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Latest News from China - November 8, 2003
(Clearwisdom.net) [Changchun City, Jilin Province] The "610 Office"* Detains Falun
Dafa Practitioners with Advanced Degrees at Brainwashing Class Recently, practitioners returning from the Changchun Brainwashing Class said
that the practitioners detained there are intellectuals with at least four-year
undergraduate degrees. They were detained in separated rooms. A so-called
"talk" occurred every few minutes in an attempt to brainwash them.
Each time, different people "talked" with practitioners, who were not
allowed to rest or sleep. According to an inside source, people from the Public Security Department
came to Jilin City in an attempt to hold a brainwashing class that targets
steadfast practitioners whose names are on the lists of their neighborhood
police substation, district government, or municipal government. The plan is
that about a thousand practitioners will be illegally detained at the
brainwashing class that continues until the end of December. * "610 Office" is 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. [Kaifeng City, Henan Province] Practitioner Pan Jiaquan Illegally Detained in
Forced Labor Camp a Second Time Mr. Pan Jiaquan is in his fifties. He is from the south suburban area of
Kaifeng City. In the second half of 2000, he was illegally sentenced to three
years in a forced labor camp for going to Beijing to validate Falun Dafa. During
detention, he was subjected to carrying heavy, large bags at the Phosphate
Fertilizer Plant. About half a month after he was released from the labor camp
this year, the Nanjiao Police Substation illegally detained him again for half a
month. Then, within a day of returning from the police substation, policemen
went to his home and asked whether he would keep practicing Falun Gong. They
also attempted to coerce him to write a so-called "guarantee
statement."* In this case, Pan Jiaquan was once again illegally detained.
His family does not know his whereabouts. A month later, Pan's daughter went to the police substation to inquire about
her father's situation. Five thugs hired by the police beat her up. After the
beating, she was asked to write a statement of self-criticism for asking the
police about her father's whereabouts. Without any legal procedures and for no
reason, Pan Jiaquan was again sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor.
It is not known where he is being detained. * "Guarantee Statement" is a
statement to declare that he or she is remorseful for practicing Falun Gong and
guarantees not to practice Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for
Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Ge Yanwen Illegally Detained At around 12:30 p.m. on October 22, 2003 Bai Yuanzhang, the Deputy Director
of Tangu Police Substation, and Lu Bin, head of a residential district, together
with four others, drove to Ge Yanwen's mother's home, where they illegally
arrested her. She was detained at the Tangu Police Substation overnight, Ge
Yanwen was sent to a brainwashing class in the capital city of Hebei Province.
The police substation attempted to extort money from Ge Yanwen's family members,
but failed. Ding Lihong, Ge Yanwen's husband, is a Dafa practitioner. He was tortured to
death in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, last November. Phone number of Tangu Police Substation: 86-311-5052085 [Xiuwen County, Guizhou Province] The "610 Office" Plans to Hold
Brainwashing Class Recently, the Local Party Committee and government, the "610
Office," and the Public Security Bureau in Xiuwen County secretly planned a
local brainwashing class. They plan to single out several dozen practitioners
from each working unit. The official document has now been issued to each
working unit. It starts from the educational system. Falun Dafa practitioners,
no matter if they are working or not (their family members may be working), have
to write so-called "guarantee statements" and "attitudes towards
Falun Gong." If they do not guarantee to give up practicing Falun Gong,
those who are working will be sent to the brainwashing class, while those who do
not work themselves, but their family members work, will have their family
members implicated and laid off. People responsible for the persecution: [Jilin Province] Truth-Clarifying Loudspeakers Ring in a Bazaar In mid October, Falun Dafa practitioners in a city of Jilin Province put up
several truth-clarifying loudspeakers in the trees in a bazaar one evening.
