshui Town, Mentougou District. She was abducted by district 610 Office agents and local policemen, and her home was ransacked. Ms. Wang is now detained in the Tuanhe Labor Camp.

Mr. Jia Zhengli, 49 years old, is the husband of Ms. Wang Huaijin. On April 28, 2005, when Mr. Jia was working in the Damo Coal Mine in Qingshui Town, he was abducted by 610 Office personnel and local police after being betrayed by collaborators.

Ms. Chen Chunmei, 48 years old, lives in Dongzhaitang Village, Zhaitang Town. On August 22, 2004 she was reported when clarifying the truth in Dujiazhuang Village, Qingshui Town, Mentougou District. District 610 Office personnel and local police followed Ms. Chen everywhere she went. She has been missing since then. Her home was ransacked, and her 90-year-old mother-in-law is at home with no one to care for her.

Ms. Tan Shuyun is 55 years old. She was abducted in October 2004 when reading an electronic book on a bus. Her home was ransacked, and she is being held in the Tuanhe Labor Camp. Her husband, who is paralyzed, is at home alone and needs someone to care for him.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/21/104563.html

2. Persecution Crimes of Nanzhao County Police Department and 610 Office in Henan Province

Nanzhao County Police Department State Security agent Miao Xiaofeng (male) has arrested and tortured 17 to 18 Falun Dafa practitioners since the persecution began on July 20, 1999. Some have been detained from several months to two years. Fourteen of the practitioners have been sentenced to forced labor or prison. Many have paid thousands of yuan in extortion fees. From the Chinese New Year (February 9) to the present, Miao Xiaofeng has ransacked Yunyang Second High School teacher Qiao Yanbe's home, Ms. Liu Xuelan's home on Yunyang Street, and the home of Donghuayuan School teacher Ms. Li Xiling.

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Yuan Wenbao is in his 50's. He was arrested when handing out truth-clarifying materials. His case have been reported on Clearwisdom.net. Wancheng District Police Department State Security Division of Nanyang City, Henan Province established a secret interrogation office in the Agricultural Hotel located in Back Street of Nanyang Silk Textile Factory. There, they illegally interrogated and tortured Falun Dafa practitioners. One of the cruelest tortures used by the police is called the "piercing bar" (1). As a result of this torture Mr. Yuan Wenbao could no longer take care of himself. He could not walk, sleep, sit, or stand up because of the extreme pain.

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Zhen is in her 50's She was arrested at her home, and was beaten by police until her face was completely swollen and covered with bruises. She could not walk due to the severe beating. Ms. Li was sentenced to a prison term and sent to the Northwest Region.

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Jin Ying is in her 30's. She was arrested when passing out truth-clarifying materials. She endured numerous tortures and was unconscious for four entire days.

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Dong Jinduo, in his 50's, has been arrested multiple times and has been sentenced to forced labor. The last time Mr. Dong was arrested - by policeman Miao Xiaofeng in 2002 - he was sentenced to seven years in prison.

http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/6/21/104510.html

3. The Persecution of Dafa Practitioners in the Second Ward of Shayang Labor Camp in Hubei Province

The Second and Ninth Wards of Shayang Labor Camp are women's wards. The following are details of the persecution taking place in the Second Ward of that facility.

Ms. Li Weilin was viciously punched and kicked, resulting in severe injuries to her lower back. She was still forced to carry buckets of feces, severely injuring her shoulder. She was also forced to stand for a very long time, causing her toes to turn a purplish black color.

Ms. Huang Xingying is from Ezhou City, Hubei Province. She was beaten until her face was covered with bruises, and she was not allowed to use the toilet.

Ms. Wu Xiaohua is in her 60's. She was tortured with long-term sleep deprivation and brutally beaten. Under such intense mental pressure, Ms. Wu wrote a Guarantee Statement against her will. Later, she wanted to declare her statement null and void, but she was taken away after midnight and tortured to the point that she was mentally unresponsive. Ms. Wu was tortured again with handcuffs and forced standing. She had been beaten multiple times, resulting in bruises over most of her body. Ms. Wu's face and head were severely swollen, and she had many open wounds on her body as well. The wounds around her elbow became badly infected.

Ms. Zhu Yijiao is in her 50'. She was brutally tortured many times, and even threatened by prisoners that they would burn her with gasoline. Ms. Zhu wrote a Guarantee Statement against her will. She later declared her statement to be null and void and then was locked in solitary confinement, forced to do heavy labor, deprived of sleep, and had her eyelid badly scratched when she fell down in exhaustion. Ms. Zhu was kept incarcerated even after her term had ended.

Ms. Dong Shijun is in her 40's. She never cooperated with the evil and was abducted and sent to the Shayang Labor Camp for brainwashing. She has been tortured with brutal beatings, force-fed unknown drugs, forced to stand for very periods of time, deprived of sleep and use of the toilet, and denied a shower even in the hottest summer. Ms. Dong was suffering from fever and swollen legs. The bottoms of both of her feet turned purple black in color. Her term was extended an additional two months.

