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My husband is a Falun Gong practitioner. He conducted himself according to Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance after he started practicing Falun Gong. He didn't indulge in gambling or drinking like other men, nor did he spend too much time and energy on making personal connections for the purpose of gaining a backdoor in business. He was always sincere, worked hard and didn't want anything in return. Our daughter was very young, and we didn't have anyone help us take care of her. My husband took over shopping, household chores and childcare. He also took care of his parents and was the most caring husband in the world. My friends and colleagues were envious that I had a "role model husband." My mother also said, "There are not too many young people like him nowadays. You are so lucky!" I felt I was the happiest person on earth, because I had a husband who truly loved me and a great family.

In July 1999, the persecution against Falun Gong started, and our life was shattered. TV and newspapers were filled with blasphemous words, claiming Falun Gong practitioners commit suicide and murder and don't care about their families. I knew none of it was true, because Falun Gong practitioners like my husband are kind, upright and selfless people. My husband said to me, "There is an ancient Chinese proverb, 'if you receive a drop of water, you should return a spring.' Falun Gong gave us a happy life. Now it is being treated unjustly. Do I not have the courage to speak a fair word, as someone who has benefited from it?"

With an altruistic conscience, many Falun Gong practitioners went to Beijing to appeal. Many of them disappeared; many were arrested, beaten, were sent to prisons, yet they never gave up.

On the first day of the 2001 Chinese New Year my husband got out of bed. He didn't turn on the light because he didn't want to wake our daughter or me. He moved around on tiptoes. I woke up long before, but I didn't open my eyes, fearing I would lose control. I choked back tears and kept my eyes closed. I felt my husband looking tenderly at me and our daughter, and he left after lightly kissing our daughter on the cheek.

This is the beginning of a story that took place in China after July 20, 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Jiang's group drove the entire government machinery to carry out genocide against hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners. They issued the policy to "ruin their reputation, bankrupt them financially and annihilate them physically." Prisons and barbaric tortures await Falun Gong practitioners who persist in their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance, who went to clarify the truth to the government and the people. Their families sometimes travel hundreds of miles to the facility where the practitioners are held. They beg and beg, and yet the authorities would not let them meet with their loved ones, who they have not seen for a long time. Sometimes, all they get to see are the scar-covered bodies of their loved ones, and sometimes they are not even permitted to see the body and merely receive a box of ashes. Their anxiety while waiting for news and the grief when the practitioner is dead is beyond words.

Since March 2006, the secret Sujiatun death camp run by agents of the CCP was exposed, and the whole world was shocked. Since 2001, Thousands of practitioners were held at this camp. Most of them have had their hearts, kidneys, corneas and skin removed and sold for profit before they were taken to the crematorium to destroy the evidence! Sujiatun is only one of 36 camps in China. Investigation by the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) shows that live organ harvesting and sale has happened and still is happening in many places in China including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shandong Province, Liaoning Province and Guangdong Province. This explosive information brings endless mental torment to the family and friends of Falun Gong practitioners and also tugs at the heartstrings of kind people in the world.

The CCP and Jiang Zemin's group have been cold, brutal and inhumane in their persecution of Falun Gong. The victims and their families have suffered far more than people can imagine. What's exposed in this article is only a tiny portion of incidents of disappeared practitioners. This information is provided by Falun Gong practitioners who broke through the information blockade and risked their lives. We don't know how many more crimes still remain hidden under the CCP's high-pressure blockade, lies and cover-ups.

II. They Never Returned

Since the CCP began persecuting Falun Gong, Falun Gong practitioners from all parts of China went to Beijing to appeal in accordance with the law. They peacefully appealed in Tiananmen Square and told the government and people that Falun Gong is good. They hoped to end the persecution and restore people's birthright of freedom of belief. All channels of appeal, however, were blocked, and the State Bureau of Letters and Calls and Tiananmen Square became places where Falun Gong practitioners are arrested. Practitioners who appealed were unconstitutionally arrested, detained, savagely beaten and even tortured to death. Many practitioners never returned home and have lost touch with their families.

Due to Jiang group's implication policy, which punishes the local officials for appealing Falun Gong practitioners within their precincts, an effort was made to suppress civil appeal. In some large state-run enterprises, the officials are punished and demoted and all employees at these companies have their year-end bonuses cancelled for one Falun Gong practitioner who went to Beijing to appeal. Falun Gong practitioners are unwilling to involve people in the local area, or their superiors, the local police, their families and friends, so they refuse to tell their names and addresses. Maybe we will never know exactly how many Falun Gong practitioners went to Beijing to appeal, and how many of them were tortured to death because of it.

The death of "L25"

In the evening of November 26, 2000, 14 Falun Gong practitioners who went to Beijing to appeal were sent to the Qianan City Detention Center in Hebei Province. They came from all over the country and were taken to the detention center because they didn't want to implicate other people. To force them to give up their belief and provide their personal information, the guards savagely tortured them. They forced the practitioners to kneel on the ground, pulled their arms behind their backs and tied them up behind their neck; they grabbed the practitioners' hair and hit them with belts and shoes. Blood streamed down their heads and faces.

"L25" is the number assigned to a young woman Falun Gong practitioner. Inmates who shared the same cell with her said that she wore a suit when she was brought to the detention center. She was kind and modest, and even the worst inmate liked her. She was given only a palm-sized corn cake for lunch but always shared it with others. She gladly gave her clothes and things to the inmates when they asked for them.

One morning in early January 2001, the guards wanted to force her to give up Falun Gong and to reveal her name, and they scorched her nose with a cigarette lighter. They grabbed her hair and banged her head against a wall; they tore out her hair in bunches; they plucked out her eyelashes and crushed her feet with their hard boots until her toenails came off and her feet were turned into two unrecognizable balls of blood and raw flesh. She always said, "I'm being a good person according to Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. I didn't commit any crimes." The guards tortured her for 14 hours before carrying her blood-covered body back to the cell. She never told her name or address, even before she died, but everyone who met her remembered her.

Wang Zilin from Jiangbei Tree Farm in Jilin City remains missing for six years

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Zilin from Jiangbei, 44 years old, was employed at the Jiangbei Tree Farm in Jilin City, Jilin Province. He was a quiet and kind man who took good care of his wife and daughter. After the persecution started, he felt greatly tormented after he saw the regime's slander and lies against Falun Gong. Out of conscience, he decided to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. He left home on November 19, 2000 but didn't tell his wife about it because he didn't want her to worry about him. He has never been heard from again.

In the past six years, his families went to many places looking for him. His brother-in-law went to Beijing twice and paid bribes and gave gifts to related government agencies in charge of handling Falun Gong practitioners from outside Beijing, but he found out nothing. According to a Falun Gong practitioner who was once held with Wang Zilin at the Xuanwu District Detention Center in Beijing, he remembers Wang Zilin saying, "I will not tell my name, even if I die." He was interrogated twice and didn't return the second time. No one has heard from him since.

"If you don't tell us your names, we'll send you to concentration camps"

In the last two days of the year 2000, practitioner Zi Fan went to Beijing to appeal and was arrested in Tiananmen Square. Similar to the plight of other practitioners, she was savagely beaten, handcuffed and put in a fully loaded bus, which took her to a prison in Hebei Province. Zi Fan was sent to the Sanhe City Detention Center. Below is an account of what she saw and heard at the detention center.

"More than 100 Falun Gong practitioners from Sichuan Province were held there. Their outfits were very thin and plain. Some were even carrying baskets and they were very poor, but they were all steadfast and determined. Although the police beat them with electric batons, they refused to say where they were from. One group after another of practitioners was brought to the detention center. The guards and officials from the Sichuan Province Liaison Office in Beijing said, 'There are concentration camps for detaining you guys in Northeast China and near Xinjiang Autonomous Region. If you don't tell your names, we'll send you there and you can forget about ever getting out. No one will know where you are.' Later, I saw busloads of practitioners who refused to tell their names being taken away. Several hundred practitioners are brought in each day and soon taken away."

On March 18, 2006, a practitioner with the alias Xiao Yun wrote to the Minghui website and said, "On January 1, 2001 we were arrested in Tiananmen Square and taken to a police department. The police exhausted all of their tactics but still could not get our names. Around 3:00 a.m. they called for an emergency meeting. The police said in a strange tone, 'we'll send you to Masanjia [labor camp], and if you don't reform there, we'll send you to another place.' All practitioners were put in a bus that drove off at a high speed."

"It was snowing and the road was blocked. The bus drove for nearly one day and stopped at around 6:00 p.m. I saw rows and rows of buses, both in front of and behind our bus, and I couldn't see the end of it. I heard the police say that there were about 60 buses, each carrying more than 40 practitioners. After we arrived at the destination, the police that took us there and the officials at the site conducted a very formal and eerie ceremony. Many practitioners were not heard from since then."

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yu Guiping from Lanzhou City disappeared after appealing in Beijing in 2000

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yu Guiping from Lanzhou City, Gansu Province was born on December 26, 1946. She has a bachelor's degree and worked at the Gansu Province Research Institute of Educational Sciences. She was very sickly before she practiced Falun Gong. She had stomach cancer and underwent surgery, was chronically bedridden and could not work. After she started practicing Falun Gong in 1998 she quickly recovered. She was able to take care of herself and could also work and do house chores. She became very healthy and happy, and so did her family. Once she participated in a trip her employers had organized. She helped her colleagues carry their bags and things. Her colleagues were surprised at her boundless energy and praised Falun Gong.

