(Clearwisdom.net)

• [Bozhou City, Anhui Province] Hunger-Striking Practitioner Suffers the Torture Instrument "Three-Claw Shackles" Even After 36 Days Abstinence from Food
• [Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] Practitioner Qiu Cuixiang Savagely Tortured in Chongqing City's Female Forced Labor Camp
• [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Unknown Circumstances about Hunger-Striking Practitioners in Chengdu City's Detention Center
• [Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Offer a "Reward" of 70,000 Yuan for Arrest of Dafa Practitioners
• [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Saying "Falun Gong is Good" Earns a Woman a Two-year Forced Labor Camp Sentence
• [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Wanjia Labor Camp Hospital: an Accomplice in the Persecution of Dafa Practitioners
• [Tianjin] Tianjin University Officials Openly Order Students to Slander Falun Gong; Non-Compliance Deprives Students of their Right of Graduate School Enrollment
• [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Monitor Installation in Each Television Cable Connection Box
• [Laishui County, Hebei Province] Sun Jinbo, Laishui County Party Committee Director and Vanguard Persecutor of Dafa Practitioners
• [Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] Police Escalate the Persecution of Falun Gong before the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace Conference [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Thugs Weighed down with Dafa Truth-Clarifying Banners Everywhere
• [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Illegal Arrest of Dozens of Practitioners on April 24
• [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Illegal Arrest of Female Dafa Practitioners Zhang Liying and Bai Yun
• [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Arrest of Practitioners Yang Fengling and Tang Shuhong
• [Jining City, Shandong Province] A Vicious Policeman Claims, "It Means Guilty When I Call It Guilty; It Means Innocent When I Call It Innocent"
• [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Abduction of Three Dafa Practitioners
• [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] The Newly Established "610 Office" in Dadong District Plans to Set up a Brainwashing Class
• [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Maneuver Fire Engine to Arrest Dafa Practitioners

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[Bozhou City, Anhui Province] Hunger-Striking Practitioner Suffers the Torture Instrument "Three-Claw Shackles" Even After 36 Days Abstinence from Food

By March 24, 2002, Dafa practitioners Ms. Mao Luge, Ms. Liang Minglan and Ms. Wang Li had already been on a hunger strike for 36 days in Bozhou City's Qiliqiao Criminal Detention Center. Ms. Mao Luge is the most severely tortured of the three. Thugs separated her from other practitioners. Even though she had been on a hunger strike for more than thirty days, she was put on a torture instrument named "three-claw shackles." (Note: In this torture, both feet are shackled and one hand is handcuffed and connected to the shackles with an iron chain. Therefore, the victim cannot straighten the back when standing up or stretch the back when lying down. It is excruciatingly painful). Right now, Ms. Mao Luge is on the verge of death. From April 26^th on, all practitioners detained in the Qiliqiao Detention Center have started a hunger strike to protest the inhumane torture of Ms. Mao Luge.

Thugs in Bozhou City made a decision half a month ago that they would not release these practitioners, no matter how long the practitioners would remain on the hunger strike, even if practitioners die from it. We call on the international community to pay close attention to this issue.

[Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] Practitioner Qiu Cuixiang Savagely Tortured in Chongqing City's Female Forced Labor Camp

At Chongqing City's Female Labor Camp, practitioner Ms. Qiu Cuixiang has been handcuffed on the back and hung up for more than 100 days. [With both hands cuffed, both feet off the ground or only toes barely touching the ground, one is hung onto the basketball support or the beam of the house with the handcuff. The hands and arms will soon lose circulation and become numb] She was continuously hung up for 24 days and not allowed to sleep. If she dozed off slightly, the drug addicts would poke her eyes with pins. She was often beaten until bruised all over. Ms. Qiu advised the prisoner to be good, but the prisoner said, "I have to torture you because there is a gun behind me." Furthermore, because Qiu insisted on saying, "Falun Dafa is good!" her whole face was covered with yellow adhesive tape, including her nose and mouth, which caused her to pass out.

Afterwards Qiu said, "I couldn't have survived without Teacher's protection." Right now, she is still being brutally tortured at the labor camp. Before the New Year, officers in the labor camp illegally extended Qiu's detention term by ten months.

Some people know that officials at the labor camp, including the head of the political committee, the director, section chief and division chiefs all hate Ms. Qiu very much because she resisted the persecution, abuse and mistreatment and she once openly and with dignity walked out of the labor camp. Officials considered her a "VIP" and aggravated the tortures against her. One day, when another practitioner had just laid down, she saw some thugs put a plastic bag over Ms. Qiu's head and attempt to suffocate her. The practitioner was very worried about Qiu, especially after Jiang irrationally claimed, "Kill them without pardon!"

