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Illegal Detention, Beating, and Extortion of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Shuangcheng City, Helongjiang Province (Continued) (Clearwisdom Net)
Meng Xianjun, female, 27 years old, was sent to Shuangcheng's local
government's liaison office in Beijing. She had gone to Beijing to appeal to the
government for the right to practice Falun Gong on November 9th,
2000. Jiang and Xia who worked for the liaison office took 160 Yuan (translator'
note: the average urban worker's monthly salary is 500 Yuan) away from her.
Zhang Guofu extorted another 2,000 Yuan from her, after she was sent back to the
610 Office in Shuangcheng City. On December 23rd, 2000 she went to
Beijing again to appeal for Falun Dafa and was illegally detained in the No 2
custodial center in Shuangcheng. She was released after hunger striking for
eight days, and her family paid 130 Yuan to the custodial center. On February 15th
2001, Zhang Shiyao, vice president of Shuangcheng 610 Office, and another person
(a man, about 35 years old,) went to Meng Xianjun' s home and deceived her in
order to get her to go to the 610 office. They said they "just wanted to
talk". After talking, they unlawfully detained her in the No 2 custodial
center in Shuangcheng for 37 days and extorted about 300 Yuan from her to
"pay for meals". Zhang Guofu extorted an additional 5, 000Yuan from
her.
Han Yaqin, female, 49 years old, was seized after she went to Beijing to
peacefully appeal. She was unlawfully detained in Shuangcheng's local
government's liaison office in Beijing for two days. During that time, she was
handcuffed to a table for six hours, and illegally detained for 19 days at the
Shuangcheng police department. Jiang from Shuangcheng Local Government Liaison
Office, and Shuangcheng police department's Zhang Guofu extorted a total of 164
Yuan from her. Han was arrested on July 19th, 2000 after she went to
Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong. She was detained in the
Shuangcheng Local Government Liaison Office in Beijing for six days. Then she
was illegally detained in Shuangcheng police department for another 50 days.
Zhang Guofu extorted 2400 Yuan from her. Shuangcheng Local Government Liaison
Office's Wang Shengli took another 8 Yuan from her.
Liu Yanqing, male, is 46 years old. The local government and local police
station harassed his family. One day, Fu Chaoyang and Yuan Yongfu from the local
police station searched his house and confiscated Dafa materials. Videotapes,
audiotapes, and books were stolen. In order to validate Dafa, Liu Yanqing went
to Beijing on May 27th 2000 to appeal to the government for the right
to practice Falun Gong. He was sent to Shuangcheng Local Government Liaison
Office in Beijing after protesting on Tiananmen Square. Wang Chengli stole 15
Yuan from Liu's pocket. Liu was sent back to Shuangcheng Custodial Center. He
was illegally detained for 19 days. One hundred and eighty Yuan was extorted
from him. This was claimed as 'payment for meals' by the Custodial Center's
President. He was sent to the village "transforming class" for 3 days.
He went to Beijing again on November 3rd, 2000 to appeal again. On
the morning of November 5th 2000, government personnel spotted him on
Tiananmen Square when he was watching the flag raising ceremony. Liu Yufeng beat
and kicked him and sent him back to the Shuangcheng's Local Government Liaison
Office in Beijing. Liu Yufeng said, "Give him a meal; we wouldn't want him
to die from hunger." Liu Yanqing was detained in Room 8 of the Shuangcheng
Custodial Center and then transferred to Room 3. He was tortured all kinds of
different ways by the prisoner Liu Zhiguo. He was tortured so seriously that he
became very weak and fainted during the time assigned for prisoners to use the
rest room. On November 8th, the policeman sent him to Wanjia Labor
Camp. The labor camp refused to take him. Yang Hongqiao from Shuangcheng
Custodial Center was so mad that he beat and shouted at Liu Yanqing. He was sent
to Yimianpo (another custodial center) the next day. Eighty Yuan was extorted
from Liu Yanqing and another practitioner. Liu Yanqing was beaten twice by the
guard, He. Liu Yimianpo endured inhumane treatment for 21 days. He was sent to
Shuihua on January 18th 2001. He was told by the policeman there, "If you
don't give up cultivation, then you're detention will be extended. During his
detention, Zhang Qing from the Nongfeng Village government tried to secretly
sell the land that Liu Yanqing owned. Zhang Qing forced Liu Yanqing to transfer
4,434 Yuan to himself. Liu Yanqing was released on May 23rd 2001.
