The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong  -- August 30, 2005

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Content

  • I Witnessed the Brutal Force-Feeding that Led to the Death of a Young Woman at the Tuanhe Labor Camp

  • Children of Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners Forced to Live in Misery

  • Ms. Dong Jingya in Critical Condition: Masanjia Labor Camp Blocks News and Continues to Persecute Her

  • A Practitioner was Tortured for 7 Days and Nights by the Medieval Method, "Five Horses Pulling the Body Apart"

  • Fourteen Practitioners from Shandong, Liaoning, Hebei and Other Provinces Died of Persecution

  • Exposing the Evildoings at No. 2 "Re-education Center" of Shandong Province

  • The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Jinyang City, Sichuan Province

  • Brief News from China - August 14, 2005

  • Summary of Other Articles and News - August 24, 2005



  • I Witnessed the Brutal Force-Feeding that Led to the Death of a Young Woman at the Tuanhe Labor Camp

    Around noon on a day in March of 2002, I was having lunch with my family when several people broke into my home. They claimed that they worked for the 610 Office in Yanqing County, Beijing. They abducted me to the Yanqing Brainwashing Class where I suffered ruthless mental torture. I was forced to watch TV programs and listen to tapes that slandered Falun Gong and Teacher. They also tried to force us to denounce Falun Gong and Teacher and to step on Teacher's photo. I refused to do that. As a result, I was beaten into unconsciousness twice with wounds covering my body and I was unable to sleep at night.

    People from the 610 Office told me, "The central government has given the order. Any practitioner who refuses to denounce Falun Gong or to be transformed will be sent to a labor camp. If they still refuse in the labor camp, they will be severely beaten. If death occurs, it will be reported as suicide. Nowadays it is the Chinese Communist Party that controls the power. If it says black, it is black. If it says white, then it is white. Anyone who refuses to denounce Falun Gong will never manage to come out of the labor camp alive. If you are not 'transformed,' you are dead."

    All of the following I have either experienced or witnessed in the labor camp:

    Because I refused to write a guarantee statement, I was sentenced to two years in a labor camp by Yanqing Public Security. I was detained at the Daxing County Tuanhe Labor Camp in Beijing. I suffered all kinds of brutal tortures, including being beaten, hung up, shocked with electric batons, forced to sit in awkward and painful positions and deprived of sleep. During the cold winter days the police incited ten criminals to pour cold water on me. I fainted immediately and fell to the ground. Upon regaining consciousness, two guards shocked me with high voltage electric batons. My body consequently jumped involuntarily.

    I also witnessed the torture suffered by a female practitioner in her twenties. The police incited several drug addicts to tie her up to a bed. They then sat on her abdomen, chest, legs and arms and force-fed her with two bowls of salty water. Her abdomen immediately expanded to such an extent that it looked almost about to burst. Then they released her. She was unable to get up. Police then ordered one criminal to pull her up and leaned her against the wall. Another inmate ruthlessly kicked and stomped on her abdomen. Water gushed out from her mouth and nose and her abdomen was no longer expanded. They then force-fed her again and repeated the procedure of stomping on her. After several repetitions of this torture, the police ordered the inmates to tie her up to the bed for two days straight, during which they force-fed her once again. She was forced to relieve herself on the bed. On the third day when I saw her, she was mentally disorientated and did not say a word. She would not speak, and only stared at the wall motionlessly. Her face was covered with big lumps. On the fourth day, the vicious perpetrators transferred her to the second floor and escalated the torture. I heard that she died on the eleventh day. They notified her family that she carried on a hunger strike and died from stomach bleeding.

    In Tuanhe Labor Camp, senior practitioners are still subjected to forced intense labor and routine army marches. I once saw an older woman unable to keep up the march. The police forced her to crawl forward anyways. Some practitioners suffered broken arms, and others' faces had thick burned skin as a result of electric shocks. It was truly miserable. When practitioners' families came to visit, the police would allow the practitioners to wash their clothes so that they appeared to be clean and well looked after. In order to cover up their crimes, they would allow practitioners to eat some vegetables, but they strictly monitored the conversation and never allowed any leakage of the torture. If anyone on the outside reported on their crimes, they would come down to each cell and ask who told the truth. Then they would escalate the torture of everyone.

    The above is my own experience in a labor camp where I personally witnessed the torture of Falun Gong practitioners.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/8/11/108166.html


    Children of Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners Forced to Live in Misery

     These children live in misery. Their parents were either illegally sentenced to prison, placed in mental hospitals, or forced into homelessness because they practice Falun Gong. They have prematurely lost the care and nurturing only a parent can provide and now live a cold, bitter life.

    Father Died, Mother Imprisoned - Sixteen-Year-Old Struggles to Survive

    Sixteen-year-Old Chen Yongzhu lives in Renhe District, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province. When Yongzhu was two, his father left the world because of sickness. Since then he has lived with his mother, Chen Hequn. Because Hequn practiced Falun Gong, she was illegally arrested in 2003 and sentenced to seven and half years in prison. Deprived of maternal love, Yongzhu had to live alone.

    Chen Hequn's work unit once threatened her with losing her job if she did not write a guarantee to not practice Falun Gong. She refused, lost her job and was given only 300 yuan a month for living expenses. After his mother was arrested, Yongzhu struggled to survive.

    Father Died, Mother Arrested - A Family Broken Up

    Wang Wei is 21, his younger brother is 17 and his younger sister Xiaoqin is only 9. They live in Dabaishui Village, Yanzhuang Town, Yuanping City, in Shanxi Province.

    Wei's father, Wang Xinming, died of sickness in July 2001. Because she practiced Falun Gong, their mother Qi Qiaozhen, 45 years old, was taken from her home by police from the Yuanping municipal public security bureau on September 30, 2003. Given a 5-year sentence, Wei's mother is now imprisoned in the Yuci female prison.

