Issued by Clearwisdom Net

After he started practicing Falun Gong, Mr. Zhou Shouzhong, former mayor of Panjin City, Liaoning Province, became very healthy and his formerly incurable illness disappeared. When the persecution of Falun Gong started, Mr. Zhou was subjected to all kinds of pressure and disturbance. He died in late 2000.

Mr. Zhou Shouzhong, 72, lived in the Liaohe Oil Field residential area, Xinglongtai District, Panjin City, Liaoning Province. He was the mayor of Panjin City from March 1987 to February 1990. He was also the former executive deputy bureau chief of Liaohe Oil Field. Before he started practicing Falun Gong in 1996, he had an incurable illness and many long-term diseases. He was miserable. After practicing Falun Gong, his health condition improved dramatically. His incurable illness disappeared and all of his other physical problems subsided as well. He became healthy again.

After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Jiang Zemin regime started the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, due to Mr. Zhou's high-ranking position, the Panjin City office, the political office of the Liaohe Oil Field and the 610 Office constantly threatened him. Mr. Zhou had to give up the practice. He was forced to go to the hospital and have an operation. The doctor opened his abdominal cavity and tried to operate on him but had to stop. Mr. Zhou was told that he would live for only several weeks.

Teacher had kept trying to save Zhou Shouzhong and waited for his awakening. After over a year of suffering, Mr. Zhou died with regret in late 2000. Due to pressure from the authorities, his family members were still afraid to publicize the truth of Mr. Zhou's suffering from persecution.

Before Mr. Zhou Shouzhong was appointed mayor of Panjin City, Zhou Yongkang was the mayor of Panjin City from 1985 to 1987. After the persecution started in 1999, Zhou Yongkang had control over the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Public Security. Zhou Yongkang, Luo Gan, Zeng Qihong and Liu Jing used many kinds of illegal and dirty means and government resources to persecute Falun Gong in China and abroad. Zhou Yongkang became Jiang's trusted subordinate, and later became the Minister of Public Security.

Lawsuits against Zhou Yongkang have been filed overseas. He will be punished by law and by the heavenly principles in the near future.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/2/17/120923.html

Mr. Wang Pingjun was a Labor Bureau government official in Li County, Hebei Province. He had a happy family life. His wife is an upstanding person. His son, an employee of the local electric company, is a good son and his daughter-in-law, a staff member of the local police, is upright. Mr. Wang's grandson is a smart little boy.

Mr. Wang was fired from government service because he practices Falun Gong. He was detained twice in a forced labor camp, his son received a long sentence and his daughter-in-law was forced to divorce his son. His daughter was also detained in a forced labor camp. Because of the hardships this created for his family, Mr. Wang's wife moved to her hometown. Mr. Wang Pingjun is not young anymore, and yet he has to support his 60-year-old wife and more than 80-year-old father. During these years of being persecuted, they have had a rough life and have had to depend on relatives for financial help.

Today I would like to ask everyone, "Why does Wang Pingjun practice Falun Gong? Why was he fired from government service? Who is responsible for this elderly man's mental and physical suffering? Who has trampled on his rights and who has devastated him? Who broke up this happy family?" We are not condemning people, but are simply asking these questions as a means to expose the truth.

Mr. Wang Pingjun suffered from chronic intestinal and gastric illnesses at the age of 13. By the time he turned 36, he suffered from insomnia, heart disease, urticaria and other illnesses. Between 1982 and 1997, he often caught a cold and suffered a low-grade fever. Mr. Wang felt miserable because he was always sick and suffering pain. He was often hospitalized and had to take medicine all the time. His heart disease gave him frequent trouble, especially at night. Sometimes he came down with an illness while on the way to work or when going home. Sometimes he fainted and fell down in the office conference room.

Even today, Wang Pingjun still remembers the evening of December 28, 1990. On his way home, Mr. Wang was riding a bicycle. His heart trouble suddenly overtook him. When the chest pressure and colic attacks became hard to bear, he lay down on the roadside. Fortunately he had his medication with him. He swallowed several pills. After a while he felt better and wanted to go home, but could not move. In December, it gets dark early, and there are very few people traveling on the road. Mr. Wang was in a desperate situation, as he was afraid that if he did not die from his illness, he might die from the cold. Luckily, a passerby helped him return home.

Mr. Wang's financial debt grew because of his long-term suffering, hospitalization and having to take medicine. He became desperate. In 1997, the County Committee placed Mr. Wang on a leave of absence for illness reasons. During that time, Wang Pingjun heard about the astonishing effects of practicing Falun Gong, and that people who practiced it became well. He decided to give it a try. After a year of practice, all his illnesses disappeared without trace. His body straightened out. Mr. Wang no longer needed glasses for his shortsightedness. He was no longer skinny. His weight actually increased to over 75 kgs. He felt that his entire body was light and he had become very energetic. When walking up steps he felt as if somebody was pushing him. He could ride a bike for great distances and not feel tired. He no longer had to take any medication. Mr. Wang had become healthy. Even after he was tortured during the persecution, he did not go back on medication, despite all the injuries to his body.

After seeing these changes, his family members also began to practice Falun Gong. The above is the reason for Mr. Wang's entire family practicing Falun Gong. After the persecution started on July 20, 1999, someone berated Mr. Wang for encouraging his entire family to practice Falun Gong. He said, "I cannot take credit for this. I have never asked them to practice Falun Gong."

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began to persecute Falun Gong on July 20, 1999. Mr. Wang suffered great mental pain and he was not sure what to do. He knew that Falun Gong gave him a new life, but since he had lived through the Cultural Revolution, he knew that whoever did not follow Communist Party dictates would be persecuted. He stopped practicing for a while. Within several months, all his diseases reoccurred. He again suffered his old heart problems, but even worse than before. He also suffered urinary system problems. Thus, he fully understood that Falun Gong is a good practice that teaches people to be kind and brings health to people. He realized that there is nothing wrong with being a good person. Therefore, he decided to practice Falun Gong again.

On December 18, 1999, Mr. Wang's two children went to Beijing, to tell the government about the physical and mental benefits of practicing Falun Gong. They wanted to appeal for Falun Gong, which is every Chinese citizen's right under China's Constitution. They were illegally arrested, taken from Beijing to their hometown the same night, and detained at the county detention center. Mr. Wang was also implicated. On the morning of October 21, Mr. Wang was looking after his critically-ill mother at home. The police deceived him into going to the police station. From there he was taken to the county rest house for illegal interrogation. They tried to force him to reveal the names of the organizers of the appeal trips to Beijing, including the leaders' names. Mr. Wang was clear about this. The appeal was spontaneous and voluntary, and nobody organized it.

