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(Clearwisdom.net) Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official Jia Qinglin was once again sued by Falun Gong practitioners on October 27, 2011, the day he arrived in the Netherlands on a visit. Jia is chairman of the CCP's National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. As one of the chief culprits in the persecution of Falun Gong, he has been sued in many countries for having committed crimes of genocide and torture.
Practitioners hold protest activities during Jia Qinglin's visit to the Netherlands
A lawyer representing the Netherlands Falun Dafa Association filed the lawsuit with the Public Prosecutor Lanlijk Parket, charging Jia Qinglin with crimes of torture and genocide. A radio station in the Netherlands interviewed Mr. Hu Ben, president of the Netherlands Falun Dafa Association.
On October 29, practitioners in the Netherlands continued holding activities in front of the House of Representatives of the Dutch Parliament in the Hague, exposing the crimes committed by Jia Qinglin and urging the CCP to immediately stop the persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners held up banners and set up display boards, protesting the entry of this criminal into the Netherlands. Practitioners read the press release in both Chinese and Dutch. Passersby stopped to listen, and many said that the Dutch government should not just value economic benefits while ignoring human rights. Some people viewed the information on the banners and said that the persecution was very cruel and should be ended soon.
On July 20, 1999, Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan's clique initiated the persecution of Falun Gong and set up the 610 Office to carry out the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Jia Qinglin is one of the main instigators. As of today, more than 3440 practitioners have been verified to have died as a result of the persecution, including the elderly, women, and young children.
When Jia Qinglin worked as Beijing Party secretary between 1999 and 2002, he directly participated in and was responsible for detaining and torturing numerous Falun Gong practitioners. During that time, practitioners in Beijing were subjected to intense persecution, and many were tortured to death. The staged “Self-immolation Incident in Tiananmen” occurred during that period.
Since September 2004, Jia Qinglin has been sued in Austria and Spain by Falun Gong practitioners who were severely persecuted in China. He was charged with having committed crimes of genocide, torture, and crimes against humanity. On October 27, 2011, the Netherlands Falun Dafa Association filed a complaint against Jia Qinglin with the Dutch judicial authority. Falun Gong practitioners called upon the Dutch government and the international community to show concern over this ongoing persecution in China, and called for all kindhearted people around the world to work together to stop the persecution.
(Clearwisdom.net) The Salzkammergut near Salzburg is widely recognized as one of the most popular tourist areas in Austria. On the morning of November 1, 2011, the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Hu Jintao, came to visit Austria, and his motorcade passed by this area. Along the path from Fuschlsee (a lake) to Wolfgangsee (another lake), there were a banners held up by practitioners from Austria or Germany, protesting the CCP persecution, and calling for the chief persecutors Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Zhou Yongkang and Liu Jing to be brought to justice.
Practitioners' banners conveyed such messages as: “Falun Dafa is good,” “The world needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance,” “Support 100 million people quitting the CCP organizations,” “Bring Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Zhou Yongkang, and Liu Jing to justice,” and “Stop persecuting Falun Gong.” The Austrian National Television and several newspapers in Salzburg interviewed practitioners. People in passing vehicles gave a “thumbs-up” to express their support to the practitioners.
Many on-duty Austrian police officers had read information about Falun Gong, especially the CCP's harvesting of organs from living practitioners, and many of them said that human rights cannot be ignored despite economic interests. Some of the police were rather stiff at first, but after learning about the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong, their attitude started to change, and they even urged the practitioners to be quick to unfold their banners when Hu Jintao's motorcade arrived. When Hu's motorcade passed by, some officers in his accompanying convoy waved to practitioners and many took photos of the practitioners' protest.
In the afternoon, Hu Jintao and his entourage went to visit Mozart's residence in Salzburg. Falun Gong practitioners held a peaceful protest at the entrance to the Mirabell Garden opposite Mozart's residence. They protested the persecution and urged China to bring Jiang Zemin and other chief perpetrators to justice. They quietly did the exercises and distributed informational materials about the persecution of Falun Gong to passersby.
(Clearwisdom.net) The Falun Dafa Club at the University of Technology in Sydney, and the Falun Dafa Association in New South Wales, Australia, jointly held a Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance International Art Exhibition in the Theatre Lounge of the university on October 24-26, 2011. It was the second time the art exhibition was held at this location.
Ms. Jan Barham, mayor of Byron Shire, gives a speech at the art exhibition.
Art exhibition visitors
Ms. Jan Barham, mayor of Byron Shire, gave a speech at the opening ceremony of the art exhibition. She told the reporter that she came here to raise awareness of the persecution. It was a great opportunity for all people who passed by to see the exhibition and learn about the persecution of Falun Gong in China. People should find out information about it and disperse the fear. The art exhibition drew tears to her eyes. She was most impressed with the painting “Face the Evil” because it created a heart-shaking effect. Facing the police in the dark, the lady's noble and gentle bearing made her proud. The violence of the police was reflected in the dark background. The sharp contrast between the bright and the dark implied the battle between good and evil. No words were needed. Ms. Barham said the presentation of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance would benefit society.
Jane, one of the organizers of the art exhibition, said at the opening ceremony, “We hope the international art exhibition will serve as a powerful venue for people to upgrade their understanding of Falun Gong and provoke thought on the persecution of Falun Gong at a humanity level.”
Many faculty members and students were glad to learn what was going on in China, and to obtain information about Falun Gong. They were fascinated by the power of the artwork.
Five Chinese students came in a group and told Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang, “We are Chinese. We are very touched by the artwork. We are shocked that such things are happening in our country. It is so cruel and terrible!” Ms. Zhang said, “You are a lucky generation! Many of my friends and fellow practitioners in China are at risk of losing freedom and even their lives every minute.” Tears came to the eyes of the students. They all signed their names in support of Falun Gong and left with introduction materials.
A woman professor walked over to Ms. Zhang and asked, “Where are you collecting signatures?” As she signed, she said, “I can tell you I absolutely support you! I teach here. I will tell every student of mine to come to your art exhibition... I completely support you. How can we let this persecution continue?”
After studying the artwork for more than an hour, a man wanted to sign in support of Falun Gong. He said, “I'm very touched and shaken by this exhibition. I have many friends in this university. I will tell all of them to come.” During the next couple of days, he brought one group after another to the art exhibition, and introduced the pieces to them, acting as a guide. He did bring all his friends, as he had promised.
Many people who visited the art exhibition expressed their wishes to help end the persecution.
Name: Liu Jinying (刘金英)
Gender: Female
Age: 46
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Deputy head of Laishui County Appeals Bureau
Date of Most Recent Arrest: October 7, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Laishui Party School Brainwashing Center (涞水党校洗脑班)
City: Baoding
Province: Hebei
Persecution Suffered: Forced injections/drug administration, beatings, interrogation
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Liu Jinying is the former deputy head of the Laishui County Appeals Bureau. Because she practices Falun Gong, she was illegally sentenced to five years in prison by Laishui County Court. During her imprisonment, she was subjected to various tortures and forcibly injected with unknown drugs. On October 7, 2011, Ms. Liu was arrested again and taken to the Laishui Party School Brainwashing Center. She was beaten unconscious and injected with unknown drugs.
Ms. Liu Jinying
At around 9:00 p.m. on October 7, 2011, Liu Yongzhi, a retired accountant from the Laishui County Tax Bureau, knocked on Ms. Liu Jinying's door, pretending that he was there to inspect the water meter. Ms. Liu asked, “It's late today. Can you come tomorrow?” She then realized that Liu Yongzhi was using a walking stick and had difficulty walking, so she opened the door for him.
Several people suddenly rushed through the door. Two of them grabbed Ms. Liu's arms, while another took a photograph of her. They ordered Ms. Liu and her daughter, “Don't move!” Several people went into the bedroom. They were in plainclothes and showed no identification. Ms. Liu asked, “Who are you?” One person replied, “Police.” Ms. Liu asked for their IDs and search warrant, which they didn't show. One woman answered, “The search warrant will be here soon.”
Four of them then carried Ms. Liu out of the door and put her into the car, and took her to the Criminal Police Section.
Held in the Laishui County Criminal Police Section
The police handcuffed Ms. Liu and ordered her to sit in an iron chair torture device, which she refused to do. The officers were dressed in SWAT police uniforms and most of them were not wearing their numbered badges. Six officers interrogated her throughout the night. Ms. Liu refused to cooperate and didn't answer any questions. When this group of officers left, another group of officers came to interrogate her. Ms. Liu still refused to answer their questions. She also refused to eat or drink while in custody.
Torture re-enactment: Bound to an iron chair
On the morning of October 9, the officers took Ms. Liu to the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp and the Baoding Forced Labor Camp. The camp authorities refused to admit her. She was then taken to the Laishui Party School Brainwashing Center, where they removed her handcuffs and left.
Held in the Laishui Party School Brainwashing Center
The Laishui Party School Brainwashing Center is notorious for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Several hundred practitioners have been abused there over the last ten-plus years. The gates of each floor are locked, and the windows are covered with wire mesh.
In order to monitor her closely, the guards took Ms. Liu to the first cell. When Ms. Liu started to talk about Falun Gong, two male guards slapped her repeatedly. Blood came out of her mouth, she heard a roaring sound in her ear, and felt dizzy. She then lost consciousness. Later that night, a nurse wiped off the blood around her mouth and took her blood pressure. Her blood pressure was high, and reached 180 mmHg. She was too weak to talk, and she couldn't think clearly.
Ms. Liu could sit up on the morning of October 10. She started doing the Falun Gong exercises. About a dozen guards came in and tried to stop her from doing the exercises. Several persons grabbed her and took off her jacket. They then forcibly injected unidentified drugs into her right arm. Ms. Liu questioned them, “What are you injecting me with? I have the right to know.” No one told her the name of the drug. One man said, “It's to relieve inflammation. So you won't have gastric adhesion.” They then held her down again and forcibly gave her an IV from a big bottle of fluid with unidentified drugs in it. Ms. Liu was too weak to resist.
That afternoon, Ms. Liu's father and brother went to see her. Upon seeing Ms. Liu's condition, her father cried. Ms. Liu said to her brother, “Please take me home. I'll eat at home. What they are doing is illegal.” Her father said, “Just do what they want and you can go home.” Ms. Liu cried and didn't say anything.
