Latest News from China - October 25, 2003
(Clearwisdom.net)
1. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Numerous Falun Dafa
Practitioners Unlawfully Sentenced to Prison
On June 5, 2003, six Shuangyashan City Falun Dafa practitioners were secretly
sentenced to prison. Ms. Sun Fengjie received a prison term of 13 years, Ms.
Wang Guanrong 12 years, Ms. Wu Yuqing 12 years, Ms. Wang Lihua 10 years, Ms.
Zhao Xiangping 8 years, and Zhang Xinghua 5 years.
Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Zhang Hongbo, Ms. Zhao Yuhua, Ms. Sun Ruyan, Ms.
Guo Hui, Ms. Wang Lihua, and Ms. Li Hong (pseudonym) were previously held in the
Shuangyashan Detention Center. On September 17, 2003, they were transferred to
the Harbin City Women's Prison after secret trials. On September 18, the Harbin
Women's Prison refused to accept Ms. Zhao Yuhua after conducting a physical
examination. Ms. Zhao was sent back to the Shaungyashan Detention Center where
she is still detained. Another Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Deng Chunying has
been paralyzed in all four limbs as a result of persecution. Although she is no
longer able to take care of herself, she remains in custody at the detention
center. Her situation is getting worse every day, and her life is in imminent
danger.
In addition, Ms. Sun Fengjie, Ms. Wang Guanrong, Ms. Wu Yueqing, Ms. Zhao
Xiangping, and others have also been transferred to the Harbin City Women's
Prison for further persecution after secret trials.
On April 22, 2003, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Cui Hongwei was sent to the
Qitaihe Brainwashing Class after having been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
2. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Police Ordered Inmates to Beat Falun Dafa
Practitioners
Mo Shujun, head of the Tangshan City No. 1 Detention Center in Hebei
Province, entered a vegetative state after having been actively engaged in the
persecution against Falun Dafa practitioners [see report in the July 27, 2003
Chinese version of the Clearwisdom.net website]. Police officers at the
detention center have failed to learn any lesson from Mo's fate and continue to
torment Falun Dafa practitioners.
Currently, Ms. Guo Xiaohui (a graduate student from southern China,), Ms. Sun
Jianzhong, Ms. An Zhenjie, and Ms. Wang Yuqing (pseudonym) have become the
primary targets of the persecution for persisting in their beliefs. Police
officers have often ordered inmates to beat up Falun Dafa practitioners. It has
been reported that in order to curry favor with the officers some inmates
slapped a victim's face drawing blood from her mouth. An inmate named Qi Yan,
imprisoned on drug trafficking charges, has been the most brutal and active. The
officers have also force-fed practitioners on hunger strikes and then deprived
them of their rights to use the bathroom. Ms. Guo Xiaohui and some other
practitioners were unable to even stand up because of this kind of inhumane
abuse. On October 10, the local prosecutor brought trumped-up charges of
"interfering with implementation of the rule of law" against Ms. Guo Xiaohui. A
trial is expected to be held soon.
3. [Northern China] Help Saving Sentient Beings through Overall Improvement
In the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival on September 11, 2003, the moon was
particularly full and bright. In memory of fellow practitioners who gave up
their lives, more than twenty Falun Dafa practitioners in a town in northern
China collectively sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil in other
dimensions, and to help strengthen all who are imprisoned and to help them break
away as soon as possible to join the immense movement of the Fa-rectification.
The practitioners rode motorcycles and bicycles or even walked on foot to reach
the areas where very few Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials had been
available previously. They distributed leaflets, posted flyers, and unfurled
banners. At the same time, they sent forth righteous thoughts asking Teacher to
strengthen them. The entire campaign concluded successfully just before
midnight, the time scheduled for the coordinated sending forth of righteous
thoughts. (A high school student who had come to realize the truth about Falun
Gong also took part in this effort.)
4. [Huaiyang, Jiangsu Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Yang Mingqing Taken
Away
On October 16, seven or eight officers led by Li Xizhi from the local police
station in Huaiyang, Jiangsu Province took Doumen Township Falun Dafa
practitioner Yang Mingqing away from his home. The police claimed that they have
to receive 6,000 Yuan [500 Yuan being the average monthly income for an urban
worker in China] in addition to the "three-statements" [denouncing Falun
Gong] before Yang can be released.
5. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Mei Hanying Has Been
Missing for Three Years
Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Mei Hanying, 40, was an employee at the Wuhan
Clock Factory in Hubei Province. In July 2000, she went to Beijing to validate
Falun Dafa and police threw her into a detention center. She was forced to take
off all her clothes. The officers then abused her by demanding to look at her
pubic area, pretending to search for materials or documents. Officers threatened
to use a pair of scissors to cut her underwear if she did not oblige. After
being held in Beijing, she was transferred back to the Wuhan Women's Prison for
continued custody. Officers in the prison encouraged criminal inmates to torture
her. She was suspended from the frame of a door for several hours for simply
saying a couple of words to a fellow practitioner. Sometimes she was not allowed
to put on clothes except for her underwear or bra. After suffering from all
sorts of abuse and humiliation, officials from the local neighborhood
administration office joined the police after one month to further pressure her.
