Latest News from China - 09/17/2001
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[Beijing] Successful Dafa Experience Sharing Meeting Held in a Beijing Suburb
In early September, over fifty practitioners came together in a suburb of
Beijing. While playing the solemn and stirring Dafa music "Pudu," they
studied Teacher's articles including Lunyu, Expounding on the Fa, Dafa is
Indestructible and Fa-Rectification Period Dafa Disciples. They
shared their own experiences in safeguarding Dafa, clarifying the truth and
eliminating the evil in the Fa-rectification cultivation. Practitioners who once
"enlightened" along the evil path in brainwashing classes also talked
about their harsh lessons. In the compassionate and solemn righteous energy
field, everyone felt their xinxing (mind and heart nature) was greatly
upgraded.
The meeting lasted two hours and all practitioners safely returned to their
homes. After the meeting, the cloudy sky cleared up.
Teacher taught us in Lecture on the Fa at the Washington, D.C.
International Conference, "Your sharing experiences and understanding
is important, too." Let us use the wisdom and supernormal abilities endowed
by Dafa to break through all the arrangements by the old forces and create an
environment for collective Fa-studying, group practicing and sharing
experiences.
[Shandong Province] Mengyin County Dafa Practitioner Song Bingfa Is Illegally
Sentenced to 10 Years in Jail
On September 6, 2001, the vicious forces in Mengyin County of Shandong
Province fabricated lies and levied false charges to order the arrest of six
practitioners. Along with the three practitioners abducted earlier this year, a
total of nine more practitioners were ordered arrested. Nearly forty
practitioners were illegally sentenced and put into labor camps. Male
practitioner Song Bingfa was actually sentenced to 10 years in jail.
[Northeast China] A Sober-Minded Politics Lecturer
A teacher who teaches politics in a well-known high school in a city of
Northeast China has never criticized Falun Gong in her class. Once, a student in
class made fun of Falun Gong. The teacher stopped him, "Do you really know
what is going on? Sit down." Her previous colleague, a Dafa practitioner,
heard the story. When she came across the teacher, she talked about Dafa with
her and mentioned what happened in the classroom. The teacher said, "If you
want to criticize something, you need to know what it is. I have no idea what
Falun Gong is. How could I criticize it? It is not wise to just listen to
propaganda." This teacher was not enthralled by government propaganda. She
kept her sober mind in the troubled times. At last the teacher told the
practitioner that several of her classmates also practiced Falun Gong and they
were good people. She said she would like to read Zhuan Falun.
[Hengshui City, Hebei Province] Hengshui City Detention Center Director
Commits Another Crime Persecuting Dafa Practitioners
For the past two years, Geng Zhanwu, director of the Hengshui City Detention
Center continuously committed crimes in persecuting practitioners. He spared no
efforts to act as an accomplice and hatchet man, often torturing practitioners
personally.
On August 21, 2001, four female practitioners asked Shen Zhongshan, the guard
on duty, to report to Geng Zhanwu that they demanded an explicit explanation
regarding their illegal, long-term detention. Otherwise, the practitioners said
they would have to go on a hunger strike on August 24 for their unconditional
release. However, the four practitioners didn't receive any response from Geng
Zhanwu. On August 24, they went on a hunger strike to call for justice and
appeal to people's consciences, and to resist the vicious persecution with their
lives.
During their hunger strike, vicious director Geng Zhanwu did not care about
the lives or deaths of the practitioners. Instead, he stormed into the
practitioners' cell and verbally abused Dafa and Teacher. He madly expressed
that all Falun Gong practitioners should be shot to death or buried alive.
At noon on August 28, which was the fifth day of the hunger strike, Li Jing's
life was in extreme danger. At that time, Geng Zhanwu, who had not shown up for
several days, came to the cell. Practitioner Xu Jie asked him to release Li
Jing. Geng Zhanwu did not reply to her. He clutched Xu Jie, who was very thin
and weak due to the tortures, from behind her back. His arms gripped hard around
Xu Jie's abdomen. After a while, Xu Jie was almost out of breath and lost
consciousness. The practitioners in No.4 cell cried out loud, "She is
almost strangled. Let her go, you rascal!" Then Geng Zhanwu put her down.
Li Jing was released when she was tortured to the point of death. Afterwards,
practitioners Li Shufang and Yin Chunmei's health conditions were also seriously
aggravated and they were released as well. Xu Jie was the only one left there.