Ms. Liu's stomach started to swell that night. She asked nurse Liang, “What did you give to me? What drug did you use?” Liang said it was a sedative. Ms. Liu questioned her, “I haven't eaten or drank anything for several days. My stomach is empty. Why did it became so big after the injection? And why does it hurt?”
On the morning of October 11, nurse Jin came to give her another infusion. Ms. Liu told her how badly she felt, and Jin said there was potassium in the IV. Ms. Liu said to her, “I've had infusions with drugs containing potassium before. It only hurts in the arm, never in the stomach, nor does it cause swelling.”
Ms. Liu was released on the evening of October 11.
Because of support from the international community and practitioners resisting the persecution, the Laishui Party School Brainwashing Center, which was established by the riot police, the police department, the police station, the Procuratorate, and the court, was later disbanded.
(Clearwisdom.net) The Chinese Communist Party's 610 Office is dedicated to persecuting Falun Gong and has established many brainwashing centers all over the country. They publicly call the brainwashing centers “law education centers,” but actually they use them to mentally and physically persecute detained Falun Gong practitioners.
Recent Persecution Cases in Luotaishan Brainwashing Center
Below are recent incidents of persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Luotaishan Brainwashing Center in Fushun City, Liaoning Province. These are only the accounts that practitioners have gotten through to the Minghui/Clearwisdom website by breaking through CCP's Internet blockade. Many incidents of persecution are still being suppressed by the CCP.
On August 1, 2011, practitioners Shan Changying and Wu Fuzhen from the Xinfu District in Fushun City were arrested by domestic security police for telling people the truth about Falun Gong at Yumin Mall. They were detained in Luotaishan Brainwashing Center.
On June 25, 2011, practitioner Gu Shuhua from Dalian City was arrested by officers from Guangming Police Station in the Jinzhou New District, Dalian City, and Dalian City Domestic Security Division. Gu later detained in Luotaishan Brainwashing Center.
On June 9, 2011, practitioners Zhang Guohua, Jiang Zhenyou, and Dou Guilan from Hongtoushan, Qingyuan County, Fushun City, were arrested and detained in Luotaishan Brainwashing Center.
On May 16, 2011, practitioners Ji Yaojie and Tang Huiyun from Shenyang City were arrested and taken to Luotaishan Brainwashing Center by personnel from Yuhongchang Station in Shenyang City.
On April 19, 2011, Zheng Yuzhen, Zhu Yongjian, and three other practitioners from Nantai, Xinfu District, Fushun City, were arrested by officers from the First Team, First Section in the Domestic Security Division in Fushun City Police Department for telling people about Falun Gong and making truth-clarifying materials. They were then detained in Luotaishan Brainwashing Center.
On November 4, 2010, practitioner Mr. Liu Junbo was reported to the police for clarifying the facts about Falun Gong to someone at the south side of the Xinbin Town Mall. He was arrested and then detained in the Luotaishan Brainwashing Center. In the brainwashing center, the head of the brainwashing center, Wu Wei, beat him.
On November 3, 2010, practitioner Ms. Wen Lianju, a doctor from Xinbin County, Fushun City, was arrested again and taken to Luotaishan Brainwashing Center. She was brutally tortured, and her right hand became numb. Later an X-ray determined that her right shoulder was injured and the nerve was compressed. She could not do any housework.
Crimes Committed by Luotaishan Brainwashing Center
The Luotaishan Brainwashing Center in Fushun City is located inside the Saerhu Tourist District, a suburb of the Dongzhou District, Fushun City. It consists of two, three-story white buildings. The sides of the buildings that are close to a slope are surrounded by a red brick wall. The wall is over two meters high and the top of the wall is full of broken glass. The facade has a black wrought iron fence with verticals like spears about 1.6 meters high. There is one surveillance camera at the entrance to the tourist district and another one on top of a pole in front of the buildings.
The Luotaishan Brainwashing Center in Fushun City was established by the CCP Politics and Law Committee in Liaoning Province and in Fushun City in 2002. Liaoning Province allocated 1.4 million yuan to rebuild the brainwashing center and deceived the public with the names “Liaoning Province Caring and Love Center” and “Fushun City Law Education School,” but it is an evil place used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. The 610 Office forced all levels of local governments to allocate funds to persecute Falun Gong, 3,500 yuan for each practitioner. The county and local district level governments have to pay 1,500 yuan, and the city and provincial levels 1,000 yuan each. If the practitioners did not give up their belief, the 610 Office starts another brainwashing session and requires the governments to pay again.
The brainwashing center is in existence specifically to try to force practitioners to give up their belief in Falun Dafa. Many practitioners from Fushun City, Heilongjiang Province, Jilin Province, Liaoning Province, Beijing, Lanzhou, Daqing Oilfield, Lingyuan, Panjin, Liaohe Oilfield, Shenyang, Dalian, Jinzhou, and other places have been sent there. Inside the brainwashing center, practitioners are threatened and brutally tortured, which often causes them injury, disability, and even death. Some of the practitioners were transferred to the Fifth Hospital (a mental hospital) in Fushun City to be persecuted.
Crimes Committed by Brainwashing Center Head Wu Wei
Wu Wei was the former head of the administration section in Fushun City Forced Labor Camp. In 2000, he was dismissed because he was exposed for accepting bribes. At the end of 2000, he bribed the head of the forced labor camp, Huang Wei, and others and finally was transferred to the brigade where Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted as the captain. He persecuted practitioners aggressively. According to an insider, when he was the captain of the female bridge, he extorted a large amount of money from practitioners. He also insulted them. In 2003, after he was transferred to Luotaishan Brainwashing Center as the head, he used the same tactics to extort money from practitioners and actively persecute them.
He slandered Falun Gong and spread lies to defame Dafa. He also personally organized meetings to criticize and insult the practitioners. He detained each practitioner in a separate room and sent people to monitor them. He also did not allow the practitioners to talk or communicate with each other.
Wu Wei also constantly monitored the practitioners' every move and analyzed their thinking in order to find an excuse to persecute them. He not only monitored them through the prison windows but also monitored their so-called "counselors."
Wu Wei also discriminated against, threatened, and physically tortured the practitioners who did not compromise their beliefs. He committed many violent crimes against practitioners in Fushun City Forced Labor Camp.
For example, he called over 20 people to beat practitioner Ms. Sun Changli from Hongmiaozi Township, Xinbin County in Fushun City, in order to force her to give up her belief in Falun Dafa. They beat and kicked her, using a wooden board to hit her. They grabbed her hair and hit her head against the wall, the tile floor, and a wooden table. They slapped her face so badly that it swelled up. They tortured her from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. in the night, until Ms. Sun couldn't see anymore. Wu Wei and others also threatened her, saying, “After we release you, you cannot tell anyone that you became blind as a result of the beatings. You need to say you fell down and injured your eyes by yourself. Otherwise, we will beat you to death.”
Practitioner Ms. Zhang Chuanwen, 30, had her legs split apart by Wu Wei. Her legs were so severely injured that she could not walk.
Torture re-enactment: Splitting the legs
Wu Wei kicked Ms. Qin Qingfang, in her 50s, in the neck. She immediately fainted.
Practitioner Ms. Zhang Zhiqin is from Qingyuan County, Fushun City. Wu Wei dragged her to his office and used the bench to hit her head and back until he broke the leg of the bench. Wu Wei also said, “I am going to beat you to death today. Let's see who can say anything about me.” Ms. Zhang fainted due to the beating.
On New Year's in 2002, Ms. Zhang Zhiqin went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was sent to the Second Hospital in Fushun City. Wu Wei brutally beaten and kicked her so many times in the hospital that the one-inch-thick bed board was broken. Wu Wei told others, “In order to beat Falun Gong practitioners, I practice hitting sandbags at home.” Ms. Zhang could not straighten up anymore. Her heart and brain were damaged, and her eyes became dull due to the beating. She looks like a completely different person.
In 2002, Wu Wei was rewarded by the CCP in Liaoning Province with 10,000 yuan in cash. The Fushun City Forced Labor Camp rewarded him with 5,000 yuan because he actively persecuted Falun Gong practitioners. He also bragged about how many practitioners he had “transformed.”
Others Who Committed Crimes in Luotaishan Brainwashing Center
The Luotaishan Brainwashing Center invited all sorts of so-called experts, scholars, psychologists, forensic doctors, officials from the Liaoning Province CCP Politics and Law Committee, and officials from Fushun City to come to the brainwashing center and give speeches to slander Falun Dafa and torture the practitioners mentally.
Qiao Anshan became the “honored dean” of the brainwashing center. He always claimed to be “a comrade of Lei Feng.” He often went to the brainwashing center and spread his evil theory. Cheng Yajun, who was tutored by Lei Feng, also spoke at the brainwashing center.
Jia Dashu is the dean of the brainwashing center and the deputy director of the Fushun City 610 Office.
Di Caizhen is the director of the education affairs office in the brainwashing center.
Police Su Jing, female, was the former chief of Masanjia Women Forced Labor Camp. She often went to the Luotaishan Brainwashing Center to share the tactics she used in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners while she was still at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. She was cunning and ruthless and committed enormous crimes against practitioners. She has been transferred to the Luotaishan Brainwashing Center by the Liaoning Province CCP Politics and Law Committee.
Liu Qingwen, retired police officer, deceived and arrested practitioners and then handcuffed them brutally. He also insulted the female practitioners and beat practitioner Ms. Zhang from Dalian City badly.
Shi Qingyun, female, was a former police officer in Fushun Forced Labor Camp. In the beginning of 2003, she actively participated in trying to “transform” Falun Gong practitioners in the brainwashing center.
Jiang Yongfeng, former police officer from Fushun City Forced Labor Camp, frequently tortured and deceived practitioners.
Li Chunliang is the so-called "study committee member" in the brainwashing center. He is responsible for forcing the practitioners to watch videos that slander Dafa. He frequently slanders Dafa.
