The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong  -- May 28, 2006

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Content

  • Ten Falun Gong Practitioners From Yichun City and Tieli City, Heilongjiang Province Illegally Sentenced and Imprisoned

  • Wang Qingfu Tortured in  Jiutai Forced Labor Camp Until Incapable Of Walking

  • More Facts about  the Persecution in the 2nd Group of the Jinzhou City Forced Labor Camp

  • Qiu Li and Jiang Chunxia Emaciated Due to Persecution in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

  • Status Update on Practitioners Illegally Arrested at the End of 2005 in Changde, Hunan

  • The Persecution in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province

  • The Status of Practitioners Imprisoned in Guanghan City, Sichuan Province

  • A Chinese Dissident, Now in Germany, Reveals that the CCP Uses Psychiatric Hospitals to Imprison Healthy Falun Gong Practitioners

  • Tortures Employed at Prisons in Jiamusi City and Harbin City: Pegs in the Fingers; Stabbed with Needles and Thrown into Ditches

  • Mr. He Jiansheng and His Wife Liang Xiaoyan Again Illegally Arrested In Nanhai City of Guangdong Province

  • The Situation of Several Detained Falun Gong Practitioners in Dongkou County



  • Ten Falun Gong Practitioners From Yichun City and Tieli City, Heilongjiang Province Illegally Sentenced and Imprisoned

    At the end of September, 2005, the authorities in Tieli City illegally arrested ten practitioners, who later were sentenced to imprisonment by the Tieli City Middle Court. The ten practitioners are: Mr. Zhou Shuhai, Mr. Liu Hongtu, Mr. Zhou Shuzhang, Ms. Lu Mei, Mr. Sun Yuemin, Mr. Liang Bin, Mr. Cheng Peifeng, Ms. Tong Yuxia, Ms. Sun Yuqiu, and Mr. Zhu Hui.

    According to a confirmed, reliable source, the authorities of Tieli City want to transfer the ten practitioners to another facility, and the practitioners have had blood drawn for blood typing tests.

    Due to the many publicly exposed cases of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners currently held in concentration camps by the Chinese Communist Party, this has caused many conscientious people to worry for the ten practitioners.

    Therefore, we are calling on every available practitioner to send forth righteous thoughts in order to disintegrate all of the evil factors currently persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, eliminate all of the Communist Party evil spirits in other dimensions, completely oppose all the old forces arrangements and aid the immediate and unconditional release of the ten arrested practitioners.

    Mr. Zhou Shuhai was a staff member from the Policy Research Section of the Yichun City Government. He was arrested on October 29, 2005, and later sentenced to five-and-a-half years of imprisonment.

    Mr. Liu Hongtu is a 37-year-old from the Donggang Community, of Tieli County, Tieli City. He was arrested on September 26, 2005, and sentenced to five years of imprisonment.

    Mr. Zhou Shuzhang is 41 years old. He was arrested on October 29, 2005, and sentenced to four-and-a-half years of imprisonment.

    Ms. Lu Mei was 43 years old. She was arrested on September 28, 2005, and sentenced to three and a half years of imprisonment.

    Mr. Sun Yuemin is a 30-year-old. He was arrested in October, 2005, and sentenced to three-and-a-half years of imprisonment.

    Mr. Liang Bin, 35, was arrested on September 29, 2005, and sentenced to two-and-a-half years of imprisonment.

    Mr. Cheng Peifeng, 41, was arrested on October 14, 2005, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

    Ms. Tong Yuxia, 40, was arrested on September 28, 2005 and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

    Ms. Sun Yuqiu, 42, was illegally arrested on September 30, 2005.

    Mr. Zhu Hui, 31, was arrested on September 30, 2005 and sentenced to a year-and-a-half in prison.

     


    Wang Qingfu Tortured in the Jiutai Forced Labor Camp Until Incapable of Walking

    Wang Qingfu, a Falun Gong practitioner from Songyuan, Jilin Province, was illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor. On April 20, he was sent to Jiutai City Forced Labor Camp in Jilin, where he was tortured so severely that he could not walk. On May 5, Wang Qingfu started a hunger strike to protest the cruel persecution against him, and he was brutally force-fed. His family members worried about Mr. Wang's life and went to Jiutai Forced Labor Camp to request a visit with him, but the labor camp refused them.

