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(Clearwisdom.net) According to Clearwisdom website data, twenty-three Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death during August 2004. These deaths are confirmed deaths and were reported by trustworthy people from Mainland China. The total number of verified deaths has risen to 1,036 practitioners.
Summary of Known Tortured-to-Death Cases in August
A total of twenty-three death by torture cases were reported from ten provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities. Five deaths in Liaoling Province, four deaths in Sichuan Province, four deaths in Tianjin City, three deaths in Heilongjiang Province, two deaths in Hebei Province, and one death each in Jiling, Shandong, Anhui, and Guizhou Provinces, and Xingjiang Autonomous Region.
Among those 23 Falun Gong practitioners who were tortured to death, the oldest was Wang Qingzhou, 57, from Weihai City, Shandong Province. The youngest was Lian Ping, 29 years old, from Donggang City, Liaoning Province. Seven practitioners were older than 50 and represent 30 percent of the total death numbers. Ten were women, representing 43 percent of the total death by torture numbers.
Among the 23 cases, 15 practitioners were tortured to death in 2004. 18 practitioners were tortured to death either at the detention center or died shortly after being taken home. 17 practitioners were sentenced to prison terms or sent to forced labor camps because they remained steadfast in their Falun Gong practice, or because they clarified the truth about Falun Gong. The length of their prison terms ranges up to eleven years. There are practitioners from whom large sums-of money was extorted before they died. Two practitioners were tortured to the point of metal collapse before they died.
* 31 Year-Old Pharmacist Ms. Zhang Hong from Harbin City Dies as a Result of Torture at the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp
Ms. Zhang Hong, 31, was a pharmacist at the Fourth Hospital, Harbin City. Her
home was near the botanical garden in Dongli Section, Harbin City. Because she
remained firm in her belief in Falun Gong, she was sentenced to one year of hard
labor. On July 22, 2004, she was once again sent to the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp
in Harbin and suffered severe torture. She died on July 31.
On July 22, 2004 she was again sentenced to forced labor and sent to the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp. While at the camp, Ms. Zhang Hong refused to cooperate with the persecutors and refused to write the "Three Statements," which are specific documents denouncing Falun Gong.
In the afternoon of July 22, the guards forced her to stand on the floor, with her hands cuffed to two upper-bunk bed poles. She began a hunger strike on July 24 and the guards force-fed her on July 26. They force-fed her large amounts of a concentrated saline solution. Afterwards, the guards didn't give her water to drink and forbade her to use the restroom. They handcuffed her to the beds during the day and manacled her in a metal chair at night. She had heart problems, but they made her sleep on a bare bed, with her hands and feet cuffed to the head and foot of the bed so she could not move. She was forced to relieve herself on the bed. The guards also stripped off all her pants and put the bed in a hallway, where there was a freezing draft. She was only covered with a thin sheet. When they force-fed her on July 29, the sheet was soaked with blood. The guards threw the sheet in the bathroom, but a witness found it. Since Ms. Zhang was also forced to stand while being cuffed to bed poles, her feet became severely swollen. When the evildoers gave her an intravenous injection on July 30, Yao, head of the Drill Division Group, used regular water to clean the IV bottle.
During all this abuse and gross mistreatment, Zhang Hong loudly exposed the atrocities committed against her. The guards ordered inmates Zhang Guiyun, Chen Lingling, Sun Huijun, and others to tape her mouth. These inmates also force-fed Zhang Hong.
While being subjected to this inhumane torture, Zhang Hong lost consciousness several times. Despite the brutality, guard Li Changjie told Captain Zhao Yuqing that Zhang Hong was faking. Zhao Yuqing then told him that after she recovers, they would take care of her (meaning shocking her with electric batons). On the afternoon of the July 30, Zhang Hong was forced to sit on an iron chair. Her head was covered with white tape and both of her hands were handcuffed behind her back. Her complexion was extremely pale, and both of her feet were grossly swollen.
In the afternoon of July 31, four male guards carried Zhang Hong away on a stretcher and disinfected the entire room afterwards. It was rumored that Ms. Zhang Hong was taken to the No. 211 Hospital. Section head Zhao later said, "Ms. Zhang Hong died from kidney failure as a result of heart disease."
When her family went to the hospital, they saw that her eyes and mouth were wide open, and that she had lost about 40 pounds in a very short period of time. The labor camp authorities demanded that Ms. Zhang's family cremate her body as soon as possible, but this demand was firmly refused. Ms. Zhang's family is now turning to the legal system with an appeal to investigate her death.
* 45-Year-Old Bank Clerk, Mr. Liu Jingrong, Practitioner from Dongliao County, Jilin Province Is Tortured to Death
Mr. Liu Jingrong, 45, was a former employee of the Agriculture Bank in Dongliao County, Jilin Province. He has suffered time after time under the persecution, because he insisted on practicing Falun Gong. He was detained and tortured in the Liaoyuan Forced Labor Camp, Jilin City Forced Labor Camp, and Jiutai Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp. He passed away on January 31, 2004.
In mid-March 2000, the Dongliao County Public Security Bureau staff unlawfully sentenced him to one year in a forced labor camp. The guards at the Liaoyuan Forced Labor Camp tortured him brutally and forced him into performing inhuman hard labor. Because he practiced the Falun Gong exercises, the guard once cuffed both his hands to iron bars outdoors. Although it was bitterly cold they left him there for the entire night. Another time the guard removed his clothes, pushed him to the ground and poured cold water on him. He was lying in the corridor, freezing, the entire night. Liu Jingrong previously weighed more than 80 kilograms (176 lbs.), after a few months of torment, he weighed less than 50 kilograms (110 lbs.).
In April 2001, not long after Liu Jingrong returned home, his workplace gave him more than 4,000 Yuan (1) in back-wages, but the Political Protection Section of the Dongliao County Public Security Bureau found out about it. They sent four policemen to seize Liu Jingrong, and intended to take the money from him. Because Liu Jingrong refused to sign a guarantee, denouncing Falun Gong, he was brutally tortured by the police, and unlawfully held for two years in a forced labor camp. Three months later, he was secretly transferred from Liaoyuan Forced Labor Camp to Jilin City Forced Labor Camp.
The guards of Jilin City Forced Labor Camp removed Liu Jingrong's clothes, searched him, tortured him with electric batons, beat him with spiked clubs, and forced him to sit on a wooden stool until his skin showed wet gangrene. He became disabled.
In December 2001, Jilin City Forced Labor Camp transferred Liu Jingrong to Jiutai Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp. Liu Jingrong was bed ridden for seven months, and was unable to get up. In the forced labor camp, he was on the verge of death.
In July 2002, Jiutai Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp sent Liu Jingrong home, after realizing that he was in critical condition. Liu Jingrong did not recover from the brutal torture. He passed away on January 31, 2004.
* Mr. Cui Zhilin Is Tortured to Death by Guards in Nanshan Jail of Liaoning Province - His body Is Covered with Bruises
Mr. Cui Zhilin, 43, was a practitioner from Fuxin City, Liaoning Province. He was tortured to death by guards in Nanshan Jail, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. The guards prevented his family from taking pictures of the scars on his body, and attempted to cremate his body by force without the family's consent.
On September 18, 2002, Mr. Cui Zhilin was arrested at a Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials production site in Fuxin City. The Fuxin Court illegally sentenced the four Dafa practitioners in secret and without notifying their families. Mr. Cui Zhilin was sentenced to 11 years in jail. During the second half of 2003, he was transferred from the local detention center to the Fifth Unit of Nanshan Jail. The practitioners held there appealed against their wrongful imprisonment.
Cui Zhilin always persisted in Dafa cultivation, and he created truth-clarifying posters in prison. On August 5, 2004, his family suddenly received a notice that he had committed suicide by jumping to his death. Upon arriving, his family found that he was already being put in a hospital morgue. The camp police couldn't provide any proof that he had committed suicide by jumping to his death.
Upon his family's insistence, an autopsy by the medical examiner was performed. His family then discovered that his body had been cruelly beaten and that it was too horrible to look at. He was skin and bones, and there was a hole on the backside of his head. His ears, nose and mouth were stuffed with cotton balls. His gums were rotten. His back was covered with blue and purple marks. His armpits, ribs, hips, both sides of his thighs, and the area below the anklebone had obvious signs of long-term electric shock torture. A portion of his skin at the elbow had disappeared. His testicles were swollen, and blue and purple. His body had obvious signs of soaking in medical liquid or water, and had been cleaned.
Police intimidated and threatened the family members, and obstructed pictures the family attempted to take of the body. Later, the police provided the burial expenses of 7,800 Yuan to preclude any further investigation.
* Ms. Shan Yuqin Becomes Mentally Traumatized and Dies as a Result of Persecution
Ms. Shan Yuqin, 48, was from Dalianhe, Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province.
Because she persisted in practicing Falun Dafa, she was relentlessly persecuted.
She was tortured during her imprisonment in the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp,
resulting in mental trauma. After being released, her condition continued to
deteriorate. She passed away on August 20, 2004.
In February 2000, Shan Yuqin went to Beijing to appeal, and was arrested by the Dalianhe Town Police Department. She was sent to Yilan County Second Detention Center, and had 2,500 Yuan forcibly confiscated. In July 2000, she was detained again for 34 days and another 1,500 Yuan was forcefully confiscated. On November 27, 2000, she was arrested at her home by the Dalianhe Town Police Department. She was sent to a detention center, where she was detained for 210 days and fined 960 Yuan. During this detention period, she was once sent to a brainwashing class where they attempted to force her give up her Falun Dafa cultivation practice.
In 2001, Shan Yuqin was arrested again by the Dalianhe Town Police Department and sentenced to two years of forced labor. While she was detained at the Wanjia Labor Camp, she was brutally beaten by the guards, and shocked with electric batons. The police cuffed her hands and hung her up. The cuffs cut deep into her flesh and the scars on her wrists were noticeable at all times. Fourteen of her teeth were knocked out. Her health deteriorated due to the long-term torture to which she was subjected. She suffered from paralysis over half of her body. She had become an invalid and had to be cared for by others. She suffered a mental collapse, and her mood swung very quickly. One minute she was crying, the next minute she was laughing. Only under this situation did the labor camp advise the Dalianhe Town Police Department to ask her family to pick her up. However, the town government party secretary Mao Yongfeng and the Dalianhe Town Police Department chief refused to stamp the documents needed for Shan's release. Later when Mao Yongfeng went to the labor camp to do some business, the camp authorities asked if they could release Shan on medical parole. Mao said, "Isn't she still alive? As long as she still has one breath left, keep her here." As a result, Shan was detained for six additional months, during which time her condition continually worsened. On December 30, 2003, the Yinlan County "610 Office" and Shan's family picked her up. After she returned home, her health became worse and she remained bedridden. On August 20, 2004, she passed away.
Town Government Officials Beat 56-Year-Old Xia Wei to Death
Since July 19, 1999, Dafa practitioner Mr. Xia Wei and his wife Deng Zhongqin from Yuehe Village in Laochi Township, Suining City, Sichuan Province were cruelly persecuted by Jiang's cohorts, because they insisted on practicing Falun Dafa. On July 19, 2000, Xia Wei was arrested by the police and beaten into unconsciousness. Since then, he suffered from many symptoms, including frequently vomiting blood, chest pain, and dizziness. Under the extended persecution, maltreatment, and harassment, he died on November 12, 2001. His wife was illegally sentenced to two and a half years of forced labor at Nanmusi Women's Labor Camp in Zizhong City, Sichuan Province, because she made a Dafa truth-clarifying banner.
On July 19, 2000, when the couple was at their daughter's house preparing noodles in the utility room, police from the Nanqiang police station were abducting Dafa practitioners in the village and taking them to the brainwashing center. They past by the utility room and saw the Xia Wei couple, so they forcibly arrested them. They took them to the Longping City brainwashing class without due cause.
After 7:00 p.m. the same night, Laochi Township official Deng Xiaolin, women's group director Liu Quiying, and a policeman took the couple back to the local area. When Xia Wei was at the door, without saying a word, Deng Xiaolin grabbed him, and punched and kicked Xia Wei's body inhumanly. The 56-year-old Xia Wei fell to the floor. His nose was bleeding, and at the time, the bully was still not satisfied and continued kicking Xia Wei with a vengeance, using all his strength.
Over thirty illegally detained Dafa practitioners cried out together, "No hitting." They all condemned the inhuman persecution against an unarmed, old man. It was an unacceptable and inhuman act.
At this time the policeman opened the door of the car, grabbed Xia Wei, who was on the floor, and pushed him into the car. Xia Wei was incapable of moving, his nose was bleeding profusely, and blood was all over his clothes. His wife Deng Zhongqin was also pushed into the car. She saw that her husband was motionless inside the car and that his face was very pale. She tried to help him to sit up. The two ruffians, Deng Xiaolin and Liu Quiquing, were swearing continuously once they got inside the car.
After driving for 2 hours, they arrived at the Laochi Township office, and Xia Wei was already unconscious. Deng Xiaolin saw that Xia Wei was motionless, and he started yelling, "Don't play games with me! I'm your daddy and I'll hit you again!" Xia Wei's face was swollen and his entire body was bruised. He was extremely weak and could not swallow any food. The police were afraid to take responsibility and the next day advised his daughter to bail him out for 2,000 Yuan.
Xia Wei's daughter saw that he was beaten into such condition, and was afraid that the police would persecute her parents again. Xia Wei's daughter, who was not practitioner, asked for help everywhere. Finally, she bailed out her parents by paying 200 Yuan. After returning home, Xia Wei was frequently vomiting blood, had chest pain and dizziness, and was extremely weak. The township officials and policemen frequently harassed him, and kept close surveillance on the couple. One time, when the police went to harass them, Xia Wei and his wife were not home, so the policemen handcuffed their daughter and son-in-law and took them hostage. The policemen beat up his daughter and son-in-law to force them to disclose the whereabouts of their parents. The policemen even stole the 100 Yuan they carried in their pockets. On November 12, 2001, Xia Wei died due to injustice. He vomited a lot of blood before his death. We all know that Jiang's cohorts and accomplices had beaten Dafa practitioner Xia Wei to death.
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Every persecution incidence is another blood debt Jiang's regime owes Dafa practitioners. Every case is another knot in the rope of the perpetrators. Heaven's principle controls everything, "Good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil." Jiang's regime bears responsibility for every death, for all torture and the blood debts, which are increasing, and its persecution and genocidal crimes against Falun Gong. Time is running out for them.
(1) Yuan is the Chinese currency. The average monthly salary of an urban worker in China is 500 Yuan.
(Clearwisdom.net) Inspired by an article entitled "Falun Gong Practitioners in China Ought to See It As Your Responsibility to Provide Facts of Torture to Help Falun Gong Practitioners Outside China Improve the Contents of Torture Exhibits" at Minghui.org, I would now like to describe the types of torture that my fellow Falun Gong practitioners in Changchun City and I have been subjected to in Changchun City's Second Detention Center (also known as Tiexi Detention Center) and Changchun City's Chaogou Forced Labor Camp. [Note: The article referred to is available only in Chinese.]
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1. Suffocation
This is a type of torture that the Chinese police and prison guards (referred to as "torturers" from now on) frequently resort to when interrogating practitioners (about where they obtained the materials containing the facts about Falun Gong, and who helped produce them). The torturers would seal a practitioner's head with a plastic bag to suffocate him while punching and kicking him, or shocking him with high-voltage stun batons. The feeling of being suffocated is horrific. The torturers would open the plastic bag after a while and ask the victim if he is now willing to provide the information, which would surely cause his fellow practitioners to fall into the hands of the torturers. If the victim refuses to do so, the torturers would repeat the suffocation until the victim passes out or dies.
