(Clearwisdom.net) Two middle-aged female practitioners, Ms. Gao Jianjun and Ms. Dong Zailin in Changsha City, Hunan Province were again chased down and arrested by police officers in late June.

This is not the first time the two practitioners have been arrested and detained. Local authorities in Changsha City have repeatedly persecuted the two practitioners during the past few years.

Ms. Gao Jianjun, 56, worked as a painter at the Changsha Bus Factory before she retired. Ms. Gao's home is in the factory's employee dormitory in Sanxiang Community, which is managed by the Jingwanzi Street Committee.

Ms. Gao was sent to the notorious Baimalong Forced Labor Camp in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province in April 2009 because someone informed the authorities of her efforts in clarifying the truth about Falun Dafa. However, because she failed a physical exam and thanks to help from kindhearted people, the labor camp refused to take Ms. Gao.

Nevertheless, two months later, the police arrested her again and ransacked her home. Sources said that she was sent to a brainwashing center.

Located in Laodaohe Town, the Changsha City Brainwashing Center is a typical dark prison that illegally detains people without going through any legal procedures. Moreover, detainees in this center don't know how long their detention period will be. The center also charges shockingly high fees and extorts several thousand yuan per month from each detainee. Money is extorted from detainees' work units, family members, and salaries, and against detainees' will. Those who firmly refuse to give up their belief face being transferred to a forced labor camp or mental hospital.

The organization behind the brainwashing center is the 610 Office, an organization that acts above the law to specifically persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. The goal of having brainwashing sessions is to follow the government's policy of persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners, and for some personnel to climb the career ladder while at the same time making extra money. If a brainwashing center is assigned a certain "arrest quota," the police in some areas would have to put it into action.

Ms. Dong Zailin, 58, is a retiree who also worked as a painter at the Changsha Bus Factory. She was detained in Baimalong Forced Labor Camp in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province for a year because someone reported to the authorities about her clarifying the truth of Falun Dafa to people on a regular basis. Ms. Dong has only been released from the forced labor camp for a little more than a month.

We are calling for the immediate release of these two innocent retirees and a halt to the illegal persecution of innocent people who exercise their freedom of belief.

Persons and organizations who participated in persecuting the two practitioners:

Changsha City Jingwanzi Street Committee in Xanxiang Community:

Zeng Xinyu, male chief of Sanxiang Community Committee, in his forties, has been very vicious toward practitioners and has been trying to climb the career ladder by persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners. He has recently started monitoring practitioner secretly again, and has even listed his number 1, 2, and 3 targets.

Peng Zinan, male, around 40 years old, was formerly an employee of Sanxiang Bus Factory and is now working as a security guard in Sanxiang Community

Jingnwanzi Police Station in Changsha City: 86-731-85598690, 86-731-85579241
Jingwanzi Street Committee in Changsha City: 86-731-85598925, 86-731-85058942

Changsha City's Legal Education Training Center (Laodaohe Brainwashing Center):
86-731-86677710, 86-731-86677711, 86-731-86677712, 86-731-86677715, 86-731-86677718

Changsha City 610 Office:
Chief of 610 Office Wu Zhibin: 86-731-88667548
Assistant chief and chief of Changsha City's Legal Education Training Center, Wu Kaiming: 86-731-88667549
Assistant chief, Shen Li'an: 86-731-88667555
Party secretary, Liao Weihe: 86-731-88666610
Office: 86-731-88666610