    Wang Qingfu was illegally arrested by the police station in a suburb of Qianguo County on April 18, 2006. On April 20, 2006 he was sent to the disciplinary team in Jiutai forced labor camp, Jilin Province, and was subsequently sentenced to three years of forced labor.

    On May 8, 2006, when the family of Wang Qingfu went to visit him, the forced labor camp refused them. Later, upon the repeated request of his family members, they were allowed to see him. Mr. Wang could not walk as normal and had to be supported by others. His wrists showed deep scars made by handcuffs. Wang Qingfu said that the scars resulted from his being shackled to a bed with his arms and legs spread wide.

    In just over twenty days, the previously healthy Mr. Wang Qingfu was tortured to a precarious condition. His face became sallow, he could not walk without the help of others and he had wounds and scars all over his body. Under this circumstance, on May 5, Wang Qingfu started a hunger strike to protest the torture against him and he was force-fed every day. On May 12, his family members worried about his safety and again went to Jiutai Forced Labor Camp to visit, but the forced labor camp forbade them from seeing him. The officials at the labor camp dodged the family and nobody would come out to reply to them. Mr. Wang's family said that they would by all means appeal and secure justice for Wang Qingfu.



    More Facts of the Persecution at the 2nd Group of Jinzhou City Forced Labor Camp

    The 2nd Group of Jinzhou City Forced Labor Camp is a strictly monitored ward that specializes in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. In recent years, labor camp guards have viciously tormented determined practitioners. Disclosed below are facts about four persecuted practitioners.

    Mr. Miao Jianguo: In order to resist the persecution, at the end of 2005, Miao Jianguo undertook a hunger strike. Ten days later, he was very weak and was delivered to a hospital. On December 1, when he was on the brink of death, the authorities put him on medical parole. However, on the next day, Li Songtao and his followers from the Jinzhou City Forced Labor Camp broke into Mr. Miao's home. They arrested him and sent him back to the 2nd Group for further persecution. In the labor camp, Bai Jinlong (the 2nd Group head) and camp guards forced Miao Jianguo to sit on a 14-inch long wooden stool. He was forced to sit there from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. A week later, Mr. Miao once again started a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The camp guards bound him to a chair and force-fed him. Several inmates held him firmly. They inserted a feeding tube into his nose and poured in milk. Mr. Miao's nose started to bleed, and the milk was spilled everywhere. Two weeks later, Li Fenglin, deputy director of the labor camp, lied to Mr. Miao, "If you stop your hunger strike, we will reduce your sentence by three months." Around February 20, 2006, Miao Jianguo undertook a hunger strike for the third time. He suffered barbaric force-feeding and torture. Every time camp guards Bai Jinlong, Li Songtao, and the others force-fed Mr. Miao, they would call his family and ask for one hundred yuan as a payment for the milk formula. The guard in charge of the force-feeding was Yang Tinglun.

    Mr. Qi Mingli: Currently covered in scabies, he can't stretch his legs. His eyesight is failing, as he can only see things within a two-meter range. Around December 10, 2005, Qi Mingli and Liu Quanwang started a hunger strike. Camp guard Bai Jinlong sought help from guards of other groups. Together, they took the two Falun Gong practitioners into a secret room and used electric batons on them for a long time. They intimidated the practitioners to make them give up the hunger strike. The two practitioners were covered with bruises. The scabies on Mr. Qi's body were due to torture and deprivation of sunlight for a long period of time. Former deputy director of the labor camp Li Fenglin said to Mr. Qi, "If you "transform", I will reduce your sentence by a year. Otherwise, I will not let you see sunlight, nor will I allow you to go outside or take a shower. I will let you rot in here." When Qi Mingli first arrived at the labor camp, Chen Changbin forced him to sit on a metal chair for three consecutive days. After that, Mr. Qi began to suffer from scabies.

