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Latest News from China - 08/12/2001
(Clearwisdom.net)
[Chengdu City, Sichuan Province]
Police Send Practitioner Tang Hongmei to Labor Camp for "Acting
Suspiciously" [Wuhan City, Hubei Province]
Wuhan First Detention Center Brutally Tortures Dafa Practitioners [Guangzhou City, Guangdong
Province] The Illegal Actions of the Guangzhou Intermediate Court [Nongan County, Jilin Province]
Detention Center Extorts Nearly 600,000 Yuan from Practitioners [Tianjin City] 610 Office Arrests
Dafa Practitioners [Dalian City, Liaoning Province]
Police Arrest Dafa Practitioners and Ransack Their Homes [Mainland China] My Family's
Encouraging Changes [Hailar City, Inner Mongolian]
Recent News Items from Inner Mongolia [Guizhou Province] Persecution of
Falun Dafa Practitioners [Yantai, Shandong Province]
Indestructible Falun Dafa Practitioners [Yantai, Shandong Province]
Police Illegally Arrest Over 30 Practitioners [Benxi, Liaoning Province]
Weining Labor Camp Tortures Falun Dafa Practitioners [Hegang, Heilongjiang Province]
Guards and Officers in Hegang Detention Center Torture Falun Dafa
Practitioners [China] Those Slandering Falun
Dafa and Framing Practitioners Meet Retribution
1. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Police Send Practitioner Tang Hongmei to
Labor Camp for "Acting Suspiciously"
Chengdu Dafa practitioner Tang Hongmei was recently sentenced to one year in
the Nanmushi Female Labor Camp in Zizhong City. She was arrested at her sister's
home on May 14, 2001. Her family members went to the police and asked them for
the legal basis of her one-year sentence. The police could not produce any
evidence, but they said that she was "acting suspiciously." How sad is
it when the police can arrest and sentence people to jail just for "acting
suspiciously!"
A practitioner's friend works for an intelligence agency in charge of
collecting and processing information on Falun Gong. This friend sighed and said
after finding out about this case, "How much longer can Jiang Zemin's reign
last?"
2. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Wuhan First Detention Center Brutally
Tortures Dafa Practitioners
The Wuhan First Detention Center strictly forbids practitioners from doing
the Falun Gong exercises, and those who defy this order are handcuffed to the
same spot for up to fifty days. It has been extremely hot in Wuhan City
recently, and the temperature indoors is even higher. Partly because
practitioners cannot perform the Falun Gong exercises, their physical condition
has deteriorated greatly.
3. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] The Illegal Actions of the Guangzhou
Intermediate Court
On August 6, 2001, the Guangzhou Intermediate Court held a public trial for
Dafa practitioners. Practitioner Yang Bangquan's family was informed that two or
three family members were allowed to attend the trial.
At 9:00 AM on August 6, Yang's mother called court lawyer Li Long about the
procedure for the attending the trial. Li said that she only needed to come to
the court to meet with Liu Zhixiang, another lawyer, before 2:30 PM and apply
for a permit. Li also said that two to three family members could attend the
trial. So Yang's family came to the courthouse at around 2:00 PM to apply for
the permit. However, Li and Liu said that Falun Gong practitioners' families are
not allowed to attend the hearing. Yang's family argued with them. Li and Liu
said that they had made a mistake, and that trials of Falun Gong practitioners
are not open to the public. Yang's family learned later that they sentenced two
practitioners to jail that morning.
Li Long, 86-20-83819113
Liu Zhixiang, 86-20-83855080
4. [Nongan County, Jilin Province] Detention Center Swindles Nearly 600,000
Yuan from Practitioners
There are many Dafa practitioners in Nongan County. Since July 20, 1999,
about one thousand practitioners have gone to Beijing to appeal, clarifying the
truth of Falun Gong and validating Dafa. As a result, they were detained and
tortured in the detention center.
