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Mr. Ye Fenglin, 44, was from Bijie City, Guizhou Province. He clarified the truth about Falun Gong efficiently at Zhongba Forced Labor Camp when he was persecuted there in 2002, which scared the evil people. In mid-June of 2002, he suffered sickness karma symptoms of fever and sweating. When he felt better two days later (on June 23), he was sent to the hospital of Zhongba Forced Labor Camp, then passed away there on the night of June 26.

The person on duty that night at the hospital (who had been sent to the labor camp for drug abuse) said, "He (Ye Fenglin) was chatting with us for a long time that evening, and went to bed after eleven o'clock. He was totally fine then. Why did he pass away so suddenly the next day? There must be some problems..."

Upon his death, the evil people cremated Ye Fenglin's body without informing his wife (also a practitioner); rather, his elderly parents were told. Five thousand yuan was given to his parents for the burial fees as compensation. The Zhongba Hospital had never issued such a large amount for burial fees before.

The notification of Ye Fenglin's death was blocked by Zhongba Forced Labor Camp. In July, other practitioners at the labor camp requested many times to see him, but were rejected with various excuses by the wardens. Not until more than twenty days later, when faced with an unavoidable situation, did the wardens tell all the practitioners detained at the labor camp about his death.

In the week following Mr. Ye's death, on July 2 and July 3, all practitioners at Zhongba Forced Labor Camp were arranged in groups to receive careful and general medical check ups, including CT Scans, X-rays, liver check ups, urine tests, blood tests, and even ultra-sound for men. This may be related to the intensive persecution that emerged two months later, or other malicious purposes.

During the period of the intensive persecution, the wardens did not bother to keep their hypocritical pretense of: "we promise with our dignity that we will not physically abuse Falun Gong practitioners." They beat practitioners and said, "We can kill you like killing pigs or dogs," "We won't let you die easily," or "We will let you feel like death is better than being alive." At the peak of the persecution, doctors from the labor camp hospital had to be on duty at the "Confinement Team" twenty-four hours a day. The torture that occurred in that period was inhumane and brutal. Practitioners were beaten, forced to stand outside the whole night, stripped of their clothes in cold wind, or forced to eat rotten rice rejected by dogs. These facts were exposed when some of the criminal inmates fought among themselves. Warden Pan Zhong said, "We acknowledge that we have brainwashed you and persecuted you, but we cannot accept that the Minghui/Clearwisdom website says we beat Ye Fenglin to death."

Sun Guizhi, 81, was a resident of Zhuanghe Guangmingshan Township, Dalian City, Liaoning Province. Her nickname was "Elderly Lady Huang." Ms. Sun began practicing Falun Gong before 1999. She had suffered from a number of ailments since her youth, including tuberculosis, liver disease, heart disease, and spinal problems. These all disappeared after she began practicing, however, and she no longer needed to take pills to maintain a normal life.

After the Jiang regime began persecuting Falun Gong in 1999, practitioners were under a great deal of pressure from the state-terror. But even during the most difficult of times, Ms. Sun did not fear this terrible environment or the persecution, and she helped to distribute Falun Gong materials, Master's articles, and the Minghui weekly magazine. She also went to villages along the coast several times to distribute Falun Gong materials and clarify the truth.

After the persecution of Falun Gong began, an official from Ms. Sun's workplace, Shang Jiachen, believed the lies of the CCP and became hostile to Falun Gong and practitioners. Ms. Sun and her husband had no children and were supposed to receive a pension from the government. Ms. Sun had spoken to Mr. Shang about this several times, but she and her husband received less and less money. On December 26, 2005, she heard that there would be a special New Year fund for elderly couples without children -- several hundred yuan per couple. She called Mr. Shang, and he confirmed the existence of the fund. He said that he would hold the money for her and that she could pick it up after the New Year. However, when she went to him after the New Year, he denied that there was any money for her. During 2006, he did not give Ms. Sun or her husband the full amount of their pension. She became very depressed after this and died on March 9, 2006.

Since the publication of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been vigorously persecuting the people spreading it. Many Falun Gong practitioners have been illegally detained, and many received excessive sentences and are even tortured until they are disabled. Since the Nine Commentaries exposes the real face of the evil party, spreading the Nine Commentaries is for the good of all the Chinese people. The CCP’s brutal persecution of those who spread the book exposed the evil party’s deep fear. The following is a collection of cases published on the Minghui website regarding people being persecuted for spreading the Nine Commentaries.