Other personnel in the brainwashing center include: Zhao Lei, Li Jun, Jin Xinghua, Wei Xiaoming, Zhao Shuqin, Sun Guizhen, Wang Jun, Wang Guohui, Liu Jiao, Li Fengyun, Zhai Haikuan, Gao Fenglan, Zhang Ping, Zhang Li, Zhang Shuyuan, Qi Shuqin, Li Yumei, Luo Yongjie, Chen Ying, Dong Xia, Wu Mingxue, Hu Yan, Zhang Yongli, Li Ruozhong, and others.
The collaborators who betrayed Dafa have helped the CCP to persecute practitioners. They live in the brainwashing center, receive a salary, monitor and report on the practitioners, and use fallacies and absurdities to deceive practitioners. They include Zhang Guoqing, Liu Zhange, Zhang Fenglian, Liu Fengqin, Xia Guozhen, Yang Shengjuan, Zhang Shuzhen, Tao Chengzhi, Wang Yurong, Bai Jie, Liu Fengqin, Liu Lianxiang, and others.
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Liu Yongwang is about 40 years old, and previously worked as a chief engineer at a foreign-based company in Beijing. When he was arrested in 2000, the authorities threatened his workplace that they would not be allowed to do business in China unless they dismissed him from his job.
Mr. Liu was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2006, and is currently detained at the first division of Jidong Prison in Tangshan City. Guard Zheng Yajun locked him in an empty room for eight consecutive months and ordered 14 inmates to torture him.
Lawyers Cheng Hai and Li Lun, who were hired by Mr. Liu's family, went to the prison to meet with Mr. Liu in August 2010. Prison guards monitored the entire meeting, but Mr. Liu was able to give the lawyers a signed statement listing his mistreatment in the prison. After the lawyers left, the guards didn't allow Mr. Liu's family to visit him for one year.
Mr. Liu's lawyers and family members have repeatedly filed complaints with the authorities and exposed how the prison guards torture practitioners. Mr. Liu also reported Zheng Yajun to the authorities for torturing him in prison. Zheng was eventually removed from his position.
Ms. Qi Shuying, Mr. Liu's wife, is from Baoding in Hebei Province. She is a professor at the Department of Physical Education at Baoding University. At around 8:30 p.m. on October 7, 2011, she was at home with her daughter when the electricity suddenly went out. When they opened the door to check the electric meter, more than half a dozen police officers were waiting, and forced their way in. They ransacked the home. They confiscated their printer, computer, Falun Gong books, and other personal belongings. Ms. Qi was taken away by the police, leaving her young daughter alone at home, without anyone to care for her. Ms. Qi was taken to a brainwashing center.
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Liu Yongwang Persecuted and on Verge of Death in Jidong Prison in Hebei Province http://clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2007/1/24/82002.html
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Name: Min Changchun (闵长春)
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Address: Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Most Recent Arrest: September 27, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Wuhan City No.2 Detention Center (武汉市第二看守所)
City: Wuhan
Province: Hubei
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, illegal sentencing, beatings, imprisonment, torture, detention
(Clearwisdom.net) Thirty-six-year-old Mr. Min Changchun graduated from Wuhan University with a degree in Hydraulic and Electrical Engineering. After having been subjected to four years of prison and one and a half years of forced labor, he was arrested again on September 27, 2011, in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. He is currently detained at the Wuhan City No. 2 Detention Center.
Perpetrators from the Wuhan City Police Department Domestic Security Division (also known as Division One) arrested Mr. Min on July 16, 2002. They first held him in the Wuhan City No. 2 Detention Center and then transferred him to the Taojialing Detention Center in the Hanyang District, where he was severely abused.
Under orders from the Wuhan City 610 Office, Hanyang District Court sentenced Mr. Min to four years in prison in September 2002. He was sent to Qinduankou Prison.
While imprisoned, on January 22-23, 2005, guard Zheng Mao instigated criminal inmates Zhang Binhua, Xiong Junhua, and a few others to beat Mr. Min several times, seriously injuring him. As a result of the beatings, he was near death and had to undergo emergency surgery in the Hubei Province Prison General Hospital. He was unconscious for several days afterwards.
Mr. Min was arrested again on August 22, 2007, by Huang Haiji, Zhang Ning, Liu Hua, Kang Bao, and a few others from Division One. Mr. Min was held in the Jiangan District Detention Center and sent to Hewan Forced Labor Camp on October 18, 2007, for a term of one and a half years. He was released on February 21, 2009.
Division One agents once again arrested Mr. Min on September 27 as he went out to run an errand. Mr. Min is currently in the Wuhan City No.2 Detention Center.
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“Wuhan Domestic Security Division Persecutes Falun Gong Systematically and Recklessly” http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2011/6/3/125784.html
“Police from the Wuhan City Police Department Intentionally Hit a Falun Gong Practitioner with a Car, Arrested Him and Sent Him to a Forced Labor Camp” http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2007/11/29/91712.html
(Clearwisdom.net) Recently many Falun Gong practitioners have been arrested, harassed, and extorted by officers and personnel from the Domestic Security Division, of the Gangu County Police Department of Tianshui, Gansu Province.
Pan Huwa Arrested in Gangu County
Falun Gong practitioner Pan Huwa was arrested in Pan'an Town, Gangu County, Tianshui, Gansu Province on the evening of September 29, 2011. He is now being detained in the Gangu County Detention Center. Mr. Pan Huwa, 49, is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Pan'an Town, Gangu County, and makes a living working on a farm and producing vinegar.
On the evening of September 29, 2011, Mr. Pan was preparing for the marriage of his eldest daughter. At around 8:00 p.m., five people from the Domestic Security Division broke into Mr. Pan's home. They stepped on the bed with their shoes on, and searched for about two hours. A computer was confiscated, along with a printer, nine copies of the book Zhuan Falun, nine brochures, nine CDs of Falun Gong truth-clarification materials, and several mp3 players. They also kicked Pan's mother, who is about 80, to the ground. Mr. Pan and his wife were taken to the police department to be interrogated. Pan's wife returned home at around 2:00 a.m. on September 30, while Pan is still being held in the Gangu Detention Center.
As early as October 7, 1999, Mr. Pan went to the home of Huang Yuanyi, a fellow practitioner in Xiemadian Village, Shandan Rural, Wushan County. Li Xiaojiang, director of the Shandan Police Station followed him, ransacked Huang's home, and detained eight people, including Pan Huwa, Huang Yuanyi and his wife Xian Junxi, Bai Shuangping, and Wang Yinglian, in a Drug Rehabilitation Center for fifteen days. Each of them was extorted out of at least 500 yuan. Pan was extorted out of over 1,000 yuan.
During the fifteen days in detention, guards in the drug rehabilitation center designated drug addicts to beat Mr. Pan and other practitioners, injuring them both mentally and physically.
Arrest and Harassment of Practitioners Li Juling, Wang Zhilan, Pu Binpeng, and Jiang Zili
At around 9:00 p.m. on the evening of September 29, 2011, villager Li Juling in Dijia Village, Shilipu Rural, Gangu County, was building a house, when a group of people from the Domestic Security Division of the Gangu Police Department and Shilipu Police Station broke into her home, confiscating Falun Gong books, materials, and over 70 yuan. Li Juling was later detained in the Gangu Detention Center for five days.
At around 8:00 p.m. on September 29, 2011, a group of people from the Domestic Security Division of the Gangu County Police Department, Yaozhuang Police Station, and No. 3 Prison in Tianshui, scaled the wall of Wang Zhilan's home in Qijia Village, Xinxing Town, Gangu County, shooting, searching, and confiscating a copy of Zhuan Falun Vol. 2.
A group of people from the Domestic Security Division of the Gangu Police Department and Shilipu Police Station, broke into the home of Pu Binpeng, an elementary school teacher in Baiyun Village, Gangu County at around 8:00 p.m. on September 29, 2011. Mr. Pu had already left home years ago to avoid persecution. They asked Pu's wife about him, and ransacked their home. Finding nothing, they left.
At around 8:00 p.m. on September 29, 2011, a group of officers from the Domestic Security Division of the Gangu Police Department and Daxiangshan Police Station broke into Jiang Zili and his wife Zhang Fengwa's home, and Guo Jincai's home in Daxiangshan, questioning whether they would continue to practice Falun Gong. They grabbed a stack of paper and left.
Falun Gong Practitioner Li Fuzhi Put on Trial
Falun Gong practitioner Li Fuzhi from the machine tool plant, was put on trial in a Gangu Court on October 17, 2011.
At around 9:00 a.m., Li Fuzhi got out of the prisoners' van and walked up the flight of steps, but he was very weak. At around 11:00 a.m., Mr. Li could not even walk. Someone told his family that Li could not get enough to eat in prison. The clothes and quilt sent in to him were stolen, but others still asked his family to send more.
Name: Zhang Guanghua (张光华)
Gender: Female
Age: 55
Address: Yanji Village, Yanguoxia Town, Yongjing County, Gansu Province
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 7, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Liujiaxia Detention Center (刘家峡拘留所)
City: Liujiaxia Town
Province: Gansu
Persecution Suffered: Detention, home ransacked, denied visitation, brutal beating, tiger bench, hung up by handcuffs
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Guanghua was arrested on July 7, 2011, by police officers led by Zhang Weihua, who is director of the Domestic Security Division of Yongjing Police Station, and the director of the Yanguoxia Police Station in Yongjing County. Sources have said that Ms. Zhang has been severely beaten, restrained on a tiger bench, and hung by her handcuffs.
Torture reenactment: Hanging by handcuffs
A witness said that a plainclothes police officer went into Ms. Zhang's convenience store asking for a DVD about Falun Gong and the persecution. After she gave him one, the man called for fellow officers to arrest her, charging her with distributing Falun Gong DVDs.
At around 3:00 or 4:00 p.m., officers from the Yanguoxia Police Station and the county government went in four police cars to Ms. Zhang's booth in the street market in Yanguoxia Town. They ransacked the booth and knocked display goods to the ground. They then ransacked her home, photographing and video-recording the entire process. They didn't leave her home until 7:00 p.m.
The police and government officials then went to Yanguoxia Seniors' Home, where Ms. Zhang's older sister lived, and rummaged through her rooms. Ms. Zhang's sister is handicapped and has been bedridden for a long time. Shocked and angry, she passed out.
According to sources, Ms. Zhang was held in the Yanguoxia Police Station that evening and taken to the Liujiaxia Detention Center the next morning. The family was not allowed to meet with her, and the authorities there also refused to tell the family where Ms. Zhang was being held.
