By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) Husband and wife, Mr. Xie Wutang and Ms. Tan Xiangyu,
live in the Tianxin District of Changsha City, Hunan Province. Since the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) began its persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, the pair have
been imprisoned many times. They became homeless to avoid further arrests
because they refused to renounce Falun Dafa and continued to clarify the
facts about the persecution. On July 14, 2007, officers from the Domestic Security Division of the Tianxin
District Police Department and the Qingyuan Road Police Station arrested them.
Mr. Xie, 66, was detained at the Changsha City Detention Center in Changqiao,
Changsha County. Ms. Tan, 60, was taken directly to the Hunan Province Women's
Prison and imprisoned in the Sixth Ward. Ms. Tan Xiangyu and Mr. Xie Wutang. Mr. Xie went on a hunger strike to protest the illegal imprisonment. Details
are not available because of the information blockade at the detention center. On September 14, the Tianxin District Court secretly tried Mr. Xie without
informing any of his relatives. On October 9, 2007, Mr. Xie was was sentenced to
term of four years and eight months. The Criminal Law states the first trial
should be open to the public. When Mr. Xie's family asked Judge Huang Jueping
for an explanation, he responded, "We don't inform anymore." Mr. Xie believes that calmly telling people who are unaware of the truth
about the persecution of Falun Gong is simply not illegal. Mr. Xie has appealed
to the Changsha City Intermediate Court, asking it to reverse the verdict and
for him to be released without charges. Ms. Tan Xiangyu was taken immediately to the Hunan Province Women's Prison on
July 14, 2007. Her relatives tried to see her many times, but the guards refused
all visitation rights. Ms. Tan was previously sentenced to three and a half
years in prison in 2004. She was tortured and released for medical reasons in
September 2005. From November 2004 to September 2005, She had holes in her
lungs, vomited blood, couldn't swallow, suffered liver failure, and couldn't
walk unaided. A doctor diagnosed her with tuberculosis and jaundice hepatitis.
She was skin and bones at her 2005 release. On October 17, 2007, her children tried to visit their mother and deliver
warm winter clothes. The prison guards refused to let them in and refused to
take the clothes. Ms. Tan's children worried about their mother's health and
went to see visit Zhao Lan, the Deputy Director. Zhao's attitude was belligerent
and he ordered a guard to remove Ms. Tan's children from the prison. On November 16, 2007, Ms. Tan's children appealed to the Hunan Province
Judicial Department, explaining that the staff at the women's prison had
deprived them of their right to visit their mother. They were redirected to the
Hunan Province Prison Administration Bureau. Director Cao talked to them and
ordered prison director Liu to arrange a meeting for Ms. Tan and her family. Cao
also called staff in the prison and instructed the person to arrange a meeting
without any delay. That afternoon, Ms. Tan's children went to the prison.
Director Liu avoided them, and a guard from Ms. Tan's team told them that she
was under "strict management" and was not allowed to have visitors. On November 19, Ms. Tan's children visited the prison again, wanting to see
her. Director Liu talked with the guard over her team. They learned that Ms. Tan
was tortured while under "strict management" and in a brainwashing
class set up specifically to "reform" Falun Gong practitioners. Ms.
Tan's relatives are very worried about her safety and are calling on people who
believe in justice to help stop the persecution. Those involved in the persecution of Ms. Tan: Police from the Qingyuan Police Station of the Tianxin District Public Safety
Bureau: 86-731-5571272, 86-731-5580060 Huang Jueping, Chief Judge of the Tianxin District Court: 86-731-5890166 Guards at the Changsha City Detention Center: 86-731-4074800--4074980
(181 phone numbers) Guards at the Hunan Province Women's Prison: 86-731-2323000--2323999
(1000 phone numbers) Zhao Lan, Deputy Prison Director: 86-731-2323007 (Office), 86-731-2323878
(Home), 86-133-08498728 (Cell) Related article: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2007/8/8/88416.html
Posting date: 12/14/2007
Original article date: 12/14/2007
Category: Eyewitness Accounts
Translated on 12/7/2007
Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/12/3/167664.html