"7.20" Incident in Inner Mongolia, Fifty People Illegally Arrested

On July 20, 2005, more than one hundred thousand copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, The Real Story of Jiang Zemin and Quitting CCP were distributed in Zhalantun City, Arongqi, Moqi and surrounding areas in Inner Mongolia. This occurrence shocked Hulunbeier Police Department. Under orders from the Public Security Ministry, a "7.20" team was formed specifically to deal with the issue of Falun Gong. The case was handled under the direct supervision of the Public Security Ministry. According to the report on the police website of Inner Mongolia, on March 27, 2006, a special team dispatched 168 policemen and more than 80 vehicles, who later arrested 40 Falun Gong practitioners in Zhalantun City and the Arongqi area. Ten practitioners were arrested in Qiqihaer City. The case is currently being secretly handled.

High Ranking Officials of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretly Visit Shandong Province. More than 30 People Arrested within 20 Days

During the early part of April 2005, CCP top leaders Zeng Qinghong and Hu Jintao secretly went to Weifang City and the Shouguang area respectively. They went to these regions in order to address the issues of "Protect CCP’s Advancement," "Quit CCP" and the influence of the Nine Commentaries. Both of them gave orders regarding the situation. In May in Changle County, Weifang City, Shandong Province the 610 Office held meetings for all county and city 610 Offices to secretly arrange the details targeting arresting Falun Gong practitioners and people spreading the Nine Commentaries. Over the next twenty days, more than thirty Falun Gong practitioners from Shouguang, Changyi, Qingzhou and Zhucheng were arrested. On May 19, in Zhangling Town, eleven people were arrested. Later, many people were sentenced to prison terms and sent to forced labor camps.

A Large Number of Copies of the Nine Commentaries Appeared in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. More than Thirty People were Secretly Arrested

According to a source, in mid-June 2005, a large number of the Nine Commentaries appeared in Yancheng of Jiangsu Province. The local CCP authorities secretly arrested at least thirty Falun Gong practitioners. The police claimed that those practitioners were political prisoners and prohibited their families from visiting them. Anyone who reports seeing one copy of the Nine Commentaries would get a 10,000 yuan reward. Anyone who reports a gathering of two or more Falun Gong practitioners would get a reward of 300 yuan.

Nine Commentaries Found in Houses. More than Ten People in Lvnan, Shandong Province are Sent to Forced Labor Camps

According to a source in Lvnan Police Department, Shandong Province, in November 2005, the National Security Group, Chengnan Police Station illegally arrested nineteen Falun Gong practitioners. The materials, including Nine Commentaries and The Real Story of Jiang Zemin were found in these practitioners’ houses. Among them, practitioners Yang Guangzhen, Zhao Xiaowei, Liu Xi’e, Sun Maoqin, Zhang Yaqin, Yang Jihua, Li Shihua, and He Shicun were sent to forced labor camps. On the night of arrest, practitioner Han Guangmei was fiercely beaten and tortured for an entire night. She lost consciousness several times in the detention center and was sent to a hospital for emergency treatment where she lost consciousness three to four times. She is now lying in a hospital bed and is unable to move.

Accused of Having Falun Gong Materials and Nine Commentaries at Home, a Couple is Heavily Sentenced

The couple Xin Minzheng and Bao Junqin are Falun Gong practitioners in Panjin City, Liaoning Province. They were accused of making 1,100 CDs in their home. On September 12, 2005, Longtai District Court in Panjin City sentenced the couple respectively to 13 years and 12 years. The prosecutor said in the court, "The 1,100 CDs were discovered to have Falun Gong content and several of the Nine Commentaries." The couple appealed to the Panjin City Intermediate Court. The intermediate court found the case to have insufficient facts and evidence, and overruled the district court’s ruling. The case was sent back to the district court. Under the manipulation of the 610 Office, the district court kept the original ruling on the couple. Bao Junqin appealed again. On February 20, 2006, the case was brought back to the court for a second trial. But no conclusion to the case has been reached. The source said that the couple are facing possible terms of forced labor.

