The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong  -- May 9, 2006

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Content

  • Shen Jianli, a Teacher at Jilin University, Is Reported to Have Been Killed and Her Body Disposed Of

  • Two Practitioners Missing in Jilin Province

  • Insider Discloses Persecution Methods Used in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

  • Jiuquan Jail Illegally Imprisons and Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners

  • Police in Lianyungang and Ganyu County Sentence Falun Gong Practitioners to Imprisonment

  • Trophy Awarded to Sichuan Province Women's Forced Labor Camp Earned through the Tears and Blood of Falun Gong Practitioners

  • Mr. Pan Xuecheng Died under Persecution in 2005

  • Four Practitioners Persecuted to Death in Henan, Shandong, and Hebei Provinces

  • Two Practitioners Die Due to Persecution in Anhui and Hebei Provinces

  • Two Practitioners Detained in Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province

  • Additional Persecution News from China - April 16, 2006 (21 Reports)

  • Additional Persecution News from China - April 24, 2006 (24 Reports)



  • Shen Jianli, a Teacher at Jilin University, Is Reported to Have Been Killed and Her Body Disposed Of


    Shen Jianli, a Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun, was a teacher at Jilin University. At the end of April 2002, a police officer unintentionally released information that Shen Jianli had been killed as a result of persecution. So far, her body has not been found. We are calling for further investigation into this matter.


    Shen Jianli (taken in 1999)

    Ms. Shen Jianli was born in 1969. She was a faculty member at the Department of Applied Mathematics, Jilin University, Jilin Province. Because she persisted in practicing Falun Gong and believing in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance", she was sent by two heads of the 610 Office at Jilin University, Liu Yuan and Liu Wei, to the Nanling Police Substation. She was later sent to the Jingyuetan Brainwashing Center. Her three-year-old son Shen Jianli was also subjected to brainwashing. The Nanling Police Substation repeatedly threatened to send her son to an orphanage so that they could send Shen Jianli to a forced labor camp. Shen Jianli's husband Zhen Weidong was also later detained at a forced labor camp. Shen Jianli and her child managed to escape. After that, Liu Yuan boasted, "I don't believe that I cannot get her." Shen Jianli was then placed on the police's wanted list.

    On March 6, 2002 when her husband Zhen Weidong was put on trial, Shen Jianli was arrested at the entrance of the courthouse. As a result, her child was left alone at the entrance. Shen Jianli was illegally detained at the Third Detention Center of Changchun city, otherwise known as Shuanyang Detention Center, and her husband Zhen Weidong was illegally sentenced to thirteen years of imprisonment. Shen Jianli went on a hunger strike to protest her illegal detainment. It was confirmed by a witness that Shen Jianli never returned after the first interrogation.

    The police told those searching for Shen Jianli that she was not dead, but sent to another place. Another police officer said, "I cannot tell you where she is; I'll be finished if I tell you that." When she was arrested, Shen Jianli was only 33. Her health was perfect, but now we have reason to believe that she is deceased, possibly as a result of organ harvesting.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/5/4/126824.html


    Two Practitioners Missing in Jilin Province


    1. Practitioner Mr. Zhang Yong from Jilin Province Missing from Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp in Jiutai

    Mr. Zhang Yong, born on July 16, 1971, is a practitioner from Yongji County in Jilin Province. He was an employee of the Foundation Processing Sub-bureau of China Hydraulic and Hydro-Electric No. 1 Engineering Bureau. In the fall of 2002, Sun Wansheng, former party secretary of his work unit, and other officials deceived him to return to work. The officials then notified the 610 Office, and Mr. Zhang Yong was arrested and sentenced to two years of forced labor in the Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp in Jiutai, Jilin Province. Mr. Zhang should have been released in 2004, however he remains missing to this day. No information is available regarding his whereabouts.

    2. Practitioner Ms. Li Xiuying from Changchun City Missing since 2004

    Ms. Li Xiuying, born on April 21, 1966, lived at #2 Unit 2, Floor 4, Building 2, Furong Residential Complex, Changchun City. She went missing on April 28, 2004, when she was 38 years old. Her whereabouts remain unknown. Her family went to the police station several times to inquire. The officers all said that they knew nothing about her.


    Picture of Ms. Li Xiuying provided by her family



    Insider Discloses Persecution Methods Used in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

    An insider who had once been to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp because of business, gave the following statements:

    First, there is no one in the entire (Liaoning) province who does not know about Masanjia, where people were frequently beaten to death in the1950's and 60's since its establishment. Masanjia is infamous for its ruthlessness. There is no limit as to how far the punishments can go in China.

    Second, once when I passed by a yard, I saw from afar that in the courtyard a police officer was whipping a male Falun Gong practitioner with a bamboo stick. This Falun Gong practitioner had on only a white undershirt, and he was bleeding where the stick hit. I really could not bear to watch, and I also did not dare to look longer.

