Latest News from China - 12/30/2001

(Clearwisdom.net)

• [Changchun, Jilin Province] Letter To Changchun Practitioners From Organizers of Changchun Falun Dafa Day
• [Jiuquan City, Gansu Province] Official Threatens to Harm a Practitioner's Child
• [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Practitioner Zhang Yuxia Is on a Hunger Strike to Protest Persecution. Her Life Is In Danger
• [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Wicked Police Persecute Practitioners More Viciously
• [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Head of Gezhuang Town Claimed: "No one needs to accept responsibility for causing death or injury to Falun Dafa practitioners"
• [Jingzhou City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Liu Changping was Illegally Sent to a Forced Labor Camp Again
• [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Changping Labor Camp Continues to Commit Wrong Doings After Their Crime Was Exposed On Internet
• [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Crimes Committed by Police from Tiananmen Square Police Station
• [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Practitioners were Illegally Held or Forced into Homelessness
• [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Practitioners Held at Jilin City Labor Camp are Tortured
• [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Five Falun Dafa Printing Sites Are Destroyed
• [Huadian City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Mao Chun Is Abused
• [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Police at Wuchang Force Practitioners into Brainwashing Classes
• á[Laiwu City, Shandong Province] A Perpetrator in Laiwu, Shandong Province

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1. [Changchun, Jilin Province] Letter To Changchun Practitioners From Organizers of Changchun Falun Dafa Day

The evil force is rampant in Changchun, so we suggest that practitioners clarify the truth "person to person and heart to heart." There are many practitioners in the Changchun area and the city's citizens have a basic understanding of the truth of Falun Dafa. New Year's Day and the Lunar Spring Festival will soon be here. We should utilize such good opportunities to clarify the truth to people; our efforts can create a high tide in clarifying the truth and leave no way for the evil to damage Dafa.

Some practitioners pay special attention to the vigorousness of outdoor activities. In fact, the effect of promoting Dafa is more important than its form. You can adjust the form according to different times and various situations. We stress touching people's hearts. We aren't attached to any outside form. The recent Changchun Falun Dafa Day promoted a high tide of "people telling people." Such activities promote Dafa and leave no way for the evil to strike back. The entire event was so easily accomplished that in the future many more practitioners could easily take part. This, in turn, would promote holistic improvement in the cultivation of the practitioners.

Changchun Falun Dafa Day was just a beginning. No matter how complicated and the harsh situations are, we need to be able to promote Dafa in a seamless and indestructible way. This requires steadfastness and maturity on the part of the practitioners.

Let us step forward together, solidly and maturely.

From practitioners who organized the Changchun Falun Dafa Day.

2. [Jiuquan City, Gansu Province] Official Threatens to Harm a Practitioner's Child

Zhang, the Jiuquan City Secretary of Politics and Law plans the persecution of local practitioners. A practitioner from the Commercial Bureau was forced into a brainwashing class because he refused to slander Falun Dafa or write a guarantee statement promising to give up Falun Gong. The practitioner is firm in Dafa. With great compassion he clarified the truth to them and unveiled the evil. The corrupt officials claim that if he doesn't give up Falun Gong they will take action with his child (an elementary student). We appeal to all kind-hearted people to pay attention to this matter.

3. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Practitioner Zhang Yuxia Is on a Hunger Strike to Protest Persecution - Her Life Is In Danger

Practitioner Zhang Yuxia, female, had been a police officer of the Second Forced Labor Camp of Gansu province. After July 20, 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal three times. She was illegally sentenced to one year in a labor camp and was jailed in Pinantai Forced Labor Camp of Lanzhou city. While in the camp, she didn't cooperate with the evil. Instead, she started a new cultivation environment. Her righteous mind and righteous actions inspired fellow practitioners and threatened the evil. She was released in May 2001. She was laid off by the company that employed her. She withstood all kinds of pressure from various aspects and unremittingly worked for Dafa. At the end of October 2001 she was kidnapped again. She went on a hunger strike to protest. In Dashapin Labor Hospital she was fed by force.

Recently she was sent back to Xiguoyuan Detention Center. She was jailed in cell 8 of team 14. Because she went on a hunger strike and was tortured for a long time, her life is in danger.

4. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Cruel Police Persecute Practitioners More Intensely

1. Practitioner Wang Lijuan, female, 40, is a teacher at Benxi Trade College. On February 20, 2001 she was illegally taken into custody. On April 25 she was arrested. On November 7, 2001, she was sentenced to 3 years in prison by the Mingshan District Court.
2. Practitioner Chen Shuwen, female, is 49. On February 26, 2001 she was illegally taken into custody. On April 25 she was arrested. On November 9, 2001, she was sentenced to 8 years in prison by Mingshan District Court.
3. Practitioner Cong Fulan, female, is 66. In March 2001 she was illegally taken into custody. On April 25 she was arrested. On August 29, 2001 Xihu District Court sentenced her to 8 years in prison.
4. Practitioner Zhou Yuyan, female, is 60. In March 2001 she was illegally taken into custody. On April 25 she was arrested. On August 29, 2001, Xihu District Court sentenced her to 6 years in prison.

To date, Cong Fulan and Zhou Yuyan's appeals have been refused without reason. Their original sentences remain.

In November 2001 local police arrested many practitioners. Over 30 practitioners were taken into custody. Practitioner Liang Shuchun was beaten brutally at the Hedong Police Station. His right thigh was extremely swollen and his body was black and blue. He couldn't walk for several days. A guard and some criminals in the detention center remarked that police are incredibly brutal. Practitioner Zhou Ping had black eyes and a swollen nose from the beatings.

People are awakening. Recently all over Benxi city, people were talking to practitioners about the persecution. An old lady was sentenced to 8 years just because she practices Falun Gong. All of her relatives, colleagues, and friends feel that the sentence is unfair. What kind of law is this when good people who practice "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" are treated worse than criminals? People are beginning to be clear-headed. The time when the "Fa Rectifies the Human World" will soon arrive.

5. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Head of Gezhuang Town Claimed: "No one needs to accept responsibility for causing death or injury to Falun Dafa practitioners."

According to a reliable source, Gezhuang Town recently held a secret meeting. At the meeting Liu Zuowen, the head of the town, presented a confidential decree: "No one needs to accept responsibility for causing death or injury to Falun Dafa practitioners."

This kind of meeting is incited by the above organization. It is very common. The evil people are at their wit's end. They show their hypocrisy and utilize many ways to persecute practitioners. They don't know that justice is an axiom in the world. They don't know that their wrong doings will be punished heavily. They presume they can do anything at will and will follow any orders.

6. [Jingzhou City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Liu Changping was Illegally Sent to a Forced Labor Camp Again

At 9:00 pm, November 14, 2001 Kong Xianwei and four other police officers of Zhongtun town police station, Taihe region, rushed into Liu Changping's home. Without following legal procedures, they searched his body and ransacked his home. With the assistance of four military police and three village officials they arrested Liu Changping and his wife Guo Yujun by force. The couple was sent to the First Detention Center of Jinzhou city. On December14 Liu was sent to Jinzhou Forced Labor Camp. He was sentenced to 3 years in a labor camp. Liu had previously spent one year in a labor camp. Because he is firm in his belief, his term was extended by half a year. Seventeen days after his release, he was arrested again. To eradicate further persecution of Liu by the evil forces, kind-hearted people, please pay attention to Liu's situation.

Responsible units and people's telephone numbers:

Taihe Police Sub-station, Jinzhou city: 86-416-5179121

Politics and Security Department of Taihe Police Sub-station, Jinzhou city: 86-416-5179530

Zhongtun Police Station of Taihe District, Jinzhou city: 86-416-4568733

Kong Xianwei, Director of Zhongtun Police Station of Taihe District, Jinzhou city: cell phone
86-13941617003

Zhang Haiping, Commissioner of Jinzhou City Labor Camp: cell phone [phone]

Jin Fuli, Vice- Director of Jinzhou City Labor Camp of: cell phone [phone]

Chen Ligang, Director of Education Department, Jinzhou City Labor Camp: cell phone
86-13008260840

Ma Yong, Captain of Team 2, Jinzhou City Labor Camp: cell phone [phone]

Fong Zibing, Instructor of Team 2, Jinzhou City Labor Camp: cell phone [phone]

Team 2 (dedicated to jailing Falun Gong practitioners), Jinzhou City Labor Camp:
86-416-4566682

Newcomers Team of Jinzhou City Labor Camp: 86-416-4566730

7. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Changping Labor Camp Continues to Commit Wrong Doings After Their Crime Was Exposed On Internet

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After Changping Labor Camp's Crimes were exposed on Clearwisdom.net website, the wicked police persecuted practitioners even more brutally. At the same time, they blocked the news tightly and prohibited visits from practitioners' families. They wrongly assume they can conceal the facts about their extremely cruel persecution in this way.

8. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Crimes Committed by Police from Tiananmen Square Police Station

Yuan Guifeng (female), of Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa on December 15, 2001. Police from the Tiananmen Square Police Station arrested her and brutally beat her. They stripped off her clothes and forced her to stand outside naked in the freezing cold. To force her to promise not to practice Falun Gong, she was also hung about two meters above the ground with her hands cuffed behind her back. Subjected to other kinds of torture such as being choked, Yuan refused to cooperate. She has since been transferred to her local police station. She is unable to move or speak as a result of the abuse and is being treated at cell 9 of section 4, Daqing Fourth Hospital. We are warning the police at Tiananmen Square: stop persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners or you will receive retribution.

Lu Zhenrong (gender unknown), also of Daqing City, living at Ranghu Road, Xiwang District, went to Beijing to rectify the Fa. Therefore, he/she was taken into custody at Daqing Detention Center, where he/she went on a hunger strike for one month before he/she was transferred to Daqing Shaqu Asylum. Lu was not admitted because of his/her poor physical condition and was then transferred to Rangqu Detention Center for 15 days before he/she was released. After being at home for 3 days, Yiyuan Police sent him/her to Shaqu Asylum without telling him/her why.

9. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Practitioners were Illegally Held or Forced into Homelessness

Six policemen from Huajie Police Station, Longtan District, Jilin City arrested three practitioners in the home of practitioner Pu Shuhua (female) on October 26, 2001. Ten Falun Dafa books and other Dafa materials were taken away, along with over 2000 Yuan in cash, 2 gold necklaces, 1 gold bracelet and a gold ring. Altogether these items are worth 7000 Yuan. Practitioners were also body searched. The police even took away the keys to people's homes.

Three were sent to Jilin First and Third Detention Centers. Pu Shuzhen (female) was released after a month. The police refused to give her the key to her home, so she had nowhere to go. Thus, she was forced to become homeless. In the meantime, Pu Shuhua and Tian Xuelin (female) were sent to Changchun Heizuizi Labor Camp where they are still being held.

Pu Shuzhen, a 63-year-old female, started practicing Falun Dafa in 1995. Tian Xuelin, a 53-year-old female, started in 1999. They are both from Datong City, Shanxi Province. Since July 20, 1999, they have been subjected to harassment by their employers, local neighbourhood committees and the Retired Workers' offices who have pressured them to stop practicing Falun Gong. Even their adult children were harassed in their homes and workplaces.

On February 7, 2001, after the "Tiananmen Square Self-immolation Incident," a meeting was called for some retired workers from the company and a dozen Falun Dafa practitioners in the company. At the meeting, practitioners were asked to take a stand while the non-practitioners defamed Falun Dafa. Pu Shuhua spoke at the meeting. She said that none of the people shown on TV were practitioners. As our Master said in Chapter 7 of Zhuan Falun in "The Issue of Killing," "For practitioners, we have set the strict requirement that they cannot kill lives." What Pu Shuhua said was videotaped and broadcast in the evening news but with no soundtrack. Ever since then, they stepped up their efforts to persecute her. On March 20, the public security section head came to Pu's home, escorted her to his office, and asked her to tell him how she distributed truth-clarifying materials. He threatened that if Pu did not cooperate, he would call 110 [China's equivalent to North America's "911"] to have her arrested. He also tried to force her to write a guarantee statement that she would give up Falun Gong. Pu refused to cooperate. With the assistance of a friend, she was able to walk out of his office. She left home on March 21 to escape further harassment and lived on the street for about 10 days.

In early April, she returned home. As her phone had been tapped, the company soon knew that she was at home. On April 4, 11 p.m., four policemen from Datong City Police Station knocked at her door. One of them held a piece of paper in his hand, which looked like an arrest warrant. She did not open the door for them. On April 5^th at 2 p.m. the same four policemen came to her home again. Again she refused to open the door for them. That night, Pu decided to once again move out of her home to avoid arrest.

Her company kept harassing her husband and children in order to learn her whereabouts. Her husband was pressured to divorce her. He filed for a divorce at the local courthouse. In August, Pu mailed the required document to him. She dares not risk contact with her family now because the phone is tapped. Her pension has been suspended, so other practitioners support her financially.

Tian Xuelin was in a similar situation as Pu Shuhua. The city's police have issued an arrest warrant for her. She has been forced into homelessness since August. She is now held at Changchun Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp.

10. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Practitioners Held at Jilin City Labor Camp are Tortured

On July 2, 2001, the guards at No 2 locus of Team 1, Jilin City Labor Camp made up a marching song in which the first line defamed our Teacher. Over a dozen practitioners refused to sing. Guards ordered inmates to body search the practitioners and didn't allow them to put on belts or shoelaces. Inmates Chen Wei and Cun Bo thought that practitioner Deng Changhua was a leader and decided to beat him up. After Deng fell to the floor, he was kicked and beaten more. In the afternoon, practitioners Dong Jiarui and Cui Guiquan were taken to the office to be kicked, punched and shocked with electric batons. The other four practitioners were forced to sit on top of each other, not allowed to move or to speak. Their sleep time was also reduced. If they did not comply, the inmates would beat them. But the inmates still find excuses to swear at or beat the practitioners.

A few days later, practitioner Jiang Yaojun was taken to the office and brutally beaten. A few days after that, as Deng Changhua still refused to sing the song, (they were forced to sing the song every day before rolls were called around 8:10 a.m.), inmate Zhang Zhuo, a boxer, punched him repeatedly in the chest and stomach. The beatings continued for a few days. Deng's chest was so swollen that he could hardly sleep at night. The inmates used all means to torture the practitioners: they did not allow the practitioners to wash their faces, brush their teeth, go to the washroom or change their clothes. Insects were put into their ears. At night, boards were taken from their beds so there was only a one meter wide board for three practitioners to sleep on. Weighted blankets were also put on them to hold them down.

One day, Captain Chen Haijun shackled Deng's hands behind his back while Zhang asked Deng to sing. When Deng refused, Zhang forced Deng to kneel down, but again Deng refused to cooperate. Zhang Zhuo was so angry that he took Deng's head and slammed it against the wall. Deng fell to the ground when Zhang released him. His head was bleeding in several places. Later, the Captain accused Deng of trying to commit suicide and hitting himself on the wall, that it had nothing to do with the guards. In spite of Deng's condition, he was forced to sit on a bench for extremely long periods of time. Deng and Jiang Wei were forced to sit on a bench for over a month.

11. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Five Falun Dafa Printing Sites Are Destroyed

Recently, as New Year's Day and Chinese New Year were approaching, the police found five Falun Dafa materials production sites in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. With 11 practitioners arrested, 3 were able to escape as they were being shackled. We are asking fellow practitioners to strengthen righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil and to pay special attention to safety.

12. [Huadian City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Mao Chun Is Abused

Mao Chun, a 38-year-old male from Huadian City, Jilin Province, was taken into custody from his home in January 2001. He has been held at a detention center ever since. On December 15, 2001, Mao Chun started a hunger strike that lasted for over 30 days.

The detention center and local police tried to block the information about Mao Chun's hunger strike. About 10 days later, Mao Chun's family heard about it and insisted on his release. However, local authorities found excuses to postpone releasing him. On December 15, they secretly held a court session inside the detention center and no outsiders were allowed to attend. Looking extremely weak with obvious weight loss, Mao Chun was carried into the "court room" by two people as he was sitting on a chair. Mao Chun, with his weak voice, said that he would continue to practice Falun Dafa and that practicing Falun Dafa is not a crime. He demanded to be released immediately and unconditionally.

The head of the local 610 Office [an agency specially created to persecute Falun Gong with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems] Zhou Jian claimed, "No one will be responsible for his death." While Mao Chun's family was demanding his release, local authorities including Public Security Bureau Chief Wang and Gu remained unaffected by Mao Chun's condition.

13. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Police at Wuchang Force Practitioners into Brainwashing Classes

On December 28, 2001, Shuiguohu First Police Station, Wuchang District, Wuhan city, arrested many practitioners to put them into brainwashing classes. There were 3 policemen for each practitioner, and using so-called search warrants, they ransacked the practitioners' homes.

Shuiguohu First Police Station telephone: [phone]

14. [Laiwu City, Shandong Province] A Perpetrator in Laiwu, Shandong Province

Zhang Beizeng: head of Zhangjiawa Township Police Station, Laiwu, Shandong Province, is notorious for his swearing. He forces family members of Falun Dafa practitioners to swear at practitioners and makes the practitioner's spouses threaten to divorce them. He also taps practitioners' phones, harasses them, and tricks practitioners into attending brainwashing classes. In his jurisdiction, 6 practitioners have been sent to forced labor camps; many have been illegally held and detained. Recently, people that practice Falun Gong at home were also harassed.

Phone number of Zhangjiawa Police Station: 86-634-6811201

Phone number of Zhangjiawa Town Mayor: 86-634-6682518