(Clearwisdom.net) Huanqu is a small county in the mountainous area of Yuncheng, south of Shanxi Province. One of the three biggest copper mines in China, Zhongtiaoshan Nonferrous Metals, is located alongside the river there. Its employees are from all over the country. Many local people and mine employees have acknowledged the goodness of Falun Dafa and have become practitioners.

The Politics and Security Department of Huanqu Police Station and the Zhongtiaoshan Branch of Yuncheng City Police Station have been following Jiang Zemin's regime, blindly persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners over the last almost seven years. Practitioners have been forced to fill out forms and sign the "three letters" (letter of guarantee, letter renouncing Falun Gong, and letter of repentance). The police put more than 30 practitioners in jail, sent them to brainwashing centers, or fined them. The following are the situations of some of the persecuted practitioners.

Ms. Lu Yali is in her forties. She went to the home of Chen Ping, the Director of the Politics and Security Department of Huanqu Police Station and clarified the truth to him, and his wife. Chen Ping secretly sent his staff to unlawfully search Lu Yali's home and detained her at the detention center of the County Armed Police for more than one month. Lu's family had to give Chen Ping 5,000 yuan, which he accepted.

Once when Lu Yali clarified the truth to students at a square, she was followed by county 610 Office police and arrested at a supermarket. Upon learning this, Chen Ping (promoted to deputy police chief due to his active participation in the persecution) sent two people to watch Li Xiaodu, the Head of the Politics and Protection Department and searched Lu's home that very night. Lu tried to clarify the truth to the staff, but they would not listen. Because one videotape of the Falun Gong exercises was found at Lu's home, Lu's family had to give Chen and Li packs of cigarettes worth several hundred yuan, and paid for a huge dinner for the department staff.

Lu Yali was forced to divorce her husband and lost her job. Now she supports herself with part-time jobs.

Ms. Zhang Xiufang, who is in her fifties, is a retired teacher. She taught in the company school. She has been unlawfully sent to a forced labor camp twice for a combined total of five years. She was held at detention centers more than four times and forced to walk around the streets wearing a board around her neck with humiliating words written on it. Her husband Li Zhanjiang is also a practitioner and has been detained twice. Their home has been unlawfully searched many times.

Mr. Zhang Yanwen, 54, is a retired employee of the company's copper factory. In 2000, Zhang Yanwen went to Beijing to appeal. He was detained and tortured in Beijing, and later transferred to his hometown by Zhongtiaoshan Police. He was not released until his family paid 2000 yuan to policemen Zuo Xiangchen and Gao Hongyan. Afterwards, his freedom was restricted. In order to go anywhere, he was required to have permission from his group leader, director of the department, director of the general office of the factory, police station branch, State Security Department, police station, and so on. When the Zhongtiaoshan Police Branch was arresting practitioners in 2001, policeman Yang Hui hired seven "cleaning workers" to rotate in a 24 hour watch of the practitioners living in the No. 5 residence building at the smelting factory.

Mr. Song Yulin, who is in his fifties, is an employee of the electrical factory of the company. He was sent to a forced labor camp once, and his wife, who is also a practitioner, was sent there twice.

Ms. Qin Zengmian, a practitioner in her forties, lives at Xijinggou Village, Huanqu County. She was sent to a forced labor camp twice and sentenced to a two-year imprisonment.

Mr. Wang Zhida, who is in his forties, is an employee of the company. He was unlawfully searched, detained, and fined. He paid a "deposit" of 3,000 yuan, which has never been returned.

Mr. Bai Xinyan, in his thirties, is an employee of the smelter factory of the company. In mid-June, 2005, Bai Xinyan was arrested by the police and his home was searched. A computer, printer, copy machine, and other valuables were taken away. The police asked his family for 5,000 yuan to release him, but a few days later, he was arrested again and sentenced to imprisonment in a forced labor camp for three years.

Mr. Zhang Fuxiang, a practitioner in his forties, is an employee at the smelter factory. In late June 2005, Zhang Fuxiang was arrested by the police and his home was searched. The police took his computer, printer, and other valuables away, and he was sent to a forced labor camp for three years.