    Mr. Shao Minggang: In the spring of 2004, Falun Gong practitioner Shao Minggang was arrested by the Jinzhou City State Security Bureau. After his arrest, policemen used lighters to burn his lower jaw. Then, Li Xiejiang, a policeman from the 610 Office, beat him badly. His face was disfigured as a result. When Mr. Shao was delivered to the labor camp, he started a hunger strike. Guards in the 2nd Group forced him to sit on a stool. They force-fed him as well. During the force-feeding, former deputy director Li Fenglin was present. He ordered guards to use a large quantity of salty water for the force-feeding. Some guards from the management section and education section also participated in the torture. Later, guards and inmates made attempts to forcefully "transform" Mr. Shao day and night. The torture and persecution caused Mr. Shao's blood pressure to reach 240. He had to be moved to a patient room.

    Currently, there are five Falun Gong practitioners in the patient room. They are Shao Minggang, Liu Cheng, Li Yong, Jiao Lin, and Hu Shaowei. They are all showing symptoms of illness.

    Mr. Liu Cheng: He is from Yi Town. In October 2004, guards of the 2nd Group tried to "transform" Falun Gong practitioners. They tied up Liu Cheng's legs and used electric batons on him. Several hours later, when Liu Cheng was untied, he couldn't move at all. This torture rendered him unable to walk for over a year. He couldn't relieve himself without assistance. Inmates had to carry him to the restroom. There are four vicious inmates there. They are Feng Ying, Pan Xuehai, Zhang Tiejun, and a man from Xinzhili known only as "Yellow Hair."

    In the 2nd Group, the following practitioners are under strict supervision: Li Lianjun (from Linghai), Hu Shaowei (from Hulu Island), Weng Hongjun (from Liaoyang), Liu Quanwang (from Hulu Island), Liu Cheng (from Yi Town), Li Yong (from Yi Town), Jiao Lin (from Dandong), and Jinzhou City's Qi Mingli, Shao Minggang, and Miao Jianguo.

    The most vicious guards in the 2nd Group include Bai Jinlong, Li Songtao, Zhang Chunfeng, and Yang Tinglun. They forbid practitioners from going downstairs, and they don't allow practitioners to see sunlight. It has been five months since the 2nd Group forbade determined practitioners from going downstairs and outside. They didn't allow them to take showers regularly. Practitioners are only permitted to shower occasionally and only with cold water. They don't permit talking, don't allow family visits, and refuse to deliver the food sent by the practitioners' families. Practitioner Liu Xueyuan was a faculty member at the Jinzhou Medical School. One time, his mother traveled from a village near Dalian City to visit him. The elderly woman traveled for a long time by bus and by train. She brought some peanuts for her son, but the guards firmly refused to allow her to give them to him. She had no choice but to take them back with her.


    Qiu Li and Jiang Chunxia Emaciated Due to Persecution at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

    During the last ten days of February 2006, all the steadfast Falun Gong practitioners illegally detained in the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp were persecuted insanely for refusing to be "transformed." They were forced to wear the prison uniform, sit in a chair and call out numbers. They were abused with physical punishment, handcuffs, beating and scolding by the chief of the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, Zhang Mingqiang, Deputy Chief Wang Wei, Chief of the Administration Section Ma Jishan, superintendent of the Second Women's Section of Masanjia (so-called the "Mental Education School"), Su Jing, Commissar Wang Naimin, Chief of the First Team Li Mingyu, Deputy Chief Xie Chengdong and Li Mingyu's husband Liu Yong, who is also the chief of the security section at Masanjia. Every Falun Gong practitioner persecuted was forced by three, four or more policemen to wear a uniform, and was beaten if he or she would not cooperate.

    Falun Gong practitioners Sun Suxiang, Yuan Shuzhe, Yang Baoying and Qiu Li were all beaten. Sun Suxiang, Qiu Li, Huang Sumei, Liu Guiyuan and Zhang Jingyan were each confined to a small compartment. In order to protest the persecution, Qiu Li and Liu Guiyuan went on a hunger strike. On March 22, 2006, Qiu Li, Liu Guiyuan and Huang Sumei were brought back from the small compartments and detained in spare rooms in the First Team separately. Other practitioners who were detained in the spare rooms include Zhou Hua, Meng Guiqiu, Yuan Shuzhe, Xie Xinying and others. They all went on a hunger strike to resist the persecution.

