Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted in Yunmeng of Hubei Province

(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Ding Xingqiao, a 46-year-old teacher at the Xingfa Elementary School of Wuluo County, Yunmeng, Hubei Province was unlawfully arrested and sent to forced labor camps seven times for practicing Falun Gong.

Wuluo Police, along with the county "610 Office"(1) and the National Security Brigade, arrested him on February 6, 2004 when someone reported him for passing out Falun Gong New Year's cards to his students. They took his house key and entered his house without a warrant, confiscated his belongings, including everything related to Dafa, and sent him to a detention center. To protest against the persecution, Mr. Dong went on a hunger strike for over twenty days. During that time, he was force fed three times.

On March 10, after being rescued with oxygen, Mr. Ding was released to await further questioning. The damage in his mouth and stomach from the force-feeding caused him to develop stomach and intestinal problems. On the morning of March 15, Deng Guobin, the county National Security Brigade captain, Zhang Liming, Chen Fuqing, Mao Hongbo, and Yu Meng forcibly took Mr. Ding away in a police car. The new head of the "610 Office" Guan Xiangping took Mr. Ding to a brainwashing class in Wuhan for further persecution.

After going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, Ms. Li Hui, a 33-year-old employee at Yunmeng Textile Factory, was dismissed from her job.

Since July 20, 1999, when Jiang's regime began its suppression of Falun Gong, Ms. Li has been arrested and detained five times by the Yunmeng Public Security Bureau simply because she persisted in practicing Falun Gong.

On March 8, 2000 Ms. Li was arrested and detained for 15 days when she attended a Falun Gong group study. The detention center extorted 350 Yuan (2) from her as a cost of living fee while in the detention center.

On April 25, 2000 Ms. Li went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was arrested by the Yunmeng Public Security Bureau. She was detained in the Yunmeng Detention Center for 39 days. The detention center again extorted 450 Yuan for the cost of detention. She was also extorted 1,000 Yuan as bail and was then dismissed from her job.

On the night of July 18, 2000, Yunmeng police, led by police directors Zhou Yinchi and Zhang Bin, arrested Ms. Li for attending a group study. They interrogated her all night, not allowing her to sleep, and then sent her to the Yunmeng Detention Center. Several days later, police from the Yunmen Chengnan Police Station hung her up with rope and interrogated her in an attempt to get information about Falun Gong practitioners in Yunmeng. The police declared that they would follow the Jiang regime's policy in dealing with Falun Gong: "Defame their reputations, bankrupt them financially, and eliminate them physically." During the eight months of detention, Ms. Li had her feet chained and she was beaten several times. She was paraded through the streets while wearing handcuffs. She was later sentenced to another year of hard labor. On April 3, 2001 Ms. Li was sent to the Qilihu Forced Labor Camp, and was released on July 18.

On October 6, 2002 Li Hui was again unlawfully arrested by Zhou Yinchi and Zhang Bin, and sent to a brainwashing class. When she refused to cooperate with them while in the brainwashing class, they sent her to the Yunmeng Detention Center for 46 days. There she went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The center coerced two doctors of Chinese medicine to force-feed her, and then extorted 500 Yuan from her family before releasing her.

At 1:00 p.m. on March 17, 2004 Zhou Yinchi, director of the Yunmeng Chengguan Police Station, and several police officers from the National Public Security Bureau went to Ms. Li's home, arrested her, and confiscated her belongings. The arrest was ordered by Public Security Bureau chief Gao Deming. Ms. Li was detained in the Yunmeng Police Station and was severely beaten by Deng Guobin, captain of the National Public Security Brigade. After two days, she was sent to the Yunmeng Detention Center. She went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. There she suffered a chronic headache from a severe beating by Deng Guobin. After 10 days of treatment without any result, she was released. Unable to sustain constant monitoring and to avoid further persecution, she left her home.

Ms. Zhu Guitao, 42, lives in Wuluo County, Yunmeng. Because of her persisting in practicing Falun Gong, she was unlawfully detained six times.

The following happened to Ms. Zhu Guitao:

(1) On July 11, 2000 Ms. Zhu was arrested and detained for one month in the Wuluo Police Station because she practiced Falun Gong.

(2) In October 2000 she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was detained in the Yunmeng Detention Center for 2 months.

(3) In 2001 she was arrested and detained in the Yunmeng Detention Center for no reason other than her being a Falun Dafa practitioner.

(4) In September 2002 she was arrested by the Wuluo police and detained in the Yunmeng Detention Center. She went on a hunger strike to protest this unlawful persecution and was subjected to force-feeding. After 14 days, she became critical ill and was released.

(5) On October 3, 2002 Ms. Zhu was arrested and sent to a Yunmeng brainwashing center for 17 days. She was under constant monitoring to prevent her from doing the Falun Gong exercises, forced to listen to propaganda slandering Dafa, and verbally abused.

(6) On February 24, 2004, policemen from the Yunment "610 Office" and the National Security Bureau went to Ms. Zhu's home and confiscated Falun Dafa materials. She was arrested and sent to the Yunmeng Detention Center. Ms. Zhu went on a hunger strike, and she endured two force-feeding sessions. After nine days on the hunger strike, she became critically ill. During the second force-feeding session, the feeding tube was inserted into her throat five times. This damaged her throat and trachea, causing constant bleeding. The National Public Security Bureau authorities then released her, and extorted 220 Yuan from her family in the name of "medical treatment."

Ms. Huang Mianxiu, 52, lives in Chengguan, Yunmeng. She was persecuted because she practices Falun Gong.

On March 17, 2004 Ms. Huang was visiting a Falun Gong practitioner and was arrested. She was severely beaten by Deng Guobin, captain of the National Public Security Bureau. They went to her home, confiscated her belongings, and took all materials related to Falun Gong. While in the detention center, they threatened her to try to force her to reveal the source of the materials, and forced her family to write a "Guarantee Statement" (3) before she was released.

(1) <"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.

(2) Yuan - 500 yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China.

(3) "Guarantee Statement" - A statement declaring that one is remorseful for practicing Falun Gong and guaranteeing that one will not to practice Falun Gong again, nor go to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/4/20/72784.html

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