Following Jiang Zemin's instruction of "breaking them financially," the detention center charged practitioners abnormally high
prices for food. They charged 23.25 Yuan [Chinese currency, the average
income of urban worker is 500 Yuan] each day. The food was usually
bug-riddled corn pancakes and corn stubble gruel. In comparison, they only
charged other inmates 13.50 Yuan a day. Since 1999, around one thousand
practitioners have been held in the detention center for an average period of
twenty-five days. A simple calculation shows that the detention center has
overcharged practitioners for 587,750 Yuan. Meanwhile, the head of the detention
center, Lou Shaojun, has personally tortured and cursed Dafa practitioners.
Head of Nongan Detention Center, Lou Shaojun, 86-431-3224447
Address:
Nongan Detention Center
Zip code, 130200, P. R. China
5. [Tianjin City] 610 Office Arrests Dafa Practitioners
The police departments and 610 offices [An office created by the
government to deal specifically with issues related to Falun Gong] from
various areas of Tianjin City have started another wave of arrests. Many
practitioners from the Tanggu, Dagang, Jinnan, Baodi, Ninghe and Wuqin districts
have been arrested for refusing to give up practicing Falun Gong.
When officers from the 610 office asked practitioner Guo Jianxuan from the
Dagang Oil Field Area if he practiced Falun Gong , Guo answered,
"Yes!" He was then arrested and sent to the Dagang Detention center,
leaving his wife and five-year-old child at home.
The Gangxi Police Substation arrested Dafa practitioners Li Quangao, Liu
Lanying, Li Chong, and Zheng Wanzhang from the Dagang Oil Field Area on July 13.
They are currently being detained in the Dagang Detention Center.
It was reported that every police station, security department in every work
unit, 610 office and residence committee in the Dagang Oil Field Area are
monitoring Dafa practitioners. They are following the practitioners, tapping
their telephones, and forcing practitioners' neighbors to watch them. They are
also stressing the control of the Internet.
Dafa practitioners Chu Jidong, Huang Min, and Li Haigang from the Dagang Oil
Field Area were sentenced to labor camps for appealing in Beijing. They are
being detained in the Shuangkou Labor Camp in Tianjin City. Chu and Huang's
detention period is overdue, but they still have not been released yet.
Dafa practitioner Zhao Binhong has been detained in the Banqiao Female Labor
Camp in Dagang District, suffering all kinds of tortures. She has been
imprisoned for three months past her sentence, but they still refuse to release
her. Her husband works in the oil well, so nobody is looking after their child,
an elementary school student, during the day.
We hope that the kindhearted people of the world can pay attention to the
plight of these practitioners and help them.
6. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Police Arrest Dafa Practitioners and
Ransack Their Homes
On August 7, police arrested Dafa practitioners Xue Jun, Zhang Huidong, and
another female practitioner and then proceeded to ransack Xue's home. They
confiscated three desktop computers with CD writers, a laptop, two laser
printers, nearly one thousand VCDs, and speakers. The police are still waiting
in Xue's home hoping to arrest more Dafa practitioners.
7. [Mainland China] My Family's Encouraging Changes
My father was opposed to us cultivating Falun Dafa before July 22, 1999,
because he thought that Falun Gong was only for elderly people. However, after
the self-immolation incident was reported by Chinese government, he said that it
was a staged performance and said to us, "You should do whatever you think
is right." I gave him some truth-clarifying materials and asked him to
distribute them to local practitioners. He promised to do so and asked me for
Teacher's new articles to read.
My nephew is nine years old and does not practice Falun Gong. When his
schoolteacher asked students to write down their relatives' names who are Falun
Gong practitioners, he refused. He also asked his father why the man who set
himself on fire did not double-cross his legs like his mother does when she
practices. When we read Teacher's book before, he never listened to us. However,
after we sent forth righteous thoughts, he started to listen to us telling other
children's cultivation stories and also asked us to read Zhuan Falun to
him.
My relatives said that when he chatted with his colleagues, many of them
openly denounced Jiang Zemin.
