Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Falun Gong practitioner Sun Fusheng and his wife Hou Xingzhi have been subjected to persecution and forced to remain homeless for four years.

Sun Fushen and his wife Hou Xingzhi are in their 40's, and they both initially worked at the cotton machinery factory in Lian Town, Dongguang County in Hebei Province. Sun was the section chief of the quality control department. He was very capable and took his job responsibilities seriously. After starting to practice Falun Gong, his behavior was honest and upright. In this factory, the quality control department is a department with a lot of authority, and under normal conditions, the person who works in his position gets special treatment. However, Mr. Sun refused to accept any free meals or gifts. Each time when he traveled for work, the ticket seller normally issued a receipt in an amount much higher than the actual payment, so that the ticket buyer could pocket the difference. However, Mr. Sun always did things according to Falun Gong's requirements, so each time he corrected the receipt amount. According to the rules of his workplace, when they traveled for work, the hotel costs can be reimbursed, but sometimes the customer they went to visit would provide a place to stay. Normally people will take this chance to earn extra income by going to a hotel for the next stop and asking the hotel to add another day onto the receipt and get some extra money out of it. Mr. Sun never engaged in these dishonest practices that were commonplace at his place of employment.

Sun Fusheng 's wife Hou Xingzhi worked as the head of the accounting department and the deputy administrator in the finance department. She always refused bribes, which was quite unusual in her line of work in China. When everyone started to fix their dorm units, many of the workers tried to obtain cement from the factory they worked at. Only Sun bought his own. The bricklayer who fixed the house for them said to everyone that the people who practice Falun Gong are the best people.

However, good people as they are, they haven't had a day of peace since Jiang Zemin's regime and the Chinese Communist Party started persecuting Falun Gong. They forced the factory to send some people to live in their house to keep watch on them, in order to prevent them from appealing for Falun Gong.

In late 2000, Huo Xingchi from Dongguang County Police Department went to the factory to force the Falun Gong practitioners to copy words from a prepared article slandering Falun Gong. Sun refused firmly. The police wanted to arrest him, but other workers convinced them not to do so.

In the second part of 2001, Mr. Sun was harassed many times by the police under the direction of the Deputy Political Commissar of the police department and the 610 Office Wang Xijie and the chief of the Political Security Section Jiang Wanzhi. One day the police went to the factory to try to force him to write a "guarantee letter" promising to quit practicing Falun Gong, and they handcuffed him to the heating pipes on the third floor. After they finished dinner, he was released to go home for one night to consider his decision. They said that if he refused to sign the guarantee letter again, they would take him away. In order to avoid being persecuted, he left his home and went from place to place. He would only return during the Chinese New Year holiday.

On May 1, 2002, under the order by the county police department, the officers of Lian Town Police Station went to Sun's workplace to arrest him and take him to a brainwashing session being held in the Agricultural High School in Dongguang County. Sun refused, so they called the county police to handcuff him and take him away. In the process, Sun's watch was broken. Three days after being sent to the brainwashing session, Mr. Sun successfully climbed over the wall and escaped. However, he was forced to leave home and go from place to place for more than four years to avoid further persecution.

The 610 Office and the police then went after Mr. Sun's wife, Ms. Hou Xingzhi. On Chinese New Year's Day of 2003, Ji Zhenwei, with two members from the 610 Office in Cangzhou, tried to force Ms. Hou to give up Falun Gong. She refused to do so, so they called for more people and tried to arrest Hou. Fortunately, Ms. Hou escaped and hid from them. In the end, her employer had to treat these law enforcement officers to a feast to settle things down, and before leaving they asked for each person to be given a case of barbecue chicken to take with them, before they were appeased.

On February 27, 2003, 610 Office agents went to Ms. Hou's place of employment to harass her again and to try to force her to write the guarantee letter. The continual harassment and threat of being imprisoned forced Ms. Hou to leave home, leaving her daughter and parents behind.

Falun Gong practitioner Guo Peijun from Yanji City, Jilin Province was illegally sentenced to seven years in prison and is currently illegally detained in Tiebei Prison. His wife Yu Jing was arrested again on July 12.