Ms. Yu Guiping

After the persecution started on July 20, 1999, groundless slanders and lies were launched against Falun Gong and Teacher. Yu Guiping said to her husband, "Falun Gong gave me a second life and helped me learn the meaning of life. I received so much from Falun Gong, how can I live in ignoble existence? I must tell people that Falun Dafa is good with my personal experience." On January 25, 2000 she went to Beijing to appeal by herself and has never returned. No one has ever heard from or seen her. Her husband and other family members went to all of the prisons and detention centers in Beijing but did not find out anything about her.

Some incidents of practitioners who disappeared after appealing in Beijing

Mr. Sun Biao, around 50 years of age, worked at the Huanggang Water Treatment Facility in Hubei Province. He often worked underwater before he started practicing Falun Gong and suffered from numerous illnesses, such as severe schistosome-induced illness. He felt his life was coming to an end. He started practicing Falun Gong in 1994, and soon all of his illnesses were healed. He strictly conducted himself according to Falun Gong's principles. He was always thoughtful and helpful, and was well liked among his relatives, colleagues and neighbors. After the CCP started persecuting Falun Gong, Sun Biao went to Beijing to appeal in October 1999. He never returned and was never heard from. The local police extorted 3,000 Yuan from his wife and said they were going to Beijing to look for him.

Mr. Wang Xingjun lived in Taipu Village in Bingcao Township, Shenzhou City, Hebei Province and is 55 years old. He experienced tremendous physical and mental improvement after he started practicing Falun Gong in 1995. After the persecution started Wang Xingjun said to his daughter, "What's said on TV does not match real Falun Gong practitioners! I'm a farmer who makes a living with my hands. I want to get healthy and believe in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance. What's wrong with being a good person?" In order to speak the truth he set off for Beijing on December 8, 1999 to clarify the truth. Nothing was ever heard from him, and we don't know if he is dead or alive.

Ms. Zhang Cuirong, 70 years old, is a relative of an employee from the Diesel Engine Manufacturing Company, Shanxi Province. On December 12, 2000, Zhang Cuirong and some other practitioners went to Beijing to appeal. She was arrested the morning of December 13 and taken to the branch office of the Tiananmen Police Station, where she registered herself as Zhang Zhen from Erdaohezi, Changchun City, Jilin Province. Other practitioners who went with her don't know her whereabouts after they were separated from her. Her son went to 18 police branch offices in Beijing to find her, but to no avail. Her family posted a missing-person advertisement with the Tianjin TV Station, and they also went to look for her at Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Erdaohezi, Changchun City, her hometown, but the guards said rudely, "There are over 1,000 people held here. How can I go look for one person for you?"

Photo of Zhang Cuirong taken before she left home

Mr. Fu Guiwu lived in Houbanla Village, Ershilipu Town, Jinzhou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province. He graduated from Chengdu University of Technology in Sichuan Province and worked at an environmental protection agency in Anshan City, Liaoning Province. He disappeared during the early stage of the persecution, soon after July 20, 1999, and his whereabouts are unknown. He became a very kind person after he practiced Falun Gong and never fought with people. His mother said, "I can guarantee that my son is a good person." He is an only child, and his parents cry whenever they talk about him, as they miss him terribly.

II. Their Whereabouts are Unknown in the Persecution

Ms. Wei Xingyan, 28 years old, was a graduate student majoring in High Voltage Continuous Current Transmission and Simulation Technology at Chongqing University. Wei Xingyan was arrested on May 11, 2003 for clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. In the evening of May 13, the police took Wei to a room in the Baihelin Detention Center and ordered two female inmates to strip off all her clothes. Then a police officer in uniform came into the room and pushed Wei Xingyan to the ground and raped her in front of the two inmates. Wei Xingyan sternly warned the police, "I have seen your police badge number. You won't get away with this." After the assault, Wei Xingyan went on a hunger strike to protest. The police officers badly damaged both her trachea and esophagus while force-feeding her. As a result of this, she was unable to talk.

After the rape was exposed in the international community, the Shapingba District police not only didn't punish the perpetrating police officer, but instead arrested a dozen Falun Gong practitioners. The Chongqing City 610 Office and the Chongqing University officials tried their best to cover up the truth. They claimed that there was no such student named Wei Xingyan, and they denied the existence of the field of specialization called high-pressure direct current transmission and simulation technology (or high-pressured power transformer) at the university. The female students who shared the same dorm room and lived on the same floor as Wei Xingyan also disappeared. The police officers who knew the truth were transferred. Everyone who talked about Wei Xingyan became a target of arrest for the "610 Office" agents. Her current whereabouts are still unknown.

Ms. Xia Aixiang, 42 years old, lived in Qiujiahe Village in Wutu Town of Changle County in Weifang City, Shandong Province. Before she started practicing Falun Gong in 1995 she suffered from numerous illnesses, but she was completely healed after she started the practice. She got along better with her mother-in-law and had a great relationship with her husband. She often said that Falun Gong has given her life! In the evening of August 16, 2001 she was arrested for distributing truth clarification materials to her fellow villagers. She was taken to the Wutu Town Police Department and hasn't been heard from since. Prior to the arrest, the local officials and police from Wutu Town savagely tortured her many times.

Xia Aixiang

After Xia Aixiang disappeared, her family looked for her everywhere. According to workers at a crematory, the police took a female corpse to the crematorium several days after August 16, 2001 and secretly cremated the body. The crematory said that the body was wrapped from head to toe; there was no family member present and the police watched the body the whole time. The workers thought it was strange, and someone quietly told them, "It's a Falun Gong practitioner."

Dark scheme at the Baiyun District Drug Rehabilitation Center in Guangzhou City

According to a source who had been imprisoned at the Baiyun Drug Rehabilitation Center in 2001, the "doctors" there often ordered inmates to savagely beat Falun Gong practitioners from other cities who were held there, but the doctors told the drug addicts to preserve the integrity of the practitioners' organs. He personally saw several drug addicts beat a Falun Gong practitioner. A doctor told the torturers, "Do not hit the lower back. The kidneys are useful." Several young and middle age male Falun Gong practitioners with northeast accent who were held with him were taken away and never returned. He said that because their homes are not in Guangzhou City, after they disappear, their families would never think to go there and look for them.

To be continued

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/4/5/124494.html

Ms. Su Juzhen Suffered a Mental Collapse and Passed Away Due to Drug Poisoning and Torture at a Forced Labor Camp

At 8:30 a.m., on April 8, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Su Juzhen passed away after she suffered a mental collapse resulting from brutal torture at a Chinese Communist Party sponsored forced labor camp. On the morning of April 9, when her body was cremated at the Qiansuo Crematory in Suizhong County, it was found that her skull, shins and ribs were black and could not be cremated. According to an expert, this is the result of drug poisoning.

Many witnesses have confirmed that Su Juzhen was forcibly injected with nerve-damaging drugs at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. These blackened bones confirm this fact. The workers at the crematory, her family and friends, and family members of other deceased saw the bones and compared them to the ash from other bodies. It was clear that these bones were not normal.

Su Juzhen, right before her death

A well-known good person

Ms. Su Juzhen lived in Gucheng, Qiansuo Town, Suizhong County, Huludao City. She suffered from severe heart disease, stomach problems, roundworms in the gallbladder, and frequent swelling of both calves. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1996, and soon all of her illnesses disappeared.

Su Juzhen conducted herself according to Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance at all times and was a well-known good person. She never hesitated to help others. She made a living by operating a beauty parlor and gave free services to poor customers who were unable to pay, and frequently gave them money. She was awarded the distinction of "Outstanding Self-employed Businessperson" several times.

Additionally, Ms. Su often provided financial assistance to poor students. In appreciation of her selfless deeds, the principal of Qiansuo No. 3 High School once personally delivered a silk banner to her. Su Juzhen often visited elderly people in nursing homes, bringing them daily necessities and food. She also donated money to repair the Xihe Bridge. Her family was recognized as one of the "Ten Outstanding Families in Huludao City." Ms. Su credited her practice of Falun Gong for her being able to accomplish so many good deeds. Once, a TV station interviewed her. She told the reporter, "I did these things only because I practice Falun Gong."

In 1999, when Su Juzhen was arrested by local police for persisting in her belief in Falun Gong, about forty local families went to the government and begged the officials to release her. They asked the officials, "She fixed the road and does only good things for people! Why don't you release such a great person?"

The authorities targeted Ms. Su Juzhen for persecution because she refused to give up Falun Gong practice.

In July 1999, the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners officially began. Su Juzhen went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong, but was intercepted by police and taken back to her home. In August 1999, Su Juzhen again went to Beijing to appeal for an end to the persecution and was illegally arrested and sent to the Suizhong Detention Center. The police also confiscated 2,000 yuan in cash from her.

On October 31, 1999, Su Juzhen was seized by the authorities and sent to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. She was later transferred to the Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp, a youth correction facility, and then transferred again to the Longshan Forced Labor Camp, the Shenxin Forced Labor Camp, Dabei Prison and other places for persecution.

Su Juzhen did good things wherever she went, even when she was being persecuted by the CCP. During September and October 1999, when Su Juzhen was incarcerated at the Suizhong Detention Center, the detention center authorities demanded 200 yuan from an old man from Gejiaxiang, Suizhong County, who was also held at the detention center. The old man's family did not have the money, so Su Juzhen gave him 200 yuan. Later, the old man's son went to the Suizhong Detention Center with some fruit to visit Su Juzhen, but the detention center authorities would not let him meet with her.

