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Five Female Falun Gong Practitioners are Paraded Through the Streets in Tongliang County, Chongqing City
(Clearwisdom.net) In December 2000, five female Falun Gong practitioners from
Tongliang County, Chongqing City were arrested unconstitutionally for passing
out materials that clarified the facts about Dafa and the persecution. The
practitioners were Peng Dongjun, Liu Taiping, Gong Debi, Wu Gongbi, and Peng
Wenbi. Additionally, Their homes were ransacked.
On January 16, 2001, authorities from Tongliang County held a so-called
"public trial" of the five practitioners. Using a method to publically demonize
the practitioners that was popular during the Cultural Revolution, the
authorities hung a plaque with the words "Falun Gong elements" around each
practitioner's neck and paraded them through the streets in order to incite
hatred against them. That month, they were sentenced to forced labor camps, with
Liu Taiping and Wu Gongbi sentenced to two years each, Peng Wenbi one year, Gong
Debi three years, and Peng Dongjun four years.
55-year-old Peng Dongjun lived in the Datian area of Anju Town, Tongliang
County. She used to be a contractor with the Commerce Bureau. On January 21,
2000, she, along with practitioners Liu Yingfu, Long Gang, and Tan Zongqun went
to Beijing to appeal. Liu An from the local "610 Office" ordered the police
department chief, Chen Wen, to lead several people to Beijing and seize them.
They took the practitioners back to Tongliang County. While interrogating Peng,
Chen Wen used a wire to whip her feet, leaving a gash in her flesh. He kept
cursing at Peng, claiming he would beat them all to death. He hit her head with
his hands. He did not allow her to have any food or water and continued
interrogating her. Peng was put in handcuffs and shackles that weighed 15 kg.
She wasn't released until one month later. After she returned home, her work
unit fired her for her peaceful appeal in Beijing. |