2. Hanging Falun Gong Practitioners with a Weight on Their Ankles
This is another cruel torture that the Chinese police and guards often use to torment practitioners. The torturers would hang a practitioner about one foot above the ground at first, and ask if he will provide the information of his fellow practitioners. When the victim refuses to do so, the torturer would bind the victim's ankles with a rope and tie a weight, such as a brick, to the end of the rope. The weight on the ankle adds additional pain to the victim. The torturers would repeat the same question every several minutes. Each time the victim refuses to betray his conscience in exchange for the cessation of the torture, the torturer would add an additional brick to the victim's ankles until the victim passes out or succumbs to the torture.
3. Typing the Ropes: Hanging in the Air With Hands Tied Behind the Back
"Tying the Ropes" is another torture method that the guards often use. With both arms tightly tied behind the back, both feet off the ground or only the toes barely touching the ground, the victim is hung from a high place with rope. When the rope is tightly fastened, the rope will cut into one's flesh, which is extremely painful. As a severe punishment, this torture is only applied twice at most to criminals who try to escape from the detention centers. But the guards often subject Falun Gong practitioners to this type of torture eight to nine times. It is really inhumane.
4. Chopping Practitioners' Buttocks With the Edge of a Board
This is a type of torture that the prison inmates would subject to each newly-imprisoned practitioner. They first strip off a practitioner's clothes and make him bend over with his head in between the two metal bars of a ladder on a bunk bed. Each "mattress" is made of several boards of one inch in thickness and four inches in width. Then an inmate would chop away at the practitioner's buttocks violently using the narrow edge of a plank. The inmate would thereby inflict severe bruises and injuries upon the victim's buttocks in no time. It takes more than a few days for the victim to recover from the wounds and injuries. The camp guards can see the entire torture through the surveillance camera, but they have always turned a blind eye to the torture, silently approving the prisoners' crimes.
5. Flogging Practitioners' Shins with Metal or Rattan Bars
This is one of the flogging tortures that the camp guards apply to Falun Gong practitioners. The torturers violently flog practitioners' shins using a metal or rattan bar as thick as a finger. Because there is less flesh in the shin, the victim would suffer painful injury. Many practitioners have been handicapped by this torture.
6. Forcing Practitioners to Sit on a Stool for a Long Time
The torturers make practitioners put their hands on their laps, with backs straight while sitting on a bench for 18 hours per day. If a practitioner twitches a little, he will be immediately beaten up and cursed. Because of the long time spent sitting on the hard and sometimes rough and sharp edged benches, the buttocks grow big sores that hurt badly. They could not even urinate normally because of the pain. The guards would not allow practitioners to have ventilation or the chance to get some sunlight. Practitioners were locked up for so long that countless red scabies grew all over their bodies, and became extremely itchy and painful. The pus that burst out from the festering scabies would glue to the pants and bleed when they remove their pants.
7. Shocking Practitioners With High-Voltage Stun Batons
Stun Baton (100,000-600,000 volts)
Shocking with high-voltage stun batons or stun guns is the most frequently used torture in the forced labor camp. The guards shock practitioners on their most sensitive areas and pour water over them to maximize the impact of the torture. For example, the torturers would pour water over a practitioner's head and then shock him on the face and neck. The victim's face would swell and become distorted within several minutes. Some victims' faces were so swollen and distorted that there was only a narrow slit in each eye. It is an appallingly cruel torture.
8. Making a Large Number of Practitioners Sleep on a Small Wooden Platform
The camp guards also make sleep a form of torture for practitioners. They make a large number of practitioners sleep on a small platform at night. The only way to have every victim sleep on the platform is to have every victim sleep on one of his sides without changing sides throughout the entire night. Moreover, the heads of the victims sleeping on the even numbers of the rows have to be on one end of the platform while the heads of the victims on the odd numbers of the rows have to be on the opposite end of the platform. Sleeping in this painful posture causes the victims to experience an increasing amount of back pain as each night progresses. During the hot and humid summers in China, crowding on a small platform like a can of sardines is painfully hot and suffocating. No victim could possibly fall asleep or rest comfortably at night. This torture adds additional spiritual and physical torment to Falun Gong practitioners incarcerated in the forced labor camps.
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Shi Tiejun lived in Liuxian Village, Sheli Township, Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province. In February 1999, he began practicing Falun Gong and benefited tremendously.
On July 20, 1999, Jiang started the persecution against Falun Gong. Shi Tiejun clarified the truth to people and was persecuted.
In October 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal. He was arrested upon his arrival at the Appeals Office. The police forbade him to speak, notified Sheli Township's Police Station officials and told them to take him back. They sent him to the No. 2 Detention Center in Acheng City, accused him of "disturbing the social order" and released him 20 days later.
After he returned home, he learned the police from Sheli Township's Police Station harassed his family numerous times during his detention. They also threatened his parents, "Pay us, or we'll send your son to a labor camp!" His parents were petrified. His father borrowed 4,000 Yuan and paid the perpetrators so they would release Shi Tiejun. His family later went back to the police station and tried to get the money back. The authorities said, "We don't have the money now; maybe later."
During Mr. Shi's detention, Lu Zhongwei, head of Liuxian Village, led officials from the Sheli township government and went to Shi Tiejun's home numerous times, trying to extort money. On the second day after Shi Tiejun returned home, Lu Zhongwei, the township official and Cao Lijun, head of the police station, broke into Shi Tiejun's home and demanded 2,000 Yuan, claiming it was to cover the cost incurred in picking up Shi Tiejun and his wife in Beijing. Shi Tiejun's family was destitute at this point. His family said, "We really have no money." The authorities replied, "Don't you have corn?" In order to spare Shi Tiejun from being arrested, the family let the officials take away the corn harvest, which was what the family would eat for the whole year and was also their only source of income. Shi Tiejun's mother cried and said, "Please, leave some for us, because we don't have any food for the winter!" The perpetrators left a few bags of corn.
Soon after Shi Tiejun had been home, Cao Lijun and others arrested him. Wang Hongda, head of the police station, led other officers. They ransacked his home and took several Dafa books and audiocassettes. Many villagers witnessed the chaos and the police again sent Shi Tiejun and his wife to the No. 2 Detention Center in Acheng City on the charge of "disturbing the social order."
They were held from before the Chinese New Year [around January and February] to April 5, 2001, then transferred them to a brainwashing class held by the "610 Office" and the judicial and public prosecutor's office.
Forty to fifty Dafa practitioners were confined in this brainwashing center. Among them were farmers, university students, factory workers and government officials. Some were teenage girls and some were elderly. Several mothers were held along with their sons, as were brothers and sisters. There were also eight couples. The perpetrators demanded a 1,000-Yuan "education fee" from each practitioner. Those who could not afford it had their work unit ordered to pay the fee. The farmers' cooperative paid for it and the perpetrators squandered the extorted money. During the day, they made the practitioners do exercises and watch Dafa-slandering videos, and in the evening they forced the practitioners to watch Dafa-slandering TV programs such as Focal Point. Before dawn each day, they forced the practitioners to gather on the drilling ground and do exercises, including squatting and standing alternately 100 times. All the practitioners had sore muscles at the end of the day.
In April 2001, Shi Tiejun was sentenced to one year of forced labor, to be served at the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp. Shi Tiejun was sent to Division Four where he was brutally tortured. Because of the labor camp's extremely unsanitary environment, many practitioners developed scabies and suffered from unbearable itching and pain, preventing them from sleeping. Practitioner Zhang Lin had two teeth knocked out and the beatings severely injured one of his eyes. He lost partial sight in that eye. Practitioner Ren Zhongde from Xiaoling, Acheng City was injured from beating and consequently had several bumps on his head. Three perpetrators pinned Shi Tiejun to the floor and wouldn't let him get up. After the beating, the perpetrators tied seven or eight practitioners' hands and feet with ropes, and criminal inmates dragged the practitioners together by their feet. Some practitioners' clothes on their backs were torn. Practitioner Yi Anbang, a political and Law department teacher at a university in Harbin City was severely beaten. Shi Changjing, the head of the labor camp, ordered the practitioners to be detained in solitary confinement cells. In 2002, Shi Tiejun was unconditionally released.
This year, on August 15, 2004, more than 20 practitioners in Acheng City were arrested.
On the evening of August 15, 2004, Shi Tiejun and fellow practitioners went to Xiaoling Town to distribute truth clarification materials and were reported. The police and perpetrators from the Acheng City Police Department and "610 Office" arrested them and held them at the No. 1 Detention Center in Acheng City. The next day, the police went to his home and ransacked it while Shi Tiejun's wife, daughter, son and parents were home.
The persecution of the other practitioners arrested on August 15, 2004 is as following:
Wang Dechen lived in Xinhua Town, Acheng City and had worked at Xinhua Town's Animal Husbandry Station. He originally suffered from headaches, which could not be cured. The headache disappeared after he practiced Falun Gong, and he experienced the wonders of Dafa.
After July 20, 1999, the perpetrators from the town government and the police department often harassed him, trying to force him to write Guarantee Statements to give up his Dafa practice.
On February 17, 2001, perpetrators from Xinhua Town government and police department arrested Wang Dechen and sent him to the Yagou Brainwashing Class. He has since been released.
In the evening of August 15, 2004, Wang Dechen and fellow practitioners drove to Xiaoling Town to clarify the truth and were reported. They were arrested, interrogated and tortured at the Acheng City Police Department.
Zhang Guangli lived in Qianjin Village in Juyuan Town, Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province. He was sickly as a child, and at age ten nearly died from tuberculosis. He had to take injections and medications every year. After he started to gambling and drinking, he grew increasingly weak.
In November 1997, he learned Falun Gong and Dafa gave him a new life. Through Dafa practice he became healthy and got rid of his bad habits, including gambling and drinking. He learned the true meaning of life.
On July 22, 1999, Zhang Guangli went to the provincial government to appeal. After his return, Wu Guoyi, secretary of Juyuan Town's Party Committee, Cao Yun, secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee, Wang Xiaoguang, an officer, Tao Xiangrong, head of the police station, Gong He from the Politics Committee and others persecuted him. They tailed him, monitored him, restricted his personal freedom, threatened and deceived him.
On November 26, 2000, Zhang Guangli went to Beijing to appeal. He was arrested by Beijing police and held at Qianmen Police Station. Because he refused to tell his name, he was sent to Daxing County's Detention Center and extorted 100 Yuan. The inmates poured water on him until he was soaked, and then they hit him. After being held at Daxing County's Detention Center for one week, the authorities at the Heilongjiang Province liaison office in Beijing ordered the local government to take Zhang Guangli back. They slapped him and tried to "reform" him but failed, so they held him at the No. 2 Detention Center in Acheng City for 15 days and extorted between 2,000 Yuan and 3,000 Yuan from him.
On February 2, 2001, Tao Xiangrong, head of Juyuan Police Station and police officer Yan Wei tricked Zhang Guangli to come to the police station, saying they wanted him to watch a video on the Tiananmen Self-immolation Case for two hours, after which they would release him. Once there, however, they ordered him to write a Guarantee Statement and Zhang Guangli refused. They sent him to Acheng City's Detention Center to further persecute him. After 53 days of illegal detention, they transferred him to Acheng City's Brainwashing Class. Because he persisted in Dafa practice and refused to write a Guarantee Statement at the brainwashing class, he was sent back to Acheng City's Detention Center after 38 days. On July 5 he was sentenced to one year of forced labor and was sent to the Group Drill Division at the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp. After 20 days he was sent to Division Five of the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp for intensified persecution. Because of the terrible, sub-standard hygiene conditions at the labor camp, almost all Dafa practitioners held there developed scabies. They were also very weak from torture. Zhang Guangli lost consciousness twice. The practitioners held numerous hunger strikes to protest the persecution. The labor camp authorities force-fed the practitioners, detained them in solitary confinement cells, tortured them with Iron Chair (1) and illegally extended their terms.
In September 2003, officials from the Acheng City "610 Office" and the township police station again went to Zhang Guangli's home in an attempt to arrest him but failed. Zhang Guangli left home and went into exile. During the 2004 Chinese New Year Zhang Guangli went home to his family.
Around 1:00 p.m. on February 9, 2004, Wu Da and Lin Peng, deputy heads from Acheng City "610 Office," a section head from Acheng City's Police Department and three police officers as well as Qiao Tianqi, secretary of Juyuan Town's Political and Judiciary Committee, Zhang Yongyan, head of Juyuan Town's "610 Office" and Zhang Zhiyuan from the Juyuan Town Police Station went to Zhang Guangli's home trying to arrest him. Zhang's family and fellow villagers stopped them and Zhang Guangli was compelled to leave home.
Zhang Guangli's father, Zhang Qingwen, is 62 years old. He benefited from practicing Falun Gong. Zhang Qingwen was arrested twice and held at Acheng City Detention Center and was twice sent to a brainwashing class for practicing Falun Gong.
In the evening of August 15, 2004, Zhang Guangli and his father went to Xiaoling Town to distribute truth clarification materials and were arrested. They are being held at the No. 1 and No. 2 Detention Center in Acheng City.
Fu Yuhua is a practitioner from Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province. She obtained the Fa in 1998 and recovered her health. On August 15, 2004, she was reported and arrested when distributing truth clarification materials in Xiaoling Town and is now being held at the No. 2 Detention Center in Acheng City.
Dong Wenling began practicing Falun Dafa in 1998. She was very kind and was well liked by her colleagues. On August 15 she was arrested while distributing truth clarification materials in Xiaoling Town and is now being held at the No. 2 Detention Center in Acheng City.
The circumstances of other practitioners will be published in a separate article.