    Third, in a big courtyard, there were people holding a male Falun Gong practitioner from both sides, forcing his body to bend forward while standing, with his head pointing towards the ground and his spinal cord bent. It definitely had gone on for a very long time, otherwise his face would not have been that swollen when he raised his head. While the practitioner was forced to bend, a guard stood behind him with an unknown object (maybe an electric baton) in hand and hit the practitioner's lower back with it. (Note: the people who held the practitioner on both sides were usually the inmates.)

    Fourth, on summer evenings, Falun Gong practitioners were firmly held by people from both sides, and wore only an undershirt, with a lamp on top of their heads (to attract mosquitoes). The guards (quite a few had retired from the armed forces, and their quality generally was very bad) said viciously, "If they do not follow orders, fix them."

    Fifth, in 1999, the Falun Gong practitioners were all sent to one window to get their food. What they ate was plain vegetable soup, and corn paste.

    Sixth, the son of the manager from the Shenyang Huanggutun District Meat Processing Factory was a practitioner, and was beaten until his brain tissue came out. He later became mentally retarded after surgery. I know him.

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    Here we appeal to all the insiders who have a conscience to provide first hand or relevant information, (see April 8, 2006 Clearwisdom.net article "Notice on the Scope of Investigation and Evidence Collection by the "Committee to Investigate the Facts") and join us to fight against the persecution and stop the slaughter! We call for conscience and justice for humankind.


    Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/12/125009.html


    Jiuquan Jail Illegally Imprisons and Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners

     Jiuquan Jail in Gansu Province was initially constructed in October 1951. Located on the southeast corner of Jiuquan City, it is known to the public as the Jiuquan Electrical Machinery Plant. Currently, they have 469 police officers and employees, and around 330 retired staff. The main electrical plant occupies 30 acres. The jail area consists of thirteen buildings located in the suburb. The two farms affiliated with the jail, Chengjiao and Qingshui Farms, have an area of around 1650 acres and are situated in the desert. Xiaheqing Farm is situated to the northeast in the Jiuquan urban district. It has been nicknamed by local residents the "white sore beach." This is Jiuquan Jail's largest labor camp for "reform" through re-education, covering an area of 1650 acres. The supervision jurisdiction belongs to the 4th and 5th Group of the jail. The train station ironwork factory is Jiuquan Jail's 7th Group.


    Map of Jiuquan Jail in Gansu Province

    In 2001, Jiuquan Jail in Gansu Province was designated by Gansu Province Jail Administrative Bureau, (Bureau Chief Lu Sanxin) as the jail for serious criminal offenders. Some sources revealed that "Jiang Zemin ordered that several special large 'reform' prisons be built in deserted, isolated, uninhabited regions of the five provinces including Xinjiang, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and Sichuan provinces to imprison Falun Gong practitioners with the instruction that the prisoners taken there should never come out. In February of 2005, the Gansu Province Jail Administrative Bureau invested approximately 300 million yuan to remodel the prisons in Gansu Province, including the lay out, within two years. Jiuquan's Jail in Gansu Province was included in the plan for modification and remodeling.

    Located in the suburb of Jiuquan, is Juiquan Electrical Machinery Plant Suburb Farm (approximately about 6 km from the city, situated about 3 km off of Jinta highway) This is Jiuquan Jail's sixth supervised prison, and many practitioners are being held here. A Lanzhou practitioner is currently imprisoned there. It has been reported that practitioners who were confined in Jiuquan Jails were dispersed between the areas of Jiuquan City and Jinta County, in multiple locations. The sixth and fourth jails are close to Jiuquan City while the specific locations of other jails are unknown.

    In 2003, the corrupt police used the pretext of so-called "reforming" Falun Gong practitioners, to concentrate the confinement into a squadron within the jail. This confinement enabled the practitioners to collectively resist the persecution with a hunger strike. Later they were dispersed to other jails for confinement.

    Falun Gong practitioner Wang Xiaodong, from Yumen City, resisted the illegal confinement, and was persecuted during the Chinese New Year's celebration period through solitary confinement and sleep deprivation for more than twenty-six days.

    On December 1, 2005, 20 practitioners who were confined in Wuwei Jail were transferred to Jiuquan Jail to be "transformed."

    Before 2006, the Electrical Machinery Plant was imprisoning more than twenty Falun Gong practitioners from the Jiuquan area. Li Yuhai was illegally sentenced to 14 years in prison, Wang Wenzhong ten years, Wang Xiaodong eight years, and Ma Yong for three years. Several others have already been accounted for on the Internet, and many others are currently unaccounted for.

    Around the Lunar New Year in 2006, the male practitioners who were sentenced in Gansu Province were transferred to Jiuquan Electrical Machinery Plant for more severe, brutal, and intense persecution. On the surface, they were not forced to do labor with beatings or verbal abuse. Instead, they were persecuted more covertly, by being deprived of sleep. Some practitioners were not allowed to sleep for more than ten consecutive days. The police would designate certain "Jail Protectors" to follow the practitioners at all times, even during their family member's visits. They monitored every movement of the practitioners.

