Clearwisdom Weekly Persecution News

The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong --March 17, 2009

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

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Ms. Yang Miao from Shijiazhuang City Tortured

Ms. Yang Miao was abducted at her workplace before the Beijing Olympic Games. Within two days, she was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor. She was tortured to the point of near death, but the police denied her medical parole due to the CCP's "Two Conferences" were about to be held.

Ms. Zhao Qiuying Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong Exercises

The police claimed they would detain her in a forced labor camp for six to eighteen months, because she did Falun Gong exercises.

Ms. Yang Miao, 34, from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, was illegally taken to a forced labor camp by Chang'an District Police Branch in July 2008 for one and a half years of forced labor. She is presently imprisoned at the1st Forced Labor Camp of Hebei Province located in Tangshan City. She has been tortured to the point of near death, and she suffers from a high blood pressure level of 220. The labor camp does not want to keep her and has told her family members to bail her out for medical treatment.

Ms. Yang Miao's father is nearly 70 years old and recuperating from a stroke as well as other disabilities, living in an extremely difficult life at home alone. Upon learning about his daughter's situation, he went to Gaoying Police Station six times to bail out Ms. Yang for medical treatment, but the police intentionally shifted its responsibility onto others. On March 2, Ms. Yang's father finally met with the station chief. The chief claimed that he dared not authorize her release since the CCP's "Two Conferences" were about to be held, and told the father to go to the Domestic Security Team of Chang'an District Police Branch for an approval stamp first.

Ms. Yang, single, was employed by the Advanced Technical School in Shijiazhuang City. Because she persisted in her belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, she suffered all kinds of tribulations: She was forced to quit her job and was arrested, beaten, put into a forced labor camp, and even brutally tortured.

In 2002, she was forced to become destitute and homeless to avoid persecution. One night, the police broke into the room she was renting, dragged her from her bed, covered her head with a black plastic bag, and forced her into a car. The air-tight plastic bag almost suffocated her. When the car arrived at an unknown place, the police dragged her out to beat her mercilessly, then hung her up by handcuffs with her feet off the ground. Ms. Yang's whole body weight pulled on the handcuffs, and they sank into her flesh. After some time, her skin broke, and blood streamed down. Her arms were nearly crippled. She could not lift her arms or exert force on them. She only recovered after a long period of doing the Falun Gong exercises.

From 2000 to 2004, she was imprisoned at a labor camp twice, once for two years, and the next time for three years. After she was taken to the labor camp, her father had to take care of himself alone.

In 2004, Ms. Yang Miao was released from the labor camp. On July 3, 2008, one month before the opening of Beijing Olympic Games, office manager Yan Chaohui and security director Gao Yong called Ms. Yang to the school. She never returned home after that. The next day, Yan Chaohui and Gao Yong again led police to Ms. Yang's home to confiscate her family's property and steal many items, including Falun Gong books and so on, even without giving a list of what they took to her family. Within a couple days, Ms. Yang's father was informed that she had been sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor.

At 3 p.m. on February 29, 2009, 58-year-old Ms. Zhao Qiuying from Beijing was taken away from her own clothing booth by four policemen from Dongsheng Police Station in Haidian District, Beijing City.

When the police arrived at the booth, they intended to take her away. Ms. Zhao did not cooperate with them, but they started an illegal search and found two brochures that explained the facts about Falun Gong. Afterwards, they dragged her into a police vehicle. At around 4 p.m., the police vehicle arrived at Ms. Zhao's home. The police searched her home and took away a Falun Gong book, two brochures, and five or six CD's.

That night, Ms. Zhao's family learned that she had been taken to Qinghe Detention Center. An officer from Dongsheng Police Station said, "In such a case, if she was not sentenced before, in fifteen days she will be transferred to Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp, where she will be detained for between 6 and 18 months."

When Ms. Zhao's family asked the reason for her detention, he replied, "She practiced the Falun Gong exercises at Wudaokou (Five-Road Intersection)."

Ms. Zhao Qiuying started to practice Falun Gong in 1996. Before practicing, her health was very poor and she suffered from many illnesses, including cervical spondylosis, lower back pain, and headaches. After practicing, she benefited both mentally and physically. After the persecution of Falun Gong began, Ms. Zhao was taken to brainwashing centers twice, and her home was searched once because she did not give up her belief.