Spreading "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance is wonderful" is a "crime" in China

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Qin Yanqiu, 45 years old, used to work at the Taicang City Post Office. Ms. Qin Yanqiu’s husband, Mr. Shi Zehui, taught at Jianxiong Institute in Taicang City. The couple began practicing Falun Gong in October 1997 in order to restore their health, and all of their illnesses soon disappeared. After Jiang's regime began persecuting Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, they were both arrested and fired from their jobs.

Ms. Qin Yanqiu was sent to a mental hospital in March 2000 and to a forced labor camp on January 4, 2001. Her husband, Shi Zehui, was also sentenced to forced labor for appealing. He was held at Fangqiang Forced Labor Farm in Dafeng. Their young son was left at home alone. Officials from Taicang City spread rumors about them, saying the couple was "obsessed with Falun Gong" and refused to work and ignored their child.

Ms. Qin Yanqiu was secretly arrested on her way to a grocery store the morning of August 19, 2005. Shen Wenbiao, deputy head of Chengzhong Police Station, and two joint defense officers carried out the arrest. Her family didn’t receive any notice, and no officers went to her home, although the fourth-listed point of evidence cited in the verdict is the police home-search record.

Ms. Geng and her family's tribulations

Ms. Geng is well liked in her community, the Minleyuan in the Jiawang District of Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

Ms. Geng and her family members, spanning three generations, had practiced Falun Gong before July 20, 1999. They conducted themselves according to Truth-Compassion- Tolerance, and the whole family was healthy and happy.

The local officials began fanatically persecuting this family after July 20, 1999, for their belief in Truth-Compassion-Tolerance. Ms. Geng’s youngest son, Geng Huaipu, a practitioner, is being held long-term at a labor camp. Earlier this year, three members of Ms. Geng’s family passed away within 35 days due to brutal persecution. After that, local 610 Office agents sent two more family members to a brainwashing center within 100 days.

1. Geng Huaipu was hung from a tree for seven days and seven nights

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Geng Huaipu was arrested by Jiawang District 610 Office agents in December 1999 and was deprived of freedom at a detention center. The court declared his innocence and issued his release one year later. The 610 Office, however, instead of sending him home, operated above the law and openly sent Geng Huaipu directly from the detention center to Fangqiang Forced Labor Camp in Yancheng City.

One year of torture in prison could not make Mr. Geng Huaipu give up his belief. After the one-year term had expired, the "610 Office" again sent Mr. Geng to Huining Brainwashing Center to further persecute him. He refused to wear a uniform in the brainwashing center or do the morning calisthenics. The brainwashing center officers handcuffed him and hung him from a tree branch for seven days and seven nights. Mr. Geng remained determined in his belief. He eventually left the brainwashing center. The officers sent dozens of people several thousand miles at a cost of hundreds of yuan to bring him back, but they failed. Police in Hefei City eventually arrested him when he was posting truth clarification materials. Mr. Geng was sentenced to three years of forced labor. He is now being held at Nanhu Forced Labor Camp in Xuancheng, Anhui Province.

2. 610 Office Agents send son, daughter, and daughter-in-law to a brainwashing center

After Mr. Geng Huaipu escaped from the brainwashing center as mentioned above, the authorities persecuted the rest of Ms. Geng’s family even more severely. They arrested Ms. Geng’s oldest daughter, Ms. Geng Huaishu, and the oldest son’s wife, Ms. Shi Zhongling. They sent both women to Luzhuang Brainwashing Center in Jiawang Township. One year later, they transferred both of them to the Huining Brainwashing Center. Ms. Geng’s oldest son, Mr. Geng Huaiqing, and the wife of her youngest son, Ms. Yang Shuhua, were held as long as six months at a brainwashing center located at the security division of Xuzhou Mining Affairs Corporation, where they used to work.

3. Three members of Ms. Geng’s family passed away from persecution

Ms. Geng’s second son, Mr. Geng Huaihao, has difficulty moving around, so he was not sent to the brainwashing center. The 610 Office sent people to watch him. They frequently harassed and intimidated him, which traumatized him. He passed away in late February 2006. When Mr. Geng Huaihao was on his deathbed, his family asked the officials to let his brother, Mr. Geng Huaipu, come home so they might see each other for the last time, but Fan Shuyou, head of the 610 Office, turned down the request with various excuses.

