The police assumed Ms. Liu Xiufang and her husband had installed a small loudspeaker to clarify the truth about Falun Gong, so they arrested and tortured the family, and then even extorted money from the landlord.
Ms. Liu Xiufang and Her Family Illegally Arrested and Beaten for "Utilizing Loudspeaker"
Since February 2009, in order to catch those who had utilized small loudspeakers to clarify the truth about Falun Gong, the Police Department of Heilongjiang Province has ordered the police and the National Security agents in Jiamusi City to run a campaign against Falun Gong on a large scale. As a result, about twenty Falun Gong practitioners have been illegally arrested and their houses ransacked.
On February 13, 2009, just as practitioner Ms. Liu Xiufang was leaving her home to go shopping, a plainclothes police officer came up to her and pushed her back into the house, pinning her against the wall. Later, the police also arrested Ms. Liu's husband and took him to Jiamusi City Police Department
One policeman claimed that he had heard Ms. Liu's husband announce that they had mounted a small speaker onto a grid west of their house. The police interrogated him, trying to force him to admit to doing this. When he denied the charge, they began to brutally beat him. After a long time, he couldn't endure it anymore and admitted to it. However, the police didn't stop their torture, demanding to know whether he was a Falun Gong practitioner or not. When he gave a negative answer, the police ordered him to insult the founder of Falun Gong. Because he refused, the police beat him again. Finally, he had to say a few bad words to keep from further beatings. The police held him in the detention center for three days and then released him.
On the day that Ms. Liu Xiufang and her husband were arrested, their son happened to return home to visit them. The policemen also arrested and detained him at Songling Police Station. He was forced to sit on an iron chair for two days before he was released. A visiting neighbor was also illegally detained at Songling Police Station and interrogated for several hours before he was released.
The police also ransacked their home on the day of their arrest and confiscated their bank cards and 900 yuan in cash. When Ms. Liu's son was released, he went to Qianjin Police Station to get his parents' money back, but the police wouldn't return it to him at first. They finally relented after many attempts. Since Ms. Liu rented an apartment, the police also extorted 500 yuan in cash from the landlord.
The CCP's methods used in persecuting Falun Gong were evident in the case of Ms. Liu Xiufang and her family. Her husband, son, neighbors, and landlord were all implicated. The objective of implication is to turn people against Falun Gong and make it so that practitioners have no place to go, thereby forcing them to give up their belief.
The family of Ms. Liu Xiufang is well respected by their neighbors and in their community. Since the persecution started, her family has suffered tremendously. They have been harassed, illegally arrested and detained, sent to forced labor camps, had a lot of money extorted from them, and had their house illegally searched and ransacked.
Currently, Ms. Liu is being held in Jiamusi City Detention Center. The administration of the detention center restricts all information about her, and her family is not allowed to visit her.