    After Qiaozhen's arrest, a good family was broken up. Unable to maintain a living, Wei had to take his younger brother with him to find temporary jobs in other areas. Currently his younger sister Wang Xiaoqin lives with their 70-year-old grandfather, Wang Huanru.

    Shan Jie is Growing Up in Misery

    Shan Jie, a 20-year-old youth, lives in Lingyuan, Liaoning Province and has grown up alone without parents to care for him.

    Shan Jie's father, Shan Baogui, and mother, Huang Guimei, are Falun Gong practitioners. In October 1999, both of them went to the capital to appeal for Falun Gong. They were arrested for appealing for Falun Gong in Beijing, and later sent to a labor camp for two years.

    In April 2002, Shan Baogui was forced to be destitute and become homeless. His mother was imprisoned in the second detention center at Lingyuan city and later committed to the Lingyuan municipal mental hospital.

    Because his parents were persecuted continuously from the time he was fourteen, Shan Jie has grown up in misery. He depends mainly on his grandparents who are both over seventy years old. In September 2004, with the help of other relatives and friends, Shan Jie began his studies at a technical institute.

    Information on Shan Jie's parents: Mr. Shan Baogui, 45, born on February 23, 1960, was on staff at Xiangdong Chemical Factory. He was dismissed in 1999 after being illegally put into a labor camp because he practiced Falun Gong. Ms. Huang Guimei, 44, was born on March 16, 1961 and worked at the scientific research institute of Xiangdong Chemical Factory. She was dismissed from the factory in August 2001.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/8/16/108496.html


    Ms. Dong Jingya in Critical Condition: Masanjia Labor Camp Blocks News and Continues to Persecute Her

     Ms. Dong Jingya, a building designer and a Falun Gong practitioner from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, participated in rescuing fellow practitioner Ms. Gao Rongrong. She was arrested for her role in aiding Gao Rongrong, who was herself later arrested again, and tortured to death. Ms. Dong went on hunger strike to resist the persecution in Masanjia Labor Camp. So far, it has been nearly four months and she is now in critical condition. The authorities at Masanjia said Ms. Dong is still fasting and added, "Absolutely do not allow her to see visitors."

    Late in July 2005, when someone who was concerned about her called the labor camp asking to visit Ms. Dong, a policeman surnamed Jiang, from the 1st Group said: "She is not allowed to see any visitors--definitely no visitors." When Jiang heard that the caller had exposed the barbaric force-feeding, drug injections, and other persecution Ms. Dong and other Falun Gong practitioners in Masanjia had been forced to endure, and that the evildoers would be investigated in accordance with the law, he said: "You're threatening me," and quickly hung up the telephone.

    In late July, a middle-aged policewoman said on the telephone: "We absolutely do not allow Dong Jingya to have visitors unless the visitor has a letter of introduction." After she learned that the visitor had a letter of introduction, she hurriedly changed her statement: "Even if you have a letter of introduction, it is absolutely not allowed! Absolutely not allowed!" Then the visitor asked the policewoman why she said so "absolutely." Was it because the persecution Ms. Dong had undergone had been exposed? The visitor told her that her conduct has been recorded and is on file. Evildoers will be judged according to heavenly principles and justice will be met. The policewoman lowered her voice to say: "If you want to see her, you must find the chief of the squad she was in." Then she said incoherently: "The duty chiefs take turns every several days." Then she hung up. The caller called back and nobody answered the phone.

    At the beginning of July, the chief of the 1st Group, Ren Hongzan (female in her 20s) said to Ms. Dong's family members over the telephone: "She is not in need of anything, but she is short of money for medical expenses. Send money! "

    Masanjia refuses to disclose any news regarding Ms. Dong. We only know her health is extremely bad. As early as in June, the wicked doctor Cao Yujie inserted a tube into her mouth to feed her and had her tied to an iron bed where she injected her with six bottles of drugs every day. She was sent many times to a "medical university" and to Masanjia Labor Camp hospital to be "rescued".

    Ms Dong graduated from Shenyang Architectural Engineering College in 1994. She was engaged in architectural design work at the Liaoning Provincial Construction Design Institute. She worked diligently and had a professional attitude. In 1997, she started to practice Falun Gong. She benefited very much from the practice both in body and mind. After the persecution began, she was compelled to be destitute and homeless for three to four years. On March 6, 2005, she was illegally arrested by Shenyang Municipal Security Group. She was detained in the 2nd Station for women in Masanjia Labor Camp where she fasted about three months to protest the persecution. She once had gastroesophageal reflux and vomited, she could not see things clearly, her kidneys failed, her cardiac muscles lacked sufficient blood, and she exhibited various other serious symptoms.

    The address of Masanjia Labor Camp: Masanjia Village, Masanjia Town, Yuhong District, Shenyang city, zip code: 110145

    Telephones: switchboard is 860-24-89210074
    Chief: Zhang Mingqiang, Wang Wei
    The 2nd Station for female: 860-24-89210454
    Chief of the 2nd Station for female: Su Jing Political Commissar: Wang Naimin
    The 1st Group of the 2nd Station for female (Strict Management Team): 860-24-89210406
    Chief of the 1st Group of the 2nd Station for female: Li Mingyu (female)
    Vice-chief: Wang Shuzheng (female) Xie Chengdong (male)
    Wang Shuzheng: 860-139822076083 The 3rd team: Huang Haiyan 860-1306610598
    The wicked police prison doctor: Cao Yujie (female) Chen Bing (female)
    The 2nd Group: 860-24-892400743
    The 3rd Group: 860-24-89212252

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/8/11/108159.html


    A Practitioner was Tortured for 7 Days and Nights by the Medieval Method, "Five Horses Pulling the Body Apart"

     The police in the labor camp of Ping'antai in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province persecuted Falun Gong practitioners by using torture to force them to give up their practice. The torture method of "Five Horses Pulling the Body Apart" was used in medieval times to execute the prisoner. This torture method tied each of the prisoner's limb to one horse and five horses pulled his limbs and head to five different directions. During the winter of 2003, the police adopted a similar method to torture practitioner Mr. Wang Fulong by handcuffing his wrists to the two top rails of the bunk bed with his body hanging in the air for 7 consecutive days and nights.

