Name: Xu Qingchang(徐清昌)
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Address: Wangliu Village, Wangliu St. Weifang City, Shandong Province(山东省潍坊市望留街望留屯)
Occupation: Vendor
Date of Most Recent Arrest: January 5, 2012
Most Recent Place of Detention: Wangliu Police Station(望留派出所)
City: Weifang
Province: Shandong
Persecution Suffered: Detention, home ransacked, extortion, beatings, brainwashing

(Clearwisdom.net) At 9 a.m. on January 5, 2012, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Qingchang was visited by five people at the store that he owned. The visitors were Zhou Xuezhong, Party secretary of Wangliutun, Weifang, Shandong Province, along with a woman and three men from the Wangliu Neighborhood Committee and the Wangliu Police Station (one of them was Qi Chuanying). They took Mr. Xu away with the excuse that he had been in possession of illegal fireworks. They also ransacked Mr. Xu's home and took pictures of Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, Falun Dafa books, and other items. They even took Mr. Xu's son's computer, which he had just bought three months ago and uses for his studies. Mr. Xu's home was in total disarray by the time they had finished.

Mr. Xu had suffered the after-effects of a stroke for many years before practicing Falun Gong. After he started to practice Falun Gong, his medical problems disappeared. He has been repeatedly persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel since the widespread suppression of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999.

Mr. Xu had been very healthy before suddenly suffering a stroke at the age of 32. After this event, he no longer had control over his arms and legs. He spent about 10,000 yuan in medical expenses for over one month of hospitalization. After returning home, he still needed his wife to help him go up and down the stairs. At that time, his mother was about 70 years old and his son wasn't yet three. Mr. Xu felt completely unable to care for his family and wept every day. He became easily upset with others and because he felt so helpless, and he began contemplating suicide.

When Mr. Xu was in the depths of despair, one of his friends introduced him to Falun Gong. After he started to practice, his health was quickly restored. His calm demeanor returned and he was able to do manual labor. His wife also began to practice and she too experienced the profound healing effects of Falun Gong. Her stomach trouble disappeared, and her hands, which for years had become so dry that the skin peeled and cracked, also improved.

Since the CCP first started to persecute Falun Gong, the CCP personnel in the village often went to Mr. Xu's home and harassed him in an attempt to force him to give up the practice. They even knocked on his door in the middle of the night. Mr. Xu's family was so terrified that they did not dare to sleep. His mother was often so frightened that she became physically ill.

Around October 1, 2000, Party personnel took Mr. Xu and his wife to a small back room in the town hall. They beat the couple with a rubber tube. Mr. Xu and his wife were detained for one month and released after having about 2,000 yuan extorted from them. Li Quanyu, Zheng Quanen, Dou Hengqiu, and Chen Shoujiang all participated in this abuse.

On the afternoon of April 12, 2005, Party personnel took Mr. Xu to the brainwashing center on Xinhua Road in Weifang. They also attempted to force Mr. Xu's family to pay 5,000 yuan, but his family did not comply. Mr. Xu was detained and persecuted for three months. He could not eat and became sick several times. Back home, his elderly mother worried about her son. Accompanied by her family, Mr. Xu's mother went to the brainwashing center and requested the release of her son. Mr. Xu was then released.

Mr. Xu was unfortunately arrested again and his elderly mother has been sick with worry.

Wangliu Police Station: +86-536-8138110
Wangliu Neighboring Committee: +86-536-8139711
Zhou Xuezhong: +86-13605362227(Cell)
Qi Chuanying: +86-13853699222(Cell)