Phone numbers of offices and individuals responsible for the persecution of more than 20 Dafa practitioners: Country code is 86; area code is 451 (do not dial area code before a cell phone number)
Zhang Yabin: head of Acheng City's Police Department, 53778889 (Office)
Zhang Zhongfan: deputy head of Acheng City's Police Department,
53723078(Office), 53723989 (Home), 13703677368 (Cell)
Pan Hongbo: 5372361(Office), 53764122 (Home), 13603674977 (Cell)
Li Bo: official of Acheng City's Police Department Politics Committee, 53722555
(Office), 53729198 (Home), 13904507378(Cell)
"610 Office"
Wang Xiaoguang: head of the "610 Office," 53734388 (Home), 13904664895(Cell),
53720170 (Office), 53760501(Office)
Lin Peng: "610 Office" employee, 53728591 (Office)
Wu Da: deputy head of Acheng City's "610 Office," 53720170 (Office)
Alternate phone number: 53763063
Yuquan Police Station
Wang Yueshan: 53847007, 53835189, 13945164588 (Cell)
Lu Min: 53846606, 53745639, 97126--126897
Na Hongda: 53846116, 53849468, 96128--8210904
Wu Yanchun: 53846116, 53846421, 13030051717 (Cell)
Xinhua Police Station
Gao Wenfeng: 53889468(Office), 53746396 (Home)
13604814057(Cell), 13936631199 (Cell)
Liu Hongtai: 53889399(Office), 53745301 (Home)
Juyuan Police Station
Gong He: 53826729(Office), 53745222 (Home),
13059019990 (Cell)
Pager: 95950-1123782
Pan Qinghui: 53826729(Office) 53826851 (Home)
Pager: 97126--857777
Sheli Police Station
Cao Tiegang: 53881979(Office), 53743558 (Home), 13019720068 (Cell)
Hang Yuyong: 53788110(Office), 53765676 (Home)
Pager: 96128-0302411
Xiaoling Police Station
Wang Zhongwei: 53815110(Office) 53726937 (Home)
13903668833 (Cell)
Pager: 96128--0308833
Yagou Police Station
Wang Mingwu: 53885029(Office), 53723722 (Home), 13904667346(Cell)
Li Yanjie: 53886055(Office) 53764962 (Home)
Pager: 126-1305784
Hedong Police Station
Jiang Zhenfu: 53702944, 53725560, 126-1305055
Zhang Dianwen: 53720944, 53721538, 13945190678 (Cell)
Lu Jiuyin: 53702944, 53729918
Xicheng Police Station
Ye Xue: 53767110, 53762858, 13945688858 (Cell)
Yang Xiong: 53767110, 53732372, 96128--2309888
Lu Chunyan: 53767110, 53723706, 13009852332 (Cell)
Heping Police Station
Zhao Chunyu: 53735110, 53728131, 13945633668 (Cell)
Guan Benqiang: 53721282, 53722918, 8503295
Qu Jing: 53721282, 53763229, 126-1300054
Jiang Zhaobin: 53721282, 53747468, 13945119131 (Cell)
Legal Division
Chen Yuhao: 53762334, 53726276, 126-1305432
Xi Jinglong: 53762334, 53723562, 13703677227 (Cell)
No. 1 Detention Center
Jiang Zhong: 53714847, 53722246, 126-1306904
Luo Huanrong: 53714847(Office) 13019720052(Cell) 125-5169793
Guo Baichen: 53714847, 53742172, 13704841898 (Cell)
No. 2 Detention Center
Ma Huaiqiu: 53714265, 53846829, 13945119872 (Cell)
Li Xiaoguang: 53714265, 53720608, 13704841511 (Cell)
Zhou Xiaozhang: 53714265, 53749178, 13945161665 (Cell)
Note:
(1) Iron Chair: The iron chair is made of iron pipes. Victims are restrained on the iron chairs with both arms and legs tied for a long period of time. Please see the detail: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/1/9/17577.html
(Clearwisdom.net) In Heilongjiang Province, when Liu Wenjun's name is mentioned, many people already know her. She is a typical rural woman. However, her experiences, and the miraculous things that happened to her have helped lead many people to step onto the path of cultivation of Falun Dafa. After the persecution of Dafa began in 1999, because Ms. Liu related her personal experiences and spoke out in support of Dafa, she suffered repeated arrest and torture by the authorities. The following is her story:
1. Ms. Liu is so happy to learn Falun Dafa. She is soon able to stand up after being bedridden for seven years.
There are four people in Ms. Liu's family. Her husband is a teacher at the village-run elementary school, and they have two children. The family is not well off but they manage to get by with her husband's income and Ms Liu's industry. One year, Ms. Liu suddenly contracted tuberculosis of the spine, and all the family's savings were exhausted in their efforts to find a cure for her. She was admitted to the hospital for surgery, but after the surgery, there was no money left to continue with the treatment, and soon Ms. Liu was bedridden. In the blink of an eye, it had been seven years that she was thus incapacitated. In these seven years, her husband continued his teaching position to support the family. The heavy burden of looking after Ms. Liu fell onto the shoulders of the two children who were not even 10 years old yet. During the summer, the house was full of mosquitoes and flies, and maggots even grew on Liu's bedsores. The situation was unimaginable.
It was probably in the spring of 1995, when one day the two children deliberated between themselves and felt that it would be a good idea to take their mother to the mountains nearby to get some fresh air. So they borrowed a small pushcart and took Ms. Liu to the meadows on the mountain. While the children were catching grasshoppers, Ms Liu looked up to the vast sky and the whole of creation. She could not understand why her fate was so terrible. She cried out to the Heavens, "God, Where are you? If you really exist, please save me from this cruel fate." At that moment, she was in tears.
On the way home, they came across an old lady. The woman said to her: "My dear girl, you are so sick, you should come and learn Falun Gong, then you will understand it all." As she spoke, she gave her a copy of the book, Zhuan Falun. After she got home, Ms. Liu opened Zhuan Falun and read it. The more she read, the more she wanted to continue reading the book and the harder it was for her to put it down. She was moved by the profound philosophy in the book. At the beginning, she read the book lying down, and felt so fortunate to be able to read this book. Later on, she was able to sit up and read. Not long after, she was able to get out of bed without herself even realizing it. The children saw that their mother, who had been bedridden for several years, was able to get out of bed, and they were elated and cried out in joy to the neighbors: "Our mother has recovered. Our mother has recovered!" They also ran to their grandmother and aunt to report the good news.
The news that Liu Wenjun could get out of bed quickly spread all over the village. In the ensuing days, there were many curious people outside her fence, and some even came from neighboring villages. Ms. Liu told the villagers, "It was the book Zhuan Falun that saved me." She wholeheartedly promoted Teacher Li's Falun Dafa, a practice that cultivates both one's nature and physical health and teaches people to be good people. She said that if one can follow the book and be a good person, one would not be ill. With solid evidence in front of them, the villagers could not help but believe.
Thereafter, the story of Ms Liu's miraculous recovery after practicing
Falun Gong was often on the lips of the villagers.
2. The miracle leads many people to practice Falun Dafa
Ms. Liu read and recited the book every day. She also learned the five sets of Falun Gong exercises from the old woman who had given her the book. From that time on, she became a true Falun Gong practitioner. Motivated by Ms. Liu, there were people stepping on the path of Falun Dafa cultivation every day.
One day Ms. Liu said to her husband: "I will go to your school to teach Falun Gong." When she appeared in front of the teachers and the students, the whole school was excited. They knew Ms. Liu had been bedridden, and they did not expect her to be so healthy and so full of energy in just a few days.
After Ms. Liu introduced herself, the school asked her to teach Falun Gong to the teachers and the students in the physical education class. At that time, the teachers and students who came to learn Falun Gong with Ms. Liu numbered over 400 people.
3. Validating Dafa with her experience, Ms. Liu is repeatedly persecuted
On July 20, 1999, Falun Dafa was slandered and persecuted in China. When she saw that the truth was trampled and that Teacher was wrongly accused, Liu Wenjun went to Beijing to appeal on three different occasions. She wanted to tell the central leaders and the relevant departments the truth of Falun Gong through her personal experience, and to request the government to stop the persecution of Falun Dafa and Dafa practitioners.
The first two times she went to appeal, Ms. Liu was beaten, verbally abused, imprisoned, and fined 6,000 yuan (1). She could not understand why.
After she was released, more than sixty villagers volunteered to go to Beijing to appeal with her. Right after they boarded a bus, they were arrested by the commissioner of the county and his staff. By this time, the commissioner held great animosity towards Ms. Liu because she so boldly stood up for the truth. The commissioner said, "You are really something. You are better than me, you can really rally people. You got sixty people to follow you just like that. Are you after my job?"
Then, the police tortured her with electric batons, and beat and kicked her viciously. Ms Liu's neck was deformed and several teeth were knocked out. She lost consciousness for more than seven hours. After she woke up, Ms. Liu was illegally imprisoned. Later on, she was sent to a forced labor camp.
In the labor camp, the police forced Ms. Liu to do hard labor, and constantly tried to brainwash her to force her to give up cultivating and practicing Falun Dafa. Liu Wenjun used her personal cultivation experience to tell the police about Dafa. The police not only did not listen to her, but also searched her and took away her copy of Zhuan Falun. She cried, and begged them to return the book that had saved her life. The police locked her up in a small cell instead, and had several people working to brainwash her day and night. The police told her, "If you write a repentance statement, we will return the book to you." One day, Ms. Liu became muddleheaded following torture and wrote a repentance statement. When she woke up the next morning, she realized that was wrong, and immediately asked for the repentance statement back from the police, and declared that it was null and void. As a result, she received another round of beating and verbal abuse.
This lesson is too costly. Liu Wenjun is more sober-minded and clearheaded now, and has fully realized the solemnity of cultivation practice and the need to look within for the reason for any problem. She is determined to do well as a dignified Dafa practitioner, and will continue to cultivate herself solidly.
September 1, 2004
(1) Yuan is the unit of Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.
(Clearwisdom.net) Jiang and his political gang brought about the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners, which has deeply hurt every single practitioner who steadfastly practices Falun Dafa, as well as their families. I have kept on practicing Falun Dafa, and was arrested and detained because I reported the situation to the government. Because I went to Tiananmen Square to unfurl a banner, did the exercises outdoors in a group, and distributed truth-clarifying materials, my house was searched, and I was detained and sentenced to a labor camp. My husband is well-behaved and timid. He has lived under a great deal of pressure for the past five years, and this enormous mental burden caused his health to become worse and worse. Through the ordeal, his originally robust body thoroughly broke down, and he died on March 23, 2004.
Since Jiang's cruel persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, the police officers and personnel who work for the street committee often came to my home. One day, the policeman tried to take me from my home by force. My husband was so afraid that he instantly vomited. Although they did not take me away, they often monitored my home after that.
On June 20, 2000, we hosted many Falun Gong practitioners who had come to Beijing to appeal. We arranged meals and accommodations for them. On the 25th, we sent them safely out of Beijing, yet we have never seen them again. After they left, we also went to Tiananmen Square. On September 23, 2000, a fellow practitioner and I were distributing truth-clarifying materials when we were reported to authorities by ill-intentioned people. As a result we were caught and unlawfully taken to the police station. They illegally searched my house without notification. Facing the beast-like police, my husband and son were so frightened. The police thoroughly searched my house, took away my money, and said they would return it later. We were sent to the Haidian detention center. Because I was on hunger strike, after over 10 days, they brought my husband to the detention center to persuade me to give up. They secretly threatened my husband. Since then, my husband was very psychologically traumatized and never cheered up again. He cried every day and could not eat or sleep. His health became worse and worse, and he often went to see the doctor. I was illegally sentenced to a year of forced labor, and after I was released, my husband and I went to the police station to ask for our money back. They did not give it to us. My husband was so frustrated and sad. His health condition was getting worse each day until he passed away on March 23, 2004. If there had been no persecution by Jiang and his political gang, my husband wouldn't have died so soon - he was only 54 years old. It is Jiang and his political gang who murdered my husband.
After I was detained on September 23, 2000, I went on a waterless hunger strike. The policemen called my husband in and tried to persuade me to give up cultivation practice. They then threatened my husband. They also wanted to videotape me, but I did not allow them to: I stood with my back to them. After their trick failed, they called me to go to a room and told me they would give me intravenous drip, injection. I refused, and did not cooperate with them. A bunch of the policemen carried me to the bed, tied me up, and give me intravenous injection for a couple of days. During the injection, my stomach swelled and it was hard to tolerate, and they did not allow me to use the bathroom. Later my hands were so swollen that they looked like buns. They transfused me with a couple of bottles of saline solution each day without letting me use the bathroom, which made me extremely uncomfortable. The policemen tried to force me to give up my waterless hunger strike.
One day, the policemen asked me to go and have my picture taken. I did not cooperate with them. They badly beat, slapped, and kicked me, pressured my stomach with a wooden chair, and crushed my hands and legs so I could not move. I yelled, and they were afraid, so they said, "shut the door."
After I had been detained for 51 days, I was illegally sentenced to a year of forced labor, and sent to the Daxin Hetuan transfer center. Once I entered the room, a group of policeman used electric batons to shock my head and body. I was taken to a room where they asked me to write a "Guarantee Statement," but I refused. Four policemen (one with last name Zhang, another named Sa Xuemei, and the other two with unknown names) arbitrarily shocked me. I told them that it was illegal, and at the same time I tightly held an electric baton with both hands. They couldn't get it from me and so they got another one. I yelled loudly and tried to let the people outside know that if I die, that it was in this room due to the policemen's beatings. They were so afraid that they closed the curtain and shut the door. I was shocked and beaten for over two hours. I had difficulty walking and I had trouble getting in or out of bed. The pain is hard to describe. My body was bruised all over, and six months later my head was still soft.
The mental torture was even more painful in the labor camp. A couple of people surrounded me and managed to "enlighten" me along an evil path. They deprived me of sleep and did not allow me to take a lunch break, while brainwashing me all day long, and then confused my normal mind with hypocrisy and lies. I was confused by this method. Also, because I did not study the Fa deeply enough and did not have enough righteous thoughts, the evil took advantage of me. I started "enlightening" along the evil path and then dropped down to the level of an ordinary person again. It was very dangerous. A well-intentioned fellow practitioner's strong words finally helped me to awaken again this year. I had been unable to read Teacher's recent lectures, and did not know where I had gone wrong. Now I am totally clearheaded. I will publish this as a testimony of the persecution by Jiang and his political gang.
[Editor's Note] This practitioner's signed solemn declaration will be published in the Solemn Declaration category.
(Clearwisdom.net)
My name is Jiang Xianfeng. I am a Dafa practitioner, female, and 54 years old. I live in Residence Compound 49, Gear Belt Steel Mill, at Renhe District, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province.
I was persecuted by Jiang's regime due to my persistent belief in "Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance." On November 11, 2002, I was illegally sent to Zizhongnanmusi Female Forced Labor Camp and released on January 30, 2004. During this period, I suffered various cruel tortures, both mentally and physically.
1. Forced to Stand for Long Periods of Time
The forced labor camp detained me in Brigade 5 after I was sent there. The head of the brigade was named Ma. I was forced to stand in the "Army Corps" posture from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. for three days. From the fourth day on, I was forced to stand with two hands extending over the head and staying on my handprint drawn on the wall. My hands were not supposed to move and my eyes were to remain open. I was forced to stand for as long as 19 hours a day. The least was 13 hours a day. I was forced to stand like this for 23 days. In Brigade 5, all together I stood like this for 29 days. My feet were too swollen to put on shoes after 29 days. Wang Li, a prisoner acting as watchdog over me, asked brigade head Ma for warm water to wash my feet, but she was refused.
On October 1, 2002, I was transferred to Brigade 8 and forced to stand facing the wall in the cell for about fifteen days. Then I was forced to stand in the exercise yard for twenty-four hours a day. I was not even allowed to squat or lean against the wall while having meals. Except for heavy downpours and snow days when I was allowed to stand in the corridor, I had to stand in the exercise yard 24 hours a day, exposed to the elements. This was the first punishment in Brigade 8. The second time I was punished to stand for twenty hours a day for about a month in the cell because I refused to read booklets slandering Teacher Li Hongzhi. When I was punished to stand for the third time, doctors from the forced labor camp diagnosed that I had comminuted bone fracture due to a lack of calcium in my body. Completely ignoring my physical condition, the policemen in the forced labor camp continued to punish me to stand in cell 16. I was punished to stand for 24 hours a day every day for more than three months in Brigade 8. Li Chi was the Brigade Leader, who arranged 25 prisoners to watch over our steadfast Dafa practitioners.
2. Forced to Sit in the "Army Corps" Posture
When I was detained in Brigade 8, I was punished to sit in the "Army Corps" posture 24 hours a day, every day, for over a month in January and February 2003. Except for being punished to stand, having meals, sleeping, cleaning, and being brainwashed by collaborators (1), I had to sit in the "Army Corps" posture for the rest of the day. During this period, I had scabies all over my body and boils all over my buttocks.
3. Deprived of Sleep
While I was punished to stand for over three months and to sit in the "Army Corps" posture for over a month in Brigade 8, I was not allowed to close my eyes to have a rest. As a result, I frequently lost consciousness.
