Latest News from China - 09/24/2001
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[Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province] Exposing the Evil in Shuanghe Labor
Camp
According to the Judiciary Department's document No. 58, practitioners
illegally detained in labor camps whose terms are up should be released and have
their freedom restored. But the Shuanghe Labor Camp authorities only released
some of the practitioners, while others were not released, upon the stipulation
that they required an "additional term for ideological
transformation." Some practitioners' half-year detention terms had already
been stretched to nearly one year. Now practitioners' additional detention time
is also up, but they are still not being released. Formerly, some practitioners'
detention terms were reduced. Right now, not only do the authorities not reduce
anyone's terms; they also increase the terms to further punish determined Dafa
practitioners' persecution.
In addition, officials at the Shuanghe Labor Camp strained relationships
between practitioners and their families. On each family member's visit, the
officials told them that the practitioners did not care about their home and did
not want to have a home. When a practitioner's husband passed away and her
family went to the Shuanghe Labor Camp to seek permission for her to attend the
funeral, the police in the camp did not inform the practitioner. However, they
lied to her family, saying she did not want to go home. As a result, her family
members misunderstood her and hated her Dafa cultivation.
This June, a meeting was held at the Shuanghe Labor Camp to release the
people who had been brainwashed. As those people's speeches were seriously
against Dafa, many determined practitioners stood up and pointed out how they
were wrong. Five practitioners were immediately taken out of the meeting room by
force. After that, they were deceived. With the excuse of "having a talk
with the director," they were actually put into the Qiqihar Custodial
Center for further persecution. They were supposed to be sentenced. The five
female practitioners are: Liu Shourong (She was sent to the labor camp on
December 7, 1999. Her release from a one-year detention term is overdue.), Shi
Shufang (She was sent to the labor camp on December 7, 1999. Release is
overdue.), Shen Zili, Xu Hongmei (They were put into the labor camp in July
2000. Their detention terms are up.) The other practitioner's name is unknown.
[Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province] Exposing the Deception at the
Heilongjiang Provincial Drug Rehabilitation Center
On June 23, 2001, six determined Dafa practitioners, Cui Xuemin, Yang Shulan,
Xu Jiajue, Wang Jinhua, Zhang Jiqiu and Sheng Yi were transferred from Qiqihar
City's Shuanghe Labor Camp to the Heilongjiang Provincial Drug Rehabilitation
Center for further persecution. The officials in the drug rehabilitation center
separated the practitioners, putting one person per room, and ordered the
betrayers (who gave up Falun Gong practice due to being brainwashed) to attack
them.
In order to trick the practitioners into writing the "renouncing
statement" (an announcement of giving up Falun Gong practice), the
officials in the drug rehabilitation center ordered the betrayers to administer
psychotropic drugs, disguised in candy, to practitioners. A betrayer ate a candy
and then gave another to Xu Jiajue. After an hour, they asked Xu Jiajue to lie
down and brought a pen and a piece of paper. They asked Xu Jiajue to copy the
"renouncing statement." When Xu Jiajue saw what it was she immediately
became sober. She saw through their trick and tore up the statement.
Though the six practitioners were persecuted and forced to receive
brainwashing for 38 days, they were still determined to cultivate Dafa. They
completely shattered the vicious officials' attempt to force practitioners to
give up their righteous belief.
[Weihai City, Shandong Province] Weihai City's Vicious Forces Aggravate
Practitioners' Persecution
In a new round of persecuting Falun Gong, and in order to prevent
practitioners from going to Beijing on Chinese National Day, October 1st,
the vicious forces in Weihai City attempted to persecute Falun Gong
practitioners by setting up brainwashing classes. For those who had cooperated
with them but were considered key people, they also set up the so-called
"assistant group." Once a person turns to supporting Falun Gong, the
person in the "assistant group" will have to take the responsibility.
We hope all Dafa practitioners in Weihai City see through the plot contrived by
the old forces and break through their arrangement.
