Falun Dafa Practitioners in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province Illegally Sentenced to Forced Labor (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net) Practitioner Mr. Pang Shixing lived in Taihe Village of
Xinxing District in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province. After he started
cultivation, he did good deeds by following the principles of
"Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance," and was widely respected. On
July 20, 1999, Jiang Zemin started the persecution of Falun Gong because he was
jealous of Falun Gong's popularity. Mr. Pang went to the government of
Heilongjiang Province and the Beijing Appeals Bureau to clarify the
truth about Falun Gong. In November 1999, he was detained illegally for
five months by the Hongqi Police Station in Qitaihe City (Qitaihe City No. 2
Detention Center) because he appealed to the higher authorities in Beijing. He
was released when he protested through a hunger strike. In the year 2002, police
officers from the Hongqi Police Station harassed him at his home many times. In the spring of 2003, policemen from the Hongqi Police Station forcibly
dragged his aged father to their office. There, they interrogated the old man
for an entire day in order to find out the whereabouts of Mr. Pang so that they
could capture him. After that incident, the old man fell ill and never
recovered. Mr. Pang's father died a month later. Before he died, he wanted to
see his son one last time, but could not because his home was under surveillance
by the police. On November 8, police from the Hongqi Police Station including
Wang Dawei captured Mr. Pang and sent him to the No. 2 Detention Center. Later,
he was sent to the Mudanjiang Prison for further persecution. His family members
who went to visit him were not allowed to see him. As of now, we do not know how
badly he has been abused. Practitioner Ms. Wei Limei, born on November 16, 1972, lived on Beishan
Street of Xinxing District. After July 20, 1999, she clarified the truth about
Falun Gong to the government. Since then, together with other practitioners from
Qitaihe City, she has resisted the persecution. In February 2003, she was
arrested and persecuted by the Qitaihe City Police Department. She was sentenced
to six years of imprisonment. She is currently being detained in the
Heilongjiang Women's Jail. Because her husband was also persecuted and sentenced
to imprisonment, their 7-year-old son is alone at home, without anyone to take
care of him. Practitioner Ms. Lu Xiufen, born on December 29, 1972, lived near the
Xinxingkuang Middle School of Xinxing District in Qitaihe City. On November 5,
1999 and July 4, 2000, she was arrested by the Xinxing District Police
Department for practicing Falun Gong and was detained for fifteen days. She was
arrested again on February 15, 2003. She was then sent to the Second Detention
Center for further persecution. On April 8, 2003, she was transferred to the
First Detention Center. In August 2003, she was sentenced to six years in
prison. Currently she is being detained in the Women's Jail of Heilongjiang
Province. Practitioner Ms. Zhang Guiqin, 58, lived in the Sanxing Village, Qiangken
Township of Boli County in Qitaihe City. After July 20, 1999, she clarified the
truth about Falun Gong to the government. She was illegally arrested, but was
released after being fined 300 yuan. After that she resisted the
persecution together with other practitioners. She was arrested again on
September 6, 2004. Currently, she is being detained at the women's team of
Qiqihar City Drug Reformatory and has been sentenced to two years of forced
labor. Practitioner Mr. Liu Guichen, 60, lived in Sanxing Village, Qiangken Township
of Boli County in Qitaihe City. After July 20, 1999, he clarified the truth
about Falun Gong to the authorities. He was arrested and released after paying a
300 yuan fine. After that, he resisted the persecution of Falun Gong together
with other practitioners. He was arrested on September 6, 2004. In November of
the same year, he was detained in the Shuihua Detention Center for persecution.
Policeman Shi Jian punched and kicked him, and tortured him in order to force
him to give up his belief in "Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance."