4. Deprived of Personal Hygiene
When I was forced to stand for a long time and to sit in the "Army Corps" posture for four months, I was not allowed to wash my face or rinse my teeth, let alone wash or change clothes. Except for over 40 days when they lied, saying that I was transformed, they only allowed me to clean myself once at 11:00 p.m., and to take a bath and change clothes once in a month for the rest of the time till I left the forced labor camp.
5. Force-Fed with Filthy Water
Around March 2003, prisoner Yan Xiaoli was in charge of force-feeding me with filthy water, one big Sprite bottle or three traveling cups of filthy water every day. It was the water used by more than 100 people for washing their faces and feet, chamber pots, toilets, mops and brooms, and clothes. They used such filthy water to force-feed me. They also used the water that was used by people to wash their hands after they dug out their scabs. In addition, they forced to me drink smelly, black water from cups that were left by prisoners who had been gone for months. There was one time when they force-fed me with too much such dirty water and it leaked out of my mouth. They force-fed me like this for about a month.
6. Denied Use of the Toilet
From January 2003 when I was detained in Brigade 8 until I came out of the forced labor camp, except for the 40 days when they said that I was transformed, they only allowed me to relieve myself twice a day. During the three months when prisoners Li Kun and Guo Hong supervised me, they only allowed me to go to the washroom once every 24 hours. The worst time was the month when prisoner Yan Xiaoli was force-feeding me. Directed by the policemen, she did not even allow me to go to the washroom once. With no other options, I had to relieve myself in my pants. In addition, she did not allow me to change the pants. The pants became wet and dry, again and again, every day.
7. Brutal Beatings
During the two years of my detention in the forced labor camp, both in Brigade 8 and in Brigade 5, I was often beaten. They used metal clothes hangers to beat my head, used sticks to beat my back, and kicked me with heavy boots. One day when I was in Brigade 8, more than ten people came to beat me after I refused to read a booklet slandering Teacher Li Hongzhi. They tied up the two middle fingers of my hands and the big toes of my feet, stuffed my mouth with rags, and stripped clothes off my lower body and asked prisoner Xiang Qun to brush my vagina with a toothbrush. They gave up after Xiang Qun could not bring herself to do it. However, more than ten people began to beat me in turn. Another came up after the previous one became exhausted.
They kicked me in the back first, and then they took the rags out of my mouth, asking me, "Are you going to read it or not?" I said, "No." They started another round, knocking me down to the floor and beating my back with a walking stick. After all of them were tired, they got a prisoner named Li Hong to come and kick me. I felt that my back was broken and had difficulty walking. Several days later, I requested to see a doctor. Prisoner Xiang Qun and Chen Liuying decided to examine me. Seeing that my body was swollen and bluish, they were afraid that their evil actions were going to be exposed and said, "No. You cannot see a doctor." I requested again to see a doctor a few days later. As a result, Dr. Chen prescribed me some medicine without doing an examination. A few days later I was allowed to have a bath with a half basin of water.
When I could stand with difficulty with a badly injured back, the prisoners on duty at night still beat me every night till the next morning. Prisoner Yan Xiaoli beat me during the day, pulling my hair every day. They stopped beating me in the month when I could no longer stand up due to the severe injuries to my back. Li Chi, Head of the Brigade, however, used new methods to torture me. He only allowed me to lie down facing up and did not allow me to turn and to move. He even wanted to handcuff my hands, but I stopped him. When I could stand up again, they began to beat me again from the morning to night, slapping my face and hitting me with mental clothes hangers. The collaborators Huang Yuewen, Ji Cuixiang, and Ye Bo supervised me and cruelly beat me till I fainted. They also stomped on my stomach and often used a big needle (for sewing a quilt) to poke into my hands. When I was in Brigade 5, my right foot was deformed from the beatings, which didn't recover from it until six months later.
8. Forced to Squat
In November 2003, when they saw that I still insisted on practicing Dafa, they again forced me to squat right after breakfast. I was forced to squat till very late at night except suppertime, 12 hours every day for five straight days.
9. Mental Torture
When I was detained in the forced labor camp, apart from eating, sleeping, military training, and being punished to stand, sit, and squat, there were always three to eight people slandering Teacher Li Hongzhi and Dafa around me the rest of the time every day. They took turns to curse me, my daughter, and my ancestors. They surrounded me and yelled at me constantly. They put me in a small, dark room that could only hold a bed, taking turns to try to persuade me to give up my belief in "Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance".
Zhou Chengshu often pinched my body and forced me to read a booklet slandering Dafa. Seven of them held me down on the floor and held my neck tightly, forcing me to leave my fingerprint on a piece of paper. Then they lied to everyone in the brigade, saying that I was "transformed." They also forced me to read a booklet called "Thought and Moral Tutelage," which slandered Teacher Li Hongzhi. When I refused to read it, I was subjected to all kinds of mental and physical torture.
10. Doused with Cold Water in the Winter
It was cold in deep winter even when we wore coats. They poured cold water down my back under my clothes, soaking my clothes and trying to freeze me.
11. Forced to Sleep on the Wet Floor
They forced me to sleep in a room with water on the floor on the first floor during November and December 2003. Others had cushions, but I had a wooden board instead. The blanket would be soaking wet after I got up the next morning. I was forced to sleep in these conditions on the first floor for 45 days and several months on the third floor.
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I was illegally sent to the forced labor camp just because I practice Falun Dafa and try to be a good person according to "Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance." I was illegally detained, persecuted, and tortured for two years and 19 days there.
I overcame all of this because I believe in Dafa. In addition, my injured back miraculously recovered due to the power of Dafa. I have a mother who needs to be looked after and a teenage daughter without a father. The followers of Jiang Zemin persecuted me for more than two years, tearing apart my family.
By following Jiang's regime in this persecution, those institutions and individuals that participated in persecuting me abused the law and severely violated my rights. I will persist in appealing for Dafa. One day in the future, all the personnel who have committed crimes must be brought to justice. For their own sake, I hope that those who have committed crimes will start treating Dafa practitioners well.
August 30, 2004
Notes:
(1) Collaborators: Former Falun Gong practitioners who have gone astray due to brainwashing and torture
(Clearwisdom.net) In Spring 2003, the Harbin Women's Prison diagnosed Du Chunxiang as initially having pulmonary tuberculosis. It was then confirmed twice at the prison assigned hospital, the Second Hospital of Harbin Medical University, that she was infected with the following: the advanced stage of tuberculosis, chronic gastritis, and anemia. One of the examinations was carried out on July 14, 2004. In the past year, the family members of Du Chunxiang have been requesting again and again for the prison to process a release for medical treatment. This has still not been resolved .
On August 26, 2004, Du Chunxiang's family members went to the Harbin Women's Prison to visit her and strongly requested the prison authorities to release her for medical treatment. During the visiting period, Du's family members were trying to give the application (for seeing a doctor outside the prison) to Du Chunxiang for her to sign. But the guard stopped them and did not let Du Chunxiang sign her name. Du's family members handed the application to the prison administrative section chief, Yang Libin. Yang told them rudely, "Du Chunxiang practices Falun Gong, so the release for medical treatment cannot be handled for her."
When Du's family asked about whether there was a clearly stated law saying, "Falun Gong practitioners cannot be release for medical treatment," Yang Libin used all kinds of excuses to send Du's family members away.
Du Chunxiang's family found a staff member named Han, who was from the prosecutor's office and assigned to stay at the Harbin Women's Prison. After being told of the purpose of their visit, Han called the prison hospital chair, Zhao Yinglin, to enquire about this issue. Zhao Yinglin unexpectedly said that Du Chunxiang's illness had improved. When Du's family asked to see the diagnosis, the request was rejected. Du's family requested that an independent doctor confirm Du's condition, but the prison personnel did not respond and used various excuses to keep that from happening.
Between July 14 and August 26, the prison authorities did not take Du Chunxiang to the hospital for examination. What was the basis for their saying that her health had improved? If her physical condition had changed for the better, why did they reject the family's request to see the diagnosis? In addition, the treatment period for tuberculosis is normally over six months, but Du's illness became worse again from July 12 to 14. She had a mask on her face when she saw her family. She was so emaciated that she could not stand up. Under persistent requests from Du's family, she was sent to the second hospital of Harbin Medical University for an examination. The results of the exam were: anemia, gastritis, the tuberculosis had gotten worse.
We appeal to everyone around the world to help secure Ms. Du's release from prison. Attached is the application for Du Chunxiang to be released for medical treatment.
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The application for guaranteed release for medical treatment
Applicant: Du Chunxiang, female, born on July 17, 1957
Identification number: 230605195707172026
Purpose of the application:
To request the People's Court to release the applicant for medical treatment promptly according to the law.
Facts and reasons:
Because of practicing Falun Gong, I was sentenced for a set term of 5-year imprisonment based on imposed violations by Daqing City's Honggang District People's Court. I have been detained illegally for two years and three months now. I got ill in March 2003 and was initially diagnosed by the prison hospital to have pulmonary tuberculosis. In the same year, it was confirmed by the Second Hospital of Harbin Medical University that I had reached the advanced stage of cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic gastritis and anemia. Because of these diseases, I am very weak, unable to stand and unable to take care of myself in daily life. Because the disease is infectious, according to the rule that states that infectious patients cannot be monitored and controlled in "Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China," I request Daqing City's Intermediate People's Court to execute the guaranteed release for medical treatment for the applicant. I hope that the court will approve the application soon.
Sincerely,
Applicant: Du Chunxiang
To Daqing City's Intermediate People's Court
August 24, 2004
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Telephone number for Heilongjiang Province assigned prosecutor's office at Harbin Women's Prison: 86-451-82030982
The telephone number for reporting to Binjiang Prosecutor's Office, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province: 86-451-86663178
The operator for Heilongjiang Province's Harbin Women's Prison: 86-451-86684001, 86-451-86684001, 86-451-86684001
Chairperson of Heilongjiang Province's Harbin Women's Prison: Wang Xing 86-451-86684001 Ext.8001
The party secretary of Heilongjiang Province's Harbin Women's Prison: 86-451-86684001 Ext.8002
Vice Chair of Heilongjiang Province's Harbin Women's Prison: Cong Xin, Liu Zhiqiang (in charge of guaranteed release for medical treatment) 86-451-86684001 Ext.8003
Administrative Section Chief of Harbin Women's Prison: Yang Libin 86-451-86684001 Ext.8142
Education and Reform Section Chief of Harbin Women's Prison: Xiao Lin 86-451-86684001 Ext.8130
(Clearwisdom.net) We are Falun Dafa practitioners who are currently illegally detained in the Heilongjiang Provincial Women's Prison, where we have suffered all kinds of savage torture in an effort to force us to renounce our belief in Dafa. We are calling for the help and support from the international courts of law and kind and righteous people around the world to severely punish those perpetrators who have committed crimes in persecuting practitioners. Such inhuman, evil savagery should no longer continue.
The prison guards assign criminal prisoners to monitor the practitioners. The guards also incite the prisoners to beat and verbally abuse us; practitioners are often punished by being put into solitary confinement for as long as half a year or longer. The perpetrators torture practitioners cruelly, such as shocking them with an electric baton or stripping our warm clothing from us and forcing us to stand in freezing temperatures. Prison guards force prisoners to do bad things to practitioners in exchange for the reduction of their prison sentences. If a practitioner refuses to identify herself as a prisoner (1), her family will not be allowed to see her. Under such depressing and terror-inducing conditions, practitioners have suffered extreme physical and mental devastation.
We practitioners are good people who cultivate ourselves by the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance. We keep improving ourselves, aspiring to high moral standards. There are so many people who have freed themselves from all kinds of physical and mental suffering though the practice of Falun Dafa; painful illness have been cured and broken families have been mended. Therefore we firmly believe in Falun Dafa without any doubts. How can we be called wrong?
We have the right to freedom of belief, the right to appeal and the right to be good people. We sincerely petition the international courts and people with upright minds to view our situation from the basis of fact and the law, and to stand with us on the side of righteousness. We believe that evil will not be able to prevail over righteousness, and that truth will defeat all evil lies. The net of justice is large and it lets nothing through. Return our respected Teacher's unblemished reputation! Return Falun Dafa's unblemished reputation! Release all detained practitioners!
All practitioners in the Heilongjiang Provincial Women's Prison
Practitioners detained in the No. 9 Prison Section:
Yuan Chengfen, Feng Haibo, An Qingbo, Wang Yuhua, Qu Yuping,
Sun Maorong, Wang Li, Wei Zhongling, Dong Limin, Zheng Shuqin, Liu Kun, Jiang Benshan, Quan Hongli, Zhang Baoying, Fu Lihua, Liu Guiqin, Wang Jinfan, Wang Yuzhou, Cui Jinglian, Wang Ying, Zheng Guiqin, Wang Lili, Wang Guijie, Ding Fenglian, Sun Fengling, Yu Xiumei, Shi Lijun, Sun Chunhuan, Huang Ying, Song Wenying and others, about 50 practitioners total.
Practitioners detained in the Training Assembling Division:
Huang Xiuying, Zhou Yanmei, Han Shaoqin, Zhou Qiaohang, Li Xiaotong, Liu Yujuan, Li Guilan, Sun Fenghua, Li Yuanyuan, Yu Zhenping, Kao Qiulan, Jiang Shuhua, Chang Xueju and others, about 50 practitioners total
Practitioners detained in the Infirmary:
Liu Qian, Gao Jingyun, Gong Lan, Wang Jingcui, Xu Yawen, Shao Benyan, Wang Shuqing, Chen Yulan, Wang Fang, Lu Shuqin, Lu Hongfang, Li Haiyan, Shi Yuxia, Ma Guilan, Qu Jie, Liu Qianqian and others, about 50 practitioners total
Practitioners detained in the No.1 Division:
Wang Yanping, Jia Shuying, Liu Liping, Zhao Xin, Wang Juyan, Wang Aihua, Nan Yuqing, Wang Hongjie, Zhang Shuzhe, Yu Fengying, An Ling, Xu Yongqin, Zhang Jianhui, Li Xiuru, Pu Yingsu, Li Yusu, Wang Liping, Wang Shuling,
Ren Shuxian, Zhou Xiuli, Gao Renbo, Ding Yu, Wu Meiyan, Ma Guangxia,
Zhou Chunzhi, Ni Shuzhi and others, about 50 practitioners total
Practitioners detained in the No. 2 Division:
Wang Tao, Meng Shuying, Wang Shuxia, Fu Lihua, Wang Liwen, Guan Shuzhen, Tang Hengfen, Liu Xuewei, Wang Yanbo, Liu Chunlan, Liu Yuying, Yan Shuhua, Geng Yafen, Xiao Shuzhen, Zhan Qiuling, Song Qing, Yao Yuming, Gao Guizhen, Sun Libin, Gao Jingmei, Guan Xiuling, Yan Shuhua, Wang Liping, Wu Xiufang, Zhang Feng, Zhan Quirong, Zhang Xiaobo, Zhang Liping, Pan Hua, Jiang Weiming, Wu Yulan, Wang Yuling, Yu Xiuying and others, about 50 practitioners total
Practitioners detained in the No. 7 Prison Section:
Li Dongxue, Chen Yunxia, Pan Qingli, Du Guichun, Liu Hongxia, Wang Yuxian, Lu Xiuqin, Liu Yaqin, Shen Jing'e, Song Xiuyu, Chen Weijun, Sun Daoying, Ba Lijiang, Tian Guiying, Wen Jie, He Chunhua, Zheng Jinbo, Sun Guizhi, Li Guizhi, Song Xiuyu, Chen Yanmei, Zhang Yanhua, Wang Jinyue, Xu Xiaowei, Guan Fenglan, Wei Liping, Xu Hongmei, Wang Shuzhen, Wang Hua, Jia Shumin, Miao Xiaolu, Wang Shufang, Gao Xiurong, Meng Zhaoqin, Tan Fengying, Shi Fengli, Wang Guili, Du Fenghua, Li Jingwei, Shi Shuyuan, Han Xingli, Wang Fajuan, Tie Junying, Sun Yafang, Zhou Lili, Sui Shuchun, Zhu Xiangqin, Chen Li, Lu Xiufen, Bai Jing, Lu Meirong, Yang Min, Zhang Li, Hao Yuying, Song Xiuqing, Gao Shuqing, Wang Shuzhi, Zhan Gedan, Zhang Guilan, Zhang Yujie, Yang Xiaolin, Wang Xiuling, Huang Liping, Zheng Liping, Li Ping, Zhang Yan, Zhu Xiumin, Liu Lihua, Gu Yarong, Song Yong'ai, Shi Yuxia, Du Guijie, Xu Xianping, Wei Limei, Dong Yazhen, Han Yuxia, Hao Shuxian, Chen Junbo, Xu Shufen, Ren Jihong, Wang Wenrong, Li Qingzhen, Li Xuelian, Shi Li, Xu Wenying, Zhu Huijun, Li Yuhua, Zhang Weijian, Li Yanjie, Li Bingqing, Hu Guiyan, Gao Ying, Zhai Xiuying, Zhang Xiuying, Chu Li, Liu Guihua, Lu Yingchun, Ma Aiqiao, Fu Zhaocui, Liu Chunxia, Yang Yongping, Wang Yan, Yang Xiuhua, Yan Shufen, Cheng Peiying, Xiao Ailing, Cheng Fengying, Wang Jiaozhen, Zhu Wenfang, Zhang Chunjie, Fei Lianzhi, Jiang Fengrong and Tang Yajun
September 2, 2004
(1) Dafa practitioners often refuse to identify themselves as prisoners because they have committed no crime and there is therefore no legal reason for their incarceration. In protest, some practitioners refuse to wear the prison uniform and refuse to answer to roll call.