The authorities detained Mr. Wang for 37 days. Staff members of the County Commission for Discipline Inspection, which was responsible for the interrogation, often went out to eat and drink extravagantly and charged the Labor Ministry over 8,000 yuan for their expenses, including accommodations. The government officials of the Labor Bureau decided to deduct the money from Mr. Wang's retirement pay, and took out 500 yuan that month.

Mr. Wang returned home, but his two children did not. The 610 Office fined each of them 13,000 yuan, and they were not allowed to go home until it was all paid. It was close to the New Year, and the elders couldn't stop crying. Therefore, they decided to pay the fine, but, they were still 2,000 yuan short. They borrowed from many friends and relatives. The children returned home, but Mr. Wang's elderly mother could not endure such events and it aggravated her illness. She passed away on January 7. Before she died, she asked, "We borrowed several thousand yuan! How are we going to repay it?"

On April 25, 2001, Li Yingjie, the deputy director of the Li County Labor Bureau, asked Mr. Wang to come to the office. He told him to stay for a few days. Apparently, the 610 Office gave him a directive to have Mr. Wang attend a brainwashing session for Falun Gong practitioners, aimed at stopping them from going to Beijing to appeal. Mr. Wang did not know that this was illegal imprisonment, but understood intuitively that they were trying to restrict his freedom. He was not willing, but agreed as a good-will gesture.

Mr. Wang did not expect six to seven policemen from the Chengguan Local Police Station to break into his home, ransacked it and illegally arrest him on April 27, 2001, the third day that he was detained in his former office. Someone even offered a 200-yuan bonus for any other Falun Gong practitioner being brought in. Mr. Wang became very annoyed once he learned of this incident, and said to Director Li, "I cooperated with you, but it made me look guilty. I will no longer cooperate with you." He left his workplace on the morning of April 30.

After ten days, his former office sent people to look for him everywhere. They asked one of his brothers to tell him that nothing would happen to him if he agreed to return to the office before May 11. Mr. Wang again believed them. He believed that he could return home. Unfortunately, the Communist Party had other plans. His workplace again locked him up, and two people monitored him around the clock. They brought in people to "transform" him. Mr. Wang did not understand why he needed to be "transformed,"or what the outcome of the "transformation" was to be. After some time, Li Yingjie asked him to complete a form. Mr. Wang finally understood what "transformation" meant in his case. He was required to renounce Falun Gong and curse his Teacher and Falun Gong. He was confused. The Teacher of Falun Gong had cured his illnesses and given him a healthy body. How could he curse his Teacher? How could he bite the hand that fed him? He wondered how this inhumane and unjust behavior was different from the behavior of an animal? Mr. Wang remained firm in his belief.

One day afterwards, Li Yingjie told Wang Pingjun that his wages would be stopped starting in May. Someone in the know told him that if he did not tell about the recent Falun Gong activities in Li County, he would be taken to a forced labor camp. Therefore, Mr. Wang left home and became homeless to escape the persecution.

From July 1, 2001, to November 4, 2002, Mr. Wang was destitute and often without a home. He picked medicinal herbs and sold snacks. On days he could not afford to buy food, he dug up wild greens. At that time, the police looked everywhere for him. They hoped to catch him at the homes of his relatives and friends. They showed his photo to people everywhere, and tried to find his wife as well. On October 3, 2001, the police broke into Mr. Wang's home by kicking in the door and pulling down the top of the wall surrounding his home. After they failed to find him, they arrested his wife and detained her without due cause for seven months.

On November 4, 2002, Zhang Zhujun, the head of Baoxu Village reported on Mr. Wang. Peng Xiaowu from the Baoxu Local Police Station arrested him and took him to the county detention center. (The person who arrested him was later killed by a car.)

While in detention, the police tortured Mr. Wang. They tied him to a metal chair for four days and nights. Policeman Zhu Bin slapped his face many times, kicked his feet with leather boots, lifted his legs with sticks, and beat his arms. Afterwards, he could not lift his arms for two weeks. Mr. Wang's heart problems reoccurred. The prisoners who monitored him forced him to work, and said, "Here there are no elders and no patients, but only workers." After two days, Mr. Wang was taken to the detention center. The County Commission for Discipline Inspection cancelled his party membership. On the eighth day, the Labor Department removed him from government service.

On January 18, 2003, Mr. Wang was sentenced to forced labor. He suffered inhuman abuse and torture at the Baoding Forced Labor Camp. He suffered sleep deprivation for five days and nights. The persecutors took turns monitoring him. They forced him to stand for up to an entire day, and to work overtime for as long as 13 to 14 hours. Mr. Wang became emaciated from the torture he was subject to. All his illnesses reoccurred, including his former intestinal problems, heart disease, and high blood pressure. On October 10, when it was raining, this critically ill elderly man was finally freed into that bad weather at night.

Mr. Wang's wife left for her hometown, as she had no means of financial support. A good family was broken up. The husband/father was sentenced to forced labor, the son was sentenced to prison, and the daughter-in-law had left with the beloved grandson. Besides having to endure the pain of being separated, relatives whose minds had been poisoned by the Communist Party propaganda expressed disdain, scorn and contempt for her. She wanted to cry, but had no tears, and could only silently endure. She had no money and no food left in the house. She had no choice but to eat at others' homes, one meal at a time, and often only one meal a day. She lived with financial help from relatives, friends and neighbors. Now, the emaciated Wang Pingjun, who was on the verge of death, returned home. One problem after another! They had difficulty feeding themselves. How could they treat his illnesses and take care of him?

In his hour of need, Mr. Wang thought of Teacher and Falun Gong. He began to read Zhuan Falun and after three months, he became healthy again. Another miracle happened - he became healthy without any medicine. But, now what could he do? He was not strong enough to do manual labor and had no money to start a business. He already owed much to others, as he had borrowed money from relatives and friends over the several years of persecution. There was no one he could ask for more money.

It is not wrong to be a good person nor is it wrong to persist in one's belief. Mr. Wang served his country during his lifetime. He should have support in his old age. He realized that he should ask for his retirement pension. Mr. Wang had all the necessary documents. He found the relevant government officials. They all claimed that they had never seen these documents. Staff from the 610 Office questioned him about the source of the documents. Xu Yonggang appeared to be flustered and said, "We have documents from the city. We also have many internal files you do not know about." Mr. Wang suddenly understood: the Communist Party behaves outside the law. What they say is different from what they do behind someone's back. What kind of concern do they have for common people's lives? What do they care if people die? Isn't "killing Falun Gong practitioners" treated as suicide? Jiang Zemin's orders are, "Immediately cremate without checking the identity." What is that so-called internal document? Xu Yonggang said, "If you continue to practice, you will not get your retirement pay." He laughed wildly, and the other people in the whole room also burst into laughter. Mr. Wang felt cold over his entire body. The wild laughter eliminated all trust he still held in the Communist Party and the people in charge.

