The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong -- September 14, 2005

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Shufen from Daqing City, Helongjiang Province, has been illegally held in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison for three years. She has suffered physical tortures such as being hung by her handcuffs and her cuffed hands had to support her entire body weight. On June 6, 2005, Ms. Liu went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. She has been on the hunger strike for more than two months now, and her life is in a very precarious state. Ms. Liu might die at any moment.

Ms. Liu is 31 years old. From December 18, 2002, to January 8, 2003, while Ms. Liu was incarcerated in the prison, she still tried to practice the Falun Gong exercises. As a result, those in charge locked her in a tiny cell, handcuffed her behind her back, or lifted her upside down with her legs in the air. From March 12, 2004, to April 8, 2004, Ms. Liu was again thrown into a tiny cell with her hands cuffed behind her back 24 hours a day. She was not allowed to clean herself and was only given cornmeal to eat. On May 12, 2004, Ms. Liu refused to wear a prison nametag and was hung by prison guards Liu Yan, Sun Rui, and Zhou Ying. From December 13 to 21, 2004, four regular inmates were told to monitor Ms. Liu. They would handcuff her whenever they felt like it, and the handcuffs cut into Ms. Liu's flesh. Ms. Liu was not allowed to sleep or even visit the restroom. These inmates abused Ms. Liu mercilessly. From March 15 to August 1, 2005, Ms. Liu was again locked in a tiny cell just because she wanted to practice the exercises. Ms. Liu's physical health has deteriorated greatly.

Ms. Liu Shufen

Ms. Liu Shufen and her parents

Ms. Liu used to work in the Hongyun Chengfeng Shopping Center, which is managed by the Daqing City Transportation Company. Her family lives in the No.6 Chengfeng District of Daqing City. Her family used to be in very poor health. When Ms. Liu was around eight years old, she developed an external tumor on her head. She suffered extremely painful headaches from the tumor, and her mother used to take her to see doctors in Beijing, Shanghai or Qingdao City. No one could give a diagnosis. Ms. Liu started to take numerous medicines, but there didn't seem to be any improvement. Her father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and her mother was diagnosed with many kinds of ailments. Ms. Liu's mother became very weak. As soon as she began to do a little bit of housework, she would be covered in sweat and have to lie down and rest. Occasionally, her mother's condition would become so serious that she couldn't even cook meals for the family. The whole family was very bitter about their illnesses. In 1996, the whole family started to practice in Falun Gong, and the miraculous powers of Dafa made Ms. Liu and her mother's excruciating pains go away in a very short period of time. Ms. Liu's father's physical health was also greatly improved. They all eventually started to live a happy family life.

In 1999, Jiang's regime started the brutal persecution of Falun Gong. Numerous practitioners lost their families and loved ones. Ms. Liu and her family were also affected.

In October 1999, Ms. Liu began to appeal for Falun Gong. She also kept on practicing the exercises and telling people the true nature of the nationwide persecution of Falun Gong. As a result, Ms. Liu was illegally fined, arrested and detained. Eventually, she had to wander around the country, homeless, to avoid arrest. In the end, Ms. Liu was sentenced to prison. When Ms. Liu's parents witnessed the persecution of their beloved daughter, their hearts were completely broken. Her father's physical health deteriorated day by day. He can no longer take care of himself and is incontinent. Whenever someone visits the family, this 78-year-old gentlemen inevitably asks the visitor, "Do you know when my daughter is coming back home?"

Ms. Liu's father sick in bed

Ms. Liu has always followed the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" in her daily life. Her honesty and kindness has touched the hearts of every person who has met her. Everyone claims that Ms. Liu is such a good-hearted person. Yet, such a good citizen is now being illegally detained in a prison and experiencing brutal persecution just because of her persistence in her own belief.

We urge all righteous people to help by giving shelter for to kind and innocent victims and upholding justice in the world. In particular, your call or letter will greatly encourage Ms. Liu, who is in an extremely difficult situation, and will help Ms. Liu get out of prison sooner and re-unite with her family.

Here is a recap of Ms. Liu's persecution experiences.

On October 25, 1999, Ms. Liu went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong but was brought back by officials from her work unit. Ms. Liu was then illegally detained in the Daqing City Detention Center for one month. On June 18, Ms. Liu was illegally subjected to house arrest and held in her work unit for 10 days due to her participation in a group exercise event. She was not allowed to visit her family during her house arrest, and she was forced to do physical labor. On December 5, Ms. Liu went to Beijing again to appeal for Falun Gong and was illegally detained in Beijing City's Miyun Detention Center. Ms. Liu went on a hunger strike and was released after six days..

On December 13, 2000, police officers from Chengfeng Public Security Station in Daqing City ransacked Ms. Liu's home and illegally detained her in the Daqing City Detention Center for one month. They then transferred her to another detention center. In that detention center, Ms. Liu started a hunger strike and demanded that she be released without any charges. As a result, she was force fed, but six days later she was indeed released without any charges. During the detention period, she was forced to pay 175 yuan for food expenses. Ms. Liu continued to practice the exercises while she was being detained, so the center guards instigated other criminal detainees to insult and beat her.

