The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong -- March 15, 2006

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

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70-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Hao Fukui was arrested by about 20 to 30 officers from the police department and the 610 Office in the Dalian Development Zone. He has been detained in a local detention center, in violation of the Chinese constitution. He has suffered persecution for nine months and his life is now in danger, with a blood pressure reading of 240/110. He was taken to ward 407 at the No.3 Hospital in the Dalian Development Zone on February 27, 2006 for emergency treatment. Even under such circumstances, the detention center still refuses to release him. Following are details.

Hao Fukui, 70 years old, was living temporarily in his daughter's place in the Cuizhu residential district in the Dalian Development Zone before his arrest. He practices Falun Gong and conducts himself according to the principles of Truthfulness -Compassion-Forbearance. His is a very good man and his earlier illnesses such as heart disease, hypertension, liver cyst and other ailments all disappeared after he took up the practice of Falun Gong. He has not needed any medication for over ten years. On May 20, 2005, a group of more than 20 people from the local police department, from the Huanghailu police station and the "610 Office" came to his house with video cameras, guns and electric batons. They pried the door open and broke into the house, ransacking the place and taking away a laptop computer and six cassette players (including those of his grandchildren).

Hao Fukui was taken away by force and put into a detention center. For nine months now he has not been allowed any family visits, and the evildoers refuse to release him. On September 10, 2005 the local court subjected him to an illegal trial. The case was then passed to the Dalian City Court where it dragged on for over two months, with various excuses. The matter was later referred to the local court.

The lawless personnel in the detention center still refused him his right to family visits. Due to strong demand from this family, he was finally permitted to see his family members on February 21, 2006.

He suffered a relapse of his old illnesses from mental trauma and physical abuse and was hospitalized in ward 407 at the No. 3 Hospital in the development zone. He has become unconscious. A previously healthy 70-year-old man has been detained and abused under the persecution for nine months, until his life is in danger, simply because he practices Falun Gong and believes in the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. This is intolerable injustice.

The Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison presents a civilized façade to hide its insidious and malicious nature. The inmates nicknamed Ward 8 "the wolf ward." The three ward heads, Zheng Jie, Zhang Chunhua and Zhang Xiuli often transfer inmates from the workshop to the cells and order them to torture Falun Gong practitioners. They said, "There are more than enough inmates at the workshop." Zheng Jie said to the practitioners, "If you guys die, we'll throw you over the wall and report that you died from natural causes." The guards who work as subordinates for Zheng Jie verbally terrorized the practitioners saying, "It's so easy to torture you guys to death! We'll torture all of you to death!" Zheng Jie and Zhang Chunhua used coercion and torture on the practitioners.

Practitioner Du Jinglan was held at Ward 8. In November 2003, she refused to be called an inmate and refused to work. Five inmates assigned to watch her dragged her from the third floor, sometimes dragging by her feet, making her head bang loudly against the stairs. Her clothes were torn and her body was bruised from such mistreatment. They dragged her to the third floor of the workshop building. Sometimes, the inmates purposely hit her against the stairs, tied her hands behind her back with a rope and yanked the rope upwards. They forced her to squat and told her to move. She is a little overweight and cannot keep still when squatting. The inmates forced her to lift her hands straight up, then behind her back and made her bend her body forward at a 90 degree angle. Beads of sweat dripped from her face. She was often forced to stay in this posture until midnight or 2:00 a.m. when the inmates finished work. Then they tied her up and forbade her to sleep and made her sit on the cold concrete floor. They tortured her repeatedly until she agreed to work.

In September 2003, the prison authorities ordered the guards from four different sections to abuse and torment the practitioners in Ward 8 for 11 days. They denied the practitioners sleep throughout this period and forced them to run constantly.