    The guards shackled the Falun Gong practitioners with handcuffs and forced them to squat nearly every day from 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sometimes their arms were stretched to the maximum point and shackled to bed rails until they were numb and swollen; some people's hands were paralyzed from this torture.

    Qiu Li, Liu Guiyuan, Huang Sumei, Meng Guiqiu and Zhou Hua were not allowed to wash, rinse their mouths or change their underwear for more than one month. They wore handcuffs every day, and both hands were even cuffed to the bed railings during the night. On April 10, the practitioners were transferred to the third group of the First Team in the First Women's Section of Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Because they refused to wear the prison uniforms, they were beaten many times by criminal inmate Wang Liying and others, and a large amount their hair was pulled out. At that time, the team leader, Sun Mei was present, but she turned her back on the abuse.

    Ms. Qiu Li is still on a hunger strike to resist the persecution. She was given forced infusions every day. The "cost" of the infusion is charged at a rate of 20 yuan for one bottle each time. The practitioners were also force-fed corn porridge, salt, one egg and a little sugar, and the cost was also as high as 20 yuan. Other Falun Gong practitioners who also went on a hunger strike to protest include Jiang Chunxia from Dalian. Currently, Jiang Chunxia cannot walk, Qiu Li staggers when walking, and both practitioners are emaciated.


    Status Update on Practitioners Illegally Arrested at the End of 2005 in Changde, Hunan

    Twenty-nine Falun Gong practitioners in Changde City, Hunan Province were seized on December 20, 2005. Some of them were released, some sent to labor camps, and some faced illegal trials. We know that the following fellow practitioners now face trial: He Bolian, Yin Hong, Zhang Chuntao, Shi Yuhua, Yang Dongzhi, Yang Fu, Wang Xiaoqun, and Guo Zhaoqing.

    Zhang Chuntao was seized on December 20, 2005. He went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was released before the Chinese New Year. On February 2, 2006 he was taken away again, and is presently illegally detained in the Changde City detention center. His life is in danger. At present Shi Yuhua's life is also in danger. However, the chief of the Changde City police department ordered that Shi Yuhua was not to be released, claiming that he himself will take the responsibility if Shi Yuhua dies.

    On about April 22, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Guo Zhaoqing and two others escaped from a hospital in Li County, Changde area with their righteous thoughts. At present their whereabouts is unclear. Notices have been posted everywhere in Changde City offering a reward in order to catch them. It is said that whoever provides news about the practitioners will get a monetary reward of 5,000 to 10,000 yuan.

    It was reported that last year in Changde City, a few Falun Gong practitioners were tracked for a very long time. The local government organs were rewarded for destroying Falun Gong truth-clarification materials production sites. The destruction of one materials production site resulted in the arrest of many Falun Gong practitioners. There appeared many indications beforehand. Some practitioners found they were being followed many times, some found they were photographed or that someone had broken into their rented house leaving the contents inside untouched. Some heard their landlord saying that National Security personnel asked whether certain people lived there while showing their pictures. Obviously, there were security loopholes, and the practitioners did not pay enough attention. Some individual practitioners who were alerted, were even labeled by others as having fears.


    The Persecution in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province

    1. Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Chen Guanghua worked for the Ministry of Finance in Yuxi City. In January 2005, Hongta District National Security personnel and officials from the Yuxi 610 Office, Zhu Jiayong, Ren Haiyan and other police officers broke into Mr. Chen's home and illegally arrested him.

    They detained Chen Guanghua illegally in the Hongta District Detention Center. In July 2005, the Hongda District Court sentenced him to 3 years in a forced labor camp. Mr. Chen was tortured inhumanely there. On the seventh day of his hunger strike to protest against the persecution, they force-fed him. The rough tube that they used punctured his nose, throat, and stomach. He suffered from bleeding in his stomach. Currently, Chen Guanghua is detained in the Yunnan First Prison.

    2. Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Shen Yueping was a doctor at the Institute for Women and Children's Health in Yuxi City. In 2000, when she appealed for justice for Falun Gong in Beijing, police officers illegally arrested her. After they detained her in the Hongta Detention Center for one month, an officer from the Yuxi 610 Office directly transferred Ms. Chen to the Kunming Forced Labor Camp. She was sentenced to a 2-year term in the forced labor camp.