Numerous appeals and persecution

On June 10, 1999 Su Juzhen went to Beijing for the first time. She went to Beijing's TV station to clarify the truth. On July 20, 1999 Su Juzhen went to Beijing to speak a fair word for Falun Gong. The police sent her back to Suizong County. She was detained at the Qiansuo Police Department. In August, Su Juzhen went again to Beijing to appeal. She was arrested and held at the Suizhong County Detention Center for 15 days. After her term expired, officers from the Suizhong County Political and Security Section again detained Su Juzhen at the Suizhong Police Department and interrogated her. She managed to get out of there with dignity.

Su Juzhen again went to Beijing to appeal. Persecutors from the Suizhong Police Department notified their subordinates in various places to intercept her. Later, officers from the Zhanqian Police Department, or the Chezhan Police Department in Changli, arrested her and the police touched her inappropriately, claiming to "conduct a body search." They groped her and even stuck their fingers inside her vagina. Su Juzhen said, "I practice Falun Gong! You should not treat me like this." The abusers stopped, but they took 1,400 yuan cash from her.

Later, officers from the Qiansuo Police Department in Suizhong County brought Su Juzhen to their police department. Wang Fuchen, head of the Political and Security Section in Suizhong County, held Su Juzhen at the Suizhong Detention Center. When Su Juzhen left the police department and got into the police car, Wang Fuchen took off his boots and violently beat Su Juzhen with them. Su Juzhen's husband and daughter saw him beating Su Juzhen inside the car. They loudly called for Wang Fuchen to stop. Su Juzhen's daughter, who was around 10 years of age, ran after the police car. She cried and shouted, "Don't hit my mom."

In September 1999, lawless officials from Huludao City sent more than 20 steadfast Falun Gong practitioners who were held at detention centers in Xingcheng, Suizhong and Nanpiao to Huludao Forced Labor Camp to a brainwashing session. The officials played Falun Gong-slandering videos, and Su Juzhen and practitioner Song Caihong, who is now being held at the Shenyang Prison, stood up and recited Master Li's articles. Other Falun Gong practitioners followed. The guards were shocked and left. The practitioners held a group hunger strike and the officials aborted the brainwashing session. Falun Gong practitioners including Su Juzhen were sent back to Suizhong Detention Center and kept there until October 31, when they were sent to a labor camp.

Su Juzhen persisted in studying and reciting Falun Gong teachings and doing the Falun Gong exercises at the detention center. Many practitioners knew that Su Juzhen created the environment in which Falun Gong practitioners could practice their belief relatively freely. During this period, Wang Xueping, head of the detention center, guard Ji Shuxin and others persecuted Su Juzhen. The guards admired Su Juzhen for her righteous thoughts and righteous actions. Many guards said at public occasions, "Among all of these Falun Gong practitioners I admire Su Juzhen the most! She is a true Falun Gong practitioner!"

Continuous abuse in detention

Once, the guards took the only copy of Zhuan Falun from the cell. Su Juzhen immediately stood up to take the book back, and guard Ji Shuxin savagely beat her. Su Juzhen shouted in a loud voice, "Shi Fu [Teacher]!" Everyone was shocked and her voice echoed in the hallway for a long time. Ji Shuxin said, "So you have a teacher? Now I'll use an electric baton and see if your teacher can protect you." He shocked Su Juzhen with an electric baton for more than 20 minutes until the battery ran out. Su Juzhen never made the slightest noise and smiled throughout the whole time. The guards were stunned, because it usually takes only one shock before the victim would cry out in pain. Afterwards, the guards asked other Falun Gong practitioners in private, "Do you practitioners really have supernormal abilities?" From then on, the guards greatly reduced their electric shocking of Falun Gong practitioners.

The guards beat Su Juzhen many times at the labor camp. Once, labor camp head Wang Xueping ordered people to handcuff her arms behind her back for 24 hours because she recited Falun Gong teachings; at another time Wang Xueping slapped her face and hit her eyes until blood came out of her eyes, again because she recited Falun Gong teachings.

Persisting in Falun Gong practice at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp and enduring persecution

On October 31, 1999, Su Juzhen was sent to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. She started reciting Falun Gong teachings right after she arrived. The next day, November 1, she was sent to solitary confinement and held there for about 15 days, but she persisted in doing the Falun Gong exercises in the solitary confinement cell.

Later, Su Juzhen was sent to Team 3, Group 1 and was savagely beaten for doing the Falun Gong exercises. Her legs were injured from the beating. Around May 2000, Su Juzhen was sent to the 2nd Women's Station of the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp and was barbarically abused. She was often forced to squat for days and nights on end. One witness said Su Juzhen was once forced to squat for five months, after which she could not walk. The lawless officials also wrote a "reform statement" [to renounce Falun Gong] and held Su Juzhen's hand with force to sign it.

Qiu Ping, the head of Squadron 2, Group 1 of the 2nd Women's Station in Masanjia, was later promoted to the head of Group 3. People addressed her as "Mom Qiu" on CCTV [central government TV station]. Guard Wang Shuzheng was later promoted to deputy head of Group 1. These two abusers shocked Su Juzhen with electric batons in their office until she could not walk. Although the guards and collaborators cruelly tortured Su Juzhen, they respected her. She always smiled in the face of all kinds of persecution.

Su Juzhen was obviously severely abused and mistreated under persecution in Masanjia. Other practitioners who were detained during the same period were aware of it and can recall these incidents. Below is an excerpt from an account that was previously published:

"With orders from guards Qiu Ping and Su Jing, Falun Gong practitioners Zou Guirong and Su Juzhen were brutally tortured. The collaborators pushed Su Juzhen's head down toward her crotch and gagged her with a towel so she could not scream. Then they jabbed her fingers with needles and shocked her with three electric batons. The abusers saw that Zou Guirong and Su Juzhen would not renounce their belief, so they sent them to an underground hospital in Shenyang City, where the practitioners were abused with forced injections of drugs. The two practitioners persisted in their belief in Falun Gong.

"Falun Gong practitioner Su Juzhen who was held in the same cell with us had her hands cuffed behind her back with two other practitioners for one day and one night. She was forbidden to eat, sleep or use the restroom. She was in great pain.

"One day the police again summoned Juzhen to their office. I listened carefully to find out what was going on in there. All I could hear was the crackling noises of the electric batons. A little while later someone came out of the office. I managed to see that Juzhen was tied to a bedpost. They kept her there for two days and one night without eating, sleeping or going to the bathroom. When she was finally let out several people carried her since her legs were so weak that she could not walk by herself. Since then she seldom went out for the morning roll call. Her movements were under close surveillance. The labor camp abusers did not stop torturing her until she became totally disabled. When she was finally let out she could not move by herself, nor could she utter a word.

"Falun Gong practitioner Su Juzhen recited the Falun Gong teachings, and was summoned to the confinement room where she was forced to take off all her clothes and the authorities shocked her with electric batons all over her body. The torture went on for an entire night. When she went to the workshop later, I saw that her face was covered with large blisters from the electric shock, and there were also blisters on her lips. Her face was badly swollen and covered with bruises. It was so horrible that I could not bear to take another look at her.

"One day the group head told me to visit Su Juzhen. I found that she could not smile nor could she speak. She wore no expression at all. Her expressionless eyes were staring straight ahead and her pupils were dilated without any reaction whatsoever. I greeted her and there was no answer. I touched her but she did not respond. It seemed that she did not know me. Her whole body was very fragile and traces of blood were visible on her face. There were black and red dots on the backs of her hands, which were the scars from electric shocks. I knew Auntie Su had been a mentally healthy person, but the group head forced her to take some kind of powerful drugs. I recalled that it was early in the morning and I was still in bed when I heard Su Juzhen's blood-curdling screams. I did not know how long she had not had any sleep because of the torture. I could not help but have tears well up in my eyes. I remembered that she seemed to be crippled when walking lately. It was obvious that her legs were injured. It was confirmed later that the crippling was caused by severe beatings and long-time forced squatting.

"Su Juzhen was very determined in her belief in Falun Gong. Zhang Xiurong (a vicious policewoman) handcuffed her hands behind her back and then hung her up with her head down and her feet off the ground. Zhang Xiurong took me to witness her torture in person, indicating that if I did not give up [my] belief in Falun Gong I would be tortured the same way. My heart was full of pain seeing Su Juzhen being tortured that way. I tried my best to control myself so I would not burst into tears. Su Juzhen was also shocked with electric batons many times. Few could endure the electric shocks and physical torture; many renounced their belief under such heavy pressure. The place is a truly monstrous hell and the guards are totally inhuman. People suffer enormous mental torment under such intense pressure, a feeling too painful to put in words.