Liu Guichen was beaten so badly that for a long time he felt pain in his chest
when breathing, and he was not able to walk steadily. Practitioner Ms. Li Xiuxue, born on July 26, 1939, lived in the Xinxing
District. After starting cultivation, she became healthy both mentally and
physically. She was arrested and sent to the Second Detention Center in August
of 2000 by police officers from the Beishan Police Station in Qitaihe. In
February 2003, she was arrested again by police from the Xinxing District Police
Department and sentenced to a two-year term of imprisonment. She is currently
being persecuted in the Women's Jail of Heilongjiang Province. Practitioner Mr. Yu Qinghai, born on February 9, 1960, lived on Xinli Street
of Xinxing District in Qitaihe City. He attended Master Li's class in 1994 and
obtained the Fa at that time. He returned to Qitaihe City and brought the
goodness and beauty of Dafa to that city. Because of his activities promoting
Dafa, there were more and more people who started cultivation of Falun Dafa in
Qitaihe City. After July 20, 1999, he went to the governor's office of the
province to clarify the truth about Falun Gong with about 100 other
practitioners. As a result, on February 26, 2000, he was arrested by the Xinxing
Police Department and detained for fifteen days. After that, he worked together
with other practitioners in the local area to resist the persecution. He was
compelled to leave his home because the center for truth clarifying materials
preparation was discovered. He was arrested in Jiamusi by the Qitaihe Police
Department in March 2003. Subsequently, he was sentenced to seven years in
prison. Currently, he is detained in the Mudanjiang City Jail. His 15-year-old
son is in middle school and currently has no one to take care of him, since his
mother has passed away. Practitioner Ms. Yin Guiling, 37, lived near the office of the Taoshan Mine
of Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang. After July 20, 1999, she went to the government
of Heilongjiang Province and to the Beijing Appeals Bureau to clarify the truth
about Falun Gong. She was detained in the Qitaihe City No. 2 Detention Center
for more than a month after her arrest. She was released after being fined 1,000
yuan. She was arrested again late at night, the same day she was released, and
sent to the No. 2 Detention Center. They took about 300 yuan in cash when they
ransacked her house. She was detained for fifteen days and released after being
fined another 500 yuan. In May 2003, she was arrested again at her home by the Qitaihe Police
Department. She was detained for fourteen days and then released because she
held a hunger strike during those fourteen days. On August 22, 2004, she was arrested again. The chief of the legal section in
the Taoshan Police Department in Qitaihe handcuffed her hands behind her back,
and then jabbed needles into her back, palms and backs of her hands. Right now
she is being illegally detained in the Harbin City Drug Reformatory for three
years of forced labor. She has a 15-year-old son named Zhao Wei, who is a
sophomore in junior high school. Her relatives and friends are now taking care
of him. Practitioner Ms. Gao Jiabo, born on April 26, 1963, lived on Taonan Street of
Taoshan District in Qitaihe City. She was the health care doctor in the
kindergarten of the Qitaihe City government. After July 20, 1999, she clarified
the truth about Falun Gong to the city officials. After that, she insisted on
resisting the persecution to Dafa together with other practitioners. In February
2003, she was arrested and persecuted by the Taoshan Police Department. She was
sentenced to a six-year jail term. Currently, she has her aged grandfather,
grandmother and her son at home and nobody to take care of them, as her husband
has passed away. Practitioner Mr. Huang Yuexiang, born on January 3, 1942, lived in Tongren
Residential District in Taoshan District, Qitaihe City. After July 20, 1999, he
went to the government of Heilongjiang Province and Beijing Appeals Bureau to
clarify the truth about Falun Gong. He was arrested and detained in the Boli
Prison of Qitaihe City for sixty-five days. On February 17, 2000, he was tricked by the police with the excuse that the
superintendent wanted to talk to him, and he was thus detained for three months. On July 1, 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal to the higher authorities. He
was arrested and sent back again by the police from Qitaihe Police Department.
He was then sentenced illegally to forced labor for two years. When the time was
up, he was not released. Instead, his imprisonment was extended by another six
months. On February 22, 2003, he was arrested by the Qitaihe Police Department for
making truth clarification materials. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
Currently, he is being persecuted in the prison of Mudanjiang City. Practitioner Ms. Li Hongxia, born on March 7, 1962, lived in the Xinxing
District in Qitaihe City. After July 20, 1999, she went to the Beijing Appeals
Bureau to clarify the truth. On September 12, she was persecuted by the police
from the Thirteenth Department of Changping Police Department in Beijing. She
was forced to stand daily, squat for long periods of time, and stand with her
head bent down and both hands lifted up behind her back. She was tied up on a
bed and with electric current passing through both her hands. She was not
allowed to use the bathroom, and she was given unspecified drugs and injections.
The drugs caused her to lose the use of her tongue and half of her body. After
being released, she was arrested again by the Xinli Police Station in Qitaihe
City and detained in the No. 2 Detention Center in January 2000. One month
later, she was released after she wrote, against her conscience, the
guarantee statement promising give up the cultivation of Falun Gong. In January 2001, Ms. Li was arrested again by the Xinli Police Station and
sent to the No. 2 Detention Center. She protested by holding a hunger strike.
