(Clearwisdom.net) The Huining County Police of Gansu Province have persecuted Falun Gong practitioners for the past 11 years. The following represents a partial summary of this persecution.
1. Mr. Yang Lichuang, in his 40's, was an administrative employee of the local township government. He was detained and sentenced to a forced labor camp term. In 2006, Huining County police officers, along with local township government officials, beat Mr. Yang to death. They then moved his body to the water reservoir to give the appearance of suicide. Later, government officials admitted that the cause of his death was injuries suffered during a severe beating.
2. Mr. Zhang Xiaodong, in his 30's, worked in Lanzhou City of Gansu Province. He was sentenced to seven years of forced labor for not giving up his belief in Falun Gong. In 2003, he died in the forced labor camp hospital.
3. Mr. Wang Pengyun, in his 30's, was detained and sent to forced labor camps on multiple occasions. In 2002, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for intercepting and replacing a TV signal with Falun Gong programming. He is currently detained at the Tianshui Prison.
4. Mr. Shao Yanbo, in his 30's, was a student in the Department of Physical Education at Xibei Normal University. In 2008, he was sentenced to eight years in prison, and is currently detained at the Lanzhou City Prison.
5. Mr. Chang Jubin, in his 30's, worked at the Baiyin City Procuratorate. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison for intercepting and replacing a TV signal with Falun Gong programming. He is currently detained at the Lanzhou City Prison.
6. Ms. Jia Shujuan, in her 40's, was sentenced to prison in 2008, and is currently detained at the Lanzhou City Women's Prison.
7. Ms. Li Jingping, in her 40's, was sentenced to a prison term in 2008, and is currently detained at the Lanzhou City Women's Prison.
8. Mr. Zhang Rong, 40 years old, was a high school teacher. He was sentenced to multiple forced labor terms. He was detained for over a year in a brainwashing center in the Gongjiawan area of Lanzhou City. He was detained for three years in Lanzhou City Prison, and has now been released.
9. Mr. Zhang Hengtong, in his 30's, was a high school teacher. He was sentenced to multiple forced labor terms. He was released after three years of detention and torture at Lanzhou City Prison.
10. Mr. Liu Xinshun, 40 years old, was a high school teacher. He was detained and sentenced to multiple forced labor terms.
11. Mr. Jiang Zhenguang, 40 years old, was a high school teacher. He was detained and sentenced to multiple forced labor terms.
12. Mr. Li Baosheng, in his 30's, was held in the Lanzhou City Prison for several years, and has now been released.
13. Mr. Chen Zhongxuan, in his 40's, was an officer of the Huining County Police Department. In 1999, he was detained for six months for maintaining his belief in Falun Gong. Provincial government officials failed in their attempts to pressure him into giving up his practice of Falun Gong. Consequently, he was dismissed from his job. Officials monitored his telephone for several years.
14. Mr. Wang Hao, in his 40's, was detained and sentenced to multiple forced labor terms.
15. Mr. Ma Junyan, in his 30's, was an employee of the Baiyin City Electricity Department. He was sentenced to multiple forced labor terms. Subsequently, he was dismissed from his job.
16. Mr. Duan Yanxiang, in his 40's, was detained and sentenced to multiple forced labor terms.
17. Mr. Zhao Xianliu, in his 30's, was an employee of Jingyuan County Coal Mine Bureau. He was detained and sentenced to multiple forced labor terms, and subsequently dismissed from his job.
18. Mr. Wang Ningguo, in his 20's, was a college student. He was expelled from school for not giving up his Falun Gong practice.
19. Ms. Chen Shuxian, in her 30's, was detained and sentenced to multiple forced labor terms. She was sentenced in 2002 by the Yinchuan City authorities to three years and six months. After Ms. Chen served her term, she was taken by Huining County police to the Gongjiawan area brainwashing center for not giving up her Falun Gong practice. She has now been released.
20. Ms. Deng Yuping, in her 40's, was detained and sentenced to multiple forced labor terms.
21. Ms. Chen Jie, in her 30's, was a graduate student in 2002. Although she was not practicing Falun Gong in 2002, she helped and protected her elder sister (a practitioner) Chen Shuxian from the authorities. Ms. Chen's home was subsequently ransacked, and her personal belongings confiscated. She was expelled from college and detained for several months. In 2003, she was arrested by Lanzhou City National Security Bureau officials and sentenced to three years in prison. She has now been released.
22. Ms. Ma Yuling, in her 30's, was an employee of the Baiyin City Electricity Department. She was sentenced to multiple forced labor terms, and subsequently dismissed by her workplace authorities. Additionally, the couple Liu Haixue and Chen Shumei, and Ms. Liu Zhenhua were forced to leave home for two years for not giving up their Falun Gong practice.
There are many more practitioners in Huining County, from seniors in their 80's to children of less than 10 years old, who are being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for their practice of Falun Gong.