"Falun Gong practitioner Su Juzhen had not been allowed to sleep for five days and five nights. She was forced to squat in the bathroom with her arms lifted in front of her. The perpetrators beat her if she didn't comply with their orders. They took her to the 'Four Prevention Room' on the third floor and wrapped her arms around her head so she couldn't breathe and tried to make her curse Falun Gong and Teacher. Once the group head called for Su Juzhen. When she returned I saw blisters all over her neck, the back of her hands and the soles of her feet from electric baton shocks. She had been shocked countless times. Once I was awakened from my sleep at around two or three in the morning and I heard screaming in the bathroom. I couldn't help but cry. I walked to the bathroom and saw Su Juzhen was pinned on the ground with some people sitting on her. A young woman [an inmate] named Bai Kun was beating Su Juzhen. Bai Kun was the one who went on TV and lied that the labor camp group head treated her like a mother would a daughter and bought clothes for her. Bai Kun comes from Dashiqiao, Yingkou City. Perpetrator Chen Xiaoyu was also beating Su Juzhen. She used to slander Falun Gong on the Focal Point Interview program of the CCTV. These perpetrators received a five-day sentence reduction for participating in brainwashing Falun Gong practitioners, and they got another five-day sentence reduction for beating practitioners; therefore, they put in extra effort in the persecution.

"...They forced determined Su Juzhen, Zou Guirong and Zhang Guiping from Benxi to do a handstand, and they beat the practitioners when they refused. They also beat the practitioners when they could not support themselves any longer. Their eyes became swollen after this torture.

"Guard Qiu Ping shocked practitioners Zou Guirong and Su Juzhen until they were almost dead and their skin became scorched. Seeing that they could not make the practitioners waver in their firm belief in Falun Gong, the guards handed them over to the collaborators. These people have become evil and are extremely vicious. They forced Zou Guirong and Su Juzhen to stand close to and face the wall from morning until night. They deprived the practitioners of sleep for several days at a time, allowing them only one meal per day. If one method of torture did not work, they would devise other torture methods. They forced the practitioners to stay motionless in each torture position for several days in a row. The torture positions included standing, squatting, "flying the airplane" [where people are forced to bend over and raise their arms behind their backs], "riding the motorcycle," and standing upside down. Once they even hung up Zou Guirong upside down. Along with these tortures, the collaborators also beat her. Seeing that these torture methods did not work, they invented even more cruel torture methods. One was to tie her head and feet together and have someone sit on her back while beating her up. To prevent other practitioners from hearing their victims' screams, the ruffians often took them to the storehouse or bathroom, or gagged them. Once, guard Qiu Ping and others took Su Juzhen to the psychiatric department of a hospital in Shenyang City. The hospital prescribed several bottles of some drug for treating mental illnesses and made Su Juzhen's family pay for them. They especially assigned someone to force Su Juzhen to take the drug every day."

Su Juzhen, who was savagely tortured at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, was later transferred to Zhangshi Labor Camp, Longshan Labor Camp, and Shenxin Labor Camp, among other places. She suffered a mental collapse after being injected with nerve-damaging drugs. Her family lived in Shenyang City for one month and looked for her.

Continued persecution from the Suizhong Police Department and Qiansuo Police Department

At around February 5, 2002, authorities from the Shenxin Labor Camp told Su Juzhen's family to pick her up. They extorted a 1,500-yuan "medical fee" from the family and said it was used to cover Su Juzhen's medication expenses. Su Juzhen was carried out of the labor camp by several people. She could not move her limbs, her eyes were blank, and she had no facial expression. She could not eat until the 22^nd day after she went home. Her family later found wounds near her urethra and needle marks on her body.

She could not think or speak normally, and she could not take care of herself. Her second daughter was very young and her family relied on the small shop operated by her oldest daughter.

Even under such miserable circumstances, the lawless government officials and police officers from Suizhong still harassed Su Juzhen's family. In October 2002, authorities at the Suizhong Police Department directed officers from the Qiansuo Police Department to ransack Su Juzhen's home. They took the only copy of Zhuan Falun she had and a Falun Gong lecture cassette. Although Su Juzhen often didn't speak and she looked like she had no thoughts and could not take care of herself, she could still read Falun Gong books. She often loudly read Falun Gong books and never put it down willingly. In October 2002, Wang Fuchen, the former head of the Politics and Security Section at Suizhong Police Department, ordered officers from Qiansuo Police Department to arrest Su Juzhen's 22-year-old daughter, who was supporting the family and taking care of Su Juzhen, and send her to a brainwashing session.

Su Juzhen's physical condition deteriorated since late 2005, as did her mental condition. Sometimes she ran outside in the middle of the night stark naked. Su Juzhen passed away in the morning of April 8, 2006. She had not eaten for more than 130 days.

Her husband grew weak and developed symptoms of stroke because of the persecution of his wife. His younger daughter dropped out of school because of it. Her older daughter who was attending university was forced to quit school in order to take care of her father and younger sister, when Su Juzhen was held in a labor camp. Su Juzhen's father lost sight in both eyes from excessive grief; her mother, in her 80s, suffered a near nervous breakdown due to the series of heavy blows.

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Practitioner Ms. Chu Xiuli Persecuted to Death by the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp

Ms. Chu Xiuli was a practitioner from the Xiangfang District of Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. At the beginning of March 2005, she was persecuted into a state of critical illness by the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp in Harbin City. She was diagnosed with breast cancer. To shirk responsibility, the guards in the labor camp ordered her family to take her home. She passed away on March 23, 2006.

Ms. Chu Xiuli, 49 years old, was an employee of the Harbin City Air Turbine Plant. She was dismissed by the plant officials for practicing Falun Gong. She was detained three times and subjected to inhuman persecution in the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp. The guards in the labor camp beat her fiercely with batons until they bent out of shape. She was forced to do overtime labor and became devastated in mind and body. She was not released for medical treatment until it was too late.

Before her death, she told her friends and relatives, "I'm in this state because I was persecuted by the evildoers."

Switchboard of the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp: 86-451-84101454, 86-451-84101455, 86-451-84101573, 86-451-84101509

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Nobody Knows the Whereabouts of Mr. Du Maomin, a Practitioner Who Was Arrested and Sent to Huaibei Prison

Mr. Du Maomin, a practitioner from Yan County, Linying City, Shandong Province, was arrested at the end of 2001 and later sentenced to five years in Huaibei Prison. Not long ago, the police from the Yan County police station went to Mr. Du's home and told his family that he had been released. The police then asked whether his family members had seen him. Mr. Du's family members certainly had not seen him. The police then said that Mr. Du might have gone to work elsewhere.

Du Maomin's wife was very worried and asked about his whereabouts. She went to the county police station and the police said they had already released him. She then traveled a thousand miles to Huaibei Prison and asked where he was. The prison claimed that they had released Mr. Du Maomin three years before.

Mr. Du Maomin was 36 years old. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, because he did not give up his belief of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance, in 2001, the local police station persecuted him so that he was forced to leave home and go from place to place to avoid arrest. In November 2001, in a rented apartment, Mr. Du Maomin, Zhu Tongchao, and another practitioner were illegally arrested by Xing Anhua, the section leader of the Political and Security Section of the Yan County Police Station, who led a group of police. The Yan County Court secretly sentenced Du Maomin and Zhu Tongchao. Mr. Du was sentenced to prison for five years. Zhu Tongchao was sentenced to four years. They were secretly sent to Huaibei Prison, where they suffered countless brutal tortures. After Mr. Du was sent to prison, his family, which was not wealthy, was plunged into extreme hardship. They had no income. His wife had to take care of their two small children and eke out a living.

Upon investigation, we found out that at the end of the summer of 2005, a practitioner from Jining City, Shandong Province, who was kept in the same prison as Du Maomin, had seen him. At that time, Mr. Du was being given electric shocks every now and then. He was detained in a team of six or seven in the No. 2 area in Huaibei Prison. This means that the police officer that claimed Mr. Du had been released was lying.

After the exposure of the CCP's concentration camps' killing of practitioners, we cannot know whether practitioner Mr. Du is still in Huaibei Prison or whether he has already been transferred to a concentration camp. In any event, Mr. Du Maomin's family cannot see him, and they are extremely worried and saddened.

Some of the people and units responsible for the persecution:

Yan County, Linying City
The Head of the County Li Mingkai
Head of the 610 Office of Yan County Liu Yuhong: 86-13905395175 (Cell), 86-13608995639 (Cell), 86-539-6103266
Section leader of the Political and Security Section of Yan County Xing Anhua
Secretary of the Political and Security Committee of Yan County Ni: 86-13325093002 (Cell)
610 Office of the Police Station of Yan County Zhuge: 86-13954981266 (Cell)
The operation of the Police Station of Yan County: 86-539-6221380, 86-539-6221381
Yan County Committee: 86-539-6221801
Yan County Government: 86-539-6221137
The members of the CCP Committee at Huaibei Prison, Shandong Province
Chen Jian: 86-536-7548201
Liu Yongchang: 86-536-7548202
Fang Yuli: 86-536-7548203
Li Wuguang: 86-536-7548204
Zheng Limin: 86-536-7548205
Telephone numbers of some of the related people from Huaibei Prison:
Chen Jian, Jail Head: 536-7548201
Zheng Limin, the Assistant Jail Head: 86-536-7548205
Li Wuguang, the Assistant Jail Head: 86-536-7548204
Liu Yongchang, the Assistant Jail Head: 86-536-7548202
Fang Yuli, the Assistant Jail Head: 86-536-7548203
Xu Haiming, the section lead of the Political and Security section of Huaibei Prison: 86-536-7548318 (Home)
Wang Jinwu, the section lead of the political section of the prison: 86-536-7548606 (Home)
Wang Wensheng, the section lead of the political section of the prison: 86-536-7548312 (Home)
Fan Yongsheng, the superintendent of Huaibei police station: 86-536-7548268 (Home)
Yan Xiao, the assistant superintendent of Huaibei police station: 86-536-7548531 (Home)
Yang Fengping, the assistant superintendent of Huaibei police station: 86-536-7541917 (Home)

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Zhongba Forced Labor Camp in Guizhou Province Brutally Tortures Falun Gong practitioners

Zhongba Forced Labor Camp in Guizhou Province uses various means to brutally torture Falun Gong practitioners. Each team of the forced labor camp has set up special cells. They attempt to lure the most vicious criminals into torturing Falun Gong practitioners by reducing their imprisonment terms. The police in the forced labor camp demonstrate to criminals how to "transform" Falun Gong practitioners through brutal beatings and close monitoring. The torture methods are the most inhumane. All practitioners who have been sent to this forced labor camp are "worked on" immediately upon arrival. Police force practitioners to write so-called "repentance letters" to denounce their belief in Falun Gong. They work on practitioners one by one in an attempt to "transform" them. Physical and mental torture is used to crush practitioners' belief in Falun Gong.

