Latest News from China - 12/16/2001
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1. [Shenzhen, Guangdong Province] A Stage Performance that Defames Falun Dafa
Is Held at the Great Shenzhen Theatre
It is reported that the first full-length stage performance in China defaming
Falun Dafa, has been held for four days at the Great Shenzhen Theatre. The
performance confuses right and wrong, while viciously defacing Dafa. The
schedule for the performance includes three shows each day and will be
continuously played from December 8th through December 28th. Students
are organized to come and watch the disparaging shows.
On Saturday and Sunday, some fellow practitioners witnessed this as they saw
students, convened together, preparing to view these performances. The
advertising posters are really terrifying as well. It can only be imagined how
badly these children are being poisoned. Some practitioners went inside the
theatre and sent forth righteous thoughts during the performance. They felt that
the field inside was very dirty and the interference was fairly strong. Even
adults in this field would have difficulty resisting the poison, let alone
children. How many innocent people would be poisoned and destroyed if these
performances lasted for twenty days!
According to practitioners who watched the performance, its content was
scraped together and the stage effect was ghastly and horrifying. Only 1/3 of
the theatre was occupied. Audiences are mostly from city government
organizations, enterprises, and schools that were given the assignments. The
organizations were forced to buy the group tickets and then slyly instructed
their employees, especially those retired old people to go, telling them
"to watch some movies." However, upon their arrival, many people
realized that it was a defaming performance. They then had to force themselves
to go into the theatre but left quietly before the play had ended.
To add to the malevolent atmosphere of the performance, police vans and
plain-clothes policemen were seen walking around outside the theatre.
Organizer:
(Area code: 86-755)
Propaganda Department of Shenzhen City, 2101973.
Shenzhen Culture Bureau, 2062594.
The Shenzhen Office Dealing with Problems of Being on Guard and Against XXX.
[slanderous phrase omitted]
The Shenzhen Education Bureau, 2251824.
The Shenzhen Communist Youth League Committee, 2095599.
The Shenzhen Union, 3288484.
The Shenzhen Women's Federation, 2243871.
The Shenzhen Performance Company, 5574579.
The Great Shenzhen Theatre, 5596050, 5596045.
Sponsors:
The Shenzhen Anhua Industry and Commerce Corporation, 2205208.
Inquiry Phone Number: 5563044, 5562078.
Ticket Reservation Phone Number: 5562662, 2117214
2. [Beijing] A Slanderous Picture Exhibition at the North Jiaotong University
Has Been Prevented
The slanderous picture show that defames Dafa at the North Jiaotong
University was thoroughly prevented by Falun Gong practitioners on December 12,
2001. Pictures defaming Dafa were cut out and properly disposed of. We hope
practitioners from every region will all join together to deter this kind of
picture propaganda and further eliminate the evil.
3. [Beijing] Falun Gong Practitioner, Liu Yongwang, was Illegally Sent to a
Forced Labor Camp and Has Been on a Hunger Strike for More than 90 Days
Practitioner, Liu Yongwang, male, 29 years old, has been on a hunger strike
since police kidnapped him. He determinedly protests the evil with this hunger
strike, lasting more than 90 days. He is 1.73m tall, originally weighted 75 to
78 kg, but now has lost weight and weighs less than 50 kg. Under such severe
conditions, he was illegally sentenced to forced labor education. On December
13, 2001, the police sent him to Baoding Forced Labor Camp. Now he is at the 1st subunit.
His wife, Qi Shuying, practitioner from Baoding, also 29 years old, is a
teacher at the Baoding Normal College. She was illegally sent to a forced labor
camp. Before that, she had been on a hunger strike for over 70 days. She is very
weak and has been sent to the female subunit of Baoding Labor Camp.
It is our hope that the International Society and International Human Right
Organizations will pay attention to these cases.
Phone numbers:
The Balizhuang Labor Camp at Baoding City: 86-312-2191000.
The 1st Subunit: 86-312-2191021, Captain: Li Dayong
The Female Subunit: 86-312-2191039, Captain: Li Xiuqun.
