(Minghui.org) Three Falun Gong practitioners were recently detained in a brainwashing center operated by the Chongqing 610 Office.

The brainwashing center is located in a resort in Qianzhugou Village, Geleshan Town, Shapingba District, Chongqing. The Jiulongpo District Political and Legal Affairs

Mr. Li Xiangdong and Mr. Wang Yun

Mr. Li Xiangdong and Mr. Wang Yun from Chongqing were illegally arrested on August 19, 2012, by police from the

In late June 2013, the family members learned from the detention center that Mr. Li and Mr. Wang had been transferred from the detention center to an unknown location on June 9, 2013. The two practitioners were taken away by officers from the Jiulongpo District Domestic Security Division, who claimed that Mr. Li and Ms. Wang had obtained a “guarantor,” pending trial.

It is now known that the two practitioners were secretly transferred to the brainwashing center operated by the Chongqing 610 Office.

The Huangjueping Residential Committee from Jiulongpo District sent people to monitor Mr. Li and Mr. Wang at the brainwashing center.

Mr. Li's mother, Ms. Dai Wenli, repeatedly went to the Jiulongpo District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, 610 Office, Domestic Security Division, District Prosecutor's Office, and the city Procuratorate to find out the whereabouts of her son. All agencies refused to help her; they referred her to other departments and even verbally abused her.

Mr. Gu Jiushou

Mr. Gu Jiushou, a retired engineer from Chongqing University was arrested by officers from the Shijingpo Police Station on the morning of July 14, 2013. He was also sent to the same brainwashing center.