(Clearwisdom.net) Editor's note: The following is a recorded conversation between a distinguished Chinese lawyer and a Falun Dafa practitioner in China. Names are withheld to protect identities.
After my release from the so-called "Judiciary Re-education Center" (1) held by the ruthless "610 Office," I ran into a friend I hadn't seen for many years. She is a reputable attorney. After I told her details about my being persecuted by Jiang's followers, she expressed her deepest sympathy and her anger concerning the persecution. She also exposed the Chinese legal system's cooperation in the persecution. Below are the most important points of our conversation.
Practitioner: Are you aware that Jiang's faction sends practitioners to brainwashing programs, ignoring any legal procedures? Age, gender, social standing or physical condition is irrelevant. They send the elderly, pregnant women, high or low level business or government employees, the unemployed, educated or uneducated, not caring about the outcome of such actions. And yet, these practitioners only want to practice Falun Dafa because they wish to be upstanding, good people. Jiang's regime alleged that Falun Dafa practitioners abandon their families. Actually it's the government that is destroying families. This is so inhuman.
Lawyer: I understand this clearly. To lawyers, it is evident that the so-called "re-education program" is just a respectable word for brainwashing, and the persecution of people's minds is the torture of the spirit. This is perfectly clear to us.
Practitioner: Jiang and his followers have committed so much wrong against Falun Gong and its practitioners. They concocted so many stories. For example, they produced the "Self-Immolation at Tiananmen Square" and held Falun Gong practitioners accountable for it. They took words out of context and spread rumors that Teacher Li (founder of Falun Dafa) talked about Armageddon, and that he prohibited the taking of medication, etc. I can clarify the truth about any of these accusations and show clearly that Teacher Li is innocent and Falun Gong unjustly maligned.
Lawyer: Similar unjust accusations were made during the Cultural Revolution, the "June Fourth Movement" (2) and so on. Nothing has changed in the approach this regime has taken!
Practitioner: It is important for me to see that you know and recognize the truth; I am very glad that you do.
Lawyer: The general public is aware of what is going on. People I associate with know that Falun Gong is good for society. Those in the legal profession understand it even more clearly. There was no doubt in our mind that the government staged the "Self-Immolation at Tiananmen Square" using deceptive tactics.
Practitioner: Jiang's followers not only publicize lies about Falun Dafa practitioners, they also go to great lengths to persecute them. Just look at me for example. I didn't break any law, but they confined me to a room, where I had to stay all day long. They successively sent several dozen people to watch over me. I didn't see the sun for months. I was not allowed to make phone calls or write letters. They didn't even allow my family to visit me. They told me that if I didn't "transform" they would detain me indefinitely. What's to transform? To transform is to compromise to their pressure, to do what they refer to as, "Follow the Party and the government. When the Party says an object is red, you can't say it's white." I went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. They force-fed me. When they did it for the first time, they intentionally inserted the feeding tube in a way that injured my throat. It hurt terribly. I heard that Falun Gong practitioners suffer even worse tortures in forced labor camps.
Lawyer: I understand! Your city is not the worst. People here seem to find the persecution objectionable. They pay more attention to economic development. The persecution against Falun Gong practitioners is more severe in inland provinces. Practitioners suffered death and injuries and practitioners' families are also persecuted. We have heard this from our sources. All these incidents are suppressed and kept secret by the government.
Practitioner: I heard that this year, the Supreme People's Procuratorate's focus is on investigation of human rights abuse. Can we sue the persecutors? Can we hire a lawyer to help us do so? For example, one of my friends served her term in a forced labor camp and was recently released. But she was sent directly to a brainwashing center where they are forcing her to give up her belief. Her family is not allowed to visit her. I'd like to help her. Shouldn't this be considered arbitrarily extending the detention term?
Lawyer: Investigating human rights abuse cases? I hope it will really happen. Not only you, we're also eagerly waiting for it to happen. As far as I know, in today's China, the talk about rule of law or human rights all sounds good. But when it comes to Falun Gong, these rules don't apply. You know, if you ask me to help release a thief who has been detained over his sentence term or help with something else for another criminal with more serious crimes, I can take care of that pretty easily. But for your practitioner friend, I'm afraid my hands are tied. There is nothing I can do.
Practitioner: In other words, no law or human rights apply to Falun Gong practitioners. I heard that the Ministry of Public Security has an internal rule: beating Falun Gong practitioners to death is nothing and should be recorded as suicide.
Lawyer: There is nothing you can do. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controls all political, legal and economic aspects of the society. Chinese people's deep-rooted servility, formed during the past several thousand years, is the root-cause for their unquestioning acceptance of the Party controlling every facet of life in China. Isn't there a saying "the law is the ruler's tool"? They are so afraid of Falun Gong that they tried to eliminate it. They enacted this into law, which in itself is a law-breaking act. This shows clearly they do whatever they want. In other words, they legitimized their unlawful acts. (I noticed that she looked extremely frustrated.)
Practitioner: Don't you think the Jiang group is totally dishonorable? They want to control people's minds and privacy, including their movements, all words that come out of a person's mouth and even the thoughts in their minds. There is a fundamental principle in legal theory that legal scholars like you hold fast to, "The law should not govern a person's thoughts. Otherwise, it is not only useless, but also harmful to society."
Lawyer: Yes, I know that political parties in other countries, especially democratic countries, only enact laws that control people's behavior. Their laws don't control what's going on in a person's mind. But this is China. As a friend, I urge you to accept the fact and try to protect yourself. "A wise man submits to fate."
Practitioner: It looks like although you know the truth, you're speaking on the side of power. We practitioners are not interested in politics. We're not against anyone, including the Chinese Communist Party. We just don't want to be forced to tell lies. They want me to say that Falun Gong is not good. But from my point of view, and that was reinforced by my own experiences over the past years, I see that Falun Gong has created a piece of pure land. In addition, many people have found out that those accusations against Falun Gong are groundless rumors. Why don't I have the right to speak the truth? Haven't you learned a lesson from the Cultural Revolution? Using the same logic, without the persecution by Jiang's malevolent group, there would be no anti-persecution movement and no persistent but peaceful efforts by the Falun Gong practitioners to clarify the truth.
Lawyer: (Silent for a while) That's true. If the whole society would follow Falun Gong's principles to purify the body and mind, the world would be a more peaceful place.
Practitioner: In that case, why don't you do anything about the persecution? Is it because you live a comfortable life so you don't care any more? Or you think oppression of people through power is acceptable? What happened to your professional ethics?
Lawyer: (a little upset) No, I don't think it's acceptable. Professional ethics? You know what? The local Justice Bureau held a forum with lawyers in order to answer the demand to "defend" the increasing Falun Gong cases. This is just for show; they need the lawyers to be present when these cases are on trial in court. Even just for show, the lawyers cannot be absent. They chose some lawyers to take these cases. Fortunately, I didn't get involved. For all the lawyers who defend Falun Gong practitioners, the Justice Department must review their defense arguments, and its standard is, "you cannot defend Falun Gong practitioners." They deleted all contents related to the defense of Falun Gong practitioners. How sad is it for the lawyers? They charged Falun Gong defendants, but they are not allowed to speak in their defense?! I can't do this. In our firm, there was a lawyer who took a Falun Gong case, and the defendant's family paid for the service. This kind of defense doesn't make sense since the premise is wrong. You can imagine the verdict of the trial! You mentioned earlier that you want to help a practitioner friend. I would advise you just give up. It won't work. Their goal is to force her to change her mind. If you don't' succumb to their will, the law won't help. Maybe her family can hire a lawyer to deal with them. But it will turn into a transformation campaign by the "610 Office." I don't think you'd like to see this kind of "help." We are frustrated about it too.
Practitioner: We know very clearly the whole system under Jiang is inhuman. It is known from ancient times that evil deeds will receive karmic retribution and virtuous actions will be rewarded. The evil side will always lose. We try to use legal measures to let more people understand our cause and know the truth about Falun Gong. Right now it's not realistic to punish the villains that persecute practitioners via the legal system in China. But the "Bring Jiang to Justice" movement has begun. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you. You're a lawyer with conscience.
Note:
(1) "Judiciary Re-education Center" -- Brainwashing center used to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. Practitioners are held against their wills and are forced to listen to fabricated stories maligning Falun Dafa.
(2) "June Fourth Movement" -- This was a student movement against corruption and social injustice in China. On June 4, 1989, protesters, mainly students, were attacked by the government troops with tanks and guns at Tiananmen Square. Many students lost their lives that day.
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1. In March of 1993, Teacher held his second class lecturing on the Fa in Wuhan. I felt that Falun Dafa was so good that I called many friends and told them to come take the class. They came for the last four days. Teacher told the students that they would not miss anything. A retired service man had been infected with blood flukes and damaged his liver during the therapy. As a result he suffered from ascites and cirrhosis of the liver. After several classes, his legs, which had been seriously swollen, began to recover. Since then, he has been healthy.
2. In September 1993, Teacher held three sessions of classes successively in Wuhan. One day a person who claimed to have cultivated to a high level said to me, "Whenever Qigong Teachers come to Wuhan to hold classes, I can use my supernormal abilities to remove the words on their banner. The only exception is the ten-day-class of your Teacher, the words on the banner would not move at all."
3. In 1994, Teacher held a class in Jinan. Because it was very hot, a fellow practitioner passed me a fan. As soon as I shook the fan, I heard Teacher say, "All of you please put down your fans." I put down my fan, and right away I felt a slow cool wind blow across us.
4. In December 1994, Teacher held the last class taught in the Mainland in Guangzhou. Many people from all over the country went there. Many of them did not have tickets and had to wait outside. Teacher did not want to leave students who had come from far away outside of the hall. So at the beginning of each class, Teacher said, "It is the same for the students outside of the hall, you will not miss anything." Later, at Teacher's request, the sponsoring unit agreed to add another hall to show a video of Teacher's lecture at the same time.
5. Ronglian's husband had severe heart disease and could not lie down at night. After hearing about Falun Dafa, she tried her best to obtain two precious tickets and attended the last Fa lecture held in Guangzhou. After coming back from the class, her husband's heart disease was gone and her lost hair had grown back.
6. When Teacher held classes at Jinan and Guangzhou, some of the students did not have umbrellas. Whenever we needed to go to class, the rain would stop and when we arrived at the lecture hall, the rain would start again. When the class was done and we left to go home, no matter how far away we lived, we were not soaked by the rain. However when we arrived home, it would start to rain again. There was only one exception to this. Once after the lecture was over and we went shopping, the rain started right away.
The First Principle
The international law principle
Those who abuse the rules or norms of international law cannot avail themselves of its privileges. This principle is premised on a view of international law as a body of rules, norms and privileges binding upon all who seek to invoke its benefits. The other alternative -- that it is a body of rules to be used or abused as one wishes inconsistently and without coherence -- makes no sense.
Therefore, as noted by Andrea Bianchi ("Denying State Immunity to Violators of Human Rights", 46 Austrian Journal of Public and International Law (1994), pp. 227-228) and others, it is contrary to logic to deem that the international legal order would extend the cover of such protection to states and leaders who act in marked contrast with the foundations of the same system. To rephrase, those who act in marked contrast to its norms and rules cannot invoke its privileges and benefits.
Privileges include Head of State and Sovereign Immunity, as well as Comity, whereas norms and rules include jus cogens norms and the provisions of international treaty law.
Head of State and Sovereign Immunity doctrines have their roots in principles of comity, the international law principle of independence, equality and dignity of states, a doctrine that clearly benefits all who seek to invoke its protection.
Comity has been defined as "the recognition which one nation allows within its territory to the legislative, executive or judicial acts of another nation." Hilton v. Guyot, 159 U.S. 113, 164 (1895). "Comity is a discretionary doctrine. It is not a rule of law, but one of practice, convenience and expediency." United Kingdom Mut. Steamship Assurance Ass'n [Bermuda] Ltd. v. Continental Maritime of San Francisco, Inc., 1992 WL 486937, *8 (N.D. Cal. Aug.31, 2002) (quoting Somportex Ltd. v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Co., 453 F.2d 435, 440 (3d Cir.1971)). As a result of the discretionary nature of the comity doctrine, "the party asserting the applicability of the comity doctrine bears the burden of proof." Sarei v. Rio Tinto PLC, 221 F.Supp.2d 1116, 1200 (C.D.Cal.2002).
Norms and rules include jus cogens norm and treaty provisions. Like the principles of Dafa, jus cogens norms (prohibitions against slavery, genocide torture, crimes against humanity) are absolute and not contingent. In many respects they are the legal precursors of the principles of the Fa. As a result, violations of jus cogens norms are of a different order in international law than other violations of international law. As defined in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties [hereinafter Vienna Convention] May 23, 1969, 1155 U.N.T.S. 332, 8 I.L.M. 679, a jus cogens norm, also known as a "peremptory norm" of international law, "is a norm accepted and recognized by the international community of states as a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same character." Vienna Convention, art. 53, (cited in Siderman, id. at 714-719). The Restatement third, supra, ? 102 cmt. D.
The non-contingent nature of jus cogens norms is especially well exemplified by the principles underpinning the judgments of the Nuremberg tribunals following World War II. As Steven Fogelson observes in The Nuremberg Legacy: An Unfulfilled Promise, 63 S. CAL. L. Rev. 833, (cited in Siderman, id., at 715): "[t]he legitimacy of the Nuremberg prosecutions rested not on the consent of the Axis Powers and individual defendants, but on the nature of the acts they committed: acts that the laws of all civilized nations define as criminal."
