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Two Women Arrested and Locked Up in a Brainwashing Center (Funing County, Hebei Province)
(Clearwisdom.net) On May 22, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Wang
Xuemei and Ms. Liu Zhiling from Shimenzhai Town, Funing County (part of
Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province) were arrested by officers from the Shimenzhai
Police Station. Ms. Wang and Ms. Liu were clarifying the truth about
Falun Gong in a street market in Shimenzhai Town. After the arrests they were
illegally detained in the county detention center. Fifteen days later, they were
detained in a so-called "Law Education School" in Funing County, where
they were forced to attend brainwashing sessions. During a visit to Ms. Wang a
while ago, her family found visible marks of violent abuse on her neck. They are
still investigating the specifics of her condition. At 7:30 p.m. on September 12, 2007, Li Haifeng, chief of the Domestic
Security Team, led a dozen police officers to break into Ms. Wang's rented
apartment without following any legal process. They ransacked her apartment and
took her away. At the time, Ms. Wang was only wearing a tank-top. Yet, the
officers disregarded this and dragged her along with another female practitioner
into a car. They took them to the Shimenzhai Police Station, and then to a
brainwashing center for further persecution. The key persons in charge of the "Law Education School" in Funing
County are Yang Yinglong (male) and Xu Lei (male). Since the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong practitioners in 1999, the
authorities have been arresting practitioners from Funing County and the
surrounding areas. They put the practitioners in the brainwashing center
indefinitely. Seventy six Falun Gong practitioners were illegally detained and
persecuted in this center in the year 2000 alone. Yang Yinglong, the director of the brainwashing center, previously worked at
the Zhucaoying Town Police Station. In 1999, he followed the CCP's orders to
persecute Falun Gong practitioners. He has been engaged in the illegal arrests
and violent abuse of practitioners, and in ransacking their homes. In January 2002, when it was snowing and the temperature was -14oC (7oF),
Yang and his subordinates arrested practitioner Ms. Zhang Fengying and took her
to the police station. They spread her hands wide open and cuffed them to a big
iron gate outside of the police station. They handcuffed her hands tightly,
which caused them to swell and become blackish-purple. Ms. Zhang was wearing
very little clothing at the time when her hands were cuffed for 12 hours. Yang
Yinglong was promoted to his current position for using cruel and violent means
to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Another leader in the brainwashing center is Xu Lei. He is known for his soft
and slow approach to force Falun Gong practitioners into denouncing their
beliefs. Others in the 610 Office who have taken part in the persecution are
Zheng Xiaojun (male), Zhang Honghai (male), and Zhao Yanling (female). Zheng Xiaojun, chief of the 610 Office in Funing County: 86-335-6021044 |