After 2000, the Fifth Group in the Zhongba Forced Labor Camp set up a specialized team to "work on" Falun Gong practitioners. They tortured practitioners. Many practitioners became crippled and mentally ill.

A practitioner from Guiyang City was locked in a box for over two years. His current whereabouts is unknown.

Practitioner Lin Shusheng publicly said, "Falun Dafa is good." Because of this, police Yang Renshou, Li Jiliang, and Panzhong beat him. As a result, Liu suffered bleeding in his stomach. He suffered from edema all over his body and could not walk for over three months.

Practitioner Kong Deyi criticized the fact that practitioners had to work for seventeen or eighteen hours every day. Police Yang Renshou, Xu Fayuan, Huang Chaoming, Huang Xianyue, and Jing Jian beat him and stomped on him. They did not allow Kong Deyi to sleep for twenty-four days.

Practitioner Dai Qiyuan criticized the police in the forced labor camp for abusing their power and not abiding by the laws. The police then forced him to work seventeen or eighteen hours every day. Weekends and holidays were no exception. Police Song Xuefei, Huang Xianyue, Xu Fayuan, Yun Changchun, along with criminals Wang Hao and Zhong Liang, physically abused him. They sent him to the so-called "time-out" area (see picture of his punishment card below) several times.

At the beginning of May 2005, practitioner Du Xiansheng from Zunyi City exposed the policemen's evil acts. Policeman Song Xuefei, Group Head Wen, and Group Head Ming Hong then beat him and stomped on him with leather boots. Du suffered bruising all over his legs and could not walk. After that, they dragged Du into a special cell and kept him there for ten days. Then they locked him up in the team's special cell for almost twenty days. Eventually, they transferred him back to the subgroup and placed him in a solitary cell until he was released.

Policemen Chen Ge and Xu Fayuan, along with criminal Wang Hao, beat up practitioner Mr. Chen, a college graduate, several times. On numerous occasions, they dragged Mr. Chen with a lasso around his neck and "trained" him under the scorching sun.

Practitioner Zhao Peng refused to cooperate with the evil persecution. Because of this, policemen Yang Renshou, Xu Fayuan, Jing Jian, together with criminal Cao Yong and Gan Laosan, beat him to the point where he was spitting out blood and passing blood in his stool. They then locked him up in the special cell to continue to "work on" him.

Practitioner Jiang Chaolin is a retired teacher. Policemen Yang Renshou and Li Jiliang instigated criminals Cao Yong, Feng Jianning, and Yang Jie to beat him and break his ribs. They didn't allow Jiang Chaolin to get any medical treatment. Jiang Chaolin managed to report on their acts to their boss. However, he was then locked up in a special cell and tortured by the police.

Policemen beat up practitioner Wang Shangyou many times. They didn't allow him to sleep after the beatings. They ordered him to stand up straight, facing a wall. They forbid him from sitting down. During winter, they poured cold water on him whenever he became sleepy. They used bright lights to blind him for two nights until his eyes became damaged.

Policemen beat up practitioner Zhao Yihong and locked him in a special cell for almost one year.

Two weeks before practitioner Liu Tingyang was released, the police called him to the office for a "chat." They tried to make Liu give up practicing Falun Gong. Liu firmly answered, "Falun Gong teaches people to be good. It improves people's health. I will never give up practicing it." Policemen Jing Jian, Peng Tao, and Sun then beat him. He still had bruises and cuts all over his body upon his release.

Cheng Huazheng is a very determined Falun Gong practitioner. He firmly believes in Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance. Policemen Yang Renshou, Li Jiliang, along with criminal Feng Jianning, beat him with an iron pad. They locked him up in a special cell and beat him twenty-four times until he was unconscious.

Policemen Yang Renshou, Li Jiliang, together with criminal Guo Lin and Long Xutao, beat up practitioner Gao Guoyuan in mid-May of 2004. He had cuts and bruises all over his body. He could not walk for several months. Later, he suffered a mental collapse and under this circumstance, criminals forced him to drink their urine and eat their stools.

Practitioner Liu Zhe was a high school math teacher at the No. Two High School of Zi County, Zunyi City. He was illegally sent to the forced labor camp in 2002. Police Yang Renshou, Li Jiliang, Pan Zhong, Yun Changchun and other criminals tortured him until he suffered a mental collapse. He did not completely regain consciousness over the past three years. He would pick up things from the ground and eat them. He became extremely thin. Two months before he was released, policeman Peng Tao beat him down to the ground. He suffered a big cut on his head. He had several stitches and almost died. After he was released, he was sent to a mental hospital in Zunyi City.

Zhongba Forced Labor Camp uses countless means to torture Falun Gong practitioners. They scorch practitioners with fire. They pour cold water on practitioners. They pierce practitioners with needles. They do not allow practitioners to sleep. They force practitioners to drink their urine and eat their stool. They force practitioners to stand outside in the midst of a storm or under the scorching sun. They force practitioners to work long hours without a break. They beat practitioners at will. Zhongba Forced Labor Camp has committed countless crimes against Falun Gong practitioners.

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Practitioner Ms. Gao Aihua Has Been Persecuted Since 2000

Falun Gong practitioner Gao Aihua in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, has been illegally arrested several times for her belief. The following is what she has experienced over the last several years.

Ms. Gao Aihua started to learn Falun Gong in October 1998, and it restored her heath by curing her lower back pain. Moreover, through reading Zhuan Falun she understood the meaning of life and was determined to practice Falun Gong.

After July 20, 1999, Jiang and the CCP launched a campaign to persecute Falun Gong. To say a fair word for Falun Gong, Gao went to Beijing in 2000 and was arrested there. She was sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp, where she was forced to do extremely heavy work for a long time. The food in the labor camp was very poor and, moreover, the detainees were ordered to finish their meal in a short time before roll call was taken. The heads of the team, Yao and Liu Hui, often deceived the detained practitioners with hypocrisy and the evil party culture.

When Ms. Gao was released in 2001, her husband divorced her and assisted the local police station to send her to a brainwashing center. Li Wei and Ma Zhibiao of the local court beat her there several times. When she went on a hunger strike for over 10 days, Ma and another man grabbed hold of her and shook her violently for half an hour, making her vomit. Because her life was in danger, the brainwashing center sent her to the hospital, but Ms. Gao didn't cooperate, so they had to bring her home.

Due to pressure from the district office, her ex-husband tried to drive her out of her apartment. When she refused, her ex-husband severely beat her. Finally she had to move out, but was still haunted by police officer Zhu and "collaborator" Luo Xiangyun.

In September 2003, Ms. Gao was arrested again for delivering Falun Gong material. A gang of police headed by Jin Zhiping used all types of methods to torture her. Then she was sentenced to forced labor for one year and three months. Because she refused to renounce her belief in Falun Gong, she was handcuffed for five days and detained in a confinement cell for a long time. Her health was severely harmed and she developed serious diseases in jail.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/3/26/123701.html

The Masanjia Labor Camp Formed an "Office of Striking" to Specialize in Using Violence against Falun Gong Practitioners

As the evil deeds of the guards in Group I of Masanjia Forced Labor Camp continue to be exposed, the authorities at the forced labor camp recently switched to a new tactic in its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners - forming a so-called "Office of Striking" to specialize in using guards, who have not yet been exposed overseas, to violently beat and torture Falun Gong practitioners. The director of the forced labor camp, also a representative in the "People's Congress" for Yuhong District, openly threatened, "[We as] dictatorship organs must carry out the persecution. I'll see how long you [Falun Gong practitioners] can sustain it!"

With orders to systematically persecute Falun Gong practitioners with violence, the guards in the "Office of Striking" brutally beat practitioner Ms. Sheng Lianying, injuring her legs and mutilating her face. Ms. Sheng Lianying has been holding a hunger strike for ten months to protest the persecution, while Cao Yujie and Chen Bing, the prison doctors, force-fed her three times a day.

While brutally beating practitioner Ms. Feng Shuhua from Tieling, the guards injured her head, her face, and later her leg. In addition, they extended her imprisonment by ten more days. The thugs beat another practitioner, Xie Dewen from Dalian City, and locked her up in a small cell. Also locked up in a small cell was practitioner Ms. Qiu Li from Fushun City. Ms. Zhang Chungang, a practitioner from Dandong, was punished by being forced to stand for extended periods of time, humiliated, and subjected to male guards' sexual advances. They beat another practitioner, who has been refusing to give out her name, and caused swelling on her head.