Falun Gong practitioners Guo Peijun and his wife Yu Jing practice Falun Gong and strive to be better people according to the requirements of Falun Gong. Since the persecution began in 1999, local police officers have repeatedly pressured them to give up their beliefs in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.

In 2001,  the couple was arrested by CCP authorities. Guo Peijun and some other Falun Gong practitioners refused to cooperate with the commands of the evil authorities, so police officers took turns beating them, and grabbing benches and wooden clubs to hit the head and face of Guo Peijun. Immediately, he started bleeding, and his skin was torn, with the flesh opened up. Later, while he was washing his clothes, after four rinses, the water was still red from the blood, and the clothes could not be cleaned any more.

The police also refused to tell Guo’s family of his whereabouts with the excuse that the case was very serious, and therefore Guo Peijun did not have any normal rights during the detention. He did not even have blankets. In the cold late fall, he had only a piece of plastic membrane to cover himself at night for a month.

Because Guo Peijun and his wife were both arrested at the same time, his elderly parents could not bear the impact of this incident and became ill, leaving his young daughter by herself at home.

After a year, because he refused to give up his belief in Falun Gong, Guo Peijun was secretly sentenced to seven years in prison. Without notifying his family, the authorities sent him to the Jilin Province Prison. In 2005, he was sent to the Tiebei Prison in Changchun City, where he is still detained.

Guo Peijun was previously very healthy but now his health has severely deteriorated. His wife Yu Jing was also frequently persecuted because she persisted in her belief in Falun Gong. During the seven years of persecution, she was arrested three times with all kinds of excuses from the police. On July 12, 2002, when Yu Jing was at work, she was taken to the city’s police department by three policemen from the National Security Team of the Yanji City Police Department. One of them was policeman Wu.

1. Mr. Liang Yanjun was Persecuted to Death and Ms. Wang Shumin was Illegally Sentenced

The couple Mr. Liang Yanjun and Ms. Wang Shumin from 5^th Street, Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province, were illegally arrested and persecuted by the people from Shuanta local police station and residents' committee. Because they did not give up the practice, they were sent to Nanma brainwashing class. Under the long-term threat, Mr. Liang had a recurrence of an old illness. In June 2005, he died. Ms. Wang was reported and arrested in January 2006 because she distributed truth-clarification materials. Police confiscated all of her Falun Gong materials, including her tape player, etc. Ms. Wang was illegally sentenced for one year and eight months. Her family members did not know her whereabouts.

2. Ms. Wang Guilan Died Due to Persecution

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Guilan, who lived in Fifth Street, Zhuozhou City, was around 70 years old. Because she practiced Falun Gong, she was arrested and taken to the Shuanta local police station in September 2002, by local officers, and people from the Shuanta Office and residents' committee. Because she did not give up the practice, she was mercilessly beaten. Later, she was sent to the Nanma brainwashing class to be forcibly "transformed" and was extorted of 3000 yuan. She was released after her family members wrote a guarantee statement. Police still threatened her frequently, and Ms. Wang died in 2005.

3. Sixty-year-old Mr. Guo Cai and His Wife are Repeatedly and Illegally Harassed

Mr. Guo Cai from Yaoshang Village, Dongchengfang Town, is around 60 years old. On December 27, 2001,Yang Yugang from the Zhuozhou City National Security Team, Wang Wei, the town Law and Politics secretary and two other people drove a vehicle to Mr. Guo's home and illegally searched it. All Falun Gong books and tapes were confiscated. Wang Wei brutally beat Mr. Guo, and arrested his wife Wang Xulan, and put her in the vehicle. When the couple failed to pay the 20,000 yuan "fine," the persecutors extorted 5,000 yuan in cash. They released Ms. Wang after eight days.

On December 13, 2004, the government of Dongchengfang Town and the local police station together confiscated Mr. Guo's property. There were five vehicles and about twenty people. At that time, no one was at home. The police jumped over the wall into the home. Clothing was completely removed from cabinets, the bedding covers were torn, the ceiling was poked with holes, even cement bags and the grain bags were searched. They confiscated four electrical machines and peanut seeds. Later, the national security team issued an arrest warrant and posted a reward of 10,000 yuan to arrest the couple.