When invokers of immunity have signed treaties, which prohibit the behavior they seek to shield, immunity similarly is barred. One of the relevant treaties is the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, done Dec. 9, 1948, ratified by United States Feb. 23, 1989, 78 U.N.T.S. 277: Article 1. The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish. Article 2 in part provides: [G]enocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; . . .
A second important treaty is the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 23 I.L.M. 1027 (1984), ratified by United States Oct. 21, 1994, 34 I.L.M. 590 (1995). Article 4 ?1 provides: Each State Party shall ensure that all acts of torture are offenses under its criminal law. Article 4 ?1 applies to "all" acts of torture wherever committed. Then Article 5 of the treaty, referring to the above-quoted Article 4, binds the United States to take such measures as may be necessary to establish its jurisdiction over such offenses [the Article 4 offenses] in cases where the alleged offender is present in any territory under its jurisdiction.
(Clearwisdom.net) On August 8, 2004, an announcement was published on Minghui.org, the Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net, soliciting articles for the "First Falun Dafa Written Experience Sharing Conference in China." After reading this article, many fellow practitioners were deeply touched by Teacher's mercy. Practitioners realized that being afforded such an opportunity during the Fa-rectification period is both an honor and a responsibility for a Falun Dafa disciple, and that we should cherish such an opportunity that happens only once in thousands of years. However, this opportunity also comes with the obstacles of limited educational backgrounds and writing abilities, and often a propensity for doing poorly in the cultivation process, which tend to discourage practitioners from writing articles. With this in mind, I would like to convey my cultivation experience in writing and share it with everyone.
When I was a student, the thing I dreaded most was compositional writing. After starting my Fa-rectification cultivation, I became so busy with Falun Dafa work every day that I seldom wrote anything. In 2002, I read on Minghui.org a suggestion that practitioners write down their Fa-rectification experiences. Realizing that this was something we need to do well as we validate Falun Dafa, I too tried to write down my Fa-rectification cultivation experiences, but each time I tried, I ran into obstacles. Later, I found some fellow practitioners to write-up my experiences for me, and I published an article on Minghui.org in September 2003. Afterwards, I found another practitioner to organize several of my articles.
In November 2003, this practitioner told me that she had typed up my articles and stored them on a floppy disk, but that the floppy disk had become corrupted, and she could not find my articles anywhere on her PC either. I realized that things like this did not happen by accident. I knew that I had become dependent on her, always expecting her to do the work because she was the better writer. Still, this is not everyday people's work, but that of Falun Dafa practitioners. Teacher says, "True cultivation practice depends fully upon your heart." (Zhuan Falun) This is cultivation! I realized that I had deviated from the Fa, and that I should eliminate these attachments, so I picked up a pen and started writing several short articles about my experiences clarifying the truth on a face-to-face basis. After some fellow practitioners helped me polish them, the articles were published on Minghui.org. Then I wrote some experience sharing and Fa-validation articles that, one after another, were all published on Minghui.org. Local practitioners even incorporated some of my articles into truth-clarification flyers, and I re-wrote the two articles that had been lost.
Throughout the writing process, my understanding of the Fa kept increasing. I shared my insights with practitioners around me, and they too picked up their pens to write their own articles about spreading Falun Dafa, and cultivation experiences. One after another, their articles were published on Minghui.org also. There was a copy of a small, truth-clarification booklet containing three short articles from fellow practitioners, which helped to further promote Falun Dafa.
Minghui Editor's Note: Solicitation of articles for the "First Falun Dafa Written Experience Sharing Conference in China" is a major event to enable our Fa-rectification period Falun Dafa disciples in China to validate Falun Dafa and elevate together as one whole body prior to the Fa rectification of the human world.
Over the past five years, the persecutory environment and some complicated factors have made it difficult for those practitioners who have been cultivating and clarifying the truth in an open and dignified manner, and for those who have not been severely persecuted by the evil factors, to share experiences with other practitioners, who may not have diligently striven forward in the Fa, who have enlightened along an evil path, or been brainwashed by the Jiang regime officials. In some cases, there's no sharing taking place at all. What the latter have often encountered are those ridiculous, fallacious theories concocted by people who have enlightened along an evil path, or by the lures and temptations posed by special agents of the "610 Offices." In order to return to the path of righteous thoughts in a timely manner, they truly need help from fellow practitioners who have been cultivating to different realms. The former have often been busy with truth-clarification efforts, or were concerned that it would hinder their efforts to save the world's people, since the latter would not understand anyway. Therefore, they have neglected to establish this kind of sharing with the latter. Many communication difficulties could be wonderfully resolved through participation in the "First Falun Dafa Written Experience Sharing Conference in China," for which there is a current Call for Papers or solicitation of written articles.
Many practitioners who still have not stepped forward or who are demoralized also need inspiration and encouragement from these positive stories in order to make a positive choice at this final stage and in order to prevent a temporary attachment from ruining the preparations made and hardships endured through hundreds of thousands of years. If the "First Falun Dafa Written Experience Sharing Conference in China" can focus on publishing a large number of positive articles about experiences and understandings of Fa-rectification, it will surely inspire and move those practitioners.
Over the past five years, we have recorded a great number of persecution cases via Minghui.org. Comparatively, we have a disproportionate number of positive articles containing vividly detailed descriptions of cultivation experiences. Hence, from the perspective of leaving behind more completely documented and comprehensive first-hand accounts of the cultivation experiences of Fa-rectification period Falun Dafa disciples, this "First Falun Dafa Written Experience Sharing Conference in China" will also have major historical significance.
(Clearwisdom.net) By letting more people become aware of the fact that Dafa is good and that Dafa is being persecuted, more people can be saved. This is the common wish of all Falun Dafa practitioners.
1. Having a Right Base and Knowing Our Mission
I was a new practitioner when Falun Dafa first started being persecuted in 1999. In the beginning, I only thought about my own salvation. But what constitutes a Dafa practitioner during the Fa-rectification period? I felt that I wasn't part of the Fa-rectification when I clarified the truth without using compassion. However, my understanding of the Fa deepened as I studied the Fa and Teacher's new lectures more often. Little by little, I realized that a true Dafa practitioner would not let Teacher down. He would do the "three things" asked by Teacher. He would bring Teacher's benevolence and the goodness of Dafa to everyone, instead of just thinking about his or her own salvation. As I enlightened to this, I gradually recognized the urgency of clarifying the truth to people. I determined that I'd make up for the lost time. So, I spent more time on clarifying the truth and did so in different ways: I did it at work, at home, in the office, and while visiting relatives. I no longer depended on others. I made truth-clarifying materials myself if I ran short of them. I also learned how to use the computer when I needed to. I did whatever needed to be done.
As I covered more areas of truth clarification, I felt that there were more things to do and that there wasn't enough time to do them all. I began to get bogged down in the "doing things" mentality. The mentality of "doing things" like ordinary people kept expanding. Fortunately, practitioners found out about my situation and seriously pointed it out to me. Then, my mindset returned to calmness, instead of agitation.
2. Insight from Truth Clarifying Experiences
The Basis for Clarifying the Truth Well Is to Do Your Best at Work and at Home
My job is to manage engineering maintenance, which mainly relates to material and money affairs. I did everything based on the standard of a Dafa practitioner: not mixing personal affairs with work, and not seeking fame or personal gain. My rule was to never base things on personal relationships or a passive mentality, but instead, to handle things with honesty. My personal management is always based on the principle of Truthfulness, Benevolence, and Forbearance, using language my colleagues can comprehend, and letting my colleagues do well in their own work. Thus, my leaders and colleagues all feel that I am kind and upright, full of wisdom, have great ability in handling jobs, and that Dafa practitioners are the best kind of people. Due to my handling things methodically and worry-free, I had more time to clarify the truth. Therefore, I felt that I was clarifying the truth instead working a job. Even with this approach, my unit leaders all agree that I am outstanding, and that my management is excellent. Cultivating Dafa and doing truth clarification instead of just working hard has brought about the above outcome. Of course, our benevolent Teacher arranges all this.
I strictly follow the principles of Dafa in my daily life as well. I deal with family conflicts according to the principle of Truthfulness, Benevolence, and Forbearance. I always look within myself to see where I have not done well. Therefore, my wife trusts me. She expresses her happiness with these praising words: "My life is totally dependent on him to take care of me, etc." (My wife once was afflicted with paralysis.) When friends, relatives, neighbors, or coworkers complained to her about their family conflicts or tribulations, she would tell them: "Let my husband tell you how to be a good person." Thus, others are envious of my wife's happy mood.
In dealing with family affairs, I try to do more and let my wife do less. Although she has some difficulty moving about, she does most of the housework. Thus, I have more time to study the Fa, do the exercises, and do truth-clarifying work.
Start With People Around You First
During the early stages of Jiang's persecution of Dafa, many practitioners came out to rectify the Fa and clarify the truth. At the time, although I didn't understand that clarifying the truth was related to saving sentient beings, I truly believed that Dafa was good. I used my behavior and words to tell people around me at work and in daily life: Falun Dafa is good.
During the earlier stages of clarifying the truth, like many practitioners, I easily neglected the people around me. Telling people around us that Falun Dafa is good, is a part of telling people the truth and saving sentient beings. It's also an important step in eliminating evil and creating a new environment.
Clarifying the Truth with Depth and Clarity
"In terms of Dafa disciples' responsibilities, there are still many things that need to be done in greater depth, especially clarifying the facts. Doing a better job of informing people about the facts more deeply is tied to the people of the future obtaining the Fa, tied to all beings being rescued, tied to negating the old forces, tied to eliminating the evil and this persecution, and tied to your own Consummation."
("Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Chicago Conference")
"Don't just go to talk for the sake of formality. Whenever you talk to someone you need to have him understand."
("Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference")
Here are some of my experiences from clarifying the truth: Only when Dafa practitioners' thoughts and behavior are truly righteous, in other words, unselfish, will all the wisdom and capability be bestowed upon us by the Fa; then we'll do well in clarifying the truth. People of all ages have always asked me the same question: What is the matter with the people who did the "self-immolation" incident at Tiananmen Square? We can see that the fabricated self-immolation by Jiang's regime has deceived many people. Some of them have been deceived very badly. Because the self-immolation has created such a deep impression on people, the many loopholes within the fabricated self-immolation incident makes it easier for practitioners to clarify the truth to people. If a government can fabricate such thing as the self-immolation, what else will it not do to attack Falun Gong? Realizing this fact, I always bring up the self-immolation incident when making truth-clarifying materials and VCDs. I would rather repeat the same content of other truth-clarifying materials than risk missing people who don't know about the facts of the self-immolation incident.
3. Some Phenomena in Truth-Clarification
Some practitioners ask: "Why are you still talking about 'true cultivation' now," referring to practitioners who cultivate by themselves at home. My own understanding is that when you are able to clarify the truth and do the Fa-rectification righteously, it is the manifestation of a solid base in cultivation. This is because the Fa-rectification and truth-clarifying activities in of themselves have the element of enhancing understanding of the Fa. Therefore, clarifying the truth and saving sentient beings righteously (not how much or how little) is a part of true cultivation.
"'You have your thousand brilliant ideas, but I have my own way'?" ("Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference"). During clarifying the truth, whether it is from interference by the evil, or from differing opinions among practitioners, or inference from other facets, there is only one rule: persistently do the three things well.
The following are some un-righteous phenomena that I have observed based on my own understanding. Other practitioners have made similar kinds of elaboration from different angles. I ask practitioners to learn other practitioners understandings from the angle of comparing each other's notes. We can only talk about our own understandings.
Lastly, I like to quote Teacher:
"So before the Fa-rectification is over you should seize the time that's left and solidly do well in every single thing that a Dafa disciple should do. That's how you should proceed on this path toward the future and toward what's the most magnificent; you can't miss any single opportunity, or go awry with any step." ("Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Vancouver, Canada")
(Clearwisdom.net)
Clarifying the Truth about Falun Dafa to an Opinionated Person
A Falun Dafa practitioner was clarifying the truth about Dafa to someone. That person disapproved of Dafa at the beginning saying: "I browsed through your book (Zhuan Falun). It just combined certain things from Buddhism and Taoism..."
The practitioner realized that this person had been swindled by Jiang's propaganda against Falun Dafa for too long. The practitioner said, "Well, please allow me to ask you a question. Let's say there is this kid who was attending elementary school. In the first year, he learned things he should know as a first-grade student. In the second year, he learned more things. The third year, his parents read the text books and thought that a lot of the things in the third-grade text books were things their child learned in the first and second grades. They came to the conclusion that the text books were put together by copying things from the first and second grades and therefore were no good. They felt that the books were used to suck money out of them. They even went so far as to not allow their child to go to school any more. Do you think the parents are right?" This person silently agreed that the parents were wrong.
The practitioner went ahead and told the person that he should learn to listen to both sides and keep an open mind. The practitioner also told him how Falun Dafa is practiced all over the world, yet in China it is brutally persecuted. After now learning the truth, the person agreed that Dafa is good for society.
"I Have a Different Opinion"
Two friends ran into each other after not seeing one another for a long time.
A: Where are you working now?
B: I was assigned to capture Falun Gong practitioners.
A: Are they easy to capture?
B: Oh yeah! (Laughs) They are so easy. You just need to ask them, "Do you practice
Falun Gong?" They will for sure say yes. There is no way you'll miss them.
A: Why? They don't have to say that they practice Falun Gong, right? Why would they rather be captured?
B: They have "cultivation insanity." They believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance." They can't tell lies.
A: (more serious and in deep thoughts) From what you can see, are the practitioners poorly educated?
B: No. Some of them have advanced degrees.
A: I see. I have a different opinion about these practitioners.
B: Tell me about it.
A: I think these practitioners are courageous, kind-hearted and honest. These are virtues a person should have. They should not be captured and detained. Look at today's society. When people get into trouble, in order to protect themselves, they always tell lies! Nowadays, you don't trust other people any more, no matter how good they sound. This society is hopeless if it continues to be like this! So I really admire the spirit of Falun Gong. Not everybody can follow "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance!"
B: (In deep thoughts and nodding his head in agreement)
(Clearwisdom.net) I am a Falun Dafa practitioner in Jinzhou City. In October 1992, before I began practicing Falun Dafa, I developed three or four egg-sized tumors on my neck. I underwent a pathology procedure at City Central Hospital but the tissue samples were not diagnosed. My tissue sample was taken to Beijing Tumor Hospital. By the time I had a second thorough examination in December, the tumors had spread to my chest, stomach, pelvis and other parts of my body. By then it was considered to be late stage, and I was told I must begin chemotherapy.
I started chemotherapy in January 1993. Two months later, the tumors could not be detected by the naked eye but were still detected during an exam. Two more months of therapy yielded no change, and the cancer had spread to my bones. Because the chemotherapy kills both good blood cells and bad blood cells, I became very weak and all my hair fell out. I took lots of hormones, and I could barely eat. I knew I was suffering from a terminal disease at the age of 37 and I thought, "Will I leave this world? Will my life be so short?" I cried. I overheard someone tell my family that I had no hope to be cured, and they should take me home and give me whatever I liked to eat because I would not live long. Hearing this only made me feel worse.