    In December 2004, Shen Yueping and her husband Pu Zhiming ran into fellow practitioners Hu Xianding and Niu Yuqiong at a Hongta District Trade Show. Police officers, who had long been watching those practitioners, then detained them using the excuse that they were "conducting Falun Gong activities." Those practitioners were sentenced to between 1-5 years in a forced labor camp in May 2005.

    Shen Yueping started a hunger strike protesting the persecution in the detention center. The authorities then sentenced her to a 5-year term. She persists in her belief and refuses to write the so-called "Statement of Repentance" and Guarantee Statement. Ms. Shen often suffers from physical abuse and has been tortured physically and mentally.

    Currently, Shen Yueping is being detained in the Yunnan Second Prison.

    3. Practitioner Ms. Niu Yuqiong is a retired staff member from the Yuxi City Geological Team. The authorities illegally arrested and sent her to a detention center because she chatted with practitioner Hu Xianding and other friends. Police officers had been watching her for a long time.

    Soon after more than 10 police officers illegally searched their home, Ms. Niu's husband questioned them on why they had arrested her without reason. Then three police officers tortured him until his head was bleeding. His children wanted to help him but they were beaten as well. The faces of his daughter and his son were swollen and bruised. They could not help their father.

    Niu Yuqiong was detained in the Hongta District Detention Center for six months. She started a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was then tortured severely. In May 2005, the Hongta District Court sentenced her to 2 years in a labor camp. Currently, Niu Yuqiong is being held in the Yunan Second Prison.

    4. Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Deng Cuiping was a teacher at the Zhenliuzongqi Elementary School in Yuxi City. While teaching class in 2005, she said, "Falun Dafa is good and tells people to be good." One student's parents reported her. She was subsequently arrested and subjected to persecution by Wan Xueyuan and Li Xiufeng. Ms. Deng has not been allowed to teach classes since then.

    On April 8, 2006, Deng Cuiping, Hua Lanxian and Gu Liqing clarified the truth to people and sent out truth-clarification materials. They were then arrested by the Hongta District National Security Office. Currently, Deng Cuiping is being detained by the Yuxi 610 Office in the Jiangchuan Detention Center. Meanwhile, Hua Lanxian and Gu Liqing were also arrested and are being held in the Hongta District Detention Center.


    The Status of Practitioners Imprisoned in Guanghan City, Sichuan Province

    Mrs. Zhang Daju in Huilong Village, Nanxing Town, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province is over 70 years old. In 2002, Mrs. Zhang was arrested by Guangxing Town police when she was clarifying the facts in Gaungxing. She was transferred to the Guanghan City Detention Center on the same day. Mrs. Zhang was released fifteen days later. In August 2003, Zhang Daju was arrested again and sentenced to eight years of forced labor. Mrs. Zhang is now imprisoned in Longquanyi, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province.

    Mr. Yang Shouming is a practitioner in Huilong Village, Nanxing Town, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province. He is also over 70 years old. Mr. Yang is Zhang Daju's husband. Because Yang Shouming practices Falun Gong, the Nanxing Police have repeatedly harassed and intimidated him. In 2003, the police forcibly searched Mr. Yang's house and beat him until he fell unconscious. When Mr. Yang regained consciousness, he was transferred to the Guanghan City Detention Center and was persecuted further over there. Yang Shouming was detained for over six months and then sentenced to eleven years of forced labor. Mr. Yang is now imprisoned in the Huangxu Town Jail in Deyang City, Sichuan Province.

    Mr. Yang Yourun, 31, is a practitioner in the Heping Team Ten of Nanxing Town, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province. He worked for the Guanghan City Carbon Factory. On February 2, 2002, Mr. Yang was arrested for clarifying the facts in Huanxi Team Eleven in Nanxing Town. He was sentenced to six years of forced labor. Yang Yourun is now imprisoned in Deyang City's Jiuwu Factory, located in Sichuan Province.

    Mrs. Zhang Runzhi, 44, is a practitioner in Eshe, Xinping Village, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province. On July 12, 2002, she was arrested for clarifying the facts. Mrs. Zhang was sentenced to five years of forced labor. She is now imprisoned in Longquanyi, Chengdu City.