    The Jiuquan Jail staff has brutally persecuted practitioners. Practitioners were not even allowed to speak to their family members during visits since they were being monitored. All the practitioners in Jiuquan Jail were steadfast practitioners who refused to renounce the practice; they had been previously persecuted in various other jails in Gansu Province. Some of the practitioners were confined for more than four years.

    According to information from reliable sources, Falun Gong practitioners from Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia provinces who refuse to renounce the practice are transferred intermittently to this remote concentration camp for continued persecution.


    Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/20/125651.html


    Police in Lianyungang and Ganyu County Sentence Falun Gong Practitioners to Imprisonment

     In March and April 2005, the police in Lianyungang City and Ganyu County of Jiangsu Province were rampantly persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong practitioners went out at night to distribute truth material  to awaken people. Threatened by the police and under intense pressure, a few practitioners who did not have firm rigtheous belief were coerced to give out the names of their fellow practitioners who went out at night to distribute truth-clarification materials. As a result, more than twenty practitioners in Ganyu County were arrested.

    Of those arrested, six practitioners were sent to forced labor camps and six sentenced to from three to nine and a half years in prison. Practitioners Liu Li, Jiang Xiujuan, and Yang Fang were sentenced to three years of imprisonment.

    Policemen He Congbin, Li Zhaoxue, and Sun Chenghua, and policewoman Yaoling ransacked practitioners' homes, and used interrogation, deception and temptation to ruthlessly persecute and try to force practitioners into admitting that they distributed materials containing information on Falun Gong. The police even falsified evidence to convict the practitioners. Policeman Li Zhaoxue made up testimonies people did not give, and he fabricated testimonies of so-called witnesses who did not even live in Xinzhuang Village.

    After the police sent the fabricated evidence to the court, Chen Qingtai and other people who worked at the court continuously postponed the trial, fearing that the practitioners would appeal their case. Wang Baoming, head of the County Court, called Fan Qun, a deputy-administrator of the Middle Level Court of Lianyungang City, and reported that the case against the practitioners was not strong enough, and asked Fan Qun not to verify the verdict if the practitioners appealed. Later, Ganyu County Court issued a verdict on the afternoon of September 30, right before the National Day holiday. The court didn't give the verdict to the practitioners' lawyer, but instead to the practitioners involved in the case, who did not have experience in the legal system. As a result, the practitioners missed the deadline for appealing their case. In addition, the Ganyu County Court held onto the appeals documents and did not turn them over to the City Court. They wanted to wait until the end of the year to give the City Court the practitioners' appeals papers so that there would not be much time left for a retrial.

    Generally, the case files should be given to the City Court within ten days after the first verdict was given. However, the Ganyu County Court didn't turn in the files until 40 days later. Fan Qun, the deputy-administrator of the City Court told the practitioners that it was getting close to the end of the year and there was not enough time for a retrial. Instead, he said that he would have a discussion with the trial committee. However, Fan Qun did not meet with the trial committee, fearing that they might overturn the case after reviewing all the evidence. Fan and Zhang Niangeng, head of the City Court, instead upheld the first verdict without consulting with anyone. They made the decision in the morning and delivered the verdict in the afternoon, so that the practitioners would not have time to rebut.

    The following is an account of what practitioner Yang Fang from Ganyu County of Lianyungang City experienced in the persecution of Falun Gong. She was sentenced to three and a half years and is now detained in a forced labor camp.

    At around 3:00 p.m. on April 13, 2005, when I was still at school, the police came and took me to Nanjiao Hotel. Two policemen took turns monitoring me until 6:00 p.m. After they had dinner, they started the interrogation.

    Two police officers took turns covering a shift that lasted about six hours. There were three shifts. They continuously interrogated me in order to deprive me of sleep. Police officers Sun Chenghua and Zhang Ming worked the first shift. Sun Chenghua cursed and yelled at me, but I didn't say a word. Then Zhang Ming started to talk nonstop to me until midnight.

    The second shift was covered by Li Zhaoxue and a man with the surname Lao from the City Police Department. They continued with the interrogation. Lao from the City Police Department didn't say much. Li Zhaoxue, however, began to talk to me in a caring manner, asking about my family. He kept saying that his elder brother was a classmate of my fiancè, that Falun Gong practitioners were good people, and that the police wouldn't do anything to them. Then he said, "Please tell me what you did." I replied, "I didn't do anything illegal." He then wrote down four Chinese characters, "Technology Assists the Police." He said, "Think about the meaning of these words." I told him I didn't know the meaning. He replied, "Don't you know it's the technology age? We have a satellite at the City Police Department that can detect whatever you do when you go out at night. We know very well what you have done. We just want to give you the chance to speak up to prove to us that you are sincere. Then we can speak for you and let you go home." I then told him, "Since you already have the best technology, what do you need from me? Why don't you do an analysis of what you've detected and deal with it?"