While I was grieving my misfortune, a friend introduced me to the practice of Falun Gong. She said it was a great practice and that I should try it. I thought, "I will practice for sure." She gave me the revised version of the book Falun Gong. I felt it was a very good book. I stayed in the hospital for two more months and attended the 11th Falun Gong class Master Li held in Beijing beginning on July 25, 1993. After nine days of classes I was deeply moved because Master answered many of the questions I had always thought about in my life but had no answer for. I had finally found the Truth, the Great Way! I went to another Falun Gong class and I became energetic, and my body became stronger. I learned the meaning of life, why we live, and why we become sick. I realized that people should live an upright life and be considerate of others, get rid of bad thoughts and bad intentions, follow Truth-Compassion-Tolerance and then they'll be free from illnesses. My family accompanied me to the two classes and I began practicing after I returned home. I followed Master's words and constantly improved my xinxing (1). I became healthier.
In late 1993 I went to the City Hospital for a check-up, and a test revealed that the tumors were completely gone. I was free from illnesses! Falun Dafa had saved me and given me a new life. Words cannot really express my gratitude to Master. My family and friends saw my changes and they were happy for me. They also went to Master's classes. My parents' illnesses that had plagued them for most of their lives were gone. My family was very happy and they no longer needed to worry about my health. In the past decade, I have never taken a single pill. Falun Dafa gave me all of this!
In July 1999, the people in power banned the practice of Falun Gong, which is quite incredulous. The dictator in power constantly spread rumors in the newspapers and on TV, to deceive people. They completely twisted the facts and slandered Falun Dafa. I want to tell people with my own experience that Falun Dafa is great and that they should not be deceived by these lies.
(Clearwisdom.net) After almost four years of separation and inhuman
suffering, Ms. Zhou Xuefei arrived at the Newark International Airport to join
her husband, Mr. Lu Chaohui.
Mr. Lu Chaohui sees his wife, Ms. Zhou Xuefei, after four years of
separation Interview with Mr. Lu Chaohui and his wife Ms. Zhou Xuefei at the airport
A Prisoner of Conscience
Ms. Zhou Xuefei is a commercial designer. In November 2000, police in China unlawfully arrested her for distributing truth-clarifying flyers. She was sentenced to three years of hard labor in China's notorious forced labor camps, including the Sanshui Women's Forced Labor Camp. Because she stayed firm in her belief, she was forced into hard labor during those three years, assigned unimaginable workloads, and suffered inhumane torture.
In New York, Lu Chaohui spoke about Falun Gong to those present. He explained that it is a cultivation practice that allows practitioners to improve their physical and mental health. Most importantly, its practitioners follow the principles "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance." Many people worldwide are very interested in this practice.
The former communist leader, Jiang Zemin, and his followers are responsible for the inhumane persecution against Falun Gong practitioners. To justify the persecution they slandered and defamed Falun Gong to the public. Zhou Xuefei wanted for people to hear the truth. Lu Chaohui said that he also practices Falun Gong. He had to give up his job in China and immigrate to Atlanta to be able to practice Falun Gong. Lu Chaohui alleged that Jiang's persecution of Falun Gong is illegal under China's law.
Prisoners at the forced labor camp monitored Zhou Xuefei around the clock. Prisoners were coerced and encouraged by prison guards to torture and abuse Zhou Xuefei and other Falun Gong practitioners who refused to renounce their belief. Over the past three years, the labor camp forbade any communication between Zhou Xuefei and her husband. She was forced to produce needlework products for export. She was not only subjected to hard labor, but also was forced to endure torture, abuse, and extreme mental pressure. She became undernourished, and her eyesight deteriorated greatly, leaving her almost blind. Despite that, Zhou Xuefei was still detained after her unlawful three-year detention term expired. It is common for Chinese authorities not to release Falun Gong practitioners who do not succumb to brainwashing.
A China expert at Yale University stated, "Imprisoning people who follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance can be equated to the 9/11 terrorist attack. Such atrocities will have a long-term effect on the Chinese society, just like 9/11 had on the Americans. This group of people, after having suffered imprisonment, kept high moral standards, freedom of mind, and did not compromise the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. They will be seen by history as the noblest prisoners in China."
Rescue Efforts Set Her Free
Lu Chaohui was a tax auditor in Shenzhen City, Quandong Province. When Zhou Xuefei was arrested, they had been married less than two months. To rescue his wife,
Lu Chaohui left no stone unturned. He called on all who could be of help, wrote countless letters and petitions, and attended many activities to protest his wife's imprisonment.
Americans joined the rescue effort of Zhou Xuefei. In 2002, US Congressman Saxby Chambliss and US Senator Max Cleland wrote letters to Secretary of State Powell and President Bush, requesting that they liberate Zhou Xuefei.
In October 2002, during the first joint student conference, representatives from universities in Georgia passed a resolution on behalf of over 100,000 students, requesting the Chinese government set free Zhou Xuefei, wife of Georgian resident Lu Chaohui.
Many US Congressional representatives wrote letters to the President and the State Department in an effort to gain Zhou Xuefei's release. Georgia Congressman Mr. Miller contacted the American Embassy in Beijing. Congresswoman Linda also contacted the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou City to seek the release of Zhou Xuefei. As soon as Congressman Louis learned of the extended detention of Zhou Xuefei, he wrote to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and called for the immediate release of Zhou Xuefei. More than 100 State Assemblymen in Georgia unanimously passed Resolution No. 624, calling for the release of Zhou Xuefei.
The story of Lu Chaohui and Zhou Xuefei gained the attention of the mainstream American media. In December 2003, the Fox-5 TV Station in Atlanta interviewed Lu Chaohui about Zhou Xuefei's situation. The interview became headline news that evening. The Atlanta Charter, the largest newspaper in the US southeast region, reported about Zhou Xuefei's unlawful detention several times. On Thanksgiving Day in 2002, the Atlanta Charter published a report "I came home, she was gone." It reported on the story of Atlanta resident Mr. Lu Chaohui and his wife Ms. Zhou Xuefei. The article recounted the young couple's happy life before the Jiang regime persecuted Falun Gong in China. It told of the torment and the persecution they suffered, and the harm it caused to their families. The article touched countless people's hearts and was republished by several newspapers. Many people told Lu Chaohui, "We have heard of your story," when they met him during rescue activities for his wife.
Reunited After Suffering
On January 13, 2004, Zhou Xuefei finally gained her freedom. She had been imprisoned in the Guondong Shanshui Women's Forced Labor Camp for over three years. Lu Chaohui was unable to get in touch with her, as the phone number of his parents-in-law
had changed unexpectedly, and international calls appeared to be blocked. Lu Chaohui said that phone lines of both his and Xuefei's parents were monitored. But, it was a happy ending for Zhou Xuefei and Lu Chaohui. She finally arrived at the Newark International Airport via Thailand.
Lu Chaohui welcomed his wife at the airport, holding a fresh flower bouquet in his hands. They had been separated for almost four years. Over thirty Falun Gong practitioners from New York, New Jersey, Boston, and Atlanta gathered at the airport to welcome her. A reporter asked Lu Chaohui what he felt after seeing his wife. He answered, "It brings me great happiness to reunite with my wife." While being imprisoned in the labor camp for over three years, Zhou Xuefei was not allowed to communicate with her husband. She had no idea about his situation. While talking about her release, Lu Chaohui said, "I think that the most effective way to stop such atrocities is to expose this kind of incident to the international community. Let international society judge such incidents. This is a valuable way to limit the persecution, since the persecution instigated by Jiang's followers is so appalling. Although Zhou Xuefei attained her freedom, we cannot stop our efforts. There are still many Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned and severely persecuted in Shanshui and other labor camps. We feel that it is our responsibility to continue to appeal, so we can end the persecution." To express their gratitude, Lu Chaohui said that he and his wife would visit government officials, non-governmental organizations, and student groups who were concerned about her situation, and who were active in gaining her release.
Zhou Xuefei was extremely surprised, and displayed her joy, when she saw the big welcome gathering at the airport. She was dressed in a traditional Chinese dress as she pressed her hands together in front of her chest to show her gratefulness to the Falun Gong practitioners. After a brief interview, she gave Lu Chaohui a card that she had bought in Thailand to express her feelings about finally being free.
(Taken from an Epochtimes article.)
(Clearwisdom.net)
My name is Chen Xiulian. I am a Canadian citizen. I am asking for your help to rescue my son-in-law Zhang Yumin.
Yumin began to practice Falun Gong in January 1998. My daughter and I also practice Falun Gong. Because Yumin was determined to practice Falun Gong, to live by the principles it embodies -- Truth, Compassion and Forbearance -- and to clarify the facts about Falun Gong, in July 2004, the Middle People's Court of Shenzhen City illegally sentenced him to ten years in prison. He is detained at First Detention Center of the Nanshan District of Shenzhen City.
In July 1999, Jiang Zemin started to brutally persecute millions of people who practice Falun Gong and believe in Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance. In August 1999, my daughter went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop killing innocent people. My son-in-law also went to Beijing to appeal. Consequently, he was illegally arrested in Shenzhen airport and illegally detained for fifteen days.
Later, my son-in-law worked hard to clarify the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution to local people. During the 2000 Chinese New Year festival, he broadcast the truth about Falun Dafa from a city hillside and hung a banner with the words "Falun Dafa is Great" in Shenzhen City Hall.
On the evening of July 16, 2001, local police illegally broke into my daughter's home and took my son-in-law to a brainwashing class. Because he refused to be "transformed," that is to renounce his beliefs, he has been detained ever since.
I'm asking people of conscience to help me stop this brutal persecution so millions of broken families can be reunited.
(Clearwisdom.net) On September 7, 2004, 50 Olympic gold medal winners from China and 19 coaches in the team reached Hong Kong and visited Golden Bauhinia Square. Hong Kong citizens, and some groups, pupils, and individuals holding Chinese flags and Hong Kong flags with the Bauhinia flower on it came to the square, and lined up on both sides to welcome them.
Several Falun Gong practitioners held a banner saying "Falun Dafa is good" and "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance" and smiled to welcome the Olympic athletes. It's regrettable that the police was pressured by higher authorities to carefully lead the practitioners to a place that was far from the site where the Olympic athletes visited.
Furthermore, right when the practitioners unwrapped the banner, about twenty persons immediately blocked the view by opening up their umbrellas. A practitioner suggested we move. But they also moved along with us and blocked us even more closely. Somebody had even held two umbrellas. Wherever we moved our banner, they just tried to block it in front of us.
We silently sent forth righteous thoughts. Didn't we come here to save sentient beings? We came here not only for the Olympic athletes. We should eliminate all the evil and rotten demons in other dimensions that control people in this area. We must lead people to see and feel the peace and goodness that Falun Dafa brings.
A new police principal observed the whole process. What Falun Gong practitioners demonstrated was tolerance, forbearance, peace, and rationality, which was an obvious contrast to the ruffians. Practitioners believe that "Justice naturally exists in people's hearts." Righteous to evil and good to bad was obvious. Those people being manipulated seemed to fear nothing and were insatiable. When they left, more than ten people surrounded a practitioner who was passing out fliers and restrained the practitioner. When a police officer went over to stop them, they didn't stop. They crushed the fliers the practitioner gave to them and threw them away. But just when they were crowding together to verbally abuse the practitioner, another group of people came out from the square and began accepting the fliers. More than ten pairs of hands reached out together, which made it hard for the practitioner to handle. All the fliers were quickly distributed. Even the fliers that were crushed and thrown away were retrieved. Among the people taking flyers was a middle-aged woman who was previously holding an umbrella blocking us. She took a flier and began to read while walking. We sincerely hope she can take this chance to learn the truth.
Actually no matter how they tried to block our banner, they couldn't keep out the people coming from all directions. Anything in the world that is good and wonderful glimmers and shines like gold, and cannot be covered. Not only people around the area saw us, but also people passing by knew us. When practitioners genially told them, "Please remember Falun Dafa is good! Please remember Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance!" Many pupils happily looked at our banner and said to the practitioners, "Falun Dafa is good!" Although we were far from the spotlight of the square, and we couldn't see any reporters, we were still reported on the news. At the time of the broadcast, all Hong Kong citizens saw us! How can they block this?!
In the evening, at about 9:00 or 10:00, after the Olympic athletes and thirty thousand Hong Kong citizens attended the music gala in the Governmental Great Court, there still were a lot of people coming to take Falun Gong fliers, which made practitioners more aware that sentient beings had already woken up. They already showed their will, and were eager to take fliers and to be saved. We shouldn't relax, instead we should lose no time and save them, and hurry up and tell them!
(Clearwisdom.net) On the afternoon of September 11, 2004, practitioners from Holland, France and Belgium held an anti-torture exhibition in Brussels city center, displaying to the public torture methods used on Falun Gong practitioners in China.
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Reenactment of torture methods
  Performing the exercises |
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 People sign the petition to support Falun Gong practitioners opposing the persecution |
Practitioners did a lot of preparatory work beforehand. On the morning of the 11th, after the preparation was completed, practitioners also studied the Falun Gong books and shared their understandings of the activity together.
In the afternoon, outside the Stock Exchange in Brussels city center, practitioners did the exercises peacefully on one side of the building and on the other practitioners simulated methods of torture. There was a Tiger Bench, bamboo sticks jammed under the fingernails, enclosure a small cage, etc., accompanied by pictures and explanatory text. People's attention was immediately caught and many stopped to look. People were astounded by the scenes before their eyes. There were a lot of people who could not believe that such violence and cruelty is actually happening in the world today. Many drivers in passing vehicles also slowed down and asked for leaflets.
People were all very eager to know more about the situation and listened carefully to practitioners' explanations. No matter whether they were old or young, everyone watched silently. Lots of people thanked us for telling them about what is happening in China and encouraged us. There were also people who signed our petitions with tears in their eyes. A guy was deeply moved by China's Falun Gong practitioners continuing to persist in their beliefs despite the torture and murder. He went to sit with the practitioners to express his support.
The flow of people continued to surge forward one group after another. Chinese tourist groups passed by from time to time. Most of them accepted leaflets or video-CDs; some even took photos of practitioners doing the exercises and demonstrating the torture methods.
Source: http://clearharmony.net/articles/200409/22051.html
(Clearwisdom.net) A large-scale parade in celebration of the 31st Korean Festival was held in Korea Town of Los Angeles on the afternoon of September 17, 2004. The Korean Festival is to promote harmony between ethnic groups and Korean culture. It encourages communication and exchange between ethnic groups, and improves mutual understanding of nearby communities. The theme of this year's celebration is multiculturalism and unity. One hundred thousand Korean Americans live in Los Angeles with most of them in Korea Town. There are also African American, Hispanic, and Pacific Islanders living close to Korea Town.
This is the first year that Falun Gong practitioners in Los Angeles have participated in the Korean Festival. A banner saying "Falun Dafa -- Ancient Practice for Mind and Body" headed the procession. Falun Gong practitioners' beautiful dance, traditional waist-drum playing, and elegantly decorated float won waves of warm applause. Falun Gong practitioners won first prize for the parade procession, the first prize for float, and the third prize for waist-drum playing.
This parade has given people in Korea Town a good chance to know the beauty of Falun Dafa. Parade spectators received truth-clarification materials and learned about Falun Dafa with great enthusiasm.
 Falun Dafa banner in Korean |
 Falun Gong parade procession |
 Dance and float |
 Falun Gong practitioners won the first prize for parade procession, the first prize for float and the third prize for waist-drum playing |
(Clearwisdom.net)
1. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner, Mr. Li Fengqiao Is Sent to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp
On August 8, 2004, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Fengqiao from Qiaoxi Area of Taihe District, in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, was arrested and sentenced to three years' forced labor. He was then sent to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. According to a family member, Mr. Li has been on hunger strike for more than twenty days, and his life is in danger.
2. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Lv Jingyu Is on Hunger Strike to Protest Illegal Detention
Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Lv Jingyu is a physical education instructor at Benxi City Metallurgy College in Liaoning Province. He is being detained at Wafangdian Prison in Liaoning Province. He has been on a hunger strike for over ten days to protest his illegal detention.
3. [Suizhou City, Hubei Province] Practitioner Ge Xinshang Is Arrested
Falun Gong practitioner, Mr. Ge Xinshang, 53, is a retiree from the Suizhou City Textile Factory in Hubei Province. While on his way home at about 7:30 p.m. on August 25, 2004, Mr. Ge was arrested by a group of policemen from Zengdu District, Xicheng Police Station. The police officers suspect him of participating in the making of banners saying, "Falun Dafa is a righteous way," "Fa rectifies the human world," "Human hearts will return to righteousness," and others, several years ago. The next day, police officers Liu Guoqing, Li Jingbo, and others again attempted to search his home for Falun Dafa books and truth clarification materials. Ge's wife, also a practitioner, refused to cooperate, and filed a complaint about the police's breaking and entering her home. Ge's wife solemnly condemned their unlawful behavior. The attempt by the police was in vain.
On August 27, Ge's wife went to the national security unit of the Public Security Bureau to ask about Mr. Ge. She was told that he was sentenced to three years and sent to Shayang Forced Labor Camp.
The police officer responsible is Li Jingbo. Cellular phone: 86-13085259868.
4. [Tianjin City] Practitioners Liao Zhiping and Wang Bo Are Arrested for Distributing Dafa Truth Materials
In July 2004, Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Liao Zhiping was arrested while she was distributing Dafa truth-clarifying materials, and was sentenced to two years of forced labor. Ms. Liao is a ranking military division officer. Her arrest shocked the Tianjin City police department. What they found hard to understand was the firm adherence to the practice by a high-ranking official after more than five years of suppression of Falun Gong. The police said, "Your Teacher is so great!" Ms. Liao is still being detained in a detention center.
Mr. Wang Bo, a sophomore student at Tianjin University of Technology, was arrested while he was distributing Dafa truth clarifying VCD's.
In Tianjin City, the Banqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp set up a so-called "Intense Assault Unit." According to the news from inside, a dozen Falun Gong practitioners were detained in this "Intense Assault Unit." They were forbidden to use the restrooms. Only a bedpan was put in the room, which has a picture of Teacher Li Hongzhi on the bottom of it.
5. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Cui Xiuxin Is Arrested
Dafa practitioner Ms. Cui Xiuxin, is in her 40s, and is an oculist at Dalian City Chemical Industrial AG Hospital. She is a good doctor, with great work ethics, and she treats her patients with warm kindness. She is recognized as an expert in her field at the hospital and is considered a good person among the patients.
In April 2000, she went to Beijing in order to clarify the truth and great good of Falun Dafa to the government. She visited the State Department Appeals Office according to her legal rights. As a result, she was illegally imprisoned in the notorious Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Liaoning Province for one year. Her parents are both over 80 years old and her mother is paralyzed. Her husband, Mr. Wang, is a doctor of internal medicine in a big hospital, and he does not practice Falun Gong.
At about 9:00 a.m. on August 31, 2004, Ms. Cui was on duty in Dalian City Chemical Industrial AG Hospital and about six police officers forcibly abducted her. Those police officers were said to be from an operative unit in the Dalian City Police Department. Her office and her home were searched.
Related Phone Numbers:
Operator of Dalian City Chemical Industrial AG Hospital: 86-411-86892077
Outpatient Department of Dalian City Chemical Industrial AG Hospital:
86-411-86892065
Ms. Cui Xiuxin: 86-411-84202917 (Home)
6. [Guizhou Province] Police at Yang'ai Farm Brutally Torture Dafa Practitioners
Police officers Gan Minghui and Zou Kongxian tied up Dafa practitioner Ms. Xie Guohua and shocked her with electric batons. The police officers claimed that using electric batons was practicing their rights. They stated that it wouldn't be illegal even if they beat Dafa practitioners to death. The police also ordered thugs to severely beat Dafa practitioner Ms. Wu Shunying. They dragged her up and down the staircases by her feet, which resulted in three gashes in the back her head. The police ordered ruffians to beat the Dafa practitioners, Ms. Qu Jing, Ms. Wu Shunying, and Ms. Yang Hongyan many times. Ms. Yang Hongyan has now been tortured to death. They used all kinds of brutal tortures in an attempt to force the practitioners to give up cultivation.
The police from Yang'ai Farm not only tortured Dafa practitioners, but also pressured practitioner's families.
7. [Gui Yang City, Guizhou Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Hu Mingqin Forcibly Taken to Lannigou Brainwashing Center
Dafa practitioner, Ms. Hu Mingqin was an employee at the Guiyang Sanitation Material Factory. On August 18, 2004, two officials from the "610 Office" went to her work unit looking for Ms. Hu. They said in front of the factory managers, "Hu Mingqin, factory managers say that you are doing very good job. You worked in two positions, sales and material control. You do not seek personal rewards and never complain. However, on the issue of Falun Gong, you have to change your attitude." Ms. Hu Mingqin firmly refused and continued to practice Falun Gong. On August 24, officials from Guiyang City "610 Office" came to Ms. Hu's work unit and took her to a brainwashing center.
8. [Fushang Town of Weicheng District, Shandong Province] Practitioner Mr. Gao Benhua Is Forcibly Taken Away
Dafa practitioner, Mr. Gao Benhua is from Fushang Town of Weicheng District in Shangdong Province. At about 3:00 p.m. on August 20, 2004, while he was working in his own dental clinic, police officers from Fushang Town government and local police station forcibly took Mr. Gao to a brainwashing section. According to the people at the scene, Mr. Gao was taken away by about eight people.
Phone number of Fushang Town Police Station: 86-536-8119600
9. [Yi County, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Yan Laishen Is Arrested
Dafa practitioner Mr. Yan Laishen in Toudaohe Township of Yi County, Liaoning Province, was working to repair motorcycles beside Jingyi Highway on the evening of July 27, 2004. He was illegally arrested by the police from Jingzhou City and sent to the Yi County Detention Center the next day. They immediately sent him to Jingzhou forced labor camp for a three-year term. One month later, the police still had not informed any of his family members, nor allowed anyone to visit him. No one outside knows his situation at the labor camp.
10. [Rongcheng City, Shandong Province] Dafa Practitioners Ms. Wang Lianzhi and Ms. Yan Jifen Are Detained
On June 11, 2004, practitioners Ms. Wang Lianzhi and Ms. Yan Jifen were reported to the police while handing out truth clarification materials. They are now detained in the Rongcheng Detention Center. They are keeping righteous thoughts and rejecting the illegal detention.
Related Phone Numbers:
Rongcheng City "610 Office": 86-631-7567610
Rongcheng City "610 Office" Head: Liu Qiang,86-13806304416 (Cell)
Rongcheng City Police Department Political Security Section: 86-631-7562944
Political Security Section Supervisor in Rongcheng City Police Department: Xing
Jianping, 86-13184187665 (Cell), 86-631-7565995 (Home)
Rongcheng City Police Department: 86-631-7563502
Rongcheng City Detention Center: 86-631-7555314
Rongcheng City Temporary Detention Center: 86-631-7555324
(Clearwisdom.net)
1. [Jilin Province] Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp Extend the Detention of Practitioners Who Refuse to Renounce Falun Dafa
Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Guo Lifu of Lushuihe, Baishan City, Jilin Province is being detained at the No. 4 Division of the Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp. His term of detention is overdue but the forced labor camp extended it because he refused to write the so-called Three Statements. The camp said it would not release him if he refused to break with Falun Gong.
The Guards Office of the No. 2 Division, Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp phone number:
86-431-4835680-8014
2. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Dalian Police Attempt to Arrest Yang Chuanjun's Mother and Wife
On September 1, 2004, seven or eight policemen attempted to arrest Yang Chuanjun's mother and his wife (both Falun Dafa practitioners). They refused to open the door and sent forth righteous thoughts. As a result the policemen's plot failed. Afterward, four plain-clothes policemen were waiting outside Yang's house and again attempted to arrest them.
Yang Chuanjun is a Falun Dafa practitioner who has been on hunger strike for over two months in Dalian City Prison. He endured tremendous pain and cruel torture before his family was allowed to visit.
3. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Mr. Han Jingdang and His Wife Arrested
Mr. Han Jingdang and his wife are Dafa practitioners from Fushun City, Liaoning Province. On the evening of April 14, 2004, the couple was arrested by the police from the Jiangjun Police Station, Shuncheng District, Fushun City, Liaoning Province. Their actual situation is still unknown pending further investigation.
4. [Chongqing City] Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhang Peijin Arrested
Falun Dafa practitioner Zhang Peijin was originally an employee of the No. Nine People's Hospital of Chongqing City. In mid-August 2004, Zhang was arrested at a Falun Dafa materials processing site together with some other practitioners. Zhang is now being detained at Dujiajie Detention Center in Beibei District and has been on a hunger strike for 8 days.
5. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wang Guiling Abducted from Home
At around 6 o'clock in the morning of August 31, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Guiling of No. 7 District, Shengou Temple in Anshan City, Liaoning Province, was taken away from home by the police. They ransacked her home and found some Falun Dafa truth-clarification materials. Ms. Wang is very steadfast and expressed her intention to continue practicing Dafa. Now she is being held at the Anshan City No. 3 Detention Center.
6. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Masanjia Forced Labor Camp Extend Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhang Yurong's Term and Torture Him More Severely
Falun Dafa practitioner Zhang Yurong is a doctor of the Benxi City Mental Hospital in Liaoning Province. Before the 2002 National People's Congress and the National People's Political Consultative Conference, Zhang was arrested at work for the second time and was sent to a brainwashing center in Weining Forced Labor Camp in Benxi City, Liaoning Province. He maintained his belief and refused to denounce Falun Dafa. As a result, he was sentenced to two years of forced labor with the No. 2 Team of the No. 2 Division of the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. His term of detention expires in October of this year. Because of his firm belief in Falun Dafa, his detention has been extended for another half a year and the forced labor camp increased its torture of him. Due to the severity of his torture, Zhang is now skin and bones.
The Head of the No. 2 Team of the No. 2 Division of the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Liaoning Province named Zhang: 86-24-29212252, 86-24-89210074 ext: 382
7. [Liaoning Province] Officials at the Liaohe Petroleum School Prohibit Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Sun Xiucheng from Going to Work
An employee of the Liaohe Petroleum School, Mr. Sun Xiucheng, was sentenced to three years of forced labor for practicing Falun Dafa. After his term of detention expired he asked to go back to work, however, the Party Secretary of the school, Ding Zhuangqiu, and Principle Wang Zhengdong told him, if you continue to practice Falun Gong and refuse to renounce your belief you cannot come back to work. They also said, "we will give you some time and we want to persuade you to give up your beliefs in Falun Gong, otherwise we will send you to a new transformation class in Fushun City."
Related Telephone Numbers:
Ding Zhuangqiu, Party Secretary: 86-427-7638185 (Office), 86-427-7823927 (Home)
Wang Zhengdong, Principle: 86-427-7638077 (Office), 86-427-7260998 (Home)
8. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ha Jianhua Detained
On the afternoon of August 2, 2004, Weifang Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Ha Jianhua was arrested by the Nanyuan Sub-district Office and the policemen from the Sub-district Office Police Station and sent to a detention center where he went on a hunger strike for 5 days in protest against his illegal detention. However, he was barbarically forced-fed several times. Then, unwilling to take responsibility the detention center sent him back to the Nanyuan Sub-district Office. The office sent Mr. Ha to a brainwashing class and it is attempting to fabricate some documents to send him to a forced labor camp.
9. [Liaoning Province] Policemen from the Jinzhou Oil Production Factory of the Liaohe Oil Field Detain Two Falun Dafa Practitioners
On the morning of August 12, 2004, police officer Hong Wei and others at the Police Section of the Jinzhou Oil Production Factory, Liaohe Oil Field broke into Falun Dafa practitioner Ma Cunhua's home and ransacked it. Then, Hong Wei and his men deceived Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Yubao of the transport Section of the factory into going to the police station and then threatened to ransack his house. After that the police sent these two Falun Dafa practitioners to Liaohe Oil Field Detention Center.
Since August, the Jinzhou Oil Production Factory has slandered and attacked Falun Dafa by using TV and newspapers.
10. [Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Wu Jiaying Held at the Fushun Brainwashing Center
On June 22, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Qu Jiaying of the Goods and Materials Supply and Management Center of the Gaosheng Oil Production Factory of Liaohe Oil Field was arrested and sent to Fushun Brainwashing Center. Wu firmly opposed the persecution. At present he continues to practice Falun Gong. For refusing to denounce Falun Dafa Qu is now being held at the brainwashing center.
Telephone numbers of the related people:
Tang Qingshan, Director of the Gaosheng Oil Production Factory of the Liaohe Oil field: 86-427-7500002 (Office), 86-427-7802855 (Home)
Tian Lijin, Party Secretary of the Gaosheng Oil Production Factory of the Liaohe Oil field: 86-427-7502768 (Office), 86-427-7801032 (Home)
(Clearwisdom.net) A "solemn declaration" is a person's public statement declaring to the world that whatever he or she has done or said under duress or deception that was against Falun Dafa is null and void. Most of these statements have come from Falun Dafa practitioners in China who wished to express regret that, in the face of physical torture and brainwashing, they had signed documents renouncing Dafa and guaranteeing not to practice again. Also, as more and more people in China learn the truth about how they have been deceived and lied to by the Jiang regime, many non-practitioners are also submitting "solemn declarations."
Here are some examples of the Solemn Declarations:
Please click here for more Solemn Declarations.
(Clearwisdom.net)
Facts of the Persecution
On August 19, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Chengbiao was illegally sentenced in Qiaoxi Court in Xingtai City, Hebei Province. Song Zhining was arrested for recording the court session. Right now, Song Zhining is being detained and persecuted in the Second Detention Center in Shijiazhuang City.
Song Zhining was once forced to stay away from home to avoid the persecution. In 2002, after being abducted, he was detained and tortured in many places, and finally sent to Shijiazhuang Labor Camp and extensively persecuted there. In June 2004, shortly after returning home, Song Zhining was abducted and detained again.
He Xiaoqiu is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Fuxin City, Liaoning Province. His hands were cuffed and his feet shackled for a long time. This torture caused his legs and feet to swell up and prevented him from moving. He is suffering from severe muscular atrophy in the lower part of the body. He Xiaoqiu cannot take care of himself and needs help to relieve himself.
On April 7, 2004, police guard Shi Fengyou led others to intensively brainwash practitioners in the Zhangshi Labor Camp (also known as the "Zhangshi Building"). Each practitioner was cuffed behind their backs and suffered beating, kicking and shocks from 4-6 electric batons. Dafa practitioner Liu Pengling was kicked in the face, causing severe bruising that did not begin to recede for more than one month. Many practitioners suffered injuries to the armpit, chest, thigh, mouth, back, etc., from the electric batons. The practitioners who were tortured in this manner include Lu Yuanfeng, Guo Dianhui, Qi Like, Yang Zhongyou, Du Anli, and others.
Since the 8th Division of Dalian City Labor Camp was founded, it has severely persecuted Falun Dafa practitioners, including brutal beating, shocking with electric batons, hanging up, etc. Practitioner Liu Yonglai was forced to lie on a bed, tied up and shocked with electric batons, causing injuries to large areas of her body.