Latest News from China - 09/15/2003
(Clearwisdom.net) [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Nearly 60 Dafa Practitioners
in the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp are Staging a Hunger Strike to Protest
the Inhuman Tortures There [Northwestern China] A Large Quantity of Dafa
Truth-Clarifying Materials Appear in Government Buildings For a few days around August 23, 2003, during working hours,
Dafa practitioners placed a large quantity of truth-clarifying materials and CDs
in government buildings and compounds. This righteous feat shocked the municipal
government officials. Every time when practitioners finish the distribution,
they walk out of those well-guarded government buildings in an open and
dignified manner. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Excruciating Torture
Methods in the Dabei Prison The personnel at the Dabei Prison torture Falun Gong
practitioners very severely. One of the excruciating torture methods they use is
to force practitioner to squat in a corner for a whole day, with hands clasped
behind their back. [Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province] Model Teacher Fang Yi
from the Physics Department of Xijiang University is Sent to the Sanshui Forced
Labor Camp Dafa practitioner Ms. Fang Yi is about 40 years old. Since
1999, police has been harassing and following her numerous times. They also put
her into brainwashing classes many times. Fang Yi acted calmly, facing the
vicious officials every time. Thus the vile people dare not to persecute her
further. Fang has been clarifying the truth to teachers, students and people
around her through all kinds of channels. In June or July 2003, the university
authorities suddenly dismissed her and collaborated with the police to put her
into Guangdong Province's Sanshui Forced Labor Camp -- a place dedicated for
persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Her situation is unknown now. Up till now, the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp has detained
numerous practitioners from various districts including Yunfu City, Zhaoqing
City, Gaoyao City, Gaozhou City, Maoming City, Guangzhou City, Shenzhen City,
Yangjiang City and others. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Arrest and Force-Feeding of
Practitioner Song Qingde Mr. Song Qingde is a resident from Nankouqian Town, Qingyuan
County in Fushun City. To validate Dafa and avoid the persecution, he was forced
to stay away from home. On August 21, 2003, he was arrested near Wanghua
District of Fushun City. Afterward, the police went to his living place at
Beizhen Street in the Wanghua District, ransacked his home and took away many
Dafa truth-clarifying materials. Recently, the police informed Song's family to
pay 1,700 Yuan* for the brainwashing "class fee" and 200 Yuan for
force-feeding per time. Not until the extortion demands were made did his family
learn that Song is now detained at the city's Luotai Resort Brainwashing Center. *Yuan: 500 Yuan is the average monthly income in urban areas
of China [Beijing] Arrest of an Elderly Dafa Practitioner On September 11, 2003 (the Mid-Autumn Festival), elderly
practitioner Ms. Tian went out to distribute Dafa truth-clarifying material at a
morning market. She did not come back that day. She might have been arrested. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Police Harass
Practitioners on the Eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival At 8:00 p.m. on September 11, 2003 (the Mid-Autumn Festival,
which is similar to Thanksgiving), three vile people including Li Dongming broke
into practitioner Li Yingxuan's home and told him/her that the police chief
wanted to see him. Li Yingxuan said, "Today is the Mid-Autumn
Festival." He asked to reschedule the time and told them, "If there
was urgent issue, let's talk about it at home." But the police immediately
called some other people to arrest Li Yingxuan. Li did not cooperate with them
and planned to escape from the window on the second floor. However, Li was
severely injured. His nose and mouth were bleeding, his eyes were black and
blue, and he lost consciousness. His right arm, right thigh and right ankle were
fractured in many places. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a holiday for family reunions, but
Jiang and his gang took the opportunity to relentlessly torture practitioners. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Junmin Police
Precinct Officials Illegally Sentence Several Practitioners to Forced Labor Camp Enforcers from Harbin City's Junmin Police Precinct arrested
several practitioners from home without valid reasons and sent them to a labor
camp. Because some practitioners showed symptoms of illnesses, the Wanjia Forced
Labor Camp authorities did not accept them officially but also would not release
them, either. These practitioners have been detained for three to four months.