Du Jinglan was chained to a ring on the workshop floor and later forced to run. Other practitioners were shocked to see her walking with her back bent at a 90-degree angle. Her blood pressure measured 280 mm Hg, at the very top of the sphygmometer, so it's unknown what her actual blood pressure was. She was injected with a blood pressure-lowering drug against her will. Then the inmates dragged her out and made her run and do exercises. She did not have the strength to run, so the inmates beat her.

About 40 guards and inmates stood in a circle, each holding an object such as an electric baton, police baton, a piece of white plastic tube, a water bottle, a bamboo stick, a wooden stick, or a metal rod. They struck the practitioners' heads and bodies. Some inmates refused to hit the practitioners. Then the guards beat these inmates until their faces were covered with bruises. By doing this, they forced the inmates to abuse Falun Gong practitioners. Du Jinglan and other practitioners were badly injured from the beatings. The labor camp doctor and the three ward heads laughed at the practitioners' injuries.

Some inmates hung the practitioners from a metal railing and said they were "treating the practitioners' illness" this way. They also poked the practitioners' private areas with metal rods. The practitioners screamed in pain, and Zhang Chunhua said, "We'll treat your back pain this way."

At least seven practitioners were suffering from high blood pressure exceeding 220 mm Hg. They were given injections and forced to run. They received no drinking water and not enough food for 11 days. Du Jinglan could not straighten her back and suffered from high blood pressure. The guards didn't make her run when her blood pressure was at 280, but instead tortured her with a method called "flying an airplane." She was soaked with sweat. In the evening, they forced her to sit on the concrete floor and didn't let her use the toilet. She spoke up, "I need to use the restroom." The inmates cursed her and said, "You can wait until tomorrow morning." She had to relieve herself on the spot and soiled her pants. She sat on the concrete floor for a whole night. This torture lasted for nearly one month.

As of January 30, 2004 she refused to work as a way to resist the persecution. She was dragged to the office, handcuffed and forced to squat. In the winter she was stripped of her coat and cotton pants and forced to sit on the floor wearing only sweatpants. She held a hunger strike to protest the persecution. About three days later, Shang Xiaomei force-fed her with lots of salt. Du Jinglan's mouth and tongue turned numb from excessive salt intake. The inmates also pried open her mouth with a tool and knocked some of her teeth loose in the process. Two of her teeth later fell out. Initially, inmate Song Libo cruelly force-fed Du Jinglan although he is not a doctor. Du Jinglan was dragged to the workshop and forced to work. She worked for 15 days before she was permitted to return to the cell.

In September 2005, Du Jinglan, not considering herself a criminal, refused to wear a nametag identifying her as an inmate. The guards refused to let her buy things from the canteen or order food. The inmates prevented her from pracrticing Falun Gong. Fan Dandan, Wang Jing and Zhao Shuzhen routinely harassed her, encouraged by the guards. Fan Dandan loudly cursed Du Jinglan. Inmates constantly watched her, making her become quite depressed. Prior to all these outrages she was in good physical condition. Du Jinglan was deprived of personal freedom and was physically tortured and mentally tormented. She lived under pressure at all times, which caused her to develop high blood pressure that later led to her death.

At 3:00 a.m. on October 24, 2005, Du Jinglan returned from the restroom and went to her bed. She fell from her bed. Someone found her and carried her back to bed. Ward head Zheng Jie located prison doctor Zhao. Inmate Shang Xiaomei attempted to give Du Jinglan an I.V. infusion. Du Jinglan refused to cooperate with them. Five inmates assigned to watch her tried to hold her down. Du Jinglan became very distraught and cried loudly. The guards prevented other practitioners from approaching her. After people from the 120 Emergency Response medical staff arrived, they gave her an injection and told her to sleep. Du Jinglan shouted, "I won't go with you! I'll sue you!" The five inmates put her on the floor and tied her to a stretcher. Du Jinglan struggled with the five inmates and Shang Xiaomei for more than ten minutes. She kept shouting, "I won't go! I'll sue you!" She was carried away around 6:00 a.m.