Ms. Geng was a target for harassment by groups of officials from the commnuity office, the security section, the National Security Group, the district police department, Jiawang District 610 Office and the local police station. She cannot recall how many times her home has been ransacked. Ms. Geng has had to live with the reality that her family is being persecuted for their belief. She has also faced repeated ransacking and constant harassment and intimidation. Ms. Geng passed away in March 2006. The family requested that Mr. Geng Huaipu be allowed to attend the funeral, but Fan Shuyou, head of the 610 Office, again refused.

Ms. Geng’s oldest daughter-in-law was tortured to death at Huining County Brainwashing Center on March 22, 2005. Before her death, the doctor confirmed that she had sustained severe beating injuries resulting in a deformed collarbone and two broken ribs. She had lots of fluid built up in her chest as well as numerous bumps and bruises.

Ms. Geng and her second oldest son and oldest daughter-in-law passed away as a result of the persecution within 35 days. Ms. Geng’s three young grandchildren are now orphans.

4. 610 Office repeats its atrocities

The Jiawang District 610 Office, headed by Fan Shuyou, received orders from the Jiangsu Province 610 Office and followed them. They took Ms. Geng’s oldest son, Mr. Geng Huaiqing, and youngest daughter-in-law, Ms. Yang Shuhua, to a brainwashing center held by Jiangsu Province 610 Office less than 100 days following the three deaths in the family.

25 Falun Gong practitioners have died from persecution in Jiangsu Province

Since July 20, 1999, Jiang's regime and the CCP have heaped genocidal policies on practitioners, such as "ruin their reputations, bankrupt them financially and destroy them physically"; "the death [of Falun Gong practitioners] from beatings is nothing and shall be counted as suicide"; "do not identify the person and directly cremate the body."

According to new information, as of July 17, 2006, 25 Falun Gong practitioners have died from persecution in Jiangsu Province. Six are from Nanjing City. They are: Zhou Suzhen, Chen Ying, Chen Jiafang, Wang Fuxin, Xu Taibin, and Ning Peihua; four from Xuzhou City: Shi Zhongling, Zhu Xianghe, Ms. Geng, and Geng Huaihao; four from Changzhou City: Zhou Fenglin, Liao Qinying, Wang Yuqin, and Wu Dianhui; two from Nantong City: Huang Hanchong and Chen Hanchang; two from Huaian City: Zhang Zhenggang and Ge Xiulan; two from Suzhou City: Yu Huinan and Jiang Bingsheng; one from Yancheng City: Zhang Wannian; one from Zhenjiang City: Dong Guiying; one from Wuxi City: Gu Xuejuan; it is not known where another two practitioners, Yang Meizhen and Sun Xiuying, are from.

The following is the partial list of the practitioners who passed away under the persecution.

Practitioner Mr. Jiang Bingsheng was 40 years old and lived in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Even under cruel persecution, he still believed in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." He went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and clarify the truth in 2000 and was sent to a forced labor camp. In 2003, he was sentenced to prison. He was tortured in the Suzhou City Prison and died during the New Year holiday in 2006.

Practitioner Mr. Yu Huinan was 60 years old and lived in the Muxing Residential Neighborhood in the Canglang District, Suzhou City. He was an official of the Suzhou City Science Committee. He participated in the Falun Gong class held in Jinan City in 1994. In late December 2000, officers from the Canglang District Police Department illegally arrested him. His daughters, Ms. Yu Qin and Ms. Yu Fang, were also arrested. In October 2001, Mr. Yu Huinan and his older daughter, Ms. Yu Qin, were sentenced to eight years and seven years in prison, respectively. Mr. Yu was savagely tortured in Suzhou Prison, but he persisted in practicing his belief. After suffering from five years of persecution, Mr. Yu Huinan passed away on January 4, 2006.