    The Ping'antai labor camp held its Annual Winter Exercise Display during the winter season. The officials from the Provincial Labor Camp Committee came to watch. At the scene, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Fulong from the Pingliang region shouted out loud, "Falun Gong is good." All of the people in the area were shocked.

    The political instructor from the 2nd Group, Zhang Zhizhong, the political instructor of the Squadron, Wei Haihua, and the Squadron Commander, Hu Shuailin, immediately took Mr. Wang back to the 2nd Group. They tied him with ropes and beat him. Then they ordered all of the other inmates in the labor camp to beat him. The three of them also used two pairs of "wolf teeth cuffs" to handcuff his left and right wrists to the top rails of the bunk beds. They then pulled the beds in opposite directions. This is similar to the torture method called "Five Horses Pulling the Body Apart," which was used in medieval executions. Mr. Wang's body was left hanging in the air.

    The inmates in the labor camp were all shocked by such ruthless torture. However, Mr. Wang did not yield, nor did he utter a word despite the severe pain.

    Then, Mr. Chen Gang, another Falun Gong practitioner from Tianshui, also shouted "Falun Gong Hao" (Falun Gong is good). He was immediately taken to the group office. The three police officers, Wei Haihua, Si Guojun and Jing Wenchun severely beat him until he lost consciousness. His body was covered with blood. He was then carried back to his area. His face was extremely distorted and he could not lower his chin for two months. Two practitioners, Mr. Chen Gang and Mr. Wang Shukun, went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution.

    Practitioner Mr. Wang Fulong was hung in the air for 7 days and 7 nights. During this period, the three police officers Hu Shuailin, Bian Yunsheng and Hu Jiguang got drunk and brutally beat Mr. Wang. The swinging of his body back and forth in the air was a very terrifying scene. Yan Jirong, a drug addict in the labor camp, could no longer bear to watch such brutality, so he pulled the bunk beds together a bit. In retaliation, officer Hu Shuailin cruelly kicked him and used his elbows to injure Yan's waist. As a result of his injuries, Yan Jirong couldn't work for two days. At 2:00 a.m., officer Hu Shuailin rallied the inmates and called out their names. Anyone who was slow in responding was given a savage beating. Mr. Chen Gang, who had been on a hunger strike for 6 days, was badly beaten. Hu Shuailin assembled the inmates and then dismissed them; he assembled them again, and dismissed them again. He employed this extreme behavior to terrorize the practitioners.

    Police officers Wei Haihua and Hu Shuailin came to speak to the two practitioners, Mr. Chen and Mr. Wang, after the seventh day of their hunger strike. Mr. Chen and Mr. Wang insisted that the torture of Mr. Wang end as a precondition of their stopping their hunger strike.

    The determined protest by Mr. Chen Gang and Mr. Wang Shukun forced instructor Wei Haihua to accept their request. Although he loosened the torture instrument on Mr. Wang, the police did not let Wang sleep on the last day. This barbaric torture of Mr. Wang, which lasted 7 days and 7 nights, resulted in his inability to move his arms and hands for half a year. He could not tend to his daily needs without the help of others during this time.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/8/16/108507.html


    Fourteen Practitioners from Shandong, Liaoning, Hebei and Other Provinces Died of Persecution

    Mr. Liu Lecheng, 60 years old, was a resident of Wujia Village, Kuiwen District, Weifang City, Shandong Province. He started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. After the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20, 1999, Mr. Liu went to Beijing in 2000 to appeal for Falun Gong. Police from the local Ershilibao Police Station arrested him. He was beaten, threatened and suffered other types of persecution. He was forced to sign the Three Statements and fined 500 yuan. He was released after 15 days of detention. Soon after he was again arrested by the local police and forced to undergo brainwashing. His home was ransacked and his family members lived in fear. Mr. Liu Lecheng suffered severe torture both physically and mentally. His old illness recurred, and he died on May 17, 2005.

    Mr. Meng Qingxi and his wife Liu Suwen were both practitioners and residents of Dingyu Village, Mucun Town, Weifang City, Shandong Province. They began practicing Falun Gong in 1997. In the autumn of 2000, Mr. Meng went to Beijing to  Falun Gong and was taken back to his local area after being arrested. He died of persecution in the Mucun Town brainwashing center. The family is deeply in debt due to fines, and two of their children have had to quit school. To survive, 12-year-old Meng Fei has had to go to work in various places.

    Mr. Wang Hongwu, 69 years old, lived in Pangjia Liangyu Village, Changle County, Shandong Province. After he started practicing Falun Gong in 1997, his hemiplegia, tracheitis and many other diseases disappeared without medical treatment. After the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20, 1999, he was illegally imprisoned many times and harassed. Also, the police extorted 5,000 yuan from him. Due to the persecution, his old diseases relapsed and he died on August 29, 2001.

    Mr. Wang Jingde, 74 years old, lived in Yangjiaguan Village, Sucun Town, Yinan County, Shandong Province. After contracting prostate cancer, he underwent surgery in the spring of 1998. In the summer of 1998, he started practicing Falun Gong, and his health recovered. Because of harassment and threats by the local police, he died on August 29, 2001.