Patients who have high blood pressure require a calm environment. The struggle worsened Du Jinglan's condition. Around 9 o'clock on October 27, ward head Zhang Chunhua said, "Du Jinglan left this morning. Her family was waiting outside the prison. They don't want her stuff here." They later burned Du Jinglan's quilt and other bedding.

After they dealt with Du Jinglan's things, Zheng Jie, head of Ward 8 said to other Falun Gong practitioners, "See, I finally sent away this dead one." It's obvious he bears hatred toward Du Jinglan.

The practitioners at Ward 8 suggest Du Jinglan's family investigate the facts of abuse and coercion and scare tactics under the persecution at the prison.

In 2003, the practitioners who refused to work are: Yan Huijuan, Han Ying, Lan Hongying and Zhou Chunling

Inmates who persecuted Du Jinglan are Chen Jingguo (released), Gong Xihua (released), Li Yahui and Yang Ping, who watched Du Jinglan during the day.

Zheng Jie, Zhang Chunhua and Gui Nana, among others, ordered the inmates to persecute Du Jinglan.

In January 2004, the practitioners who refused to work and who witnessed the infamous treatment under the persecution are Yan Huijuan, Nan Yuqing, Li Xiuying, Han Ying, Lu Yinghua, Feng Xiujuan, Lan Hongying and Zhou Chunling

Inmates who took part in the persecution in January 2004: Li Yahui (released), Chen Jingguo (released), Wu Yanmin (released), Huang Jinghua (released), Sun Yimei (transliteration), Pu Meina, Huang He

Zheng Jie, Zhang Chunhua, Li Guirong and others ordered the inmates to persecute Falun Gong practitioners

Inmates who took part in the force-feeding are Shang Xiaomei, Zhao Yanhua (non medical personnel), Song Libo (non medical personnel)

Inmates who forced the practitioners to do drill exercises in 2003 are Zhu Yuhong, Zhao Yanhua, Wang Fengchun, Huang He, Li Guixiang and Zhao Yan

Officials who directed and executed the drill practice in 2003 are Zheng Jie, Zhang Chunhua, Zhang Xiuli, Xiao Lin, Wang Liang and others. Wang Xing and Chu Shuhua are the heads of prison, the four sections, the Prison Administration Division, the Prison Investigation Office and the Anti-riot Division.

Witnesses of the 2003 drill exercises: Jia Shuying, Ma Shuhua, Xu Youqin, Wang Yanping, Pu Yingsu, Wang Jianping, Du Yuling, Wang Shuling, An Ling, Zhou Chunzhi, Li Xiuru, Shang Xiufang

Workers in the Fuxin Power Plant are experiencing the corruption of senior level management in their work unit firsthand. They are aware that the directors of the plant embezzled 6 million yuan of their own money for the purpose of investing in their personal businesses. When the workers demanded justice from the directors, they were beaten up and their homes were ransacked. The local authorities of the Chinese Communist Party suppressed and blocked the workers when they went to appeal. The pretext the authorities used to do so was: "Falun Gong making trouble."

The workers knew that Fuxin Power Plant was compensated with 6 million yuan when Dongdian Power dissolved. This amount of money should have been allocated to the workers. However, Jin Yujun and Fu Chunsheng, the directors of the plant, used it to invest in their personal real estate businesses. The workers authorized representatives to talk to the directors. When they got no response from the directors, they used their legal rights to appeal in hopes of solving the problem. On December 12, 575 workers headed off to Beijing to appeal. However, the police department abducted them before they got on the train. It was said that Jin Yujun called the police department. The authorities called for numerous police vehicles and police officers to suppress them and prevent the workers from going to Beijing. All the while they used the excuse of "Falun Gong making trouble." They accused the workers of going to Beijing to disturb social stability. A worker surname Gao was beaten, and the home of another worker, surname Hou, was ransacked.

