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Case of "Blocking Traffic" in Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province
(Clearwisdom.net) On July 20, 1999, Jiang's regime began persecuting Falun Gong. Ever since
many practitioners in Miyi County, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province have been
illegally arrested, beaten, brutally tortured, and sentenced to prisons and
labor camps. In addition, some practitioners were forced to separate from their
family members and leave their homes in order to avoid further persecution. On June 20, 2000, dozens of practitioners in Salian Village, Miyi County held
a small scale experience sharing conference at an area with very little traffic
located about one hundred meters (300 ft) away from the main road. Suddenly, a
bunch of police showed up. They beat, kicked and forced the practitioners to the
main road. One practitioner, Song Chenghui, saw through their plan and refused
to go to the main road. Four policemen had to drag him to the main road. They
were surrounded by many non-practitioners and the situation was very disorderly.
Fifty-year-old practitioner Zhou Shenghui was brutally beaten by the police, but
she still spoke very loudly and said, "Fellow practitioners, please stand
on both sides of the main road and do not interrupt the traffic." When the police vehicle arrived, the police used a camcorder to record the
chaotic situation. The clothes of practitioner Zeng Jianjun were torn to pieces
and he was pushed into the river. That day, the unlawful officers coordinated
with many people, including the police, government officials and staff members
from both Miyi County and Panzhihua City. They trapped the practitioners on the
main road and then started the arrests. There were more than ten practitioners
arrested in total. That night, the Miyi County TV station aired a "special news"
report with a set of video clips and said that practitioners "blocked the
traffic." Among the arrested practitioners, some were detained, some were
illegally sentenced to labor camp (Zhou Shenghui, Song Chenghui, Wang Yuanping,
Zhuang Delin, Zhang Zhenghuan, Zhang Hongying, and others) and some were
sentenced to jail. The longest sentence was eight years while the shortest was
three years. Those practitioners are still incarcerated and being subjected to
ongoing persecution today. Posting date: 9/15/2003
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