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Hydroelectric Power Engineer in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province Illegally Sentenced to Forced Labor Camp
(Clearwisdom.Net) Thirty-eight-year-old Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Foyou is an excellent
hydroelectric power engineer in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province. He treats
people kindly and sincerely, and works hard on every project that he is
assigned. After cultivating Falun Dafa he has become an even better employee and
has consequently received highly positive recommendations from his workplace and
neighbors. At the end of 1999, together with some other Dafa practitioners in the
county, he went to appeal in Beijing. As soon as they stepped into the compound
of the State Appeal Office, police arrested them. Later they were taken back by
the "610 Office"* and Pingjiang police. They were illegally held in the county
detention center for over a month. During their detention, police instigated
criminal inmates to beat them, strip off their clothes and then pour one basin
after another of cold water onto their bodies during the chill of winter.
Moreover, for appealing, Li's salary was lowered by one grade. Because he refused to give up his belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion and
Tolerance," the "610 Office" and police arrested Li Foyou again in November
2001. After suffering tremendously during his detention, Li was sentenced to 3
years in a forced labor camp. He has been imprisoned in the No 1. Division of
Yuelu Jail, Changsha City, Hunan Province since October 2002. The other sentenced practitioners include 52-year-old Mr. Wang Wuhui, a
retired worker of the Pingjiang Agriculture& Machine Company, and a couple Ms.
Liu Bihua (36 years old) and Mr. Chen Shengping (worker of the County's
livestock bureau, sentenced for 1.5 years). Ms. Liu needs to take care of 2
kids, who are 7 and 9 years old respectively. She makes a hard living by doing
some small business. However, the "610 Office" and police didn't let her off. No
sooner was her husband released in 2002 than she was kidnapped to the Changsha
Women's Prison. She was sentenced to 3 years in a forced labor camp together
with Wang Wuhui. Presently she suffers from being cruelly persecuted in jail.
Chen Shengping was expelled from his workplace and now makes a living delivering
milk. It is very hard for him to support a family of four, including his elderly
mother. Telephone numbers of the relevant authorities: Party Committee of Hunan: 86-731-2217781 (general) *The 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 or judicial systems. |