Cases of Persecution of Falun Gong at Colleges and Universities in Beijing (Part 2)
Compiled by Fang Hong, Minghui Reporter
(Clearwisdom.net) There are many universities and colleges in Beijing.
Since July 1999, Jiang Zemin has attached great importance to the persecution of
Falun Gong within Beijing's higher education system. Li Lanqing stayed at
Tsinghua University in person in order to investigate and deal with the
so-called Falun Gong issues. To aid in the persecution of Falun Gong, Jiang's
Regime established the "610 Office," an agency specifically created to persecute
Falun Gong, in Beijing's Teaching Staff Committee. The "610 Office" uses top
authorities at each university or college to coerce teachers and students who
practice Falun Gong to give up their belief. Each work unit is required to keep
a list of those who do not give up their belief. People on the list are forced
by the "610 Office" to pay around 5,000 Yuan (1) to enroll in the notorious
"Beijing Legal Training Center," where practitioners are subjected to intense
brainwashing, and forced to watch videos and read books defaming Falun Gong.
After repeated brainwashing, those who still insist on practicing Falun Gong are
sent directly to forced labor camps. The "610 Office" in Beijing's Teaching
Staff Committee has persecuted countless practitioners from universities and
colleges in Beijing in this way, because they followed the principles of
"Truth-Compassion-Tolerance." In brainwashing classes, the "610 Office" requires each work unit to provide
staff for 24-hour surveillance of the "students." Practitioners are not allowed
to study Falun Dafa books, or practice the exercises. They are not allowed to
make phone calls, but they are asked to report every day. Security guards
violently "escort" practitioners from their room to the Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp
every morning, and back again in the evening. Security guards and surveillance
staff watch over practitiones throughout the evening. They are on guard in the
corridors and outside the building to make sure no practitioners escape. What follows are some persecution cases of Falun Gong practitioners in
Beijing's higher education system: Agricultural University of China Mr. Zhang Wenge, a Ph.D graduate from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is an
associate professor of the Electronics & Electric Power Engineering Institute,
and an outstanding young scholar. He is the university's primary research
scientist. Because he appealed for Falun Gong many times, and because of his
unshakable belief in Falun Gong, he was illegally abducted on April 24, 2000,
and sentenced to one year in a Daxing County forced labor camp. His dorm room
was searched as well. He has been detained in Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp twice. On
September 20, 2003, staff from the detention center of the Haidian District
Public Security Bureau abducted him and searched his home again. At the same
time, his wife, Tang Fang, an employee of a foreign venture, who graduated from
China's University of Political Science & Law, was also arrested.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/10/24/41596.html Mr. Zhou Xiaojun is a relative of an employee at the Emei Cement Factory, and
a student of Class 995 at the Chinese Agriculture Farming University. The school
illegally suspended him for one year because of his persistence in practicing
Falun Gong. While he lived at home, the police threatened that his whole family
and relatives would be implicated, and family members dismissed from their jobs
if he continued to practice Falun Gong. Because of this, he was forced to leave
home in early March 2001 and go from place to place. Even now, his whereabouts
are unknown.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/6/10/11394.html Su Chenbin, a student of the Electronics & Electric Power Engineering
Institute, was illegally suspended from school simply because he practiced Falun
Gong exercises on campus in early June 2000. Tang Nansheng, a student of the Administrative Engineering Institute, was
unlawfully suspended from school for one year for practicing Falun Gong
exercises on campus in early June 2000. Liao Xiaohui, a student of enrollment 97 from the business department of the
Administrative Engineering Institute, was forcibly suspended from school for one
year for practicing Falun Gong exercises on campus in early June 2000. Tan Haibin, a student of enrollment 98 from the Mechanics & Manufacturing
Department, was suspended from school for one year for practicing Falun Gong
exercises on campus. Ms. Zhou Xiangyuan, 32, is a graduate of the Agricultural University of
China, and is also an employee of a foreign enterprise. In April 2000 she was
sentenced to one year of forced labor in the Beijing Women's Prison. On
September 20, 2003, people from the detention center of Haidian District Public
Security Bureau arrested her and her husband, Dr. Wang Yongqian. They also
searched their home without justification. Wang Yongqian, a 33-year-old post
doctor, is an outstanding young scholar and a primary research scientist working
in the key national lab of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/10/24/41596.html Beijing's Forestry University Mr. Shen Yingbai, 43, is a professor at the Beijing Forestry University and
dean of a university department. He is an excellent young academic. He was
abducted and sent to a detention center for brainwashing many times. On
September 20, 2003, people from the detention center at the Haidian District
Public Security Bureau abducted him and four other practitioners simply because
they practice Falun Gong, and their homes were illegally searched.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/6/19/49333.html Mr. Ren Lizhong, a graduate student from Beijing's Foresty University, was an
employee of the Huazhong Agriculture University. Because he appealed for Falun
Gong they dismissed him from his job. Later he was sentenced to nine years of
imprisonment because he was found carrying some Falun Dafa truth-clarifying
materials.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/1/19/44222.html Beijing Chemical Industry University Ms. Chen Haifeng is a teacher from Beijing Chemical Industry University. On
March 8, 2001, she was abducted along with five other female Falun Gong
practitioners. They were illegally taken to Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp, where they
were detained for fifteen days and subjected to forced brainwashing. In April,
2001, Ms. Chen was sentenced to forced labor reeducation because she published a
solemn statement on Clearwisdom.net. Another teacher from the same university