Because he was living in hardship, Wang Pingjun wrote to County Secretary Lu Kunli, and spoke with County Deputy Secretary Ning Hongmao. Ning told him, "Who told you that it was wrong to send you to forced labor camp? Your prison term is not fully served yet. You should return to prison." When Mr. Wang went to see Ning Hongmao again, he was not allowed to see him. Tian Lihui had told him earlier, "You are free from your illnesses. You should be put back in prison now." Wang Pingjun could not understand, "Go back where? Return to the forced labor camp?" He did not think that the Communist regime would take him back to the labor camp. On August 26, 2004, Ning Hongmao, Wang Jianying (610 Office chief) and others, had Mr. Wang taken again to the Baoding Forced Labor Camp.

Mr. Wang Pingjun returned to the place where he almost died, and again suffered inhuman torture. The person who monitored him was just over 30 years old. He said to Mr. Wang, "You are under my jurisdiction now and under my care." After saying that, he handcuffed Mr. Wang's hands to a bed, and said, "You must behave well and watch the video, or I will punish you." They made Mr. Wang watch videos that slandered Falun Gong from about 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. daily. They placed the TV in front of him, turned the volume on loud, and did not allow him to turn his head or close his eyes. He was confused, disoriented and exhausted at all times. Mr. Wang is old, and had to use the toilet frequently. However given his situation, it was not easy to use the toilet. He often had to restrain himself for several hours. Sometimes he could no longer hold the urge to go to the bathroom and he begged the guard to let him go. The guard had been awakened from sleep and shouted abuse, "Don't drink water, and eat less." Mr. Wang became ill again. His heart was too fast, and he suffered hypertension. The authorities did not release him. They handcuffed him to the bed around the clock. When he became critically ill, they stopped persecuting him. When he turned for the better, they intensified their torture. Mr. Wang became critically ill, and the guards felt that he had no hope of surviving. Therefore, they notified his family to take him home.

Mr. Wang Pingjun's son, Mr. Wang Xianghui, was an accountant at the Guodan Station of the Li County Electricity Office. He was well liked and was a good worker. He treated people fairly and everyone recognized that he was a good person.

During the two party congress meetings in March 2001, to prevent Falun Gong practitioners from going to Beijing to appeal for justice, and under orders from the 610 Office, staff from Wang Xianghui's place of work arrested him along with Liu Xikun, another practitioner. They kept them at the office and monitored them. At that time, the Electric Power office was busy with low pressure transformation. Manpower was in short supply. Therefore they stopped monitoring practitioners. The two practitioners just left and went home. The director general was furious, and told people to bring them back to the office. The chief of the Human Resources Section announced that he would cancel their contract, would "watch their attitude" for a year, and then have them return to work at the station at the lower wage of 400 yuan. They also sent people to monitor practitioners, did not allow them to go home, and tried to force them to write a guarantee statement that they would no longer practice Falun Gong. Mr. Wang Xianghui continued to work hard, although his work contract had been terminated. Since the contract was terminated, he did not understand why they did not let him go home and why they restricted his freedom. Mr. Wang Xianghui refused to renounce Falun Gong.

In early April, the Electric Power human resources office and local police arrested Mr. Wang Xianghui and took him back to the office. They asked him if he would continue to practice Falun Gong. He answered that he would continue practicing, so he was detained in the Li County Detention Center. He was released after 13 days, because of pressure from the public. In early June, when Mr. Wang Xianghui was resting at home, the local police and the Electric Power human resources office arrested him again and took him to the Balizhuang Brainwashing Center. He was ordered to write the guarantee statement and curse Teacher and Falun Gong. He could not bear this insult, and escaped. He became homeless to escape the persecution. On August 28, 2002, Mr. Wang Xianghui was sentenced to serve in prison for clarifying the truth and exposing the fabricated "Tiananmen Self-immolation incident."

Mr. Wang Xianghui's wife was also implicated several times, and was nearly dismissed from her job. She and her son cried all the time. Once she told her husband that she only lived for the sake of their son. The 6-year-old said to his mother all day long, "I miss Daddy! When can Daddy come back?" Because of the pressure and threats, she feared to be implicated again and nobody would look after her son, so she was forced into divorcing her beloved husband.

Elderly people simply want to be good people, have a healthy body and enjoy the years left to them. Because of the pressure from the CCP, good people cannot follow this dream in China. Who created all these problems for Mr. Wang Pingjun? Who caused his family to be broken up? The inhumane persecution is perpetrated all around us. We are telling the story of Mr. Wang Pingjun because we know his story. However, among Falun Gong practitioners in China, there are tens of thousands of stories like that of Wang Pingjun's!

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/3/5/122121.html

Shortly after 10:00 a.m. on March 1, 2006, soon after Ms. Guo Lirong had left her home, four policemen from the Chenghua District went to Ms. Guo's home, intending to arrest her. Unable to find her, the policemen then went to Ms. Guo's parents' home many times to harass them. A police car waited outside of Ms. Guo's home until after 9:00 p.m. Policemen also followed her sister. These events terrified her 80-year-old bedridden parents.

Ms. Guo Lirong is a Falun Gong practitioner. Because she remained steadfast in her beliefs, she was illegally fired by her employer, Chengdu Qianfeng Calorifier Factory. She was then unlawfully detained and tortured, and is now in critical condition.

On the afternoon of February 14, 2001, police officers illegally arrested Ms. Guo from her place of work by force. After Ms. Guo walked out of the police station, she could not go back home due to the threat of arrest. On October 7^th, Ms. Guo went to a temple to clarify the truth of the persecution with monks, who reported her to authorities. She was sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp, and her family was not notified. When Ms. Guo was sent home on March 19, 2003, she was very thin and could not walk.

On September 1, 2005, the Chengdu Chenghua District Qinglu Police Station and the 610 Office arrested Ms. Guo from her home and sent her to Chenghua District Brainwashing Center. When Ms. Guo was released on September 7, she was barely alive.

