Persecution of Practitioners in Beijing's Mentougou District

By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Beijing

(Clearwisdom.net)

1. Ms. Lu Suming, about 48 years old, is a former employee of the Mentougou Court, Beijing City. In 2001, since Ms. Lu refused to renounce Falun Gong, her home was searched and she was unlawfully sent to forced labor camp for one and a half years. She was released in December 2002. Not long after her release, she published a formal declaration of her determination to continue to practice Falun Dafa on the Minghui website (The Chinese version of Clearwisdom). She also clarified the truth about Dafa to her colleagues, supervisors, and those she came in contact with. She helped those who renounced the practice of Falun Gong under pressure to recognize that they were taking the wrong path.

Someone turned her in to the police, and she was sent to a brainwashing center. A member of the "610 Office" recounted that Lu Suming continued to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa to people in charge of the brainwashing center. Officers tried many different ways to coerce to renounce Falun Gong, but none succeeded. It is rumored that Lu was sent to forced labor camp again and that she was fired from her job.

2. Mr. Zhao Fugui is about 30 years old and a resident of Kanfangzi Village, Yongding

Township, Mentougou District. His entire family practices Falun Gong. He used to

work for the Capital Steel Works, but was fired because he insisted on practicing Falun Gong. During the period from 2000 to 2002, someone reported on Zhao's mother when she delivered literature about Falun Gong. His home was searched, and all four members of his family (Zhao, his wife, his mother and his wife's younger brother) were sent to a forced labor camp. While they were imprisoned at the labor camp, their home was robbed.

Later, Zhao found a job, where he clarified the truth about Falun Gong to people he came in contact with, using his personal experiences. He also helped former practitioners who had been brainwashed. However, he was turned in to the police again. In 2003, his home was searched again, and he was arrested. His current whereabouts are unknown..

3. Mr. Xie Haitao is around 30 years old. He was an employee of the Capital Steel

Works, and lives at Shuangyu, Mentougou District. In 2001, he was sent to forced labor camp for distributing literature about Falun Gong. After his release, he was fired from his job. He bought a truck to transport goods to earn a living and continued to practice Falun Gong. In 2003, he was sent to forced labor camp again after his name was given to the police.

4. Just before April 25, 2004, two female practitioners from Mentougou District was arrested for distributing literature about Falun Gong. One of them was released several days later. The other went on a hunger strike and continued to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa to people she came in contact with. Seeing her determination, the local authorities transferred her to another district.

5. Before July 20, 2004, another 5 practitioners (two men, three women) from the Mentougou District were unlawfully arrested. The eldest of them is a lady in her 60's. It was reported that an undercover agent discovered them and had them arrested.

6. Ms. Xiaoping is around 40 years old and a practitioner from Mentougou. She began to practice Falun Gong because she sought a solution for her poor health. After the persecution began in 1999, she continued to study Falun Dafa at home and did the Falun Gong exercises on a hill near her home for about four years. In 2003, she was reported to the police. Her home was searched and she was detained.

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