A Mother of Five Year-Old Child Sentenced to Seven Years for Having CDs of Nine Commentaries

On the morning of the day before CCP Chairman Hu Jintao visited the USA, Kaifu District Court in Changsha City of Hunan Province sentenced Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gao Hui to a seven-year prison term on the grounds that 1,850 CDs of the Nine Commentaries were found in Ms. Gao Hui’s home.

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Changsha City Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Gao Hui and her son Huang Run in Hunan Province

For Having Copies of the Nine Commentaries, Shijiazhuang City Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Sun Li Was Sentenced for Term of Five and a Half Years

On September 6, 2005, police searched Shijiazhuang City Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Sun Li’s home and found copies of the Nine Commentaries and Falun Gong materials. The Yuhua Police Department arrested her. During early March 2006, the Yuhua District Court sentenced her to a prison term of five and a half years. Sun Li appealed. On May 12, the Yuhua District Court submitted the case for retrial and kept the original sentence. According to a source, the five and a half year sentence given to Sun Li was pre-arranged by the Hebei Provincial Supreme Court, following orders from the 610 Office. Because Sun Li is a Falun Gong practitioner, she could not find a lawyer who would dare to represent her in challenging the CCP’s persecution policy on Falun Gong. Sun Li’s husband, Huang Panpei, had to assume the responsibility of defending his wife in the court. The lawyer Gao Zhishen in Beijing City who represented Falun Gong practitioner Huang Weili from Shijianzhuang City tried unsuccessfully to have the court accept Falun Gong’s case. Lawyer Gao then wrote two open letters to the CCP’s high-level leaders to expose the brutal facts of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. For Mr. Gao efforts, the CCP closed his office and placed him and his whole family under long-term close surveillance. Sun Li is now detained at the Second Detention Center in Shijiazhuang City and is on a hunger strike to protest her illegal sentence.

Beijing Falun Gong Practitioner Lin Shusen Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Having a Copy of the Nine Commentaries.

On April 28, 2005, while registering the people who rent houses in his district, policeman Fang Ge of Xinjiekou the Police Station in Xicheng District of Beijing found a copy of the Nine Commentaries in Falun Gong practitioner Lin Shusen’s home. He called in more police to ransack the home. The police took away Lin Shusen. On January 23, 2006, the Xicheng District Court of Beijing sentenced Lin Shusen to a five-year prison term. The court reasoned with the excuse that "In 2004, Lin Shusen published an article on the Minghui website with his real name about the persecution he and his fellow practitioners suffered. (‘Beijing Falun Gong Practitioner's Account of the Three-Year-Long Persecution Suffered in Qianjin Prison’ published on March 25, 2004)." Lin Shusen appealed but the appeal was denied. Sources said that Lin Shusen is currently on a hunger strike, and has shown symptoms of kidney malfunction. Lin Shusen was sent to Beijing Police Hospital to face further persecution in the form of forced-feeding.

Because of Downloading the Nine Commentaries and Quitting the CCP on the Internet, A Person Incapable of Serving a Prison Term is Sentenced to Two and a Half Years

On May 10, 2006, the CCP law enforcement department of Luzhou City charged four people, including Jiang Jiyun and Liang Jinhui, as being guilty of "downloading Nine Commentaries and Falun Gong materials from the Internet" and of "publishing a declaration of ‘quitting the CCP’s three types of organizations,’" and sentenced them to two and a half and three and a half year prison terms respectively. The Xi’nan Law and Legislation Evaluation Center of Sichuan Province diagnosed Liang Jinhui with "having mental illness and being incapable of serving a prison term." Yet Liang Jinhui was still sentenced to a prison term of two and a half years. Liang Jinhui’s mother, Ms. Yuan Yuju, was imprisoned in Nanmusi Forced Labor Camp in Zizhong of Sichuan Province for a one-year term. Ms. Yuan Yuju received the same charge as the four other people. According the people working at the Law and Legislation area, "Even a person who has no knowledge of the law knows that Liang Jinhui, who is diagnosed with a mental illness, should not be sentenced. The Luzhou law system had no authority to give the sentence, but the pressure from higher authorities forced them to do it." The source also said that Liang Jinhui’s case has been handled under CCP central government official Luo Gan’s manipulation and is a direct order from the Politics and Law Committee.