4. Meng Xiangchun is Persecuted in the Brainwashing Class to Unconsciousness

Ms. Meng Xiangchun, 63, was a villager from the west part of Feng Village, Baichigan Town, Zhuozhou City. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. Before she learned Falun Gong, she had serious menopause syndrome, low blood pressure, gastritis and she was emaciated. After practicing Falun Gong, her many diseases vanished. In September 2002, the Baichigan Town government sent her to the Nanma brainwashing class without any justification. Right after she arrived there, she was punished by forced standing with both hands handcuffed together to a tree for more than five hours. She was handcuffed on the bed every evening and she could not free herself. She was made to sweep the courtyard, jog, go through brainwashing, and she was forced to write a guarantee statement. On September 21, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, higher authorities inspected. The brainwashing class deceitfully gave each person a pear and a moon cake. After the inspection, they were still persecuted. Finally, due to the constant persecution, Ms. Meng's blood pressure reached 170 and she remained unconscious. Only when she was persecuted to an extremely weak point did they release her.

5. Mr. Chen Rongchao was Illegally Arrested, Detained, Extorted and His Wages were Suspended

Mr. Chen Rongchao, 68, is a retired staff member from Lingyun Group Company in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province. In 1999, he went to Beijing to appeal, and he was arrested on Tiananmen Square by police. Later, in Zhuozhou Police station, police pummeled him and forced him to kneel on the ground. They used a thick wooden club to beat him, detained him for fifteen days, and illegally fined him 10,100 yuan.

In 2001, when Mr. Chen Rongchao's wife distributed truth-clarification materials at her company, she was arrested by police. Her company security section illegally confiscated her family's property, stole Falun Gong books, tape player and tapes, and arrested the Chen couple. Mr. Chen was detained for more than four months and was extorted of 2,000 yuan. His wife was detained fifteen days and extorted of 180 yuan. After she came back, she was forcibly sent to the Nanma brainwashing class for fifty days, and extorted 4,200 yuan.

On January 10, 2003, Lingfeng local police station set a trap, and asked a person to borrow the book Zhuan Falun from Mr. Chen. For this reason, they went to Mr. Chen's home to confiscate his family's property, took a Falun Gong book away, a tape player, and two tapes. Mr. Chen was illegally detained fifteen days, and was extorted of 1,000 yuan. In 2001, after Mr. Chen was released from the lockup and discovered, his wages were illegally stopped. From 1999 when he went to Beijing to appeal to now, Mr. Chen's retirement wages were reduced by more than 200 yuan every month.

6. Ms. Guo Tian-e was Illegally Arrested, Detained, Extorted and her Wages Stopped

Ms. Guo Tian-e, 41, is a staff member at Lingyun Group Company in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province. In November 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal. When she arrived in Tiananmen Square, she was forcibly taken to Qianmen Police Station by police. Later, she was sent to Baoding Agency in Beijing. Afterwards, in Zhuozhou City Police Station, police used a thick club to beat her. Another policeman grasped her hair to beat her. Her body was covered with blue and purple bruises, and her left eye was beaten to the point of turning black. After that, she was sent to detention for fifteen days, extorted of 10,100 yuan, and her wages were stopped. In December 2000, Ms. Guo went to her mother's home and brought some truth-clarification materials. Later, because a practitioner who distributed materials was arrested, Ms. Guo was also sent to detention for fifteen days.

7. The Couple Ms. Jiang Shuqin and Mr. Zhang Lianming are Illegally Imprisoned, Extorted and Harassed Repeatedly

Ms. Jiang Shuqin, 56, and her husband Zhang Lianming, 54, are both villagers from Daxinggezhuang Village, Baichigan Town, Zhuozhou City. Before cultivating Falun Gong, Mr. Zhang had periodical paralysis, and could not take care of himself. Ms. Jiang had many diseases including back and leg pain, low blood pressure, urethritis, hemorrhoids and so on. Especially when she had back pain, she could not stand upright. All treatments were futile. The farm work was done only by her mother's family members. In 1997, the couple was happy to learn Falun Gong. Soon their stubborn illnesses went away without any treatments.