Phone number of Tian Xin, the head thug, chief of the Education Section of Chongqing City's Xishanping Labor Camp: 011-86-23-68272131, ext. 2036

[Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Unknown Circumstances about Hunger-Striking Practitioners in Chengdu City's Detention Center

Beginning April 15, Ms. Zhu Li, a practitioner from Chengdu City started a hunger strike again to protest the persecution and has been on the hunger strike for more than ten days so far.

On November 21, 2001, Ms. Zhu Li was illegally arrested. When she was illegally detained at Chengdu City's Police Department Detention Center, she was brutally force-fed when she was on a hunger strike. Later she was transferred to Jiangpu County's Detention Center. In late February 2002, practitioners saw Zhu at Pi County's Detention Center in Chengdu City. At that time Zhu's leg was broken. Right now she is on another hunger strike to protest the persecution. Kind-hearted people, please help!

Since the Spring Festival, Wang Kai and several other Dafa practitioners have been detained in Chengdu City's Detention Center. They have constantly been on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Someone who came from the detention center said they were in very critical danger. Several months have passed. The circumstances about their lives or deaths are unclear.

[Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province] Vicious Police Offer a "Reward" of 70,000 Yuan for the Arrest of Dafa Practitioners

The news reported that practitioner Mr. Zang Jianlong, his wife and also practitioner Tie Junying from Shuangcheng City were on the wanted list of Heilongjiang Province's Police Department. This was broadcast four times on Shuangcheng City TV Station, which published detailed information of the three practitioners' facial features and characteristics. They also announced that the "reward" for people who provide clues leading to their arrests totals 70,000 Yuan [500 Yuan is the average monthly income in urban China]. The rewards are 30,000, 20,000 and 20,000 for the three practitioners, respectively. Such a huge sum is really a big temptation for many poor people who have been laid off for a long time. Practitioner Tie Junying was illegally arrested when clarifying the truth in Zhoujia Town, Shuangcheng City. Zang Jianlong and his wife temporarily escaped with help from a fellow practitioner and a good person.

Among the nearly 200 practitioners on the black list of Shuangcheng City's Police Department, more than 30 practitioners have been illegally arrested. Policemen extorted confession with brutal tortures. It was heard from inside sources that the police could torture practitioners by all means as long as the practitioners have a last gasp of breath left. We can imagine the degree of brutality. Policemen in Xinxing Town and others also began to arrest practitioners on a large scale. They forced practitioners to sign the "guarantee statement" and "repentance statement." Those practitioners who refused to sign would be put into a forced labor camp or jail. (Note: these statements declare that a practitioner regrets practicing Falun Gong, will never again associate with other practitioners, will never again go to Beijing to appeal and will give up the practice of Falun Gong forever).

This time, the "special case" group made up of police officials from Beijing, Changchun City and Heilongjiang Province's Police Department spread slanders, saying "Dafa practitioners will kill children to reach Consummation," to create an atmosphere of horror in order to delude people who don't know the truth. In the meantime, they brutally torture Dafa practitioners.

[Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Saying "Falun Gong is Good" Earns a Woman a Two-year Forced Labor Camp Sentence

A Harbin City woman had heard of Falun Gong in 1998 but had never practiced. Today she was sentenced to two years of forced labor and moved to Harbin City's Wanjia Labor Camp Hospital for emergency treatment because of acute onset of severe heart disease. She told others that she does not deserve this. She had heard that her brother-in-law was kidnapped and had disappeared. Someone told her he might be in Beijing, so she took a train to Beijing to find him. Immediately after she got off the train a police officer blocked her way and asked her, "Is Falun Gong good or bad?" She replied, "Good." Because of her positive response she was arrested and taken back to Harbin City. An individual named Guan Xin and others interrogated her in the Power Subdivision. They did not listen to her explanation nor did any investigating, but they sentenced her to two years of forced labor re-education without due process of law.

Recently she heard that her brother-in-law's body was found. She grieved. Her heart problems have flared up many times. This is another example of what Jiang blatantly calls "the best human rights period in China's history."

[Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Wanjia Labor Camp Hospital: an Accomplice in the Persecution of Dafa Practitioners

In early November 2001, I was temporarily detained at Harbin City's Wanjia Labor Camp Hospital. Ever since January 21, 2002, practitioners Ms. Liu Limei and Ms. Wang Liyan, 51 years old, up until now have been on a hunger strike lasting several months to protest the persecution. They are force-fed daily. Wang Liyan vomits severely each day after the force-feeding tube is inserted into her stomach. It also causes stomach bleeding. Doctors and nurses do not care about her and continue this daily inhumane force-feeding, causing her immense anguish.