Because of Carrying a Copy of the Nine Commentaries, Wang Zhige from Heilongjiang Province is Beaten until Disabled and Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

On March 27, 2005, Falun Gong practitioner Wang Zhige from Heilongjiang Province was on his way to his parents’ home in Fangzheng County when he was arrested for carrying a copy of the Nine Commentaries on him. The arrest was conducted by Chou Yongsheng, the head of National Security Section of Fangzheng County. Chou Yongsheng, along with policemen Dong Yansong and Weng Hongjun tortured and interrogated Wang Zhige for a long time, which caused a loss of vision in his right eye and one side of his body to become numb. In the end, they fabricated a false charge and sent him to Hulan Prison of Heilongjiang Province for a three-year prison term. In the prison, Wang Zhige was subjected to tortures from guards and criminals who tried to force him to give up Falun Gong.

United Nations Refugee Ms. Zhang Xinyi Sentenced to Three Years for Distributing the Nine Commentaries

Ms. Zhang Xinyi, 51, is a Falun Gong practitioner in Changsha City. Ms. Zhang and her husband are refugee applicants who are already under the protection of the United Nations Refugee Committee Office in Cambodia. In August 2002, Cambodian police, under the pressure of the Chinese Embassy, arrested the couple and deported them to China. On April 28, 2005, Ms. Zhang was illegally arrested when she was distributing Falun Gong materials and the Nine Commentaries in the Baoziling Community Area, Tianxin District of Changsha City. On August 4, 2005, a Tianxin District Court in Changsha City secretly sentenced her to three years in prison. Ms. Zhang is currently detained at Hunan Provincial Women’s Prison. Her family’s request to visit her was denied many times. Her situation is worrisome.

Ms. Wu Jingjuan, 55, was an employee of an industry and business institution in Jiedong County of Jieyang City, Guangdong Province. Because she refused to give up Falun Gong, she was sentenced to two years and detained at the Sanshui Women’s Forced Labor Camp in Guangdong Province. On October 25, 2005, Wu Jingjuan went to buy some groceries and carried a few CDs of the Nine Commentaries with her. Several plain clothed police tailed and arrested her. On January 12, 2006, the Jiedong County Prison sentenced Wu Jingjuan to a three-year prison term. On January 20, 2006, Wu Jingjuan appealed to the Jieyang City Intermediate Court and has heard no response.

Falun Gong Practitioner from Shengli Oil Field Bound to "Dead Person’s Bed" after Being Found in Possession of the Nine Commentaries in His Home

In May 2005, police of Huantai County Police Department of Shandong Province ransacked the homes of practitioners Zhang Aiquan, Wang Mingyun, and Yu Desheng, and found the Nine Commentaries and its collective version published by Broad Book Inc. The Shandong Provincial Public Security Department was shocked about the discovery and wanted to find out the source of the Nine Commentaries. The Special Team to Handle the Falun Gong Issue went to the Shengli Oil Field and conducted torture interrogations on the three practitioners. A witness saw that Yu Shengde had blood all over his body. The clothes of Zhang Aiquan were also reported to be covered with blood. The perpetrators bound the three practitioners on the "dead person’s bed" (1) for more than one month and were unable to get any information from the practitioners. On March 1, 2006, the Shandong Provincial Huantai County Court secretly tried the three practitioners. Since the trial’s conclusion, the practitioners’ families have not received any information regarding the court’s verdict.

Arrested After Providing a Copy of the Nine Commentaries out of Kindness to the Chief of a Police Department

In May 2006, Shan Tianchun, the chief of Huaide County Police Department, shopped at a store owned by Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuanhang. Ms. Zhang chatted with the chief about the truth of Falun Gong and suggested that he quit the CCP. Ms. Zhang also gave him a copy of the Nine Commentaries. Shan Tianchun refused her kindness. Several days later, Shan Tianchun, along with tens of policemen from the Daling Town Police Station, broke into Zhang Yuanhang’s home and illegally arrested her. Ms. Zhang Yan, Zhang Yuanhang’s sister, tried to stop their unlawful action. The police also took away Ms. Zhang Yan. The two sisters are now detained in the Gongzhuling City Detention Center.

After the incident, Zhang Yan and Zhang Yuanhang kept clarifying the truth to the police. Sources said that the Politics and Law Committee of Gongzhuling City intended to illegally sentence them.