In addition to Ms. Zhang, Ms. Deng Huali, an English teacher at the Immigrants' School in Yongjing County, was also arrested on September 6, 2011, and is now being held in the Yongjing County Detention Center.
Yongjing police arrested Ms. Wang Ruilin at around 8:00 p.m. on September 6, at her home in the Xigu District, Lanzhou City, under the pretense that her bail term was up and she needed to be brought to trial. An illegal trial was set for her on the morning of September 8. Two other practitioners, Ms. Liu Rufang and Ms. Wang Xu, were placed on the docket for the same day, after which they were allowed to go home while Ms. Wang Ruilin was taken to the Yongjing County Detention Center.
Responsible parties:
Zhang Weihua, director of the Domestic Security Division of Yongjing Police Station, Gansu: +86-13830105172 (Cell)
Liu Yugui, head of the 610 Office in Yongjing County, Gansu: +86-13993023280 (Cell)
Zhou Xiaodi, director of the Domestic Security Division in Linxia City, Gansu: +86-13830102466 (Cell)
(Clearwisdom.net) Guangzhou Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Luo Liping was arrested by agents from the Longfeng Street Police Station and the street administration office on January 21, 2010. She was sentenced to eighteen months of forced labor. When her term was up, she was persecuted for an additional 45 days. Below is her account of the persecution she has suffered.
Arrested after Ordering Tickets via Phone
When I called to order tickets to the Shen Yun show in Hong Kong in January 2010, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecutors were monitoring my phone. Later, when I went to apply for the visa to Hong Kong, regime agents confiscated my identification card.
Several days later, personnel from the street administration deceived me into opening my door. Some police officers were with them and immediately pushed their way in and ransacked my home. They took my personal belongings, including Dafa books, materials, cash, and a computer. They arrested me and took me to the local police station. The next day, I was sent to a detention center.
I was locked up in a small, unlit cell at the detention center, with more that ten other people. We were kept there there day and night. When we slept, there wasn't enough room so we could only sleep sideways crammed together next to one another. We all had to take turns being on duty. If we were caught taking a nap while on duty, we were cursed at and the guards kicked hard on the cell door to awaken everyone. Every week, the guards searched our beds and clothing. The female guards also body-searched everyone.
After being in the detention center for 17 days I was sent to a forced labor camp. During my physical check, the doctor said that I had high blood pressure. The guards nonetheless ordered the doctor to record that I had a “normal condition,” thus I was sent to the forced labor camp.
Persecution at Women's Forced Labor Camp in Guangdong Province
I was sent to Chatou Women's Forced Labor Camp in Guangzhou in late January 2010. There were 18 people in one cell. The two women sleeping above my bed were assigned to watch me.
At that time there were over 20 practitioners detained there, and every practitioner was monitored by two inmates. We were not allowed to practice the exercises or talk to one another. We were even followed when we ate or used the restroom. If practitioners didn't agree to be “transformed,” their families weren't allowed to drop off daily necessities, to call, or to write letters.
I was later forced to do heavy labor. Since this May, we've been forced to sing communist songs every morning. We have to keep singing until breakfast is ready. If we don't sing, everyone is sent to the strict discipline unit and locked up in the cell for the entire day, not allowed to go to bed until midnight, and all practitioners will get their terms extended.
On the day I was released from the labor camp, instead of returning home, I was sent to a brainwashing center and detained there for 45 days.
(Clearwisdom.net) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 14 cities or counties in 8 provinces. According to this report, 17 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 4 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Beijing] Ms. Zhang Shuying Sentenced
Ms. Zhang Shuying, 70, was arrested on January 1, 2011, and detained in the Xicheng District Detention Center. She was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and was sent to a women’s prison in September 2011.
2. [Beijing] Ms. Zhang Penghua Arrested
Ms. Zhang Penghua, almost 70 years old, was reported to police by a driver for distributing Shen Yun DVDs in front of the Daxingfa Supermarket on the afternoon of October 10, 2011. She was arrested by officers from the Quanhe Police Station ,and the police ransacked her home. The next afternoon, she was transferred to the Shunyi Detention Center in Beijing.
3. [Hubei Province] Mr. Li Huosheng, Ms. Feng Yun and Mr. Feng Zhen Detained in the Qingling Detention Center in Wuchang District
4. [Baoding, Hebei Province] Ms. Zhang Xinxian Detained in the Qingyuan County Detention Center
5. [Liaoyang, Liaoning Province] Additional Information about the Arrest of Ms. Zhao Liying
Ms. Zhao Liying, about 60, was arrested by three officers from the Wangshuitai Township Police Station on the morning of October 13, 2011. She was threatened and interrogated at the police station. The police drove six vehicles and ransacked her home that afternoon. Ms. Zhao is being detained in the Shizuizi Detention Center.
6. [Xichang, Sichuan Province] Mr. Du Zhaoji and Ms. Lu Tao’s Current Situation
Mr. Du Zhaoji is supposedly being released from Wumaping Prison in Leshan on October 31 or November 1, 2011. Ms. Lu Tao is supposedly being released from Chuanxi Women’s Prison on October 31 or November 1.
7. [Langfang, Hebei Province] Ms. Jiang Xiujuan Arrested
Ms. Jiang Xiujuan from Yu Village, Beiguzhuang Township, Langfang, was taken to the Langfang Brainwashing Center by officers from the Yongqing Domestic Security Division on October 12, 2011.
8. [Chengdu, Sichuan Province] Mr. Wang Zenghe Persecuted
Mr. Wang Zenghe, 39, was a teacher at the Huaikou Town High School in Jintang County, Chengdu. In 2008, he and his wife were reported to police for distributing Falun Gong materials in a town in the neighboring county of Jianyang. The couple was arrested, and both were sentenced to three years in prison. They were released this past July. The school fired Mr. Wang, and he now has no income.
Chen Weiyong, principal of the Huaikou Town High School: +86-13708201871
The Jintang County 610 Office: +86-28-84921616
The Huaikou Town 610 Office: +86-28-84150430
9. [Yancheng, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Zhong Xiufeng Still Detained in the Yancheng Detention Center
Three Falun Gong practitioners were arrested at the Yonghui Supermarket on the afternoon of October 7, 2011. Two of them have been released. Ms. Zhong Xiufeng is still being detained in the Yancheng Detention Center.
Zhu Xiaoming from the Tinghu Police Department: +86-18905103766
Dai Su: +86-13365196888
He Ning from the Wenfeng Police Station: +86-13305107575
10. [Chongqing] Ms. Du Chunbi and Mr. Peng Guangli Harassed
Since October 14, 2011, the police from Tongnan County, Chongqing, have gone to the homes of Ms. Du Chunbi, Mr. Peng Guangli, and another practitioner and harassed them.
11. [Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Liu Haibin Arrested
Mr. Liu Haibin lives in Gongqingnongchang, Baoquanling, Heilongjiang Province. He has his own business repairing oil pumps. On the morning of October 17, 2011, he was forcibly taken to the Jiansanjiang Brainwashing Center by personnel from the Baoquanling 610 Office.
12. [Dingxing County, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Chunling and Ms. Wang Shulan Detained in the Xiaocun Brainwashing Center
13. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Mr. Shen Guiwei Taken to Jinan
On the morning of October 10, 2011, officers from the Guan County 610 Office and the Domestic Security Division arrested Mr. Shen Guiwei from Sangqiao Village. Mr. Shen was taken to Jinan on the next day.
14. [Panjin, Liaoning Province] Additional Information about the Arrest of Mr. Wang Xuetao
Mr. Wang Xuetao was picked up by Jia Yingxin and other officers from the Panjin Domestic Security Division on the morning of October 14, 2011. The police ransacked his home and took his computer, DVDs, Falun Dafa books, etc.
15. [Xiangyang, Hubei Province] Mr. Zhao Guojiang Persecuted
On the morning of August 12, 2011, several elementary students tried to sell newspapers to Mr. Zhao Guojiang in the Minfa Business Plaza on Changhong Road. Mr. Zhao gave a Falun Gong DVD to one of the students. The student reported him to the patrol police. Mr. Zhao was then taken to the Renminlu Police Station. The police searched his bag and found Falun Gong DVDs. Mr. Zhao was then transferred to the Fancheng Lockup Station. On August 24, 2011, he was transferred to the Xiangyang Second Detention Center, where he has been held ever since..
Xiangyang Second Detention Center: +86-710-3123880
Fancheng Lockup Station: +86-710-3120895
Renminlu Police Station: +86-710-3258174
October 18, 2011
(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 18 cities or counties, in 11 provinces. According to this report, 22 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least eight practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Kangping County, Liaoning Province] Mr. Han Jun Arrested
2. [Ning County, Gansu Province] Circumstances of Ms. Fan Juncao
3. [Leshan City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhong Junfang Arrested
4. [Yancheng, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Quan Fengcheng Detained for More Than Three Months
5. [Xianghe County, Hebei Province] Mr. Zhang Xian Arrested the Afternoon of October 22, 2011
6. [Luzhou, Sichuan Province] Mr. Zhang Guangxian Left Home on October 18, 2011, and Has Been Missing for Several Days
7. [Xining, Qinghai Province] Ms. Li Jiancai Arrested at Home
8. [Shulan, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Hongyan Is Being Persecuted
9. [Guang'an, Sichuan Province] Ms. Xu Xiaolan Arrested
10. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Shiying's Prison Term Extended
11. [Jilin Province] Mr. Li Guangshi and Mr. Li Huaiming Persecuted in Jilin Prison
12. [Huadian City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhang Jianying from the Hongshi Forestry Bureau Taken to a Brainwashing Facility
13. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Mr. Li Pingsuo and His Son, Mr. Li Handing, Facing Trial
14. [Bengbu City, Anhui Province] Ms. Wang Lu Covertly Detained
15. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Ms. Wu Xiaohua and Others Grossly Abused and Mistreated in Suzhou No. 3 Women's Prison
16. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Yan Jinhua Persecuted
17. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Seven Practitioners Sentenced or Subjected to Forced Labor
18. [Suizhong County, Liaoning Province] Ms. Li Xiaoyan Arrested
19. [Beijing] Ms. Zhang Xiaojuan Arrested; No Information about Her So Far
20. [Fangzheng County, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhu Chunju Faces Trial in the Fangzheng County Court on October 26, 2011
1. [Kangping County, Liaoning Province] Mr. Han Jun Arrested
Mr. Han Jun was arrested at his store the morning of October 20, 2011, and taken to a brainwashing center. Participating in the arrest were Sun Huijiu, Shajin Township deputy head; Yin Xiyang, police station chief; and two officers from the Kangping County Police Department.