These loudspeakers were set to broadcast the truth about Falun Dafa during the
morning market time the next day. Practitioners came to the market in the
morning and sent forth righteous thoughts. The loudspeakers kept broadcasting
the truth until the battery ran out of power. During the broadcast, lots of
passers-by stopped and listened. A policeman saw what was happening and also
listened for a while and left. [Wuji County, Hebei Province] Senior Practitioner Li Xiaodou Illegally
Detained in Brainwashing Class On October 28, 2003, Wuji practitioner Li Xiaodou, in his seventies, was
illegally arrested and sent to a brainwashing class by the local "610
Office" clerks. It is said that two other practitioners (a married couple)
were illegally arrested as well. According to an insider, they are being
forcibly brainwashed and persecuted by two former practitioners who followed an
evil path. Office number of Vice Party Secretary of Wuji County: 86-311-5577823 [Heilongjiang Province] The "610 Office" Plans to Establish
National Brainwashing Center in Heilongjiang Province Since the "610 Office" is scheming an experimental National
Brainwashing Center in Heilongjiang Province, each working unit and neighborhood
office is starting to work on practitioners whose names are on the police
department's black list in order to have them write the so-called "three
statements"* * Practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write these
as proof that they have given up their belief. Created by the "610
Office," the three statements consist of a letter of repentance, a
guarantee to never again practice Falun Gong, and a list of names and addresses
of all family members, friends and acquaintances who are practitioners. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] A Truth-Clarifying Materials Site Recently
Sabotaged Recently a truth-clarifying materials production site was sabotaged.
Practitioner Liu Hui, his colleague (who is also a practitioner), and other
practitioners related to the materials site were illegally arrested. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners Illegally
Arrested Practitioners arrested include: Ms. Wang Suying. Liu Anyuan, Director of Suining Public Security Bureau,
instructed policemen to arrest her on October 25, 2003. Some practitioners have become destitute and homeless in order to avoid
illegal detention. [Jizhou City, Hebei Province] Police Fail in Attempt to Persecute
Practitioner Shang Wenling Shang Wenling is a practitioner from Jizhou City. He was illegally arrested
during the Mid-Autumn Festival (September 11, 2003). When the local police sent
him to the forced labor camp, he was refused after the medical examination.
Subsequently the police did a medical examination on him again and the results
were normal, so they sent him to the forced labor camp again. During the medical
examination his blood pressure was extremely high, plus he was in poor health,
and the forced labor camp once again refused to accept him. The local police
then extorted 5,000 Yuan [equal to ten months average income of an ordinary
worker in China] from his family members. Clearwisdom reported this case and
exposed the phone numbers and addresses of people responsible for his arrest. By
the end of October Shang Wenling was released by the local police. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Practitioners Tan Xiangyu and Deng Chaogang
Detained Ms. Tan Xiangyu and Mr. Deng Chaogang were illegally arrested on August 22,
2003. They have not yet been released. We appeal to fellow practitioners outside
China to make phone calls to relevant people and help rescue them. Changsha Public Security Bureau: 86-731-6668769 [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Zhou Yufei Illegally Detained A few days after fellow practitioner Ms. Li Shuhua was tortured to death,
practitioner Zhou Yufei from Yushu City was illegally arrested and sent to
brainwashing class. This was the first brainwashing class held in Changchun
City. There was one Falun Dafa practitioner from each county and town besides
those from Changchun City. If practitioners did not give up their belief within
forty days, they were sentenced to prison. Every practitioner was watched over
by a local cadre. The total accommodation expense for each practitioner was
4,000 Yuan, which includes the accommodations for the person who watched over
him. Various defamatory requirements were established for practitioners' family
members who come to visit practitioners. One was to insult Teacher and Dafa. It was reported that the second brainwashing class will be held soon. [Chongqing City] Practitioner Li Jian Illegally Arrested Li Jian is a practitioner from the Epidemic Prevention Station in Dazu
County. He was illegally arrested together with two other practitioners at a
truth-clarifying materials site in Chongqing City. Their current situation is
unknown. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] A Falun Dafa Practitioner Illegally Arrested A female practitioner in Jilin City was reported to police and then illegally
arrested while posting truth-clarifying materials. People in the neighborhood
and passers-by who were at the scene denounced the immoral behavior of the
person who reported her. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] The Politics & Law Committee Plans to
Hold Brainwashing Class by the End of the Year The Politics & Law Committee in Jinzhou City plans to hold a brainwashing
class by the end of the year. The task has been assigned to government at lower
levels. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Zeng Qinghong Arrives at Daqing City on
November 6 On the afternoon of November 6, 2003, Zeng Qinghong, one of the key
ringleaders of Jiang's regime, came to Daqing City. Great precautions were taken
wherever he went. Even the cab drivers were not allowed to get out of their
vehicles.
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