Practitioners Tortured by Police in Zhao County, Hebei Province

(Clearwisdom.net) From late June of this year until early August, Yao Wei, the chief of Zhao County Police Department, and Gao Libo from the Domestic Security Division, have been the masterminds behind the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners under the pretext of "guaranteeing a safe Olympics." In attempts to arrest six practitioners, four were sent to a forced labor camp while the other two escaped. The officials harassed the practitioners' family members many times, and some practitioners were only released after their family members were fined.

On June 23, under the orders of the head of Nanbaishe Police Station, He Junwei and instructor Wang Caifeng forced their way into practitioner Ms. Xie Cuixia's home in the neighborhood of North Xiejia, arresting her and a neighbor who was visiting. The next day, while there was nobody present, the police climbed over the railing into Ms. Xie's home and ransacked her place. The officers tried to extort money from her family by indicating that she would be released for one thousand yuan; however her family was too poor to pay the amount. She was then sentenced on July 1 to a forced labor camp for one-and-a-half years without any legal procedures being followed. Ms. Xie has been known for treating people with kindness since she began practicing Falun Dafa, and people have thought highly of the practice as a result. However, the Chinese Communist Party has still persecuted her, even overlooking her responsibility for taking care of her 85-year-old father-in-law and pregnant daughter-in-law.

On June 24, the same group of police officers sneaked into Yujiagang Village and arrested practitioner Ms. Xue Luanzhen. They released her after extorting 500 yuan from her family. Ms. Xue Luanzhen's body was very weak before she started cultivation; she took a lot of medicine and had had an extensive operation. After practicing Falun Dafa, she regained her health. Everyone in the village knows that Dafa saved her life.

Before the wheat harvest season, practitioner Ms. Qiu Jinping from Shuangmiao Village, Dazhang Township was arrested by officers from Qiandazhang Police Station after someone filed a report against her. She was released when the wheat harvest season arrived. After one month, at 5 p.m. on June 26, a spy from the Domestic Security Division went to Ms. Qiu's home, claiming to be a homeless practitioner, and begged Ms. Qiu to give him two Dafa books. Right after Ms. Qiu handed him the books, he took out his cell phone and called for police from the Zhao County Domestic Security Division and Qiandazhang Police Station. They arrested Ms. Qiu and ransacked her home without showing any ID, and they misled Ms. Qiu Jinping's family by claiming that they would release her after questioning. But three days later, when her family went to the police station to ask for her release, they were told that she had been sentenced to one year of forced labor. Her husband went home to face raising the three children alone, feeling desperate and powerless. The youngest one is only five years old and is crying for mom every day.

At the end of July, officers from Qiandazhang Police Station arrested practitioner Ms. Lu Shu'e from Lujiazhuang Village. She was arrested once before.

On July 12, with cooperation from Xiezhuang Police Station's chief Zhang Jinying and deputy chief Dong Li, officers of the Zhao County Police Department went to arrest practitioner Ms. Yue Ping at her home in Dongzhuang Village. Her family argued with the police and the attempted arrest failed. On the same day, they arrested practitioner Ms. Jin Ping while she was visiting Ms. Yue. They ransacked Ms. Jin's home and took away her Dafa books and satellite receiver. On July 13, the same group of police went to Dongzhuang Village again and forced their way into practitioner Ms. Chunsu's home, ransacking her home and arresting her. Three days later, they informed her family that both Ms. Jin Ping and Ms. Chunsu had been sentenced to one year at a forced labor camp.

In mid-July, police from Fanzhuang Police Station forced their way into practitioner Mr. Xie Suoshan's home in Xiejiazhai Village of Fanzhuang Township. They attempted to arrest him, but he was able to escape. The same officers also went to several practitioners' homes in Xianmenlou Village, Fanzhuang Township to harass and threaten them, saying "The Olympics are coming, do not go to Beijing, and do not try to go outside." The head of Fanzhuang Police Station, Wang Weiyong, is responsible for the persecution of these practitioners.

On July 20, Zhao County Police Department and its subordinate police stations, especially the notorious Zhaozhou Town Police Station, started a comprehensive persecution and harassment campaign against practitioners in Zhao County. They used the Olympic torch relay through Shijianzhuang as the excuse for persecution. The police kept surveillance of neighborhoods and the outside of practitioners' homes, and harassed practitioners in person and over the phone. Zhao County Police Department issued an order that every practitioner needed to be under control and to arrest those that the police didn't have confidence of keeping under control.

Head of Zhao County Police Department, Yao Wei (male): 86-15903115678 (Cell), 86-311-84947802 (Office)
Domestic Security Division, Gao Libo (male): 86-311-84947802 (Office), 86-13785203088 (Cell)
Head of Nanbaishe Police Station, He Junwei (male): 86-13503114789 (Cell)
Head of Xiezhuang Police Station, Zhang Jinying (male): 86-13784371999 (Cell)
Head of Fanzhuang Police Station, Wang Weiyong (male): 86-13933133608 (Cell), 86-311-84899110 (Office)

August 9, 2008

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/8/10/183778.html

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