November 16, 2003

(Clearwisdom.net)

1. [Huaihua City, Hunan Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Pan Jianjun is Nearly Cremated Alive by Prison Authorities
2. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioners are Tortured at the Zhangshi Brainwashing Center
3. [Antu City, Jilin Province] Personnel from the Dashitou Forestry Bureau Persecute Dafa Practitioners
4. [Anyue County, Sichuan Province] Local National Security Bureau Enforcers Illegally Arrest Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wang Shuyi
5. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Intermediate Court Sentences Dafa Practitioners
6. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioners Including Ren Guifen and Liu Quan Are Sentenced to Long Prison Terms
7. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Arrest a Dafa Practitioner from Fangzheng County
8. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Dr. Bai Ling is Sent to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp
9. [Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province] Fifty Practitioners are on a Hunger Strike to Protest the Torture in the Baimalong Forced Labor Camp
10. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Dong Mei Has been Detained in the Zhangshi Brainwashing Center for over a Month
11. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Second-Time Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Cong; Her Father Mr. Li Yutong Tortured to Death
12. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Whereabouts of Dafa Practitioner Ms. Fu Yan from Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province Are Unknown -- Her Husband and Child are under Surveillance
13. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Yin Rongzhi Cannot Walk due to Severe Torture
14. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Illegal Arrest of Dafa Practitioners Ms. Zhu Xuemin and Ms. Liu Suwen
15. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Abduction of Dafa Practitioner Chen Binli at the hands of Public Security Section Enforcers from the 6409 Factory; His Whereabouts are Unknown
16. [Shandong Province] Enforcers in the Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical Company Persecute Dafa Practitioners

Dafa practitioners Yang Xiaofei, Ms. Xiang Zaoxia, Ms. Zheng Hongxia, Li Shirong, Mr. Chen Kaimin and Mr. Pan Jianjun from Huaihua City, Hunan Province, were sentenced from 7 to 11 years of imprisonment and have been detained almost one year. In October they went on a hunger strike for about 20 days. Later, the male practitioners were sent to the Jinshi City Prison in the Changde area. The female practitioners were sent to Changsha City's Women's Prison.

Dafa practitioner Mr. Pan Jianjun was in a coma when he arrived at the prison. When the prison authorities attempted to cremate him, he regained consciousness. Afterwards, they sent him to the "tightly administered group" in the No.6 Team for further persecution. His present situation is not fully known.

Policemen from the No.2 Detention and Dispatch Center in the Jinshi City Prison claim that, "We forcibly transform practitioners. We put handcuffs and shackles on every practitioner and torture those who continue practicing. We just carry out orders. We admit that we are just persecution tools. If we did not obey the orders, we could lose our jobs."

"610 Office" * personnel from the Qixian Street Administration Office and policemen from the Qixian Police Precinct in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province forcibly put Dafa practitioners into the Zhangshi Brainwashing Center. There are about 40 so-called education collaborators in the brainwashing center who assist in persecuting Dafa practitioners. Practitioners detained there were at first forced to sit on small stools. Then the "collaborators"** encircled practitioners and defamed Dafa, quoting Dafa teachings out of context. If a practitioner started to clarify the truth, these collaborators together would verbally abuse him or her. Practitioners who go on a hunger strike for over three days would be force-fed. The brainwashing center also applies other torture methods, such as depriving practitioners of sleep, monitoring practitioners around the clock, and forcing practitioners to squat without a stool.

At present, Ms. Shi Shengying, a 63-year-old practitioner from Shenyang City's Tiexi District, and practitioner Mr. Guo Ning, a teacher at a school for the blind, have both been illegally detained at the brainwashing center and tortured.

3. [Antu City, Jilin Province] Personnel from the Dashitou Forestry Bureau Persecute Dafa Practitioners

Dafa practitioners Ms. Li Fengying and Ms. Zhang Yunfeng are employees of Antu City's Dashitou Forestry Bureau. In 2000 they were illegally sentenced to forced labor for appealing for Falun Gong in Beijing, and they have been persecuted since then. In November 2001, Li Yanbo, head of the No. 1 Farm of the Forestry Bureau, and Zhang Yonghua, the administrator, brought Li Fengying and Zhang Yufeng together and fined them 1,850 yuan each [Chinese currency. 500 Yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China. The income is less in rural areas.]. Around August 20, 2003, Ms. Zhang was illegally detained for a second time and her situation is not fully known.

4. [Anyue County, Sichuan Province] Local National Security Bureau Enforcers Illegally Arrest Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wang Shuyi

On November 1, 2003, personnel from Anyue County's National Security Bureau arrested Ms. Wang Shuyi, a practitioner over 60 years old, from her home because police suspected her of distributing Dafa truth-clarifying materials. She is being illegally detained at the county's detention center.

In October 2003, Zhengzhou City's Intermediate Court sentenced several Dafa practitioners. Among them, Ma Yun was sentenced to five years of prison, Ms Yang Yufang to seven years, and Mr. Tian Haishun and Mr. Sun Haojie to ten years each.