Sun Huijiu, Shajin Township deputy head: +86-24-87260003, +86-24-87260231, +86-13504931010
Yin Xiyang, police station chief: +86-24-87260110, +86-13322421798
2. [Ning County, Gansu Province] Circumstances of Ms. Fan Juncao
Ning County Domestic Security Division head Hu Ningsheng, along with political head Jia Zhonghong and two other officers, broke into Ms. Fan Juncao's home on October 13, 2011. When they attempted to take her fingerprints, she fiercely resisted. The police dragged her out of her home and continued dragging her on the ground until reaching an elementary school down the road.
The elementary school principal denounced the police's behavior. The police then took Ms. Fan to the Ning County Police Department, where they tortured her with the tiger bench and put her in shackles and handcuffs. They grabbed her hands to get her fingerprints on a document.
3. [Leshan City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhong Junfang Arrested
Zhou Wenhua, head of the Jianwei Political and Judiciary Committee, and several police officers broke into Ms. Zhong Junfang's clothing store the evening of August 10, 2011. They arrested her, Mr. Yu Faquan, Ms. Chen Baoqiong, and three other practitioners. They confiscated Ms. Zhong's money from the sale of her residence and including 3,000 yuan in cash that a friend had entrusted to her. The confiscated personal belongings also included her working capital to operate her business, a computer, a printer, and a CD burner.
Ms. Zhong is on a persecution protest hunger strike. Her life is in danger, and she was taken to a hospital for emergency care. She is still being detained.
Mr. Yu Faquan was handcuffed when he was arrested. The police took him back to his home to ransack it. His computer, printer, CD burner, and other personal belongings were taken.
Zhou Wenhua, Political and Judiciary Committee head: +86-13508136981, +86-833-4227573, +86-833-4255618
Luo Yougang, 610 Office head: +86-13981338938, +86-833-4228007
4. [Yancheng, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Quan Fengcheng Detained for More Than Three Months
5. [Xianghe County, Hebei Province] Mr. Zhang Xian Arrested the Afternoon of October 22, 2011
6. [Luzhou, Sichuan Province] Mr. Zhang Guangxian Left Home on October 18, 2011, and Has Been Missing for Several Days
7. [Xining, Qinghai Province] Ms. Li Jiancai Arrested at Home
Ms. Li Jiancai was arrested at home the morning of October 23, 2011. Participating in the arrest were more than a dozen officers from the Bayi Road Police Station and 610 Office agents. They claimed they were going to take her to a brainwashing center. She didn't have time to put on her shoes or pants before she was dragged into a police vehicle.
8. [Shulan, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Hongyan Is Being Persecuted
Ms. Wang Hongyan was arrested on June 29, 2011, and has been held in the Jilin City Detention Center. It is said that Shulan City Court officials have sentenced her to four years in prison. Ms. Wang has been on a persecution protest hunger strike for three and a half months. She is being force-fed daily and injected with unknown substances many times. She is emaciated.
Tan Xingcheng, Ping'an Town Police Station head: +86-13674420080, +86-432-68323581
Zhao Shouxin, Shulan City Political and Judiciary Committee head: +86-13394410001, +86-432-68260003
9. [Guang'an, Sichuan Province] Ms. Xu Xiaolan Arrested
Guang'an Political and Judiciary Committee head Wang Zhonghai and Huaying City Political and Judiciary Committee head Wang Wang broke into Ms. Xu Xiaolan's parents' home the morning of October 13, 2011. Ms. Xu is retired from the Huayng City Mining Affairs Bureau. The two perpetrators arrested Ms. Xu and took away her printer, computer, and other personal belongings.
10. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Shiying's Prison Term Extended
Jiaozhou City 610 Office agents arrested 58-year-old Ms. Li Shiying, formerly employed at the Jiaozhou City Department Store, on October 9, 2007, and sentenced her to four years in prison. She has been held in the Shandong Women's Prison in Jinan City. Her term expired two weeks ago, but the prison hasn't released her yet.
11. [Jilin Province] Mr. Li Guangshi and Mr. Li Huaiming Persecuted in Jilin Prison
Mr. Li Huaiming from Changchun City and Mr. Li Guangshi from Yanji are being held in Jilin Prison. Guards Gao Wei and Liu Daming placed the two practitioners under "strict control" the afternoon of October 20.
12. [Huadian City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhang Jianying from the Hongshi Forestry Bureau Taken to a Brainwashing Facility
Ms. Zhang Jianying from the Hongshi Forestry Bureau was arrested on October 20, 2011, by agents from the 610 Office and local police station. She was taken to the Shahezi Brainwashing Center.
13. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Mr. Li Pingsuo and His Son, Mr. Li Handing, Facing Trial
Mr. Li Pingsuo and his son, Mr. Li Handing, have been detained for more than four months. The father and son will be tried in Ruichang Court.
Ruichang Court: +86-792-4212125
14. [Bengbu City, Anhui Province] Ms. Wang Lu Covertly Detained
Ms. Wang Lu, 48, former Bengbu City No. 3 Hospital nurse-in-charge, was arrested the morning of September 15, 2011. Officers from the Bengbu Police Department and the Linquan Domestic Security Division made the arrest. Ms. Wang was held in the Bengbu City Detention Center and transferred to an undisclosed location in Hefei City on October 12.
Ms. Wang was previously subjected to forced labor twice since July 1999.
15. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Ms. Wu Xiaohua and Others Grossly Abused and Mistreated in Suzhou No. 3 Women's Prison
It is learned that Ms. Zhu Weiying is unable to walk as a result of physical abuse and mistreatment; Ms. Wu Xiaohua is also unable to walk and has lost bladder and bowel control; Ms. Li Mei is forced to stand still for a long time daily.
16. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Yan Jinhua Persecuted
Ms. Yan Jinhua was arrested and her home ransacked. Her bank book, a computer, a printer, and other personal belongings were confiscated. She held a nine-day persecution protest hunger strike. She was force-fed a highly concentrated salt solution, causing her extreme pain. Ms. Yan is emaciated, and her hair has turned white.
17. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Seven Practitioners Sentenced or Subjected to Forced Labor
It is learned that seven practitioners were arrested on September 25, 2011, as they distributed Shen Yun performance DVDs in Dutou Village, Youlan Township, Nanchang County. Ms. Hu Huomei may be sentenced to imprisonment; Li, Zhao, and Chen were each sentenced to forced labor for two years; Tang, Xia, and Zuo were each sentenced to one year of forced labor.
18. [Suizhong County, Liaoning Province] Ms. Li Xiaoyan Arrested
Ms. Li Xiaoyan was arrested the morning of October 23, 2011. She is now in the Xingcheng Detention Center.
Li Huailin, 610 Office head: +86-13842936888
Li Linlin, Domestic Security Division head: +86-13898968666
19. [Beijing] Ms. Zhang Xiaojuan Arrested; No Information about Her So Far
Guangying Police Station officers in the Chaoyang District arrested 46-year-old Ms. Zhang Xiaojuan at work the morning of September 22, 2011. The police searched her purse at the police station and confiscated her cell phone, bank deposit card, keys, and other personal belongings. Ms. Zhang has been held in custody for more than a month, and there has been no additional information about her.
20. [Fangzheng County, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhu Chunju Faces Trial in the Fangzheng County Court on October 26, 2011
Chen Hongyan, presiding judge: +86-451-57118590, +86-451-57122748, +86-13100800101
Lu Tongjin, Domestic Security Division head: +86-13194509777
Du Juntang, Fangzheng 610 Office agent: +86-451-57116040, +86-451-57122956, +86-13904665358
(Clearwisdom.net) A "Solemn Declaration" is a person's public statement to the world that whatever he or she has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. These statements have come from Falun Dafa practitioners in China who wish to express regret that, in the face of physical torture and brainwashing, they signed documents renouncing Dafa and guaranteeing not to practice again. Now, they hereby declare their intention to resume practicing Falun Dafa.
Here are some examples of the Solemn Declarations:
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(Clearwisdom.net) When it was still very hot this past summer, about 20 laborers arrived in our subdivision to do road repairs, landscaping, and repainting of the building. I thought that they must have come to be saved. With this one thought, I found an opportunity to talk to them and help them withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Almost all of them withdrew using their real names. When they thanked me, I told them it was Master they needed to thank. Many of them hadn’t attended school and so hadn’t joined any of the CCP organizations, but they all accepted the heavenly principle of good being rewarded with good and evil provoking retribution, and they believed that Falun Dafa was good and supported Dafa.
At the same time, I asked them to sincerely recite, "Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." They started to recite these words immediately and also promised to tell their friends and families. I was very touched. Master truly led them to me to be saved! The day before they left, the last worker withdrew from the CCP and its affiliated organizations and was therefore also saved. Tears came to my eyes when I saw how happy he was. It was truly Master who saved them through my efforts. Two fellow practitioners who live in the same subdivision have also done many things, as we are one body. We thank fellow practitioners for their support and cooperation.
The wife of the boss of these laborers is in her 50s. She is very outgoing and cooks for the workers. She has suffered from different health problems, including high blood pressure, a fatty liver, and rib and back pain. When I had an opportunity to talk with her, she was very interested and also withdrew from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I asked her to sincerely recite, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Three days later, she very excitedly told me that she hadn’t taken any medicine and was no longer in any pain. She told me that she said the nine words aloud, although I had told her to recite them silently. She kept repeating the words and said them aloud in front of many people. Her blood pressure was now normal even though she hadn’t taken her medication for three days, and she no longer had any pain. The boss said that Dafa was miraculous and told his wife, “Go ahead and practice Falun Gong. I support you!”
