Latest News from China - 04/16/2001

[Weifang City, Shandong Province] Chen Zixiou's Daughter was Put in Jail Before the International Kite Festival Zhang Xueling, the daughter of Chen Zixiou, who had been beaten and tortured to death in police custody, was illegally arrested by Weifang City police on April 6, 2001 while at a friend's house. Without any legal procedure, she was sent to the detention center in the Weicheng District, Weifang City. According to people who witnessed the incident, because Weifang City is hosting the International Kite Festival, those responsible for Chen Zixiou's death were very afraid of being in the international spotlight again, so they detained her daughter in order to prevent people from finding out the truth. [Beijing] Kang Zhuang, A Doctor at the Chaoyang District Hospital in Beijing has been Missing for Nearly Two Months Kang Zhuang, a doctor at Beijing's Chaoyang District Hospital, disappeared on his way home on the evening of February 23, 2001 after refusing to attend the "transformation class" [a class given by the Chinese government to "reform" Falun Gong practitioners to give up practicing] hosted by his workplace. Since then, he has been missing for about 2 months. Dr. Zhuang is married and has a 5-month old baby, but his family hasn't heard any information about him and his wife is very worried. Kind-hearted people, please give them your concern. [China] A Six Year Old Child Asks a Very Good Question I have been taking care of my grandson ever since he began to acknowledge things. I've told him all about Falun Gong and how it teaches us how to become better people. When he was only 2 years old, he enjoyed listening to me read the books of Falun Gong very much. In Essentials For Further Advancement, "Dissolving Into The Fa", Teacher Li says, "A person is like a container: he is whatever he contains." One day, his friend from kindergarten came to visit our home. There was a dialogue between them in which his friend said, "My grandmother is very nice to my mother and always saves delicious food for her. My mother is not good at all, as she always scolds my grandmother and never shares good food with her." My grandson then said, "Your mother is not a good person. Let her learn Falun Gong!" A child of only 6 years old could see that Falun Gong teaches people to be good people. I was so happy when I heard this. I was reminded of Teacher's saying: "Falun Gong is a land of purity." However, there have been scandalous programs defaming Falun Gong on TV everyday. My grandson asked, "Falun Gong teaches people to be good, so why does Jiang Zemin forbid people to practice it?" For this sincere question raised by a child only 6 years old, I had no answer, except for a broken heart. [Heilongjiang Province] Administration Bureau of Jiansanjiang Farm Forces Travelers to Condemn Falun Gong Since the Chinese Spring Festival, the Administration Bureau of Jiansanjiang Farm has been maintaining inspection stops at all exits of the town and forcing everyone who tries to leave town (whether walking or driving) to defame Falun Gong and to scold Teacher Li. Those who refuse will be arrested immediately. This has greatly upset the local residents. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioners Zhao Shuqiu and Liu Li were Arrested While Spreading Falun Gong Materials Zhao Shuqiou and Liu Li, practitioners from Jiamusi City, were arrested while spreading Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. Liu Li was released under her school's promise to the police (to accept the police's requirements). She was then fired from her teaching position and now has to work at a grocery store in the school. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Persecutions in Lanzhou: Wei Langui, a Teacher of Taoyuan Middle School of Xigu District, Lanzhou City, was Illegally Sent to a Labor Camp Wei Langui, a senior teacher of the Taoyuan Middle School of Xigu District, Lanzhou City, was illegally sent to a labor camp because she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and clarify the truth to people. To avoid trouble for themselves, the Party Committee at the School, the Political and Legal Committee of Xigu District, and the Education Bureau of the District tried several times to send her away to a labor camp, but failed. Recently, in the so-called "Help and Education Class" [a class given by the Chinese government to persuade Falun Gong practitioners to give up practicing] held by Xigu District, Wei Langui still firmly cultivated Falun Gong with an unaffected heart and mind and refused to be persuaded. The three organizations then worked together and sent her to the labor camp declaring, "We will take the responsibility if she dies." The Public Security