In February 2002, because the couple posted Falun Gong truth-clarification materials, they were reported by people who did not know the facts. They were arrested by people from Taoyuan Police Station in Zhuozhou City. After fifteen days, the head of Baichigan Town and Yang Yugang from the National Security Team sent them to Nanma brainwashing class for more than twenty days.

In the brainwashing class, in order to find the source of the material, Du Yonglu used a leather whip to hit Ms. Jiang's leg, whip her face and used an electric baton to shock Mr. Zhang. Xie Yubao and Yang Yugang from the National Security Team, along with Zhang Ming, secretary of Daxinggezhuang, seized the chance to go to Ms. Jiang's home to confiscate her family's property. They took away her color television, VCD and a small loudspeaker used for selling soy-sauce.

On August 13, 2002, Su Dong, chief of Baichigan Town Police Station, deceived Mr. Zhang by asking him to "attend a meeting in the town," and then forcibly sent him to Nanma brainwashing class. After more than twenty days, he was released.

On January 3, 2003, Mr. Zhang went to a Falun Gong practitioner's home to sell soy-sauce. It was just the time Yang Yugang from the National Security Team and so on were illegally ransacking that practitioner's home. Mr. Zhang was also arrested and taken to the city police station. After fifteen days, he was sent to Nanma brainwashing class. He was imprisoned until April 18, 2003 (for three and half months). Only then was he released. During this period of time, the Baichigan government fined him 500 yuan, and Nanma brainwashing class extorted 500 yuan from him..

In late April, only ten days after Mr. Zhang came back from Nanma brainwashing class, he was arrested again by Su Dong from the Baichigan Town Police Station and Yang Yugang from the National Security Team, and detained for fifteen days. Police illegally confiscated Falun Gong materials and an audio recording player. Until now, Su Dong, chief of the town police station, still leads other people to harass them on every sensitive date.

Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Liu Guifu and Ms. Zhang Lianying from Beijing were illegally imprisoned in Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp for a long time. Their belief in Falun Gong was firm, so the labor camp gave up persecuting them with torture and brainwashing. They were each imprisoned in a single room in the training center unit and separated from other people for a few months.

Ms. Zhang Lianying is Beijing practitioner Niu Jinping's wife. When Mr. Niu met with European Parliament Vice President Edward McMillan-Scott, he talked about his wife's suffering under the persecution. For doing so, he was put under surveillance. Another Beijing practitioner, Cao Dong, who joined the meeting was arrested by secret police.

Last year when Ms. Liu Guifu was being persecuted in Beijing Women's Labor Camp, Clearwisdom web published many reports about her and her daughter, and also appealed for her rescue. Thus, when Mr. Novak, the United Nation's Special Rapporteur on Torture, came to investigate in Beijing, Ms. Liu Guifu became one of the investigation witnesses. That day, Ms. Liu was brought to the office of the head of the labor camp, but she didn't see Mr. Novak at all. We don't know what trick the labor camp used to dodge the United Nation's Special Rapporteur on Torture.

Another firm Beijing practitioner, Ms. Liu Xiangfen, had already been released from the camp openly and aboveboard. Ms. Liu Guifu and Ms. Liu Xiangfen were imprisoned together in Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp (in the fourth group) when they were sent to the labor camp for the first time. After they went home, Ms. Liu Guifu often went to take care of Ms. Liu Xiangfen when Ms. Liu Xiangfen had her third baby, since they lived very close to each other. In 2005, police took them away from their respective homes on the same day. When Ms. Liu Xiangfen was in the labor camp she fasted to protest the illegal imprisonment. When she dropped to 35 kg. (77 lb.), the labor camp had to release her early. Before this, there seemed to be no instance of going home early while not complying with the rules in Beijing labor camps.

At present, Ms. Liu Guifu and Ms. Zhang Lianying are taking measures to protest in the labor camp in order to be set free with a verdict of not guilty, but the details are still not known. Hopefully, practitioners in China and abroad can send righteous thoughts for them or make phone calls to the labor camp, so as to help them leave earlier.