After the mass arrest, the workers decided to set the matter aside so that they could live in peace. Still, they must endure the disgraces of the suppression and violence wrought on them by the Chinese Communist Party. The plant directors colluded with the police department to punish the unarmed workers who sought justice. As they are extremely angry, they questioned, "Where are the citizens' legal rights?" The workers posted a statement in a public area saying, "The plant leaders and the police department colluded to suppress the people and persecute Falun Gong."

[Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the Minghui website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).]

Li Xiang is a clerk in the Baicheng City's Political and Judiciary Committee. He was appointed the position of chairman for the Baicheng City Police Department in November 2005. Since then, he has been using all the resources within his reach to persecute Falun Gong practitioners.

Right after he took over this office, Li Xiang started cooperating with the Jilin Province 610 Office brainwashing center at Baicheng. Soon after that, Li Xiang started to employ large numbers of "safety guards." Together with policemen, they patrol the city in order to capture Falun Gong practitioners and monitor them 24 hours a day. During the Chinese Lunar New Year, they went to the homes of Falun Gong practitioners and harassed them and their families. On lunar January 15^th (solar February 12, 2006), the day of the Lantern Festival, Li Xiang used all his manpower, who were equipped with electric batons, and they ransacked numerous practitioners' homes. They illegally arrested and fined three practitioners.

Mr. Liu Benhong, about 70 years old, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Caochang Township, Miyi County, Sichuan Province. Suffering from severe persecution, he passed away on January 15, 2006. Before he began practicing Falun Gong, he had several serious diseases. Not long after he began to practice Falun Gong in 1998, all his diseases were cured, and later he led the Falun Gong Assistance Center in Caochang Town. However, after the persecution began in 1999, he was seriously persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a "model" case.

He was detained in the brainwashing center of Caochang Town. With encouragement from Liao Chengyu, the Party secretary of Caochang Town, the brainwashing center brutally abused Falun Gong practitioners. Mr. Liu was held in servitude. They forced him to do heavy and tiring work such as digging, sweeping, cleaning the toilet, dumping or even operating drills. Moreover, they deprived him of sleep by forcing him to stand. Mr. Liu Benhong was illegally detained in the Miyi County Detention Center for as long as six months. During this period, he was handcuffed to iron bars in a hallway in the Political Protection Section for seven days and seven nights without being allowed to eat or drink. Afterwards he was so thirsty that he drank a half bottle of water that had been secretly poisoned by the police. Since then, his health deteriorated and he experienced gallbladder pain. After returning home, Mr. Liu Benhong still persisted in his belief and did his best to clarify the truth of Falun Gong. He passed away on January 15, 2006.

Ms. Sun SuQing, 70, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Songjiang Township, Jiaohe City, Jilin Province. She originally suffered from several severe diseases. However, after she started to practice Falun Gong in 1996, all her diseases were cured. Nevertheless, she was severely damaged by the illegal detention of her son and daughter-in-law after their appeal for Falun Gong in Beijing. Her son was sentenced to a forced labor camp twice. Furthermore, she herself was illegally abducted into the brainwashing center twice between 1999 and 2003 and was detained for one month in May, 2002. In March, 2004, the heartbroken Sun SuQing passed away in grief because her son was sentenced to a forced labor camp and her daughter-in-law was detained.

Ms. Liu ZhenQin, 55, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Peishan Street, Yanji City, Jilin Province. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1995. Soon afterwards her several severe diseases disappeared. When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to use all its power and means to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in July 1999, she had been trying to clarify the truth of Falun Gong. Thus, she was illegally arrested and taken to the brainwashing center, and was abused at the detention center three times. With her body and mind severely damaged by the persecution, she passed away in September 2004.

1. [Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Qian Yufeng Arrested

Around 9:00 p.m. on February 15, 2006, officer Yang Chunming, the National Security chief from the Ankang Police Station affiliated with the Xi'an Railway Police Department, and policeman Chen Aiming colluded with personnel from the Dazhou City Police Department. They went to the Dazhou City Steel Factory to arrest Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qian Yufeng and they also ransacked his home.