Zhao Shijun is a 53 years old male. After July 20th 1999, He Donghui from the
village government went to Zhao's home and confiscated his books. Zhao went to
Beijing to appeal. Ma Guangru and Liu Yufeng from the county government sent him
to prison for 52 days. He endured beatings, verbal abuse, and torture. He was
released after Wang Zhanwen from Shuangcheng custodial center extorted 485 Yuan
from him. He could walk home by himself, however they forced him to pay 100 Yuan
for a ride. Zhao was illegally detained for 72 days in brainwashing class that
the county government set up. Zhao lost his freedom and his family had a big
loss in revenue because nobody was at home. The Village team extorted 2,238 Yuan
from Zhao. Because Zhao did not co-operate with them, Zhang Qing led a group of
people to go to his home. They were going to take a female pig, which was going
to have a litter. Zhao reasoned with the other people and they all thought he
was right and left. Zhang left too because nobody helped him to commit
wrongdoing. In the spring, Zhang went to his home and requested his land. Zhao
said that he did not owe the government any taxes, so he was going to keep his
land. Zhang Qing ordered the village team to destroy the crops in the field, but
they did not obey. Zhang Qing attempted to use all possible means to persecute
him.
Liu Zhixiu is a 30-year-old female. Right before the spring festival the
policemen from Zhaojia police subdivision attempted to deceive Xiao Yiali, Zhao
Dongmei, and Liu Zhixiu. The policeman asked them if they would continue to
practice and they all answered that they would, so they were sent to Shuangcheng
No 2 Custodial Center without any valid reason. On December 12th 2000, the
Shuangcheng 610 Office extorted 1,000 Yuan from her father-in-law, Guo Yongtian.
In the custodial center, she was doing Falun Gong exercises with fellow
practitioners Xu Shuhua, Huang Xianzhen, Xu Shuhua and Guo Mingxia. The
president of the custodial center, Ciu, led two or three inmates and the guard
Han who was on duty that day to kick the practitioners and curse them with dirty
words. Huang Yanzhen had not taken food for over 10 days (she was over 60 years
old) and Guo Mingxia had not taken food for three or four days. The villains
were flustered and exasperated. They grabbed the practitioners' hair and slammed
their heads against the wall. Huang Yianzhen lost a big tuft of hair as a result
of the incident. The practitioners that were unlawfully detained in room 9 were
forced to sit on the cement floor. They did the exercises and some of them were
beaten badly. In order to resist the evil behavior, 40 practitioners went on a
group hunger strike. The custodial center, using armed policemen, forced them to
take food twice during the hunger strike. Every practitioner was force fed with
salt and soymilk. An evil guard with the last name of Du, said madly, " We
will stop persecuting you whenever you start to eat. We will see who can
win." Another evil guard with the nickname Wang Huoya saw the practitioners
vomit and said, "I am so happy today." On April 3rd 2001,
the Shuangcheng 610 Office extorted 2,000 Yuan from Liu Zhixiu's mother, Jiang
Guixia.
Liu Yanling is a 65 years old male. In June 2000 he went to Beijing to
validate Dafa. He was illegally detained for 2 days by the Beijing Railroad
Police Station. Later, he was transferred to the Shuangcheng Local Government
Liaison Office in Beijing. Liu was unlawfully detained there for two days. Next,
he was sent back to Shangcheng detention center by the village president, Yin
Yuxin, and the village accountant, Bai Yongfu. He was illegally detained at the
detention center for 15 days. Zhang Goufu, from Shuangcheng Police Department
extorted 600 Yuan from him. Yin Yuxin, the village president extorted another
2,000 Yuan from him. After that, he was finally sent home. On the sixth day of
the first month of the lunar year 2001, the village president reported him for
clarifying the truth and exposing the evil. Chaoyang Police Station illegally
detained him in the Home of Respect for the Aged. Li Yueli and Wei Chong from
the county government ordered Qu Deming and Liu Xichen to beat his head and body
twice a day using a plastic tube, and to beat his buttocks after taking his
cotton trousers off. He was released after being illegally detained for three
days and was forced to pay a "transportation fee" of 50 Yuan. He was
also extorted 50 Yuan "for food".