When Ms. Guo, her son, and a few fellow practitioners went to the park on May 20, they were detained at a detention center under the charge of "holding an illegal gathering." The police station released them only after extorting 5,000 yuan from them. On June 30 of the same year, Ms. Guo was again forcibly arrested and detained at a police station late that night (the police were afraid that Ms. Guo would go to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong). Without any other choice, Ms. Guo went to Beijing to appeal on July 7, and she was sent back to the Chengdu Detention Center. The police station's and her employer's expenses from going to Beijing to search for her was close to 8,000 yuan, which was taken from her monthly pay. In addition, her salary was decreased.

After Ms. Guo Lirong was illegally terminated by the Chengdu Qianfeng Corporation, she did not have any income for five years. Her family now relies on her husband's small income to support their son's high school tuition. In addition, Ms. Guo has to take care of her elderly parents. From December 2005 to late February 2006, Ms. Guo had gone to the Chengdu Qianfeng Corporation many times to ask for her position back. However, her request is still not settled.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/3/12/122631.html

Recently it has been learned that more Falun Gong practitioners have been persecuted to death. The following are four more cases.

Ms. Xie was formerly an employee of the Dongmeng Co. of the Huoling River Coal Mine Enterprise. In July 1997, she began practicing Falun Gong. Through Falun Gong practice, her previous illnesses, which had plagued her, gradually disappeared. The physical relief and great improvement of her quality of life enhanced her firm belief in Falun Gong. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Jiang Zemin, and his associates began their frantic and cruel persecution against Falun Gong on July 20, 1999. To clarify the facts to the government, on June 20, 2000, Ms. Xie Xiumei went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. But she ended up being taken away to a local detention center for one month. In early 2002, Ms. Xie was again illegally arrested and sent to the Huolingguole City Detention Center by local police. She was detained there for more than 40 days. During that time, Zhao Xiufa, assistant to Huolingguole City Police Department Chief, along with policemen Qin Baoku, ZhaiTuo, and others, intimidated Ms. Xie's family members and extorted up to 10,000 yuan from them. Despite this, in October 2002, the police arrest Ms. Xie Xiumei and took her to their local brainwashing center for further persecution. As a result of the long-term persecution, Ms. Xie died from illness on November 19, 2005.

After she started practicing Falun Gong in 1995, Ms. Fan miraculously recovered from her diabetes and felt cheerful and lively. In December 1999, on her way to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, Ms. Fan was intercepted at the Hankou Train Station and detained for one day and one night, in addition to being fined 200 yuan. In April 2000, on her way to appeal in Beijing, she was again arrested and detained in the Hewan Forced Labor Camp. Three months later, Ms. Fan's severe suffering, both mentally and physically from the persecution, caused a relapse of her diabetes. In July 2001, she was released on bond for medical treatment. After arriving at home, Ms. Fan continued Falun Gong practice and kept clarifying the truth of Falun Gong to others. The lawless authorities continued to harass her in her home. Under the long-term harassment and persecution by CCP personnel, Ms. Fan died of illness in late October 2005.

After Ms. Zhang Jifeng began practicing Falun Gong, she regained her health and made a complete recovery from her previous illnesses, including back and leg pain, hemiplegia, and other problems. After July 20, 1999, under the harassments and threats from her village government and the local police station, Ms. Zhang experienced a recurrence of her old illnesses and died on January 9, 2006 (the 9^th Day of the 12^th lunar month of 2005).

Before July 20, 1999, Mr. Kang was very healthy as a result of practicing Falun Gong. He participated in a peaceful appeal to the Beijing government to clarify the truth of Falun Gong on April 25, 1999. Later, Mr. Kang faced severe persecution, including being harassed, monitored and followed, harassed to give up his beliefs, having his personal freedom limited, and being restricted to his home. Under the CCP's high pressure and alarming tactics, this senior citizen was so afraid that he did not dare to continue practicing Falun Gong. Amid the frenzied persecution, Mr. Kang was so terrified that he became gravely ill and passed away in the summer of 1999.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/2/18/121088.html

After overcoming obstacles, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang has revealed the facts of her persecution while she was detained in the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp from December 1, 2004 through May 1, 2005. The main perpetrator was Instructor Liu Junling of Group 402, in Team 4 of the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp. During these five months, Ms. Wang was confined and deprived of sleep and was not allowed to go to the restroom for a long time. On top of being deprived of these basic human necessities, she was punished physically and beaten severely. The torture and humiliation she suffered both physically and mentally were extreme.

The following is her narration of the facts of her persecution while illegally detained in Team 4 of the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp.

"Instructors of Team 4 in Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp wanted me to give up my faith and tried to force me to write the Three Statements. In a room in Group 402 of Team 4, Liu Junling and others tried to brainwash me for a long time. The torture methods they used included confinement and deprivation of sleep, and I was not allowed to use the restroom. Not only was I deprived of basic human necessities but they also punished me physically and brutally beat me. I was not able to put up with both physical and mental humiliation because it was very extreme.

"During the five months from December 1, 2004 until May 1, 2005, I was forced to eat, drink, and perform my bodily functions in Confinement Room 1. They did not allow me to go out to a restroom until I went on a hunger strike.

"I was deprived of sleep for 70 consecutive days, from December 1, 2004 to February 6, 2005. A dozen guards took turns watching me. Every time I dozed off, they woke me up and dragged me around the room. A weird kind of music was played, which made me feel semi-unconscious, murmur nonsense, and feel short of breath. My lower limbs were swollen, I had facial muscle-spasms, and I was exhausted both physically and mentally.

"From January 7 to 31, 2005, I was forced to sit in a squatting position in a circle. Words defaming Falun Gong were written inside the circle. The squatting position made my swollen legs and feet feel extremely painful, as if needles were piercing through my feet. They forced me to remain in this position day and night, even when I ate.

"From January 17 to 28, 2005, I was not allowed to go to the restroom for over 10 days. Sometimes I could not hold it back any longer and soiled my pants. They then did not allow me to change into clean cloths or wash myself. I smelled very bad. This base form of abuse surpassed all other brutal torture methods. It was the greatest humiliation of one's dignity and the highest-level of infringement upon one's basic human rights. During this humiliation, I even thought of death.

"During the 70 days and nights, they brainwashed me. Liu Junling slapped my face numerous times each day. My face was swollen and my mouth bled from the beatings. Some detainees also slapped me. They hit my face without stopping, as if it were a punching bag. My dignity was infringed upon. Junling grabbed my hand several times in an attempt to force me to write sentences like, 'draw a dividing line.'