I obtained the Fa in 1998 and had not had such an experience before. I was shocked. Dafa is truly miraculous. This is the first time I have submitted an article to Minghui (Chinese version of Clearwisdom) and I don’t know how to express myself very well, but I wanted to share this experience with fellow practitioners. Please point out anything inappropriate.
(Clearwisdom.net) I've often taught classes for my colleagues when they had other matters to attend to. I felt this was Master's arrangement to save these students. I knew that I needed to use my wisdom to tell them the facts about Falun Dafa.
On one occasion, as soon I entered one class, I heard a student quietly say, “Please tell us about Falun Gong!” I assigned practice exercises for them to do after I finished teaching the second class. They were very rambunctious, however, and didn't want to do them. I asked them, “What do you most want to do?” They answered in unison, “Tell us about Falun Gong.” I said, “Fine” and began explaining the facts about Falun Gong.
I first told the students to remember, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I explained that Falun Gong is a belief system that is in accordance with the laws of China, and that anyone who persecutes practitioners is breaking the law. I told them how it has spread around the world. I explained that Jiang Zemin was so jealous of so many people practicing it that he fabricated charges to harm Falun Gong. The most evil thing he did was to frame and slander Falun Gong in the staged self-immolation at Tiananmen Square.
I told the students that you could see many unexplainable inconsistencies in the video of the self-immolation in slow motion. A man holding a blanket to put out the fire is standing behind Wang Jindong, one of the alleged self-immolators, who is yelling slogans. Wang Jindong's skin is scorched, but his hair and eyebrows, areas which normally burn rapidly, are undamaged. There is a plastic Sprite bottle between his legs, that he presumably used to dowse himself with gasoline, and which would normally melt rapidly, yet remained intact. Liu Siying, a 12-year-old girl, was allegedly burned badly, but no precautions were taken to avoid infection. She was able to sing clearly after having a tracheotomy, which is medically impossible. The doctor tightly bound her body in gauze, which is contrary to standard medical practice for treating burns. Liu Chunling died from being struck on the head with a hard object by a police officer, not from self-immolation. These examples clearly illustrate that this incident was staged. Jiang Zemin blamed Falun Gong and used this to incite hatred and justify the persecution of Falun Gong.
The students listened attentively and thought that what I said made sense. They spontaneously said, “Falun Dafa is good!”
There wasn't much time left, so I said, “Heaven will destroy the Chinese Communist Party. Did you voluntarily join the Chinese Communist Party or were you forced to?” They replied together, "We were forced to." I said, “Would you like to withdraw from the Youth League?” (The Youth League is an affiliated organization of the Chinese Communist Party.) The students quickly answered in a loud voice, “We would like to withdraw!”
They asked me questions about Falun Dafa until the class ended. When I left I said to them, “Peace be with you.” They promptly replied, “Thank you!”
Yesterday I substitute-taught for another colleague. The students asked that I explain the facts about Falun Gong. There was extra time after I completed teaching the lesson, and the students said loudly, “We want to learn about Falun Gong!”
They enthusiastically shouted, “Falun Gong is good,” after I clarified the truth about Falun Gong. When I asked them if they were willing to withdraw from the Youth League, they loudly and clearly said together, “We want to withdraw!” Some of them wrote down an alias on a small piece of paper and gave it to me to use for their withdrawals.
The strength of Fa-rectification has reached the point where students really want to hear the truth about Falun Gong.
My purpose in writing this article is to share with and encourage practitioners who are in the same profession, yet fear telling their students the truth about Falun Gong in an open and dignified manner. I advise you to repeatedly send righteous thoughts to eliminate all the evil, messy ghosts and elements of the Chinese Communist Party that are preventing students from being saved. Then, with righteous thoughts and righteous actions, find opportunities to use your wisdom to tell the students the facts about Falun Gong. The results will certainly be good. Fellow practitioners, please proceed with rationality and wisdom according to your own circumstances. Pay attention to issues of safety and don't blindly follow the above examples.
(Clearwisdom.net) I was very lucky to start practicing Dafa in early 2005. At that time Master's new article "Turning the Wheel Towards the Human World" had just been published. Due to my shallow understanding of the Fa, I did not connect the mission of saving sentient beings with me. Master saw that I did not understand the Fa, so he put me in a dream state to witness how human beings were annihilated and showed me the following terrible situation: There were corpses and water everywhere. Many of the corpses were waterlogged and floating in the water, and their faces were bloated and looked like white paper. I was trying to look for my younger sister. Some little immortals standing nearby watching said, "There are no living people here." I said, "She must not die." I checked the corpses one by one by turning them over and finally found my younger sister. Her face was still a little rosy. I asked the little immortals to carry her out. I looked down and saw that her lungs had already turned rotten. I was very upset and thought, “How could this be healed?” Then I looked up in the sky and saw a Buddha flying toward me, and he dropped a yellow paper to me. I knew that was a wonderful medicine that could save lives. I knelt down to bow to Buddha with both two hands together and with sincere appreciation. I placed that yellow paper on my younger sister's lung and she came back to life.
Upon waking up I realized that it was Master who had given me a hint to urge me to start to clarify the facts and save sentient beings. I started to explain the facts about Falun Gong among my relatives and my friends, and most of them withdrew from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. Due to my fear and my attachment to avoiding embarrassment at that time, I did not dare to talk to strangers about Falun Gong. I only gave out the informational material and used the Chinese currency with Dafa phrases written on it. Every week fellow practitioners would supply me with enough materials.
Every morning I studied the Fa at home. In the afternoon I went out to distribute materials. Basically I cultivate by myself. Through studying the Fa, I knew as a new practitioner that cultivation of oneself and validating the Fa are mixed together. Doing the three things well is the only cultivation path that all practitioners must follow. Many of my attachments were removed during the course of doing the three things.
Getting Rid of the Attachment to Pursuing a Good Appearance
On one occasion before I was ready to hand out Shen Yun DVDs, an average person's thought came to my mind, that is, if I made myself look younger, people might be more likely to take what I was handing out. Therefore I put on some light make up and walked through many streets and alleys until I came to a housing district. A middle-aged man walked out of his door and took the DVD I handed to him. He said with a smile "You look like a Falun Gong practitioner." I had not thought about clarifying the facts to him, but since he mentioned it, I started to tell him about Falun Gong. I had only finished two sentences when he said, "Come in, my wife is not home and I am alone." I said, “Let me just talk to you here.” But he kept inviting me into his house. I figured out he had a bad intention, so I left.
As Master had said:
"Whenever there is interference of one kind or another in qigong practice, you should look for reason within yourself and determine what you still have not let go. " (Zhuan Falun)
I realized it was my attachment to looking good that caused this trouble. Studying the Fa made me realize that saving sentient beings relied on Dafa's virtue and the righteous thoughts of Dafa practitioners and there is no connection to one's age or appearance. Don't those well-cultivated elderly Dafa practitioners save many sentient beings every day? Saving sentient beings is the most glorious matter in the whole universe. If something so glorious were to be mixed with human thoughts, then how any human beings would be saved? It was so shameful.
Actually, I had pursued having a good appearance for a long time. In everyday life I liked to look into the mirror and liked to wear make-up. Master gave me hints many times. For example, each time before I left home, I'd always drop my make-up. I realized that I must get rid of this attachment to looking good, so I threw away all my make-up and kept myself from looking in the mirror. I did that from my heart because at that time I felt that my attachment to my appearance was senseless.
My Understanding on Studying the Fa without Concentration
Studying the Fa is one of the three things we practitioners should do. Master always tells us that we should study the Fa and study it well in each of his Fa lectures. When I began cultivating I did not understand Master's words very deeply. I just thought what Master said must be right, so I would study at least two lectures of Zhuan Falun every day. When I had time I would also study Master's other lectures. Recently when I gave out the Shen Yun DVDs, I had a deeper feeling of the importance of studying the Fa.
That afternoon I tried to give DVDs to seven people at different times but they all shook their heads and motioned with their hands they didn't want it. I thought that was very strange. I immediately stopped giving out the DVDs and started to look within. I recalled that in the morning while I was studying the Fa, I did not concentrate and was thinking about other things. So I re-studied Master's article "Dafa Disciples Must Study the Fa." Master said:
"When some people read Zhuan Falun they are not concentrating, but rather, thinking about other things, and not able to focus their attention on cultivation."
"if whatever it is that you're doing is not grounded in the Fa, if it does not have the power of the Fa, and if you haven't cultivated well, you will not do those things well. Although you might have done whatever it is, it has not achieved any effect and simply cannot save people, for you are ineffective in dissolving evil factors. That is why Fa-study is still the most, most important thing-it is the fundamental guarantee for all that you are to do."
I realized that because I studied Fa without concentrating and while thinking about other things, this resulted in the sentient beings refusing to take my Shen Yun DVDs. That thought was right, because whenever I thought about a Fa principal correctly, my body would change color, which I would recognize. I knew it was Master's encouragement.
How can we study the Fa with clear focus and with concentration? Such an idea is also connected to removing one's attachments, because we have attachments to everyday people's matters. In order to remove average person's attachments, we need to study the Fa well and these two things are therefore closely related. Understanding this, I tried to control my mind and to concentrate better while studying the Fa. Once my mind began to slip away, I would sense it and get alarmed. I would immediately look within to search for any attachments. Once found, I would get rid of them right away by sending righteous thoughts. I would then re-study the portion of the Fa that I had previously read without concentrating. After studying the Fa well and now with the power of the Fa, when I give out DVDs, sentient beings like to take them.
Removing the Attachment of Fear and Embarrassment
I was introverted and not good at speaking. After I started to cultivate, I only chose people I was familiar with to clarify the facts to, and I could not break out of my shell and talk with strangers. The biggest obstacle was my attachments to fear and embarrassment. I was afraid that I could not speak clearly and that the sentient beings would refuse to accept what I said, which would make me lose face. With the Fa rectification process moving forward and my deeper study of the Fa, I thought that I should remove the attachments of fear and embarrassment. For several years I kept sending righteous thoughts to remove the substances of those attachments. However, whenever I met with the reality I still could not open my mouth, which made me miss many opportunities to save people with predestined relationships.