Two Older People Arrested for Distributing the Nine Commentaries. Their Whereabouts are Unknown

Mr. Zhou Guangxiong, 65, is from Zhouguozhengyuan, Yuchuan Town, Wuxue City of Hubei Province. In 2005, Mr. Zhou was detained in the Wuxue City First Detention Center after the police found the Nine Commentaries during a search of his home. Mr. Zhou is still detained today. A source said that Zhou Guangxiong was sentenced and transferred to a different place. But Zhou’s family has not seen documentation of the sentence. Zhou Guangxiong’s whereabouts are unknown.

Ms. Liu Peizhen, in her 60s, is a doctor from the Nanshan District of Shenzhen City. On April 14, 2005, the Nanshan Police Department and Xili Police Station arrested Ms. Lu because she made CDs of the Nine Commentaries. She has been detained in the Nanshan District Detention Center for over nine months. Because the police denied the visitation of her family, no one knows what persecution Ms. Liu suffered in the detention center. According the people working at Nanshan District Procuratorate Court, Ms. Liu might face heavy sentencing.

Zhu Hanlong of Wuhan City was Persecuted for Distributing the Nine Commentaries and Suffered a Mental Collapse

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhu Hanlong, in his 30s, lived at the First Village of Sanyanqiao, Jiangan District of Hankou City. In August 2005, he was illegally arrested and sentenced to one year of forced labor in the Hewan Forced Labor Camp for distributing the Nine Commentaries. In mid-October, Zhu Hanlong was tortured to the verge of death. The Hewan Forced Labor Camp was afraid that he might die in the camp and so informed his family that Zhu Hanlong was released unconditionally before the term was served. When Zhu Hanlong’s wife, brother and sister met him, they were all shocked by what they saw. Zhu Hanlong was emaciated and mentally traumatized, with wounds all over his body. He looked to be on the verge of death. Both his upper arms were covered with numerous cigar burn marks. On the top of his head were two thumb-size holes. It is said that the wounds on his head were caused by prisoners following guards’ order to fiercely dig into his head with a cup. The two holes were deep and full of bloody pus.

After treatment, Zhu Hanlong was saved from near death. We don’t have detailed information about what drugs the Hewan Forced Labor Camp force-fed Zhu Hanlong during his detention period. Zhu Hanlong is still mentally confused, has delusions, and talks illogically. Several times, he even went back to the forced labor camp by himself and asked to "report to the team." Zhu Hanlong’s situation is worrisome.

These cases of persecution show that the CCP is deeply afraid of the Nine Commentaries. The CCP is putting out a huge effort to suppress it. This situation in fact shows that the Nine Commentaries is indeed an effective way to resist the CCP. The book reveals the true demonic nature of the CCP for people to see.

July 13, 2006

(1) Dead person's bed - The four limbs of the practitioner are stretched out and tied to the four corners of a cold metal bed frame. The practitioner cannot move at all. He is not allowed to get up to eat, drink, or use the bathroom. This treatment usually lasts from several hours to more than ten days. As one can imagine, this type of cruel torture causes severe damage to the practitioner's mind and body. See the illustration of this form of torture at /emh/articles/2004/12/15/55600.html.

Recently, several Falun Gong practitioners in Qidong County, Hunan Province have been illegally arrested and persecuted.

Mr. Kuang Zongyao, 57 years old, lives in Xinhe Village, Buyunqiao Town, Qidong County, Hunan Province. Around 9 p.m. on July 2, 2006, someone yelled out Kuang's name from the outside. Mr. Kuang got up from bed and asked who it was. One person replied: "Can we borrow a wrench from you?" Mr. Kuang opened the door, but four policemen from the Buyunqiao Town Police Station rushed in and abducted him. Then they shoved him into a car and drove him to a detention center. Police declared that Mr. Kuang would be detained for 15 days. However, they did not give any explanation.

Director of the National Security Team, Peng Jian, claimed: "It's fine to beat Falun Gong practitioners to death." He tried to find the source of Kuang Zongyao's truth-clarifying materials. Mr. Kuang did not answer. Three days after the arrest, police ransacked Kuang Zongyao's home and confiscated a motorcycle. Peng Jian brutally interrogated Mr. Kuang for three days and two nights. Torture during the interrogation made Mr. Kuang's legs and feet turn purple and injured him all over the body. The torture had not stopped at the time this article was written.