"The evil criminal acts of Liu Junling and other instructors of Team 4 in the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp injured my body and mind so severely that I was on the brink of a mental collapse. When I went to bed after the 70-day torture was over, my body ached as if it were falling apart and I could hardly sleep. The pain in my lower limbs lasted even longer. What's more, the mental wounds continue to bleed and will never heal.

"In conclusion, the actions of Liu Junling and other Team 4 guards are severe violations of my Constitutional rights, which are granted to every Chinese citizen. The Constitution states, 'A citizen's dignity should not be violated.' Such criminal acts also violated the 'Criminal Code,' 'Law of the People's Police,' and the 'Law Protecting Women's Rights.' They have constituted crimes such as 'cross-examine with torture,' 'physical punishment,' 'humiliation and mistreatment of detainees,' etc.

"Other villains in the Shijiazhuang Labor Camp who persecuted practitioners:

In Group 402: Liu Xiumin (Group leader), Liu Junling (Instructor), Qiao Xiaoxia (ex-Group leader), Gao Jie, Hao Yanping, Ma Liqin, and Wang Lina (transferred to Team 5 in 2005).

"In Team 4: Li Yong (Team leader), Wang Yong (Instructor), Li Jun (deputy Team leader)."

Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp

Address: (Group 402), Team 4, 486 Taihua Street, Shijiazhuang City, Zip code 050000

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/3/16/122946.html

The Qingdao City judicial bureau ignored the law and issued "classified documents" to all the legal firms under its jurisdiction, forbidding attorneys in Qingdao from offering legal assistance to Falun Gong practitioners.

The whole document, dated February 15, is as follows:

All law offices under jurisdiction of Qingdao City's judicial bureau:

It's clearly required in the No. 7 document issued by Qingdao's judicial bureau in 2004, "Notice of strengthening attorneys in handling sensitive, felony and questionable cases," that when handling sensitive, felony and questionable cases all law offices should report to the superintendent administrative department of the judicial bureau within seven days. All district and city judicial bureaus should report promptly to the administration department of the city attorney's judicial bureau. It's definitely regulated that Falun Gong lawsuits are considered sensitive, felony and questionable cases. However, recently a few law offices and attorneys did not report promptly when handling Falun Gong lawsuits. Consequently the administration department did not know of the cases, was not in timely control of the situation and was passive. In order to strengthen the guidance of how to handle Falun Gong lawsuits, we now state the following requirements:

1. When handling Falun Gong cases, attorneys must specially report to the director of their law office and the law office must first report to the attorney's administration department of Judicial Bureau and earnestly listen to direction and opinions from the judicial administration department.

2. All law offices should collect and add up all Falun Gong cases handled in the past two years, and report the time, attorney, content and result of these cases to the city's attorney administration department before February 25.

3. All law offices shall immediately organize everyone to study the spirit of the notice and earnestly follow the requirements of the notice. All judicial bureaus at district and city level should strengthen the direction of attorney's handling of Falun Gong cases, strengthen education, check periodically and solemnly criticize those law offices and attorneys that did not report the cases promptly. The city's judicial bureau will examine the implementation of the notice. For those who seriously violated the requirements, especially those who refused to accept the guidance from judicial administration after this notice was issued, the corresponding law offices and attorneys will be publicly reprimanded.

Then how did the Qingdao City judicial bureau direct the attorneys that handled Falun Gong cases? Among these 103 law offices and 1,468 attorneys registered in Qingdao, no attorney could be found to dare to defend the innocent Falun Gong practitioners who pled not guilty. On the morning of January 25, 2006, Ou Yunjie's father, Ou Zhaolin, who is an ordinary person with no law knowledge, had to defend his daughter and wife who pled not guilty. Although the father of innocent couple Sun Hong and Min Huirong went through great difficulty to find an attorney for them, the Qingdao judicial bureau exerted pressure and asked the attorney to withdraw from the case, threatening that the attorney must not handle this case or represent those who pled not guilty. Under unbearable pressure, these two attorneys intended to give up Sun Hong and Min Huirong's lawsuit commission.

The guidance from Qingdao City's judicial bureau openly violates the law and seriously violates human rights and attorney's rights. The document of Qingdao City's judicial bureau is radical evidence of their crime. They are violating the rights of Falun Gong practitioners and threatening attorneys who honestly carry out their legal duty.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/3/14/122753.html

Both Shandong Provincial Prison and Shandong Provincial Women's Prison are located on South Gongye Road. Shandong Provincial Women's Prison is to the southwest of Shandong Provincial Prison. The sign hanging outside Shandong Provincial Women's Prison reads, "Shandong Xingye Development Ltd."

Front gate of Shandong Provincial Women's Prison (the sign reads "Shandong Xingye Development Ltd")

Office building of Shandong Provincial Women's Prison

Workshop building of Shandong Provincial Women's Prison

Entrance of Shandong Provincial Prison Reception Room

The Shandong Province Police Hospital is another place where practitioners are being persecuted. Practitioner Liu Jian, who was tortured to death at the Liuchangshan Labor Camp, was detained in the hospital from April to June in 2001. At the beginning of the year, practitioner Meng Lijun was tortured to the verge of death in this hospital.

The hospital has two sections. The so-called external (public) section is open to the public and they can come seek treatment. The internal section is behind the public section. It is where critically-ill detainees transferred from various prisons, labor camps and detention centers are detained. The police choose two or three detainees who have demonstrated "good performance" to monitored each of the detainees. The internal section is in fact a prison. It is just that it has some doctors and some medical equipment.

Shandong Province Police Hospital

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/3/13/122687.html

1. [Xiangfan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Liu Weishan Near Death Due to Torture in Wuhan City Women's Prison

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Weishan taught at a school for employees of the Hanjiang Machine Factory in Xiangfan City, Hubei Province. She was illegally arrested while clarifying the truth and sentenced to four years in prison. She was sent to Wuhan City Women's Prison and held there until her life became endangered. On January 31, 2006, the police wanted to avoid responsibility should she die, so they secretly sent Ms. Liu Weishan to the 364 Hospital for treatment. There is no name written on her hospital record. Two people stand guard by her room 24-hours-a-day.

After February 11, 2006, a sign was posted on her door that said: "Patient in Critical Condition - Kindly Decline Visitation." Anyone who tried to visit her would be interrogated.

Several months ago, Falun Gong practitioner Mr.Yue Xiwen from Xiyuezhuang Village, Honghua Township, Tancheng County was arrested and sentenced to three years in prison by the 610 Office of Tancheng County. On March 5, 2006, police from the Tancheng County Department barged into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yang Meizhong's home. Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Qiu Hua, Ms. Liu Guifang, and a male practitioner (name unknown) happened to be at Ms. Yang Meizhong's home. The police arrested all four practitioners.