    Then Li Zhaoxue changed his tactic and he mentioned several names, asking if I knew who they were. I said, "No." He told me that these people whose name he mentioned, confessed everything they knew to the police and were released the same day.

    On the third night when Li Zhaoxue came to interrogate me again, he used various methods to deceive and coax me into cooperating with him. At that time, my mind wa s not clear because I had not slept for three straight days. I was also thinking of my child at home alone and preparing for his exams to get into junior high school. I wanted to go home, so I answered his questions, believing what he said to me. He told me, "Even if you tell us what you did, we cannot sentence you without proof. Besides, I live in the same village as your fiancè and Chief He also knows him. If you work with us, we can speak on your behalf so that you will be able to go home early." I asked, "What do you want me to say?"

    Li Zhaoxue said, "About distributing Falun Gong materials, how many copies did you distribute? Which villages did you go to? What were the contents of the materials?" I said, "I only went out to distribute twice, each time about a dozen copies. I don't know the exact number, nor do I know the name of the villages. Other practitioners gave me a ride on their motorcycles. The content was about the truth of the self-immolation incident." He told me that they found some VCDs and brochures that were distributed. I had no idea about them, but thought that if I admitted to them, they would take it as my being cooperative and let me go home early. Since I didn't distribute the VCDs or brochures, I thought they wouldn't have any evidence to sentence me.

    Li Zhaoxue wrote on a piece of paper names of villages and that I distributed more than a thousand copies of truth-clarification materials. I told him that I never went to that many villages nor did I distribute that many materials. He then made some changes on the numbers. He said, "The numbers are not important. What matters is your attitude." I asked him, "Why didn't you write down what I had said in your report? Are you adding the amount up and putting it all under my name?" He smiled and said, "I did it for you to be able to go home early. The more you confess, the bigger your contribution." He then asked me where I got the materials. I didn't tell him it was from another practitioner. Instead, I told him I made them myself. As to the amount of materials distributed, Li Zhaoxue did a lot of calculation before finalizing the numbers down on paper.

    At that time, I thought he was being ridiculous. However, now I know how naive I truly was. Although I had a college education, I did not have much legal knowledge. I knew I would never do anything against the law, so I never spent time studying it. In addition, I cared little for the sophisticated tricks people played in society. I usually think well of people. I didn't realize that how many materials I distributed was a critical issue. I did not suspect that they would deliberately make my case into a big one so they could get a bonus. They fabricated the testimony as well as the evidence, since they got my "confession" through deception.

    Later, Zhang Ming and Sun Chenghua took over the interrogation. At that time, my brain was numb and I couldn't figure out what they were talking about. I only remembered that I had copied some sentences that Li Zhaoxue wrote and signed my name. Later, an older man from the City Police Department and someone from Ganyu interrogated me again. I didn't remember what I said. It went on like that until the afternoon of the fourth day. It was April 16, 2005. Eventually, they asked me to sign a warranty and sent me directly to the custody center.

    Later I wanted to overturn my so-called "confession" and asked some inmates, but they told me there was no use doing that. The police would only label me with "bad attitude." In order to go home early and maintain a "good attitude" status, I dismissed the idea of overturning my confession.

    In May, Zhang Ming and Sun Chenghua came to interrogate me again. I remembered Zhang Ming saying, "You have a very good attitude. We are here just to verify the information. It's only formality." I said, "Didn't you get what you want?" Zhang Ming asked again how many copies of the materials I distributed. I said, "Don't you have the number on file?" So he copied the numbers from the thick pile of documents. Then he suddenly asked, "Did you put the materials in plastic bags?" I said "No." He became immediately silent. Now I realized that they were making up the numbers, adding the amount of materials they discovered and putting it under my name. Their purpose was to put all the cases together so that they could get a big reward. Later, people from the prosecutor's office came to interrogate me twice. They also copied the numbers from the files prepared by the police department. Hence, I didn't know I was deceived until I received the accusation letter.

    In court, I overturned my testimony. But they continued with the trial according to the record of my first confession. The testimony they got from other witnesses were also fabricated. One testimony said that someone saw two women one night; one was 5' 4" tall, and the other one was 5' 3". In fact, we only put several copies of the truth-clarification materials by the entrance of the village. I remembered that no one was around at that time. In the middle of the night, how could any one clearly tell the height of a person? This is how the police fabricated evidence to set me up.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/3/13/122724.html


    Trophy Awarded to Sichuan Province Women's Forced Labor Camp Earned through the Tears and Blood of Falun Gong Practitioners

     Nanmusi Women's Labor Camp in Zizhong City, Sichuan Province, has a seventh team that was specially set up for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners on June 20, 2000. As ordered by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s persecution policy, deputy labor camp chief Wu and discipline section chiefs Zhang and Li Zhiqing instigated the team leader, Zhang Xiaofang , Li Qi, and some other guards to slander Falun Gong with audiotapes, videotapes, VCDs, newspapers, magazines, and video materials. They use these things to try to brainwash Falun Gong practitioners and poison them. Practitioners who refuse to cooperate and refuse to be "transformed" are tortured. The guards lock them in small cells; beat and curse them; torture them with electric shocks; hang them up; force-feed them water, food, and even feces; bind their legs in the double-crossed position; the tiger bench; force them to stand in military posture; force them to stand in the sizzling sun; drag them along the ground; deprive them of food, sleep, and the right to use the restroom; and force them to perform slave labor. Many people died, numerous people were injured and disabled, and thousands of people were forced to "transform." Nanmusi is an outright living hell.

