Summary of other Articles and News - July 1, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

1. Mr. Chen in Lijin County, Shandong Province, persecuted for supporting Falun Dafa

On the morning of June 7, 2005 a group of individuals led by Wang Bao from the Lijin County Police Department's 610 Office arrested Mr. Chen from Beiling Township. Mr. Chen sympathizes with and supports Falun Gong. Mr. Chen is now in the Lijin County Detention Center. Later in the afternoon Mr. Chen's mother had a heart attack and was rushed to the Dongying People's Hospital. The medical bill came to 80,000 yuan. The afternoon of June 11, Geng Bao and others ransacked Mr. Chen's home while Mr. Chen's wife was taking care of her mother-in-law at the hospital. Geng Bao threatened Mr. Chen's father, in his 70s, who was home at the time. The older man was frightened and later fell ill. On the morning of June 22, Geng Bao and the others searched Mr. Chen's work place and confiscated his office computer.

Translated from http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/7/1/105246.html

2. The persecution of practitioners at Jilin Prison: Mr. Zhang Hongwei held in solitary confinement for two years; other abuses

Jilin Prison officials have been cruelly torturing practitioners. Practitioner Mr. Zhang Hongwei has been in solitary confinement ever since he was arrested and sent to Jilin Prison. After two years in solitary, he was recently released but is very weak. During his detention the guards ordered inmates to monitor him and didn't allow Mr. Zhang to interact with other people.

Practitioner Mr. Shi Yizhuo, who is in Ward 1, was tied up and savagely beaten. Bai Ye, Yan Feng, and Wu Qingdong are responsible. The beating was so severe that Mr. Shi went into convulsions and collapsed on the ground.

Guards in Ward 5 ordered the inmates to beat practitioner Mr. Shi Guohong until his leg(s) were crippled. He could not walk for a long time.

In the morning on March 12, the inmates handcuffed practitioner Mr. Zhou Liansheng to a heating pipe in the interrogation room before savagely beating him. Guard Chen Xin joined in the beating. They later transferred Mr. Zhou to the Tiebei Prison in Changchun City.

On September 10, 2004 practitioner Cui Weidong was tortured to death. In 2003, practitioner Liu Chengjun was tortured to death in Jilin Prison.

Translated from http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/7/1/105266.html

3. Practitioner Ms. Chi Xiuhua from Xinbin County, Fushun City, Liaoning Province Arrested

At around 9:00 a.m. on June 15, 2005, the local police arrested practitioner Ms. Chi Xiuhua from Xinbin County, Fushun City. She is currently being held at the Luotai Mountain Lodge Brainwashing Class. Her only daughter, Ma Yu, who is in the eighth grade, was left at home alone. Ma Yu lost her father at a young age and had lived with her mother. Ms. Chi sold clothes at the Xinbin Department Store and also did manual labor to support her daughter and herself. After Ms. Chi was arrested, her daughter was forced to go live with her grandparents in the countryside.

Translated from http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/7/1/105271.html