    Ms. Zhao Xianchang, 35, was a teacher in Guangshan Middle School in Guanghan City, Sichuan Province. In June 2000, Ms. Zhao went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. She was detained for fifteen days by police officer Jiang Tianxing. On December 23, 2000, Zhao Xianchang was arrested again by officer Jiang for clarifying the facts. She was sentenced to two years of forced labor. Because Ms. Zhao refused to renounce her belief, she was arrested at her office by Yang Changjin from the Education Bureau and officer Jiang at 3:00 p.m. on June 21, 2004. Ms. Zhao was fired from her job and was sentenced to three years of forced labor. Zhao Xianchang is now imprisoned in the Nanmusi Women's Labor Camp in Zizhong County, Sichuan Province.

    Mr. Wu Tianchong, over 40, is a practitioner in Team 1 of Guangxing Town, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province. In September 2001, he was arrested by Guangxing Town police. He was released after serving two years in forced labor. On April 6, 2004, the Guangxing police and members of the 610 Office broke into Mr. Wu's home and arrested him. Wu Tianchong was sentenced again to three years of forced labor and is now imprisoned in Xinhua Prison, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province.
     


    A Chinese Dissident, Now in Germany, Reveals that the CCP Uses Psychiatric Hospitals to Imprison Healthy Falun Gong Practitioners

    Wang Wanxing, a Chinese political dissident who now lives in Germany, was detained in Beijing Ankang Hospital for thirteen years after openly calling for justice after the June 4th massacre in 1992. The hospital is a psychiatric hospital which detains criminals, political dissidents and Falun Gong practitioners. Last August, with the efforts of the international society, Wang Wanxing was reunited with his family in Germany.

    For two of three years in Ankang Hospital, Wang Wanxing was looked after by a male nurse working there. The nurse was also a policeman, as well as a Falun Gong practitioner. Because of the growing internal pressure from the police system, he was forced to resign. Wang Wanxing once promised this Falun Gong practitioner that, if one day he could leave the hospital, he would tell the whole world about this Falun Gong practitioner's story. He also met two other Falun Gong practitioners being detained in Ankang Hospital.

    In Ankang Hospital, Wang Wanxing also encountered another incident related to Falun Gong. On December 16, 2001, the Chinese Communist Party's media broadcasted a program called "Fu Yibin murders father and wife" to slander Falun Gong. Fu Yibin himself was sent to Ankang Hospital after the case. After talking to him when he was fully alert and awake, Wang Wanxing found that that he wasn't a Falun Gong practitioner.

    Below is Wang Wanxing's personal statement:

    "I was arrested in 1992 after openly calling for justice after the June 4th incident, and then sent to Beijing Ankang Hospital. They said that I was a political maniac, but in other countries this wouldn't be seen as a mental problem at all. On July 22, 2002, I was transferred to the third squad of the first section, and there I met a male nurse called Jing Guoqiang who was also a policeman and he was responsible for looking after me. He was about forty years old. We have had many deep and meaningful conversations, and he told me he practices Falun Gong. His wife and child also practice. He also talked to me a lot about Falun Gong, for example about Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance and so on.

    At that time, all of the Ankang Hospital's nurses were policemen. All over the country there were more than twenty Ankang Hospitals, and the police set them up to exclusively detain criminals with mental problems as well as political criminals like me and Falun Gong practitioners. At the end of 2004, before the start of 2005, all the nurses there were policemen. But afterwards due to external pressure, for example they said that if all the nurses were policemen it would be impossible to align with international standards. Therefore they also recruited people who have graduated from nursing academies.
    Everyone knew that Jing Guoqiang practiced Falun Gong, but at the beginning, the hospital could tolerate that, maybe because he was so good at his job. He was especially friendly to the patients; and he was very popular and had lots of patience. He was also very good to me and treated me as a friend and held conversations with me. When he wanted to appeal for Falun Gong in Tiananmen Square I really didn't want him to go, because I knew that he would be arrested. I told him that if he went to Tiananmen to appeal for Falun Gong, there would be no one so good to look after me. I also said to him, if I could leave the hospital I would tell everyone about his story. In the end, he did not go to Tiananmen Square. His wife, I think her name was Li Guifen, went and she was sentenced to forced labor for a year and a half. Their child was very small at the time; I think their kid was still going to preliminary school.