    Ms. Wang Hongxia is from Anyue. Because she steadfastly believes in "Truthfulness, Benevolence-Forbearance," the guards brutally tortured her. They shocked her many times with electric batons, locked her in the solitary cell, force-fed her with water, and forced her to sit on the tiger bench.

    Ms. Yue Li is from Longchang. She was forced to stand in military posture, sit in military posture, and squat. In the severe cold of winter they forced her to stand outdoors for a couple of days. She was deprived of movement and sleep, and the guards even prohibited her from going to the toilet. Besides this, the guards still humiliated her, slandered her and cursed her. They said that if she needed to go the restroom, she was to use the rice bowls of the "untransformed" Falun Gong practitioners.

    Ms. Su Shihui is from Guanghan. She was locked up in a small cell many times. The guards handcuffed her in various postures. Sometimes they even handcuffed her and hung her up. They also forced her to cross her legs and bound her calves with rope. Her hands were handcuffed at the back or in the front. The guards said that was let her to do the "exercise."

    Ms. Han Jie from Leshan City was forced to cross her legs and was tied for three days and nights. Ms. Wu Houyu is from Luzhou. The guards prohibited her from washing or showering for several months. Eight people grabbed her and hauled her over the uneven floor in turn. Her trousers were torn open and her underwear was ripped to pieces. The lower part of her body was badly injured, and the floor was smeared with blood. After that, they forced her to be a "rooster standing"--to stand on only one foot and raise the other one. She was ordered to keep steady. If she moved a little bit, the guards would beat and kick her with their heavy shoes and twist her arms behind her back. Her whole body was swollen and one can hardly find any area on her body with normal, healthy skin. Several times, she lost consciousness when the guard punished her by making her stand under the eaves.

    In March 2003, Ms. Ai Kexiu, a practitioner detained in the 2nd team, reported to Li Zhiqing from the discipline section how inmates Zhang Xiaofang and Mao Yukun had persecuted her. After that Zhang Xiaofang and Mao Yukun began to abuse Ms. Ai even more brutally. Every noon and evening they handcuffed her to the poles of two iron beds and stretched her in four different directions until midnight. Then she would be allowed to sleep for a while with her hands tightly handcuffed on the end of the bed. The two guards kept on torturing Ms. Ai Kexiu like this until her sentence term was over.

    As for the "untransformed" practitioners, the guards force-fed each one four kilograms of water plus three small bowls of soup everyday or one big cup of water or soup every two hours. The capacity of one cup was about one pound. Sleeping, urinating, or defecating were all prohibited. When the practitioners' winter clothes and winter covers consequently became completely sodden, the urine leaked onto the floor. The guards then made them buy a broom to clean the floor. The "monitors" threw away all the urine-soaked clothes and covers. For instance, all the clothes belonging to Ms. Fu Liqiong from Chengdu City were thrown out. Ms. Fu Tianlu, a head nurse in the hospital affiliated with the Ziyang 431 Factory that belonsg to Railway Department, was force-fed water. Because the guards prohibited her from going to toilet, she suffered so much that she lost consciousness at last. The guard, Mao Yukun, was so inhumane that she proudly stood at the door of the 7th team office and she said in a sarcastic tone, "Eight cups of water was good for your health."

    In the 7th team of the labor camp, Zhang Xiaofang persecuted practitioners everywhere she went. Even the feces ditch was utilized to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Ms. Ma Qingchun from Nanchong was tortured like this. Guards Huang, Liao and Zhang stuffed her mouth with a dirty rag and sealed it with tape. Then they pushed her down into the feces ditch. After that they tore off the tape, handcuffed her to a tree, and smeared feces on her face.

    Ms. Zhou Huimin from Chengdu was also forced to stand in the feces ditch. Those steadfast practitioners were also forced to stand in the yard in the hottest period of summer. Ms. Lu Jian and some other practitioners were, against their will, "transformed" under this sort of persecution.

    The authorities' behavior indicated that they completely disregarded the lives of those steadfast practitioners. Zhang Xiaofang and Li Qi instigated the drug addict Feng Ping from Yibin to beat practitioner Ms. Zhang Siqing from Chengdu with an iron club. Finally Ms. Zhang was beaten to the point that she passed out. Ms. Hua Miyi from Panzhihua was beaten so hard that she became crippled. Because Ms. Zhu Yunfang, a practitioner in her 50s from Chengdu, refused to be "transformed," Zhang Xiaofang instigated some criminal offenders to brutally beat her in the bathroom. They kicked and stomped on her chest and abdomen with heavy shoes. With a heartrending scream, Ms. Zhu Yufang was tortured to death.