Phone numbers of people who are in charge:
The Police Substation at the North district of Baoding Public Security
Department:
Director, Zhao Wencong, 86-312-2023588 (office), 86-13930215888 (cell).
Political Commissar: 86-312-2023799 (office), 86-13703125887 (cell)
Vice Director, Fu Geng, 86-312-2023315, 86-13903120848 (cell)
The Sectary of the Political Division: Ma Bin.
The Office of the Political Section: 86-312-2026669, the section head: Lu
Guanjiang.
The Religion's Division of Baoding Public Security: 86-312-2010465, Head of
the Division: Tang Yongyi.
The Baoding Detention Center: 86-312-5028774.
The Head of Baoding Detention Center, Zai Yanqing, Office Phone:
86-312-5027134
4. [Heilongjiang Province] The Story About An Elderly Female Practitioner
Becoming "Rich"
In April 2001, Heilongjiang TV reported a story of a "reformed"
elderly female practitioner in Huanan County becoming rich under the
"guidance and care" of the government. In the news, the practitioner,
looking bewildered, stood inside a large tent.
In reality, this story was again a fabrication. This practitioner has never
renounced Dafa or written any "guarantee statement." She was cooking
her meal one day when the mayor of the county, the head of the village and two
people from the TV station came to her house. They asked the practitioner to
stand under a large tent set up outside the house. When asked why, they said
that she would know when she stood there. Not knowing what they were up to, the
practitioner followed their instructions, stood inside the tent and was
videotaped. It was only after the news report that this practitioner knew she
had been used as a tool for propaganda against Dafa.
5. [Mainland China] Clarifying the Truth with a Pure Heart
A female practitioner was distributing truth-clarifying materials on a bus.
There were around twenty passengers and each of them got a copy. When the
practitioner gave the materials to a family of three, the woman received them
with both of her hands (a gesture of respect in China). She said,
"Sister, thank you. We also believe that Falun Gong is good. My husband
works for the police." A man beside her also used both his hands to receive
the materials, saying, "You have to be very careful." Then he pointed
to his clothes and continued, "We wear plain-clothes." The
practitioner was touched and happy for them when she heard this.
The same practitioner distributes flyers at a Farmer's Market. She does not
pay much attention to her own business and therefore loses most of her revenues.
She is full of pure thoughts and does what she thinks she should as a
practitioner. On an average day, she can distribute approximately 200 flyers.
She has no fearful feelings when she does that, firmly believing that she should
help save human lives.
She is full of gratitude to Master, who has saved so many lives. She believes
that practitioners should not just get without giving. She follows what Master
said " Validate the Fa with reason, clarify the truth with wisdom, spread
the Fa and offer people salvation with benevolence," and truly feels that
sharing the truth with other people is the sacred responsibility of all
practitioners.
6. [The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Female Guards in Tumuji Forced
Labor Camp Torture Practitioners
We were illegally arrested and sent to the Tumuji Forced Labor Camp for
appealing to the government on behalf of Falun Gong. The environment here in the
labor camp is stifling and we have no freedom at all. We are deprived of our
human rights and are watched 24 hours a day. We are denied the use of the
washrooms and are not allowed to talk. Those who are courageous enough to speak
up or do the exercises are severely punished. They are either humiliated or
beaten, sometimes with electric batons. Many practitioners have been injured and
have not recovered yet. Some were even disabled.
We call on all kind-hearted people to extend their help to the 40 or more
practitioners being detained and tortured in Tumuji Forced Labor Camp.
7. [Anda City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Kidnap Practitioners
Practitioner Cui Jinghong was kidnapped for distributing truth clarifying
materials. Liu Yingshan and his colleagues at the 610 Office (A bureau
specifically created by the Chinese government to persecute Falun Gong. It has
absolute power over each level of administration in the party, as well as over
the political and judiciary branches) in Anda City committed serious crimes
through their persecution of Cui. They have not repented of their wrongdoings.