Practitioner Ms. Zhou Fenglin, 32 years old, lived in room 502, Bldg. 148A of the 5th Village in the Qingtan District in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Ms. Zhou was unlawfully arrested multiple times after the persecution of Falun Gong started. Ms. Zhou was arrested by Qingtan District Police on November 24, 2000. Although it was winter, the guards forced her to remove her clothes. With Ms. Zhou only in her underwear, they repeatedly poured cold water all over her. The police laughed as they poured the cold water over her, saying, "This is to let you feel warm in winter." Later, Ms. Zhou was transferred to Xilin Detention Center in Changzhou, where she was tortured for 18 days straight. At night she was hung by her handcuffs to a metal bar and forbidden to fall asleep. The handcuffs cut deep into the flesh and her wrists became swollen. During the day she was forced to do over ten hours of forced labor. She was released on December 21, 2000. On December 27, however, five or six police officers arrested Ms. Zhou from her home. She was hung up a whole night wearing only a sweater over her other clothing. The next day she was sent to a detention center. To protest the arbitrary detention and torture, Ms. Zhou launched a hunger strike on December 27, 2000. She was put on the "Forbidden Board" for nine days and hung up for 17 nights. The "Forbidden Board" is the most severe punishment, used exclusively to torture death penalty prisoners. The victim is handcuffed and shackled tightly to a wooden board, so that she cannot move, not even when relieving herself. This punishment is so cruel that after only several hours on the board, most people would rather die than be tortured in this way. On January 8, 2001, other people detained in the same cell with Ms. Zhou heard her miserable cries. Ms. Zhou passed away around midnight on January 9, 2001.

Practitioner Ms. Wang Yuqin, 45 years old, lived in the Laodong Neighborhood, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province. After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, she went to Beijing three times to clarify the facts. The first time was in the winter. The police arrested her, stripped her of her coat, and made her stand barefoot on the ice. After she returned to Changzhou City, three groups of people took turns monitoring the front of her building. In 2000 she walked for one month to get to Beijing to appeal that Falun Dafa is good. She was arrested and held at a detention center for one month. Her husband divorced her after she returned home. In late December 2000, Ms. Wang went to Beijing for the third time. She was arrested, sent back, and sentenced to two years of forced labor at Judong Women's Labor Camp in Jiangsu Province. She endured bad living conditions, physical punishment, sleep deprivation, and other abuses. Her mind and body were devastated. She was released on medical parole in 2001 but passed away on March 13, 2002.

Practitioner Ms. Liao Qinying, 33, was a resident of Xinsheng Village, Lijia Town, the Wujin District in Changzhou City. At 8:30 a.m. on November 18, 2001, local official Zhang Liang, police officer Wang Huaxin, and two others went into Ms. Liao’s home and ordered her to go to the office. They said someone wanted to talk with her and that she would not be long. Ms. Liao did not want to be taken away without a proper reason. The four persons then dragged her into a police vehicle where Ms. Liao died within the hour.

Practitioner Mr. Zhang Wannian, 71, was a resident in Yancheng City. Before cultivation, he suffered from 11 diseases. Arthritis had deformed him and he had difficulty moving around. Within a year of practicing Falun Gong, all the diseases were gone. When he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, he was arrested and sent back to the Yandu Food Supply Bureau’s hostel for forced "reformation." He was not allowed to sit down or rest and had to stand for a long time. After 13 days, the authorities forced Mr. Zhang to pay a 7,500 yuan "case handling fee" and sent him to Nanyang Detention Center in Yancheng City for another month’s torture. Next, Mr. Zhang was sent to Longgang Psychiatric Hospital where he was interrogated and abused for 45 days. Afterwards, Mr. Zhang was sentenced to one year of forced labor. After suffering so much torture, Mr. Zhang started a hunger strike. One week later he became very weak. The police took Mr. Zhang home to shirk responsibility. Mr. Zhang died the next day.

Practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhenggang, 36, was detained by Huaian Police Department on March 2, 2000. On March 25, Mr. Zhang was badly beaten and his head severely injured. He was sent to a hospital and was in coma. On the evening of March 30, the doctors did a cardiogram, which showed that Mr. Zhang had a faint heartbeat, but he was still breathing. Just then about 40 to 50 police officers came in and enforced martial law in the hospital. They dispersed Mr. Zhang’s family and other patients and took the still breathing Mr. Zhang to a crematory and cremated him. The police also forbid Mr. Zhang’s family from conducting any condolence event or seeking justice for Mr. Zhang.