On February 20, 2006, personnel from the Tianmen City 610 Office illegally arrested practitioner He Meirong and put him/her into the Wuhan City Brainwashing Class in Hubei Province.

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chang Fengzhen from Fucheng County, Hebei Province was sentenced at the Haidian District Court. She is to be held in Daxing County's Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp in Beijing.

Three officers including Wang Wei from the Diaoyutai Police Station arrested practitioners Ms. Guo Yunfang and Yu Qingyun from Tangshan City. They held the two practitioners overnight and ransacked their home(s) on the second day. They took away some Falun Gong books and Master's pictures. In addition, they fined both practitioners a total of 7,000 yuan.

After the Chinese Lunar New Year, officers from the Diaoyutai Police Station harassed the two practitioners many more times, and ordered them to go to the police station. The two practitioners therefore had to leave home to avoid the further persecution.

Diaoyutai Police Station telephone: 86-315-2824632, 2026324

On January 5, 2006, personnel from the "610 Office" at the Shenzhen City Police Department arrested practitioners Li Xinwu and An Heqing. An Heqing has been sentenced to forced labor and has appealed. Further information about Li Xinwu, who is from Tan Village, Xintun Township, Zaoqiang County, Hebei Province, is unavailable.

Around 9:00 p.m. on February 24, 2006, over a dozen policemen in two police minivans surrounded two women practitioners who were walking along Yong'an Street. They arrested the two and took them to the Xiguan Police Station where they interrogated the practitioners individually. Because the practitioners did not cooperate with the illegal interrogation, the officers locked them to a metal bar overnight.

The next day, the police attempted to force the practitioners to sign a statement. The practitioners refused. Afterwards, four or five policemen forcibly put the practitioners into the Chengnan Detention Center and body-searched them. The detention center refused to accept one of the practitioners because of her poor health, but the other practitioner is currently in detention.

Weicheng District Xiguan Police Station in Weifang City: 86-536-8555740

On January 16, 2006, the Fangzheng County People's Court dispatched an employee to the Tonghe County Detention Center and announced the secret sentencing of practitioners Fu Hai, Li Min and Liu Ying. The practitioners were sentenced to six, five and four years of imprisonment. Upon receiving the verdict, Fu Hai, Li Min and Liu Ying appealed to the Harbin City Intermediate Procurator Department to refute the verdict.

Fangzheng County Court Judge: Chen Hongyan;
Jury: Feng Jifeng.

The situation of practitioners being tortured in the Harbin City Women's Prison is still very serious. Prior to the Chinese New Year, the practitioners held in the No. 8 Ward were handcuffed with their arms behind their back and beaten badly. In the No. 9 Ward, criminals severely tortured the practitioners.

At around 3:00 p.m. on February 26, 2006, personnel from the Babaishang Police Department arrested practitioner Zhou Guilan from Babaishang at home. They also arrested another practitioner who happened to be visiting Zhou Guilan. This practitioner was held at the Babaishang Police Department that night and tied to a metal chair. The practitioner refused to give his/her name. Zhou Guilan's personal property was confiscated.

Practitioner Ms. Li Ping from Xingang, the Tanggu District shouted, "Falun Dafa is great," in the Banqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp. The guards tortured her severely and have now segregated her and put her into solitary confinement.

The "evidence" that the police from Tanggu District presented against Ms. Li were several items they confiscated from Li Ping's home: 24 copies of CDs (which contain promotional material for commercial products), six empty MP3s and a computer belonging to Li Ping's elder brother which does not contain any Falun Gong related content. These items do not justify any persecution. Further, the officers didn't go through any proper legal procedure after arresting Li Ping. The stamp on her verdict was December 31, 2005. However, her family was not notified of her arrest until January 16, 2006. Li Ping has asked to appeal.

