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Latest News from China - 03/10/2002
(Clearwisdom.net)
1. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Kaiping Forced Labor Camp Force Feeds
Practitioners with Feces
Several female practitioners in Kaiping Forced Labor Camp in Tangshan City
went on a hunger strike to protest their mistreatment. They were beaten up and
force-fed with water containing feces. The perpetrators forced them to look at
the maggots swimming in the liquid. One practitioner resisted, so she was hung
up by the handcuffs which restrained her arms behind her back and denied sleep
until midnight every night without a blanket or comforter.
Practitioner Han Junmiao was brutally tortured for protesting illegal
imprisonment and mistreatment. The labor camp officials cuffed Han outside for a
week. In the daytime, Han was standing under the burning sun, while at night,
Han was repeatedly bitten by mosquitoes.
An official from center government's Judicial Department came to inspect the
female prisoners in Kaiping after June 12, 2001. The labor camp was told by the
official that they were not doing a thorough and effective job with Falun Gong
practitioners. Since then, the labor camp has started to rampantly torture
practitioners.
2. [Guangdong Province] Female Practitioner Tian Yulan Is Tortured to Death
At midnight on June 3, 2001, several police broke into practitioner Tian
Yulan's home and took her to a so called "Law Study Class" which in
fact was an anti-Falun Gong brainwashing class in Sanshui Forced Labor Camp in
Guangdong Province. Another two practitioners were also arrested. The
brainwashing class was held by Guangdong Province Worker's Union and the
Department of Politics and Justice. Practitioners were sent in groups one after
another to attend the forced brainwashing class. Each class lasted for twelve
days. If a practitioner would not give up his belief in Falun Gong after one
class, he was forced to stay for up to three months. If he still did not
renounce Falun Gong, he would be sent for "re-education" in a forced
labor camp. We do not know what the police did to Tian Yulan in Sanshui Forced
Labor Camp. She was mentally unstable after only a few days of the
twelve-day-long brainwashing class. The police sent her home, trying to escape
responsibility for her health. Once she returned home, her husband did some
things in cooperation with the evil, further persecuting her. On June 16, no
longer herself, Tian Yulan jumped from the third floor of her home and died. Her
workplace claimed that she died because of practicing Falun Gong. We want to
ask: In six years of practicing Falun Gong, she never had any problem or
accident. Why did this happen only after she was sent to the Sanshui
brainwashing class? There is no explanation other than the authorities
persecuted her and that led to her death.
An official from the "610 Office" (an agency specifically
created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of
administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.)
in Guangdong Province threatened Tian's children, "Do not sue her
workplace; otherwise, you will be arrested." Later, the workplace gave her
children 20,000 Yuan, and the case was left unsettled. Her children had nowhere
to turn to seek justice for themselves or for their mother.
Note: Because of the practitioners' solid righteous thoughts, the anti-Falun
Gong brainwashing class, the so-called "Law Study Class" held by
Committee of Guangdong Province Worker's Union and Department of Politics and
Justice, ended in failure after two classes.
3. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Hewan Forced Labor Camp Savagely Force Feed
Practitioners
On January 28, 2002, to eliminate the old forces persecution and defamation
of Dafa and practitioners, the practitioners in Hewan Forced Labor Camp in Wuhan
City refused to cooperate with the labor camp. Practitioner Liu Huasong has been
on a hunger strike for more than forty days to protest the labor camp's
mistreatment of practitioners. The Guards force-fed him more than thirty times.
That severely devastated his health. He has a bleeding nose and his esophagus is
damaged. (The person in charge of force-feeding is a doctor without a license.
He charged thirty Yuan for every force-feeding. Because his skill is very bad,
the guards called him the "beast doctor.")
Practitioner Wang Yulin refused to cooperate with authorities during the
head-count and forced "squatting down." Policeman Gao Junan (Badge
number 4204313) tortured and beat him up in an administration room on the first
floor. He suffered bladder incontinence and was crippled.
Practitioner Cai Yi went on a hunger strike to protest the guards' brutality.
He was force-fed on the first day of his hunger strike. Criminal inmates were
ordered to conduct the force-feeding, not a doctor. The criminals forcefully
grabbed his cheeks, pinched his nose and hit him with their fists. They put a
handful of scales from a metal pan [in China, many times food is heated using
an open flame made of wood or charcoal; this causes the metal to scale or break
off in sharp flakes] into his mouth. His lips were cut. Gao Junan ordered
the force-feeding.
4. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Shizishan Forced Labor Camp Uses Prisoners
Convicted of Drug Offences to Torture Practitioners
Practitioners in Shizishan Forced Labor Camp are suffering from unimaginable
torture. Imprisoned criminals supervise them twenty-four hours a day. These
criminals were imprisoned for drug offences and are thugs and scoundrels.
No matter what the practitioners are doing, such as having a meal, using the
restroom, sleeping, doing hard labor, or even just moving around, their actions
are under surveillance. The drug addicts wear red star buttons which represent
"the government." The government in the labor camp calls them
"surveillance personal" and asks them to directly torture
practitioners. These drug addicts work with the most vicious police in the labor
camp and use all kinds of despicable methods to mentally and physically torture
the practitioners. Practitioners are forced to do hard labor for at least ten
hours every day, and forced to stand straight and motionless until the middle of
the night, sometimes until dawn. Practitioners are forbidden to speak with each
other or to speak to other prisoners. If they do, they face brutal beatings.
Practitioner Qiu Chenyang is often beaten by the drug addicts who monitor
him. The guards do nothing to stop it. When higher authorities came to inspect
the labor camp, Qiu Chenyang stood up to expose the illegal and brutal treatment
toward practitioners in the labor camp. As a result, the "surveillance
personal" savagely beat him up. The guards handcuffed him for seven days
and nights, and prolonged his prison term by five months. One month later,
another head of the guards came to inspect. Qiu Chenyang again stood up to
expose the evildoings taking place in the labor camp. The vicious
"surveillance personal" stuffed his mouth with a towel. Seven to eight
criminals under the instruction of the guards brutally beat him until he was at
the edge of death. After the beating, they squeezed him under a bed and then
cuffed him for seven days and nights.
Practitioner Tao Jinlong is also often brutally beaten. Guards and
"surveillance personal" used electric batons, leather belts and
truncheons full of thorns on him. Tao Jinlong went on a hunger strike to protest
the torture. They force-fed him as a way of punishment and tortured him without
a shred of mercy. He is covered with wounds from head to toe, but he is very
determined in his cultivation. He keeps on studying the Fa and doing the
exercises every day, resisting the evil forces and validating the Fa.
5. [Anxin County, Hebei Province] The Brainwashing Class Held by
"610" Office Has Been Torturing Detained Practitioners for a Long Time
On February 19, 2002, Anxin County "610" Office in Hebei Province
held an anti-Falun Gong brainwashing class. In fact, it is much crueler than
prison. They use all kinds of methods such as torture or phony "nice
treatment" trying to force or deceive illegally detained practitioners into
giving up their belief in Falun Gong. They have illegally detained two cadres
from County Radio and Television Broadcasting Bureau and County Courthouse
respectively for almost ten months (The two cadres were detained because they
just answered "yes" when asked if they would practice Falun Gong.).
They are locked in a dark room twenty-four hours a day. It is a gloomy and cold
room without sunshine or electric light. The male guards gang up on female
practitioners and take turns beating them up. The practitioners' agonizing
screams penetrate the cold walls and shake everyone's heart. The practitioners
always keep a righteous belief in Dafa and face the evil forces with great
dignity. They burned the banners that attack and defame teacher and Dafa twice.
The persecution is still going on. We call for all kindhearted people to pay
attention to these practitioners' situation.
Director of 610 Office: Kang Huihe, Home phone: 86-312-5325765
Deputy Secretary of County Political and Judicial Committee: Li Deliang, Home
phone: 86-312-5321048
6. [Xiong County, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Are Illegally Arrested
On March 3, 2002, practitioners Ma Qingxia (female), Wang Zhongshan, and
Xiaoxie (female) from Xiong County, Hebei Province were arrested while
distributing Dafa truth-clarifying materials in Yishui County, Shandong
Province. On March 7, they were escorted back to Xiong County by local police
and subjected to further persecution. Ma Qingxia's husband Teng Xiaopin, (He is
not a practitioner) was also arrested by local police in the afternoon of March
7.