On January 24, 2001, Ms. Liu went to her hometown in Shandong Province to visit her relatives. Local public security agents illegally arrested and detained her there. It was learned later on that Daqing City officials had ordered her arrest. Ms. Liu was then detained in Haiyang City Detention Center for two days. After that, officials from her work unit came and took her home. They extorted 200 yuan from her for food expenses. On April 21, 2001, Ms. Liu bought a louder speaker in order to help to clarify the truth of Dafa. Someone tipped off the security agency and Ms. Liu was again arrested. She was held in the detention center for one month. During her detention, Ms. Liu didn't cooperate with the evil forces at all. Because she went on hunger strikes, she was beaten and verbally abused by the guards. They force fed her and fed her intravenously.

Later on, Ms. Liu was released from the center after a physical examination conducted at a local hospital. The authorities then pressured Ms. Liu's work unit officials to monitor her. At the same time, they prepared documents trying to step up their persecution against her. In order to escape from the persecution, Ms. Liu decided to leave her home and move from place to place. When officials from Daqing City Public Security Department and other local security agencies ransacked Ms. Liu's house, they took away two sets of Teacher's lecture CDs and one cassette recorder worth about 500 yuan.

In May 2002, Ms. Liu was arrested while she was still homeless. She was brought back and detained in the Daqing City Detention Center. Ms. Liu started a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The hunger strike lasted more than 120 days. On September 16, 2002, the Daqing City District Court secretly sentenced Ms. Liu to 10 years in prison, although the sentence was later reduced to eight years. Ms. Liu was then sent to the Heilongjiang Women's Prison. In the prison, Ms. Liu suffered various tortures such as hanging, being locked in a tiny cell, having her legs lifted into the air, being handcuffed behind her back for 24 hours a day, sleep deprivation, refusal to use the restroom, and many other physical abuses and brutal treatments. From March 15, 2005, until early August 2005, Ms. Liu was kept in a tiny cell at all the times. As a result of such isolation, Ms. Liu's physical health deteriorated seriously. Since June 6, 2005, Ms. Liu has been on yet another hunger strike to protest the persecution.

Here is a list of related people, telephone numbers and other information relevant to Ms. Liu's persecution case.

Helongjiang Women's Prison (also called Harbin City Women's Prison):

389 Xuefu Road
Nangang District, Harbin City, Helongjiang Province, Zipcode 150069
Telephone Numbers (mainline): 86-451-86684001, 86-451-86684002, and 86-451-86684003

Prison Director Xu Longjiang: 86-451-86684001-8001
Deputy Directors Cong Xin, Zhu Shuhua, and Liu Zhiqiang
Prison Committee of Politics: 86-451-86684001-8002
Director of the Committee of Politics Ms. Chu Xiuhua: 86-451-86684001-3003
Investigation Department Director Xiao Lin: 86-13845193360 (Cell), 86-451-86684001-8130
Politics Department Director Yang Libin: 86-451-86684001-8142
Prison Hospital Director Zhao Yingling: 86-451-86684001-8053

No. 1 Division Supervisor Cui Hongmei
No. 1 Division Deputy Supervisors Xia Fengying and Hou Xueping
No. 1 Division staff members He Yujing, He Jing, Liu Yan, Liu Xiaofang, Deng Yu, Lu Cuijun, Sun Jian, Yue Xiufeng, Wang Yan, Zhou Ying, Lu Heng, Lu Min and Yu Li

Every Friday, the prison director will take calls at 86-451-86684002-3009 and 86-451-86694053.
Prison Onsite Procuratorate Office: 86-451-82030982
Harbin City, Binjiang District Procuratorate: 86-451-82359148
Prison Onsite Office of Binjiang District Procuratorate: 86-451-86663178

Heilongjiang Province Bureau of Prison Management:
79 Hanguan Street
Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. Zipcode 150080
Office: 86-451-6335924
Director, Sun Ping: 86-451-86316442, 86-451-86342238, 86-451-86342139

Ms. Yuan Yuju is a 62-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Sichuan. She is a retired technician from the Lutian Chemical Group in Sichuan Province. Since July 20, 1999, the local police have repeatedly harassed her at her home. They also tapped into her phone line and eavesdropped on her telephone conversations. In addition, she was denied the right to visit her daughter in Hong Kong. Not long ago, the police illegally detained Ms. Yuan and sentenced her to one year in Nanmusi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Zizhong, Sichuan Province. As soon as her daughter Ms. Liang Zhen received the news, she expressed her intent to hire an attorney on her mother's behalf. She will also try everything she can to have her mother and older brother released.

American citizen Ms. Liang Zhen's older brother Liang Jinghui and mother Yuan Yuju

According to Radio Free Asia's report on August 19, 2005, Ms. Liang Zhen is an American citizen living in Hong Kong. She has been working as a reporter for New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) in Hong Kong for almost three years. During an interview with Radio Free Asia, Ms. Liang said that her mother, Yuan Yuju, and her older brother Liang Jinghui, still live in Sichuan Province. Because they both practice Falun Gong, the police in Luzhou City, Sichuan Province detained them on July 19, 2005 and accused them of obstructing justice and involvement with Falun Gong. After a month of detention, her father received a notice from the local authorities on Thursday, August 19 that Yuan Yuju was sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp and transferred to Nanmusi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Zizhong, Sichuan Province. As for Liang Jinghui, he is still in police custody.

According to Liang Zhen, her mother was sentenced without any legal proceeding. She was denied any chance of defense or hiring a defense attorney. Moreover, Chinese laws allow family visits, but her family has been denied all requests to visit her. "They told my family that unless my mother and my brother 'behave well,' they won't grant any family visits. In other words, my family won't be able to see my mother and my brother unless they give up practicing Falun Gong."

