(Clearwisdom.net) Since July 20, 1999, officials from Pingquan County's "610 Office"* have openly violated China's Constitution, the law and human rights. This office targets all Falun Gong practitioners for persecution and abuse. Under orders from the "610 Office," county police disregard the law and violently abuse kind-hearted people. Their means of persecution include physical assault, detention, house arrest, home searches, and forcing practitioners to hand over Dafa books and Dafa materials for destruction. They also open and seize Dafa practitioners' personal mail, tap phone lines, and impose fines on practitioners. Furthermore, these people remove practitioners from their jobs, and take away people's freedom. They spy on practitioners on a regular basis and employ kidnapping, brainwashing and detention. Some practitioners are sent to mental hospitals. Others are deprived of sleep, hit with punches and kicks, and shocked with electric batons.

Based on what we in Pingquan County know, at least two practitioners were sentenced to four years in prison; 26 were sent to forced labor camps for one to three years; 15 practitioners were placed under house arrest from 4 to 24 days; 67 were illegally detained from 7 to 225 days; ten practitioners' homes were ransacked; more than 10 practitioners were forced to pay fines from 1,000 Yuan to 10,000 Yuan [500 Yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China.]; more than 30 were forced to attend brainwashing classes; two practitioners were forced to leave their homes to avoid illegal arrest.

Mr. Liu Wenji, 48, a farmer from Bajiacun Village in Shatuozi Township: For joining group Fa-study and distributing Dafa materials, Mr. Liu was imprisoned twice for a total of 170 days. He is now serving a 4-year sentence in the Fourth Prison in Shijiazhuang.

Mr. Wang Shuwen, 48, a farmer from Dudai Yingzi Village in Qijiadai Township did Falun Gong exercises at home. He also went to Beijing to appeal on December 20, 2000. In addition, he printed and distributed Dafa materials. He was illegally detained three times for a total of 225 days. Police raided his house twice and confiscated his personal belongings. His wife was also sentenced to two years of forced labor. Their 18-year-old son was left home alone. Now Mr. Wang is serving four-year sentence.

Ms. Li Ruiyun, 56, middle school education, a peasant from Bajiacun Village of Shatuozi Township. On December 21, 2000, Ms. Li went to Beijing to appeal. She was arrested and detained for 48 days. She was later sentenced to one-year of forced labor.

Ms. Liu Yulan, 49 years old, middle school education, a peasant from Dudaiyingzi Village of Qijiadai Township. On December 12, 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal. She distributed Dafa materials on her way there. She was detained for 70 days and later sentenced to two years of forced labor.

Ms. Liu Fenglan, 42 years old, a peasant from Xiba Village, Pingquan Township. On June 16, 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. The police suspected that she owned a printing machine and detained her for over 100 days. Her house was searched, and personal property taken by the police. Police kicked and punched her and also electrically shocked her. She was sent to a forced labor camp for two years.

Ms. Wu Jingyu, a 24-year-old nurse. On April 25, 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal. She was arrested and sent to the County Detention Center. Now she is serving a two-year term in a forced labor camp.

Ms. Ji Xiumei, a 35-year-old farmer from Wazidian Village, Xiao Shatuozi Township. On April 25, 2000 she went to Beijing to appeal. She was arrested and sent back to the Pingquan County Detention Center and held for 48 days. Later she was sentenced to one year of forced labor.

Ms. Chen Huichun, a 42-year-old farmer from Hou Shangou Village, Pingquan Township. April 25, 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal. She was arrested and sent back to Pingquan County Detention Center and held for 48 days. She was sentenced to two years of forced labor.

Ms. Guo Xiuqing, 51 years old farmer of Shangtaizi Village, Pingquan Township. On June 16, 2000 she went to Beijing to appeal. On the 17^th, police arrested her, locked her in the car's trunk and drove her back to Pingquan County, a distance of 500 Li, about 160 miles. Police slapped, punched and kicked her. They also grabbed her hair and hit her head against the wall. During her hunger strike, police also force-fed her. Twice she was detained for total of four months. At the end of August 2001 she was forced into a brainwashing class. When that failed, the police sentenced her to three years of forced labor. She is now in the Hebei Gaoyang Labor Camp.

Ms. Wang Wenzhen, 57 years old, resident of Cuihua Street, Pingquan Township. On June 16, 2000 she went to Beijing to appeal, but was arrested and sent back. The police punched and kicked her. They also illegally imprisoned her for more than a month and forced her to pay a fine of 3,000 Yuan. At the end of August, 2001 she was forced to attend a brainwashing class. Because she refused to cooperate, she was again detained for one month. Later she was sentenced to three years of forced labor and is now in the Hebei Gaoyang Labor Camp.

Ms. Yu Lijun, 41, farmer from Shuangqiao Village, Pingquan County. On July 21, 1999 she was placed under house arrest for five days. Because she distributed Dafa materials and remained faithful to Dafa, police illegally locked her up twice in the Pingquan County Detention Center for a total of 120 days. At the end of August, 2001 she was forced into a brainwashing class. She was later sentenced to three years of forced labor and is now detained at the Hebei Gaoyang Labor Camp.

Ms. Liu Xiaowen, 37 years old, farmer from Bali Village, Shatuozi Township: On December 12, 2000, after she was brought back from Beijing where she went to appeal for Dafa, she was tortured with kicks, punches and brutally force-fed. She was detained at Pingquan County Detention Center, and was later sentenced to two years of forced labor.

Mr. Lu Jianting, 63 years old, worker living in Xiangyang Street, Pingquan Township: He was put under house arrest three times for a total of 24 days. He was forced to report regularly to the police and restricted from traveling for 200 days.

Ms. Ji Xiumei, 35, a farmer from Wazidian Village, Shatuozi Township: On April 25, 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal but was arrested and brought back. She was imprisoned at Pingquan County Detention Center for 48 days, and was later sentenced to one year of forced labor.

Ms. Ao Jiuzhi, 55, a teacher from Huangtu Liangzi Middle School in Pingquan County. In 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa, but was arrested and brought back. She was detained at Pingquan County Detention Center for 15 days and was later sentenced to two years of forced labor.

Ms. Liu Ruizhi, 42, a farmer from Zidian Village, Shatuozi Township: On New Year's Day in 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa, but was sent to Pingquan County Detention Center for four days. Later, she was sent to the Wazidian Mental Hospital where she was brutally tortured for 20 days. Afterwards, she was illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor.

Ms. Bao Ruifen, 40, a farmer from Guanyao Village, Yanghuling Township: Because she distributed truth-clarifying materials and Teacher's lectures, she was twice detained in a County Detention Center for a total of 210 days. She was later illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor.

Mr. Wang Jinquan, 30 years old, farmer from Dudaiyingzi Village, Qijiadai Township: On June 16, 2000 Mr. Wang went to Beijing's Tiananmen Square where he displayed a banner reading, "Falun Dafa is good." Police arrested him and sent him back to Pingquan. The police officers tortured him so severely that he could not even stand. After a 90-day detention and a 5,000 Yuan fine he was sentenced to three years of forced labor.

Ms. Bao Lanying, 63-year-old farmer from Shatuozi Township. On June 16, 2000 she went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa, but was illegally detained for 48 days. Later she was sentenced to one year of forced labor.

*"610 Office": an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

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