was also sentenced to forced labor for resisting brainwashing and refusing to
stop practicing Falun Dafa.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/9/8/13663.html Ms. Hao Li, who works in Beijing Chemical Industry University, is denied
several hundred Yuan each month from her salary because she practices Falun
Gong. Her daughter is a school pupil, and her husband Li Zili, is a graduate
with a master's degree, and was an employee of the Import & Export Company of
China Non-Medal Minerals Industry. He has been illegally detained many times for
appealing for Falun Gong. On August 18, 2000, he was sent to the Beijing Tuanhe
Forced Labor Camp. Beijing Industry and Commerce University Ms. Lei Xiaoting, a graduate from the Foreign Language Department, Beijing
University, is a teacher at Beijing Industry and Commerce University. In October
1999, she participated in the Falun Dafa press conference held in Beijing and
acted as one of the interpreters. Through the foreign correspondents present at
the conference, the truth about Falun Gong practitioners in China being brutally
persecuted was exposed and spread to the world. On the evening of November 5,
she was abducted from her dormitory room by police from the No. 7 Branch,
Beijing Public Security Bureau, and has rarely been heard of since. By April
2000, her parents learned that she was secretly sentenced to two years
imprisonment.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2000/11/8/6248.html On October 1, 2000, three students from Beijing Industry and Commerce
University were arrested when they went to Tiananmen Square to peacefully
appeal. Ms. Zhu Xiaomei, 22, is a student in the Department of Chemical Engineering.
Soon after she was picked up by the school, Zhu Xiaomei was taken away by the
security department. She is listed as a primary target for surveillance. Ms. Zeng Yanxia, 22, is a student in the Department of Business
Administration. Because she refused to give her name, she was taken to Miyun
Police Substation, where she jumped out the window of the washroom. She broke
her foot in the attempt to escape, and was sent back to the school. The
authorities and teachers of the university all view her as an excellent student,
both academically and morally. Her classmates respect her as well, but she was
placed on the blacklist at the university because she firmly insists on
practicing Falun Dafa. In September 2000, she was abducted from her dormitory
room by police from the No. 14 Branch, Beijing Public Security Bureau (in charge
of the higher education system). After a whole day's interrogation, she was
taken back to her dormitory, which was illegally searched by police. The school
security department also threatened her. Mr. Sun Xuebing, 24, a graduate student in the Department of Mechanics was
abducted by police. When the police brought him back they searched his dormitory
room. After he packed some clothes, the police took him away again. He has not
been heard from since. Sun Xuebing was a diligent student and won a scholarship
every year. He was highly esteemed by his teachers and respected by his
classmates. Sun was blacklisted at the university because he firmly insists on
practicing Falun Dafa.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2000/11/3/6315.html Ms. Zhao Xin was an assistant professor at Beijing's Industry and Commerce
University. She was born in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province on June 28, 1968.
She was a very kind person and an excellent teacher. On June 19, 2000, she was
arrested after practicing Falun Gong exercises in Zizhuyuan Park in Beijing. She
was sent to a detention center in Beijing's Haidian district. Due to beatings
during detention, the vertebra at the fourth, fifth and sixth joints of her neck
were fractured. It's a miracle that she survived, but she was paralyzed from the
neck down. With her firm will and unshakable belief in Dafa, she lived for six
months, enduring unimaginable suffering. On December 11, 2000, she died, at the
age of 32.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2000/12/14/4038.html
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2000/12/24/3789.html Ms. Gu Xuefen, 62, is a retired official from the Internal Trade Bureau, and
lives at the Beijing Industry and Commerce University. In early July 2000, she
was arrested at home by three police officers from the Ganjiakou Police
Substation. Her husband went to the police station to inquire about her
situation, but he was told that Ms. Gu had already been sent to the Qinghe
Detention Center.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2000/7/27/7583.html Beijing Teacher's University Wang Diangang from Dalian City, Liaoning Province was a student at the
Beijing Teacher's University. He was expelled from school for no reason. Both
his parents are Falun Gong practitioners. His mother, Qi Xuming, was a teacher
at the No. 123 Middle School of Dengshahe Town, Dalian City. One day in July
2000, Li Wenxiang, Party Secretary of the Township Politics & Law Committee,
abducted her and took her to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, disregarding the
required legal procedures. His father, Wang Youbao, went to Beijing to appeal
for Falun Gong in October 2000. He was escorted back by police officers and
detained in the Jinzhou District detention center.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2000/12/31/3659.html On June 19, 2000, Mr. Rong Wei went outdoors to practice the Falun Dafa
exercises. The school sent him to Haidian Detention Center, where he was kept in
custody for 30 days. After July 22, 1999, he was dismissed from work simply
because he refused to write the so-called "Guarantee Statement." (2) In early
November 2000, he was arrested while distributing truth-clarifying materials,
and detained at the Haidian Detention Center. His wife, Xiao Gao, who had been
illegally detained for fifteen days for a so-called illegal gathering at Beijing
Gallery, was forcibly taken to Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp by her work unit on July
21, 2000. Policemen from the local police substation went to her parents' home,
and asking her whereabouts. They also asked her parents to write a promise
statement to take care of the couple's five-year-old daughter.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/1/3/5448.html Mr. Xu Fan, in his thirties, graduated from Beijing Teacher's University with
a master's degree, and had studied in Mexico for three years. At the end of
2000, he was illegally sentenced to one and a half years in a forced labor camp
with the charge of "disturbing social order" because he carried Falun Gong
materials with him. He was detained in Team Two of the Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp.