Dafa practitioners Ms. Ren Guifen, Liu Quan, Zhou Zhi and a practitioner by the last name of Zhang were arrested. Recently, Pingshan District's Court secretly sentenced them. Ren Guifen and Liu Quan were sentenced to twelve years in prison, Zhou Zhi to eleven years and Zhang to seven years. Zhou Zhi has been staging a hunger strike for several months since his arrest. His life is currently in danger.

Fangzheng County Police Department personnel arrested a local Dafa practitioner for making Dafa truth-clarifying materials. The police attempted to extort money from the practitioner's family members, but they refused. Right now, the police are planning to send this practitioner to prison or to a forced labor camp.

Ms. Bai Ling is a doctor from Benxi City's Contagious Diseases Hospital. She graduated from Dalian Medical University in 1999. In 2003, perpetrators from Benxi City's "610 Office" repeatedly put her into brainwashing classes. In October 2003, personnel from her work unit deceived her into going to the hospital, with the excuse that there was a seriously ill patient waiting to see her. When she got there the enforcers took her to a brainwashing class. Ms. Bai Ling maintained righteous thoughts in that class. On October 25, they sentenced her to three years of forced labor and sent her to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.

It has been reported recently that more than 80 practitioners are being detained at Zhuzhou City's Baimalong Forced Labor Camp in Hunan Province. Fifty of those practitioners went on a hunger strike to protest the torturous treatment there. The personnel from the camp singled out seven people, including Ms. Tan Anju from Zhongfang County, Huaihua City who had been detained for a second time because of mailing Dafa truth-clarifying materials to the public. They took these kind practitioners outside of the cells and hung them up with handcuffs, to intimidate other practitioners. Right now, practitioners are protesting this persecution and refusing to participate in any forced labor assignments.

On October 8, 2003, enforcers from Dadong District's "610 Office" put Ms. Dong Mei from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province into the Zhangshi Brainwashing Center. Other practitioners have been calling the brainwashing center repeatedly to request Ms. Dong's release. However, the personnel in the brainwashing center said they were only in charge of "transformation;" whether or not to release the practitioner is decided by the "610 Office."

Phone Numbers: (Country code: 86, City code: 24)

Administration Department for the Zhangshi Brainwashing Center: 25811657, 25811634

Dadong District "610 Office:" 24344563, 24834894

Liang Hong, "610 Office" personnel: 88504537, 88537328 (office), 25602512 (home)

Dadong District's Political and Judiciary Committee: 24337062

Practitioner Ms. Li Cong, from Dehui City, Jilin Province was arrested again and transported to Changchun City's Xinglongshan Brainwashing Center after her term of forced labor expired. In November 2002, officials from Dehui City's Police Department illegally sentenced Li Cong to one year of forced labor. On November 11, 2003, after her forced-labor term had been completed, policemen from the Biangang Township precinct in Dehui City arrested her and took her to the Xinglongshan Brainwashing Center located at the entrance of the No. 102 Interstate Highway in Changchun City.

Ms. Li's father, Li Yutong, also a Dafa practitioner, was tortured to death several days ago.

Dafa practitioner Mr. Yin Rongzhi, in his 30s, a technology expert, is the director of Qinghuangdao City's Yaohua Factory Office in Hebei Province and an accomplished engineer. He has been illegally detained many times simply for refusing to give up his belief in Falun Dafa. Furthermore, he had been sent to a forced labor camp for one year. Later, Mr. Yin was again sentenced to forced labor for another three years. Due to the inhuman torture he endured in the labor camp, Mr. Yin is unable to walk on his own, and he is in critical condition.

During the afternoon of October 28, 2003, when Ms. Zhu Xuemin and Ms. Liu Suwen were distributing truth-clarifying materials at the Gaowan Economic Development District in Fushun City, they were arrested and detained at Fushun City's Detention Center. On November 10, Liu Suwen was transferred to Shenyang City's Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.

Mr. Chen Binli was an employee of the 6409 Ordnance Factory in Fushun City, Liaoning Province. On October 29, 2003, when he was distributing truth-clarifying materials at the factory's residential area, personnel from the factory's public security section illegally arrested him. His current whereabouts are unknown. Mr. Chen had previously been sent to a forced labor camp for going to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. His company fired him and revoked his party membership. Fushun County Police Department perpetrators had illegally arrested him in March of 2003. He escaped with righteous thoughts but had to live a homeless life in order to avoid re-arrest.

According to a report in the Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical Newspaper dated November 5, 2003, the Anti Evil [Slanderous Term Omitted] Association of the Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical Company was founded on October 31. The aim of the association is to persecute Falun Gong. Recently, the association planned to hold a brainwashing class for determined Dafa practitioners.

** Collaborators are former Falun Dafa practitioners who have given up Dafa due to brainwashing and torture and are now aiding and abetting the persecutors.