8. [Bin County, Heilongjiang Province] Officials Unlawfully Extort Money from
Dafa Practitioners
On January 13, 2001, while validating Dafa in Beijing, all four of us were
arrested on Tiananmen Square. We were later picked up by the officers from Bin
County. Hui, from the county, extorted 200 Yuan (Chinese currency, the
monthly salary is about 200 Yuan for an average rural laborer, 500 Yuan for
urban worker) from us and illegally detained us for two nights. Yang San
from You County, Fan Hongbin from the You Police Station and Li Peishan from the
You Squad confiscated the remaining 300 Yuan that we had with us. We were not
provided food or drink, yet they charged us 1,000 Yuan from our accounts for bed
and board. When they were taking us back from Beijing to Bin County on the
train, the three of them spent to their hearts' content and used around 300- 400
Yuan within one and a half days. After we arrived in Bin County, they invited
another person to a restaurant before taking us to a detention center. A woman
in the restaurant accompanied and entertained them. They were dead drunk after
the dinner. At the detention center, an additional 6,000 Yuan was extorted from
us.
After we were released, a Squad officer came to our house to demand more
money to cover the "costs" of the trip. One of us had to pay 1,500
Yuan and the other was forced to sell a piece of farmland he owned to pay the
"costs". My spouse and I did not give these people what they wanted.
But we have heard that they are going to sell the four pieces of farmland that
we own.
Because of this extortion, practitioners in Bin County are faced with major
survival issues. None of us has been able to escape the extortion. Many of us
are in serious debt and our livelihoods are in jeopardy. The officials will not
stop and the persecution continues. An Deren, the head of the 610 office, is the
person who takes the lead in persecuting practitioners and who continues to
extort all the money he can from us.
9. [Dalian, Liaoning Province] Persecutions in Dalian Forced Labor Camp
Dalian Forced Labor Camp replaced all the police who previously worked with
the Female Group. They organized a new group of police continuing its
persecutions of practitioners. Headed by the chief policeman Zhao Huayi, those
police intended to force practitioners to rescind their beliefs of Falun Gong by
overloading them with physical labor. Practitioners had to work until 11:30 PM
everyday. Some practitioners were persecuted to the point of unconsciousness by
such highly intensive labors.
10. [Bin County, Heilongjiang Province] The Public Security Bureau of Bin
County Extorts Money and Personal Properties from Practitioners' Relatives
I had been a member of the Communist Party. In December 2000, I started my
trip to Beijing to validate Falun Dafa. On the day after I left, officers from the
township government came to my home demanding 4,000 Yuan as "fines."
There was only 3,500 Yuan in my savings account, but they took the entire amount
away. The Public Security Bureau of Bin County also extorted 5,000 Yuan from my
family members without any receipts.
My family members were told that if we did not 'invite' those officers to
dinner, we would be fined much more later on. It is impossible for common people
to imagine how expensive such a dinner would be. When three policemen Zhou
Shuren, Zhao Yi, and Yin Fengming, all working with the Political Security
Section of the Public Security Bureau, came to the restaurant, each used their
own cellular phone calling prostitute services. After a while, three prostitutes
came there. Using my relative's money, they did whatever they wanted in that
restaurant. Eventually my relative paid 1,300 Yuan for this dinner! (For common
people, usually 100 Yuan is enough for a whole family to enjoy a good dinner in
a restaurant in China.)
Local police forcefully escorted me back from Beijing and sent me to jail in
Bin County. During those five months of my staying in prison, I was discharged
from the Communist Party. From December 2000 to November 2001, I have been
prohibited to work and my working place also has not paid my salary.
11. [Changchun, Jilin Province] Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp Imprisons
Practitioners for Indefinite Periods
Practitioner Ma Xiaodong was imprisoned in the Sixth Group of Chaoyanggou
Forced Labor Camp. His duration should have ended in November 24, 2001. Another
two practitioners Jin Mingdong and Luo Chenglin of the Second Group should have
finished their stay in the labor camp at the end of October 2001. But officers
in this labor camp created various excuses to postpone releasing them. Up until
December 12, 2001, those practitioners were still locked up there.