Police arrested 61-year-old practitioner Ms. Zhang Huiru and practitioner Wang Yanxin, an employee of the Jiamusi City General Merchandise Building.

Ms. Wang Yanxin, 43 years old, has worked at the General Merchandise Building since 1987. After she started to practice Falun Gong, she lived up to the standards of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." She always gives instead of takes and treated customers with sincerity, compassion and tolerance. Ms. Wang always put customers first and put her company and colleagues before herself. As a result, she was awarded a meritorious citation as "outstanding individual in the city and in the province, a role model worker and a top ten salesperson." Sanjiang Evening Post did a report on her good deeds. Everyone who works for the General Merchandise Building, from general manager to staff, praises her. A lot of customers she served came back to visit her.

At 1:00 p.m. on February 20, 2006, personnel from the 610 Office, from the Jiamusi City Police Department and the Xiangyang Police Department collaborated with Security Section officials from the Merchandise Building and arrested Wang Yanxin at work. They then ransacked her home. Wang Yanxin's current whereabouts are unknown. Her supervisor went to the police department but was refused to visit her. Right now we know that her computer was confiscated.

Practitioner Zhang Huiru is a retired employee of the Jiamusi City No. 1 Merchandise Company. At noon on February 21, the day after Wang Yanxin's arrest, personnel from the Jiamusi City Police Department and from the Xiangyang Police Department arrested her at home.

According to today's Guangzhou Daily, the "Same Song" show will be on at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou City the evening of March 4. Many popular stars were invited to take part.

Meanwhile, "Revealing and Criticizing" posts appeared again in the eastern Tianhe Community in the Tianhe District, Guangzhou City. People can find surveillance monitors around the area.

During the morning of February 24, 2006, with the excuse of "taking a look," government officers Liu Yongquan, Wang Quan and another named Wang from Xiliucun Township, Zunhua City ransacked the homes of practitioners in Puchihe. They tore down the "Good Fortune" signs on the door of Chen Shuzhen's home and Wang's home because there were the words, "Falun Dafa is Great" and "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance" on the signs. They wiped out the chalk couplet and confiscated Master Li's picture and other Falun Gong-related materials.

After 4:00 p.m. that day, Liu Yongquan and a gang from the local police station and township government came to a construction site. They found Yan Fuxiang and Wang. The head of the police station, said, "You have to go with us to the police station. We want to talk with you and then we'll send you right back." Yan Fuxiang said, "I won't go. If you want to talk, we can talk right here." Then they grabbed Yan Fuxiang's winter jacket tightly in order to arrest him. More than ten co-workers at the site tried to keep Yan Fuxiang there, and so did his three sons. But the perpetrators called the "110" police [110 is the number to call in an emergency, similar to 911 in the United States] and then took Yan Fuxiang away.

Xiliucun Township Police Station: 86-315-6664032

On January 26, 2006, practitioners Wei Lang, Lu Dongrong and Li Ronglai from Leshan City in Sichuan Province were sent to the Wumaping Prison in Muchuan County, Leshan City.

It has been heard that the local police arrested the three practitioners in late June of 2005 and sentenced them to long prison terms. The sentencing took place at the Shizhong District Court in Leshan City in December 2005. The charge: broadcasting a Falun Gong program by tapping into the cable TV system. Li Ronglai, Wei Lang and Lu Dongrong were sentenced to ten, eight, and seven years of forced labor, respectively.

In May 2005, personnel from the Queshan County Police Department in Zhumadian City arrested four practitioners including Lu Guiqing, because the practitioners were distributing truth-clarifying materials. The practitioners have been held in the city or county detention center for over ten months so far.

Practitioner Ms. Yu Ruilian from Hecheng Town, Heshan City, Guangdong Province went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong after July 20, 1999, and then was held at the City Detention Center. She was not released until abuse under the persecution made her virtually blind. Her whole family opted to live in exile since her release, in order to avoid persecution.