Some practitioners are forced to stay away from home to avoid the persecution. Junmin Police Office: 86-451-8261914 A responsible policeman: Jin Liang [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner
Ms. Zhang Daidi Ms. Zhang Daidi was recently arrested and detained at
Changchun City's Daguang Detention Center. [Huaihua City, Hunan Province] Illegal Detention of Eight
Dafa Practitioners in the Hecheng District They are Mr. Chen Kaiming, Mr. Yang Xiaohui, Ms. Xiang
Zhaoxia, Ms. Li Shirong, Mr. Pan Jianjun, Ms. Zheng Hongxia, Ms. Xiao Guiying
and Ms. Tang Qingying. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Dafa Practitioners Lan Jun
and Yan Zhongfen Are Illegally Sentenced to Jail and Are Detained at the Yang'ai
Forced Labor Camp In November 2001, enforcers from Guizhou City's "610
Office"* and Zhunyi City's Honghuagang Police Precinct arrested Mr. Lan Jun
and Ms. Yan Zhongfen. They have been detained at Zhunyi City's No.2 Detention
Center for 18 months and have suffered severe persecution, both physically and
mentally. In June 2002, they were illegally sentenced without a jury, without a
lawyer and without informing their families. Lan Jun was sentenced to six years
of imprisonment and Yan Zhongfen to four years. Now they are detained at Guizhou
City's Yang'ai Forced Labor Camp. No family is allowed to visit them and neither
are they permitted to accept clothing or money. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] List of Names of Dafa
Practitioners Who Are Illegally Detained at Shenyang City's Brainwashing Center Shenyang City's "Legal System Education School" is
actually a brainwashing center, located at the Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp. The
compound is surrounded by an electric fence on all high walls. It's a jail
indeed. Dafa practitioners illegally arrested here during the 16th
National Party conference are: Ms. Liu Yanmei, a professor in Liaoning Province's Social
Science Academy. She was arrested at her work unit and has been detained at that
brainwashing center for 50 days. Ms. Zhang Liping, a gym teacher from Shenyang Agriculture
University, is also a national level coach. She was arrested when she was
teaching class to students. Gong, a teacher in the Forestry Institute of Shenyang
Agriculture University and Mr. Meng Qingjie, a teacher in a middle school
affiliated with the university were arrested because of writing letters to
clarify the truth. Ms. Liu Huarong, a library administrator for the Political
Department in the Shenyang Military Area. She was arrested when she merely
rested in a public park. Later she was released after being forced to write the
"Three Statements,"** but her salary was suspended anyway. Every week,
she had to go to police precinct to hand in her "mentality" report,
where she had to slander Dafa. In order to protest such persecution, she had to
leave home. A Dafa practitioner in the financial section from Liaoning
Province's Administration Institute was sent to a brainwashing center only for
copying letters to clarify the truth. Mr. Liu Honglin and another Dafa practitioner from the Liming
Company Mr. Liu Jingping, a student at Liaoning University An unknown countrywoman who suffered excruciating treatment Ms. Qi Fengru, an employee of the Kangping Hotel Five Dafa practitioners in Shenyang City's Industry and
Commerce Bank [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Be on the Alert for
Hypocritical Policemen in the No.1 Section of the City's Police Department Li Yanhong, male, 40 years old, is a policemen in No.1
Section of Lanzhou City Police Department. He often pretented sympthy for Falun
Gong. His way of obtaining information about other practitioners was to help
certain practitioners find a job or solve problems to ask about other
practitioners. Many Dafa practitioners were deceived by his hyprocrisy and were
sent to brainwashing classes. Hereby we remind Dafa practitioners to pay
attention to this and leave no opportunity for the evils to take advantage. 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. Three statements**: Practitioners are
coerced under brainwashing and torture to write these as proof that they have
given up their belief. Created by the "610 Office," the three
statements consist of a letter of repentance, a guarantee to never again
practice Falun Gong, and a list of names and addresses of all family members,
friends and acquaintances who are practitioners.
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