Recently, Clearwisdom.net reported the destruction of a Falun Gong Materials Center located in Shuangyushu, Haidian District. Ms. Zhan Aiping and her son Xu Chong were arrested at the time and are currently detained at the Haidian District Detention Center. Ms. Zhan Aiping and Mr. Xu Chong, husband and wife, had their home ransacked. Their computer was taken, and their rooms were sealed by the police. It is reported that the police said that they would treat this incident as a "big case."

Address of Haidian District Detention Center, East Ward and West Ward (contains 1^st - 16^th Cells in 1^st - 4^th Sections): 25 Longgang Street, Haidian District, Beijing City, zip code 100085

Bai Gang (male), Haidian District Detention Center director: 86-10-62902266 ext. 3502 or 3500
Zhu Feng (male), ward head: 86-10-82883420
Haidian District Police Department: 86-10-82519110

In October 2005, police officer Peng Yue and others from the Fushun City Department went to Xinbin County to arrest Mr. Wang Xiaoming and take him to the Luotaishanzhuang Brainwashing Class. The police ransacked Mr. Wang Xiaoming's home and took computers.

On March 4, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Meng Lihua and another practitioner from Xiheshan Village, Chenxiang Town, Sujiatun District, Shenyang City, went to a relative's home in Xinglongtun Village, Chenxiang Town to teach the Falun Gong exercises. Ms. Meng was reported in Xinglongtun Village. Policemen from Chenxiang Town Station ransacked Ms. Meng's home. After that, the police ransacked Ms. Meng's mother's home in Heiniutun Village, Chenxiang Town, and took Falun Gong books.

Four practitioners were arrested in total, two of whom were released due to old age. Ms. Meng and another practitioner were detained at Shenyang City Women's Prison. Ms. Meng is 32 years old, and her child is only 4 years old.

Address of Chenxiang Town Police Station: Chenxiang Town, Sujiatun District, Shenyang City; zip code, 110112
Phone numbers: 86-24-89570281 or 86-24-89570200
Li Guangyuan and Zhang, policemen

Seventh Street Police Station: 86-24-25728614
Zhang Fangqing (male), Political Instructor
Guan Xiaodong (male), Li Dongqi (male), Zhang Haifeng (male): policemen

At around 6 p.m. on March 7, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yang Xiaodong from Lishu County was arrested at home by a secret agent from the 610 Office, Li Changfu (male), state security agent Wang Dejun (male), Dafangshen police officer Li Ying and others. The police took Falun Gong books and truth clarifying materials from Mr. Yang Xiaodong's home. Mr. Yang Xiaodong's whereabouts is currently unknown.

On the night of February 3, 2006, Ms. Ding Huijun was reported when passing out truth clarifying materials. She was arrested by police from the 610 Office and the police station. The police confiscated a big bag of Falun Gong books and truth materials. The police may have been hiding on the farm.

9. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Mao Cuilan from Dadong District, Shenyang City, Reported for Clarifying the Truth at a Market and Arrested by Police from Xindong Station

10. [Beijing City] Falun Gong Practitioners Who Are in Contact with Ms. Bai Shaohua Are Urged to Be Careful

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Bai Shaohua is extremely weak after 2 months on a hunger strike protesting the illegal persecution. Ms. Bai lives at rental house number 44, Yongding Street, Beijing City. Ms. Bai is attempting to recover her strength. On March 2, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Li Xupeng and Mr. Ma Wanli went to visit Ms. Bai. Mr. Li and Mr. Ma Wanli were arrested on that very night. Ms. Bai's mother (in her 70's) and her youngest daughter (age 5) also live with her.

Today, someone went to Ms. Bai's residential area to investigate the facts of her situation. This person unfortunately witnessed Ms. Bai's mother and daughter being arrested, which proves that there were security officers monitoring her.

Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Yang Benliang, Ms. Cao Yuzhen, and several others appealed their illegal sentences and requested to be released unconditionally. On March 8, 2006, Mr. Yang, Ms. Cao and several other practitioners were put on trial.

Furthermore, Mr. Zhu Benfu, and Ms. Sun Jingmei were arrested by policemen from the First Office of the Dalian City Police Department and are being detained in the Detention Center of Liaoyang City.

On February 23, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Hao Hong was arrested by police officer Zhang Cunlin (male) from Longquan Town Station while passing out truth clarifying materials at Longquan Market. At the same time, Zhang Cunlin arrested two people who were learning the truth from Ms. Hao. These two people were released at Ms. Hao Hong's request, but not until around 1:00 p.m.

At the same time, a state security agent issued an order and incited three policemen from Longquan Town Police Station to ransack Ms. Hao's home, and take all of her Falun Gong books and truth clarifying materials. Ms. Hao Hong was sent to Mouping County National Security Group. The entrance examination found her blood pressure to be high. The police feared taking responsibility for Ms. Hao's life, so they did not want to detain her, but they still extorted 10,000 yuan from Ms. Hao's family members. Currently, state security agents always ask for money after arresting a Falun Gong practitioner. If they don't receive money, the practitioner will be detained longer.

On March 7, 2006, when Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Qi Hongjin's child opened the door to go to school, several policemen were waiting in the doorway for the chance to barge inside. The police ransacked the house and confiscated Falun Gong books. At around 10:00 a.m. on that day, another group of police barged into Ms. Qi's house, and forced Ms. Qi to sign what is called a "suspect certificate." Ms. Qi has been forced into homelessness in order to avoid being arrested at her home.

In July 2005, Falun Gong practitioner Qin Yingchang from Qian County was arrested at home by 610 Office staff from Xianyang City, 610 Office staff from Qian County and a state security agent. Ms. Qin Yingchang was forcibly sent to Zaozihe Labor Camp without cause. CCP officials broadcasted the news of her arrest via television to everyone in Qian County.

Qin Yingchang has appealed according to proper legal procedures, but the 610 Office of Qian County, along with the security agent, did not follow the law and plotted together. They sent someone to Qin Yingchang's home claiming that they wanted to reverse the sentencing, but needed "important evidence" - a document called the sentencing statement. Qin's kind mother trusted them and gave them the statement, but the family lost the appeal.

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Xianzhi is an employee of the Finance Department of Xiangyang District, Xiangfan City. On March 6, 2006, Ms. Li Xianzhi was arrested by policemen from Migong station while clarifying the truth in Xiangfan City.

