Elderly Couple from Tangshan City, Hebei Province Arrested, Tortured, Imprisoned

(Clearwisdom.net) Plainclothes policemen from Tangshan City broke into the home of Falun Gong practitioners Zhang Zongsu and Li Guocai and ransacked it. They arrested the elderly couple and their non-practitioner son and confiscated their computer and printer. At first, they were detained at the Diaoyutai Police Station. They are now being held at the Tangshan City No.1 Detention Center.

After the Lubei District Intermediate Court in Tangshan City took over this case, they continued to persecute this elderly couple. They held a trial on August 14. In court, the two elderly people pleaded "not guilty, but the Lubei District Intermediate Court closed the session and then sentenced them to prison. The couple appealed to a higher court.

Now they are being held at the Tangshan City No.1 Detention Center.

Ms. Zhang Zongsu did not acknowledge the so-called accusation that was imposed on her, and she refused to sign the various papers.

Ms. Zhang Zongsu did not cooperate with the persecutors' orders to strip off her clothes. The police used various means to torture her. They violently beat her, did not allow her to sleep, handcuffed her, forced her to wear shackles and force-fed her. As a result of the torture, there were two big holes on her lower legs from the shackles. When they force-fed her, they knocked out her two incisors. She was unable to take care of herself for half a month.

Related article: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2007/7/25/87981.html

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/12/25/169019.html

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