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Falun Gong Practitioner Mei Jianqi of Shanghai is Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison (Photo)
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Mei Jianqi, in his late twenties, is from Jiangyin
City, Jiangsu Province. In 1996 he entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a
student in the School of Mechanical Engineering. University authorities expelled
him from school in October 1999 when he was a senior. The reason given was that
he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was then not willing to write
the "Guarantee Statement" to give up the practice after the University
authorities let him back in school. They considered him one of the
"steadfast practitioners." He went to Shanghai at the end of August
2000 to request re-admittance to school. He was again required to write the
"Guarantee Statement" to give up his cultivation practice first. He
knew that he wasn't doing anything wrong by following the principle of
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance," so he refused to write the
statement. Again the school refused to re-admit him. Falun Gong practitioner Mei Jianqi of Shanghai was illegally
sentenced to seven years in prison At the end of October 2000, personnel from the community allied security team
reported Mei Jianqi while he was distributing Falun Gong truth clarification
materials in the Xuhui District of Shanghai. He was arrested. Mei Jianqi was held for about 10 days in the Kangjian Police Station. He was
not allowed to sleep and was tied to a chair for a long time. After enduring
brutal torture as authorities attempted to extract a "confession," Mei
Jianqi was transferred to the Longhua Detention Center in Shanghai. From there
he was eventually sent to Dafeng Forced Labor Camp in Jiangsu Province for two
years of forced labor, without due process or proper sentencing. Mei Jianqi has
not been released from the forced labor camp due to his faith. This year,
information has come to light that Mei Jianqi was sentenced to seven years in
prison. Here I call upon all the alumni of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, both in
China and abroad, and all our friends from education circles and all others who
uphold justice to work together to help rescue Mei Jianqi and to work hard to
stop the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Persons responsible for this case and their phone numbers (country code is
86, area code is 21): Shanghai Jiao Tong University Members of the 610 Office of Shanghai National Security Bureau, Xuhui
District Branch: Qiu Jian and Chen Zhenyong (They are in charge of this case and
primarily responsible for sending Mei Jianqi to the forced labor camp. They have
persecuted many practitioners in the Xuhui District.) Kangjian Police Station of Shanghai City: 64362677 Posting date: 12/10/2004 |