[Tianjin] Tianjin University Officials Openly Order Students to Slander Falun Gong; Non-Compliance Deprives Students of their Right of Graduate School Enrollment

When the students who applied to Graduate School of Tianjin University are interviewed prior to enrollment, the interviewer would ask if they are Falun Gong practitioners and also require students to write a statement to declare that they are not Falun Gong practitioners. Moreover, students are told to slander Falun Gong according to the requirements. If students cannot pass the interview to the satisfaction of the university authorities they would not be enrolled as graduate students. Jiang's regime is trying to suppress and persecute Falun Gong in all aspects and with all imaginable means.

[Changchun City, Jilin Province] Monitor Installation in Each Television Cable Connection Box

After the Dafa truth-clarifying programs were aired through the cable television networks on March 5 in Changchun City, Jilin Province, monitors are being installed in each cable connection box. Each connection box can be visually monitored to within a distance of 100 meters (approximately 310 feet). Since March 5, some people have been dispatched from each work unit to monitor the TV cable lines around the clock, until the overall installation is completed.

[Laishui County, Hebei Province] Sun Jinbo, Laishui County Party Committee Director and Vanguard Persecutor of Dafa Practitioners

Sun Jinbo, newly appointed director of Hebei Province's Laishui County Party Committee took the initiative in persecuting Falun Gong. On the morning of April 26, 2002, thugs held an illegal trial of five practitioners at Laishui County's Workers Club. Without any due legal process, practitioners Cao Xiaoping, Jin Wanjiu, Zhao Xiliang and Liu Yulian were illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor, and practitioner Yan Zongqin was sentenced to one year of forced labor. On the evening of April 24, practitioner Cao Xiaoping was illegally arrested from home. Only one day later she was sentenced. This is what Jiang calls the "legal system."

More information about Sun Jibo follows. This man has always been a villain. This time he didn't spare money in his attempt to get a promotion. He is just over 30 years old and is already a director. Laishun County is known for its poverty and high crime rate, but this does not concern Sun at all. The first thing he did after accepting his new position was to persecute Falun Gong. According to his own words, "We can be slack on criminal cases, but we have to make good use of time to persecute Falun Gong. Only this way will I get wealth as well as a promotion. I want to get a position in Beijing within a few years."

[Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] Police Escalate the Persecution of Falun Gong before the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace Conference

The day before the AAPP meeting, police in Chongqing City escalated their persecution against innocent practitioners with the excuse of "protecting the Peace Conference." Though peace and human rights are hot topics during the AAPP Conference, ordinary people who cultivate "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" are forcibly deprived of their human rights. Some practitioners were under surveillance at home and not allowed to go outside, while strangers or someone wearing sunglasses watched their homes around the clock. Police broke into several practitioners' homes and took some of them away by force; others were forced to live in exile to avoid the persecution. Some practitioners' family members left home with the practitioners to avoid illegal arrest. This is Jiang regime's public, worldwide declaration to be "the best human rights period in China's history."

[Jilin City, Jilin Province] Thugs Weighed down with Dafa Truth-Clarifying Banners Everywhere

Lots of Dafa truth-clarifying messages continuously appeared in Jilin City, Jilin Province. Some were banners, some posters, others were written with chalk, some were stamped on and some were painted with spray paint. Statements of principle appeared again after thugs scraped them off, and banners were posted again after the previous ones were torn down. The authorities grew furious and kept a tight watch on practitioners. They hired ruffians or people who don't know about the truth to monitor Dafa practitioners. They stayed near practitioners' homes until midnight. Practitioners are tracked even when they buy vegetables.

[Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Illegal Arrest of Dozens of Practitioners on April 24

On the night of April 24, officers from Benxi City's Police Department, Liaoning Province started a large-scale raid against practitioners. So far, dozens of practitioners have been arrested. It was said that officers had conducted a blanket-style search. Police authorities even released or transferred criminals who were in detention to make room for the arrested Dafa practitioners. Officials from Benxi City's "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] even imposed a quota and forced every police officer to arrest more than ten practitioners. Those who could not meet the quota would have their salaries or bonuses reduced.

[Jilin City, Jilin Province] Illegal Arrest of Female Dafa Practitioners Zhang Liying and Bai Yun

Dafa practitioners Ms. Zhang Liying and Ms. Bai Yun were illegally detained and sent to a Forced Labor Camp because they went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. After they learned that no one in a remote village had obtained the Fa, they brought Dafa truth-clarifying materials to the villagers. On April 25, 2002, police unlawfully arrested them when they clarified the truth. They were detained at the city police precinct and their homes were shamelessly ransacked. Recently, policemen did not get anything from them. According to a police insider, the two women practitioners will be sentenced to a Forced Labor Camp.