    Mr. Chen Lei, 37 years old, was a farmer in Houchen Village, Machang Town, Taikang County, Henan Province. He had tumors on his face before he began to practice Falun Gong. After practicing Falun Gong for two months, all of those tumors disappeared. He went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was arrested. After he was released, the local police ransacked his home and arrested him again. Unable to deal with the of terror of constant threats, Mr. Chen lost his practice environment and was unable to do the exercises. In early 2005 his old disease relapsed. He was diagnosed with lymph cancer and spent over 40,000 yuan for medical treatment. He died on April 13, 2005.

    Mr. Zhang Dongsheng, 52 years old, was a resident of Xinglongzhuang Village, Yukou Town, Pinggu District, Beijing. His cerebral embolism vanished after practicing Falun Gong. After July 20, 1999, he was illegally arrested many times and driven to homelessness for over a year. In 2002 he was again arrested and tortured. His prior illness returned after he was released. He died in July 2005.

    Ms. Sun Dezhen, 71 years old, lived in North Santaizi Village, Xinmintun Town, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. After she started practicing Falun Gong in 1997, she read Falun Gong books and did the exercises daily. She was in very good health. After July 1999, the local police harassed her family many times and confiscated her Falun Gong books. Because her daughter and son-in-law were also Falun Gong practitioners, they too suffered persecution. Her son-in-law was arrested for distributing ""truth-clarification flyers and was illegally sentenced a prison term. Ms. Sun suffered extreme mental anguish and died on June 1, 2004.

    Mr. Diao Yulian, 65 years old, was a practitioner from Fushun City, Liaoning Province. His daughter, also a practitioner, was sent to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp twice and persecuted. The elderly man suffered severely both in mind and body. He died on May 28, 2005.

    Ms. Nong Meiling, 41 years old, lived in Fujiaying Village, Lizhuang Township, Qingyuan County, Hebei Province. She began to practice Falun Gong in 1997. After July 20, 1999, she was forced to attend the local brainwashing class. Later the local township government personnel harassed and threatened her many times. She suffered severe mental persecution and was diagnosed with encephaloma. She died on January 27, 2002.

    Mr. Zhang Xiqian, the father-in-law of Ms. Nong Meiling (see above), lived in Fujiaying Village, Lizhuang Township, Qingyuan County, Hebei Province. After practicing Falun Gong, he was in great health. The 82-year-old man rode a bicycle like a young man. After his daughter-in-law was persecuted to death, his heart was broken. He died on October 24, 2004.

    Ms. Liu Chunling, 46 years old, was a resident of Beizi Village, Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province. Her leukemia vanished after she began practicing Falun Gong. After July 20, 1999, the police went to her home twice to harass her. Under intense pressure and the intervention of her husband Zhao Lianyuan, Ms. Liu's prior disease returned, and she died on June 2005.

    The following are cases of persecution of practitioners from Zhaojiazhuang, Yuantou Township, Zanhuang County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province:

    Ms. Zhao Shuping was 37 years old. On the night of June 10, 2000, Yuantou Township government personnel arrested her. She was released after being fined. On October 27, 2001, she died.

    Ms. Gu Enru, 67 years old, was frightened when her spouse was arrested illegally by Township government personnel. She died on October 26, 2003.

    Ms. Zhang Huifang, 65 years old, began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. She benefited both physically and mentally. After July 20, 1999, the authorities threatened her relentlessly. She died in 2002.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/8/11/108156.html


    Exposing the Evildoings at No. 2 "Re-education Center" of Shandong Province

     The former Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo City, Shandong Province has now been renamed to No. 2 Re-education Center of Shandong Province.

    Since July 20, 1999, the 2nd Re-education Center of Shandong Province has been following Jiang's regime and persecuting Falun Gong practitioners severely. I want to expose the inhumane persecution that I have personally witnessed here.

    1. Mou Zuguang, an employee at Tangjiapo Silk Factory, Qixia City, Shandong Province and Wang Guiwei, from Qixia City, Shandong Province

    Due to their steadfast belief in Falun Gong, they have been persecuted by the police. They were not allowed to sleep for more than nine months. The police watched them at all turns, and did not allow them to go to the washroom. The police handcuffed them and hung them on the window frame, without any part of their bodies touching the floor. They were tortured for a long time by being shocked with electric batons and beaten until they suffered mental disorders. They were not able to speak when released.

    2. Zhuang Qi, an employee at the Special Transit Group, Frontier North Community, Boxing, Team 29, Transit Group 8, Shengli Petroleum Administrative Bureau

    Because he did not want to give up his belief in Falun Gong, the police incited some collaborators to beat him every day so that he had wounds all over his body. The wicked people sometimes put cups on his chest then hit him through the cups. He was not allowed to sleep or go to the washroom. The police used various torture methods to torture him in the Strict Monitoring Room, such as shocking him with electronic batons and inserting cigarette butts into his nostrils. The scenes were too inhumane to look at.

    3. Che Qicong, an employee at the Electricity Plant of Dezhou, Shandong Huaneng Group

    Because of being steadfast in his beliefs, Che Qicong was severely tortured by the police, led by the Head, Zhao. He was not allowed to sleep for a long time. He once escaped from the re-education center, but was arrested and persecuted again.

    4. Sun Zhonghua, a student at Normal College of Zaozhuang, Shandong Province

    He did not want to give up his cultivation, so Wang Li and other policemen sealed his lips with tape and slapped him on the face and hands with slippers. Sometimes he was beaten and not allowed to sleep for a long time. He suffered from other types of torture as well.

    5. Zhao Youqiang, from Retired Military Officials' Residence, Tai'an City, Shandong Province and Zhang Lianbin, Convenience Store, No. 71770 Troop, Laiwu City, Shandong Province

    These two practitioners persisted in their belief in Falun Gong, so they were tortured by being handcuffed and hung from the roof beams. Their bodies were hung in the air, and the skin of their wrists was torn and broken.

