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Three Practitioners in Guiyang County, Hunan Province Unlawfully Sentenced
By a practitioner in Hunan province
(Clearwisdom.net) On December 19, 2004, the Guiyang County Court sentenced Mr. Yan Yong to four
years and Mr. Li Zhanxian to three and a half years in prison for their
involvement in producing and distributing Falun Dafa materials. According to
their families, when they called to ask related personnel in the court why they
were sentenced, the answer was: "We do not want to do this either, but the
pressure from above is enormous." In 2004, practitioner Ms. Cao Pingqin, an employee at Guiyang County Baoshan
Lead-zinc Mine, was turned in by the director of retirement office, Zhou
Tiansheng, for distributing truth-clarifying materials at work. After receiving
the report, the security division immediately reported to the National Security
Division in Guiyang County. Very soon after, Cao Pingqin and her husband Yan
Yong were arrested on July 27. On August 19, 2004, practitioner Li Zhanxian was abducted on his way to work. All three practitioners mentioned above have been tortured to different
extents after their arrests. Li Zhanxian was handcuffed and hung up for five
days by Guiyang National Security Brigade police. Yan Yong was not allowed to
drink water or sleep for five days. After Cao Pingqin was sent to the detention
center, police incited the guards to beat her until her face was black and blue. On October 15, Guiyang County Court opened a trial against Yan Yong and Li
Zhanxian. During the trial, the two practitioners defended themselves and
exposed the illegal torture methods used by the National Security Brigade. Their
lawyers also defended them by presenting evidence that the National Security
Brigade officers interrogated them with threats and physical torture. After a
five-hour hearing, the public prosecutor concluded the hearing without
delivering any verdict. However, on December 19, the court still sentenced Yan
Yong to four years and Li Zhanxian to three and a half years in prison for
producing and distributing Falun Dafa materials. Officials from all levels including county, city and province are very
nervous about this case and have listed it as a "special big case." Yan Yong is an excellent worker. His employer, the Guiyang County Industrial
and Commercial Bank, as well as its supervisor, the city bank, are both very
pleased with his performance. However, the provincial bank repeatedly pressured
the county bank to terminate his work contract. As a result, the county bank had
to terminate his work contract even before they received the final verdict. In
addition, on November 30, Liu Daolun, from the provincial propaganda department,
personally traveled to the Guiyang County 610 Office to ensure that the work
contract was terminated. On the same day, Cao Pingqin was also sentenced to one
year in a labor camp. She has since been bailed out and has returned home. At
present, both Yan Yong and Li Zhanxian refuse to accept the unlawful verdict and
are planning to appeal. The telephone numbers of the related personnel in Guiyang County who are
involved in persecuting practitioners: Deputy president of Guiyang County and head of the anti-cult team: Huang
Shengfa (who once issued handbook "the Guiyang Countryside anti-cult
handbook" to slander Falun Dafa) Guiyang County 610 Office: 86-735-4421091 (Office) People in charge of the county National Security Brigade: Guiyang County Baoshan public security division: 86-735-4499533 (Office) The Baoshan Lead-zinc Mine Retirement Office: 86-735-4499532 (Office) City National Security Brigade: Xie Zhenglan (chief) Provincial propaganda department: Liu Daolun On December 31, 2004 |