Practitioner Mr. Chen Hanchang was from Qidong City, Jiangsu Province. He started to practice Falun Gong in 1997. After the persecution began in 1999, he went to Beijing many times to appeal. As a result, he was arrested and detained many times at the Qidong Detention Center, Fangqiang Forced Labor Camp, and at brainwashing sessions. His term was extended for refusing to give up his belief. While in the labor camp, he suffered inhumane torture. He was forced to do long-term intense physical labor, such as carrying heavy rocks. He used to be a strong, healthy man, yet he was reduced to just skin and bones. When he was finally released at the end of November 2003, he was in a coma and could not speak. He died three days later.

Practitioner Mr. Zhu Xianghe was 64 years old and lived in Shuguang Village, Guanshan Township, Suining County in Jiangsu Province. Around April 14, 2005, he was arrested and sent to Sutang Brainwashing Center located in Suining County for refusing to give up cultivation. He was beaten to death five days later, on April 19, 2005. Witnesses who saw his body said his fingers and toes had turned black and his eyes and internal organs had been removed—a truly horrific sight. His son, placed under great pressure by local officials, said that his father's body was only missing some internal organs and that the eyes had not been removed. Police said he died from natural causes, but it appears far more likely that they are trying to cover up the truth.

Practitioner Ms. Gu Xijuan was a manager at the Wuxi City Insurance Company, Jiangsu Province. Because she refused to renounce Falun Gong, CCP personnel persecuted her many times. In January 2001 she was arrested by 610 Office personnel and persecuted in a brainwashing center. In 2002 she was arrested again and taken to a brainwashing session at Jinchengwan, where the former Wuxi County Court was located. During this period, Ms. Gu had blood in her stools. She requested a hospital examination, but the 610 Office personnel used various excuses for not taking her to the hospital. Her health drastically worsened. In 2002, Wuxi City 610 Office personnel went to her workplace to harass her. The pressure caused her physical and mental health to deteriorate. She died in September 2002.

A Conscience-Awakened Veteran Police Officer Speaks Out Against the Persecution

On January 6, 2006, Clearwisdom published an article entitled "Huge Lies and Shocking Evil - A Veteran Police Officer Speaks Out Against the Persecution" (/emh/articles/2006/1/6/68716.html). The veteran police officer said in the article:

"I'm a veteran police officer in Lishui County. All these years, I've witnessed the handling of many Falun Gong cases. I have a deep impression of Falun Gong practitioners' tolerance, goodness, and righteousness, which from another perspective leaves me with the strong feeling that a huge lie is deceiving the Chinese people. The persecution of Falun Gong made me realize the power of the truth of Falun Gong. My numbed and unconcerned heart finally woke up. The righteous thoughts and righteous actions of Falun Gong practitioners aroused my conscience. After long and intense consideration, I finally decided to tell people some facts that I know, so that people who have been deceived by the CCP media’s lies might wake up and stop negating and persecuting Falun Gong.

"The following are facts about how the authorities from the 610 Office in Lishui, Nanjing City have persecuted Falun Gong.

"In 2000, when the 610 Office held a brainwashing session in Donglu, they hung Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu to a girder for a whole day. Later they locked her in a small cage so that she could neither stand up nor sit down, but had to bend halfway inside. She was kept this way for several days.

"They tried to violently brainwash Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wu. They shocked her on the abdomen with electric batons, tied her arms to a stick and forced her to be on her knees on the concrete floor outside the door. During scorching-hot days, they exposed her cruelly to the sun for the whole day, resulting in her losing her skin to sunburn. When they saw that Ms. Wu was still determined in practicing Falun Gong, the 610 Office people then abused her more viciously. They sent her to a mental hospital and injected her with anti-psychotic drugs. They ordered a doctor to pierce her mouth with a metal hook, making her mouth bleed incessantly. She didn't yield to the torture. They then continued to shock her. After that, they tied her up on the bed with her four limbs stretched out. They didn't let her go to the restroom. They intended to make her die on the bed. After one day they found that she hadn't died. They then shocked her all over, which left scars all over her body. Ms. Wu fell into coma several times. Her weight decreased from over 140 jin [70kg] to about 80 jin [40kg]. The 610 Office authorities were afraid that their evildoing would be exposed, so they spread rumors that, ‘Wu is psychotic.’

