Name: Peng Xibin (彭希斌)
Gender: Male
Age: Around 66
Address: Lanzhou City, Gansu Province
Occupation: Photographer
Date of Most Recent Arrest: 2001
Most Recent Place of Detention: Lanzhou Prison (兰州监狱)
City: Lanzhou
Province: Gansu
Persecution Suffered: Detention, beatings, forced labor, illegal sentencing, imprisonment.

(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Peng Xibin from Lanzhou, Gansu Province has been detained for many years, from his fifties to his sixties. He is still being held in Lanzhou Prison. He is imprisoned because he wants to follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

The following statement testifies to the persecution Mr. Peng Xibin was subjected to in the early years, which was disclosed by a Falun Gong practitioner who knew Mr. Peng.

It was reported on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website on March 14, 2011 that guard Duan Baofeng, who worked at the Eleventh Division of Lanzhou Prison, tortured Mr. Su Anzhou, Mr. Luo Xiufeng, Mr. Peng Xibin, Mr. Yang Xuegui, and Mr. Shao Yanbo to the point of serious disability. Among those Falun Gong practitioners, I knew Peng Xibin.

The events occurred at the Pingantai Forced Labor Camp in 2001. Guards had transferred Mr. Peng from one division to another several times because he would not give up his belief. The labor at the Pingantai Forced Labor Camp was mainly field work. Generally farmers utilize all kinds of machinery to work in the fields. However, in the camp, all work was done by hand. Detainees used spades to turn the soil and hoes to work the fields. This is very intensive physical labor. It was said that Mr. Peng fainted several times while working in the field. The guards tried to make him write the three statements, but he always wrote how wonderful Falun Dafa is and how people benefit from practicing Falun Dafa, then quoted Master’s words to clarify the truth to the guards. Some detainees said, “He memorized his Master’s words.” The guards also quietly admired him.

I haven't heard from him since that time. I have recently heard that he was severely persecuted in Lanzhou Prison. Mr. Peng was heavily sentenced in 2002, which means he was sentenced soon after he was released from the Pingantai Forced Labor Camp.

A summary of Mr. Peng’s situation in 2000:

Mr. Peng Xibin is a veteran. He went to Beijing twice to appeal for Falun Gong. On the night of December 31, 1999, because he practiced the exercises at Tiananmen Square, he was taken to a police station. He was brutally beaten three times because he would not give his name. After being escorted back to Lanzhou, he was detained for 15 days. The second time was in April 2000. He and nine other practitioners went to Beijing to practice the exercises at Tiananmen Square. He was arrested and detained for another 15 days after he went back to Lanzhou. On May 24, 2000, Mr. Peng was arrested in Xinkai Township, Shandan County, Gansu Province. He was beaten and detained there for 15 days. On June 28, 2000, Mr. Peng received a call at home from the Wuquan Police Station in Lanzhou, ordering him to appear at the police station. When he arrived, he was arrested and sent to the Pingantai Forced Labor Camp for a one-year term.

Entrance to Lanzhou Prison