Liang Zhen added that she had learned from Minghui.org/Clearwisdom.net that Nanmusi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Zizhong has detained over a thousand Falun Gong practitioners and is infamous for torturing them. Liang Zhen is overcome with worry for her mother's safety and life.

What type of place is Nanmusi Women's Forced Labor Camp? Since 2000, it has illegally detained over 1,000 female Falun Gong practitioners. There is a team of disciplinary staff assigned to supervise and torture Falun Gong practitioners. Some of the guards there are extremely sadistic. Their methods of torture are completely inhumane. Every Falun Gong practitioner detained there has suffered from various degrees of physical punishment and torture. Several have been tortured to death.

In Nanmusi Women's Forced Labor Camp, the torturers force every Falun Gong practitioner to read books and articles slandering Falun Gong. When they refuse to comply, the officials will handcuff them and subject them to the following tortures: beating them with spiked clubs, shocking them with stun batons, forcing them to stand for a long time, and/or denying them sleep for a long time. Even when a Falun Gong practitioner's feet become swollen, festering and discharging yellow fluid, or even when she passes out, the staff will not stop the torture.

The torturers also force Falun Gong practitioners to practice Tai Chi and physical exercises. When a Falun Gong practitioner refuses to comply, they will subject her to a round of brutal beating until she does. When she is beaten into unconsciousness, the torturers will pour a bucket of cold water over her to wake her up and then continue the brutal beating or other forms of torture. Sometimes the torturers will order two prison inmates to drag a Falun Gong practitioner face down around the track. Even when her head, face and the flesh on her body have been severely abraded and deformed, the staff will not call off the torture. Sometimes they have one or two dozen prison inmates take turns dragging a Falun Gong practitioner's body on the track until she gives in and agrees to practice Tai Chi.

Each Falun Gong practitioner must ask for the torturers' permission before she may use the bathroom. If she refuses to ask for permission, they are not allowed to use the bathroom at all. Then the torturers will force her to eat her own feces. If she refuses to do so, they will make prison inmates force-feed her with her own feces.

If a Falun Gong practitioner goes on a hunger strike to protest the torture and humiliation, she is subjected to punitive force-feeding. The torturers brutally insert thick plastic tubes into a Falun Gong practitioner's throat and force-feed her with saturated salt water. They often end up inserting the tubes into her lungs and the force-feeding causes damage to her lungs. When a Falun Gong practitioner is in mortal danger, the camp's doctor will only have a quick look and send the dying practitioner home. Some practitioners passed away within a few days after they were sent home. Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huang Yufang is one of the many examples.

Violence and torture have become the norm in Nanmusi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Zizhong, Sichuan Province. The policemen there have turned the place into their private torture chamber and have absolutely no regard for the law. They take sadistic pleasure in torturing Falun Gong practitioners. Ms. Gong Suying is one of the many practitioners tortured to death there.

My son, Wu Chunlong, was born on December 11, 1976. In 2003 he started working in a barbershop. Simply because he persisted in practicing Falun Gong, he was twice illegally detained in a forced labor camp. The first time was on November 3, 1999. Wu Chunlong was put in the Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp for three years, where he was severely tortured. One time in the winter, when the temperature was -20 C, the police dragged him outside, took off all of his clothes, poured cold water on his body and left him outdoors in the freezing temperatures for over two hours. His third year in the labor camp he was handcuffed for the entire year. When the three-year term was up he was not immediately released. Instead, he was sent to a detention center. Policeman Wang from the Songjiang local police station demanded 595 yuan from me before releasing my son.

On November 8, 2003, Wu Chunlong started a barbershop in Jiafang. At noon on November 11, officer An Quanzhi from the local Yingjun Police Station rushed into the barbershop and took Wu Chunlong to the local police station without any reason. That evening, citing uncooperative behavior on Wu Chunlong's part, he sent him to a detention center. Afterwards they sent Wu Chunlong to the Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp for another three years. Two months later, policeman Guo Gang called me and said that Wu Chunlong was seriously ill and needed treatment. He told me to bring money to the labor camp. I arrived at the forced labor camp the next day. I found Guo Gang and gave him 200 yuan, but Guo Gang said, "You go back home and wait for our phone call!"

I didn't hear from them after I went back home.

On April 28, 2005, the labor camp had someone inform me to talk to Diao Yukun. Diao Yukun told me, "Wu Chunlong is seriously ill. We have discussed this with our management. You go home and get some money and we will send him to a hospital for an examination." That afternoon, Guo Gang and Diao Yukun came to my home and said, "Chunlong needs a physical examination; it normally costs 2,000 yuan. Since your family doesn't have much money, you may give us 500 yuan." I said, "We don't have money; even if it is only 200-300 yuan we would have to borrow it." For the sake of helping my child I went around to the neighbors and borrowed 300 yuan. The labor camp officials took the money.

On the evening of April 30, Diao Yukun came to my home and told me, "Chunlong can go home to be treated, but you must write the guarantee statement." I was eager to see my son; therefore, under Diao Yukun's instructions I wrote the guarantee statement. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to see my son. Diao Yukun made a phone call, and after a while Yang Chunlong and another young policeman arrived with my son. They put Wu Chunlong down and left hurriedly. I saw that Wu Chunlong's face was swollen and his body was only skin and bones. His consciousness was not clear either. His vision wasn't active and he did not respond to conversation. Under the careful care of his relatives and friends he gradually came to eat a little and his physical health gradually became a little better. He enjoyed some short-term recovery of his consciousness, but frequently recalled the torture he experienced in the labor camp. At that time he told me the following:

On March 17, 2005, at about 9:00 a.m., Wu Chunlong and others were sorting beans in a workshop when political head Yang Chunlong called him to the office. Yang said to Chunlong, "Stand against the wall! Do you know why I called for you?" By then, division head Liu Hongguang led some other guards into the office. They told him to take off his clothes for a body search. A police officer hit Chunlong's face with his fist and then several policemen beat him together, and shocked him with an electric baton. Chunlong was beaten so severely that he lost his hearing. After that they put him in a single cell alone and continuously monitored him. While imprisoned in the single cell, he was once so severely beaten that he became incontinent, even soiling his clothing and bedding.