    6. Wang Chengfu, from Xiajiazhuang Village, Sucun Town, Yinan County, Linyi District, Shandong Province

    Because he did not want to give up practicing Falun Gong, Mr. Wang has been tortured by the police for a long period of time. He was not allowed to sleep or go to the washroom for several months. One night after midnight, a policeman walked into his cell and saw the collaborators beating him. He had wounds all over his body. The policeman sat down and took out his lighter to burn Mr. Wang's lips and face.

    7. Pu Qinjin, an employee of Work Group 3, Gudong Oil Plant, Hekou District, Dongying City, Shandong Province

    He has been tortured at the evil place since he was first detained there. Policemen Wang Li, Wang Jun, Wang Dayong, and others beat Mr. Pu severely under the wicked leaders Zhao and Zhang. Mr. Pu was not allowed to sleep, go to bathroom as he wished, or to have enough food and water. Pu Jinqin has been tortured to be unable to speak.

    8. Zhao Liming, from Zhujiazhang Village, Gucheng Town, Shouguang City, Shandong Province

    In order to make him give up his beliefs, the policemen at the forced labor camp have tortured Mr. Zhao with all kinds of inhumane methods. Once, he was beaten unconscious and was sent to the emergency room. The policemen still watched him closely in the hospital. When he was released after two years the police forced his family to pay for the hospital fees and food when he was hospitalized because of the torture.

    Zhao Liming was reported to the police when he was clarifying the truth to others, and unlawfully sent to the forced labor camp again on July 28, 2005.

    9. Man Jun, from Xuemei Village, No. 2 Rencheng District, Jining City, Shandong Province

    His whole family lived happily after started practicing Falun Gong. After the persecution started, his brother-in-law, also a practitioner, was beaten and force-fed, which caused his death. Mr. Man has also been tortured with inhumane methods. For example, the persecutors broke his head open with a chair. Once he said "Falun Gong is Good" aloud in the center, which stunned everyone and threatened the evil. The policemen the dragged him to the Strict Monitoring Room and shocked him with many electric batons. The skin on his body, his thighs, his face, and his lips was all burned.

    10. Wang Xinwen, from Chijiagou Village, Buyudian Town, Laiyang City, Shandong Province

    The police did not allow him to sleep or to go to the washroom. He was tortured such that his body was full of wounds and his head was bleeding. His eyes were so swollen that he could not see. Once the group head, Zhao, the director of Education and transformation Office, Han, policemen, Wang Dayong, Wang Yusheng, and other policemen brought Wang Xinwen to the Strict Monitoring Room. They stripped Mr. Wang and pressed him to the floor, while cuffing his hands to a chair. The Group Head, Zhang, beat Mr. Wang with his fists and legs. Wang Yongsheng was very brutal and he hit Mr. Wang on the nose. The persecutors also shocked him with multiple electric batons on the ribs, hands, feet, and inside the thigh until the batons ran out of electricity. The police also tried to make him give in by hurting his ribs, battering him with iron chairs, and kicking him with leather shoes. It is said that Zhao Yufeng, a collaborator from the same town, followed the persecutors and tortured Mr. Wang. The collaborator only allowed Mr. Wang to wear a shirt on cold winter days, and he told others that he ruined a pair of new leather shoes by kicking Mr. Wang.

    One night, policeman Wang Yunsheng would not allow Mr. Wang to sleep. Mr. Wang's legs were swollen badly, but Wang Yunsheng and the other policemen on duty hit him many times on the legs. Each time he was beaten, the pain made Mr. Wang sweat profusely. Even during the Spring Festival, the wicked persecutors would not leave him in peace. Someone saw the police beating Mr. Wang on the eve of the Spring Festival. People often see Mr. Wang being taken to the Strict Monitoring Room.

    After he went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution, the policemen took him back to the group. They saw the police put a white plastic helmet on his head, handcuff him, and three or four policemen on duty beside him. His body was thin and emaciated.

    During the SARS epidemic in 2004, the labor camp was closed and the persecution increased in the isolated center. Under Han, the director of the Education and Transformation Office, policeman Wang Li and others took Mr. Wang to a place that no one could see and beat him, trying to make him give up his beliefs. After the policemen got tired of beating him, they let the collaborators continue the torture. Mr. Wang was wounded all over his body, his toenails fell off and blood flowed everywhere. In the meantime, all the prisoners were working upstairs and could hear the policemen's swearing and the slapping and continuous beating. Everyone's heart was worried, and nobody talked. Rather, they listened closely. It was so quiet that breathing could be heard. Later, when people saw Mr. Wang, he was crippled, and there was blood all over his face and hands. His body was so swollen that people could not even recognize him. However, the evil persecutors were unable to "transform" him even with such brutal torture.

    The torture that has happened to Mr. Wang in the past two years is much more severe than what is described above. In the end, he was unable to talk. It is said that the police did not allow him to sleep for four or five months, day and night, and did not allow him to use the bathroom. Because he was strictly monitored and handcuffed, he could only excrete the waste in his pants, for which he would receive more beating. Due to the long-term torture, Mr. Wang started to suffer a mental disorder. The center took him to the Jinan Mental Hospital and he was diagnosed with mental illness. He was then released to go home. The police called his family to come and pick him up, but his family was unwilling to do so. The director of the Education and Transformation Office, policeman Wang Dayong, and a few others then brought him home. It is said that the policemen wanted to force the family to pay for the check-up fees, meals and other hospital related expenses. However, no one was at Mr. Wang's home when the police arrived in the village. They had no choice but to send him to his mother's. Mr. Wang's mother is more than eighty years old and is paralyzed. She burst into tears when she saw her son. He could not hear or answer her, no matter how loudly she cried his name.

    There are still more people being persecuted.

    Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/22/108914.html


    The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Jinyang City, Sichuan Province

     According to information from inside sources, a few months before July 20, 2005, more than 50 practitioners in Jinyang City were arrested. They were detained in detention centers in various cities and counties. So far, two of them have been released, some are serving terms in forced labor camps, and others are in brainwashing centers.

    Before July 20, 2005, every police station, residential association and some practitioners' work places joined together in taking practitioners to brainwashing centers under the pretense of wanting to talk with practitioners, going through formalities, etc. As a result, many practitioners have been forced to leave home to avoid further persecution. The following is information on practitioners who have been illegally detained.

    Ms. Pan Qifen, in her 50s, is from Zitong County of Jinyang City. The police arrested her on her way to work around May 2005. They searched her home. Although they did not find anything, they still threatened and coerced Ms. Pan to admit that she passed out truth-clarifying materials. Her relatives were extorted about 10,000 yuan by the police. The police told her relatives that Ms. Pan would be released, but instead they sentenced her to 2 years of forced labor.

    Ms. Wang Yuan, in her 30s, is a teacher at Jinyang City Education College. She was arrested last year and the police searched her home and confiscated her computer. Mr. Wang was arrested again before July 20, 2005.

    Mr. Chen Haidong, in his 40s, was a teacher of the Hydropower School in Gaoxin District of Jinyang City. Last September, he was sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp because of clarifying the truth of Falun Gong to his class. The police confiscated his two computers. Mr. Chen was arrested again around July 20, 2005.

    Mr. Wang Yancai, in his 50s, a retiree from the Eleventh Factory of Jinyang City, lives in Yongxing Town of Gaoxin District. He was sent to a forced labor camp because of practicing Falun Gong before. He was released after serving his term, and he was arrested again on July 20, 2005.

    Ms. Feng Biqiong is a family member of someone who is working at the Automobile Steering Factory of Gaoxin District. On July 24, 2005, she was deceived into going to a brainwashing session held in the Yulong Hotel in Yulong Village of Gaoxin District. At this brainwashing session, eight people were in charge of "transforming" her. After Ms. Feng signed a "guarantee statement", she was sent back home. The officials later searched her home and confiscated two Falun Gong books.

    Ms. An Zhihong is a resident of Fule Street of Jinyang City. On July 21, 2005, she was taken to a brainwashing session by members of the local residents association.

    Other detained practitioners are: Ms. Gao Yan, Ms. Ming Zhu, Zhang Chunbao, Feng Wei, Yi Huajie, Yue Bing, Chui Xiaoping, and Wu Digao.

    The following is the contact information of people who have been involved in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Jinyang City:

    Office of the Jinyang City Chinese Communist Party Committee (CCP): 86-816-2222591
    Tang Li, the secretary of the Jinyang City CCP Committee, who led the persecution of Falun Gong in Jinyang
    Office of the Jinyang City Government: 86-816-2332193

    The Public Security Bureau of Jinyang City:
    Telephone exchange: 86-816-2498000
    Zhang Huaili: 86-816-2498036 (Office), 86-13608111799 (Cell), 86-816-2498658 (Home)
    Shen Xu: 86-13508128068 (Cell), 86-816-2291739 (Home).

    National Protection Section of the Public Security Bureau of Jinyang City:
    Chen Zhonghua: 86-816-2498158 (Office), 86-13908115969 (Cell), 86-816-2368132 (Home)

    Detention Center:
    Gong Enggui: 86-816-2377600 (Office), 86-13808118181 (Cell), 86-816-2498624 (Home)
    The Gaonxin District Public Security Sub-Bureau of Jinyang City:
    Li Zhonglun, director of the Sub-Bureau: 86-816-2540256 (Office), 86-13909016386 (Cell)
    Li Longgang, deputy director of the Sub-Bureau: 86-816-2540253 (Office), 86-13890125993 (Cell)
    Shi Fanggui, deputy director of the Sub-Bureau: 86-13708126822 (Cell)
    Zhang Yun, deputy director of the Sub-Bureau: 86-13508101315 (Cell)

    National Protection Section of the Gaoxin District Public Security Sub-Bureau of Jinyang City:
    Liu Shijie: 86-13908112697 (Cell), 86-816-2536100 (Office), 86-816-2540367 (Office)

    Jinyang City Detention Center:
    Gong (surname, male): 86-816-2377600 (Office).

    Jinyang City Hydropower School:
    Fang Shongkang, principal: 86-816-2565946 (Office), 86-13708116053 (cell)
    Tao Min, the secretary of the School CCP Committee: 86-816-2566773 (Office), 86-13909015366 (Cell), 86-816-2565966 (Home)
    He Jingchun, assistant principal: 86-816-2565946 (Office), 86-13689696091(Cell), 86-816-2565968 (Home)
    Chen Guorui, assistant principal: 86-816-2565969 (Home)

    Liu Shijie, Director of the National Protection Section of the Gaoxin District Public Security Sub-Bureau of Jinyang City, and Zhang Shuxiang, Director of the Security Section of the Puming Automobile Steeling Factory in Gaoxin District, are still persecuting Falun Gong practitioners.

    Security Section of the Puming Automobile Steering Factory: 86-816-2542178
    Zhang Shuxiang's telephone number: 86-816-2531799 (Home)
    The Factory Resident Association: 86-816-2542507

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/8/15/108454.html


    Brief News from China - August 14, 2005
     

    1. [Tianshui City, Gansu Province] Practitioner Mr. Liu Xiaoming Arrested by the 610 Office

    On June 27, 2005, practitioner Mr. Liu Xiaoming, from the Qinzhou District of Tianshui City, was arrested by the staff and policemen of the local 610 Office. He was first taken to the detention center of the Maiji District branch of the Tianshui City Police Department. Later he was moved to the Qinzhou District branch of the Tianshui City Police Department, where he is currently detained.

