(Clearwisdom.net) [Note: The following is a shortened version of an article that appeared on minghui.ca (the Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).]

It has been unofficially reported that since July 20, 1999, about 10 Falun Dafa practitioners in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province have been illegally arrested and sentenced to prisons and forced labor camps. Many practitioners were arrested numerous times and detained at brainwashing centers for indefinite periods of time. They were forcefully injected with drugs, force fed and beaten. The following are some true persecution accounts:

On January 25, 2000, Ms. Zeng Qing went to Beijing to appeal and was detained for 17 days. On March 3, 2000, she was detained for 15 days; and on July 20, 2000, she was detained for 15 days. On August 29, 2000, Ms. Zeng was sentenced to 2 years of forced labor. From February 2000 to July 13, she was detained in the Douman District Brainwashing Center. On October 10, 2002, she was detained in the Minfu Brainwashing Center in Zhuhai City. She was sentenced to a prison term from November 15, 2002 to November 15, 2005. She experienced inhumane torture in the women’s prison in Guangdong Province. From February 20, 2006, till now, she has been detained in the Doumen Detention Center. During the past few years, her house has been ransacked no less than five times.

Ms. Zhao Juanjuan was taken in December 1999 to the police station for 2 days and detained in the detention center for 15 days. In July 2000, she was detained for 15 days. On October 18, 2000, her house was ransacked. Her daughter Lu Jianwen, also a Dafa practitioner, was forcibly carried away. On December 16, 2000, together with 9 practitioners, they were kept in a detention center. Ms. Zhao was sentenced for one year of forced labor in May 2002. In June 2004, she was locked up for 11 months in the Minfu Brainwashing Center in Zhuhai City. Her house was ransacked on December 2, 2005. She was sentenced to three years of forced labor. Because she did not pass the physical examination, she served her sentence outside the prison. Since then, her social insurance policy and wages have been illegally withheld.

Ms. Zhou Jing went to Beijing in 1999 to appeal and was detained. She was tied to a bed and forcibly injected with a poison that damaged her nervous system. The injections caused one of her hands to become immobile for a long time. In 2001, she was sentenced to nine years in prison.

Ms. He Xueping was detained in July 1999. Since then she was detained two more times. She was sentenced to four years in prison from January 2001 to February 2005. One of the years during the prison term, she was detained in The Number One Detention Center in Zhuhai City where she was force-fed and tied on a cross for over ten days. When she was in a women’s prison, she was not allowed to sleep forced to stand, read and listen to wicked books and videos. In February 2005, she was detained in the Minfu Brainwashing Center in Zhuhai City for more than a month. In March 2005, she was detained in the Sanzhui Brainwashing Center for more than five months.

Ms. Lu Jianwen, the daughter of Zhao Juanjuan, has been sentenced to two years of forced labor. On December 2, 2005, she was sentenced to three years in prison.

Ms. Yang Xiumei was detained in the Douman Brainwashing Center in 2001. In 2001, she was sentenced to two years of forced labor. Later she was sentenced to three years in prison. She is still serving her illegal prison term.

On December 14, 2000, Ms. Wang Xiaoyuan was forcibly detained in the Doumen Detention Center for nine days. On February 5, 2001, she was detained in the Doumen Brainwashing Center. On March 19, 2001, she was sent and detained in the Doumen Detention Center. On April 26, 2001, she was sent to the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp for one year. On October 10, 2002, vicious police from the Doumen District 610 Office took her and detained her at the Minfu Brainwashing Center in Zhuhai for more than two years. During that time, they injected her with harmful drugs.

Ms. Liang Rongmei was sentenced to one year of forced labor in 2001. Later, two more years of forced labor were added. In December 2004, she was sentenced to three years in prison.

Ms. Yang Huanying was forcibly detained nine days at the Doumen Detention Center on December 14, 2000. She was detained at the Doumen Brainwashing Center from February 5, 2001 to May 16, 2001. From May 16, 2001 to September 7, 2001, she was detained at the Minfu Brainwashing Center in Zhuhai city. During December 21, 2001 she was detained at the Doumen Detention Center for more than a month. From February 8 to April 9, 2002, she was detained at the Doumen Brainwashing Center. From December 29 to September 29, 2003, she was detained at the Sanshui Brainwashing Center. From January 7, 2005 to June 2, 2006, she was detained at the Sansui Forced Labor Camp.

Ms. Zhen Aixin, on December 15, 2000 was forcibly sent to the Doumen Detention Center and detained for eight days. From March 5 to March 19, 2001, she was detained at the Doumen Brainwashing Center. From March 19, 2001 to April 12, 2002, she was sentenced to three years of forced labor. From April 12 to July 2002, she was detained in the Doumen Brainwashing Center. From July 2002 to June 16, 2004, she was sentenced to forced labor in Sanshui City.

Mr. Chen Zhitao was detained at the Doumen Brainwashing Center for two months from February 2001. He was detained in the Zhuhai City Brainwashing Center for eight months from April 2001. He was beaten, not allowed to eat and endured many other inhumane tortures. He was also detained in the Sanshui Brainwashing Center for six months from March 2004.

Mr. Lin Lisheng was detained for 15 days when he went to Beijing to appeal on January 28, 2000. In July 2000, he was detained for 15 days. On February 5, 2001, he was detained at the Doumen Brainwashing Center for six months. On October 6, 2001, he was detained at the Zhuhai City Minfu Brainwashing Center for two months.

Ms. Deng Shejiao was forcibly arrested on December 14, 2000 and detained in the Doumen District Detention Center for nine days. From February 5 to June 25, 2001, she was detained at the Doumen Brainwashing Center. During that time on March 23, she was sent to the detention center for 15 days. From June 25 to August 30, 2001, she was detained at the Zhuhai City Minfu Brainwashing Center. From December 10, 2003 to March 12, 2004, she was detained at the Sanshui City Brainwashing Center.

Ms. Lin Ciuchan was detained in both Doumen and Zhuhai Brainwashing Centers and sentenced to a year of forced labor.

Mr. Zhang Jinqiu was detained for two months at the Zhuhai Minfu Brainwashing Center on October 10, 2001.

Mr. Wang Weijun was detained at both the Doumen and Zhuhai Brainwashing Centers. Mr. Wang was sentenced to three years in prison. He is presently detained in Sihui Prison.

Ms. Zou Xiaoqin was detained for ten days from June 19 to 29, 2006. Her house was ransacked.

Ms. Zhou Zhuqin’s house was ransacked by vicious police on June 10, 2006. She is presently detained in the Doumen Detention Center. Her current situation is not clear.

Ms. Chan Dangling, Ms. Lu Jinhua, Ms. Lu Zhongyue and Mr. Tan Weihua were sent many times to brainwashing classes and forced labor camps and sentenced to prison.