    There were also some practitioners who were tortured to near-death and passed away soon after being carried home by relatives. They were: Ms. Wu Shicui from Fangshi; Ms. Deyang; Ms. Li Yangfang, in her 50s, from Wenjiang in Chengdu; Ms. Jiang Jiyu, in her 50s, from Bi Count; and so on. Those who were tortured to disability or mental disorder were: Ms. Hu Ruilian from Leshan, Ms. Luo Junling from Huili, Ms. Zhu Xia from Chendu, and Ms. Gao Yan whose hometown is Chengdu but worked inLeshan.

    The brutal persecution forced thousands of people to be "transformed." The guards not only persecuted those "untransformed" practitioners but also kept on persecuting the people whom they thought were not thoroughly "transformed." Since 2002 Zhang Xiaofang had adopted Mao Yukun's wicked plan to order all the "transformed" people to swear at Teacher and Falun Gong many times every day. This method was executed all around the 7th team. Those who refused to cooperate would not be allowed to use the restroom or sleep.

    Ms. Xu Ping and a short woman named Ms. Zhou Zhengfeng from Panzhihua could not endure the persecution any more and were "transformed." But Zhang Xiaofang still forced the two to do heavy labor day and night, either in the yard or, in extremely cold weather, in a work cell, which was specially set up for the people who did not totally transform as evaluated by Zhang Xiaofang. They could not go to sleep until 2 or 3 a.m. and sometimes they had to work almost the whole night. At 6 a.m. they still had to get up and go to work immediately. They even had no time even to comb their hair. Once when Ms. Zhou Zhengfeng was hurrying to comb her hair, Zhang Xiaofang happened to see it. With a great anger, she went to give Ms. Zhou Zhengfeng a blow. But she did not aim well, missed Zhang, lost her balance, and fell on the floor. When a practitioner came to help her up, Zhang Xiaofang not only did not offer any thanks but also accused Falun Gong of "beating people." She railed at the practitioner who helped her, saying that she should not pull her up but, instead, should hold Ms. Zhou Zhengfeng so that Zhang Xiaofang could beat her.

    They used innumerable methods of torture, and the number of the people they tortured was simply huge: I could not count every one of them. All I have revealed is just a small fraction of what goes on in the camp.

    Because Zhang Xiaofang followed the orders of the CCP and Jian's group well, the 7th team was praised as one of the 20 "advanced units" in the national judicial system in 2000, and Zhang Xiaofang herself was praised as one of the "ten most outstanding youth of China" that year. When the deputy chief of the labor camp, Wu, cheerfully brought back the trophy that was smeared with the tears and blood of Falun Gong practitioners, Zhou Xiaofang saw the trophy as a precious award. If anyone even touched it, she was very unhappy. As detained practitioners continually revealed the truth and exposed the persecution, Zhang was transferred out of the 7th team in November 2004.

    Now there were only about 50 practitioners still detained in the 7th team. The new leader's name is Ren, and the deputy leaders are Wu Yuhui and Xu. These new guards didn't stop the Zhang Xiaofang-style torture methods. Instead, they themselves adopted even more savage methods to continue to persecute Falun Gong practitioners.

    Ms. Lv Feiyuan, who had been as thin as a skeleton, was again locked in the small cell. Ms. Jiang Yongfang fainted three times during torture and was also denied use of the toilet. She had to soil her own trousers. Because of the persecution Ms. Jiang developed the symptoms of hypertension and heart disease and even became delirious at times. Because the guards were afraid to assume the responsibility, they finally released her.

    Ms. Luo Shuizhen is being locked in the small cell and subjected to torture. Ms. Li Fengqi and some other practitioners are still suffering persecution at the hands of the guards. The practitioners who are steadfast and constant in their belief in "Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance" are Yang Taiying and Tang Tianming from Naxi Luzhou and Zhu Yuehui from Huarong.

    The facts above are but a small fraction of the cases of persecution in Sichuan Women's Forced Labor Camp.

    Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/3/25/123674.html


    Mr. Pan Xuecheng Died under Persecution in 2005

     Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Pan Xuecheng, 70 years old, lived in the Fourth Group of the Shuijiangwenwu Village, in Xinjin County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Prior to practicing Falun Gong, Mr. Pan had diabetes and heart disease, and thus lost the ability to work. After beginning to practice Falun Gong in June 1997, he gradually recovered, and became healthy with a rosy complexion. He no longer needed to take medicine, he was able to do farm work, and changed into a totally new person.

    Pan Xuecheng went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong in the autumn of 2000, and was illegally arrested by policemen in Chengdu City. Local government officials came to his home, took away his Falun Gong books, and extorted five hundred yuan.

    After January 24, 2001 (the Chinese New Year), Mr. Pan was reported and arrested and detained for 45 days in the Wujin Police Station. Upon being released, he was arrested and taken to the Township Government to be interrogated. In 2004, Mr. Pan was working an overnight security job, but he was reported, chased, and body searched by the Chinese Communist Party Secretary Wei Zhongquan (male).