Lately, many practitioners are experiencing symptoms of coughing and chest pain as a result of the violent persecution. The practitioners who are in particularly bad shape have to lie down on the bed. The guards prevent them from turning onto their backs or talking.

Li Wei, Jiang, and Tu Yupeng, the former male guards in Group I whose crimes in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners have been exposed overseas, have been transferred elsewhere, while Cui Hong, a female evildoer, was transferred to an office at the labor camp level.

On February 23, 2006, the authorities of the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp formed the so-called "Office of Striking," comprising of the Education Division, Division of Public Order, and Division of Disciplinary Action. The constituents of this new "office" are the head of Division of Disciplinary Action Ma and about two dozen guards specializing in beating and torturing practitioners, including Zhang Ping (female guard), Zhang Yan (female guard), Chen Jinglin, Liu Yong, Xie Yong, Zhang Jun, Wang Qi, and Wang Jie. Stationed in Division I, the so-called "Aftermath Office" specializes in binding up wounds and other evidence of mistreatment after the thugs have beaten and injured practitioners. Indeed, the violent persecution is as organized as a production line.

Station Director Su Jing and Political Commissar Wang Naimin are personally involved in directing the violent persecution. Thugs from the "Office of Striking" are free to use chairs to strike practitioners in the hallways and force practitioners to wear uniforms. Because of the violent torture, many practitioners have suffered internal injuries. Also, the guards forced some practitioners to take off their winter pants and coats and then locked them up in iron-bar beds for days and nights in the freezing winter.

Lately, the authorities of the forced labor camp made a ridiculous rule that none of the practitioners in a cell can go to the bathroom unless everybody needs to go. In addition, they opened the quilts and tore the winter pants off of all of the practitioners in the name of conducting a search for Falun Gong teachings.

As of mid-March 2006, 39 practitioners were imprisoned illegally in Division I, while over 200 practitioners were imprisoned in Station II for Women, which consists of three groups.

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Who is Saving People? Who is Hurting People?

On March 2, 2006, police officers Zhang Guohua and Zhang Liansheng from Wanchang Town, Yongji County, Jilin Province, broke into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huo Yanhua's home in Gujiazi Village. Police taped off Mrs. Huo's home, confiscated all of her Falun Gong books, and took her away to the Yongji County Detention Center.

Mrs. Huo, over 40, had had a terminal illness before she started practicing Falun Gong, which gave her a new life. In July 2000, she was diagnosed with colon cancer. During the surgery, the doctor found too many tumors in her stomach to removed them all, so he told her relatives to prepare for her funeral. Despite taking large amounts of cancer drugs, Ms. Huo still suffered intense abdominal pain. She thought her final days were approaching.

Although Ms. Huo had practiced Falun Gong in 1998, the brutal persecution forced her to quit. At what seemed to be the final moment of her life, she decided to resume practicing Falun Gong. Because she thought she was going to die, she was no longer afraid of the persecution.

Two months after Ms. Huo started practicing again, a miracle happened: her tumors disappeared, and she became perfectly healthy. Meanwhile, the Communist propaganda against Falun Gong was intense, so Ms. Huo went to Beijing to clarify the facts to the national government.

Ms. Huo's faith in Falun Gong elicited repeated harassments from the authorities. She was arrested on Tiananmen Square and transferred to Pinggu Detention Center in Beijing. Because she refused to give her name, three police officers struck her with wooden sticks and kicked her with hard shoes. In the beating, one wooden stick broke in half, and the sole of a shoe fell off. The officers then hung her up and sprayed cleaning agents into her eyes. On a cold winter day, they poured ice water down her neck. The icy water made her feet freeze to her shoes. One time, they continuously beat Ms. Huo for over eight hours. In her hometown, Ms. Huo was illegally detained again. Currently, she is still being detained and persecuted.

In the end, who is really saving people? Who is really hurting people? Please do not believe the evil lies of the Chinese Communist Party. Falun Gong practitioners are risking their lives to save people from the CCP's deceptions.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/4/7/124694.html

Two Falun Gong practitioners in Jilin Province Persecuted to Death

Ms. Deng Wenjie, 56, lived in Siping City, Jilin Province. She learned Falun Gong in 1997. Before practicing Falun Gong, she suffered with female health problems and severe gastrointestinal problems. After practicing Falun Gong for one month, her health went completely back to normal. She was arrested by the police in 2001 when clarifying the truth and was illegally imprisoned in a forced labor camp. While being imprisoned there, she went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Police fed her forcibly and injured her main artery while inserting a tube. After six months of suffering, Deng Wenjie passed away.

Ms. Chen Shuzhi, 78, lived in Jiaohe City, Jilin Province. She suffered from heart disease and severe arthritis. Walking was very difficult for her and she sustained herself by taking medication every day. Her children were very worried and spent all the money saved for food and living expenses on her medication. In 1997, Chen Shuzhi started practicing Falun Gong. Before long, she recovered from the heart disease and was also able to walk. Since then, it had been not necessary for her to take any medicine. Her children all said that Falun Gong was truly amazing! In 1999, the evil Chinese Communist Party and Jiang Zemin's regime began to persecute innocent Falun Gong practitioners. Lawless people often visited Chen Shuzhi's home, harassed her, threatened her, persecuted her, searched her home, and confiscated her property. Chen Shuzhi suffered from tremendous pressure both physically and mentally and she passed away on December 22, 2002.

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Additional Persecution News from China - April 2, 2006 (21 Reports)

1. [Zhaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Practitioners Ms. Li Yanlan and Ms. Chen Cuizhi Sent to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

Feng Zhenjie and others of Zhaoyang City's Guangming Police Office followed and then illegally arrested 70-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Yanlan and 44-year-old practitioner Ms. Chen Cuizhi on the night of March 21, 2006. Feng twisted and hurt the senior lady's wrist, and she still has bruises on her wrist. The police interrogated the two ladies and then kept them at Shijiahetao Detention Center. Thes two practitioners went on hunger strikes to protest against the persecution. The next day, the police accompanied the city's National Guard Team, including Wang Jinglong and others, to break into these two practitioners' homes in order to confiscate Falun Gong books and other personal property. On March 31, the two practitioners were secretly transferred to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp for further persecution without notifying their family members.

Guangming Police Office: 86-421-2622398

Zhaoyang City National Guard Team Lead: Wang Jinglong 86-421-2611250

Wu Jianfang (Sentencing Judge): 86-421-2618073

2. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Mr. Liu Jun Cruelly Tortured

A non-practitioner revealed the cruel tortures applied to practitioner Mr. Liu Jun at Handan City No. 1 Detention Center. (Having been illegally sentenced to 11 years, Mr. Liu is now suffering persecution at Shijiazhuang Prison.)

Because he refused to give up Falun Gong, the center police handcuffed Mr. Liu Jun and hung him up for a whole week. When they let him down, his feet were swollen to the size of elephant feet. Liu was almost disabled and could hardly walk. It took him half an hour to walk to the toilet.

3. [Gansu Province] Practitioner Mr. Lei Zhanxiang of Jinchang City, Yongchang County Sentenced in a Secret Court Hearing

Yongchang County Court was preparing to secretly sentence practitioner Mr. Lei Zhanxiang on the morning of April 4, 2006 at 8:30 a.m.

4. [Wushun City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Ms. Qi Caimei Arrested by Local Police

On March 31, 2006, practitioner Ms. Qi Caimei of Wanghua District, Wushun City was arrested by local police and transferred to the city's Luotai Villa Forced Brainwashing Center.

5. [Beijing, China] Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in Forced Brainwashing Sessions at Guangfeng Guesthouse

Falun Gong practitioners are being illegally detained and persecuted in forced brainwashing classes at Guangfeng Guesthouse in the Fengtai District of Beijing City.

6. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Zhu Benfu Kidnapped by the Local Police

Practitioner Mr. Zhu Benfu of Dalian City was arrested by the local police. He has been on hunger strikes to protest the illegal detention and is in very poor health now.

7. [Haicheng City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Hou Wenyu Sentenced to Two Years at a Forced Labor Camp

Practitioner Mr. Hou Wenyu of Gusaoshi Village, Ximu Town, Haicheng City was unlawfully sentenced to two years at a forced labor camp.

8. [Juye County, Shandong Province] Practitioner Ms. Liu Qiuxia Persecuted at Jinan Women's Forced Labor Camp

Practitioner Ms. Liu Qiuxia of Juye County was forcefully taken by the local police to Jinan Women's Forced Labor Camp for persecution.

9. [Jinchang City, Gansu Province] Police Keep Watch on Local Falun Gong Practitioners to Persecute Them

Police have been closely monitoring local Falun Gong practitioners for more than six months. Plain-clothed police secretly took pictures of each of the practitioners and are trying to find excuses to arrest them.

10. [Puning City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Mr. Li Minyu and His Family Persecuted and Harassed

Practitioner Mr. Li Minyu of Guangdong Province was taken away by Puning City's National Security on the afternoon of March 30, 2006. Then they instigated Meitang Town Police Station to search his old home and to confiscate Falun Gong books.

