[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