Because the police so savagely abused him he started a hunger strike to protest. The police would force-feed him and he would vomit it up. Chunlong noticed some undigested pills in the vomit. Chunlong continued the hunger strike for over 20 days. During his hunger strike he requested to see personnel from the procuratorate and from the camp administration staff so that he could appeal to them. The police didn't respond to his requests and instead instructed prisoner Wang Fu to torture Wu Chunlong. Wang Fu frequently tortured him while sitting on his body. Chunlong was knocked out several times. Chunlong was suddenly awakened one day from pain and found Wang Fu digging his hand into his left shoulder.

Once, Wang Fu moistened a towel with a thin layer of excrement and squeezed it into Wu Chunlong's mouth. While only semi-conscience, Wu Chunlong was often awakened by the towel being squeezed into his mouth. When Wu Chunlong awakened fully they would drag him to the bathroom and douse him with cold water. After some people saw that Wu Chunlong had been beaten to such a degree they told the police, "Wang Fu is torturing Wu Chunlong." The police replied, "Wang Fu is trying to help Wu Chunlong eat a meal."

The above is just a fraction of what Wu Chunlong suffered and was able to recall. Wu Chunlong often said, "I died many times in the camp." On May 19, a person from Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp went to the local Songlin Police Station and told the deputy head Yin Xiaodong to monitor Wu Chunlong. On the morning of May 20, Yin Xiaodong came to my home and demanded that Wu Chunlong go to the local police station to record his personal information. He also told him to report to them once a month, and threatened that as soon as Wu Chunlong's health got better he would be sent back to the forced labor camp. Furthermore, he forced Wu Chunlong to apply for a temporary residency card and took his photograph.

Because Yin Xiaodong frequently came to harass him, Wu Chunlong decided to leave home and his mind was profoundly affected. Chunlong fell into a panic-stricken state and his spirit nearly collapsed. He gradually ate less and he became thinner and thinner. His high fever didn't come down and it became difficult for him to breathe. His mind was often unstable; he couldn't recognize his own relatives and friends; he was in a state of terror.

On July 2 I took my son, whose situation had become increasingly serious, back home.

On July 20, Yin Xiaodong came to my home once again and was hard on my son. I wasn't at home at the time. He ordered me to go to the local police station the next day. I do not know what he said to my son, but my son was seriously traumatized once again. His spirit completely collapsed; he was unable to eat anything, and he became incontinent. The next morning I went to the local police station. Yin Xiaodong gave me an inkpad to make an imprint of Wu Chunlong's palm. Because his hands and feet were seriously swollen, I was unable to make it. Wu Chunlong's situation became more serious day after day and I didn't have the money for medical treatment. At 2 o'clock in the morning on August 20, he left this world.

I appeal to have the murderer punished that killed my son in the persecution.

Police officer Song Lili in Division 2 of the Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp has tortured and poisoned Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Guifu and deprived her of sleep. Song stated the abuse was to "keep her mind clear longer." Ms. Liu has bruises all over her body. She is very weak both physically and mentally due to the abuse she has suffered.

Song Lili never listened when Falun Gong practitioners clarified the truth to her. In spite of what she was told, Song invented many cruel tortures in order to force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their belief. For example, she stabbed Falun Gong practitioners with awls, stabbed their scalps with the tips of ball point pens and pointed out, "Doing it this way, torturing people like this does not make noise." Other inmates who were instructed to monitor Falun Gong practitioners could not even stand watching her torture them; they called her the most evil police officer in the division.

Officer Song Lili became worse since she was transferred to the "closely restricted unit." Song came from Inner Mongolia. She was in the Administration Sector of the Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp and was sent to Division No. 4 as a helper in 2003 during the SARS outbreak. Drug abuser Wang Jing was then in Division No. 4. Song encouraged Wang to abuse all of the Falun Gong practitioners. She often urged drug abusers to torture Falun Gong practitioners as well. Song is responsible for the persecution Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu has suffered.

Practitioners in the "closely restricted unit" are all firm Falun Gong practitioners. After suffering long-term inhuman persecution in other divisions, they did not give in, so they were transferred to the "closely restricted unit" for more intense persecution.

After Ms. Liu Guifu was sent to the No. 2 Unit (the closely restricted unit), the labor camp would not allow her family members to visit her. Recently, under pressure from international community, the labor camp allowed Ms. Liu's family members to visit. When they did, they saw bruises and scars on Liu's arms, many of which had healed. It was not hard for them to imagine how many more bruises on Liu's body were covered by her clothing. This might be why the Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp officials forbade any family visits for several months. Yet, some bruises turned into permanent scars that could not be covered up. Ms. Liu was healthy and youthful looking before her arrest. When her family visited her, she looked emaciated and old and had lost at least 40 pounds.