Related telephone numbers:
The Administration Section of Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp: 86-431-4835965
ext. 652
The office of Chief Zhao of the administration Section: 86-431-4835965 ext.
651
12. [Anda City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Or Kidnapper?
On September 25, 2001, Li Yongbo, who is working in the Police Station of
Laohugang Township of Anda City, came to practitioner Ms. Zhu's home, asking her
if she still practiced Falun Gong. In reply, she told the officer that she still
practices. The next day, Li Yongbo headed a few people to her home again, asking
her, "Would you still like to practice Falun Gong?" She replied,
"Yes". Li said to her, "Then you must go with us to the township
government office. Officers want to talk with you." Ms. Zhu thought to
herself, "I did not do anything wrong. Why not go with them?" Without
changing her clothes, she went to township with them. The actual result is, Li
Yongbo sent her directly to Anda City Detention Center without following any
legal procedures. Only because Ms. Zhu said true words "Yes, I still
practice", she was illegally detained for half a month there. Fifteen days
later when her family members went to the detention center, intending to bring
her back home, both the township government and the police station were still
unwilling to release her. Instead of setting her free, they sent her to Anda
City Custodial Center. They told her that if she refused to write a guarantee
statement of giving up Falun Gong practice, there would be no way to release
her. Up to now, she has been detained in this Custodial Center for more than 2
months.
13. [Beijing] Partial Documentation of the Crimes Committed by the Fourteenth
Section of Beijing Public Security Bureau
Bai Suqin, female, is an outstanding teacher of the Central Financial and
Economic University in Beijing. On a morning in late February 2001, she was
forced to leave home and wandered about to avoid being sent to a brainwashing
class enforced by her university. Even in such a situation, a few people from
her work place, together with the police, were unwilling to let her go free.
They searched for her everywhere. In the meantime, almost all of her relatives
had suffered harassment from them as well. They were even monitored wherever
they went! This was evidenced as, on quite a few occasions, her relatives had
been followed while driving their car. Her co-workers spread rumors about her,
saying that she refused to teach classes and ran away from home. She was forced
to be homeless and could not work even though she loved her job very much. The
police of the Fourteenth Section of Beijing Public Security Bureau were directly
involved in the persecution.
Practitioner Li Zhanjin (female) from Beijing University has been forced to
leave home to avoid arrest since May 2001. The police of the Fourteenth Section
intended to find her using various despicable methods. In early November, they
caught her and searched her temporary living place. They created a charge of
'illegally gathering and organizing communications' against her.
Two other practitioners of Beijing University, Chen Xulin and Yuan Lin, had
also been forced to leave home amidst further persecution. At this time, they
have already been wandering about for almost a year.
14. [Mainland China] A Dialogue Between a 17 Year Old Girl and a Policeman in
a Detention Center
Policeman: Between Dafa and going to a university, which one do you choose?
Girl: I choose Dafa, Falun Dafa is the Great Law of the cosmos. My head could
be cut off, my blood could be shed, but I will never give up Dafa, because Dafa
is most precious.
Policeman: Waa! You're really like Sister Jiang (a heroine of the Chinese
communist party who was killed in a jail around 1948 by the Chinese National
Party for her strong belief in communism)
Note: The girl was already admitted to a university. She was illegally
arrested by police for practicing Falun Gong and forced to answer the above
question. She was detained for 15 days. With her righteous mind, she triumphed
over the policemen's threatening, and has become a university student.
15. [Chongqing City] The "610" Office Instigates Police to Kidnap
Dafa Practitioners
Around 9 pm on December 1, 2001, some Dafa practitioners were sharing their
experiences at Luoqisi dam. Police from Wangjiangchang Public Security Bureau
came and arrested 16 practitioners. The excuse given by the police for the
arrest was that the Dafa practitioners practiced and advocated Falun Gong on the
dam. Some of the practitioners were detained the same evening, some sent to a
"brainwashing class", others' whereabouts are still unknown. The
Jiangbei District Public Security Bureau has assigned 28 agents to contact Dafa
practitioners. The Bureau disguised these agents as peasants, workers, young
men, middle-aged women, and journalists. These agents coordinated with the
Wangjiang District Public Security Bureau to persecute Dafa practitioners.