[Southern China] The Wisdom of a Practitioner's Family
In a city of Southern China, an elderly female practitioner lives with her
husband, who is over 70 years old. She often goes out distributing flyers and
clarifying the truth. Once, the vicious police arrested her. Her husband went to
the police station right away and told them he needed her help. If the police
did not release her, he would immediately go to live in the policeman's home. On
hearing this, the policeman wondered how he could take the responsibility if
something happened to this over 70-year-old man, and who did not have a senior
at his home? Should 70 year-old-people be persecuted? So they released the
elderly lady.
[Changchun City, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioner Jiao Hong is Detained.
Female practitioner Jiao Hong from Changchun City was detained somewhere. Her
whereabouts are unclear.
[Xinjiang AR] Authorities Postpone the Persecution of the Xinjiang
Independence Group and Give Priority to the Persecution of Falun Gong
In July 2001 a circular was passed down with the following content: Postpone
for years the "priority persecution" of the Xinjiang Independence
Group and make the persecution of Falun Gong a top priority instead.
To persecute Falun Dafa, Xinjiang AR (Autonomous Region) authorities have
spent a lot of money hiring local scoundrels. In late July, jobless people of
Weiwuer nationality (the majority ethnic group in Xinjiang AR) caught
practitioners and took them to the police department while they were posting
Dafa truth-clarifying materials on the walls of the Wulumuqi Bridge. These
people then received 3,000 Yuan as a reward.
[Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Due to her Hunger Strike, Jianyang City Dafa
Practitioner Ye Shunying is Released
Jianyang City practitioner Ye Shunying was released and is now being taken
care of by her family. She had been detained for eight months, but was released
because of her hunger strike.
Another practitioner was also on a hunger strike for 13 days. She was
released on the 14th day.
[Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] Dafa Practitioner Wang Zhihai is Illegally
Sentenced to Forced Labor
Dafa practitioner Wang Zhihai, who obtained Dafa in 1996, is a worker of the
Chongqing Railroad Branch Office. Since July 22, 1999, some lawless policemen
from the Chongqing Railroad Station have followed him, closely watched him,
detained him and ransacked his house. In September 1999, police from the
Railroad West Station Office, wearing no uniform, broke into his house and took
away Dafa books and other materials without following any legal procedures. In
August 2000, Wang was kidnapped to the Xiaonanhai Custodial Center for a
one-month criminal detention. The police wanted to send him to a labor camp but
were not able to do so, because there is no local labor camp and the local
government's approval is needed to send him to one somewhere else. After being
released, he was not able to retrieve the personal property that had been
confiscated. To make matters worse, they still harassed him. Two months later,
in December, he was kidnapped to a brainwashing class. A couple of days later,
with righteous thoughts, he came out of the brainwashing class. On January 7,
2001, he went to Beijing's Tiananmen Square to unfurl a Dafa banner. Without
cooperating with the requests, orders and conduct of the police personnel at the
Qianmen Police Station, he left the Qianmen Police Station, openly and freely.
Since then he has lived in hiding. On July 11, 2001, he was kidnapped by people
from the Qingyang Police Station to Chengdu's Second Custodial Center and
detained there for one month. He has now been illegally sentenced to one and a
half years in Mianyang's New Labor Camp.
[Yanjiao City, Hebei Province] Yanjiao Police Branch Illegally Arrests Dafa
Practitioners
On September 14, 2001, police from Yanjiao City arrested practitioner Liu
Yong, an employee of a company affiliated to the Metallurgical Ministry. Now his
whereabouts are unknown. On September 22, the officers from the Yanjiao Police
Branch entered Zhudian Village and kidnapped practitioner Zhang Fengqi, forcibly
bringing him to a brainwashing class.