I really envied those practitioners who were very good at clarifying the facts. I wondered, “Since I am cultivating the same Fa, how come I cannot do it?” Through studying the Fa, my mind was opened. Master gave us everything and saved us mercifully. If things had not been as they were, I would not have had the chance to find those two attachments. What else could I not relinquish? As I thought this, the level of my mind elevated very quickly: sitting home to send righteous thoughts is not enough; I should get rid of those two attachments during the course of clarifying the facts.
On one occasion when I was waiting my turn at a bank to withdraw money, I hoped someone with a predestined relationships would come sit beside me. Within two minutes, a young lady sat next to me and started to speak to me. I knew it was Master who had arranged this chance, so I told her the facts. She was very glad to receive my information and agreed to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Thus, with Master's strength, I finally made this step with a light and relaxed mind.
The attachments of fear and embarrassment had gotten in my way like two big mountains. Now I looked back and saw that they were nothing. Sometimes people with predestined relationships that I meet seem to be waiting to talk to me. One day a lady was sitting in a plaza outside of my living area. I walked toward her and asked, "Do you live near here?" She said she didn't, so I asked her if she was waiting for somebody. She said weakly, "I am not waiting for anybody. I just want to sit here for a while." I asked, "Have you heard about withdrawing from the CCP and its affiliated organizations?" She responded with enthusiasm, "I know about that from seeing messages written on paper currency, but how do I do it?" I told her the facts in detail. She was very pleased to quit. Before we departed, she called me back and said that she also wanted to help her friend quit. I said that I needed his agreement and only then would it work. She said he had already agreed and just did not know how to do it. Later she put her hands together and said, "Thank you." I said, “You should thank my Master!” As long as we put down our attachments, the Fa will show us a boundless world.
The above are my experiences removing my attachments while doing the three things. I knew I was far behind the diligent practitioners. From now on I will cultivate more diligently and not waste Master's merciful saving.
With my limited understanding, if anything presented here is not right, please point it out. That would be greatly appreciated.
(Clearwisdom.net)
Master said:
“In the course of cultivation practice, one is to give up different desires and attachments. To put it plainly, if the desire to eat meat is not removed, isn’t it that the attachment hasn’t been abandoned? How could one complete cultivation? Therefore, as long as it is an attachment, it has to be removed.” (Zhuan Falun)
As Dafa disciples cultivating the righteous Fa, we walk the path of return to our original nature. Only this is an expression of Buddha nature. This is not an attachment, but all human things we cannot let go of are attachments.
Many fellow practitioners in our area display numerous attachments in their daily lives, but don't realize that they are attachments. Some like to eat certain foods and dislike other types of food, some focus on whether certain foods are nutritious or not, and some indulge in watching TV and reading newspapers. They don’t even seem bothered about not stepping out to save sentient beings. Nor do they focus on improving their xinxing, with some only visiting fellow practitioners that they like in order to not feel lonely. Some go shopping even when they don't need anything, and some don't truly treat themselves as cultivators, by not striving forward vigorously even when they know they have long-lingering attachments.
Master said:
“Therefore, throughout history the accomplished monks have also found that the matter of whether one eats meat is not a critical issue. The key question is whether the attachment can be abandoned. If one does not have any attachment, it is fine to eat just about anything to fill the stomach.” (Zhuan Falun)
From studying this Fa I have come to understand that what cultivators do in daily living is not the main issue. The key is letting go of the attachments. If you feel compelled to do something, then it becomes an attachment. In order to conform to everyday society and way of living, fellow practitioners keep themselves clean and their houses neat, and female practitioners wear makeup and dress nicely. I don't believe these are attachments, as this behavior is selfless. But if overdone, it can become an attachment. I know that some senior practitioners soak their vegetables in water to wash off any pesticide, because they are afraid it will poison them. That is an obvious attachment, and one is actually asking for it. If we acknowledge that things can harm us then they might well cause trouble for us. If we negate these things in our hearts, they will not be able to affect us at all.
I noticed that most fellow practitioners, including myself, have some of these very human attachments. I mention them today because some practitioners don't recognize them as such. Yet we are in the final phase of Fa rectification, and only when we let go of all attachments can we consummate. I hope that all fellow practitioners will genuinely cultivate away the long-term, as well as the new attachments they have in their daily lives.
We are cultivators walking on the path of godhood, and we should not harbor human notions with regard to our attachments.
Master said:
“What is a human?
Full is he of emotion and desire.
What is a God?
Human thoughts are nowhere found.
What is a Buddha?
Benevolent virtue is amply endowed.
What is a Dao?
A realized being, serene and clear.”
(“The Difference Between Mortal and Divine” from Hong Yin)
Lets keep reminding ourselves who we are and be genuine and steadfast in cultivating away of all our human attachments.
(Clearwisdom.net)
My Psoriasis Disappeared after Practicing Falun Gong
[From China] I am 68 years old and live in a farm village. I started to practice Falun Gong in March 1999. I follow what Master has taught to be a good person and practice the Falun Gong exercises every day. I feel very good about it. My psoriasis was healed without any medical treatment.
I developed insomnia in my 20s. At that time, I lived with my mother-in-law, two sisters-in-law, and two sons. My husband worked in Weihai City. I had to do all kinds of housework. Whenever conflicts occurred among us, I was always very angry. Initially, I could not sleep well. I started to take sleeping pills. Gradually, even the sleeping pills were not effective anymore. I could not sleep at night. When I was in my 50s, I developed psoriasis. Both of these conditions really made my life miserable.
Psoriasis is hard to cure, painful, and ugly. My psoriasis started on my legs and extended up to my neck. It itched terribly. I could not help scratching the infected skin until the pain overcame the itch. Usually, that was when the skin had broken, and if the blood from the infected area touched healthy skin, the psoriasis would spread to that area.
One evening in 1999, I could not sleep and felt really bad, so I took a walk outside. I arrived at a house with many people inside and saw that they were reading together. Seeing someone standing outside, they stopped reading and asked me what was wrong. I said, “I don't know. I feel bad and want to cry.” They said, “Then you come in and learn Falun Gong with us.” This was the first time I had heard of “Falun Gong.” This is how I started to practice Falun Gong, without even asking another question.
After I started to practice Falun Gong, my diseases were cured without any treatment. They have never come back. Even the scars from the scratching disappeared. I am now close to 70 years old. I sleep well and can work in the fields. Sometimes I go to my son's home in the city to take care of my grandchild.
I am very happy. All my relatives, friends, and villagers know that I was cured by Falun Gong. I am not flattered by this and only want to say the truth, that “Falun Dafa is good!”
Receiving a Huge Benefit from Studying Zhuan Falun
[From China]
Account One:
In March 2010, Jin Shi had a car accident. In order to avoid a dog, his car hit the concrete pillar at the entrance gate of the village. His big SUV was completely totaled. People who witnessed the accident thought that the driver must have been killed. However, Jin Shi climbed out of the driver's side without a scratch. He was surprised to find that his SUV was completely ruined. Suddenly he realized that the Master of Falun Dafa had saved his life.
Jin Shi had put a copy of Zhuan Falun in his car. He read it whenever he had time. As a result, he received a huge benefit. Since then, Jin Shi always tells people, “Falun Dafa is amazing! Master Li Hongzhi saved my life!”
Account two:
My friend's wife is close to 80 years old. She had diabetes and was in a wheelchair for more than 10 years. In March 2010, she developed a lumber disk dislocation and high blood pressure. She could not even turn over. All the medical treatments were useless, and her family wanted to send her to a hospital.
I was at their home. I read Zhuan Falun to her and asked her to recite, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” After one week, my friend told me on the phone that his wife was much better and her back did not hurt anymore.
On September 4, I met my friend and his wife at their grandson's wedding. Her face glowed and she had regained a fair complexion. She told me happily, “I recovered! Thanks to Falun Dafa! Thanks to Master!”
A Lady in Her Seventies Starts to Practice Falun Gong
[From Heilongjiang Province] I am 74 years old and live in Heilongjiang Province. In September, 2011, I went to Liaoning Province to visit my sister-in-law who was hospitalized.
When I saw my sister-in-law, I was so worried that my blood pressure shot up quickly. Therefore, I wanted to go to my niece's home to get some medicine. My niece was busy taking care of my sister-in-law and could not leave the hospital. But her colleague said that she could take me back.
She held my arm and walked with me. Right before we arrived at the apartment, I felt that my body was very stiff. After we got in the room, I could not move anymore and my consciousness was gradually fading. She was a Falun Gong practitioner. She asked my niece's husband to go to the hospital and bring back my niece as soon as possible. Then she said to me into my ear, “Keep reciting 'Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!'” Gradually, my mind cleared. I could move my hands again and did not feel as stiff as before. After my niece arrived, I felt much better.
Constipation was a common problem for me. Ever since then, it hasn't bothered me. I showed my appreciation to her, but she asked me to thank Falun Gong's Master because Master saved my life. Now I am fully recovered. I can speak and walk normally. And I started to practice Falun Gong.
My husband and all my niece's family members witnessed this miracle. They all think that Falun Gong is good and have resigned from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated associations. My husband also started to practice Falun Gong recently. We really would like to thank Master Li Hongzhi and Falun Dafa!
(Clearwisdom.net) A horrific accident occurred at the 102 kilometer mark of Zheng Yao expressway in China's Shandong Province at around 5:00 p.m. on August 14, 2011. On its way back from Zhengzhou, a Lushan County Court vehicle rolled over due to a failed rear tire (see photo below). Of the ten people on board, three were killed and seven injured. The three who died were sitting in the back row of seats.
Overturned vehicle belonging to the Lushan County Court. Three court officials died in the crash, and the seven other occupants were injured. The bumper of the vehicle was thrown some 150 feet from the wreckage.
According to the driver, Mr. Ji, the people in the car, all officials from the Lushan County People's Court, attended a training session in the city of Zhengzhou. The tribunal and vice presidents of the court attended. Mr. Ji states, "The car belongs to the court. Originally, the training was supposed to end on August 15. For some reason, it ended early."
There were ten people in the vehicle when the accident occurred. Eight were judges of the Lushan County Court. Zhu Xinzheng, the tribunal vice-president of the third civil tribunal, Chen Dongyang, the tribunal president of Ranhe Court, Yang Dongsheng, the tribunal vice-president of Ranhe Court (former criminal court vice-president of Lushan County Court) died on the scene, and the other seven occupants were injured.