Beijing Aerospace University Mr. Shao Mingxue, 34, is a post-doctoral graduate from Beijing Teacher's
University. After graduation in October 2000, he began work at Beijing Aerospace
University. The university fired him simply because he practices Falun Gong, In
February 2001, people from the National Security Bureau unlawfully entered his
home and abducted him. In April 2001, his parents and mother-in-law came to
Beijing from Shandong Province and Gansu Province, asking to see him. They were
denied a visit. We have been informed that he has been sentenced to prison, but
the details are unknown. Mr. Bai Rongchun, a graduate of Beijing Aerospace University, was a computer
engineer and a program manager at Qinghua Ziguang and Tongfang Cooperation. In
May 2001, police wrongfully arrested him. In September 2002, a Beijing court
illegally sentenced him to 13 years in prison. He has been sent back to Liaoning
Province, and it is possible that he is detained in Dabei Prison in Shenyang,
Liaoning Province.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/11/28/29144.html Zhu Zhiliang, who graduated from Beijing Aerospace University with a master's
degree, was detained in the intensified brainwashing class in Tuanhe Forced
Labor Camp for insisting on practicing Falun Gong. Zhu Zhiliang now suffers from
a mental disorder due to severe persecution. Central Chinese Ethnic School Mr. Li Chunyuan is from Korea, and was a lecturer at the Central Chinese
Ethnic School. At the end of 2000, he filed a charge against Jiang Zemin, citing
Jiang's disregard for the law and constitution in persecuting Falun Dafa
practitioners. Li Lanqing was angered by this action, and had him secretly
arrested by the police on December 28, 2000 and sentenced to one and a half
years of forced labor. At the Forced Labor Terminal Center, the police officers
shocked him with electric batons on the back, face, and penis. One time, when a
policeman intended to beat him, and he warned the policeman, "If you keep doing
that, I will cut you into two with the hand thunder power." As a result, the
policeman could not lower his hand. In forced labor camp, he has never yielded
to the evil, even though he was subjected to forcible brainwashing every day.
The police guards instructed people to write slanderous words on his body. For
over twenty days, he was deprived of sleep, and was still forced to do hard
labor during the day, including carrying garbage, digging sewer tunnels, and
other heavy work. Li Chunyuan continues to behave very righteously and earns
respect of others.
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/1/27/18154.html The Northern Jiaotong University Ms. Sun Chunhua, 29, came to work in the Northern Jiaotong University after
graduation, with a master's degree from the University of International Business
and Economics. In 2000, Sun was dismissed from the university for practicing
Falun Gong. She had to live on her income as a substitute teacher at other
schools. Once after a lecture, she gave a Falun Gong truth-clarifying flyer to
every student. On May 25, she was taken away from her class and detained in
Paoju Detention Center. Later she was sentenced to forced labor. Mr. Duan Yi, 26, is Sun Chunhua's husband. Because of his excellent record at
Northern Jiaotong University, after graduation he was offered a position in the
university. In 2000, he quit his job, and on July 21, 2001, he went to Tiananmen
Square to appeal for Falun Gong. After that, he was illegally detained. Ms. Wang Yi is a young teacher from the Foreign Languages Department of the
Northern Jiaotong University. Before she began practicing Falun Dafa, she was in
very poor condition, and often fainted while giving lectures. After practicing
Falun Gong, her health improved tremendously; but she has been deprived the
right to teach since July 1999 because she insists on practicing Falun Dafa. On
September 30, 2001, she was abducted and sent to Qinghe Detention Center. She
went on hunger strike in protest. Wang Yi's husband, Xu Ming, deceived Wang Yi's
father, and helped the police to arrest her. Xu Ming's response to Wang Yi's
hunger strike was, "If she does not 'transform', let her stay there." (To be continued) Notes: (1) Yuan is the Chinese currency. The average monthly salary of an urban
worker in China is 500 Yuan. (2) "Guarantee Statement" - A statement to
declare that one is remorseful for practicing Falun Gong and guarantees not to
practice Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and
never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.
Chinese version available at
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