8. [Hailar City, Inner Mongolian] Recent News Items from Inner Mongolia
On April 30, 2001, Li Yaoguo from the Hulunbeier Internal Audit Office was
arrested while clarifying the truth of Falun Gong, leaving his baby, who is less
than one year old, at home. The management of the Hulunbeier Internal Audit
Office then forced everybody to write statements denouncing Dafa.
Phone number of the Hulunbeier Internal Audit Office, 86-470-8241902
From May 28 to May 30, 2001, officials from the Hulunbeier Propaganda
Department held a three-day photo exhibit to slander Dafa.
Around July 22, 2001, Dafa practitioners hung many banners along the main
street of the city.
The secretary of the party committee of the Xishan State Grain Reservoir was
arrested for financial crimes. This work unit used to persecute Dafa
practitioners, and one employee was sentenced to jail for practicing Falun Gong.
The Director and secretary of the 610 office in Hulunbeier is Cao Qingdian.
9. [Guizhou Province] Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners
Falun Dafa practitioner Zhang Juying from Guizhou Province was illegally
detained for 15 days for going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in October
1999. Her workplace punished her by reducing her salary to a minimum, barely
enough to cover daily expenses. She was arrested again in November 2000 for
distributing Falun Gong literature and illegally detained for 45 days in Nanming
District Detention Center in Guiyang City. Later she was bailed out. In March
2000, Nanming District ran a brainwashing class for Falun Dafa practitioners.
Zhang refused to attend. The authorities tried to take her by force, but Zhang
resisted firmly, leading her persecutors to resent her.
In June 2001, officers from the Shachong Street Police Station in Nanming
District went to Zhang's workplace, handcuffed her, and took her away without
notifying her supervisor or family. They sent her directly to Zhongba Women's
Labor Camp in Guizhou Province. Her husband (a non-practitioner) went to the
police station to ask for an explanation. The deputy commanding officer Yao Yong
didn't have a good reason, so he threatened, "Stop it or I will send your
daughter to the labor camp, too." Zhang's daughter is also a practitioner.
Zhang started a hunger strike on arrival her first day in the labor camp, taking
neither food nor water. As a result, she was force fed and tortured. This
occurred sometime in the first half of June 2001.
Office Telephone of the Commanding Officer in Shachong Street Police Station
in Nanming District, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province: 86-851-5793524.
Ye Shaoxue, his wife Huang Huaying, son Ye Heping and daughter Ye Jingsong
are all practitioners. The son was illegally sentenced to three years in a labor
camp for appealing for Falun Gong in Beijing in November 1999, and he is
currently being held in Zhongba Labor Camp of Guizhou Province. Their house has
been ransacked many times. The police detained Huang for 15 days for bringing
Falun Gong literature to practitioners in the labor camp. A few days after her
release, four people from the police station and the residents' committee broke
into her house and declared she would be sentenced to three years in labor camp.
They tried to take her away by force, but Huang jumped from the third floor and
ran off. They took her daughter to the police station and didn't release her
until dawn. They threatened to let the family see the "power of proletarian
dictatorship." In order to avoid their illegal arrest, Ye Shaoxue and his
daughter had no choice but to leave their home, literally forced into
homelessness. The police station sent some people to watch their home and arrest
anyone who came to visit. They forced Ye's nephew (non-practitioner) and tenants
to go out to find Ye and his family. Had they refused, the tenants would not
have been allowed to live there anymore and the house would have been closed
down. In addition, the tenants were threatened with three years in jail.
Police Involved: Yin Jun, Nie Bo
Telephone of Beijing Street Police Station: 86-851-6823578
10. [Yantai, Shandong Province] Indestructible Falun Dafa Practitioners
The Public Security Bureau in Yantai, Shandong Province, its subordinate
branches, police stations, offices in different districts and detention centers
collude with each other in the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners. Police
squads specially trained to work on big criminal cases are used against Falun
Dafa practitioners. They adopt ruthless methods and have injured many
practitioners.
