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Ms. Yang Liu and Her Family are Persecuted in Henan Province - Her Disabled Brother is Imprisoned Four Times
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yang Liu lives in Wuwan
Village, Doumen Township, in Huanyang County of Henan Province. She is in her
thirties. Before practicing Falun Gong, she suffered from severe tracheitis and
was very weak. After her husband passed away in 1997, she and her four-year-old
daughter and two-year-old son moved back to her parents' home. Her father was a
farmer in his sixties. Her older brother, Yang Dezhi, is disabled and mends
shoes on the streets. She also has a younger brother, Yang Chao. That same year, Ms. Yang's entire family started practicing Falun Gong. They
came to understand the true meaning of life and disciplined themselves according
to "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" to cultivate their minds.
Soon Yang Liu's illness disappeared, her older brother became healthy and happy,
and her father became happy too. Her little brother became hardworking and
filial, and her children were lovely and lively as well. For two years, her
family was full of peace and happiness. For eight years now, since the persecution started in July 1999, Yang Liu's
family has been subjected to barbaric and cruel torture. As a result of the
persecution, her father passed away, and both of her brothers have been
imprisoned many times. Currently they are still being tortured in jail. Her Disabled Older Brother has been Imprisoned Four Times Although Mr. Yang Dezhi is disabled, he has been telling people about how he
has personally benefited from practicing Falun Gong. In addition, he has also
been clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to offer salvation to
sentient beings. In November 2000, when Mr. Yang Dezhi was telling customers the truth about
Falun Gong while mending their shoes, the chief of Xiangcheng National Security
Division, Ma Zhefeng, and team leader Jin Hairu suddenly came and arrested him.
They held him at Xiangcheng Detention Center. The police purposely took away his
crutches so that Mr. Yang had to crawl to get his food and go to the toilet.
After his father learned that Yang Dezhi had been arrested, he went to the
National Security Division to ask about his son. Although Ma Zhefeng knew that
Yang's family was poor, he took the chance to blackmail them. Yang's father
finally borrowed 200 yuan to give to Ma Zhefeng. In March 2001, Yang
Dezhi was released. In June 2001, Yang Dezhi and Yang Chao were reported. Officers from Doumen
Police Station, Li Xizhi (chief), Yan Min (deputy chief), and Zhang Zixi,
arrested them. Their father followed them to the police station. Right in front
of their father, Li Xizhi punched Yang Chao in the eye, and immediately the eye
swelled up. Then the police extorted 800 yuan from Yang's father and released
Yang Dezhi, but Yang Chao was kept in the detention center for three months. The
evildoers extorted another 3000 yuan from Yang's family before releasing Yang
Chao. In 2004, Yang Chao was arrested in Zhoukou City. Before that, he had been
forced to become destitute and homeless to avoid arrest. That night the police
broke into his home. They arrested Yang Dezhi and held him at the detention
center for two weeks. In November 2006, Mr. Yang Dezhi was telling people the truth about Falun
Gong in Shuizhai Town while mending shoes for people. He also was helping people
quit the CCP and its associated organizations. Because of this, Chen Haijun,
chief of the Zhenbeiguan Police Station, arrested him. Chen Haijun also took
Yang Dezhi's Falun Gong books and materials. He then let Ma Zhefeng, head of the
National Security Division, take over Yang Dezhi's case. Ma Zhefeng learned that
Yang's family had nothing left for him to take, so after a short while, he
transferred Yang Dezhi to the Huaiyang Police Department. The police in Huaiyang
held Yang Dezhi in the detention center. When Yang Dezhi was detained, Ms. Yang Liu went to Xiangcheng and Huaiyang to
ask for his release. However, the officers in both places lied to her. When she
asked officer Chang Yijun from Huaiyang National Security Division to release
Yang Dezhi and told him the truth about Falun Gong, Chang Yijun not only didn't
listen, but wanted to hit her. In addition, Chang threatened Yang Liu,
"I'll detain you. I've gotten calls from America. The practitioners over
there can speak better than you do, but I won't listen. I just want to follow
the CCP." He screamed, "If you dare to try to change my mind, I'll
kill you." Yang Dezhi was detained for nine months this time. A Fragile Young Woman is Tortured On May 8, 2001, Ms. Yang Liu, Yang Chao, Ms. Dai Mei (alias), and Mr. He Feng
(alias) went to distribute Falun Gong materials. Police officers Li Xizhi, Yan
Min, and Zhang Zixi discovered them in Hongshan Temple in Doumen Township. Yang
Chao jumped into a ditch by the side of the road and started to run to avoid
being illegally arrested. Policeman Zhang Zixi fired at him twice, but missed
both times. Yang Chao got away. Yang Liu and the other practitioners were put in the police vehicle, and
handcuffed by officer Lixizhi. He tied Yang Liu and He Feng together. It was
already midnight when they arrived at the police station. Li Xizhi immediately started to interrogate them. He asked where they were
from, but none of them answered his questions. Ms. Yang Liu asked to use the
toilet, but Li did not let her. Yang Liu said, "I can't hold it any longer.