"In December 2000, Ms. Li was arrested for distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. Police officers handcuffed her behind her back and forced her to confess to the source of the materials. They kicked her to the ground and trampled on her face and chin, shouting, ‘Torturing to death is acceptable and can be counted as suicide.’

"In 2001, Ms. Li was arrested by persons from the 610 Office and sent to the Fenghuangjing Brainwashing Center in Honglan. The head of the 610 Office ordered her to slander her Master and Falun Gong. Ms. Li refused. They then beat her with a wooden club. When they were tired they then pinched her and pierced her with a needle. After that, they locked her in a water dungeon. She had to relieve herself inside and was deprived of food and fluids. She was locked in there for two months.

"In 2000, Ms. Peng was "illegally detained" for one month because she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. In the summer of 2001, about ten police officers broke into her home to arrest her. Her husband asked them to show proper documentation. The police officers didn't pay attention to him but tried to arrest Ms. Peng. Ms. Peng jumped down from the second floor. She broke her thigh and ankle. When Ms. Peng was lying in a hospital sickbed, the police officers watched her all day long. When she returned home to recover, the police officers often harassed her. Before she completely recovered, at about 12 p.m. one day in May 2001, the 610 Office agents leading a group of policemen broke into her home. It was raining heavily. These persons rushed to Ms. Peng, pushed her on the ground, handcuffed her, and dragged her into a police car. She did not even have her shoes on. Ms. Peng was sent to the police station that night. Later, she was sent to Fenghuangjing Brainwashing Center. She was locked in there for over 100 days, which severely traumatized her, mentally and physically.

"On March 4, 2005, under orders from the 610 Office, more than 20 police officers arriving in four police cars broke into Mr. Zhu's home. Mr. Zhu was an over-50-year-old farmer in Donglu and was steadfast in practicing Falun Gong. They arrested him and his wife, Ms. Wang, and sent them to Fenghuangjing Brainwashing Center. Since nobody harvested the rapeseed and wheat, Mr. Zhu's family suffered a heavy financial loss.

"On March 13, 2005, Ms. Jia, a 54-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested on her way to sell her produce. They sent her to a brainwashing center and left her two-year-old grandson at home by himself. The vegetables in her greenhouse rotted because nobody took care of them.

"On March 18, 2005, Ms. Cao, a Falun Gong practitioner about 40 years old, was arrested by agents from the 610 Office when she was shopping. She was detained in a brainwashing center for one month.

"On March 30, 2005, a Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Wang, in her 70s and retired, was arrested on the street.

"On April 22, 2005, six policemen carried Ms. Hang into a police car as she was rescuing a patient. She was then locked up in a brainwashing center because she refused to give up practicing Falun Gong.

"Dr. Wu is a retired doctor and a Falun Gong practitioner in her 60's. On April 22, 2005, when she was shopping at an office [supply] store and carrying her three-year-old grandson, four police officers suddenly confronted her. They duped her, ‘You are accused of stealing. You must go with us!’ They pulled the child out of her arms, dragged her to a police car, and sent her to a brainwashing center. The child was so shocked that he didn't talk for one week. Dr. Wu's mother-in-law, over 80 years old, was living with her and lost her care. Her family was severely interfered with.

"Agents from the 610 Office are still persecuting Falun Gong. In the last several years dozens of Falun Gong practitioners in Lishui were sent to prison and suffered inhuman persecution. As a veteran police officer, I have exposed these facts, which are, however, just a tiny portion of all the facts of this persecution."

The family of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Jianpo drove to the 4th Detachment of Jidong Prison to visit him at 3:00 a.m. on September 11, 2006. The family was told by prison authorities to wait for approval in the front hall. More than two hours passed. The family was then told that the visit was not allowed. The family went to detachment leader Hao Baoxin's office and requested a meeting with Yang Jianpo.

Hao Baoxin told the family to wait in the conference room, saying he was in the middle of a meeting in his office. When the family went back to his office at a little before 11:00 a.m., however, Hao Baoxin had left his office. The family had no choice but to wait in the car for the officials to return to work.