    Under long-term persecution, the elderly Mr. Pan's mental and physical health was severely damaged. His old sicknesses came back, causing his lung to fester and he was vomiting blood. He died on September 27, 2005.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/5/1/126533.html


    Four Practitioners Persecuted to Death in Henan, Shandong, and Hebei Provinces

    Ms. Dong Fuyun from Anyang City, Henan Province, persecuted to death

    Ms. Dong Fuyun, who was approximately 60 years old, was a retiree of the Beiguan Grain Shop in Anyang City, Henan Province. Ms. Dong lived in the Beiguan Grain Shop residential area on Beacon Road. She obtained Fa in 1996 and practiced whole-heartedly all the time. When the persecution began on July 20, 1999, she went to Beijing to clarify the truth and appeal for Falun Gong. She was illegally arrested and sent home. In October of that same year, she went to Beijing to clarify the truth again. Once again she was arrested and detained at a detention center, where she was beaten by policemen and tortured with the Tiger Bench. She was also detained beyond her sentenced term. After being released in 2001, she was a main target for persecution by city and district 610 Office agents. Around Chinese New Year 2006, she was harassed again by the CCP. On the night of February 17, 2006, Ms. Dong Fuyun went to some residential districts to hand out truth clarification materials. Someone found her unconscious in a building and called the authorities. When the emergency police came, they said she was a patient and they should call the hospital. She was sent to the Chinese Traditional Medical Hospital accompanied by the police. She died after surgery on her skull.

    According to her family, Ms. Dong had gone to hand out truth clarification materials at about 8 p.m. that night, February 17. Around 9 p.m., her family received a call and then hurried to the emergency ward of the Chinese Traditional Medical Hospital. They were informed that she had a severe cerebral hemorrhage. When doctors examined her, they found truth clarifying materials on her. At that moment, policemen from the National Security Bureau or the Beiguan Police Station went to her home to search and took away more materials. After the surgery, Ms. Dong Fuyun died that night. The hospital said she had had a cerebral hemorrhage but could not determine the cause. Her family said her health had been good and that she did not have any illnesses. What happened in that building where she was found? We could not check, and her body was immediately cremated, so we could not examine it.

    Ms. Zhou Feifei from Shandong Province died in the forced labor camp from unknown drugs

    Ms. Zhou Feifei, 34 years old, was a Falun Gong practitioner in Dajinkou Village, Dajinkou Town, Tai'an City, Shandong Province. In November 2002, her house was ransacked. She was subsequently detained in Tai'an Detention Center for one month. After that, she was sent back to Dajinkou Town government to be brainwashed. Since Ms. Zhou did not give up practicing Falun Gong, she was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor. She was detained in the Jinan Women's Forced Labor Camp, where she was forced to take unknown drugs. Within one year, officials informed her family to take her home. By that time, Ms. Zhou had been persecuted to the point of mental collapse and she tried to commit suicide everyday. She jumped into the river dam and tried to poison herself many times but was always rescued. In 2004, Zhou Feifei poisoned herself again. This time emergency aid was no use and she died.

    Blind Mr. Han Gencheng from Hebei Province was persecuted to death

    Mr. Han Gencheng, a blind man, was from Dafeng Village, Weibo Town, Xinji City, Hebei Province. In June 1998, he fell sick and laid in bed all the time. He did not eat or drink for more than 10 days, and could not speak. A doctor examined him but did not find any illness. His family was very anxious. Many thought that he would not live much longer. Then Mr. Han luckily heard Teacher's Falun Gong lecture tape. He gradually recovered and then began his Falun Gong practice.

    Mr. Han Gencheng's house was once a place where many gathered to read Falun Gong books. After July 20, 1999, his home was targeted repeatedly. Geng Chao and Yi Bao of the Xinjin 610 Office, chief Zhao Gentang of the town police station, and some people from the village committee went to his home many times to harass and threaten people. Han Gencheng's brother was detained at the local police station and the city 610 Office many times for no reason; his sister-in-law and niece were "illegally detained" in the city detention center many times. This left only Mr. Han's teenage nephew and himself home alone, crying all day with nobody to take care of them. Mr. Han Gencheng's spirit was harmed severely. He died on June 8, 2002, of the lunar calendar; he was only 38 years old.