The next day, Mr. Li was sent to Wushi Detention Center in Puning City. That night, Puning City's National Security went with Liushaxintan Village Police and Chengdong Police Station personnel to illegally search his leased residence. They took his father, Mr. Li Lüwen, to the Puning Police Station. Village Police and the landlord repeatedly tried to force Mr. Li Lüwen to immediately move out. The originally happy family is now facing a very difficult situation.

One Person Responsible: Meitang Police Station Head, Sun Wenbo 86-663-2614204

11. [Leihe City, Henan Province] Three Local Practitioners Illegally Arrested

Yuanhui District Police Department unlawfully charged into Dajingzhuang Village and illegally arrested three Falun Gong practitioners: Ms. Liu Hongxia, Ms. Liu Fengling, and Ms. Wan Lihe.

12. [Shenzhen, Guangdong Province] Longgang Court Unlawfully Opening a Second Trial Session for Practitioner Mr. Liu Yu

Practitioner Mr. Liu Yu has been illegally detained for persecution at Longgang Center. On March 20, 2006, Shenzhen City's Longgang Court unlawfully opened a second trial session for Mr. Liu. The presiding judge was changed from the original Xu Guang to the female Jia Yu who has a reputation of being vicious and arrogant in trials of Falun Gong practitioners.

13. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Four Practitioners from Yangyuan District Illegally Detained

On the morning of March 24, 2006, practitioners from Yangyuan District were seized by plain-clothed police and detained in an unknown location when they were found clarifying the truth about Falun Gong in the Yangyuan neighborhood Kindergarten. One of these practitioners' house has been searched.

The detained practitioners include the 60-some year-old Ms. Zhang Chunmei, 50+ year-old Ms. Xiong Hanlian, who has been persecuted many times, 50-year-old Ms. Zhang Qiong, and another practitioner whose name has not been verified. Previously, Ms. Zhang Chunmei's husband, Mr. Li Qingzhou, who was also a practitioner, had been tortured to death by local police in 2002.

14. [Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province] Police Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners to Meet Their Quota

Wang Zhiqing, the chief of Gongzhuling City Police Department ordered that each police station in towns and villages under him has to train "public security" personnel. He has also set a quota in maintaining "public security", and to meet it, they can arbitrarily arrest Falun Gong practitioners.

Telephone Numbers List:

Wang Zhiqing: 86-434-6240901 (office)
Gongzhuling City Police: 86-434-6210101 (Office)

15. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] A Practitioner from Shengli Village in Changling County Arrested

On March 27, 2006, a Falun Gong practitioner, about 30 years old from Shengli Village in Changling County, Songyuan City was taken from her home by the local police. Her name is unknown.

16. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Mr. Zhao Yan Arrested by Ningbo Police

Practitioner Mr. Zhao Yan, a native of Harbin City, was working at Ningbo City. On November 14, 2005, he came back to Ningbo from Harbin. Three days later, Mr. Zhao was arrested by Ningbo police at his residence. Two notebook PCs were confiscated. He is now confined at Ningbo Detention Center. It was reported that Ningbo Court is going to open a trial for Mr. Zhao Yan.

17. [Yueyang City, Hunan Province] Practitioners Ms. Chou Xi'e and Ms. Nie Zhijun of Miluo District Arrested

While clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to others, practitioners Ms. Chou Xi'e and Ms. Nie Zhijun of Miluo District were illegally arrested in mid March, 2006.

18. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Gan Jiejun Faces Illegal Trial

Practitioner Ms. Gan Jiejun, a 64-year-old resident of Shenzhen City, was arrested by the city's Yuanling Police because she was distributing materials about the persecution of Falun Gong. Her case was forwarded to the local prosecutor's office and a trial was hastily arranged. Her daughter attempted to send her some clothes and personal belongings, but the visit request was not approved.

19. [Anqiu City, Shandong Province] Thugs Harass Falun Gong Practitioners Twice within Two Weeks

On March 4, 2006, Deputy Party Commissioner Song Ke'an of Shidui Town teamed with five policemen from the local police station to break into the house of practitioner Mr. Sun Yemao, confiscating his Minghui Weekly. They also broke into the home of another practitioner, Mr. Wang Xueyun.

On March 17, police repeated the harassment. They went to the homes of several other practitioners. They ransacked everything while searching Mr. Wang Xueyun's house. Mr. Wang was at work, so the police missed him twice in the daytime. After Mr. Wang came home at 8 or 9 p.m., the police went to his residence again. Three policemen forced Mr. Wang's hand to put his fingerprint on a note (possibly a faked confession) that they had prepared in advance. Then the police left with satisfaction.

Head of Police Station in Shidui Town, Anqiu City: Yang Haitao 86-536-4700024 (Office)

Shidui Town Hall: 86-536-4700006 (Office)

20. [Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] A Practitioner Persecuted at Yangjiao District, Wulong County

In the afternoon on February 26, 2006, Wulong County's National Security and Yangjiao Police Station forcefully took away local Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Banghe. They handcuffed him over night and detained him with an administrative order for 13 days.

21. [Jilin Province] Produce Industry in Jilin Agriculture University Organizes Unemployed People to Interfere with Practitioners' Truth-clarification

Produce industry in Jilin Agriculture University is taking advantage of unemployed people's need for money. In the name of selling herbs, these unemployed people are told to follow Falun Gong practitioners and prevent them from distributing truth clarification materials. The jobless people set up a patrol team particularly for finding practitioners who are distributing truth clarification materials. They are rewarded with 1,000 yuan for each practitioner they catch distributing truth clarification material.

Produce Industry in Jilin Agriculture University: 86-431-4533021 (Office)

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/4/2/124222.html

Additional Persecution News from China - April 5, 2006 (21 Reports)

1. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Guoxiang Savagely Tortured at the Chaoyanggou Labor Camp

Practitioner Mr. Wang Guoxiang, 38 years old, was illegally arrested in Changbai County in the Baishan area when he was distributing "truth clarification" materials. He was sentenced to two years of forced labor. In April 2005 he was held at Group 1, also called the New Life Group, at the Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp. He refused to cooperate with the "reform." In May he was sent to Group 2 where the guards were doing everything possible to "reform" the practitioners. The guards in Group 2, headed by Ma Yuntao, talked to Mr. Wang Guoxiang from around 9:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. the next day during the night shift in an effort to make him give up Falun Gong. The labor camp authorities sent inmates to monitor him. They forbid him from going downstairs to eat in the cafeteria. Mr. Wang has remained very determined.

In November 2005, Mr. Wang was transferred to Group 4, where assigned inmates monitored him on a daily basis. He was forced to sit on a small plastic stool by himself in the dorm and was forbidden to talk to anyone. During the "Attack the Fort" campaign to "reform" determined practitioners in December 2005, they made him sit on the cold marble floor. Within a few days he was lame. Judicial Department officials went to the Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp to inspect the "reform" situation of Falun Gong practitioners. They tried to coerce every practitioner into giving a clear statement about Falun Gong. Mr. Wang didn't say anything and was again forced to sit on a stool.

Right after the Chinese New Year 2006, around March 1, authorities in Group 4 again started tormenting Mr. Wang. They straightened his arms and handcuffed them to the sides of a bed and released him about four days later. They then subjected him to 20 days' sleep deprivation, making him sit next to the bed. Two inmates monitored him.

2. [Jidong County, Heilongjiang Province] Six Practitioners Will be Transferred to Mudanjiang Prison Tomorrow

Six Falun Gong practitioners "illegally detained" in the Jidong County Detention Center in Heilongjiang Province, including Qu Dehong and Xing Defu, will be transferred to Mudanjiang Prison tomorrow.

3. [Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province] The Police Recently Arrested Many Practitioners

Recently, officers from the Qiqihar City Police Department again started to arrest practitioners. More than 20 practitioners have been arrested and their homes have been ransacked. Practitioners in other counties and cities who have contact with these practitioners are also affected. The arrests continue. We now know that Tiefeng Police Department agents have arrested about 10 practitioners. They include Yang Chunling and Wu. Officers from the Qiqihar City Police Department arrested practitioners Cui Xiaoping, Gong and Zheng, from Kangtai County, Daqing City, on April 1, 2006.

4. [Jianli County, Hubei Province] Zuo Lixiong, Head of the Jianli County "610 Office" and Police Officers from the Bianhe Area Recently Arrested Practitioner Chen Xiaoyuan from Bianhe and Sent Him to the Hubei Province Brainwashing Center.

5. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Gross Abuse of Practitioners in Wafangdian Prison

Around March 22, guards from Wafangdian Prison made up all kinds of excuses to prevent practitioners' families from visiting their loved ones at the prison. The families insisted on meeting with the practitioners. The guards reluctantly let three family members meet with the practitioners. The practitioners' faces were black and blue and they were in terrible condition. Two practitioners were not brought out, probably because they were tortured even more severely and because the guards feared that the truth would get out.

6. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Many Practitioners from Xinjin County Arrested and Beaten

On the afternoon of March 14, 2006, a dozen practitioners, including He Xuewen and Zhu Sufang from Wenjing Township and Longma Township in Chengdu City, were watching the NTDTV's Global Chinese New Year Gala at another practitioner's home when the local police broke in and arrested all of the practitioners. They savagely beat the practitioners and sent them to the Xinjin County Custody Center. They also ransacked the practitioners' homes.

7. [Ezhou City, Hubei Province] Practitioner Ms. Pan Zhenghui Unconstitutionally Held at the Ezhou City Detention Center

On March 28, 2006, officers from the Ezhou City Police Department and the "610 Office" arrested practitioner Ms. Pan Zhenghui from Ezhou City, Hubei Province. She is now being held at the Ezhou City Detention Center.