Song Lili monitored practitioner Ms. Liu's meeting with her family members and stopped her conversation several times. Yet, Ms. Liu was able to tell her family some details about her suffering, such as: that the bruises were the result of the police inciting drug abusers to torture practitioners; that the drug abusers gagged her with rags when torturing her to keep her from crying out; that she was force-fed unknown drugs; that she felt dizzy, weak and vomited dark fluid after taking the drugs; that she was only allowed to sleep for four hours each night, from midnight to 4:00 a.m.

Song Lili's explanation for force feeding Ms. Liu drugs and forbidding her from sleeping was, "This way she can keep her mind clear longer." Song also said to Ms. Liu's husband, "How could you tell others that I asked you divorce your wife? I was just kidding." Her husband said, "You were not kidding."

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Guifu lives in the Haidian District in Beijing. She started practicing Falun Gong after listening to a speech by the founder of Falun Gong. Since she persisted in her practice, the police arrested her at home again on February 28, 2005. The police did not find any information on her personal PC, nor did they find any Falun Gong materials at her home; yet, they sentenced her to two and a half years in a labor camp for "possessing 21 Falun Gong flyers." Ms. Liu's daughter Ms. Meng Xiangji, is a student at Purdue University in the USA. She has been working to rescue her mother since she learned about the arrest.

Ms. Liu Guifu is in critical condition! We hereby strongly request the following: first, stop all kinds of persecution against Ms. Liu Guifu; second, unconditionally release her so that she can seek medical treatment; third, hold Song Lili and the authorities behind her legally responsible for all of the persecution and torture.

Related phone numbers:

Division No. 2 of the Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp: 86-10-60278899 ext. 5201
The Director of the camp: Li Jirong
The Deputy Director: Zhu Xiaoli
Zip Code: 102609

The Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp in Hebei Province is violating Chinese law by imprisoning Falun Gong practitioners who are suffering severe illness without giving them treatment, and to make the situation worse, the labor camp is inflicting torture upon these practitioners. Ms. Zhao Shuying and Ms. Chen Aihong's experiences are some examples of this.

Zhao Shuying, thirty-eight years old, is from Wei County, Hebei Province. Before practicing Falun Gong, she suffered from severe rheumatic arthritis and was crippled. Her health condition changed for the better after her practice. On January 6, 2005, she was illegally detained in Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp. As soon as she arrived in the labor camp, police Zhao Yuan, Li Weizhe, and Niu Lijun stripped off her clothing forcibly and gave her a body search, all the while swearing at her with dirty words.

Before the Spring Festival, Zhao was moved to a dark room. She only has her mother, who is in her 70's, and 8-year-old daughter for family, so she had nobody to bring clothes for her. She only wore an undershirt, underpants, and a work suit in the winter. Zhao was forced to search for and gather grass to feed ostriches on the snow-covered ground, which caused the joints of both of her legs to ache and deteriorate to the point where she could barely walk. After the Spring Festival, she was forced to work in a carpet factory. Because of the pain in her legs, she could not walk much and was verbally abused by the head of the group. On April 10, she suddenly passed out on the way back from work and her whole body twitched. She was carried back. On April 25, when the director of Administration of Justice in Hebei Province came to inspect the labor camp, the head of the group hid the people who suffered from severe illness. On the way to the hiding place, Zhao constantly moaned due to unbearable pain, and was beaten and kicked by Fang Bao. Zhao was taken to a vegetable field and left on a pile of dung under the scorching sun until she was on the verge of death. She was later brought into a room with a sign out in front that said "Kennel, no admittance".

On June 22, the head of the group and the women's group leader conducted a search. All of the Falun Gong practitioners were driven into the yard under the scorching sun. Zhao Shuying could not withstand the heat and fell to the ground. Soon her whole body was twitching, but the police did not allow her to go inside. On another occasion, Zhao was crying in pain. Upon seeing this, police Zhang Jia and Li Weizhe laughed and swore at her for over one hour and would not stop until she fell unconscious. At around 6:30 p.m. on July 3, after seeing Zhao Shuying and several other patients lying in bed, the head of the group Li Yanji let loose a torrent of verbal abuse. Because of the extended period of physical and mental abuse, Zhao is suffering from several illnesses. She feels constriction in her chest, cannot eat normally and is suffering terribly.

Ms. Chen Aihong, fifty-three years old, lives in Zhangjiakou City. She was illegally taken to Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp for imprisonment on March 15, 2005. The physical examination showed that she suffered from severe heart disease. Her heart rate was 137 times per minute. The electrocardiogram showed that her heart muscle was seriously short of blood and she should not do heavy labor. After hearing this, the head of the group Wei Hongling often verbally abused her.

One night in the middle of June, Chen Aihong was meditating. Police Tian Zili pulled the bed sheet out from under her, whipped her face and head violently and beat her down to the bed. After a while, she called over inmates You Yanxiao and Tian Zili, who violently kicked Chen Aihong's chest and abdomen. After getting tired from kicking Chen Aihong, Tian Zili started to shout at her, "If you meditate again tomorrow, I'm going to kill you on the spot.' As a result of the persecution, Chen suffered from a relapse of heart disease and incontinence.

On June 22, Yang Zemin lead police to search the cells. All of practitioners were driven into the yard under the scorching sun. Because the weather was too hot, Chen Aihong's heart started beating too fast and she passed out on the stairs in front of the door. But the head of group Wu Chendong shouted, "Chen Aihong is fine. She is just pretending." Zhao Yanping then started kicking Chen. In the evening of July 3, Li Yanji and Zhang Jia verbally abused Chen again. In the past several months, Chen has been living in a severe environment, and she has been badly hurt both physically and mentally.

