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A Few Cases of Persecution of Practitioners in Sichuan Province: Beating, Detention and Forced Homelessness
05/27/2003
(Clearwisdom.net)
1. Yu Shengyin is a male Falun Dafa practitioner in his 30s. He lived in the
No. 8 Village of Hexing Town (Yingshan County, Sichuan Province).
Since July 20, 1999, Yu Shengyin had been working at Yongjia Rubber Plant in
Oubei Town (Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province). Because he persists in his
cultivation, the local "610 Office," police station and some other persecutors
harassed him before every holiday.
On February 4, 2003, some persecutors from Yongjia County Police Department
and Oubei Town Police Station searched for Yu on the street, showing an enlarged
picture of him. To avoid the persecution, Yu was forced to move. On February 5,
a few policemen followed him and abducted him near his apartment. They took him
to Oubei Town Police Station and illegally searched his body, taking a copy of
Zhuan Falun and 70 Yuan [ The average monthly salary of an urban
worker in China is about 500 Yuan, but only 200 Yuan for a rural worker.]
The persecutors also beat and cursed Yu. On the same night, Yu escaped and was
forced into homelessness.
2. Zeng Dehua, male, 31. He lived in Sanyuan Village of Wangu Town (Dazu
County, Chongqing City).
In July 2000, Zeng Dehua went to Beijing to validate Falun Dafa. He did the
sitting meditation in Tiananmen Square wearing a shirt that had the characters
of "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance" on it. The police forced him into a
police vehicle and slapped his face. They also use batons to hit his face and
hands. Zeng was then sent to a place nearby, where the police interrogated him.
During the interrogation, the persecutors tortured him again: they slapped his
face, punched his face, chest, and back. The torture disfigured his face.
Later on, the police sent Zeng to Pinggu County Detention Center and detained
him there for seven days. On the night of his arrival, Zeng was tortured for
more than an hour during an interrogation. Within the next few days, the
perpetrators interrogated him several times and forced him to stand in a very
painful position. With two thugs holding Zeng, another one kicked him
ferociously with his knees; they also whipped him with a whip made of thin steel
wire. As a result, Zeng could hardly walk or get up or sit down; black and
purple bruises covered his thighs and buttocks. Although he was badly injured,
the perpetrators forced him to do hard labor.
Later, police guards Yang from Wangu Town Police Station and another
government staff member in Wangu Town escorted Zeng back to his hometown. The
police station extorted 608 Yuan from him as the "travel expenses." Zeng was
then sent to the Dazu County Detention Center and illegally detained there for
18 days. The person in charge of his issue was Zhou Ji from Dazu County Police
Department. During the detention, some police guards extorted 10,000 Yuan from
Zeng's family.
After his release, Zeng was forced into homelessness avoid the persecution.
Guard Yang from Wangu Police Station often searched his home, harassed Zeng's
family members and threatened them, asking them to find Zeng. In June 2002, the
perpetrators illegally detained Zeng's father for one day.
3. Tang Huaiji, male, 33. He lives in Huilong Town (Yingshan, Sichuan
Province).
In May 2000, Tang Huaiji went to Beijing to appeal. He was arrested in
Tiananmen Square, sent to Qianmen Police Station, and then transferred to the
police station of his hometown. On May 9, the persecutors sent him to the
Yingshan Detention Center for a one-month term. On June 2, 2000, the detention
center took Tang to the street to humiliate him. Tang shouted out loud "Falun
Dafa is good!" in front of many people. The persecutors then used dirty cloth to
plug his mouth; they also clamped on his neck with their hands. When the
one-month term was due, the detention center did not release him. Tang protested
by going on a hunger strike. The guards then instigated some inmates to curse
and beat him, resulting in many injuries on his body. The persecutors then tied
Tang up on a bed, used shoes to hit his face and scissors to pry his mouth. They
tried to use this method to force-feed Tang in vain. Later, the doctor of the
detention center Deng and several armed police guard put handcuffs and shackles
on him and sent him to a hospital, where they tried to use stomach-feeding tubes
to force feed him. That also failed. Seven days later, they released him.
Shortly after Tang's release, Tang was arrested again for clarifying the
truth to some government offices. The persecutors forcefully detained him in
Mianyang Forced-Labor Camp. In the labor camp, Tang protested again: the
persecutors then extended his term by a few days for the protest.
After his release from the labor camp, Tang was still watched by the
perpetrators. In late 2002, he was arrested again for clarifying the truth. He
was sentenced to two years in forced-labor camp and has since been detained in
Yingshan Detention Center again.
4. Hu Peizhong, male, 36, lived in Weisheng Street, Yingshan County.
On Dec. 27, 1999 (lunar calendar), Hu Peizhong went to Beijing to appeal. He
practiced the exercises on Jan. 1, 2000 (lunar calendar) on Tiananmen Square.
Together with his 9-year-old son, his 7-year-old daughter, and his wife, Hu was
arrested by the police and taken to a nearby police station. During the arrest,
the police slapped Hu's face and kicked him. After detaining him for eight
hours, the persecutors transferred him to the Nanchong Liaison Office in Beijing
and illegally detained him there for four days.
On Jan. 5, 2000 (lunar calendar), some government staff members from Langchi
Town, Yingshan County, including Tang Bifang and Li Ping and Luo Yongzhi from
Langchi Town Police Station, extorted 400 Yuan from Hu and interrogated him
before they escorted him back to Yingshan County. On the way, the persecutors
used handcuffs to link Hu and other practitioners, and they did not release the
cuffs even when the practitioners were eating, drinking or boarding trains and
buses.
When the practitioners arrived in Yingshan County, the persecutors detained
them in
Langchi Town Police Station for one night. The next day, the persecutors
interrogated the practitioners, including two children. In the evening,
the two children were released, and Hu Peizhong was sent to a detention center.
In the center, the guards slapped Hu's face and kicked him; they also instigated
the inmates to beat him. On the second day after Hu's arrival at the detention
center, seven people from the county police, state security department, county
government, Langchi Town government and police station took turns interrogating
Hu for the whole day. He was illegally detained in the detention center for 38
days in total, during which the persecutors interrogated him many times.
After his release, Hu was employed away from his hometown. The town
government and local residential office staff members Li Zhaoxia, Deng Yanlin,
Hu Huayang; Deng Jianhua,and Luo Yongzhi from the Langchi Town Police Station;
and some guards from Dongcheng Police Station ransacked Hu's home many times.
They also framed Hu's wife and harassed her many times. When they broke into her
room and abducted her, they forcefully dragged her out and did not even allow
her to put her clothes and shoes on. In the police station, the persecutors
handcuffed and shackled her to a chair. During her detention, their two children
were left home by themselves. Hu's wife spent most of year 2000 under detention.
(She was detained many times). Later on, she escaped from a brainwashing center.
The two children were also watched. The perpetrators also posted a reward of
5,000 Yuan on the local TV and radio for Hu Peizhong. Thus, Hu was forced to
flee into homelessness, away from his wife and children.
Posting date: 6/12/2003
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