She was force-fed twice and released after nine days. In March 2001, Ms. Li was arrested again by the Xinli Police Station when she
was on the road. They sent her to the No. 2 Detention Center for three months,
where she was persecuted and then released. In April 2002, Ms. Li was arrested again in her home by the Xinli Police
Station and sent to the administrative detention center. She was released after
going on hunger strike for fourteen days. At 4 o'clock in the early morning of March 2003, Ms. Li was arrested and sent
to the Second Detention Center by the Xinli Police Station. She was tortured
until she vomited blood, and then sent to the First Detention Center. However,
the center refused to accept her since she had difficulty walking at that time
and her health condition was precarious. The deputy police department chief
Zhang Heping and the 610 Office section chief Bi sentenced her to
four years of imprisonment in spite of the fact that she has three young
children at home and nobody to take care of them. It was Liu Yazhou, the police station deputy chief, who implemented the
persecution against her. Because of his efforts, he was promoted to become the
superintendent of the Xinhua Police station. Practitioner Ms. Wang Yuqin, born on May 30, 1973, lived on Dongfeng Street
of Xinxing District of Qitaihe City. In the year 2000, she was detained for
three years because she appealed to higher authorities in Beijing about Falun
Gong. In 2003, she was arrested by the Qitaihe Police Department and sent to the
Second Detention Center. Later she was sentenced to a three-year prison term.
Currently, she is being persecuted in the Women's Prison in Harbin City. Practitioner Mr. Di Shihong, born on January 4, 1972, lived in Daihe Village
of Xinxing District in Qitaihe City. Both he and his wife are Falun Gong
practitioners. On November 17, 1999 and July 6, 2000, he was detained twice for
fifteen days by the Xinxing Police Department in Qitaihe City because he
appealed to the higher authorities in Beijing. While working on an oil plant, he
was arrested by the Qitaihe Police Department. Even the owner of the oil plant
was arrested and persecuted. Mr. Di was sentenced to four years in prison.
Currently he is being detained in the Mudanjiang City Prison in Heilongjiang
Province. His wife Yu Xiuying was arrested and suffered persecution at the same
time. She is now detained in the Women's Prison of Heilongjiang. His mother is
in her seventies, and is without any income to take care of herself and her
grandchildren. Mr. Li Fengquan, born on October 10, 1966, lived in the Zhongxinhe Village of
Qiezhihe District of Qitaihe City. After July 20, 1999, he went to Beijing in
order to appeal to higher authorities and to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa.
He was illegally arrested five times by the Qishiqiezihe Police Branch. He was
detained twice, and they illegally extorted more than 10 thousand yuan from him.
In March 2003, he was persecuted by the Xinxing Police Department Branch.
Currently he is being detained in the Prison of Mudanjiang City in Heilongjiang,
where he has suffered severe persecution. Mr. Li was seriously hurt, both
physically and mentally. His wife Li Bo was arrested by the Qiezhihe Police
Department and illegally sentenced to a three-year prison term. Right now she is
detained in the Harbin Drug Reformatory. Because her sons, Li Fengquan and Li
Fengjie, her daughters-in-law, Li Bo and Song Wei were arrested, beaten up,
detained, sent to forced labor, and sentenced to imprisonment many times, Li
Fengquan's mother (a former Falun Dafa practitioner) could not withstand the
mental suffering and passed away on January 4, 2005. Currently, Mr. Li Fengquan
and Ms. Li Bo are still detained. They have two kids at home and nobody to take
care of them. August 1, 2005
Practitioner Mr. Pang Shixing
Practitioner Ms. Wei Limei
Practitioner Ms. Lu Xiufen
Practitioner Ms. Zhang Guiqin
Practitioner Mr. Liu Guichen
Practitioner Ms. Li Xiuxue
Practitioner Mr. Yu Qinghai
Practitioner Ms. Yin Guiling
Zhao Wei, Ms. Yin Guiling's son
Practitioner Ms. Gao Jiabo
Ms. Gao Jiabo's son
Practitioner Mr. Huang Yuexiang
Practitioner Ms. Li Hongxia
Practitioner Ms. Wang Yuqin
Practitioner Mr. Di Shihong
Practitioner Mr. Li Fengquan
Practitioner Ms. Li Bo
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