Ms. Su Yujin, a Dafa practitioner from Huaiyang, Henan Province is now imprisoned in a labor camp.

Ms. Su lived in Xincheng Village, Zhaosai Xingzheng Village, Dalian County. Around 10 a.m. on January 5, 2005, the police arrested Ms. Su at her home. One police officer got hold of Ms. Su with his right hand and pointed his gun at her head. This officer yelled, "We'll kill you, if you dare to move!"

Ms. Su was taken to the Dalian Village Police Station. Officers forcibly stuffed Falun Gong audiotapes and CDs in her clothes, so that they would have "evidence" to arrest Ms. Su. The County 610 Office transferred her to the detention center.

In the detention center, Ms. Su refused to cooperate with the authorities' demands that she renounce and betray Dafa and went on a hunger strike in protest, which lasted 26 days. An officer named Wang Quandong said, "If you continue the hunger strike, you might as well prepare to die in your cell, because we will not release you." During her strike, the police illegally broke into Ms. Su's home and searched it twice. However, despite their painstaking efforts, the police were only able to find 3.60 yuan, which they confiscated.

The 610 Office tried twice to prosecute Su Yujin in court. Fang Ruofei illegally sentenced Ms. Su to six years in labor camp.

Ms. Su has been arrested repeatedly for practicing Falun Gong. She sustained a similar ordeal four years ago. On the morning of September 15, 2001, police from Wangdian Village arrested Ms. Su and another practitioner for distributing truth-clarification materials in the village.

Deputy Chief Zheng Xianfang tied up the practitioners with ropes and ordered the officers to slam the practitioners against the floor. Zheng also personally assaulted Ms. Su. Zheng then took out a stack of fabricated documents against Ms. Su Yujin and sent her to the Huaiyang County 610 Office.

In the 610 Office, the officers handcuffed Ms. Su and other practitioners. The practitioners were locked in the detention center overnight. Officers Wang Quandong and Wu Jinzhong were on duty that night. Wang and Wu struck Ms. Su's face and took her to Cell No. 20.

The next morning, Wang took Ms. Su to an interrogation room. Zheng Xianjun brutally struck her face again and knocked her unconscious. When Ms. Su awakened, her limbs were shackled. This torture method is usually reserved for inmates on death row. Ms. Su was tortured in this manner for seven days.

Su Yujin went on a hunger strike for 23 days, during which time persecutor Zhang Duoshu force-fed her four times through a tube inserted down her throat through her nose. Before the last force feeding, Zhang repeatedly forced the tube into Ms. Su's nostril and pulled it in and out more than ten times and even twisted the tube to torture her further. Ms. Su was then shackled onto a bench with her limbs stretched out. The persecutors tortured her by sticking many needles in her head, legs, arms, and elbows. When Ms. Su was on the brink of death, Zheng Xianjun snarled, "When you die, we'll throw you down the storm sewer and tell others that you committed suicide. We won't release you." The Huaiyang City 610 Office participated in torturing Ms. Su and was willing to dispose of her body had she died in custody. Cheng Sigui also beat Ms. Su's arms with bamboo sticks.

After Su Yujin was released, she demanded that Zheng Xianfang return her confiscated motorcycle, but Zheng refused. Zheng further extorted 2,000 yuan from Ms. Su for the motorcycle.

Ms. Gao Guiqin was a 69-year-old professor employed at the Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute. She first learned Falun Gong in 1995, went to Tiananmen Square to clarify the truth in 1999, and was detained. In July 2003, she was reported for passing out truth clarifying materials. She was arrested and sentenced to two years of forced labor. After four months in the labor camp, her blood pressure suddenly became very high, and she had to be released on medical parole. Outside the camp, she lived while hooked up to a monitoring system and was unable to practice normally, which caused her physical condition to deteriorate. She died on July 20, 2005, only few days after her term had ended.

Ms. Hou Peixin was a Falun Gong practitioner in Yanji City, Jilin Province. In order to avoid being illegally arrested at home, she had to become destitute and homeless. This damaged her mental and physical health, and she died in 2005.

Ms. Wang Xiuying was 61 years old and lived in Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province. She once had many illnesses. After she learned Falun Gong in 1997, her illnesses were all gone. On October 26, 2002, her husband had the symptoms of a stroke and passed out. Several days later, her eldest daughter Lu Qiaoling (also a practitioner) was arrested from home and detained in Zhuanghe City Detention Center. These two incidents gave elderly Ms. Wang an elevated stress level. She suffered some sort of attack as a result and appeared sick. She died on September 23, 2003. Her eldest daughter Lu Qiaoling was arrested again on December 6, 2003, because she clarified the truth to people and is now detained in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang City.

1. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Yao Yuming Tortured to the Point of Having a Brain Hemorrhage and Becoming Comatose in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yao Yuming, who is around 50 years old, was tortured to the point of having a brain hemorrhage while in Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison around August 5, 2005.

On August 7, Yao Yuming was sent to the Neurosurgery Department of the No. 2 Affiliated Hospital at the Harbin Medical University, 4^th floor of the Surgery Building. Estimates are the size of her hemorrhage amounted to 200 cc. Brain surgery was immediately performed to allow the blood to disperse. Following the surgery, Yao Yuming went into a coma, and couldn't eat or relieve herself. Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison officials dispatched four policewomen, two for each day, to watch her around the clock. Yao Yuming's situation did not improve and on around August 22, the prison personnel suddenly transferred her to a prison-affiliated hospital. Further information needs to be confirmed.