Phone numbers:
The Government Office of Xiong County: 86-312-5811255
Office of Public Security Bureau: 86-312-5811395, 86-312-5820793, 86-312-5819717
Office of Political and Judicial Committee: 86-312-5811820
Detention Center: 86-312-5813316
Director of Department of Politic and Security: Yang Xiaotong, Home phone:
86-312-5818079. The director is actively involved in the persecution of Dafa
since 2000 and brutally beats up practitioners.
7. [Gaoyang City, Hebei Province] The Forced Labor Camp Uses
Horrifying Torture to Force Practitioners to Give up Their Belief
The forced labor camp in Gaoyang City, Hebei Province is using horrifying
torture against Dafa practitioners. For example, they order practitioners to
squat and then cuff both their hands to the ground so they cannot move around
except when released for having meals and using the toilet. Some practitioners
were cuffed like this for 5 days and nights. They also use electric batons to
shock practitioners all over their bodies, including their face and hands,
causing severe bleeding from the shocks.
This is only considered general torture. The more severe ones include nailing
their feet with iron nails and also cuffing the four limbs to the corners of a
bed for as long a period as one month. The sight of the practitioners suffering
is too horrifying to watch. Practitioners Zhang Junqiao (female) and Tan Xiuying
(female) were even force-fed with feces during their hunger strike. It is a
gloomy and terrifying place inside the forced labor camp. Practitioners need to
wait for permission to eat, sleep and use of the toilet; they are not allowed to
speak a word, and have absolutely no human rights.
The above was witnessed and experienced by myself in person.
8. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] The Weizigou Forced Labor Camp
Holds Practitioner Bai Xiaojun After His Term is Due
Bai Xiaojun, male, about 30 years old, has a bachelor's degree and was
employed in Northeast Normal University. He went to Beijing to appeal in July
2000, and then was sent back to Changchun City and illegally sentenced to 1 year
in a forced labor camp. He keeps a righteous mind and never yields to the evil
forces in the forced labor camp. His term was up half a year ago but they have
continued to hold him, and until now, he has not been released.
In addition, Bai Xiaojun's mother and brother are firm practitioners too. His
brother was illegally sentenced to a forced labor camp and his mother's
whereabouts are unknown.
9. [Luchuan County, Guangxi Province] Practitioner Wang Chun Is
Missing During the Persecution
Wang Chun lives in Daqiao area, of Luchuan County, Guangxi Province. Last
year, he became disabled due to the torture by the Luchuan County Public
Security Bureau and Guangzhou City Public Security Bureau. He was sent home and
his grandfather took care of him. Due to his righteous mind, he was able to
stand up and walk again. During the Chinese Lunar New Year, he was arrested
again and tortured in a detention center. After the Chinese Lunar New Year, he
and his grandfather (who is more than eighty years old) went missing at
the same time, and no one knows of their whereabouts or whether they are dead or
alive.
10. [Changfa County] People Plead for Mercy for Punished Dafa Practitioners
On the morning of June 10, 2001, Changtu County Public Security Bureau
confiscated the home of Tian Wei and his wife Li Guihong in Weizi Village,
Changfa County, because they had been clarifying the facts of Dafa to villagers.
They took away Teacher's portrait and exercise music and arrested Tian Wei. Li
Guihong was forced to leave her home to avoid arrest, leaving their 7 year-old
daughter in the care of her grandmother. The police from the police substation
were still not satisfied and they frequently went to the grandmother's home and
interfered with her personal life.
One day in September, Li Guihong came back to visit because she missed her
daughter and grandmother. On the second day of her visit, the police substation
head Zhang Zhongren, and other police came and took her away. Grandmother Tian
was so frightened that she fainted. Some people begged for mercy for the
practitioners and asked the police to wait until grandmother had regained
consciousness. The police cursed viciously, said a lot of bad things against
practitioners and stated that whoever asked for mercy for practitioners would be
fined or arrested. As a result, a non-practitioner and a practitioner were fined
50 Yuan and 100 Yuan respectively (Chinese currency, the average monthly
income of an urban worker is 500 Yuan.)
This event showed people the true nature of the local police. Some people had
not believed that a government would do something like this, but they were
eyewitnesses to the police acting like gangsters and the denial of citizens'
right to appeal. The evil action of Jiang's regime makes the land of China full
of complaints.