On September 15, Yang Fuwen from the Yanjiao Police Branch along with four to
five other policemen broke into practitioner Li Guizhi's home in Dongchaige
Village and forcibly carried her to the police car. Li Guizhi's husband asked
why they arrested her. Yang said that they found Dafa materials all over the
village and they suspected that Li Guizhi was connected with them. The next day,
Li Guizhi's relatives went to the Yanjiao Police Branch to bring her clothes.
The police said, "Li Guizhi is not here. Yang Fuwen is on vacation, and we
don't know where Li Guizhi is." Later on, the relatives went to Tangshan
City and found out that Li Guizhi had already been sentenced to forced labor and
sent to Tangshan's First Labor Camp.
The vicious person Yang Fuwen: police number: 076956
His cell phone: 011-86-1330316655 or 13903166554
[China] A Dafa Practitioner's Persecution Experience
In July 1999, as our family was going on a vacation, we heard the news that
the government had banned Falun Gong. We immediately headed to Beijing to appeal
for Falun Gong. However, the police replaced the personnel of the Appeal Bureau.
Dafa practitioners who went to appeal were all arrested and sent back to their
hometowns for further persecution. I did not want to jump into the trap so I
left Beijing and went to other places. Shortly after I arrived home, the local
police illegally detained me for 36 days with the excuse of finding out about my
activities. They also extorted 10,000 Yuan from me. After my release, more than
20 people from the municipality, Education Committee, my work unit, local
police, Street Committee, my relatives and neighbors closely monitored me.
Whenever holidays or vacations came, I was deprived of the freedom of going out
while other people could get together with their relatives. During the winter
and summer vacation, other teachers enjoyed themselves, but I was deprived of
the vacation by the "610 Office" through my work unit. During the time
from my release to the second time that I was arrested, I had been under close
monitoring by the police and "610 Office," including restraining my
physical freedom, monitoring my dwelling place, tapping my home phone,
intercepting my mails and frequent harassment.
On May 23, 2001, about 9 am, the head of the Politics and Security
Department, Wang Qixiang, and three other people came to my home to force me to
attend a brainwashing class and write a statement renouncing Falun Gong. I
refused. Wang immediately ordered a policeman to show me the search warrant that
they had prepared in advance, and then they searched my home. They confiscated
my Dafa books and materials, but they refused to write a detailed list when they
took my personal property away. Under my strong insistence, they had to write a
detailed list. Then, more than ten people took me to the police department. I
was illegally detained 21 days and then illegally sent to a labor camp for a
3-year sentence without any evidence showing that I violated the law and without
any signature from me. They suspended my salary without authorization since
April. Before this, they had ordered my work unit to use my salary to pay the
"610 Office" to compensate them for arresting people in Beijing.
At the same time that they detained me, they did not stop looking for my
husband. However, they did not find him, even after they went to Beijing to
search. They were so furious that they started to persecute my son. On the night
of June 2, they took my son away and detained him illegally for 21 days. When my
relatives went to ask for his release, the head of the police department and the
secretary of the Politics and Judiciary Committee shouted with their hands
striking the table, "If we cannot find the father, we will arrest his son,
and we won't release the son until we catch his father!"
I was sent back to my hometown due to becoming ill during my illegal
detention in the labor camp. On the day when I came back, I was sent to my work
unit and detained for 24 hours per day. During the daytime, two male staff
members and one leader monitored me. At night, four female staff members stayed
in one room with me to watch me and one leader was also on duty. The room was
dark, humid and full of mosquitoes and flies. I could not get a good day's rest.
On the night of June 19, Dafa practitioners rescued me despite the close watch.
Now I am homeless. I heard that they had illegally detained my son several days
ago because they could not find me.
[Tianjin City] News from Tianjin City
It is said that after reading Master's lecture on the Fa at the Washington
D.C. International Conference, practitioners held at the Shuangkou Labor Camp in
Beichen District, Tianjin City have all strengthened their faith in cultivating
Dafa. One after another, they declared that the "Repentance
Statements" and "Guarantee Statements" they previously wrote are
null and void and they would resume cultivation. They also demanded a better
cultivation environment. Some of the practitioners haven't been released though
their terms have already expired.