Practitioners Ms. Li Qunying, Ms. Huang Yuanzhen, Ms. Ma Liangying, Ms. Tan Jinqiong, Mr. Hu Yansun and others, all from Daying County, Suining City in Sichuan Province, were clarifying the truth about Falun Gong on the afternoon of February 22, 2006. They were reported to the police and arrested (detailed information has yet to be investigated).

We are shocked and deeply saddened to hear the news that our classmate Ms. Shao Hongzhen was arrested again by the local government (the government issued the arrest warrant). Ms. Shao Hongzhen has already been imprisoned for three years just because she steadfastly practices Falun Gong. Now she is almost sixty years old. We hope those in charge of policy-making will release her on humanitarian grounds and will not push this case to an extreme. Here, the Overseas Nanmo Middle School Classmate Association would like to register our support for the release of Ms. Shao Hongzhen.

On the afternoon of March 5, 2006, police from Tancheng County illegally broke into practitioner Ms. Yang Meizhong's home. At the time of the arrest, practitioners Ms. Qiu Hua, Ms. Liu Guifang and another male practitioner of unknown name, happened to be visiting Ms.Yang. The police arrested all four practitioners.

On the afternoon of March 4, 2006, police officer Shang Zhiyong (male) from the Xiaolingzi Police Station of Taihe District, Jinzhou City, drove a police car to Xinmin Village, Shinmin Township, Taihe District of Jinzhou City, in an attempt to arrest practitioner Ms. Li Guiqing. The police did not have a justifiable cause for the arrest and Ms. Li Guiqing refused to go. Shang Zhiyong continued to harass Ms. Li Guiqing at home until 5:00 p.m. Finally she was forced to give her fingerprints.

The phone number of Xiaolingzi Police Station: 86-416-3498207
The phone number for police officer Shang Zhiyong (male): 86-13704969577 (Cell)

On February 11, 2006, practitioner Mr. Zhao Guangjie from Wutu Town, Changle County, Weifang City in Shandong Province was illegally arrested by some Changle County 610 Office staff members. On the day of his arrest, Mr. Zhao Guangjie was on his way home after purchasing some parts for his farming machine and was passing by Wujiazhuang Road in Changle County. Suddenly two black Santana cars blocked his path and the police arrested him (note that the cars involved in the arrest were not police cars).

Practitioner Mr. Zhao Guangjie had been illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor prior to this arrest. According to available information, Mr. Zhao is currently being held in the Changle County Zhi'an Detention Center. The minivan Mr. Zhao drove to purchase parts for his farming machine is currently impounded at the Changle Police Station.

Practitioner Mr. Wang Hongting from Xintaimen Town, Hulu Island in Liaoning Province, was reported to police when he was clarifying the truth about Falun Gong at the Tongtun Market on March 3, 2006. Police from Xintaimen Town took Mr. Wang Hongting to the Hulu Island Detention Center where he is now being tortured.

On March 4, 2006, practitioner Mr. Wang Xuebin and his wife were arrested by police officer Li Hong (male) and others from the Xincheng Police Station of Xinxing District, Qitaihe City in Heilongjiang Province. Master Li's photo, Falun Gong books, Falun Gong materials and a tape recorder were confiscated. Mr. Wang Xuebin is still being held.

Li Hong (male), police officer: 86-13945578152 (Cell), 86-464-8300100 (Office)

Practitioner Ms. Wang Enhui is carrying out a hunger strike in the Fuyu County Detention Center in Jilin Province. On March 6, 2006, Ms. Wang was sent by the Detention Center to the Fuyu County's 2nd Hospital and was subjected to brutal force-feeding.

At about 7:00 p.m. on March 4, 2006, practitioner Mr. Sun Yujie was forcibly arrested by three police officers who broke into his home. A computer, two printers and other related items were confiscated. Mr. Sun Yujie is currently being held in the Anshan No. 3 Detention Center.

Practitioner Mr. Liu Yongping, who lived inside Fucheng Gate, Xicheng District, Beijing City, was illegally arrested at 9:00 a.m. on February 19, 2006. Practitioner Ms. Zhang Yahua, from Beilishi Road (outside of Fucheng Gate), was illegally arrested on the evening of February 19, 2006.

Mr. Liu Yongping is currently being held in the Qinghe Detention Center. He was transported to Qinghe Detention Center by police officers from the Haidian Police Department, who picked him up at the Fusuijing Police Station.

The phone number for the Qinghe Detention Center: 86-10-62488020

Haidian Police Department: 86-10-82519067
Fusuijing Police Station: 86-10-66162271

Practitioner Mr. Xu Yuanbao, from Jincheng City in Shanxi Province, was arrested along with several other practitioners and taken to the Jincheng City Detention Center. The truth-clarification materials production site they operated was damaged.

On the morning of February 22, 2006, practitioner Mr. Liu Guangqing, who worked in the Shiyan City Disciplinary Committee, was asked by his employer to go to the Mount Wudang Disciplinary Committee for a so-called "job-related matter." On the way there, Li Tao (male), from the Shiyan City 610 Office, Zhou Bin (male), from the Shiyan City Disciplinary Committee, and police from the Shiyan City Police Department arrested him at the entrance to the highway. He was immediately transferred into a police car and taken to the Guanggu Vacation Village Brainwashing Center in Wuhan City where he is now being tortured.

Those who have participated in the persecution of Mr. Liu Quangqing:

Wang Qiquan (male), the Deputy CCP Secretary of Shiyan City, the CCP Secretary of the City Disciplinary Committee and the head of the 610 Office
Lu Jinchang (male), the director of the 610 Office of Shiyan City

Practitioner Mr. Ruan Guihuan from Yunfu City in Guangdong Province was illegally sentenced to three years of imprisonment by the Yuncheng District Court. On February 16, 2006, when the illegal trial opened, Yunfu City mobilized several hundred public security guards, state security police and spies. Even the attorney said that it was the most political court case, mobilizing the largest number of public security guards, since the liberation of China.

Practitioner Mr. Lai Zhenxian, who worked as a cadre at the Yunfu Agriculture Bureau, was arrested in the eastern region of Dongwancheng District, on February 27, 2003. He was illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor. Now he has served his time. However, because he refused to be "transformed," the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp refused to release him. The Yunfu Agriculture Bureau fired him and stopped paying his salary because he refused to be transformed.

Mr. Lai Zhenxian's wife was sentenced to two years of forced labor in September 2005. Now, his elderly father and young school-aged daughter are left alone. There is no one in the family that can work to support them.