Unit of the Lanzhou Chemical Industry Company has recently sent four Falun Gong practitioners to labor camps. One practitioner was forced to leave home and no one knows where he is now. Many were harassed and pressured, especially the family of Bai Jinyu, a retired worker. All five members of his family practice Falun Gong. Bai Jinyu (female) was brutally tortured by the police of the detention center in Yongjing County, Gansu Province and her life was in danger. However, the Public Security Unit sent her to the labor camp. Her husband, Zhao Baoting has also been detained and tortured for 3 months since he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. His mind is not in a right state [because of the torture] and he is now being watched at home. Their son, Zhao Xudong, was sentenced to 2 years detention in a labor camp. Their daughter-in-law, Li Hongping, knowing that she would also be sent to a labor camp, was forced to leave her four-year old daughter with relatives and go into hiding. A good family has thus been totally torn apart. Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Yuzhong (male) received a phone call and was asked to go to the unemployed worker's center for something. This was just an evil trick the authorities used to get him out of his home. They proceeded to force him into a labor camp for a term of one year. Another Falun Gong practitioner, Zhang Jinmei (female), was dismissed by the Public Security Bureau of higher authority because her case was found too minor to send her to a labor camp. But the Public Security Unit of the Company still used many illegal methods to apply to higher authorities so they could sentence her to 1 year of forced labor. Related Phone Numbers: Shi Qinglin, Chair of the Party Committee of Lanzhou Chemical Industry Company, 86-931-7984555 Li Mingxiao, Head of the Public Security Unit of Lanzhou Chemical Industry Company, 86-931-7982268 Wang Dingxin, Member of the Political and Legal Committee of Lanzhou Chemical Industry Company, 86-931-7984333 Zhen Peiran, Staff of the Political and Security Office of Lanzhou Chemical Industry Company, 86-931-7982120 [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Practitioners Detained in Beijing were Sent to Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province At the end of March 2001, practitioners who were illegally detained in Beijing were sent to the Baiquan Labor Camp in Liaoyuan City. Among them were lecturers and professors. One of the practitioners was said to have been the bodyguard of Marshal Ye. [Ye Jianying, was one of ten marshals of the army and one of the founders of People's Republic of China.] All the practitioners had been tortured and had bruises all over their bodies. The policemen here brutally torture Dafa practitioners. The police had the audacity to claim that those practitioners who were beaten to death would be reported as 'suicide.' We hope that the international human rights organizations and kind-hearted people everywhere will pay attention to this matter and rescue the illegally imprisoned practitioners. [Daxing County, Beijing] "Transformation Base" of the Tiantanghe Labor Camp in Daxing County had a Facelift Personnel from the Tiantanghe Labor Camp in Daxing County transferred the common criminals in No.1 subgroup to Northeast China and Tuanhe Detention Center. The authorities spent several hundred thousand Yuan [app. 8 Yuan= 1US Dollar] to upgrade and modernize the base for the purpose of "transforming" practitioners who have held department head positions or higher in the government's employ. They renamed the camp "Beijing Legal System Training Center." This three-floor building has approximately 70 rooms. Each room contains two expensive beds [with good quality], one for the practitioner and the other one for the family member who accompanies the practitioner. The room was equipped with television, air conditioner, and telephone. [Such equipment can only be seen in luxury hotels in China] The walls were covered with soft material. The re-named base also has a guesthouse and chefs. The daily food budget is 60 Yuan per "inmate." [10-20 Yuan is common expense for daily meals in China] Policemen were in plain clothes and trained by hotels to be the staff. Now, the staff are all working overtime. We have heard that about 40 people would soon arrive there. Practitioners with high-ranking official positions, please be on the alert! In addition, the Tiantanghe Farm was expanding the Beijing Female Jail and another labor camp, based on the former, affiliated five jails, and labor camps. The guards there were getting rich. At the end of last year, the Department of Forced Labor paid out several hundred thousand Yuan to reward these law violators. Some of them were rewarded with 20,000 Yuan [in average, about 40 month's salary in China] and a three-bedroom apartment. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] The Details of Dafa Practitioners being Persecuted in Qinhuangdao City. In July 1999, practitioner Wu Xingjun (male) was arrested from his work unit and detained. In the middle of August he escaped and traveled to many places, clarifying the truth about Falun Dafa. On September 20, he was caught on his way to Beijing and escorted back. He was beaten up mercilessly with all kinds of torture instruments, many times to the point of unconsciousness. But he still firmly cultivated in Dafa. Later he was sentenced to imprisonment. Presently, we only know that he is in jail, but the details of his whereabouts are unclear. His son, therefore, was discharged from work due to Wu Xingjun's practicing Falun Gong. All family members and friends who were involved were implicated. Practitioner Gao Aijing is Wu Xingjun's wife. Police suspected that she was the person who encouraged some practitioners to go to appeal in Beijing in 2000. She was forcibly taken to the police office from her home and was publicly paraded through the streets 4 times [a way to humiliate somebody in China, typically used in the Great Cultural Revolution]. She was sentenced to 3 years of forced labor in Tangshan City, due to practicing Falun Gong. They have an underaged child in school. No one is looking after their child now. Practitioner Yang Jiulan (female) is a 59 year-old practitioner. She went to appeal in Beijing. When she just got to Tiananmen Square, even though she said nothing and did nothing, she was forced into a police vehicle and sent back to a local detention center where she was imprisoned for 37 days and forced to write the "guarantee statement." [a statement that guarantees that she would never again practice Falun Dafa; have no contact with practitioners; never again go to Beijing to appeal/translator] She had to hand over a so-called "deposit" of 1,000 Yuan and a "transportation fee" of 300 Yuan, and "living expenses" of 150 Yuan. At that time, the police said the deposit would be refunded 1 year later. But now it is 1 year and 3 months later already, and not even one Yuan has been returned. Practitioner Yang Anbei (male), went to appeal in Beijing three times, was illegally detained three times, and illegally fined 3,000 Yuan. Now he has been sentenced to one year of forced labor. Practitioner Zhang Guixia (female) is 44 year-old. She was detained 29 days and also discharged from work for practicing Falun Dafa. She was beaten with great force. The beating was so severe that she had bruises all over her face and became unconsciousness. Many times she fell on the ground. She was then permanently handcuffed. Her home was seized and she was forced to move out. Zheng Xiangqian was sentenced to 4 years in jail for practicing Falun Dafa. Practitioners who have been sentenced to 3 years of forced labor: Yang Xiaoyong, Deng Wenyang, Zheng Zhicheng, Zheng Xiangyang, Ding Jianhua, Ma Tieping, Liu Changfu, Zuo Hongtao, Deng Chunping, Liu Lihua, Gao Shufeng, Wang Xiuzhi. Practitioners who have been sentenced to 2 years of forced labor: Zhao Huanzhen, Zhang Tiechun, Sun Wuhuan, Ji Shuxian, Guan Jianrong. Practitioner Yang Anfeng has been sentenced to 1 year of forced labor. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Please Pay Attention to the Situation of Practitioners Qu Xianrong and Wang Hongmei. In February 2001, practitioners Qu Xianrong and Wang Hongmei were detained at the Dalian City Railway Station when they went to Beijing to appeal. Now their whereabouts are unknown. Kind-hearted people, please pay attention to their situation. [China] Police Cheated Dafa Practitioner's Family Member of 1,000 Yuan Before the Spring Festival 2001, [Lunar New Year, January 24, 2001] one practitioner who had just graduated from college went to Beijing to validate Dafa. At Tiananmen Square, she unfurled a banner reading, "Falun Dafa is Good" and chanted loudly "Falun Dafa is Good," "Restore the Reputation of our Teacher," and "Restore the Good Name of Falun Dafa.." She was forcibly dragged and beaten into a police vehicle and sent to the Tiananmen Police Station. The police interrogated her. With threats and persuasion, they attempted to find out her name and address. At that time, the young practitioner was moved to compassion that the policemen were tired after they had interrogated her for a day and a night. She relented and told them her name and address. But when she saw the policemen's demeanor reverse immediately and become fierce and mean, she regretted her decision very much. Beijing police informed her hometown police station to pick up her. A policeman named Wang from the local police station extorted 1,000 Yuan from her. She refused to write the "guarantee statement;" instead, she spread Dafa and clarified the truth to the police. Subsequently, the police sent her to forced labor. [Linshui County, Sichuan Province] Details about the Situation of Dafa Practitioners Under Persecution in Linshui County