    2. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Xin Minduo Force-Fed

    On August 3, 2005, while walking out on the street, practitioner Mr. Xin Minduoh was illegally arrested by policemen from the Panjin City National Security Office and Liaohe Oil Field National Security Group. He is currently being detained at the Number Three Detention Center in Panjin City. He's been on a hunger strike since the time of his arrest. Witnesses have reported that the police force-fed Mr. Xin via a tube inserted through his nose. He is near the brink of death.

    The Number Three Detention Center in Panjin City:

    Han, head of the Detention Center: 86-427-2682555 (Office), 86-13514278086 (Cell)

    Jing Chengsheng, political director: 86-13909875868 (Cell)

    3. [Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province] Nearly 80, Practitioners Mr. Zhao Ming and His Wife Were Taken to a Brainwashing Center by the 610 Office

    Although practitioners Mr. Zhao Ming and his wife, from Beizi Village, Songlindian Township, Zhuozhou City, are both nearly 80 years old, they were still sent to the Nanma Brainwashing Center in Songlindian Township, Zhuozhou City, by the Zhuozhou City 610 Office for practicing Falun Gong.

    Partial List of Perpetrators:
    Yu Qun, City Party Secretary
    Li Ming, Head of the Zhuozhou City 610 Office and Deputy Secretary of the Zhuozhou City People's Committee
    Gao Xuefei, Head of the Baoding Law Education Camp (Nanma Brainwashing Center) Du Yonglu, Deputy Head

    4. [Beijing] Practitioner Mr. Li Wanqing Arrested for Clarifying the Truth about Falun Gong

    At around 3:00 p.m. on August 12, 2005, several policemen from the Sunhe Police Station in Beijing broke into practitioner Li Wanqing's home. The policemen illegally searched his home, arrested Mr. Li, and stole Falun Gong books and truth-clarification materials. It is reported that the policemen arrested Mr. Li for telling people the truth about Falun Gong. Mr. Li was sent to the police department's office that night.

    5. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Mr. Zhou Minzhong Secretly Taken to Yantai Brainwashing Center by the 610 Office

    Practitioner Mr. Zhou Minzhong was fired from the Textile and Dye Factory because he practiced Falun Gong. He lost the means to support himself. In 2005, he sued the Textile and Dye Factory due to labor disputes. The local National Security Group and the 610 Office pressured the lawyer and labor arbitrator and threatened Mr. Zhou to withdraw his suit. On August 3, Mr. Zhou Minzhong and his wife were tricked into the local courthouse. His case was not resolved, and when Mr. Zhou stepped out of the courthouse, the local National Security Group and 610 Office arrested him. Mr. Zhou was secretly sent to the Yantai Brainwashing Center.

    6. [Daqing, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Ms. Liu Shufen Brutally Tortured at Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison

    Ms. Liu Shufen is a 31-year-old practitioner from Chengfeng Village, Ranghulu District, Daqing City. In mid-May 2002, the police from the Political and Security Section of the Ranghulu District Branch of the Daqing City Police Department abducted her from her temporary residence. On September 16, 2002, she was secretly sentenced to eight years of imprisonment in the district courthouse. She is currently being held in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison First Prison Ward.

    From December 18, 2002, through January 8, 2003, simply because Ms. Liu Shufen practiced the Falun Gong exercises, she was put in solitary confinement, handcuffed behind her back, and her legs were stretched upwards and hung in the air.

    From March 12 through April 8, 2004, she was again placed in the solitary confinement room. She was handcuffed behind her back for 24 hours. She was not allowed to shower or even brush her teeth. The only thing she was fed was corn gruel. On May 12, 2004, she was subjected the torture "Hung in the Air With Hands Cuffed Behind the Back" by the prison guards Liu Yan, Sun Rui and Zhou Ying because she refused to wear her nametag. From December 13 to December 21, 2004, the guards instigated four violent inmates to monitor her. The four inmates brutally tortured her at will, hanging her in the air with her hands cuffed behind her back. The handcuffs cut into her skin. Ms. Liu wasn't allowed to sleep or use the restroom. Physical punishments and other tortures were frequently used. However, because she continued to practice Falun Gong exercises, she was put into solitary confinement from March 15 to early August. Since June 6, 2005, she's been on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. It's been over two months, and Ms. Liu is extremely weak.

    Contact Information for the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison:

    Mailing address: 389 Xuefu Road Nangang District, 150069
    Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, P.R. China

    Xu Longjiang, head of the prison: 86- 451-86684001 Ext. 8001 (Office)
    Cong Xin, Zhu Shuhua, Liu Zhiqiang, deputy heads in charge of medical parole
    Chu Xiuhua (female), political director: 86-451-86684001 Ext. 3003 (Home), 86-451-86684001 Ext. 8002 (Office)
    Xiaolin, Prison Political Section: 86-13845193360(Cell), 86-451-86684001 Ext. 8130
    Cui Hongmei, head of the No. 1 Prison Ward
    Xia Fengying, Hou Xueping, deputy heads of the No 1 Prison Ward

    7. [Laixi City, Shandong Province] Four Practitioners Arrested for Distributing Truth-Clarification Materials

    At around 9:00 p.m. on July 11, 2005, practitioners Ms. Liu Chunfang, Ms. Wang Junfang, Mr. Zhang Mingshan, and Ms. Zhang Guihua, from Dongjuzi Village, Rizhuang Township, Laixi City, were distributing "truth-clarification" materials. Several policemen from the Rizhuang Township Police Station came to arrest them. Ms. Wang Junfang and Mr. Zhang Mingshan managed to escape. However, Ms. Zhang Guihua and Ms. Liu Chunfang were first detained at the Laixi Detention Center and then later transferred to the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp.