Wang Yanjie is a 46 year old female. She went to Beijing to appeal on April
26th 2000. She was arrested in Jinzhou. She was illegally detained in the
Jinzhou custodial center for 7 days. Then she was detained in Shuangcheng
custodial center for another 15 days. They extorted 500 Yuan from her. Wang was
then sent to the Home of Respect for the Aged. There was a brainwashing class
held there for 9 days that she was forced to attend. They extorted another 500
Yuan from her. Zhao Xiuxia, Fu Chunlou, Wei Chong and Liu Xichen from Chaoyang
county government stole 1,625 jin (translator's note: a measurement unit, one
jin equals to 500 gram) from her.
Sun Shibo is a 45 year old female. Since July 20th 1999, the local government
and police department has harassed her family. The government sent Zhang Dongmei
and Xu XX to her home every day and the village also sent someone to monitor
her. One night during April 2000, a group of people from the county government
burst into her house and took her to the police subdivision for illegal
detention. They held her for one day and night without giving her a reason. Then
they detained her for an additional three days. Gao Jinpeng and Wu Desheng from
Zhoujia County extorted 500 Yuan from her. On the afternoon of January 19th
2001, a group of people from the local government and the police subdivision
deceived her and her husband. Her husband was sent to Shuangcheng prison and was
unlawfully detained there for 63 days. She was sent to the Home of
Respect for the Aged, and was detained there for over a month.
Ma Xianyun is a 31 year old female. She went to Beijing to appeal on June 5th
2000, and was sent to the 610 Office by plainclothes policemen. They arrested
her at the appealing center. She was sent back to Shuangcheng custodial center
and unlawfully detained for 15 days. She endured inhumane treatment during her
detention. The president of the custodial center extorted a "meal" fee
of 120 yuan from her. She was forced to pay a 100 Yuan "transportation
fee" by Zhang Qing and Sun Zhijun, even though she could have walked home
by herself. Her family refused to pay 1, 367-Yuan "traveling expenses"
for the people who went to Beijing to pick her up. In the fall of that year, the
village cadre deducted this amount of money from her brother-in-law's salary .
This caused a strain within the family.
Liu Chunxiu, female, is 24 years old. Since July 1999, the local government
has gone to her home to search for Dafa books and to disturb her family many
times. On November 3rd 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal with her
parents, husband, and her less than 7 months old daughter. She was sent to
Shuangcheng's local government's liaison office in Beijing. Jiang X stole the
last 2-Yuan that she had. On January 3rd 2000, Zhang Qing, from the
village team sent her a notification that she must send 1,756 Yuan to the
village before January 5th. Their land would be sold if the money
weren't sent that day. She did not have any land. Her husband had 2 mu (translator's
note: mu is Chinese unit of area, one mu is about equal to 667 square meters)
of land for growing rice. The village took away her father in law's land
instead. On numerous occasions, the old man requested that the village
president, Zhang Qing, return his land. His requests were ignored. They told him
they had sold the land and he had to pay money in order to get the land back.
Zhang Qing said, "We will break your leg if you come back again." He
did eventually get the land back. This is an example of Jiang's persecution
extending to family members.
Li Shuying, female, is 37 years old. On May 11th 2000 (lunar
calendar) she went to Beijing to appeal and was detained in Shuangcheng
Custodial Center for over 20 days. Zhu Xikui from Shingshan County extorted
2,000 Yuan from her. During December 2000 (lunar calendar) the officials in
Shingshan county said that according to their superiors' instructions, all Dafa
practitioners should be seized and sent to a detention center and should not be
allowed to spend the Spring Festival at home. So she was taken to Shuangcheng
Custodial Center and illegally detained for a month and two days. They also
extorted 600 Yuan from her to "pay for meals". Later, she was detained
by Shingshang County government for over 20 days. Zhu Xikui from Shingshan
County Government extorted an additional 500-Yuan from her.