The vehicle lost control and collided with the highway guardrail after a rear tire blew. The three presidents who sat in the back row were thrown out of the vehicle and landed on the other side of the guardrail. Two other vehicles were approaching from the other direction and were unable to stop. One vehicle hit one president and another hit the other two, dragging them over a hundred meters. They were immediately killed. With multiple fractures and broken bones exposed, it was a horrific sight.
What Caused the Accident?
Of the ten people in the vehicle, three died instantly and seven were injured. One of the injured, a judge, has since died after hospital treatments proved ineffective. The tragic accident shocked people across Lushan County, and even throughout the entire Pingdingshan area. This tragic, freak accident makes one wonder, could there be a mysterious force beyond human power at play?
Think about the scene of the horrific accident. In the miserable scene at the funeral parlor, the deceased's families were screaming in pain and crying. On this occasion, the deceased’s lifetime friends, coworkers, and colleagues came to offer condolences. But in spite of this sympathy, could it not have been the terrible acts committed by the Lushan Court which caused the accident to occur?
Moral standards in today's China are rapidly declining, with many social problems surfacing, including corruption, proliferation of counterfeit goods, and forced home demolitions. These days, citizens have nowhere to complain and innocent petitioners are arrested and beaten. After seeing the numerous failures of justice, are the officers who wear police uniforms and the national emblem really enforcing the law? Are there officers who will enforce the law and be advocates for the innocent? Perhaps a few; perhaps none.
During the last decade-plus of the persecution of Falun Gong in China, the police have known that the Falun Gong practitioners they persecute are good people. Yet when Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted and wrongly accused, did the judicial system seek to ensure justice for Falun Gong? Over the years, the Lushan County Court has closely followed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Jiang Zemin’s directions.
In what ways has the court followed CCP directions? During the past ten years, the Lushan County Court has sentenced a number of Falun Gong practitioners with heavy penalties. There are those who believe that this tragic car accident was thus not accidental. They believe that a direct relationship exists between the tragic deaths of the three judges and the persecution of Falun Gong by the Lushan County Court. Did the CCP push the deceased into their early graves? Many would answer yes.
Examples of Lushan County Court Involvement in the Persecution of Falun Gong
The Lushan County Court has sentenced at least nine Falun Gong practitioners. Yang Dongsheng himself had illegally sentenced two of them. Two years ago, in July 2009, Falun Gong practitioner Tian Congling was taken away from her home for no reason by Lushan County Domestic Security Brigade guards. She was detained at the Lushan County Detention Center for four months. then illegally sentenced to a six-year term by the Lushan County Court. She is serving her term in Xinxiang Women's Prison. Yang Dongsheng was the vice-president of the court's Criminal Division, and in charge of Tian Congling's trial. In order to rescue Tian Congling, and even more so to save the officers involved in this case who didn't know the truth, during the four months of so-called “proceedings,” local Dafa practitioners made intensive efforts to expose the truth about the persecution.
The practitioners sent out a large number of open letters to the entire Lushan County public, prosecutors, and judicial system to clarify the the truth about Falun Gong. Some practitioners sent kindhearted letters to Yang Dongsheng’s residence. Some called him to clarify the truth (several officers in the Court also received such calls). The letters and calls were to persuade them to develop a clear understanding of the matter, not do evil, not harm the Dafa practitioners, and to give them a way out. Unfortunately, however, the judges refused to listen to the advice and took a tough stance. They claimed that no matter what the faith is, what the law is, they vowed to remain consistent with the party line. They stated that no mercy will be given to the Falun Gong practitioners. Due to the CCP’s lies and brainwashing, many officers in China have similar paranoia and abnormal mentalities to Yang Dongsheng's. It is something both sad and regrettable.
Falun Gong practitioner Shi Dashao was a humble farmer in his sixties. He was taken away in the fall of 2008 by Lushan County Domestic Security guards and sentenced to ten years by the Lushan County Court. Everyone knew that Shi Dashao and Tian Congling were good people, and that they had committed no crimes.
These two cases were unjust, but no one could stop judges such as Yang Dongsheng from criminally prosecuting Dafa. These judges persecuted Falun Gong to increase their standing with the CCP. In the past few years, they illegally sentenced several Falun Dafa practitioners without regret. It is not surprising then, that many people believe their deaths were a direct result of their involvement in the persecution of Falun Gong. They believe it was an inevitable consequence of their misdeeds. There is a law of the universe that good is rewarded with good, and evil meets with evil. This is the law of karmic retribution, that “we reap what we sow,” as many in the West say.
Xin Guoqi is another example. He died in 2007 at 40 years old. Xin Guoqi was a temporary police officer at the Lushan County Police station. In April 2007, three female Dafa practitioners from Baofeng County were visiting their relatives in Zhangdian, Lushan County. On the way there, they talked to local farmers about the persecution of Falun Gong. After receiving a report about this, Zhangdian police officers arrived and arrested the three practitioners. Xin Guoqi was one of the police guards. The guards beat the Dafa practitioners, causing them both mental and physical pain. The practitioners tried to persuade the guards to stop the evil deeds. Xin Guoqi didn't listen, and continued to beat them. Just two months later, while driving home on his motorcycle, Xin Guoqi crashed into a truck. His skull was crushed, and he was immediately killed.
More Incidences of Karmic Retribution?
According to the Minghui website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net), at least 3,427 Falun Gong practitioners have died as a direct result of the persecution since it was begun by Jiang Zemin in July 1999. Hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been put into prisons, labor camps, and psychiatric hospitals. Many were brutally tortured. Moreover, the Chinese military, public security, justice, and health care systems have colluded to harvest organs from living Falun Gong practitioners to garner huge profits in the illicit human organ trade. They have committed what many believe to be the most evil crimes in human history. Out of jealousy and selfishness, the persecution of Falun Gong that Jiang Zemin and the CCP launched is a campaign of persecution against humanity. Deceived by the CCP, people are unaware of the truth about the scope, severity, and horror of the persecution. Relentless propaganda has led them to fear and hate Falun Gong, and many have thus unwittingly participated in persecuting Falun Gong. Ignorance doesn't exclude one from karmic retribution however, as suggested by the following:
Zhou Libo was born in Huangjiao Village of Lishi Town. He was a director of the Jiasizhen Police station in the Jaingjin District of Chongqing City. He was around forty years old when he suffered from skin cancer and died in severe pain on December 26, 2010. According to a doctor who had witnessed his death, before he died, he wailed: “I won't persecute Falun Gong any more. Please forgive me------forgive me, please!------”
In early 2009, over one hundred police officers received a physical check-up organized by the Liaoning Dalian Nanguanling Prison. The result was that ten out of the one hundred had cancer. Some were very scared when they heard this news.
Many officers from the Beijing Haidian District Police Station have experienced sudden death consistently for many years. Fear was thus widespread. This police station later merged with another police station.
The number of officers from the 610 Office (an organization which is controlled by the CCP to specifically persecute Falun Gong practitioners), the public security organizations, the people's courts, and other government organizations who have “died in the line of duty” or experienced “sudden death” has increased tremendously. Some were quite young with strong physiques, yet suddenly developed a strange illness and quickly passed away. Some were involved in car accidents or died without any acceptable reason. They did not die pain-free deaths. Some of them suffered from incurable diseases, some became disabled, or their families met with adversities.
The CCP authorities have hidden and sealed this news in order to assure that these officers were glorified. News of many of these deaths has spread widely nonetheless. According to some estimates, over ten thousand of these villains have died. Some were in car accidents, some developed illnesses, some were struck by lightning, some fell from great heights, and some committed suicide. Others became paralyzed, were sentenced to jail, or dismissed. Some of them negatively impacted their families. Not surprisingly, nearly all were lead propagators of the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners.
Here are more examples:
Li Taiwen, a director of the Shentanghai Detention Center, ordered prisoners to beat Dafa practitioners. He died from a sudden illness. When he was alive, he shouted to Dafa practitioners, “I don't believe that God hath leaden feet, but iron hands. I only believe in the reality that one cannot live without money. No one can betray the CCP. You guys mentioned something like heaven and hell, which I don't believe in at all. Why not let me go there to see if it is real or not?” During the night, he developed a sickness and died within several days.
Another example is Ren Changxia from Dengfeng City, Henan Province. The CCP named her a National Model Police Commissioner. Her car was hit by another car on April 13, 2004. Although her seat was in the safest location in the car, she died, while none of the other passengers were hurt. Her eyes were not able to close for three days. Most of the police officers knew that she severely persecuted Falun Gong. On the day before her death, she ordered the arrest of twenty Falun Gong practitioners. Even her younger sister believes that her death was retribution for her misdeeds. Four years later, Ren Changxia's husband Wei Chunxiao (45 years old) died of cerebral apoplexy, on October 29, 2008. Their single child survives them.
On November 25, 2005, He Xuejian, an officer at the Dongchengfang Town Police Station in Zhuzhou City, Hebei Province, beat and raped Liu Jizhi, who was a Falun Gong practitioner approximately the same age as his mother. He was later sentenced to eight years of imprisonment. In prison, he developed penile cancer. The doctor had to amputate his penis and testicles. He tried to commit suicide three times by jumping off the building, but failed each time.
Cao Gang, a director of Henan Yuzhou Police Station, was forty eight years old. He was born in Xuchang. He was a director of the Xuchang Detention Center in late 2000. He made police officers and prisoners beat, abuse, torture, and brutally force-feed detained Falun Gong practitioners. He became a director of the Renyuzhou Police Station in 2004. He aggressively arrested and sent Falun Gong practitioners to forced labor camps. Many places where Falun Gong truth-clarification materials were being produced were destroyed. A Falun Gong practitioner named Sun Guanzhou was 62 years old and a professor at Yuzhou Normal College. He was arrested on March 3, 2008 by Yuzhou National Security agents, and died on March 9, 2008. The murder still remains unsolved. Cao Gang, as the police station director, is responsible. In March 2010, Cao Gang was brought to trial and sentenced to a ten-year jail sentence for graft and bribery. He is currently in jail.
There is an old saying, which goes, “Every man brings it on himself. Fortune or misfortune is created by man himself. Good begets good and evil begets evil.” Good or bad fortune is made by the person himself. Please take this to heart.