More than ten people led by Vice Commanding Officer Wang Fuli and Policeman
Zhao Zhiyi in Baishi Street Police Station of Zhigang District pried open the
door and broke into the house of Sun Shuqin. They used force to carry her and
her daughter Liang Yan away from home at the midnight hour. The mother and
daughter started a hunger strike. Within thirty days, they had been taken to
many different places including the police station, the detention center, the
labor camp and the hospital. The police tried twice to send Liang Yan to Wang
Village Labor Camp in Zibo and they tried to send Sun Shuqin once, but all of
their efforts were unsuccessful because of their poor health as a result of
their hunger strike.
Liang Yan was sent to the hospital emergency ward three times. The fourth
time she was taken for examination and treatment for weak breathing. She was
force-fed many times at the detention center, resulting in the loss of much
pus-filled blood. Xu Ming, a vicious guard once said, "If we don't show her
we're tough, she won't change her mind. We have plenty of ways: handcuffs, foot
shackles, and tying her to the bed board. If a Falun Gong practitioner is
tortured to death, we certainly won't be punished, and no one will speak out for
them. We won't let them have a life, but we won't let them die, either."
The mother and the daughter were both carried away from their home and
carried back. Their neighbors can testify to that. According to an eyewitness,
when Liang Yan was carried home by four policemen, she was curled up under a torn
blanket, as skinny as a skeleton. Many kind-hearted people shed tears and said,
"Falun Gong practitioners are so strong. They'd rather die than give
in."
11. [Yantai, Shandong Province] Police Illegally Arrest Over 30 Practitioners
During the Second International Fair in the middle of June, the police in
Yantai City frenziedly arrested Dafa practitioners. The following is a partial
list of over 30 kidnapped practitioners: Wang Zhixin, Liu Zhenxia, Zhan
Gongcheng, Li Zegang, his wife and his sister Li Yuyan, Song Minghao, Sun Shuqin,
Liang Yan, Gao Xia, Yin Aihua, Liu Qiuhong, and Wang Xingying. Sun Shuqin and
her daughter Liang Yan refused to follow the orders of the police and were
tortured until they were very frail. They were released a month later. Zhan
Chenggong failed a physical examination and was sent back from a labor camp to
the Yantai Detention Center where he is still being held. The rest of the
practitioners have all been illegally sentenced to labor camps. Three groups of
practitioners were sent to labor camps in succession within one month. As soon
as practitioners are arrested, they are sent to labor camps without due process
of law.
The perpetrators have changed their strategy. They do not detain
practitioners in local detention centers anymore; rather, they send them to
labor camps immediately. For instance, practitioner Liu Qiuhong was arrested one
evening and sent to labor camp the next morning.
Directing Officer Yu Jianshu in Section One in Zhigang Branch of Yantai City
Public Security Bureau is a ruffian who has persecuted many Falun Dafa
practitioners over the past two years. He gives the orders as to who should be
arrested. He is also directly involved with the vicious acts and brainwashing
classes of the "610 Office" and "428 Office."
12. [Benxi, Liaoning Province] Weining Labor Camp Tortures Falun Dafa
Practitioners
Weining Labor Camp in Benxi, Liaoning Province has used all kinds of cruel
methods to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. Detained practitioners who refuse
to renounce Falun Gong are put in a "strict group" where the guards
carry out severe acts of torture. They have resorted to many inhumane methods.