    However in 2004, the CCP's Public Security Ministry issued a document which stated that anyone who persisted in practicing Falun Gong would be fired automatically without exception. In the end there was an internal meeting in the hospital. Lei Guoqiang felt that the pressure was huge, and he was forced to resign.

    In the end I lost track of him. I wrote to the head of the Ankang Hospital, the Police Station, the National Security Bureau, telling them about the story of Lei Guoqiang. I also told them that persecuting Falun Gong would lose the people's trust. I never stopped writing letters.

    Another thing is, a few years ago there was a case of the "Fu Yibin murder." At the time I heard on the radio that this Fu Yibin was a Falun Gong practitioner. Later, he was also sent to Ankang Hospital, because all criminals with mental problems were sent here. He was in the second squad of the first section while I was in class three. I found an opportunity to ask him whether if he did practice Falun Gong. Because I knew whatever the CCP said could not be trusted, I was looking for evidence. He told me that for a very short time he practiced Falun Gong and then quit. When he committed the murders, he had stopped practicing Falun Gong.

    At Ankang Hospital I also met two other female Falun Gong practitioners, who were detained for about a year between 2003 and 2004, but then I don't know where they are now. I don't know if there were more practitioners detained in the hospital.

    I can only say this much for them here. Lots of Falun Gong practitioners are still being persecuted in China while nobody knows about them. As for those who have been persecuted to death, they cannot speak out for themselves anymore.


    Tortures Employed at Prisons in Jiamusi City and Harbin City: Pegs in the Fingers; Stabbed with Needles and Thrown into Ditches

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

    Gross abuses under the persecution at the Harbin Women's Prison in 2003, 2004 and 2005

    Since March 8, the lawless officials at the Drill Team of  the Harbin Women's Prison handcuffed Falun Gong practitioner Tao Hongmei to a heating pipe in an office. Lu Jinghua, a group leader, tortured Falun Gong practitioners Wang Mingyan and others for six months by handcuffing their arms behind their backs since September 2003. Between 2004 and 2005, Falun Gong practitioners Jiang Yuhui, Feng Guojun, Li Zhenying and Liu Hui were beaten, and practitioner Liu Hui was beaten by Tao Dandan. Falun Gong practitioner Chang Xueju was tortured for two months after March 10, 2004. She was physically abused and assaulted. During the day, guard Sun Haixin slapped her more than 20 times until her face swelled up and she bled from her mouth. The guards then ordered inmates to force Wang Haixia to squat. Falun Gong practitioner Yan Jinbo has been severely persecuted since 2005 and was forced to renounce her belief in Falun Gong.

    Falun Gong practitioners thrown into ditches in rice fields by persecutors at the Jiamusi Men's Prison

    When practitioners protested the persecution by refusing to work, guards at the Jiamusi Men's Prison tied them up and threw them into ditches in the rice fields.

    Persecution of Falun Gong practitioners at Jiamusi Women's Labor Camp in 2004

    In 2004, male guards at Jiamusi Women's Labor Camp struck Falun Gong practitioners who refused to give up their belief with rubber-covered metal sticks and shocked the practitioners with electric batons. They knocked out two of practitioner Li Guiqin's front teeth, and her blood was all over the floor. Four or five practitioners lost consciousness from the brutal beating, and the perpetrators stabbed them with needles. Liu Yuekun and guard Mu Zhenjuan were the main perpetrators of this persecution.

    Torture of Falun Gong practitioners at the Hegang Men's Labor Camp

    In 2001, persecutors at the Hegang Men's Labor Camp tortured Falun Gong practitioners by hammering toothpicks underneath the practitioners' nail beds and striking the fingernails with hammers. After each strike with the hammer, they would ask the practitioner if he agrees to write a statement renouncing Falun Gong. If the practitioner refused, the hammering would continue until all ten fingers were crushed.

    In 2002, several Falun Gong practitioners did the Falun Gong exercises at the No. 2 Detention Center of Hegang City. Each of the more than 50 practitioners had their legs forced apart by a 4-ft. steel bar while being forced to lie on the concrete ground. They were forbidden to sleep for one month.