Zhao Xifeng is a 32-year-old female. On February 9th 2000 she went
to Beijing to appeal. She was sent to Shuangcheng custodial center for over 20
days. This occurred after she was arrested in Jinzhou City. She was then
unlawfully detained in Shuangchen Home of Respect for the Aged for about 10
days. She was released after Zhao Xiuxia extorted 1,000 yuan from her. The
County government asked her if she would continue to practice during the first
month of lunar 2000. She answered, "Yes"; therefore she was detained
in Shaoyang home of Respect for the Aged for more than 2 months. She was beaten
badly during the detention period. She went on a hunger strike with the other
practitioners detained there and requested to be released unconditionally. The
officials did not release them. They force-fed them using a tube inserted
through their noses. Liu Chunchen beat Zhao Xifeng many times with a plastic
tube. Chaoyang Political and Judiciary Committee president Li Yueli extorted 600
Yuan from Zhao Xifeng before releasing her. Village president Fu Chenlou and Wei
Chong extorted another 1,920 yuan from her family.
Yin Yusan, is a 40 year old male. In June 2000 he went to Beijing to validate
Dafa. The Beijing Railroad Zhanqian Police Station detained him for two days. He
was sent back to Shuangchen by village president Yin Yuxin and village
accountant Bai Yongfu and detained in Shuangchen Detention Center for 7 days.
Zhang Guoxin from Shangcheng Police Department extorted 2,000 Yuan from Yin
Yusan. He was released shortly thereafter. On January 6th 2001 (lunar
Calendar) Chaoyang Police Station illegally detained Yin in the home of Respect
for the Aged. Li Yueli and Wei Chong in the County government ordered Shengchan
village peasant Qu Deming and Shengchuan village cadre Liu Chunchen to beat Yin
viciously with a plastic tube. His nose was bleeding and he was handcuffed to an
iron bed for a night. He was released after being detained for 3 days. Before
releasing him they extorted 50 Yuan from Yin for "transportation
costs" and 50Yuan for "meal costs".
Ma Guoyong, female, is 47 years old. In June 2000 she went to Beijing to
appeal. She was arrested outside of the appealing center. She was detained in
Chuangcheng No 2 custodial center for 20 days after being detained in
Shuangcheng's local government's liaison office in Beijing for 3 days. She was
then detained in Chaoyang Home of Respect for the Aged for over 20 days. She was
released after they extorted 500 Yuan from her. Jiang He extorted another 3,000
Yuan from Ma Guoyong and another practitioner. On the morning of January 18th
2001, Chaoyang county political and judiciary committee president Li Yueli and
Shengde village president Jiang He went to her home and asked her if she would
continue practicing. She answered, "Yes" and they left after asking
her something else and making some written notes. About 3 or 4 pm that day, they
went to her house again and asked her to go to the County Government for an
unknown reason. She told them that she would not go because nobody was available
to care for her child. They told her that it wouldn't take long. She was
deceived. She was detained at Home of Respect for the Aged for 2 days. She was
then sent to Shuangcheng No 2 Custodial Center and was unlawfully detained for
two and a half months. Next, she was sent back to Home of Respect for the Aged
for 2 more days of detention. Li Yueli from Chaoyang county government extorted
3,000 Yuan from her. Then she was released.
Yan Hongjuan, female, is 34 years old. On July 22nd 1999 she went
to the provincial government in Haerbin City and requested that the governments
stop persecuting Falun Dafa. The government harassed her after that. In April
2000, Ordinary Affairs President Zhang Dongchen, Town President Wang Xiangdong,
Military Department President Wu Desheng, and Wang Yan from a Police Department
subdivision arrested her. This occurred when she was at a group Fa study with
other practitioners. She was released after being detained for 3 days in Zhoujia
police subdivision. On July 5th 2000, she went to Beijing to validate
Dafa. She was held at the Beijing Tiananmen police station. She refused to tell
her name. They sent her to Miyun police station. She was released after going on
a hunger strike. On January 20th 2001, Ma Shenglong, Gao Jinping, and
Wu Desheng deceived her. They tricked her into going to the Police subdivision.
