Latest News from China - 09/14/2001
(Clearwisdom.net)
1. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Heizuizi Labor Camp Brutally Tortures
Practitioner Li Guiling
Practitioner Li Guiling was sent to a brainwashing class in March 2001 for
steadfastly practicing Falun Dafa. Seeing that she wouldn't give up practicing,
the police sent her to the Heizuizi Labor Camp, where she firmly refused to
write a guarantee to give up Falun Dafa. The guard in Team One of Group Six,
Zhang Tao, took her to the office and gave her an injection despite her strong
protest. After the injection, Sun Mingyan, the guard in Team Three laughed
cruelly, "We have finally destroyed your cultivation energy."
In order to further torture Li Guiling, guards Li Tong, Zhang Tao, Zhu Dan,
Sun Mingyan, and Liu Ying surrounded her to punch and kick her. They also used
electric batons to shock her. Furthermore, they tied her up with thick canvas
cloth [possibly a restraint jacket] and handcuffed her to the bed.
The relentless torture has caused Li Guiling to become extremely slow in her
thoughts and speech. Still, the guards wouldn't let her go, saying she was
pretending. They continued to torture her, trying to convince her to put her
fingerprint on the paper denouncing Dafa.
2. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Practitioners in the Xiguoyuan Detention
Center Start a Hunger Strike to Mourn Fellow Practitioners
The Xiguoyuan Detention Center tortured practitioner Liu Lanxiang to death in
April 2001 and Zhang Fengyun in August. After Zhang Fengyun's death, the
officials tried to block the news from leaking out by canceling all outdoor
activities for the inmates. They even sent meals to individual cells instead of
letting the inmates eat together. Still, the terrible news spread from Group 14,
where the death took place, to Team 15. On August 18, the practitioners in Team
15 proposed three requests: 1. Hold a funeral for Liu Lanxiang and Zhang
Fengyun. 2. Eliminate the rule that forbids practitioners from talking to each
other. 3. Release all of the practitioners. Along with these requests, the
practitioners started a hunger strike.
A correction: In April 2001, practitioner Liu Lanxiang from Minqin
County, Gansu Province was held at the Xiguoyuan Detention Center, where she was
beaten to death. After her death, the guards who committed the crime transferred
her body to the No.2 Detention Center in Hualinshan for no apparent reason. When
Clearwisdom reported the incident, the Hualinshan Detention was cited as the
site thought to be where the crime was comitted. In fact, the actual site was
later discovered to be the Xiguoyuan Detention Center upon receiving more
detailed information.
3. [Beijing] An Update on Zhao Ming's Situation
According to some practitioners who were detained in the Tuanhe Labor Camp in
Beijing, Tsinghua University graduate Zhao Ming has been steadfast in his belief
of Dafa. Facing the persuasion of practitioners who have gone stray and
countless inhuman tortures, he is as unwavering as ever. The practitioners said
that Zhao Ming is very thin and seldom speaks. Under the instructions of the
guards, four inmates have been assigned to watching him. Zhao Ming is often
forced to stand for long periods of time and denied sleep. They sometimes force
him to sit in a water basin or stuff him under a bed. He was once beaten to the
point where he could not stand up.
Gong Chengxi, a graduate of the class of ྜྷ in the Political Management
Department of the China Political Science and Law University, was arrested in
November 2000 while clarifying the truth of Falun Dafa. He is currently being
detained in the Tuanhe Labor Camp.
4. [Jilin Province] News from the Jiutai Labor Camp
In the early morning hours of May 30, 2001, the practitioners set up some
loud speakers outside the walls of the Jiutai Labor Camp, broadcasting many
programs from World Falun Dafa Radio. In the early morning hours of September 5,
the practitioners broadcast Teacher's article "Suggestion", greatly
encouraging the practitioners being held in the labor camp and suffocating the
evil.
In order to force practitioners to give up practicing, the labor camp denies
them sleep, forces them to stand for long periods of time, threatens them, and
shocks them with electric batons. Some practitioners were forced to stand for
seven straight days. The practitioners being tortured include Wang Yin, Zhang
Zhenshu, Zhou Yelin, Gong Qiumin, and Yu Shuqing. The labor camp routinely
extends the practitioners' sentences at will in order to persecute them further.
Eleven female practitioners' sentences were extended. Some of the practitioners
whose sentences were extended by three months are Zheng Xiaoming, Wang Yin, Huo
Runzhi, Wang Ying, Gong Qiumin, Zou Hongmei, and Wang Xingshan. Those whose
sentences were extended two months are Hao Zhifang and Li Yanping. Piao Lianhua
and another practitioner whose name is unknown had their sentences extended by
one month.
5. [Beijing] Professor of Philosophy You Zhaohe at the Chinese Political
Science and Law University Forced to Flee from His Home
Professor of Philosophy You Zhaohe often introduces Falun Dafa to his
students in class. After July 20, 1999, when the Chinese government banned Falun
Dafa, he went to Tiananmen Square to appeal. When he returned, the university
tried to pressure him into giving up Falun Gong. In July 2000, policemen came to
his home and took him to the Haidian District Detention Center. When Professor
You reproached the guards, they viciously beat him up.