If you won't let me go, I'll have to relieve myself here." Hearing this, Li
Xizhi went crazy, and started slapping her face. He did not stop until he was
exhausted. Yang Liu was dizzy and her teeth were loose (she lost four teeth
while being detained). Her face was swollen and totally misshapen. A few moments later, Li Xizhi began to wildly slap Ms. Dai Mei and Mr. He
Feng's faces. In addition, he handcuffed them behind their backs to a pillar in
the room. Because Yang Liu is small and her arms are short, it was hard to
handcuff her behind her back to the pillar, so Li Xizhi yanked her arms and then
cuffed them. The handcuffs cut into the flesh of her wrists. It was extremely
painful. Then Li Xizhi started slapping their faces. After about five minutes,
the policemen unfastened one end of the handcuffs, holding on to the other end
he pulled them for about ten meters into a small courtyard. The officers then
pushed the three practitioners down and forced them to kneel on the concrete. Li Xizhi ordered two police officers to brutally beat Yang Liu's buttocks.
She was beaten so hard that she completely lost control of her bowels. Purple
and black marks the size of two palms appeared. Her pants were totally ripped.
However, the police still did not stop beating her. Because Yang Liu was
kneeling on the ground, the two policemen stood on and barbarically jumped on
her feet. Ms. Yang Liu's knees, calf, ankles, and insteps were all bruised and soaked
in blood. Li Zhixi and Yan Min were present the entire time, encouraging the
proceedings. The two policemen continued fiercely kicking her calves. She felt
like she was going to split apart. Finally Ms. Yang could no longer stand the
brutal torture, and she fell to the ground. After torturing Yang Liu, the police used the same method to torture Ms. Dai
Me and Mr. He Feng. He Feng was tortured the longest. He was whipped with bamboo
sticks more then 100 times. After that, one of the policemen fiercely kicked his
private parts, and He Feng immediately fainted. The police then used a small
stick to poke his nostrils, but He Feng was motionless. After that, they put
cotton balls in his nostrils, but He Feng was still motionless. The police then
put a live toad into his underwear, but He Feng still was responsive. He was
unconscious for several hours. He did not regain consciousness until dawn. Even
so, the police did not cease their brutalities. They used the end of a burning
cigarette to burn Dai Mei's eyebrows and her mouth. Her lips still have burn
marks. When daylight arrived, Yan Min dragged the three practitioners outside and
handcuffed them to a pillar. After breakfast, he bound them to a big tree
outside the police station to see if passersby recognized them. Once they were
identified, Yan could send the policemen to ransack the practitioners' homes. In
the end, no one identified them, so Yan transferred all three of them to
Huaiyang Detention Center. Because Yang Liu had lost the control of her bowels,
the police vehicle was a mess. Although the wounds on Ms. Yang Liu's legs and feet had not not healed,
detention center guard Wang Peidong ordered some criminal detainees to put
shackles on her. The shackles weighed more than 20 kg. (44 lbs.) Two guards then
made her run around the prison. As a result, she developed new wounds. Ms. Yang Liu was sentenced to two years of forced labor. When she was
transferred to Shibalihe Women's Forced Labor Camp in Zhengzhou City, the labor
camp refused to admit her, due to her condition. The police then escorted her
back to the detention center. To protest the persecution, Yang Liu went on a
hunger strike for 12 days. After being detained for 10 months, and after 1500
"yuan" was extorted by the guards, in March 2002, she was finally
released. Ms. Yang's Father Passes Away in His Sixties Since his beloved daughter was detained, he had absolutely no desire to eat,
and tears kept running down his cheeks. He went to visit her several times, but
the guards refused to let him in. Yang Liu and Yang Chao were both imprisoned.
The two children at home often asked about their mother, Yang Liu. Police
officer Li Ximin also frequently went to their residence to harass them. The
father's ability to endure all of the suffering had reached its limit. One day, her father traveled over 45 kilometers (28 miles), but failed to see
her. On his way back, feeling dizzy, he tripped and fell to the ground. He never
recovered. On January 24, 2002, he passed away. He had not been able to see his
imprisoned daughter before his death. Her Innocent Younger Brother Brutally Tortured After cultivating Falun Gong, Yang Chao was praised by the villagers as a
good person. Those his age were eager to befriend him. Since the persecution
began, he has been arrested, detained, and fined many times. Even when he was
released, the police would still go to his home to interrupt his family life and
ransack their personal belongings. Because of this, Yang Chao was forced to
leave home and live a homeless life. One day, the police in Huaiyang learned that Yang Chao was working in Hubei
Province. Collaborating with the police from the Henan Province Police
Department, they went to Hubei Province to attempt to arrest Yang Chao, but did
not find him. In 2004, Yang Chao was arrested in Zhoukou City. The authorities sentenced
him to seven years and imprisoned him in Zhengzhou City. At present, Yang Chao
is still being imprisoned. We are requesting assistance from all kindhearted people to help free all the
imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners in China. Written on August 11, 2007
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