Ms. Dong Dengzhi is in her 50's. She was deprived of sleep for fourteen days. The prison guards encouraged other prisoners to drag her to the vegetable garden to torture her.

Ms. Hong Yueying, in her 60's, is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Lichuan City. She was forced to stand still for one entire week and was not allowed to use the toilet.

Ms. Fan Changhua is in her 40's. She was kicked and punched in the abdomen, causing urinary incontinence.

Ms. Chen Yanjiao is in her 60's. She was tortured with sleep deprivation for two months and forced to memorize the prison rules.

Ms. Xu Jiang was forced to bend down for a long period of time, causing disability in her leg. She was forced to be a collaborator, but later awakened to the realization that what she was doing was wrong and she refused to cooperate with the evil any longer. Ms. Xu was then forced to do overtime heavy labor with her injured leg and was only allowed very little sleep.

Ms. Chen Ji was tortured with sleep deprivation, forced to take unknown drugs, and forced to do overtime heavy labor.

Primary methods of torture: 1) Prisoners encouraged to beat Falun Dafa practitioners; practitioners are forced to stand still a long time, deprived of sleep or use of toilet, not allowed to shower, forced to memorize the prison rules, and so on. 2) Use of collaborators to attack practitioners, and to apply brainwashing and mental torture for an extended time. 3) For the most steadfast cultivators, the authorities only allow sleep after 2 a.m., force them to recite the prison rules, and force them to get up early every morning to clean. 4) Other abuses include brutal handcuffing, verbal abuse, forcing practitioners to stand still in the summer, forcing practitioners to do weeding, carry natural fertilizers in the extreme heat, and do heavy overtime labor.

http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/6/21/104523.html

4. Wife and Sons Detained, Mother Dies of Broken Heart

Mr. Kuang Shoukun is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Qidong County, Hunan Province. At the end of 1999, Mr. Kuang's wife went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa. She was arrested and detained for one month in the Qidong County Detention Center and was forced to pay 1,400 yuan in extortion fees to the County Government Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Political and Security Office. During this same time, their first son was detained for practicing Falun Dafa and was sentenced to 18 months of forced labor. Their second son was under close surveillance also for practicing Falun Gong. In May and June of 2000, Mr. Kuang's wife was twice detained for practicing Falun Gong and was detained a third time at the end of 2000. Their first son finally returned home after serving an extended term in the labor camp in July 2001, but their second son was detained and sentenced to 18 months of forced labor a few days later. Mr. Kuang's mother could not take the stress of these constant blows to her mind and spirit, and she died on October 24, 2003, of a broken heart.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/21/104503.html

5. Persecution Facts in Hebei Province

Mr. Dong Hongwen was an employee of the Stick Material Factory of Chengde City Steel Inc. On April 19, 2005, the police ransacked his home and have detained him until now.

Mr. Song Guangkuo is an employee of the Steel Factory of Chengde Steel Inc. On April 27, 2005, he was interrogated and tortured for ten hours after being abducted by Shuangqiao District State Security Division agent Du Jianpeng and others in Chengde City.

Ms. Zhang Xianfang, 54 years old, is an employee of Chengde City Herb Company. In September 2000, she was abducted and sent to the Shuangqiao District State Security Division. She was detained one night and then released after paying three thousand yuan extortion. The authorities deducted a very large sum (4,875 yuan) from her salary. Ms. Zhang was arrested and sent to a brainwashing class in 2003. She went on a hunger strike to protest, and suffered a severe physical reaction on the sixth day. Ms. Zhang was sent to the Chengde City Central Hospital by the 120 Emergency Unit. When it was clear that she was dying, the police sent her to a relative's house.

Mr. Wu Guoping is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Zhuangtouying Village, Luanping Town, Hebei Province. On November 2, 2000, police ransacked his home and detained him for 13 days. He had to pay two thousand yuan extortion. His family had to pay an additional 4,500 yuan to have him released.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/21/104521.html

Note

(1). The "piercing bar" torture causes extreme pain. The hands are tightly cuffed, cutting deeply into the wrists. In less than a minute, victims feel such intense pain that they usually sweat profusely, soaking their clothes. The torture makes victims' internal organs shift positions, resulting in tremendous pain that can cause vomiting. Some even vomit blood. During the torture, if victims should faint, police will pour cold water on them to wake them up and then continue to apply the torture. The torture often lasts at least one day and sometimes even 6 to 7 days in a row! Victims will pass out many times during this brutal torture. During the torture, the victims are not allowed to eat or sleep. Usually, 10 minutes of such torture is the limit that an exceptionally strong man can endure. The torture usually disables the victim's arms and legs.

The following drawing depicts the torture of the "piercing bar."

Piercing bar: Victim's hands are tightly cuffed and feet are shackled. He is then forced to squat down and both arms embrace his knees. An iron bar is placed between the arms and slid behind the back of the knees. The police then lift the bar on which the victim is hung and suspend it between two desks. At this point, the victim is hanging upside down, with head facing the ceiling.

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