    On the morning of July 12, 2005, policemen went to Ms. Wang Junfang and Mr. Zhang Mingshan's homes to arrest them. Ms. Wang Junfang left her home and was forced to wander around to avoid the persecution. Mr. Zhang Mingshan was arrested and later released. After he went home, several policemen from the Rizhuang Township Police Station illegally searched his home, stole Falun Gong materials, and took some pictures. Now policemen often go to Mr. Zhang Mingshan and Ms. Wang Junfang's homes to harass them.

    Persons responsible:

    Yu Deming, head of the Rizhuang Township Police Station: 86-532-83483789 (Office), 86-532-88490208 (Home), 86-13356879678 (Cell)

    Geng Bingsheng, deputy head: 86-13361200786 (Cell)

    Zhang Luning, political director: 86-532-88474369 (Home), 86-13386393833 (Cell)

    8. [Jiannan City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Mr. Cui Ying Detained At Dashan Detention Center in Qingdao City

    In June 2005, practitioner Mr. Cui Ying, from Jiannan City, went to the home of Zhu Aihua, the president of his workplace's Worker's Union, to ask for the back pay and benefits withheld from him because of his practicing Falun Gong. Mr. Cui Ying also used this opportunity to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to President Zhu Aihua. After Mr. Cui left Zhu Aihua's home, local policemen arrest him. His family asked around and finally discovered that he is currently being detained at the Dashan Detention Center in Qingdao City.

    President Zhu Aihua's phone number: 86-532-88126978 (Cell)

    9. [Shangshui County, Henan Province] Three Practitioners Sentenced to Imprisonment for Telling People the Truth about Falun Gong

    On October 15, 2004, while telling people truth about Falun Gong and distributing truth-clarification materials in Tan Village, practitioners Xiao Jing, Wang Lan and Chen Fenglan, from Shangshui County, were arrested by several policemen including Ren Damao and Jin Zhonghua from the Shangshui County Police Department National Security Group. They were taken to the Shangshui County Detention Center. Chen Fenglan was detained at the Zhoukou Detention Center. In June 2005, the Shangshui County Courthouse secretly put the three practitioners on trial without notifying their families. Chen Fenglan and Wang Lan were sentenced to five years of imprisonment, and Xiao Jing was sentenced to three years. During the trial, Chen Fenglan clarified the truth about Falun Gong and exposed the persecution in the courthouse.

    Relevant contact information:

    Courthouse Office, 86-394-5441660;

    Office of the Head of the Court, 86-394-5442911
    Ren Damao, National Security Group: 86-13938093716 (Cell) , 86-394-5443291 (Home)

    10. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Chen Fengzhen Arrested for Telling People the Truth about Falun Gong

    At around 3:00 p.m. on August 8, 2005, practitioner Chen Fengzhen, from the No. 5 Oil Drill Plant was arrested by policemen from the Xingnan Police Station while clarifying the truth about Falun Gong and distributing truth-clarification materials.

    11. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Ms. Luan Xiuyuan Near the Brink Of Death at the Jiamusi City Forced Labor Camp

    On June 15, 2005, practitioner Ms. Luan Xiuyuan and two other practitioners were arrested by policemen from the Nangang Police Station in Jiamusi City. That night, one of the practitioners escaped. Forty-two days later, Ms. Luan Xiuyuan was sentenced to forced labor and was sent to the Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp. It was reported to us that Ms. Luan was brutally persecuted at the Labor Camp. She's been on a hunger strike for many days and is near the brink of death.

    Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp Phone Numbers:

    Jiang Zuoqi, warden: 86-454-8891998

    Fu Maoseng, political director: 86-454- 8891890

    12. [Tonghe County, Heilongjiang Province] Three Practitioners Hold a Hunger Strike to Protest the Persecution in Tonghe County Detention Center

    On July 20, 2005, practitioners Li Min, Fu Hai and Liu Ying, from Tonghe County, Heilongjiang Province, were arrested by policemen from the Tonghe County National Security Group. They were taken to the Tonghe County Detention Center. The three practitioners have been on a hunger strike since their arrest. The Tonghe County National Security Group has refused to disclose any information or allow family members to visit the practitioners.

    Pertinent Telephone Numbers:

    Li Liwei, Current Head of the Tonghe County Police Department National Security Group Section: 86-451-57422324 (Home), 86-451-57428425 (Office)

    Jiang Jiandong, Previous Head of the Tonghe County Police Department National Security Group Section: 86-451-57424379 (Home)

    Tonghe County Detention Center: 86-451-57422603

    13. [Sanhe City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Ms. Li Guizhi Arrested for the Twelfth Time

    Practitioner Ms. Li Guizhi, from Xicaige Village, Yanjiao Township, Sanhe City, was working in the Changping District in Beijing. At around 11:00 a.m. on July 29, 2005, she was secretly arrested by the Changping District 610 Office and several plainclothes policemen. They searched her and only found several cards that read, "Falun Gong is Good."

    It has been learned that Ms. Li was reported to the police because she was telling people the truth about Falun Gong in her spare time. She was taken to a brainwashing center in a hotel in the Changping District and forced to pay 150 yuan per day for her upkeep. This is the twelfth time that Ms. Li Guizhi has been arrested in the past six years.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/14/108365.html


    Summary of Other Articles and News - August 24, 2005

    Exposing the crimes of the Chunhai Police Station in Dalian City

    Since 1999, a dozen practitioners have been abducted by authorities from the Chunhai Police Station in Dalian City and sent to forced labor camps. More than 20 practitioners were detained, and several practitioners had large sums of money extorted from them.

    Practitioner Mr. Song Shuling was sent to a mental hospital and given anti-psychotic medications against his will for three months.

    Four members of practitioner Liu Wencan's family were sent to forced labor camps. They were repeatedly abducted and detained for a total of nine times.

    Practitioner Mr. Ma Xueqing was abducted seven times and his home was ransacked four times. He is still being detained and the police are still harassing his family.


    Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/24/109045.html