The family went back to Hao Baoxin’s office at around 2:00 p.m. and demanded their loved one's immediate release. They said, "Yang Jianpo is on the brink of death and doesn’t fit the requirements of a prison detainee." Hao Baoxin said, "You didn’t come here to ask for Yang Jianpo, you came here to attack me. You called me a ‘vicious official,’ and said that I persecuted Yang Jianpo. Before you came over this morning, I got phone call(s) saying Yang Jianpo’s wife would come here and that I shouldn’t give you a hard time. So many people in the world may support you, but I’m telling you, all the support is in vain because China has its own laws."

Yang Jianpo’s family said, "Yang Jianpo shouldn’t have been brought here in the first place if you really follow China’s laws." Hao Baoxin said, "Don’t you give me that. Now I can’t even leave China because the whole world knows about me. You did it all to me. Are you trying to publish what I said today on the Internet? Go ahead and publish it on the Minghui website. I’m telling you, Yang Jianpo is now on the brink of death and you are trying to attack me online. I’m not afraid! This is what I do. You won’t do Yang Jianpo any good by publishing all those things because it won’t work, even if you let the whole world know about it!"

The family said, "So many Falun Gong practitioners have asked you to act kindly. We are doing it for your own good. Yang Jianpo did not violate any laws. He is protesting the illegal detention with his life! If you continue your ways, you will not be offered salvation. We have constantly asked you to be good and stop persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Look at the Cultural Revolution - what happened to those who persecuted innocent people? No one can escape justice, and no one can shoulder your responsibilities for you!"

Hao Baoxin said, "What I say doesn’t count. I have to ask my superiors. If my superiors don’t let you see him, you should go home and stop bugging me." The family said, "Who are your superiors? Can we talk to them face-to-face?" Hao Baoxin said, "My superiors are Beijing and the central government, go and talk to them!" The family member said, "Just tell me where I can go so I can get him released! I’ll go anywhere for Yang Jianpo, including to the central government. You told me to go to the central government. If anything happens to me, you’ll be responsible." Hao Baoxin said, "I didn’t tell you to go to the central government. I never said that. My superior won’t let you see him, so just go home."

They refused to let the family see Yang Jianpo. At 4:00 p.m, Yang Jianpo’s wife let the taxi leave while she and her daughter stayed. They were determined to see Yang Jianpo and they would not go home.

It was time for the prison officials to go home. They saw that Yang Jianpo’s family was still there, so they reluctantly allowed Yang Jianpo’s daughter to go and see him.

The daughter went to a ward at the prison central hospital. She saw her father Yang Jianpo lying on a bed, barely breathing. Yang Jianpo saw her and said, "Remember, your dad didn’t do anything wrong. I absolutely will not eat. I will appeal with my body. I didn’t commit any crimes! Your dad will not compromise, even if he dies!" His daughter said, "Dad, are you doing the right thing? You must come out alive! There are lots of things to do out there. Our relationship hasn’t ended yet, and my grandparents, mom, and my brother and me are waiting for you to take care of us! All kind-hearted people are helping you!"

Yang Jianpo said, "Thanks to all of you. I’m fine. I will return home alive! Help me to send forth righteous thoughts more frequently. It’s really evil here. One evil being attached itself to a person and he talked to me personally. He told me that he is an evil being. I absolutely won’t let it destroy me. Go home and don’t come here again. It costs lots of money for the trip. Don’t worry! I won’t talk anymore because I can’t get enough air. I can’t keep my eyes open because they hurt. Go home, it’s late, and I’ll worry about you on the trip back home."

Yang Jianpo’s face was ashen. His teeth are loose and his gums were bleeding. It’s difficult for him to open his eyes, and he is only skin and bones. He has been on hunger strike for more than 220 days. Dr. Bi (who treats Yang Jianpo) says Yang Jianpo is responsible for his current condition. The authorities will not take responsibility for anything that happens. He also said that a hunger strike is an act of defiance against the government and therefore disqualifies Yang Jianpo from medical parole.

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Gao Tianhong is being tortured in Panjin City Prison, Liaoning Province, and his life is in danger.

On April 25, 2004, Mr. Gao Tianhong was arrested at his home, and sentenced to eight years in prison. He was detained in the Sixth Group of the Second Ward, of the Panjin City Prison. Mr. Gao Tianhong refuses to accept the persecution. He refuses to perform physical labor or to wear a prison uniform. He posted banners of "Falun Dafa is good" and "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance" in the Prison to clarify the truth of Falun Gong.