Recently, practitioners from Dagang District and Dagang Oil Field have been
posting Dafa truth-clarifying flyers, hanging up Dafa banners in the residential
areas where they live, and clarifying the truth to people from all walks of
life. According to the official news, the Dagang Police Branch has instructed
the District police station, Oil Field Police Station, police squad and all
neighborhood administrative offices to jointly investigate this matter. They
have been monitoring, wiretapping, hiding and waiting in ambush during the night
at certain places to arrest some key practitioners.
Recently, practitioner Feng Pengju from the Dagang Oil Field Affiliated Oil
Refining Factory was arrested for posting an article about his understanding of
Dafa at the gate of the factory. He is now held at the Dagang District Custodial
Center.
In July, a practitioner who was also a police officer from Dongpuwa Police
Station of Wuqing County went to appeal in Beijing. He is now being held at a
custodial center in Wuqing County. Detailed information is unavailable.
In June, vile persons beat to death a practitioner from Tanggu County who was
being held at the Banqiao Women's Labor Camp only because she did the exercises
in the cell. The matter has aroused public anger.
[Yantai City, Shandong Province] News from Yantai City
Since May 28, 2001, the vicious forces in Yantai City have been madly
arresting practitioners. They used all kinds of means including arresting
practitioners at food markets or breaking into practitioners' homes at midnight
and carrying them away. During this period, over 40 practitioners were arrested
and most of them were sent to Wangcun Labor Camp.
[Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Guangzhou City Authorities Start Another
Round of Evil Brainwashing Classes
Guangzhou City authorities have launched another round of persecution against
practitioners. They have started another round of evil brainwashing classes at
the Huangpu District Drug Rehabilitation Center. Those practitioners they
believe are determined are being arrested and taken them to the brainwashing
class at will. One practitioner who had previously been put into the
brainwashing class several times was again caught this time.
Jiang Daoping (female), former director of the Huangpu District Falun Gong
Assistance Center, over 30 years old, was a senior engineer of the Construction
Headquarters of Guangzhou Harbor Bureau. Both her job knowledge and her
personality were excellent. Since July 20, 1999, she was constantly under
pressure and harassed by the police department and her work unit. She was
followed and her telephone was tapped. After going to appeal in Beijing and
being escorted back by people from her work unit, she was suspended from her
job. Her husband (a non practitioner) was asked to take days off to watch her at
home. Later, she participated in Tianhe District collective practice activity
and was illegally detained for a month. As she persisted in cultivating Dafa,
she was taken to a brainwashing class to be forcibly brainwashed. After she came
out of the brainwashing class, she realized what she wrote was not in accord
with Dafa. She then declared all the statements she previously made to be null
and void, and that she will continue to cultivate Dafa. She was once again
caught and brought to the brainwashing class. Because she refused to compromise
with the vicious forces, she was illegally sentenced to 3 years of forced labor
in April this year.
Zhong Yingzhang, male, 29 years old, a former seaman of the Guiding Company
of Guangzhou Harbor Bureau, is a renowned nice person in his work unit. He went
to appeal in Beijing and was escorted back by the police of Guangzhou Harbor
Bureau and afterwards he was illegally detained for 15 days. After he came out
of prison, his work unit terminated his contract. Later, he again went to
Beijing to appeal and was arrested. He was escorted back to Dongshan District
and again illegally detained for 15 days. At the beginning of this year, he was
illegally sentenced to forced labor for persisting in Dafa cultivation.
Also, the Huangpu District Drug Rehabilitation Center hired some ruffians
especially for persecuting practitioners.
Telephone number of Director Jiang who is in charge of Huangpu District
Political and Judiciary Committee "610 Office": 011-86-20-82378728.
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2001/9/24/16977.html
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