Ms. Wang Qiaozhen, who is in her forties, is an employee of the company. In 2005, she was sent to a forced labor camp for a year and a half. In July 2005, the police searched the homes of more than ten practitioners at the company. Some received a big fine, and others were forced to write a letter of guarantee.

Currently the 610 Office policemen of Zhongtiaoshan Police Branch patrol the streets day and night in order to monitor practitioners. They also follow practitioners near their homes. Besides that, the police search all the buses coming in or out of Huanqu County to find practitioners or Dafa materials.

It is a crime to persecute Falun Dafa and Dafa practitioners. In spite of the danger of being arrested, being beaten, being sent to forced labor camp, or even death, practitioners have tried to clarify the truth to people, officials, and police, hoping they would understand and not follow Jiang's regime in persecuting Falun Gong. Over the years, some of them still actively take part in the persecution, and in turn, bring negative consequences to themselves and their families. There is more than one of such cases in Huanqu County.

Li Sanding, male, was a former party head of the police and head of the local 610 Office. After the staged "self-immolation" at Tiananmen Square happened, Li Sandong directed the company's TV station to broadcast interviews with practitioners who had wrong understandings to try to destroy practitioners' righteous and steadfast beliefs. One day Li Sanding's nose kept bleeding and would not stop. Later Li Sanding was demoted to be the head of the Protection Department.

Zhang Qingquan, head of the 610 Office at the company's copper factory, persecuted practitioners severely. One day in 1999 when he was walking down the street, Zhang's foot was strangely sucked under the rear wheel of a slowly running bus, which resulted in a broken foot.

Zuo Xiangchen, male, was an office head at the company's Protection Department and a member of the 610 Office, and he participated actively in the persecution. One day Zuo was driving a car and killed a person on the street. The victim's family sued him, asking for compensation of 100,000 yuan. After bribing concerned parties, Zuo was freed from criminal responsibility, but was demoted from his position.

Gao Hongyan, male, is a policeman at Bizigou Police Branch. Following Jiang's regime, Gao Hongyan persecuted practitioners severely. In 2000, Gao suddenly felt tremendous pain in his legs and had to use a crutch to walk.

Parties participating in the persecution at Huanqu County:

Chen Ping, the Deputy Head of the Police Station and Head of Politics and Security Department: 86-359-6028841 (Home), 86-13834090880 (Cell), 86-359-6060007 (Office)

Wu Yanling (female), Party Secretary responsible for Principle Examination at Zhongtiaoshan Police Branch, Yuncheng City Police Station: 86-359-6032792 (Home), 86-13994961633 (Cell), 86-359-6031397 (Office)

(Note: Wu Yanling has been participating in persecuting Dafa practitioners to further her political career.)

Hu Xiuqing, Deputy Head of Zhongtiaoshan Police Branch, Yuncheng City Police Station: 86-359-6036658 (Home)

Cao Liangquan, Head of the State Security Division, Zhongtiaoshan Police Branch, Yuncheng City Police Station: 86-359-6036583 (Home), 86-13834396338 (Cell), 86-359-6031102 (Office)

Ma Hongxing, Director from the Party: 86-359-6061689 (Home)

Song Xikun, member and former head of 610 Office: 86-359-6032043 (Home)

Kong Xiangyi: 86-359-6286706 (Home)

Li Sanding, former party head of the police and head of the local 610 Office: 86-359-6032873 (Home)

Zhang Qinquan, Party Secretary of the Copper Factory of Zhongtiaoshan Company of Nonferrous Metals and Head of the 610 Office: 86-359-6032857 (Home)

Zuo Xiangchen, an office head at the company's Protection Department and a member of 610 Office: 86-359-6032864 (Home)

Gao Hongyan, policeman at Bizigou Police Branch: 86-359-6078006 (Home)

Yang Hui, member of the police group at the Smelter Factory, Zhongtiaoshen Police Division: 86-359-6030865 (Home)

Postal Code of Huanqu County: 043700

February 11, 2006