In order to protest the persecution, Mr. Gao Tianhong has been on hunger strike since September 2006. He has been transferred to the Fifth Group to be force-fed. He is as thin as a skeleton, and his life is in critical condition.

The guards called Mr. Gao's home many times, asking his family members to visit him and persuade him to accept the brainwashing, hoping to shirk their responsibility for his condition, but they were refused every time.

Note: The following is a shortened version of two longer and more detailed articles that appeared on the minghui.ca website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).

Zhang Yulan is a 65-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Yintan Town, Yinhai District, Beihai City, Guangxi Province. Officials from the Yinhai District Politics and Law Committee, from the Yinhai District Police Department, the Longtan Police Station and from the Longtan Village Office harassed her at her home many times after the persecution began on July 20, 1999, trying to force her to give up Falun Gong.

The lawless officials coerced Zhang Yulan to go to Longtan Village Office in 2002 to sign documents and be fingerprinted. They brainwashed her for half a day. The following year, in 2003, they brainwashed her again for another half-day. On April 11, 2006, Zhang Yulan was reading Falun Gong books with some other practitioners when some officials jumped into her backyard and arrested them. The same group of officials harassed her again at home on June 13, 2006.

Lao Kaimei is a 56-year-old practitioner from Yintan Town of the Yinhai District. Officials harassed her at home many times, attempting to force her to denounce Falun Gong. These officials are from the Yinhai District Politics and Law Committee in Yintan Town, the former Xitang Town in Yinhai District, from the Yinhai District Police Department, the Longtan Police Station and from the Longtan Village Office. The officials forced her to go to Longtan Village Office in 2002 to sign documents and be fingerprinted. They also brainwashed her for half a day. They brainwashed her again for half a day in 2003. Lao Kaimei, Zhang Yulan and some other practitioners were taken to Longtan Police Station on April 11, 2006, where the police videotaped them and forced them to write a guarantee statement, be fingerprinted and sign documents. Lin Yunchan, Lin An and some other people led the police and broke into Lao Kaimei’s home. They confiscated two Falun Gong books at noon two days later. This group of people harassed Lao Kaimei again at her home at 9:00 p.m. on June 13, 2006.

Zhang Xiuqiong is a practitioner from Yintan Town of the Yinhai District. Officials attempted several times to get her to denounce Falun Gong. These persecutors are from the Yinhai District Politics and Law Committee, Yintan Town, the former Xitang Town in Yinhai District, Yinhai District Police Department, Longtan Police Station and Xiacun Village Office. They also harassed her at home. She went to Beijing to appeal in July 2000. Officers from the Yinhai District Police Department and from the Longtan Police Station arrested her and took her to Longtan Police Station. They held her there for one day, interrogated her and forced her to sign documents and be fingerprinted. They transferred her to the No. 2 Detention Center at night and held her there for one month. She was forced to go to a brainwashing class held at Longtan Village Office in March 2001 and she was held there for fifteen days. The persecutors made her to go to the Xianguan Village Office in March 2003 to copy a letter so the police could compare her handwriting to that of the author of a truth clarification letter. She was again arrested in September 2003 and interrogated at Yinhai Police Department for two days. She was forced to attend a brainwashing class held at the Xiacun Village Office for fifteen days. Then she went home.

Li Zuozhuo is a 71-year-old practitioner from Yintan Town of Yinhai District. Li Zuozhuo went to Beijing to appeal in July 2000 and was arrested by officers from the Yinhai District Police Department and the Longtan Police Station. He was taken to the Longtan Police Station and held there for one day. He was interrogated, forced to sign documents and get fingerprinted. He was later transferred to the No. 2 Detention Center in Beihai City and was held there for one month. Li Zuozhuo was again arrested and taken to a brainwashing class held at the Longtan Village Public Office where the officials tried to coerce him to verbally abuse Falun Gong and Master and write a guarantee statement. They held him for fifteen days. Li Zuozhuo was forced to go to the Longtan Village Office in 2003 to copy a document so the police could profile his handwriting. In 2003 Li Zuozhuo was arrested, detained and interrogated at the Yinhai District Police Department for two days. He was later held at the village office in a brainwashing class for fifteen days. He was interrogated and forced to watch videos that slandered Master and Falun Gong. Lawless official Zhang Yuyi and others frequently harassed him and ransacked his home many times. They took a Falun Gong book, a recorder and audio cassettes, among other things.

