Deputy Consul General of China in Toronto Found Guilty of Libel

On February 3, 2004, the Ontario Superior Court began proceedings for the libel lawsuit filed by Toronto Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Joel Chipkar against the Deputy Consul General of China in Toronto, Mr. Pan Xinchun. Defendant Pan Xinchun was convicted of libel and ordered to compensate for losses he caused to the plaintiff.

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Death of Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Jin Guanghua From Harbin City as a Result of Torture

(Clearwisdom.net) According to a report from the Falun Dafa Information Center on January 30, a news source in Heilongjiang Province has verified that Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jin Guanghua from Harbin City was tortured to near death around July 2003. The police disclosed Jin Guanghua was sent to a hospital in a state of near death and passed away after only one night in the hospital.

Chu Tong and Wang Weiyu from Tsinghua University Face Hasty Trial Without Proper Legal Representation

(Clearwisdom.net) The People's Court of Chaoyang Region, Beijing, announced that on January 9, 2004, a session was to be convened at 9 a.m. to try Chu Tong and Wang Weiyu from Tsinghua University. Wang Weiyu was being detained at Chaoyang Detention Center. It is believed that Chu Tong was also detained there.

Several High School Teachers in Ruyang County, Henan Province Are Persecuted for Persisting in Their Belief

(Clearwisdom.net) These are the facts related to the persecution suffered by Dafa practitioners in Ruyang County in the Luoyang Area of Henan Province.

Ms. Ren Qin is 40 years old. She is a university graduate and is currently a math teacher for third-year students in a high school in Ruyang County. In early August 2003, she was taken to the local detention center and detained there for 15 days. After she had 250 Yuan* extorted from her for detention expenses, she was transferred to the Fengshan Hotel to be detained for over a dozen days. Ms. Ren was made to pay over 100 Yuan for living expenses every day. Subsequently she was sent to the Linguistic School for the Deaf and Dumb to undergo 15 days of brainwashing. As she refused to give up her faith in Falun Dafa, one week later Ms. Ren was sent again to the detention center, where she continues to be imprisoned to this day.