(Clearwisdom.net)

Dear senior citizens and villagers in Luannan County:

Do you know there are many kind hearted people around you who are being illegally arrested and sentenced to forced labor camps or prison because they are steadfast in their belief of "Truth, Compassion, Forbearance" and stand up for the truth? They endure cruel torture, beatings and mental abuse. To them, a day feels like a year. Please take a look back at the past six years, especially the persecution that has been suffered by Luannan area Dafa practitioners.

Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Sujun from Luannan County, Hebei Province, is thirty-nine years old. Because her persistence in cultivating Dafa, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) has not stopped persecuting her for the past six years. She has suffered through different types of torture, including being "cuffed and hung up," "Tying the Ropes," "Dead Person's Bed," force-fed, shocked with electric batons and many other inhuman means of torture. In May 2001, the forced labor camp and Luannan County 610 Office forced Ms. Liu who was seven months pregnant into hospital to have an abortion. On November 25, 2005, the Luannan County "610 Office" abducted her from her office. She has been detained and tortured in the Luannan County Detention Center since then.

Since the start of the persecution of Falun Dafa on July 20, 1999, Liu Sujun and many thousands of Falun Dafa practitioners began their long and self-initiated truth-clarifying path. She has gone to Beijing to appeal, and has been detained numerous times at the Luannan County Detention Center. In December 2000, she once again went to Beijing to appeal and was illegally detained and tortured at the Luannan County Detention Center. In January 2001, she was sentenced to two years at the notorious Kaiping Forced Labor Camp in Tangshan City.

Inside the forced labor camp, she began a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was barbarically force-fed. Most of the time the police tied her to a chair in a very intolerable position. Once she resisted so the police dragged her by the hair for more than 20 meters. She was badly battered and her face was covered with dark purple bruises. Another time during a night in March in Northern China, she and another practitioner were tied to a fence. The police opened the window to freeze them. Liu Sujun went into convulsions. Her legs and abdomen were swollen for a long period of time, yet no medical treatment was given to her.

In May 2001, the forced labor camp discovered that Liu Sujun was seven months pregnant. The forced labor camp and Luannan County 610 Office dragged her to a hospital to force her to have abortion. This was at the time that the evil communist regime boasted was their "best human rights period." In September 2001, Liu Sujun was taken to Kaiping Forced Labor Camp. She was not allowed to sleep for a couple of days and nights, collaborators took turns trying to brainwash her and used all kinds of different of methods to make her give up her practice of Falun Gong.

One night in October 2003, at around 1 a.m., officers from the Luannan County 610 Office once again arrested Liu Sujun at her house and illegally ransacked her home. This was the second time that she was sentenced to two years in a forced labor camp. In October 2004, with righteous thoughts, she escaped from the forced labor camp. The same night, the police caught her and took her back to the forced labor camp and she was brutally beaten. Policewoman Yan Hongli and a few others tried to force her to kneel down but were unsuccessful. They then shocked her with electric batons and locked her inside a closed room next to the corrections department in the forced labor camp. Thick foam boards were pasted on the walls. There was only a small window for meal deliveries. A bedpan was placed at the center of the room, the air was filthy and a light was on 24 hours a day. One had no idea if it was day or night. There were two metal rings cemented onto the floor. All the walls inside the room from top to bottom were covered with enlarged, horrible pictures, depicting bloody, eerie scenes that were scary and intimidating.

After her term at the forced labor camp was up, Liu Sujun was locked up at the Tangshan City Textile University Brainwashing session where the persecution continued. It lasted three months. Not long after she returned home from the force labor camp, on November 25, 2005, the Luannan County 610 Office arrested her and illegally ransacked her house. They took her computer and many personal belongings. She was detained and tortured at the Luannan County Detention Center.

Mr. Liu Zongyong is a forty-seven-year-old native of Jieling Village, Bencheng County, Luannan City. He went to Beijing to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. He had been destitute and homeless for a year in order to avoid arrest. After returning home he was once again illegally arrested and taken to the Luannan County Detention Center and was detained there for 8 months. In November 2005, he was reported to the police when he tried to have Teacher's picture developed at a photo studio. Once again he was illegally arrested and sentenced to six years in prison. He is appealing to the court.

Ms. Zhang Lianzhi, is 50 years old, she worked for the street office of Bencheng County, taking care of the real estate in Qianxixiao district. Since July 20, 1999, she has been arrested numerous times. After she was arrested on January 21, 2001, they cuffed her hands and feet for 12 days like a death row criminal. The bonds weigh 18 kg, the handcuffs were linked with the ankle cuffs, and one could only stand with a bent back. Those who are tortured with this method, suffer from extreme back and leg pain. She was illegally sentenced to Tang Shan City Kaiping Forced Labor Camp in the beginning of 2001. The policemen there beat up Falun Gong practitioners and frequently use electric batons to shock them. During her darkest day, Zhang Lainzhi experienced tremendous pressure physically and mentally; she was in extreme pain. She coughed day and night, but the only intention of the police in the labor camp was to "transform" her. She was detained there for more than a year.

On April 21, 2004, Zhang Lianzhi was again illegally arrested and sentenced to 4 years.

She is now detained at Mancheng Prison (previous Factory #604, Canvas fabric Mill) in Baoding County, and is still suffering persecution.

Ms. Chen Liying is a 30-year-old teacher from Luannan City. Because she refused to give up her belief, she was detained at Luannan Detention Center. Police officers have placed her in with criminals for 5-8 months. The inmates colluded with police to steal Chen's savings. In order to force her to sign a Guarantee Statement, Tang Xiaoli shocked her for more than an hour with two electric batons, inserting them into her clothing to shock her bare skin. She even tied her spread eagle on a bed. (At that time she was only 25 or 26 years old). They did not untie her or let her out of bed for more than two weeks. Chen had to relieve herself in her pants and there was no one to clean or care for her. Finally, because her four limbs had swollen to such a scary state, the police untied her. Since she had been tied up so long, her four limbs were covered with dark bruises and her blood circulation was blocked. Her sudden release caused severe pain lasting a whole night. Policewoman Tang Xiaoli tortured her with "Tying the Ropes," and the ropes cut into her flesh. The black bruise mark that the rope left on her shoulder could easily be seen even after a year. Due to such a long period of inhuman torture, Chen has suffered serious physical injuries and mental trauma.

Some practitioners suffered serious illnesses before their cultivation, however after beginning the practice, not only their health improved but their moral standard also increased. When they are under persecution, they still treat every one around them with "Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance." However, under high pressure, many people, because of self-interest and personal gain, persecute these kind-hearted people. Some of the people who do not know the truth also support and assist the evil.

Luannan County Political and Judicial Committee Secretary: 86-315-4122721
Luannan County Procuratorate Arrest Branch: 86-315-4122523
Luannan County Procuratorate Office: 86-315-4122162
Luannan County Court Office: 86-315-4122829
Luannan County Court Appeal Office: 86-315-4122196
Luannan County Court Police Office: 86-315-4122167
Luannan County Security Bureau Main Switch Board: 86-315-4122301, 86-315-4122259
Luannan County Bencheng Township Government Switch Board: 86-315-4122227
Luannan County Bencheng Township Bailiff Office: 86-315-4122423
Luannan County Bencheng Township Office: 86-315-4122124
Luannan County Bencheng Township Secretary Office: 86-315-4122427
Luannan County Bencheng Township Communist Party Committee Office: 86-315-4122857

April 14, 2006