In July 2005, officers from Ezhou City Police Department and the 610 Office tried to arrest Ms. Pan Zhenghui. She left home to avoid the persecution. Right now, her ill husband is hospitalized, but, because of her arrest, Ms. Pan cannot return to take care of him.

8. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners at a Detention Center Were Sent to the Hospital for Emergency Treatment

Recently it has been learned that two men and one woman, all practitioners incarcerated at the Langfang City Detention Center, have been sent to the city hospital for emergency treatment. We guess that these practitioners are Mr. Yang Jianbo, Mr. Cao Baoyu ,and Ms. Zhang Fengde, who were holding a hunger strike.

The hospital has apparently reached an agreement with the detention center that all Falun Gong practitioners who need medical treatment are sent to the hospitals' Hematology Department. According to an insider, Mr. Yang Jianbo is suffering from kidney failure and electrolyte imbalance. He is in critical condition and was treated at the hospital's hematology department for one week in late March. He has been on a hunger strike since February 5. The detention center officials publicly threatened to sentence the three practitioners to prison.

Hotline for the head of the Langfang City Hospital: 86-316-2039002
Hematology Department, the Langfang City Hospital: 86-316-2037264
Langfang City "rocuratorate": 86-316-2233775
Langfang City Police Department: 86-316-2333102

9. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Practitioners Zhang Shujun, Chen Xiangyang, and Chen Wen Arrested

Practitioners Zhang Shujun, Chen Xiangyang, and Chen Wen from Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, were arrested. People didn't know about the arrest until several days later. The date of their arrests was probably Wednesday, March 29. The three practitioners are being held at the Qingyunpu Detention Center. There are many plainclothes police officers near Zhang Shujun and Chen Xiangyang's homes.

10. [Linqu County, Shandong Province] Practitioner Ms. Shen Dianmei Sent to the Wangcun Women's Forced Labor Camp

Practitioner Ms. Shen Dianmei was sentenced to two years of forced labor and sent to the Wangcun Women's Forced Labor Camp in Zibo in late March 2006.

11. [Sanhe City, Hebei Province] Persecution of Practitioners

The Sanhe City Brainwashing Center in Hebei Province is set up inside the Sanhe City Detention Center. Practitioners Mr. Ma Weishan, Zhang Deli, Wang Shuhua, Guo Zeng, Liu Cuirong, Ms. Tang Suhua, and others have been held in the brainwashing center.

Ms. Tang Suhua held a hunger strike at the detention center to protest the persecution. She lost consciousness several times and was eventually released due to her dangerous condition. Practitioner Mr. Ma Weishan went on a hunger strike for many days. He was in his 60s and often suffered a relapse of his heart disease from the persecution. The authorities refused to release him and gave him an IV infusion. Practitioners Zhang Deli and Wang Shuhua had both developed high blood pressure from the persecution.

Practitioner Zhou Chuanzhong was held at the Langfang City Brainwashing Center, and his son, who does not practice Falun Gong, was arrested. Participating in the arrest were officers from the Sanhe City Police Department. They held him at the Sanhe City Detention Center under criminal detention. Practitioner Ms. Liu Cuirong was sent to the Tangshan Forced Labor Camp, then the Baoding Forced Labor Camp, and eventually to the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp. The authorities at each labor camp refused to take her because she was too weak. Officials from Sanhe City's 610 Office took Ms. Liu back to Sanhe Detention Center. They gave her injections and IV infusions when she was extremely weak so that they could continue to detain her.

Officers from the Sanhe City 610 Office sent Zhang Zhiping to Tangshan Forced Labor Camp. Practitioners Liu Shujuan and Tian Ruiling have been sent to the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp. Because of the news blackout, details need to be further investigated.

12. [You County, Hunan Province] Personnel from the National Security Team Arrested Practitioners Ms. Hong Qiu and Mr. Zeng Ruiguo

Recently, personnel from the National Security Team and from the Chengguan Police Station in You County, Hunan Province, ransacked several practitioners' homes. Because some practitioners and their families resisted the persecution, the police dared not aggravate their illegal searches.

A recent Minghui report mentioned that three practitioners were arrested. It has been confirmed that two practitioners were arrested and are being held at the county detention center.

Ms. Hong Qiu, around 37 years old, was the Shoudishou Store manager in You County. She was reading Falun Gong books when police ransacked her house.

Mr. Zeng Ruiguo, around 65 years old, was a retired officer from the You County Entertainment Bureau. Before July 20, 1999, he was a volunteer coordinator at the You County Falun Gong practice site. After July 20 he was sentenced to three years of imprisonment for appealing for Falun Gong. For the past two years after his release he has been in poor health. He was reading Falun Gong books when police ransacked his house.

13. [Shishi City, Fujian Province] Practitioner Ms. Yi Lanying Sentenced

Recently, agents from the Shishi City Court in Fujian Province secretly sentenced practitioner Ms. Yi Lanying from Jianli City, Hubei Province, to three years of imprisonment. Ms. Yi is being held at Shishi City's Detention Center, in violation of the Chinese constitution.

14. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Police Monitor a Practitioner in Yongnian County--Delayed News

In 2005, police discovered practitioner Li from Mingguan in Yongnian County, Handan City, surfing online. Police agents in Shijiazhuang City and from Shijiazhuang City and Handan City went to the county and arrested practitioner Li. They tortured the practitioner to the point of dying. They were afraid of taking responsibility and released Li. At present, practitioner Li is under surveillance at home.

15. [Huainan City, Anhui Province] Practitioner Ms. Yan Xingping Put into the Hefei City Forced Labor Camp

Practitioner Ms. Yan Xingping, 62 years old, is a resident in the No.2 Building of the Chinese Bank Community in the Tianjia'an District of Huainan City, Anhui Province. In February 2006, personnel from the Tianjia'an Electricity Factory Police Precinct arrested her at home. She is currently being held in the city's forced labor camp. Her son attempted to visit her, but police refused him admittance. Not only that, they tried to make him pay his mother's physical exam fee.

16. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Ms. Wei Ronglan and Ms. Xu Shaoqiong Arrested

At around 5:30 p.m. on March 13, 2006, Zhang Laosi, chief of the Armed Security Section of the Guiyang City Vehicle Factory, led a dozen security personnel, a dozen firefighters, and six or seven policemen to practitioner Ms. Wei Ronglan's home. They had duped her 13-year-old son into coming home from school. After they failed to get the child to open the door, they smashed it open with fire-fighting axes and put Ms. Wei into a police car.

They also arrested practitioner Ms. Xu Shaoqiong. The two practitioners were sent to the Lanni Brainwashing Center.

Ms. Wei Ronglan's pension has been suspended since April 2004. Her husband was forced to retire early. His salary was reduced from 1,700 to 600 yuan The family of three lives on a few hundred yuan a month. The teenager is in school and the tuition fee for half a semester is 290 yuan.

17. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Personnel from the Mashang Town Police Station in the Zhangdian District Arrested Practitioner Yao Qian on March 29; Yao Qian is now being Held at the Zibo City Detention Center

18. [Jimo City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Mr. Ji Shijin Arrested

Ji Shijin is a practitioner from Lingshan Town, Jimo City. In January 2005 he was spotted reading a copy of the "Minghui Weekly" at a friend's home. Zhou Xin, in his 30s, from Jimo City's 610 Office and special agent Sun, in his 50s, went to harass the homeowner. The two people demanded to know from Mr. Ji the source of the Minghui Weekly, but he refused to cooperate with them. Later on, personnel from the 610 Office constantly harassed and threatened him. They duped Mr. Ji into clarifying the truth to them. They then transcribed his words as an affidavit and used it as justified cause for his arrest. They attempted to arrest him the same night, but failed.

At the beginning of March 2006, with instructions from the Jimo City 610 Office, Sun Haoxian, the Lingshan Town Police Station head, sent two agents to pester Mr. Ji Shijin and then sent some other personnel to arrest him. At present, Mr. Ji is in the Jimo City Detention Center.

19. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Gao Huanlian from Guangzhou City Sentenced to Three Years of Imprisonment on April 3, 2006; Gao Huanlian Refuses to Accept the Court Ruling and Plans to Appeal to a Higher Court; According to Legal Procedures, Gao Huanlian Should Appeal within Ten Days

20. [Chongqing] Police from the Yubei District Ransack Practitioners' Homes

On the night of April 3, 2006, personnel from the Shuanglong Police Station, the Yubei District Police Department ransacked the home of practitioner Dr. Zhang who sells Chinese herbal medicine on the street. They confiscated a Falun Gong amulet and a copy of Zhuan Falun. It's said police had been monitoring Dr. Zhang for several days before they ransacked the place. They ordered Dr. Zhang to recall what he had said a few days before and to whom.

Telephone number of the Shuanglong Police Station, Yubei District, Chongqing: 86-236-7824572.

21. [Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province] Police from the National Security Bureau Harass Teachers and Students from the Electronics Community College

Recently, a large quantity of "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party" VCDs appeared in the dormitories of Nanjing City Electronics Community College. A student who wants to get a reward called police to report it. Personnel from the Nanjing City National Security Bureau and from the Jiangning District National Security Team conducted a large-scale search of all the teachers and students at the college and of people who go in and out of the college.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/4/5/124491.html