Summary of other Articles and News - November 11, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

1. Four Falun Dafa Practitioners in Dawang Village, Chenjiazhuang Township, Jinzhou City, Hebei Province Illegally Sentenced to Prison

Falun Dafa practitioners from Dawang Village, Chenjiazhuang Township, Jinzhou City, Hebei Province have been cruelly tortured because they clarified the truth of Falun Dafa. They were all arrested by police from the township substation, detained in the Jinzhou City Detention Center, and later sentenced to prison terms respectively: Mr. Zhang Wenxue, seven years; Mr. Zhang Jianping, seven years; Mr. Zhang Zhen-gang, three years and Mr. Zhang Daja, three years. They are now incarcerated in the Tangshan Prison.

2. The Persecution of Liu Shuqin

Ms. Liu Shuqin is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Fuyu County, Songyuan City, Jilin Province. After the persecution started, she was detained several times, forced into brainwashing sessions and beaten in the labor camps. On March 12, 2002, after an incident where a practitioner spliced into the cable TV system and broadcast a truth clarification video in Changchun, she was arrested and held at the Fuyu County Detention Center. She was sentenced to a year in a labor camp, where she had symptoms of a stroke, and was released. In August 2002, she went to clarify the truth at a relative's house. The young woman she spoke to was deceived by the anti-Falun Dafa propaganda, and reported her activities to the Township Police Substation. Ms. Liu was sent to the Heizuizi Labor Camp and held until June, 2003. Police arrested her again and sent her to a brainwashing session in Changchun on October 14, 2003. This time she had powerful righteous thoughts, and was released on November 22, 2003.

3. Police in Dehui City, Jilin Province Beat an Elderly Female Practitioner

On November 7, 2004, four police vehicles carrying more than thirty policemen arrived without any advance notice at fifty-year old Falun Dafa practitioner, Ms. Yuan Ximin's home, located at the Second Commune, Maolin Village, Songhuajiang Town. They surrounded and ransacked her house, then confiscated various possessions. She was handcuffed behind her back and arrested. Police beat her at the Dehui City Police Station, then sent her to the detention center. Her family saw that her eyes were purple with bruises on the next day. They are very worried about her safety. The Dehui City Police Station is responsible for her illegal arrest and beating.

4. Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhou Yuqiu Tortured in the Panjin Labor Camp

On January 18, 2001, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhou Yuqiu was sentenced to three years in the Panjin Labor Camp. On May 24, 2001, police transferred her to the East Second Building to participate in the forced brainwashing sessions. On May 26, 2001, in order to get more bonus money, several police beat her. On May 28, 2001, police attempted to force her to curse Master Li and Falun Dafa, but she refused. They instantly slapped her face. Then they forced her to squat, while holding her head. They did not allow her to sleep or use the toilet for more than twenty days, which caused her severe psychological and physical trauma. Ever since then, her digestive system does not function properly-- she cannot eat or drink normally, and vomits everyday. She also has blood in her urine and has not passed a stool in more than 10 days. She is continually becoming more emaciated.