In order to take care of her, Yu Ruilian's husband Zhang Yuling (a non-practitioner) has accompanied her. During the afternoon of February 5, 2006 they were arrested and had their temporary home ransacked. It happened when she and her husband went to Fuzhou City to distribute truth-clarifying materials. The police didn't find any Falun Gong materials [at their temporary home].

Recently, personnel from the Heshan City 610 Office took the couple back to their hometown for detention. Further details are unknown.

At around 8:00 p.m. on February 26, 2006, personnel from the National Security Team arrested four practitioners including Zhao Xiang and Liu Lixin from their homes in the Wuqing District. The police kept practitioners Mr. Yang Yusuo and his brother Yang Yuyong under surveillance for over 20 hours and then arrested them.

On February 27, 2006, the Xunyang Evening News in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province published an article entitled, "Wife Indulged in Falun Gong, Husband Filed for Divorce" on page eight. The article slandered Falun Gong, saying that the persecuted practice makes people want to divorce. It deliberately misled those who don't know the truth.

Reporter: Li Ying
Editor-in-chief: Wang Hongqi.
Chief Editor, executive office: 86-792-8570222,
E-mail: xywbjj@sina.com

During the evening of February 26, 2006, two women practitioners from the Chengfeng area in Daqing City were arrested.

Practitioner Ms. Yu Yajuan from Laishui County, Hebei Province has been persecuted ever since she was arrested in September 2005. In October, she was sent to the Baoding City Forced Labor Camp. The camp authorities designated the 15^th of each month as family visiting day, but then refused all visits from Yu Yajuan's parents. The authorities usually persecute practitioners by refusing visits from their family members.

Baoding Forced Labor Camp: 86-312-5939039

Several posters that slander Falun Gong were put up in the "Propaganda Stand" outside of the Jinmen Road Police Station in the South District. In addition, the authorities recently put up a banner slandering Falun Gong on top of the "Propaganda Stand."

At noon on February 28, 2006, policemen from the Nanling District arrested the practitioner couple Hong Jing and Guo Yuchun in Changchun City. The reason is unknown.

Practitioner Li Fa'an lives at Xiashiqiao Village, Dagushan Town, Qianshan District, Anshan City, Liaoning Province. Since 2002, this practitioner has lived away from home in order to avoid illegal arrest. At about 10:00 a.m. on February 26, 2006, officer Huang Xianqing and another security guard arrested the practitioner and took him/her to the Dagushan Town Police Station. Later, policeman Wang Zuogang and another officer signed a document to transfer Li Fa'an to Anshan City's No. 1 Detention Center.

Practitioners Ms. Yu Fengling and Dong Quanhao are from Gaoxiandian Village, the Fengnan District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. They were arrested during the night of February 20, 2006. The arrest occurred as they went to Wanglanzhuang Town in Fengnan District to distribute truth-clarifying materials. Personnel from the Wanglanzhuang Town Police Station arrested them and sent them to the Fengnan District Detention Center.

On February 20, 2006, practitioner Ms. Yu Huazhi was found with truth-clarifying materials while going through a security check in the Harbin City Railway Station. She was thus arrested.

Recently, government agencies and Party Committees in the Yantai area villages, townships, counties and cities received a booklet entitled, "2006 Anti-[slanderous term omitted] Warning and Education Propaganda Outline" and a special magazine entitled, "Promoting Science and Opposing the [slanderous term omitted]." The magazine includes a slanderous and vicious cartoon. Other cartoons and articles that slanderously attack Falun Gong are also included in the magazines.

On September 5, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners Wang Lidi employed at the Xianning Academy and practitioner Yu Jinguang from Longtan Township, Xianning had their homes ransacked and were sent to a Hubei Province brainwashing class.