Zhang Guanxiu is a 53-year-old practitioner from Yintan Town in Yinhai District. She went to Beijing to appeal in July 2000 and was arrested by officers from the Yinhai District Police Department and the Longtan Police Station. She was taken to the Longtan Police Station and held there for one day. She was coerced to sign documents and get fingerprinted. She was later transferred to the No. 2 Detention Center in Beihai City and was held there for one month. Ms. Zhang was arrested again in March 2001 and taken to a brainwashing class held by the Longtan Village Office, where the officials coerced her to verbally abuse Master and Falun Gong and write guarantee statements. They again coerced her to sign document(s) and get fingerprinted. They detained her for eight days. Yinhai District Police Department and Longtan Police Station agents made her go to the Xiancun Village Office in early spring 2003 and write some words so the police could profile her handwriting. Zhang Guanxiu and some other practitioners were interrogated and their responses were recorded at the Yinhai District Police Department in 2003. They were also forced to sign documents and get fingerprinted.

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

Ms. Wang Shuijiao, 53, lives in Huangmei County, Hubei Province. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1999. Ms. Wang and her husband, also a practitioner, went to Caoshan Township to distribute truth-clarification materials on the evening of November 23, 2001 but were reported to the police. Yin Xiaofeng, a local police officer, took Ms. Wang to the police station, where six people beat her. The next day, Yin Xiaofeng attempted to coerce Ms. Wang into revealing the source of the truth-clarification materials. She refused to cooperate with him. He beat her until her body was covered in bruises. Ms. Wang was later sent to the county detention center and was held there for two months. Her husband paid the authorities 11,000 yuan before she was released.

Later, on June 8, 2003, six practitioners, including Ms. Wang Shuijiao, went to Susong County to clarify the truth and distribute truth-clarification materials. Ms. Wang was arrested.

The police found Falun Gong books at Ms. Wang’s home in July 2004 and took her to a detention center. She went on a hunger strike while there, but the lawless officials force-fed her three times. Her hunger strike lasted 13 days. Her husband paid another 11,000 yuan for her release.

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

Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Li Fengtian and Ms. Guo Ying from Yi County, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, were reported to policed at 10:00 p.m. on August 6, 2006, when they were distributing truth clarification materials in Baimiaozi Township, Yi County. They were taken to the Baimiaozi Township Police Station and then transferred to the Yi County Detention Center at noon on August 7, 2006. Both practitioners held hunger strikes to protest the arrest, and their families demanded their release. After ten days of illegal detention, Yi County Police Department and Yi County Detention Center officials secretly sent Ms. Li Fengtian to the Jinzhou Forced Labor Camp on August 15, 2006, to further persecute her, without following any legal procedure or notifying her family.

When they learned about this, Ms. Li’s family went to the Jinzhou Forced Labor Camp, but the authorities refused to let them meet with her. They did discover that Ms. Li had been holding a hunger strike to protest the persecution and had been brutally force-fed.

Practitioner Ms. Guo Ying was sent to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp on the morning of August 16. The labor camp officials refused to accept her because she didn’t pass the physical exam. She has returned home.

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

Practitioner Mr. Liu Feng from Macheng in Hubei Province was arrested by several police officers who stopped their car in the middle of the road and jumped out to apprehend him on June 1, 2006. They took him to the police station. Jin Xiujian, deputy police chief, fiercely hit Mr. Liu’s back and feet, including his toes, with a plastic club. Many people witnessed this beating. National Security agent Li Bo was also present.

After his release, Mr. Liu went to police chief Wan Ping and asked him to return his Falun Gong books. He also asked why the police refused to issue him an ID card. Wan Ping ordered the police to beat and kick him all the way from the second floor to the ground floor and then outside in the courtyard.

Mr. Liu Feng returned to the police station to apply for an ID card on July 28. Four people, some uniformed and others of unknown identity, savagely beat him. Many people witnessed the beating. Mr. Liu suffered severe pain in the lower back and kidney region, and blood gushed from his mouth. He still has not recovered. He had difficulty caring for himself after returning home. Even now he cannot do heavy physical work.