In Shandong Province, during the lunar Chinese New Year, the Longkou City 610 Office arrested practitioners Mr. Tang Zhulong and his wife Ms. Jie Yulan. Ms. Jie Yulan managed to escape twenty-eight days later. Her husband was illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor.

At 10:00 a.m. on March 6, 2006, police from Qinglong Police Station arrested practitioner Ms. Feng Qing who lived in Chengdu City.

Police from the National Security Group of Ankang Railroad Police Department illegally arrested practitioner Mr. Li Xiaobin in Dazhou City. He was released at 10:00 p.m. that same night. However, the other three practitioners, Ms. He Xiaoying, Mr. Qian Yufeng and Mr. Tao Dafeng are still being illegally held in the Ankang Railroad Police Department.

Practitioners Mr. Geng Mingliang, Mr. Cui Yanshuang, Mr. Ning Junshan and Mr Geng Lizhu's father, all from Baimu Village, Jiajiakou Township, Ningjin County, Xingtai region in Hebei Province were illegally arrested by police led by the village cadre Ning Baoshan (male).

Practitioner Ms. Li Ru, who works as an elementary school teacher at the Yonghe Road Elementary School of Licang District, Qingdao City in Shandong Province was reported to the principal, Yu Aihua (female, about forty-three years old), by a teacher, Zan Xinghua (female, about 30 years old), because she spoke about Falun Gong to Zan.

On February 16, 2006, the first day of school, Yu Aihua (female) called in Ms. Li Ru to have a conversation. Then the Education Committee of Licang District also sent someone to call on Ms. Li Yu to have a conversation. Afterwards, the police station sent someone to arrest Ms. Li Ru and took her to the Hushan Road Police Station of Licang District. Ms. Li Ru has been held in the Dashan Detention Center of Qingdao City for almost twenty days.

Practitioner Ms. Wang Junhua from Tianshui City in Gansu Province was forced by the Tianshui City Police Department to leave home to avoid being arrested in September 2005. Her whereabouts were unknown for four months. Now it is clear that she was arrested by police from Hutubi County in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region and is currently being held in the Hutubi County Detention Center. Another practitioner, Mr. Zhang Zhiming from Tianshui City, is also being illegally held.

On February 25, 2006, Gong (last name, male) and two other police officers from the Taoyuan Police Station of Pingyuan County in Shandong Province broke into the homes of four practitioners in Dayingzhang Village at about 9:00 p.m. and ransacked their homes. The police confiscated several Falun Gong books from one practitioner's home. The police forced this practitioner to pay a fine of 3,000 yuan.

Afterwards, they also arranged personnel in Dayingzhang Village to monitor practitioners. Whenever practitioners went out to distribute truth-clarification materials, the monitors repeatedly reported the practitioners to the 610 Office by phone.

A truth-clarification materials production site in Qingyuan City in Guangdong Province was damaged. Three Falun Gong practitioners were illegally arrested and taken away. They are: Ms. Wu, Mr. He Qiang and Mr. Ren. Ms. Huang Qiumei's house was ransacked for the seventh time.

The Thoughts and Morality textbooks for the Five-Year elementary school system were compiled by the Education Department of Heilongjiang Province. On page 20 of Chapter Seven, in the article "Science is the Weapon to Eliminate Superstition," the main contents defame Falun Gong and Teacher Li.

Recently, the Longkou City Education Bureau in Shandong Province required all of the elementary schools and middle schools, and even the kindergartens of the city, to write summary reports for each education period, as well as to view films that twist the facts of Falun Gong. Some schools even started to collect signatures of the students against Falun Gong. The innocent students are being deceived.

Practitioner Ms. Zhang Hua from Tongnan County walked away from the detention center on March 3, 2006, after being on hunger strike for sixty-nine days.

Recently, many practitioners noticed that there are more police cars on the street. Increasing numbers of suspicious-looking people have shown up near many Falun Gong practitioners' homes. Some of them are wearing yellow wrist badges while some others are wearing police uniforms. At night, police car sirens are occasionally heard.

In addition, sources report that Jilin Province officials have ordered, "Those who wear blue in their hair or around their neck will be arrested."

On February 21, 2006, an elderly practitioner, Ms. Wang Qinglan was arrested. On February 22, she was taken to Dezhou City Detention Center. On March 4, her family members were extorted for 3,000 yuan before she was released.

During the period when Ms. Wang was held, her family members sent a five-hundred-yuan supermarket gift card to Zhang Zhenyi (male) from the National Security Group. As a result Zhang agreed not to torture the elderly practitioner and to release her in one week's time.

During the period when the Second People's Representatives Conference was being held, the National Security Group of the Xiong County Police Department of Hebei Province attempted to harass and search practitioners' homes, and even attempted to arrest practitioners.

44. [Hubei Province] The Jiangjun Road Elementary School and Middle School in Wuhan City Slander Falun Gong in front of Young Children

Recently, the Jiangjun Road Elementary School and Wuhan City Middle School have requested that every student write an article to criticize Falun Gong. The article is required to contain six hundred Chinese characters. The schools also requested that the students not withdraw from the CCP Youth League or CCP Young Pioneers.

45. [Jilin Province] Tonghua City Police Department Installs Equipment to Block Practitioners from Tapping into Television Broadcasts with Truth-Clarification Programs

Since March 2006, in order to disrupt practitioners' efforts to tap into the regular television broadcasts to clarify the truth about Falun Gong, the Tonghua City Police Department installed a set of equipment in the city television system. According to what is known, the equipment can monitor the television pictures through the wires connected to the television sets that receive the signals.

46. [China] Textbooks Contain Content Defaming Falun Gong

Detailed Information on Textbooks with Contents That Defame Falun Gong

The Standard Experimental Textbook for Volunteer Education Curriculum:

The Second Edition for the Seventh Grade
The permit number: [2005] 1274
On page 85 of this book, there are contents persecuting Falun Gong

Thoughts and Morality Comprehensive Study Guide comes together with the new standard textbooks published by the People's Education Publisher

Compiled by Jilin Province Publisher Group's Textbook Compilation Center

This book was edited by Gao Changsheng (male)

Liu Fang (female), Ning Lijing (female) and Hao Shuxia (female) are the Chief Editors

The key editorial personnel include: Song Jingwen (male), Lu Baoyan (female), Zhang Liqin (female), Cui Liaoqian (male), Ji Jinrong (male), Li Tiejun (male), Liu Dongmei (female), Xue Dong Mei (female), Li Wenli (female), Zhao Zhihong (male) and others

The Editor in Charge: Zhang Dai'na

People's Education Publisher:
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