These evil-minded police or officials make use of their administrative power
to hurt Dafa practitioners in the following ways: Illegal detention, sending
Dafa practitioners to forced labor camps, firing Dafa practitioners from their
jobs, withholding the pension of retiree practitioners, phone tapping,
constraining practitioner's freedom, etc.
16. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioner Wang Mingli Is
Detained Indefinitely
Wang Mingli was illegally sentenced to a forced labor camp for one year, for
going to Beijing to appeal to the Chinese government to stop it's persecution of
Falun Dafa. Wang Mingli has however been detained for over 17 months. The
Weizigou Forced Labor Camp in Changchun still refused to release him, and his
family members were only allowed to visit him a few times. During his detention,
Wang Mingli has been very determined in Dafa and refused to cooperate with the
police. He was tortured many times by the police. The police also incited
prisoners to attack him.
Since October 2001, his family has not been allowed to visit him. The police
ripped apart two pairs of cotton-padded trousers which were sent to him by his
family.
17. [Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province] A Female Dafa Practitioners' Account of Her
Persecution while in Police Custody
Around 11:30 PM on December 2, 2001, while writing about the truth of Falun
Dafa, we three Dafa practitioners were reported to police and taken forcibly to
Huayuan Police Station, and were questioned separately. I was questioned by 22
year-old policewoman named Zhang Yuhong. After the inquisition, she asked me to
sign and fingerprint, I refused. She said, "If you don't sign, I'll curse
your teacher." I said: "Do not do that. Our teacher is the kindest and
most merciful person, it's harmful to yourself if you curse him, that's criminal
activity." When she asked me to stand up, I refused. She then angrily hit
me with a wooden baton. She also slapped my face with a flyswatter, and kicked
me. Then she brought me to another room and again asked me to sign. Then they
handcuffed us onto steel chairs. During the night one practitioner escaped.
After the police woke up, they threatened that we will take full
responsibility if higher authorities investigate the escape. To save face,
police illegally arrested another Dafa practitioner and handcuffed her to a
steel chair (this practitioner is still illegally jailed. The address of
Zhangjakou Education Center "Brainwashing Class": Shalingzi (former
5.7 Cadre School)
In the afternoon, the township secretary Tian Yutang (male) and Wang Jiangjun
(male) came to the police station, saying that I caused them trouble. They
viciously hit my head until I couldn't open my eyes. Around 2:00 pm, about 30
people from the township government and the police station went to my home in a
big van and two cars. They searched my home without any warrant, and threatened
to disrupt me in every way. Not cooperating with them, I shouted loudly on the
street, they dragged me back to the room to stop my shouting. While two people
pressed me to the ground, they damaged the doors of my house, broke the wardrobe
glass, took away all my Dafa books and materials, looted my two bicycles, a
quartz clock, a TV set, 400 Yuan in cash, and 2500 kg (about 5500 pounds) of
corn. Since I didn't cooperate with them, they handcuffed me and kicked me while
they dragged me across the ground.
On the street, I shouted to bystanders: "dear friends, you've seen that
the current government officials treat our citizens in such a way, you all saw
it." They dragged me to the car and back to the police station, then asked
me to give them 10,000 Yuan otherwise they would confiscate all my family
property. On December 5, they sent us to an anti-Falun Gong "brainwashing
class" in the Zhangjiakou Education Center. (Among us, four practitioners
were tricked into going there by police under the excuse of "talking
"). We held a hunger strike for five days, and escaped successfully on December 8,
2001. Ever since that time we wandered about to avoid being illegally arrested
again.
[The
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Female Guards in Tumuji Forced Labor Camp
Torture Practitioners
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2001/12/16/21487.html
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