She was coerced to sign statements promising to give up practicing Falun Gong.
After returning home, Ms. Mei felt grieved and became determined to continue to
practice and validate Falun Dafa. She went out to distribute truth-clarifying
materials on October 6, 2000, and has not returned home since. By now, she has
been missing for three years.
6. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Li Jingfa
Sentenced to One Year of Forced Labor
Mr. Li Jingfa, 61, is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Changchun City, Jilin
Province. At 2:00 a.m. on September 28, 2003, he was abducted by a group of
officers from the Danan Police Station while distributing Falun Gong materials.
He was immediately committed to the Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp for one year
of forced labor.
7. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Chen Haibin, Han
Shuxiang, and Xu Fan Unlawfully Arrested
After 7:00 p.m. on September 10, 2003, Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Chen
Haibin, Ms. Han Shuxiang, and Ms. Xu Fan went out to clarify the truth about
Falun Gong. Local informants called in police. Officers on patrol from Jinzhou
District, Dalian City in Liaoning Province took the three practitioners to the
Jinzhou District Detention Center. Their homes were ransacked the same night. On
October 15, Ms. Han was placed on administrative detention [Note: lesser
degree than criminal detention] instead of the original criminal detention
(because of her older age). Ms. Chen Haibin and Ms. Xu Fan have been secretly
sent to the Dalian Labor Camp, each to serve one year of forced labor.
8. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Jiang Xiuying
Taken Away by the Police
On September 20, Zhuanghe Falun Dafa practitioner Jiang Xiuying was abducted
walking on the street by officers from the Xingda Police Station of the Zhuanghe
City Police Department in Dalian City, Liaoning Province. It is unknown where he
is being held.
9. [Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province] Wu Yuyun and Other Falun Dafa
Practitioners Abducted to the Foshan Brainwashing Center
In mid-August, Wu Yuyun and several other Falun Dafa practitioners in
Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province were unlawfully taken to a brainwashing center
in Foshan City, Guangdong Province. It has been reported that if the
practitioners refuse to give in within three months, they will be sent to the
Sanshui Forced Labor Camp in Guangdong Province. So far, no further information
is available on these practitioners.
10. [Chiping County, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Li Yuzhen
Unlawfully Taken Away by the Police
In the afternoon of October 23, 2003, several officers from the Caitun
Township Police Station in Chiping County, Shandong Province broke into the home
of Falun Dafa practitioner Li Yuzhen, 59, who lives in the township. The
officers took away the Falun Dafa book Zhuan Falun and other articles. Li
was taken to the Caitun Township Police Station.
Telephone number of the Caitun Township Police Station: 86-635-4738055.
11. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Baoding "610 Office" Plans to Restore the
Brainwashing Facility in Zhuozhou, Hebei Province
The Baoding City "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] is planning to restore the
brainwashing facility located in Zhuozhou, Hebei Province. Recently, six Falun
Dafa practitioners in Dingxing County have been taken away.
12. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Police Brutalities at the Brainwashing
Center of the Weifang "610 Office"
A large number of Falun Dafa practitioners have been held in custody at the
brainwashing center run by the Weifang "610 Office" in Shandong Province.
Practitioners have undergone severe maltreatment. Ms. Wu Jingxia died there
because of police brutalities. Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Du Xiuhua refused to
cooperate with the vicious demands and went on a hunger strike. Staff of the
brainwashing center tried to insert tubes into her stomach, completely ignoring
the critical condition she was already in. Ms. Du struggled in agony and the
tube could not be put in place. The staff then handcuffed both her hands and
feet to the bed with several people pressing down on her to stop her from
moving. Several days later, Ms. Du's four limbs became numb, and the authorities
called in doctors for injections and infusions. Amidst all these troubles, she
refused to give up her convictions, and was eventually sent to the Wangcun
Forced Labor Camp. There are quite a few other similar examples. Some
practitioners were so severely abused that they suffered from mental breakdowns.
The brainwashing center has also "invited" someone named Guo Wenjie to
demonstrate her "expertise" in beating and abusing Falun Dafa practitioners, and
as a result, the torture of Falun Dafa practitioners has escalated. The
persecution is being continued in the brainwashing center.
Members of the Weifang "610 Office" are listed below.
Song Jiwu, former head of the "610 Office" of the Weifang City Party
committee. Xu Yujun, current head of the "610 Office" of the Weifang City Party committee. Guan Jianhui, head of the "610 Office." Li Tongkui, deputy head of the "610 Office." Fu Jinbin, primarily perpetrator, member in the "610 Office." Lou Jinhong, perpetrator, member of the "610 Office." Guo Lidong, Li Huanchang, Wu Aimin, Gao Xingchang, Du Qiang, thugs in the
brainwashing center run by the "610 Office."
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/10/25/59486.html
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