[Changchun City, Jilin Province] Arrest of Practitioners Yang Fengling and Tang Shuhong

In the evening of March 9, as she was waiting for someone on the other side of the road, practitioner Ms. Yang Fengling was arrested. She is the wife of Mr. Luu Yan who was one of the 13 Dafa practitioners illegally sentenced in Nanguan District.

During the following two days she was continuously interrogated in Chaoyang District's Police Precinct. An eyewitness practitioner saw her being forced to make a confession while being handcuffed to an iron chair.

On March 8, Ms. Tang Shuhong who lives in the residential section of the Mengjia Micro Electronics Factory was arrested.

[Jining City, Shandong Province] A Policeman Claims, "It Means Guilty When I Call It Guilty; It Means Innocent When I Call It Innocent"

Officer Wang Kaiguang from Jining City's Police Department has been working really hard to persecute Falun Gong, mainly because he gains "benefits" from terrorizing these kind-hearted people. I will give an example to expose his vicious nature. Once Wang Kaiguang found that a practitioner who had been sentenced to forced labor had some savings in the bank, so he went to the labor camp and said to the practitioner, "Why are you enduring the hardships here? Why don't you think of a way to leave here and spend some money to get out of here?" The practitioner replied in a dignified way, "I didn't violate any laws and I will not spend a penny on it!" Wang Kaiguang still didn't abandon his aim. He went to contact the practitioner's child and threatened, "It means guilty when I call it guilty, and it means innocent when I call it innocent." In order to achieve his goal, Wang found an excuse and detained the practitioner's relatives.

[Dehui City, Jilin Province] Abduction of Three Dafa Practitioners

On April 18, two plainclothes police officers arrested Mr. Zhao Xishun from Yangshu Village while he made a phone call in a store near Dehui City's Experimental Middle School. At around 12:00 a.m. on April 23, Mr. Sun Dawei from Dehui City was arrested while painting Dafa signs. At present, they are detained at Dehui City's Detention Center and are staging a hunger strike.

March 13, 2002 Night time Abduction of Ms. Wang Xiuxiang from Daqingzui Town

At around 8:00 p.m. on March 13, some policemen from Daqingzui Town came to Ms. Wang Xiuxiang's home. They broke in the door, ransacked her home and found a Dafa truth-clarifying VCD. Only because of this, Ms. Wang Xiuxiang was forcibly taken to the police station. Five to six policemen took turns beating her for two hours with a rigid white plastic pipe. When Ms. Wang fainted they woke her up, left her lying in the yard for a long period of time and then sent her to Dehui City's Detention Center. Ms. Wang was carried into and out of the car due to her extreme weakness. When her family members came to visit her the next day, she was still unable to go downstairs. But the policemen at the detention center said, "She doesn't want to see you." Ms. Wang was able to go downstairs with the assistance of two other people when her family came to see her the second time. Her family members then found out that she had been unconscious for several days after being so severely abused. She could not eat or take care of herself. At present, Ms. Wang Xiuxiang is badly injured and was forcibly sent to Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp for further abuse and mistreatment, and perhaps even torture.

The staff of the Police Station are still searching everywhere for Ms. Wang's daughter, a practitioner who is now being forced to live in exile. Ms. Wang's 70-year-old father-in-law and her husband are now left at home. As such, a peaceful and close-knit family was separated by the scoundrel dictatorial regime.

[Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] The Newly Established "610 Office" in Dadong District Plans to Set up a Brainwashing Class

It's said Dadong District's "610 Office," was set up last week. The higher authorities specially allocated a minibus to them to arrest Dafa practitioners. They claimed to the public that whoever arrests a Dafa practitioner will be rewarded with 800 Yuan; reporting a practitioner will get a 200-400 Yuan reward and if the scoundrel thinks it is not enough the award is negotiable, to up to 800 Yuan. At present, they are polling the Street Administrative Staff about practitioners on the list who had refused to write the "Separation Statement" (A statement saying that they will give up the practice of Falun Gong forever). They are planning to set up a brainwashing class. There are already some units that have prepared a list of practitioners' names.

[Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Maneuver Fire Engine to Arrest Dafa Practitioners

At around 9 p.m. on April 13, 2002, police officers took Ms. Zang Yuxia from Daqing City away from home because she refused to tell the source of a VCR. They cuffed her to an iron chair for two days.

At around 9 a.m. on April 20, 2002, police took practitioner Jiang Derong away from home. Jiang refused to open the door for the police but was forcibly taken away by police who had commandeered a fire engine and an aerial ladder to break in through the windows.