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Five Falun Dafa Practitioners Illegally Sentenced in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
(Clearwisdom.net) In June 2002, a Falun Dafa materials production site
was destroyed in Duolun County, Xilinguole League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region. Five practitioners, including Zhang Ling, Wang Kui and Zhao Zhanqing,
were arrested and refused to give up their belief while they were in detention.
After already having been illegally detained for more than a year, they were
finally sentenced in August 2003. On the day of the trial, the local public security bureau dispatched armed
police to guard the courtroom entrance and prevent the families of Falun Dafa
practitioners from witnessing the court proceedings. The five practitioners
addressed the court with righteousness and unwavering conviction. However, the
longest prison term was three and a half years, and the judicial officers
illegally extended Zhang Ling's prison term an additional six months because of
his firm stance on Falun Dafa. The five Falun Dafa practitioners submitted an appeal, but on the day of the
Mid-Autumn Festival, the Second Criminal Trial Department of the People's
Intermediate Court of Xilinguole League secretly ruled on the case, affirming
the original judgment. Following the judgment, the court remanded them to prison
and simply notified their families of the final decision. Since July 20, 1999, employees of the Duolun County Public Security Bureau
have repeatedly persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners. They illegally sent Ma
Yingjun, Ji Xiaoquan, Zhou Ruilin and several other practitioners to forced
labor camps without trials. They have confiscated practitioners' bail money and
extorted several thousand Yuan from them at a time (500 Yuan is the average
monthly income for an urban worker in China). They have illegally
confiscated their homes simply because practitioners were suspected of copying
and sharing Master Li's lectures. They have detained Falun Dafa practitioners
without cause and severely beaten them many times. One such victim is Xu Fenlin,
a former high school teacher in Duolun County, who was brutally tortured many
times in a detention center. In September 2003, Yao Dong, the newly appointed
Secretary of the Duolun County Party Committee (the highest ranking officer in
the county) instituted a new session of brainwashing classes and outlined plans
to begin a new wave of persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners. Country Code: 86 Area Code: 497 Secretary of Duolun County Party Committee, Yao Dong: 4522198 (work) Director of Duolun County Public Security Bureau, Wang Jianzhong: 45244228
(work); 4524885 (home) "610 Office" police officers, Li Chengquan: 4524193 (home) |