For example, they make practitioners sit in a chair all day long without moving
or talking. Any movement will incur beating and kicking. Practitioners are
allowed to use the bathroom only twice a day. If one complains, they will accuse
him of violating the rules and regulations and put him in a "stretching
room" where one's arms and legs are spread and tied up. Once, Song Yuegang
and Zhao Chenglin (see "[Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Police Arrest Falun
Dafa Practitioners using Contemptible Means" in Latest News from China,
05/31/01, on Clearwisdom.net) tried to escape persecution and were severely
beaten by the inmates monitoring them and three officers from the Management
Office: Liang, Li Qiang and Dong Qiang. They were joined by Liu Huiming, Wang
Yi, Zhao Dawei, Zhang Decai, and Jiao Fanghe. The two practitioners were tied up
and hung by their arms and legs, leaving their bodies hanging in the air. The
police used an electronic baton on them that discharged 18,000 volts, then
kicked and punched them. Their faces were distorted and covered with blood. They
were tortured everyday. Song Yuegang was hung in the "stretching room"
for 15 days and Zhao Chenglin for 10 days. Since Wang Jicai's story was posted
on the web, the evil has been somewhat restrained. At present, Song Yuegang,
Zhao Chenglin, and Xu Fengsheng are still being tortured. Wang Jicai was hurt
and is now healing from the wounds in a drug rehabilitation center (translator's
note: rehabilitation centers have been used to detain practitioners since the
persecution began). The officials are trying hard to stop news from leaking
out because what they have done violates the law and they are afraid of being
exposed to the public.
It is said that the brainwashing classes in Benxi City started on August 7
and will be held until October.
Telephone of Weining Labor Camp in Benxi, Liaoning Province: 86-414-4512310,
4511245.
Telephone of the Head of the Labor Camp: 86-414-4511709
The perpetrators: Three officials in the Management Office Liang, Li Qiang,
and Dong Qiang. Liu Huiming, Wang Yi, Zhao Dawei, Zhang Decai, Jiao Fanghe.
13. [Hegang, Heilongjiang Province] Guards and Officers in Hegang Detention
Center Torture Falun Dafa Practitioners
Luo, Head of Hegang No.1 Detention Center, and Yu Lei, one of the guards,
sent 3 female Falun Dafa practitioners who had been on a hunger strike for 4
days to the torture room and tortured them from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The
practitioners' names are Gong Guihua, Bai Guixia and Xu Yuegui. Yu Lei also
kicked the practitioners while saying, "You are tough." Their muscles
were severely bruised and hurt. Finally, Yu was afraid to take responsibility
for injuring them and said, "Take medicine and practice Falun Gong at the
same time. You will heal quickly."
Many Falun Dafa practitioners are shown a certificate stating that their
detention period will be only 15 days. But the actual length of the average
illegal detention is much longer than that, with the longest being 10 months.
Practitioners who are released are fined 1,000 to 3,000 Yuan. (Translator's
note: the average monthly income of an urban worker is 500 Yuan.) It is said
that the guards have extorted over 200,000 Yuan from Dafa practitioners to cover
"food expenses."
The labor camp brutally persecutes Dafa practitioners. Chief officer of Team
Three, Wang Fugui, together with Deputy Chief Qi Yanwei and Yang Xiaochun,
directed other inmates to beat Falun Dafa practitioners. Anyone who does not
give in will receive heavy beating and kicking. They beat them with clubs
everyday. Later we learned that it was because of instructions from the Party
Secretary of the Politics and Law Committee, Yang Yuguang and Vice Director of
City Public Security Bureau, Zhang Chunqing, "If an inmate beats Dafa
practitioners into giving up practicing Falun Gong, his service term can be
reduced." In fact, they are bribing the inmates to commit further crimes
for which they will one day receive their due retribution.
14. [China] Those Slandering Falun Dafa and Framing Practitioners Meet
Retribution
Li, a neighbor of a Falun Dafa practitioner, believed the propaganda in the
newspapers and TV and harbored hatred towards Falun Dafa practitioners. He often
repeated the slander he'd heard on TV around the neighborhood. He also followed
practitioners around and reported on them to the residents' committee. Not long ago, he
found blood in his urine and has discovered that he has prostate cancer. He has
spent more than 10,000 Yuan for surgery. He himself realized that it might be
retribution for his actions against Falun Dafa. He does not dare to tell others
that he has cancer. He is much more restrained now.
Posting date: 8/22/2001 |