At 2:00 a.m. on August 18, 2005, personnel from the Sijia Township Police Station arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yao Liping while she was distributing copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party booklets in Sijia Township. They also ransacked her home. The police informed Zhang Wencheng, the People's Congress representative for Xingcheng City. After they arrested Yao Liping, Zhang Wencheng ordered them to send Yao Liping to a detention center.

At present, Yao Liping is being held at the Xingcheng City Detention Center.

Note: Zhang Wencheng's son Zhang Wei is chief of the Sijia Township Police Station in Xingcheng City. He participated in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners in Bingliao Township and Zhoutun Village, Sijia Township.

Telephone numbers of responsible units/personnel:
(Country code: 86, area code: 429)
Xingcheng City Detention Center: 5152226
Tan Fengxiang, deputy head of the Xingcheng City Detention Center: 5110607 (Home)
Chief of Sijiaxiang Township Police Station: 5410625 (Office)
Zhang Wencheng, People's Congress representative for Xingcheng City: 5136600 (Home)

Practitioner Ms. Wan Hongxia from Langfang City was sent to a brainwashing class for clarifying the truth of Falun Gong. In the class, Wan Hongxia resisted the persecution and upheld her belief. After she held a hunger strike for several days, she manifested symptoms of partial paralysis and couldn't care for herself. When she was sent to a detention center she was rejected. Some personnel from the 610 Office and Municipal Committee, however, disregarded the law. As officials of the Municipal Committee and Political & Judiciary Committee they forced the detention center accept her.

On August 16, 2005 Wan Hongxia was carried into a court while half of her body was paralyzed. She was sentenced to three years of imprisonment.

Telephone numbers of responsible personnel:
(Country code: 86, area code: 316)
Wang Zengli, secretary general of the Langfang Municipal Committee: 2054349 (Office)
Sun Diangao, head of the Langfang City Political & Judiciary Committee: 2028508 (Office)
Han Zhiguang, head of the Langfang City 610 Office: 2015211 ext. 6162 (Office)

Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Mao Huilan and Ms. Xu Xiaoyue from the Hanyang District in Wuhan City were arrested and taken to the Taojialing Brainwashing Class in the Hanyang District.

Falun Gong practitioner Ji Wenqiong from Wangcang County, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province was arrested at home and taken to a brainwashing class at Lianhua Mountain Resort in Guangyuan City on July 15, 2005.

Phone numbers of related personnel:
Secretary of the Political and Legislative Committee of the Party Committee for Guangyuan City, Zhao An: 86-13308120006 (cell)
Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legislative Committee of the Party Committee for Guangyuan City, and head of the 610 Office Sun Wanchao: 86-13154436442 (cell)
Deputy head of the 610 Office in Guangyuan City, Du Chenghua: 86-13908121222 (cell)
Yue Wushan, head of the Brainwashing Class at Lianhua Mountain Resort in Guangyuan City

Ms. Hao Yunping from Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, in her 50s, was arrested. Perpetrators were Yang Jinpu, the head of the 610 Office in the Quanshan District in Xuzhou City together with other policemen. They deprived her of freedom for photocopying Falun Gong truth clarification materials at a photocopy shop in January 2005. They sentenced her to one and a half years in a forced labor camp. Ms. Hao is now being held at the Judong Forced Labor Camp.

On the afternoon of August 17, 2005, personnel from the 610 Office in Zhaoyuan City, the Zhangxing Town local government, and police station broke into Ms. Yuan Xijing's home and entrapped her into going to the Zhangxing Town Government. Without producing any valid documentation and not going through any due process they transferred Yuan Xijing to a brainwashing class afterwards.

Ms. Yuan Xijing, 37, from Gouzi Village in Zhangxing Town, Zhaoyuan City, has suffered from many diseases. These diseases vanished without a trace after she practiced Falun Gong. Her morals improved, and she's been nice to others. She told others of the beauty of Dafa and the truth of the persecution against Dafa.

Related phone numbers:
Zhangxing Town Police Station, Zhaoyuan City: 86-535-8331225
Zhangxing Town Government, Zhaoyuan City: 86-535-8332002

Falun Gong practitioner Mao Huilan from Wuhan City was illegally arrested without reason at 8:00 p.m. on August 25, 2005. It happened at her home in a development zone. She was arrested by personnel from the Cuiwei Police Station in the Hanyang District and by people from the city administration and (Guiyuan) Community Office. She is currently being held at the Taojiachen Brainwashing Class in the Hanyang District.

Mr. Wu Zhenying, 30, from Fangcheng City, Shangsi County was sentenced to three years of forced labor. The reason for his arrest was his belief in Trutfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and persisting in Falun Gong practice. Perpetrators were officials from the local 610 Office. Mr. Wu had just returned from forced labor, and was arrested again and taken to the Port Brainwashing Class in Fangcheng City by police officers from 610 Office in Guangxi Autonomous Region. Because of this inhuman persecution, between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on August 12, 2005 he jumped from the second floor. Now he is under emergency medical care in the Port Hospital. He is in critical condition and still in a coma.

At noon on August 22, 2005, several police officers from the National Security Group of Muling City Police Department arrested and took Dafa practitioner Zou Zhaoxiang to the local police department and then to Muling City Detention Center. During the arrest, several police officers broke into Zou Zhaoxiang's home and ransacked it, causing great terror and pain to Zou Zhanxiang's family members.