Mr. Zhou Guangquan, 50 years old, lives in Jinqiao Town, Qidong County, Hunan Province. Around 7 a.m. on July 2, 2006, officers from the Jinqiao Town Police Department broke into Zhou's home, ransacked it, and arrested him. The police confiscated a cell phone, an MP3 player, and some truth-clarifying materials. They took Zhou Guanquan to the National Security Team in the county and handcuffed him to a window frame for two days, during which time Mr. Zhou was interrogated and tortured.

Mr. Zhang Xianzhao, 61 years old, lives in Guoshuiping Town, Qidong County, Hunan Province. On the morning of July 1, 2006, about five people who claimed to be from the Guoshuiping Town Police Department broke into Zhang Xianzhao's home. Some of these people wore police uniforms. They ransacked Mr. Zhang's home, pried open his closets, broke his glasses, and confiscated his Falun Gong books. Zhang Xianzhao could not stop these criminals. Around noon on July 4, this gang broke into to Zhang Xianzhao's home again and dragged him out, struck his limbs, and stuffed him into a car. They drove Mr. Zhang to the Guoshuiping Town Police Department. There, he was forced to fingerprint a defamatory document. Later that day, Zhang Xianzhao was sent to a detention center, where he has been held to this day.

Zhang Xianzhao has two acres of rice field. Now is the time to harvest the rice and sow the second crop of the year. No one is at home to do any farm work, so the Zhang family will sustain a big financial loss.

Liu Wenzhong, 52, was the owner of a well-known local department store called, "Good News" in Songshan District, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. He began to practice Falun Gong in June 1999. His many illnesses soon went away.

After the persecution began in July 1999, Mr. Liu was arrested many times. In July 1999, he was detained for seven days. On May 1, 2000, he was arrested and detained for over one month. In March 2000, he was illegally arrested and taken to a detention center by 610 Office director Jia Aichen and his accomplices. In November 2000, he was arrested again and jailed for over three months. Mr. Liu was also extorted money numerous times.

On the night of October 28, 2001, people from the Sonshan District National Security Group and the local police station went to Liu Wenzhong's home to arrest him. They pounded on his windows and tried to break in. Mr. Liu thought they were thieves and he wanted to call the police. However, the group of thugs broke in before he had a chance to call. They arrested Liu Wenzhong, his wife, and two of his employees and took them to a place where the four were beaten and interrogated throughout the night. The following night they were sent to the Yuanli Road Detention Center. Mr. Liu's wife was released a day later after being extorted out of several thousand yuan.

Mr. Liu's department store, which is worth millions of dollars, was forcibly closed, causing a great economic loss (estimated at 800,000 yuan) and interruption to the local people's lives. Mr. Liu's over 20 employees also lost their jobs because of the store closure.

Liu Wenzhong was sentenced to three years of forced labor and sent to Wuyuan Labor Camp to be persecuted. During his detention there the police extorted over 40,000 yuan from him. He was also forced to do intensive labor. Because he refused to be "transformed," he was beaten and subjected to various types of torture. As a result, he was severely damaged both mentally and physically.

On October 26, 2006, Mr. Liu was released from the labor camp. However, even before he stepped into his home, he was arrested again by the local police and sent to a brainwashing class, where he was held for another 15 days. After he finally returned home, he was monitored around the clock. Under such huge pressure and severe persecution, he passed away on July 9, 2006.

[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).]

Dong Xueqin is an employee of Hualongqiao Housing Committee in Yuzhong District, Chongqing City. Because she clarified the truth to her workplace party secretary Cao Yaxi, she was reported to the local 610 Office by Cao Yaxi. Afterwards, she was constantly harassed by the police.

At the end of April this year, Cao Yaxi and policeman Xie Yang attempted to deceive Dong Xueqin into going to Hualongqiao Police Station, but Dong Xueqin resisted. Later Cao managed to get Dong Xueqin into her workplace where they interrogated and videotaped her. In the middle of the interrogation, the police tried to drag Dong Xueqin to the police van parked outside, but they were stopped by other employees.

In order to avoid further persecution, Dong Xueqin left her home and is now homeless.

[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).]

Ms. Niu Lanying and Ms. Li Honggui are practitioners from Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. On December 16 last year they were abducted while taking a taxi to Linxia City. They were then thrown into Linxia Detention Center. In no more than half a year, both ladies were tortured so severely that they were reduced to just skin and bone and they had gray hair. Later both of them were sentenced to three years in prison. On May 8, 2006, they were transferred to Gansu Women's Prison.