On September 7, 2005, Pi Jian, Ming Yang and other perpetrators from the Yihaoqiao Police Department body-searched practitioner Xu Changhong, a pharmacist who works at the Xianning Central Hospital. They took his keys and ransacked his home. Then they sent him to a brainwashing class held at the local Petroleum and Chemical Rehabilitation Center. On October 4, agents from the 610 Office transferred Xu Changhong to the Xianning Detention Center.

On November 4, 2005, agents from the 610 Office conspired with the Xian'an District Procuratorate and arrested three practitioners. In their effort to rescue Xu Changhong, his mother and relatives went to relevant government agencies and told them that Xu Changhong is ill, and they demanded his unconditional release.

At noon on February 22, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Ah Bao left home on an errand and has not returned since. He has probably been arrested.

The following are facts about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners at Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp:

1. The Falun Gong practitioners illegally detained there are restricted from using paper and pen except for writing letters.
2. Most practitioners have been shocked with electric batons; all practitioners who refused to give up their belief were injured or fell ill from persecution.
3. Practitioners are deprived of their right to communicate with their families. The practitioners' families are forced to answer a test made of Falun Gong-slandering questions if they want to visit, and are denied visitation rights if they refuse to answer it. The captors set up unconstitutional meeting procedures.
4. The practitioners are forced to work for more than ten hours daily.
5. The practitioners are deprived of their right to have the two-day weekend off work.

Similar to other labor camps in Hebei Province, this labor camp often purchases detainees from the Beijing Labor Reeducation Dispatch Division and other government agencies and forces the detainees to do heavy and long-term labor, because it has deals with the local carpet shops.

For several consecutive days in January 2006, Li Hongxing, the substitute political head at Group 1 of the No. 2 Labor Camp in Yunnan Province, ordered two inmates to drag Falun Gong practitioner Guo Hongyun out of bed. The practitioner was not wearing shoes or socks but only underwear. Thus attired, the evildoers forced him to work in the field. It was freezing and Guo Hongyun's leg pain, which he first experienced three months after arriving at the camp, worsened. The labor camp authorities never inquired about his condition or sent him for a medical exam. His family appealed many times but to no avail.

The labor camp authorities also deprived determined Falun Gong practitioners of sleep in an attempt to force them to give up their belief. These practitioners are forced to work during the day and spend their nights monitored by inmates, returning to work after dawn.

In the coldest of winter 2000, the labor camp authorities forced detainees to dig up fertilizer from waterlogged compost and spread it over the crop field. The inmates said that even people who take care of domestic animals would not subject their animals to something like this.

The government feared Falun Gong practitioners going to Beijing to appeal prior to the two Party meetings. The Shijiazhuang Railroad Police Division conducted a so-called "talk to find out the real situation" of all the Falun Gong practitioners within its precinct. They asked the practitioners whether they were still practicing Falun Gong, whether they have a computer or printer at home, whether they access the Internet, and their contacts. They demanded of the practitioners to promise not to appeal during the two Party meetings, and they required the practitioners to apply for a leave of absence from the Party secretary of their workshop [if they wanted to travel].

It has been learned that officer Da Yangzi from the Datun Town Police Department in Changchun City arrested Falun Gong practitioners according to a blacklist. He went to people's homes and asked for their names. If the people were not the ones on the list, he would not arrest them but instead write down their names. He claimed, "We can't overlook [Falun Gong practitioner] Yang Yuhuan because we have orders from above."

In the middle December 2005, a banner, about 20 feet long, with Falun Gong-slandering words, was hung in the upper front corner of in the window of Shengchang Neighborhood District Party Committee office. It has been removed with Falun Gong practitioners' with righteous thoughts.

In August 2000, six professors from Hunan Normal University participated in the publication of a book edited by Li Yiheng, the university's Political and Judiciary Committee secretary. The book is entitled, "Exposing and Criticizing [...] Reference Teaching Material." The book is quite vicious and is aiding in the most wicked persecution of Falun Gong and Falun Gong practitioners.