1. Chen Yumei (female), a teacher from Liutang Center School, whose race is Han, had always been highly praised by her school. She began cultivation of Falun Dafa in 1996. In November 2000 she was arrested for teaching students to practice Falun Gong, to be a good person, and for distributing Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials. Furthermore, because she refused to write the "guarantee" statement, the authorities illegally arrested and sentenced her to 5 years in prison. [A "guarantee" statement, imposed by the government, declares that a person will no longer practice Falun Dafa, no longer associate with any Dafa practitioner and never again go to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Dafa].
2. Tang Sulan (female) is 63-years-old.. In December 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal. She was arrested and sent back to Linshui County where she was illegally detained for 90 days. On January 28, 2000, something quite humiliating happened to her. The guards had tied her up, paraded her through the streets and loudly declared in public the reasons for her arrest. In July 2000, for posting Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials, she was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment. The court originally had sentenced her to 3 years in prison, but later publicly and arbitrarily changed and extended the sentence to 4 years.
3. Ge Decai (male) is an employee of the Electric Factory of Linshui County. Between October and December of 1999, he went to Beijing twice to appeal for Falun Dafa. He was arrested and sent back and detained for 15 days and 80 days, respectively. During detention, the vicious policeman Li Jiliang beat Ge Decai so brutally and severely that he fainted several times. Li Jiliang also abetted some criminal prisoners to torture him over a long period of time. In June 2000, Ge Decai went again to appeal and was illegally detained for 45 days after being sent back. During midnight of November 2, 2000, the local police took him away from home by force and told him that he was sentenced to 1.5 years in a labor camp.
4. Dong Ming (male) is also an employee of the Han race of the Ironware Company of Linshui County. Between October and December of 1999, he went to Beijing twice to appeal for Falun Dafa. He was detained for 15 days and 90 days, respectively, after being sent back. In June 2000, he went again to appeal. After being sent back, he was illegally detained for 45 days. During detention, the police enticed some criminal prisoners to beat him severely and torture him over a long period of time. Around midnight of November 2, 2000, the local police illegally took him away from home by force and told him that he was sentenced to 1.5 years in a labor camp.
5. Mei Lunxian (male) worked at the Agricultural Bank of Guang'an City. He also was sentenced to 3 years in a labor camp because he had gone to Beijing four times between September and November of 1999, appealing for Falun Dafa.
6. Wang Xianhui (male), is an employee of the Culture & Education Bureau of Linshui County. In December of 1999, he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. After returning home, the vicious policeman Li Jiliang and some other police slapped him on his face at his work unit in front of his colleagues. Wang Xianhui was detained for 75 days. During detention, the policemen ordered some criminal prisoners to beat him severely and torture him over a long period of time. In February 2000, for fear he would go to Beijing again, the local police took him forcibly from home at midnight and illegally detained him for 30 days. The police again enlisted the aid of criminal prisoners to beat him severely until he fainted. In November 2000, the local police again took him away from home forcibly at midnight and illegally imprisoned him. He is imprisoned and held up to the present.
7. Cao Zhirong (male), 71-year-old, is a retired employee of the Cotton & Linen Company of Linshui County. On July 10, 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa, and was detained 15 days after being sent back. On March 23, 2001, he was arrested again while he was distributing Falun Dafa truth materials in Changshou County of Chongqing City. He fainted when the local police beat him severely to make him reveal other Dafa practitioners' whereabouts. It is not known where he is imprisoned now.