Geng Zhanwu squeezed her so hard that her chest was in great pain. She could not
even turn her body over and had to lie on her right side. On the afternoon of
August 28, Geng Zhanwu ordered several strong men to drag her to the director's
office and force-feed her. She coughed severely and had difficulty breathing
after the force-feeding. Her heartbeat accelerated and she could not fall
asleep. The next day Geng Zhanwu brought several men to again insert the
force-feeding tube into Xu Jie's stomach. Xu Jie pulled the tube out and broke
it. They still wouldn't give up and went out to buy another one.
Xu Jie was tortured to the point of emaciation and almost died. They feared
that she might die and sent her to the hospital. The examination showed that her
rib was fractured, and she had pneumonia due to the force-feeding.
Now the four practitioners have been released back home and are gradually
recovering.
[Sanhe City, Hebei Province] A Practitioner's Persecution Experience
On May 11, 2000, I went to Tiananmen Square. The police asked me if I
practiced Falun Gong. I answered, "Yes," and was illegally arrested by
plainclothes police and sent to the Tiananmen Police Station. In the afternoon,
Yang Xizhong, an officer from the Yanjiao Branch Police Station in Sanhe City,
Hebei Province took me back in a car. When we were on the Chaobaihe Bridge, he
declared he was going to throw me in the river and drown me.
I was detained in the police department for one day, then transferred to the
local Development Zone and detained for seven days without any due legal
process. In a room on the third story of Yanjiao Branch Police Station, vicious
police officer Yang Xizhong shocked me twice with an electric baton. He hit my
shoulder(s) with his fists, yanked my hair and forced me to kneel. I was also
forced to squat for about two hours. Yang said, "If I throw you out of the
third story, are you still going to practice? I'll fine you 5,000 Yuan [about
US$625]. If you don't have the money, I'll tear down your house." I was
aching all over from the beatings and couldn't sleep for over ten days. I also
suffered great psychological stress. Witness: Li Zheng (police)
During my detention, the police department chief instigated thug Yang
Xizhong, saying, "Beat her hard; call the Railroad Bureau to put pressure
on them." My husband came to the police department to look for me and the
police said, "She is not here." They also threatened my husband,
saying they would give me a jail sentence and arrest him.
Yanjiao's Development Zone Government fined me as listed below:
In addition, my husband spent over 20,000 Yuan [about US$2,500]
arranging for my release on bail.
My husband paid the above fines without my knowledge.
[Liaozhong County, Liaoning Province] Police Department Official Li Zhen
Extorts Money from Practitioners
Ever since July 20, 1999, former deputy section chief Li Zhen of the Politics
and Security Section in Liaozhong County's Police Department/ Liaoning Province
took advantage of the national anti-Falun Gong campaign, using this opportunity
to extort money from practitioners' families.
According to reliable sources, several dozen practitioners were forced to pay
fines ranging from 2,000 Yuan [about US $250] to 5,000 Yuan [about US
$625]. Some of the fines went into Li's pocket instead of to the government.
He arrested dozens of practitioners. About 100 were detained and sent to labor
camps. To date, several dozen practitioners are still being detained. Li
capitalized politically from persecuting Dafa and Dafa practitioners.
[Heilongjiang Province] Changlinzi Labor Camp Officials Brutally Beat
Practitioners
On August 10, 2001, in the Changlinzi Labor Camp in Heilongjiang Province,
director Shi, accompanied by several guards, opened the door of Unit No.4. At
that time there were 40 practitioners in Unit No.4. Director Shi asked guards to
call the roll and whoever was called went out the door. In the end, 17 people
remained. Then practitioner Zhang Lin was called on. A guard twisted Zhang's
hands behind his back and held him tightly. Others swarmed up and brutally beat
him without explanation. When the other 16 practitioners saw this they ran up
and tried to protect Zhang, but the inhuman director Shi ordered guards and
common criminals (there were many criminals in the room at that time) to
severely beat those 16 practitioners. Director Shi also commanded that the
practitioners' hands and feet be tied with ropes. Those malicious villains
grabbed the ropes and dragged practitioners back and forth on the ground. All
other practitioners shouted from inside the room, "The guards are beating
people!" At this time, practitioners outside also rushed to the door and
shouted, "Don't beat people." Guards outside barred these fellow
practitioners. By then, Zhang Lin was already unconscious due to the torture.
The 16 others were bruised all over from the dragging, and their clothes were
torn. Those malicious thugs saw the practitioners' indestructible righteous will
and were intimidated. So they loosened the ropes on practitioners and put Zhang
Lin into a car and sent him to a hospital.
