(Clearwisdom.net) Ma Weidong, a 36-year-old male practitioner from Yilan County, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in October 1999. While being detained in Qiliqu Detention Center in Changping (a suburb of Beijing), he was force to pay 400 Yuan (Chinese Currency) for an army quilt and a set of prisoner's clothing. He was unlawfully kept in detention for a month, during which time he was subjected to various tortures such as being shocked with an electric baton, and being handcuffed diagonally behind the back with a wooden stick twisted through to increase the pressure exerted, with his hands also being pulled up very high behind him and kept that way from 9a.m. to 2.p.m. While in Beijing, policeman Zhang Yi confiscated 1,600 Yuan from him. After returning to Yilan, policeman Li Yichang extorted money from him twice, a total of 6,000 Yuan.
An Lihua, a 37-year-old female practitioner from Yilan, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was illegally detained for twenty-three days. During her detention, she was whipped with a leather belt. After returning home, local policeman Li Yichang extorted 3,000 Yuan from her.
Sun Peichen, a 42-year-old male practitioner from the Yinglan region of Yilan County, was unlawfully detained for fifteen days because he refused to cooperate with a forced brainwashing class which was held on July 25, 1999. He went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong on January 16, 2000, and was illegally detained for 100 days. On May 21, 2001, he was taken away from work by the County Police, and sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp. Before he was sent to Harbin, his family went to visit him in the detention center, but the guards refused to allow them to meet him.
Wei Fenglan, a 45-year-old female practitioner employed by Yilan Winery was unlawfully detained for eight months beginning in April 2000 for speaking the truth about Falun Gong. The Yilan Police extorted 2,000 Yuan from her. During detention, she was subjected to long interrogations, some lasting up to 12 hours. She went through hunger strike twice in the detention center, and was then sent to a forced labor camp for a two-year term. She had to be released early from the camp, as serious ulcers started to develop on her body as a result of the long-term abuse.
Tian Yulan, a 57 year-old female practitioner employed by the Yilan City Cotton Factory was unlawfully detained from November 2000 until March 18, 2001 for going to Beijing to appeal. The Public Security Bureau and the 610 Office extorted 7,000 Yuan from her. In addition, Kangyuan Police Station extorted 2,000 Yuan from her, Yilan City Authority 400 Yuan, and Yilan Second Detention Center 300 Yuan.
Li Yanjun, a 41-year-old male practitioner from Yilan City of Yilan County, was arrested in mid- February 2000 for appealing for Falun Gong in Beijing. Heilongjiang Province Police held him for one day, then Yilan City's Office in Beijing kept him for three days. Yilan Police then transported him back in handcuffs, and kept him in detention for forty days. The police tortured him with brutal beatings, pushed needles into his fingertips, and other means of torture. Late in November 2000, Li was found distributing Falun Gong information, and was brutally beaten by policemen Liu Yuhe and Gao Chen for three hours. Li's chest area hurt for over half a month from the beatings of Liu Yuhe. Li was unlawfully detained for over forty days. The individuals mainly responsible are Zhang Huanyuo and Long Deqing.
Tang Bin, a 35 year-old male practitioner from Yinglan Village, Yilan County of Heilongjiang Province, was illegally detained for one-and-a-half months for going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in January 2000. He was brutally beaten during detention. He was searched while being held in the "Provincial Office" in Beijing; all his money (amount unknown) was taken from him. The village government also extorted 2,000 Yuan from him. Then on March 1, 2000, the County Public Security extorted a further 3,000 Yuan from Tang, and the County's 610 Office extorted another 2,000 Yuan.
Yu Juan, a 39-year-old female practitioner from Yinglan Village, Yilan County, Heilongjiang, was detained for going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong on January 6, 2000. A person named Cheng from Yilan's Liason Office in Beijing extorted 230 Yuan from her. On her return, she was illegally detained for 35 days. On February 25th, the Village Authority extorted 2,000 Yuan from her, and then on February 26th, the County Police extorted 3,000 Yuan, and the County's 610 Office extorted 2,000 Yuan.
Xing Guochun, a 68-year-old male practitioner from Yinglan, Yilan County, was unlawfully detained for around forty days for going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong on January 16, 2000. At the end of January, the Village Police extorted 2,000 Yuan from him; and at the end of February, Yilan County Police extorted 3,000 Yuan, and the County 610 Office 2,000 Yuan.
Zhang Jiuhui, a 23-year-old female practitioner from Yilan, was arrested and shipped back from Beijing in October 1999. The police interrogated her; detective Li Baihe whipped her hands, face and head with a leather belt until she almost fainted. The second day after she was thrown into detention, Li Baihe and Han Yunjie interrogated her again, whipping her hands and striking her head and neck with electric batons. When the baton ran out of electricity, they used handcuffs, twisting her fingers, and pressing her hand on the table with the handcuffs, leaving permanent marks on her hand. In February 2000, she was taken into detention just for practising the Falun Gong exercises outdoors. The police whipped her and shocked her all over with electric batons. Blisters swelled under her chin, and a burning smell came from her head; red welts formed all over her neck, and legs, and her hands were swollen. They also used a teaspoon to hit her hands, scrape her ribs, and used various other means of torture until her whole body went into spasm. Her right hand remained lifeless and numb for nearly one month; her hands still bear scars, and she has frequent chest pain. Policeman Zhang Huanyuo extorted 5,000 Yuan from her in October 1999 and another 3,000 Yuan in February-March 2000. She went to Beijing to appeal on October 1, 2001, and was detained in Beijing. While she was being violently interrogated, she had muscle spasms all over her body. She was given anti-spasm medicine through a tube in her nose, which caused bloody foam to issue from her mouth. She had such bad muscle cramps through the night that she was sent back home. She then suffered from a continually bleeding nose, and was unable to breathe through her nose for nearly a month. After her release, she did not dare go home for fear of more relentless persecution. She now travels from place to place, and has no permanent residence.