She was then detained in Shuangcheng Detention Center for 68 days. Zhang Guofu
extorted 500 Yuan from her. The Detention Center extorted an over 700 Yuan
"meal fee" from her. Some Government Officials also extorted over
1,000 Yuan from her family members.
Li Guihua, female, is 45 years old. She was arrested around the time of the
2000 Spring Festival when she went to Beijing for Fa-Rectification. The 610
office extorted 1,000 Yuan from her. They continued to monitor her for over half
a year. They often went to her house to harass her.
Zhang Huanyi, male, is 47 years old. On May 21 2000, he went to Beijing to
validate Dafa. He was detained in Shuangcheng's Local Government Liaison office
in Beijing by local policeman. He was sent back by somebody from his company on
May 24, was detained in Shuangcheng No 2 custodial center for 17 days, and was
extorted 1,500 Yuan by Shuangcheng 610 Office. During detention period, the
practitioners kept up studying Fa and so were found by the guard. The
practitioners went on a group hunger strike in order to resist the persecution.
At about 3pm on the fifth day of hunger strike, the guard took Zhang Huanyi out,
handcuffed his arms on the back, and fed him salt water by force in the torture
room. He said, "I was right to go to Beijing to appeal. This is the right
empowered by our national constitution." The evil president of the
detention center, the prison doctor and 610 Office agent did not listen to his
kindly persuasion and tortured him.
Zhang Shufen, female, is 50 years old. On July 30th 1999, she went
to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong. She was arrested on
August 8th. She was detained in Shuangcheng No 2 Custodial Center for 15 days.
Zhao Yihe from Qinglin extorted 1,000 Yuan from her. On June 23rd 2000, she was
detained for talking to another practitioner. They held her in Shuangcheng No 2
custodial center for 10 days. During this detention she was beaten once by an
evil policeman from the 610 office. On August 23rd 2000, the Shuangcheng 610
Office seized her from her home when she was telling others the truth about Dafa.
They illegally searched her home and took Dafa books, Dafa materials and
Master's portrait. The evil policeman in Shuangcheng 610 Office beat her and
made her kneel on the ground for over an hour. She was illegally detained for 16
days, and was released after Shuangcheng 610 office extorted 2,000 Yuan from her
husband. On January 18th 2001, her family was preparing for the
Chinese Spring Festival. The village president Dong Fushan was afraid that she
would go to Beijing to appeal. He ordered the local police station to send the
four people in her family to the Shuangcheng Custodial Center and detained them
for 115 days. The detention center President, Jin Chaolu, cursed and beat her,
fully giving free reign to his scoundrel side.
Li Sheng, male, is 56 years old. On April 29th 2000, he went to
Beijing to appeal and then was sent to the Beijing police station. He was then
sent to Shuangcheng's Local Government Liaison Office in Beijing and was left
handcuffed for 8 days. On May 8th, he was sent to Shuangcheng Custodial Center
and was detained for 19 days. On May 26th he was released after Zhao Shuxia
extorted 1,000 Yuan from him. After the fall, the village government forced him
to transfer 700 Yuan to them. In December 2000, Wei Chong, Liu Xichen, Fu
Chunlou and Qi Guojun extorted money from his family again. If his family
doesn't give them money, they will arrest him. His family now has to sell their
corn for the benefit of the government hoodlums, instead of for their own
benefit.
Yi Haifeng is a 28-year-old male. On November 5th 2000, he went to
Beijing to appeal with his wife and their 7- month -old daughter. They were all
arrested. The local government and police station personnel sent them to
Shuangcheng Local Government Liaison Office in Beijing. The policemen handcuffed
them in the Shuangcheng Local Government Liaison Office in Beijing. Jiang X
extorted 34 Yuan from him. On November 7th, they were sent to Shuangcheng
Custodial Center and detained there for 15 days. They were forced to pay a 'meal
fee' of 130 Yuan. On January 3rd 2001, the Village Committee notified his family
that they must pay 1,756 Yuan before January 5th 2001. If they did
not send that amount of money before the deadline, they would lease the 9 Mu of
fields contracted by his parents and continue to lease them for four years. This
unreasonable request was not granted and his family continues to be harassed.
Posting date: 12/1/2001
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