    Mr. He Jiansheng and His Wife Liang Xiaoyan Again Illegally Arrested In Nanhai City of Guangdong Province

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

    Falun Gong practitioners He Jiansheng and his wife, Liang Xiaoyan own a hardware store called Xinji, in Xiqiao County of Nanhai City, Guangdong Province. They and their daughter, He Sihui, are frequently harassed, illegally arrested and illegally detained by the authorities because of their belief in Falun Gong. On July 17, 2003, police officers went to their store and performed an illegal search. Ms. Liang Xiaoyan was then taken to the Nanhai detention center for persecution. On the night of April 30, 2006, He Jiansheng and Liang Xiaoyan were taken away again by the police. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. There is no one taking care of their little daughter.

     


    The Situation of Several Detained Falun Gong Practitioners in Dongkou County

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

    The following is information about eleven detained Falun Gong practitioners in Dongkou County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, provided for the reference of the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG).

    1. Ms. Liu Daju, 53, lives in Gaosha Town, Dongkou County. She was illegally arrested in 2000 by policemen from the Gaosha Town Station when she was passing out truth clarifying flyers, and was sentenced to seven years in prison. She is still detained in the Changsha City Women"s Prison.

    2. Ms. Lu Juxiang, 46, lived in the East Bus Station Area of Dongkou Town, Dongkou County. She was arrested in 2003 by policemen of the Dongkou Town Station when she was passing out truth clarifying flyers, and was sentenced to eight years in prison. She is still detained in the Changsha City Women's Prison.

    3. Ms. Li Sulian, 70, lived in Longshan Street, Dongkou Town, Dongkou County. She was arrested in 2004 by policemen of the Dongkou Town Station when she was passing out truth clarifying flyers, and was sentenced to three years in prison. She is still detained in the Changsha City Women"s Prison.

    4. Ms. Zeng Liaoyuan, 63, lived in the Zengjiaqiao Neighborhood, Gaosha Town, Dongkou County. She was arrested in 2004 by policemen from the Gaosha Town Station as she passed out truth clarifying flyers, and was sentenced to seven years in prison. She is still detained in the Changsha City Women Prison.

    5. Mr. Xiao Zhanhao, 63, lived in the Zengjiaqiao Neighborhood, Gaosha Town, Dongkou County. He was arrested in 2004 by policemen from the Gaosha Town Station when passing out truth clarifying flyers, and was sentenced to eight years in prison. He is still detained in the Sixth Ward, Wangling Prison in Zhuzhou City.

    6. Ms. Yang Xiaolan, 43, lived in the Zengjiaqiao Neighborhood, Gaosha Town, Dongkou County. She was arrested in 2005 by policemen from the Gaosha Town Station when passing out truth clarifying fliers. She was brutally beaten by policemen, and was sentenced to three years in prison. She is still detained in the Changsha City Women's Prison.

    7. Ms. Ouyan Zuowei, 60, lived in Gaosha Town, Dongkou County. She was arrested in 2005 by policemen of the Gaosha Town Station while she was passing out truth clarifying flyers, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. She is still detained in the Changsha City Women's Prison.

    8. Mr. Yuan Guoshao, 60, lived in the Gaosha Town Bus Station Area, Gaosha Town, Dongkou County. He was arrested in June 2005 by policemen from the Gaosha Town Station when he was passing out truth clarifying fliers. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison and he is still detained in Changsha City Xinkaipu Prison.

    9. Mr. Su Daigui, 60, lived in Yunfeng Village, Gaosha Town, Dongkou County. He was locked in a brainwashing class in 2005 by policemen of the Gaosha Town Station, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. He is still detained in the Changsha City Xinkaipu Prison, and he is extremely emaciated.

    10. Mr. Ouyang Huashan, 50, lived in the Jinzipu Neighborhood, Wugang City, Hunan Province. He was arrested by policemen from the Gaosha Town Station as he passed out truth clarifying flyers, but has been missing ever since.

    11. Ms. Wang Aiyu, 40, lived on Taiping Street, in Dongkou Town, Dongkou County. She was arrested in early March 2006 by policemen of the Wugang City Department as she was passing out truth clarifying materials. She was detained in Wugang City. Her case is being handled by the Shaoyang City Police Department.