8. Wang Yizhen (female), Bao Chunlan (female), Wang Qizhen (female), Liu Fenglin (male), Bao Zhongyu (male), are presently being held in custody for distributing truth materials in November 2001.
9. Luo Shixiu (female) is a descendant of the Han race. In October 1999, she was intercepted on her way to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa and was subsequently detained 15 days. In December of 1999, she again went to Beijing to appeal and was severely beaten by policemen at Tiananmen Square. For a long time, the vicious beating caused her loss of normal hearing. When she was sent back, she was whipped with a leather belt by vicious police thugs Huang Mingde and Lin Jinghui (female) in the Linshui Detention Center, for insisting on practicing the Falun Dafa exercises. Her whole body was swollen and she was handcuffed for 4 days and detained 75 days. On January 28, 2000, while being tied up, she was publicly paraded through the streets. In July 2000, she was arrested for distributing Dafa truth-clarifying materials. During detention, four vicious policemen, Li Jiliang, Wang Xiangao, and two others whose names we don't know, tortured her cruelly. They grabbed her hair and knocked her head against the wall; they handcuffed her and then pried them open with an iron bar. The poor circulation even now makes her thumbs feel numb. She sustained injuries all over her body and fainted several times during detention. They would forcibly awaken her with salty water. After she had regained consciousness, they continued to torture her. The inhumane acts and tortures lasted nine hours. She was detained 30 days.
10. Haibo (pseudonym) (male), 28-year-old. Since October 2000, he has been on the move between Chengdu City and Chongqing City for distributing truth materials. On April 13, 2001, he was arrested by the local police while distributing Falun Dafa materials in Chongqing City and was severely beaten by five or six policemen. Whether he is still alive or not is not known.

Below are the names of some practitioners who were forced to leave their homes:

1. In December of 1999, Liu Guihua (female), 40-year-old, was intercepted by police from Linshui County when she was buying a train ticket and was detained 90 days. She was handcuffed 18 days for insisting on practicing the exercises and was unable to take care of herself. In June 2000, she was arrested in Beijing and was held for 30 days. In October 2000, she was listed as "wanted" by local police for distributing Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials and was forced to leave home, become a homeless person and wander about to the present.
2. Liu Menglan (female), 33-year-old. On December 18, 1999, the police took her forcibly right from the street to the police station. Her house was illegally broken into and ransacked by local National Security personnel. The next day she was sent to a detention center and was put in handcuffs 13 days, for insisting to practice the Falun Dafa exercises. She was therefore unable to take care of herself. On January 28, 2000, together with seven other Falun Dafa practitioners, she was paraded through the streets and police publicly revealed the reasons for their arrest. She was not released until March 20, 2000. In October 2000, she was listed as "wanted" by the local police for distributing Dafa truth-clarifying materials and was forced to leave home, become a homeless person, and wander about to the present.
3. You Kaiqiong (female), 33-year-old, went to Beijing to appeal in July 2000 and was detained for 15 days after being sent back. In November 2000, she was listed as "wanted" by the local police for distributing Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials and was forced to leave home, become a homeless person, and wander about to the present.
4. Cao Ping (male), went to Beijing to appeal in July 2000 and was detained for 15 days after being sent back. In November 2000, he was listed as "wanted" by the local police for distributing Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials and was forced to leave home and wander about to the present.
5. Cao Xueqin (female) went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in June 2000 and was detained 30 days after being brought back. In November 2000, she was forced to leave home, become a homeless person, and wander about to the present.
6. Zhang Ji'an (male). In October 2000, he was listed as "wanted" by the local police for distributing Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials and was forced to leave home, become a homeless person and wander about to the present.
7. Cao Jiguang (male). In October 2000, he was listed as "wanted" by the local police for distributing Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials and was forced to leave home, become a homeless person and wander about to the present.