After Professor You was released from the detention center, the university as
well as the police pressed him to attend the brainwashing class. Professor You
was forced to flee from his home, and his current whereabouts are unknown.
6. [Anhui Province] Dafa Radio Broadcast Heard Over the Skies of a City in
Anhui
At around 8 pm on September 2, the voice of Falun Dafa Radio echoed in the
skies of a city in Anhui Province. It was an act of Fa-rectification, opposing
the slanderous exhibition against Dafa recently held in that city. It attracted
many passers-by and had a very good effect.
7. [Beijing] Exposing the Deeds of Local Policemen
I went to Tiananmen Square on December 15, 2000 to appeal for Dafa and was
detained in the Xuanwu District Detention Center, where I started a hunger
strike in protest. Several policemen tied me up and force-fed me by inserting a
tube into my stomach through my nose. As a result of their actions, I suffered
injuries to my nose and stomach. When I struggled, they took a syringe, the kind
that is used on horses, to inject water into my mouth. When I didn't comply with
their demands, they punched and kicked me. This torture lasted for more than ten
days.
Seeing that I wouldn't give in, they sent me to the police station in Anping
County, Hebei Province. The police chief there was named Hu. They denied me
sleep for several days and nights, but I still did not give in. They then
handcuffed me to a cement pillar outside, where my feet were standing on ice.
Later, the police chief ordered his men to release me from the cement pillar.
Just then, some policemen came over with electric batons and said, "After
the freezing, why don't you have some electric shock. This will be very
stimulating." Later more than ten thugs took turns whipping me with a
leather belt and kicking me. When they were exhausted from the beating, they
asked me why I still insisted on practicing Falun Gong. I said, "Falun Dafa
is the righteous way. I will not betray my Teacher. I am a Dafa practitioner. I
will not give up practicing even if you beat me to death."
I then asked them, "Why do you treat us practitioners like this?"
They said, "If we don't, we will lose our jobs. To tell you the truth,
Jiang Zemin has given explicit orders. We won't be responsible if we beat
practitioners to death. We will simply announce that you have committed
suicide."
One practitioner's body was covered with black marks left by electric batons.
The guards even stripped her clothes off to beat her and then left her out in
cold. Afterwards, they took her to a pit that they had dug and brought a black
police dog with them. They asked her, "Which would you prefer, to be buried
alive or fed to the dog?" Faced with this threat, the practitioner still
had no fear.
A 17-year-old female practitioner was sent to Huairou County in Beijing. A
huge policeman beat and kicked her, knocking her to the ground and stomping on
her body. After he was tired from beating her, the guard said, "If you
don't tell me what I want to know, I will rape you."
These people, following the directions of Jiang Zemin, behave like beasts and
are committing many crimes in China. We have to expose their vicious conduct to
the world.
8. [Fuyang City, Anhui Province] The Railway Bureau Places Practitioners
Under House Arrest
The Bengbu Branch of the Railway Bureau in Anhui Province placed three
practitioners under house arrest, asking laid off employees to monitor them. The
practitioners have not been allowed to leave the staff dormitory to go back home
for months now.
9. [Shanghai] Suggestion for Practitioners to Send Forth Righteous Thoughts
to Eliminate the Brainwashing Classes
According to sources, the 610 Office in Shanghai plans to take practitioners
by force to the brainwashing class in Qingfu. They have so far held three such
classes. Practitioners in Shanghai, please send forth righteous thoughts
together to thwart the evil.
10. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Female Practitioner Sun Lanping Arrested
Female practitioner Sun Yanping was arrested on June 23 in the Gongxingdun
area when she was distributing truth-clarifying materials. She is being held at
the Dashaping Detention Center. On August 8, she was sentenced to the Pingantai
Labor Camp for one and a half years.
11. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] the Situation of Zhang Chunmin and
His Wife
Practitioner Zhang Chunmin and his wife Wang Dongmei were forced to flee from
home with their child to avoid persecution from the police station on Shigang
Street. They have not been able to go back to their home since August 2000.
Near the end of July 2001, the Qiaodong Police Substation worked with the
Shengli North Street Police Station to detained them (their child is being taken
care of by relatives). Wang Dongmei is being held at the Shijiazhuang No.2
Detention Center, but Zhang Chunmin's whereabouts are unknown. It's been over a
month since this happened, and the situation is becoming dire.
12. [Mainland China] "I Found You At Last!"
A female practitioner was posting truth-clarifying literature on the second
floor of a building when she saw a lady coming up. The lady realized what she
was doing and said in surprise, "Oh, I have been looking for you people. I
like reading the Falun Dafa materials very much. Please bring us some
more." Greatly moved, the practitioner said, "Thank you for your
support!"
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