Falun Gong practitioner Han Guiping from Qingyuan County, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, and her son Wang Bin and sister Han Guimei were arrested on August 16, 2005. Police officers from Xifeng County, Tieling City, Liaoning Province, were the perpetrators. Han Guiping's living place was ransacked. The two sisters are currently being held at the Xifeng County Detention Center. Middle school student Wang Bin was sent to the Xiong Guantun Correctional Work Study School in Tieling City, and was not allowed to go out freely.

Ms. Han Guiping had been persecuted many times, and had been sent to a psychiatric hospital. Her husband passed away while she was serving a term in the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. The lonely son and the widowed mother have been harassed often by the police. The mother and son were forced to wander about away from home to avoid illegal arrest, taking care of each other. They have now been arrested again.

Ms. Han Guimei lives in the Xifeng County and is a garment retailer. She has two under-aged children aged seven and almost three. Her husband has to take care of the business, so the two children are left to themselves.

Phone numbers of related units:
On-duty office of the Xifeng County Detention Center: 86-410-7842429
Lead Office of the National Security Team of Xifeng County: 86-410-7895653

Ms. Wang Guirong, who is in her 50s, is a Falun Gong practitioner from the No. 8 Farm in Tanghai County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. She clarified the truth at their billiards room. The morning of August 26, 2005, Sun Encai and Dai Wenjie, the chiefs of the farm's "610 Office," colluded with other policemen from the No. 8 Farm Police Station and arrested Wang Guirong, taking her to the Tanghai County Brainwashing Class. They attempted to extort Wang Guirong's family of 5,000 yuan. They also tried to force Wang Guirong to write a guarantee statement promising not to practice Falun Gong. Wang Guirong and her family refused to pay the money or write the statement. The authorities then threatened to send Wang Guirong to the Tangshan City Brainwashing Class if she refused to be reformed or pay the extortion.

No. 8 Farm Police Station: 86-315-8888240, 86-315-8888907
Sun Encai, head of the No. 8 Farm 610 Office: 86-315-8880168
Dai Wenjie, the head of No. 8 Farm 610 Office: 86-315-8888759

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Lei Guoting is a section chief for the Baiyun District Political and Judiciary Committee in Guiyang City. He was arrested in 2004 for practicing Falun Gong by personnel from the 610 Office. They sent him to the Zhongba Forced Labor Camp. He hasn't been released. Lei Guoting suffered many more brutal tortures in the forced labor camp than other detained practitioners.

Yang Guanyi, secretary for the Anshun City Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-853-3003078 (Office), 86-853-3225452 (Home)

Wang Qingfang is an employee of the Xujiahu Town Hospital in Yishui County. She was arrested at about 10:00 p.m. on August 27, 2005 when she was distributing truth-clarifying materials at Zhaike Village, Xujiahu Town. That same night, Li Jiaping, a policeman of the county's National Security Team forcibly searched her house but found nothing. The next day, Li Jianping again led policemen to search her house. She is now being held at a detention center.

Li Jianping, the National Security Team: 86-539-2211575 (Home), 86-13905395948 (Cell)

1. The persecution of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Xidong in Rongcheng, Shandong Province

On March 15, 2005, Rongcheng Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Xidong (who is 43 year old), was arrested and sentenced to 5 years in prison. He is being detained in the Rongcheng Detention Center. The beatings seriously hurt Mr. Wang's tendon. When he went on a hunger strike, the police force fed him. In the process they badly injured his stomach and esophagus. On May 29, when his family sent him some clothing, the on-duty policeman Zhang Yongbin damaged them with a scissors right on the spot.

http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/20/108787.html

2. The police arrest many Falun Gong practitioners in Lunan, Shandong Province.

On the night of August 12, 2005, the officers from the Lunan 610 office, of Shandong Province, harassed and arrested several dozen Falun Gong practitioner in the county. They robbed many practitioners' houses. Falun Gong practitioner Ji Xingshu (who is around 60 years old), Ji Xingcai (around 60 years old), Peng Xiuzhan (around 50 years old), Li Baoshan (43 years old), and another two practitioners, six altogether, were arrested. One practitioner escaped on August 13, the other 5 practitioners are detained in the Lunan Detention Center. http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/20/108785.html3. The Qianerdao Police Station of the Fengman District in Jilin City, Jilin Province arrested Falun Gong practitioners.At 8 o'clock on August 18, 2005, the policemen from the Qianerdao Police Station of the Fengman District in Jilin City dressed in plainclothes and drove two cars to the 1st community of Wangxiang Village. They attempted to arrest Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Wenyou, who is over 50 years old, and his wife Ms. Fang Lichun. Ms. Fang escaped with righteous thoughts in front of 5 or 6 policemen. Then, the policemen arrested Mr. Li and another practitioner. They also harassed practitioner Li Liying's family. When the policemen found that Ms. Fang had escaped, one of them said, "It doesn't matter that just one practitioner escaped, because we have accomplished our assignment and arrested the right number of practitioners." That morning the police from the Qianerdao Police Station, had already arrested Falun Gong practitioner Xu Guizhen, who lives in Hedong Village. Also on that morning, three men and one woman came to Falun Gong practitioner Ma Fang's Noodle Restaurant. They said they were from the Jilin City Fengman Branch Police Department and another Police Station. They attempted to arrest Ma Fang; however, Ma Fang escaped when she went to change her clothes.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/20/108815.html