11. [Leting County, Hebei Province] New Chief of Public Security
Bureau Persecutes Dafa Practitioners
The head of Leting County Public Security Bureau of Hebei Province came into
his position only recently. Instead of seeking justice for people, he tramples
the nation's law and persecutes good people. He continues to detain a
practitioner who had been held for several months and was supposed to be
released, using the excuse that he should follow the orders from a certain
leader in the provincial government. At the same time, he arrests practitioners
at will and savagely persecutes them; no one is spared as long as they refuse to
give up practicing. Practitioners' relatives are required to pay 30 Yuan for
each visit to the detained practitioners. We hope that the righteous
organizations and people can help us to stop this kind of human right violation.
12. [Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province] The Public Security Bureau
Forcefully Sends Dafa Practitioners to Mental Hospital for Persecution
Zhou Rengen, a male in his 50's, lives in Xinchun, Qingyang area. He went to
Beijing to appeal at the end of 1999 and was beaten up by 7 to 8 police in
Tiananmen. Then he was sent to the local police substation in Wuxi City, where
he was interrogated and beaten up again. They also sent him to a mental
hospital, force-fed him with drugs and tortured him. After 3 months, he was
bailed out by his work unit and family, but was arrested and sent to a mental
hospital again in the middle of January, 2002.
Those who were sent to mental hospitals at the end of 1999 also include Xiao
Ma (female), Xiao Gao (female), Xiao Kong (male). Xiao Kong is a teacher in
Zhongqiao Agriculture Engineering Vocational School, and was sent to Nanjing
City Mental Hospital and detained for more than a half year. He was also sent
again to the mental hospital in 2001, and detained for several months.
Since February, 2001, the 610 Office and Public Security Bureau in Wuxi City
have held anti-Falun Gong brainwashing classes and use dirty means against
practitioners. Practitioners are kidnapped or deceived to the police station,
detained there overnight to suffer frigid conditions with no food and then sent
to the brainwashing classes.
13. Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts Is Very Powerful
One morning, my work unit's Party secretary said to me sternly, "I heard
you give out Falun Gong materials to some of the employees. Where do they come
from? Can I get some?" I said, "Yes! I will give you some in a
moment." Then I left and continued my job. Later I sent forth righteous
thought to eliminate the evil elements in the three realms, especially around
me, which persecute Dafa and interfere with our truth-clarifying effort. At 2pm
in the afternoon, the Party secretary came to me and said cautiously, "No
need to give me the materials, I don't want to look at them any more."
Right away I felt the great compassion of the Teacher, the power of Dafa and the
huge effect of sending forth righteous thoughts; thus the evil's attempt of
persecuting me failed.
14. Daqing Petroleum Management Bureau Forcefully Asks For Signature and
Entrap Innocent People
During the two conferences (National People's Representatives Conference and
Annual Party Conference), in order to prevent Falun Gong practitioners from
appealing, the education and training center of Daqing Petroleum Management
Bureau had a "sign up to show your stand on Falun Gong" activity.
Every employee was required to sign; otherwise their job contracts would be
cancelled. This is a severe violation of human rights and people's free will. We
hope that practitioners and people with righteous minds pay attention to this,
and resist it with determination.
Phone numbers of various branches in the education and training center:
Party Secretary: 86-459-5594398
Deputy Party Secretary: 86-459-5594068
Committee Head: 86-459-5591608
Deputy Committee Head: 86-459-5592908, 86-459-5593778, 86-459-5593058,
86-459-5594108
President of Worker's Union: 86-459-5591638
Worker's Union: 86-459-5595677, 86-459-5590613
Department Head of Organizing: 86-459-5592538
Department of Organizing: 86-459-5597492, 86-459-5595301
Department Head of Publicity: 86-459-5592338
Department of Publicity: 86-459-5598286, 86-459-5595360
Party Committee of the working unit: 86-459-5590041, 86-459-5592812
Disciplining and Monitoring Branch: 86-459-5597563, 86-459-5590026
The Office of the Party: 86-459-5590043, 86-459-5590042
The Committee of the Youth Communist Party: 86-459-5590612, 86-459-5590465
Execution Office: 86-459-5595521, 86-459-5596575 Posting date: 3/19/2002
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