[Tiananmen Square, Beijing] Dafa Practitioners Arrested While Rectifying
the Fa in Tiananmen Square
On the afternoon of September 11, 2001, in order to expose the evil, tell
people the truth, and validate Dafa, three practitioners unfurled a banner
reading "Falun Dafa is the righteous cultivation way" at the entrance
to the Tiananmen Rostrum. They cried out loud, "Falun Dafa is great,"
"Restore the reputation of Falun Dafa" and "Restore the
reputation of our Master." The police on the square arrested them and
dragged them into a police car. They were then illegally detained.
[Changchun City, Jilin Province] Police of Division No. 1 of Changchun City
Police Department Collude with Authorities of All Labor Camps to Monitor
Practitioners' Families and Friends
The police of the Division No. 1 of the Changchun City Police Department
colluded with all labor camps in the city to monitor practitioners' families and
friends. The officers of the labor camps secretly videotaped whoever came to
visit practitioners in detention and submitted the footage to the Division No.1
of the police department. The police officers in the Division No. 1 then closely
monitored practitioners' families and friends. On top of that, the police
secretly bugged their houses and tapped their phones. They have put more than 20
wiretaps in people's houses and tapped more than 100 phones.
Recently, the evil forces have hired many laid-off workers and jobless people
to follow people from 9 p.m. until 4 a.m. the next morning. More than 10
practitioners were arrested while distributing Dafa truth-clarifying materials.
[Weifang City, Shandong Province] A 20-Year-Old Dafa Practitioner Is
Illegally Sentenced to 3 Years in a Labor Camp.
Yue Ping, 20 years old, lives in Weifang City of Shandong Province. On August
17 2001, the police from Kuiwen District arrested him while he was distributing
Dafa truth-clarifying materials. On August 20, he was illegally detained and was
sentenced to 3 years in a labor camp for insisting on practicing Falun Dafa.
[Qian'an County, Jilin Province] Vile Persons from the Politics and Security
Section of Qian'an County Police Department Brutally Beat Practitioners
On the evening of July 22, five practitioners from Qian'an County were
unfortunately caught by traffic police while hanging up Dafa banners. They were
taken to the Qian'an County Police Department. A Toyota van belonging to one of
the practitioners was confiscated. During the interrogation, an evil policeman
beat up a practitioner so cruelly that he lost consciousness and did not wake up
until the next morning. The rest of the practitioners were all beaten to
different degrees.
The vile person who beat practitioners was Zhao Yanhai from the Politics and
Security Section. This person verbally abused Dafa and Master. He also claimed
himself as a demon and fiend from hell.
Around 5 o'clock in the morning, the practitioners were illegally sent to
Qian'an County Detention Center where other practitioners were detained.
The telephone numbers of the vile persons who persecuted practitioners are:
Zhang Jing, the associate director of Police Department of Qian'an County in
Jilin Province, is in charge of organizing the persecution against
practitioners): 011-86-438-8225068 (office) and 8226056 (home).
Zhang Lifeng from Legal Section of Police Department: 011-86-438-8224145
(office) and 8232572 (home).
Wang Hui, the director of Qian'an County Detention Center: 011-86-438-8221813
(office) and 8228288 (home).
Zhao Yanhai from Politics and Security Section of Police Department:
011-86-438-8233086.
Yuan Ye is another vicious person.
[China] The Criminal Record of Song Changchun, the Former Associate Director
of Gouxi Town, Fangzi District
Song Changchun led a gang of ruffians to cruelly persecute practitioners.
They unlawfully ransacked practitioners' homes and enforced large fines. He
ordered the wicked policemen from Fangzi District to practice boxing on
practitioners as if the practitioners were their living targets. They beat
practitioners furiously on their heads and chests. They kicked, stepped on and
stomped practitioners after they were knocked down to the ground.
Song also illegally detained practitioners in the town. He poured water onto
the floor and made the room a water dungeon. In the evening, he took
practitioners individually to a room, turned off the lights, stuffed the
practitioners into gunny sacks and then beat them up. The ruffians kicked
practitioners, and pinched practitioners on the inner side of their thighs. They
beat practitioners with tools. They placed wooden sticks underneath the
practitioners' legs and stepped on practitioners' legs and stomped until their
muscles were torn.
[China] Only "Falun Gong" Tells the Truth
When I was car pooling with my colleagues on a business trip, one of them
told me that nowadays the bogus merchandise and false news are everywhere in
society and even the "pure land" of college campuses are not an
exception. He indignantly made a comment, "Nowadays you cannot find a
single honest person!" Another colleague sitting next to him said,
"There are honest people. Who? Falun Gong, the Falun Gong practitioners
don't tell lies."
Afterwards, I verified this with several policemen. The policemen also said
that Falun Gong practitioners would not tell lies. I admire that the Falun Gong
practitioners always tell the truth.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2001/9/17/16691.html
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