    Clerk Ji Jiacai in the Huabei Oil Field was persecuted to death by the 610 Office in his department

    Mr. Ji Jiacai, 57 years old, was a clerk in the Huabei Oil Field. He once had diabetes and other diseases related to it. In 1996, he began to practice Falun Gong and persisted in reading Falun Gong books and doing the exercises. All of his illnesses disappeared without medical care. He did not need to take medicine for more than four years. On July 22, 1999, he and his wife, also a practitioner, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and were arrested and sent back home. He was forced to write statements to give up Falun Gong practice, but he did not and continued to practice. The 610 Office in his department went to his home to harass him frequently. This caused him to become seriously ill. He died on January 1, 2001.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/24/125935.html


    Two Practitioners Die Due to Persecution in Anhui and Hebei Provinces

    Han Houzhen

    Ms. Han Houzhen, 88, lived in Bafu City, Anhui Province. She started practicing Falun Gong in March 1996. Prior to that, she had serious hypertension, heart disease, a gastric ulcer, gall-stones, and other diseases. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, she was subjected to harassment and threats from the resident committee, police department, and 610 Office. Her house was searched four times. Her daughter was detained three times, was injected with unknown drugs and lost consciousness, which left serious after-effects. Even like this, she was sent to serve three years in a forced labor camp. Her grand-daughter was arrested twice and sent to serve two years in a forced labor camp, and is still in detention. Due to the immense stress and persecution, this elderly woman passed away on March 26, 2006. She did not close her eyes when she died.

    Zheng Zuzhen

    Sixty-one year old Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zheng Zuzhen was employed in Linxi Miner, Kailuan, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. Before practicing Falun Gong he had many diseases and could not lead a normal life. After he started practicing Falun Gong in October 1995, he read Falun Gong books and practiced the exercises every day. After a period of time, all of his diseases disappeared and he was able to resume a normal life. After July 20 1999, Zheng was persecuted by the police. From July 20, 1999, to March 2000, he was illegally arrested by the police from Guye District Police Department, Tangshan City, Linxi Police Station, Linxi Miner Police Department, and detained for over 40 days in total. He often suffered threatening harassment by the police, his normal life was damaged, and his mind and body were harmed. He passed away on November 25, 2005, suffering a wrongful death.

    Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/22/125801.html


    Two Practitioners Detained in Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province

     [Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the Minghui.org website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).]

    On March 14, two practitioners in Jishui County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, were illegally arrested. The county police arrested Ms. Lin Jinfeng and Ms. Zou Guizhen and detained them in the Ji'an Detention Center. Both of them are now facing very difficult situations. The county police authority claims it has sentenced them to three years of forced labor each and is preparing to submit the application to the Ji'an City Police Bureau for approval. The application has not yet been approved.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/24/125944.html


    Additional Persecution News from China - April 16, 2006 (21 Reports)

    1. [Nanyang, Henan Province] Practitioners Chen Tonglian and Zhang Yongchun Illegally Arrested

    Practitioners Ms. Chen Tonglian and Ms. Zhang Yongchun are from Nanyang, Henan Province. On April 7, 2006, they were reported by someone when they were distributing truth clarifying materials in Liuquanpu Town, Zhenping County. They were arrested by police officers from Liuquanpu Police Station and sent to Zhenping Town Police Station.

    The police officers also illegally broke into their home and confiscated Falun Gong Teacher's picture, books, video tapes and truth-clarifying materials.

    2. [Langfang, Hebei Province] Practitioner Yang Jianpo Persecuted to the Brink of Death

    On April 15, 2006, practitioner Mr.Yang Jianpo's family heard that Yang Jianpo was detained in Langfang City Guangyang District North Street Hospital Heart Internal Medical Department. They went to the hospital to find Yang Jianpo. Unfortunately, the hospital staff members were afraid that their persecution of Falun Gong practitioners would be exposed, so they locked the door to the emergency room and prevented his family from entering.

    Yang Jianpo's family, however, found his room when the police were not watching them. They saw the emaciated Yang Jianpo in bed and on the brink of death. His health had severely worsened according to his physical examination. Moreover, the doctors already reported several times that his was on the verge of death and he would most likely die.

    3. [Haerbin, Helongjiang Province] Practitioner Zhao Yuemei and Two Other Practitioners Illegally Detained

    On the evening of April 4, 2006, practitioners Ms. Zhao Yuemei and Ms. Diao from Daoli district distributed truth clarifying materials in Songbei District of Haerbin City. They were reported by a person who did not know the truth in Songbei Shipping Company. They were arrested by the officials from local securities and were held in Haierbin Second Detention Center.

    An older female practitioner was arrested while clarifying the truth around Zhujiang Road Police Station. Another 61-year-old female practitioner was also arrested when clarifying the truth around Lujia Police Station. She was secretly sentenced to three years. Afterwards the policemen told her relatives.

    4. [Daqing, Liaoning Province] Female Practitioner from Dongfengxin County Illegally Arrested

    Practitioner Ms. Chuoi Jun from the 9th District of Dongfengxin Country was illegally arrested by the Daqing City's Developing District Police Station. She is currently illegally held in Daqing Developing District Detention Center. The responsible police officer is Wang Jing.

    5. [Dalian, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Liu Fang Illegally Arrested

    Practitioner Ms. Liu Fang from Dalian Developing district distributed truth clarifying materials on the way to pick up her child on the afternoon of April 14 (between Hongmei National Tax Center and Qingsong Elementary School). She was illegally arrested by police officers from Developing District Huanghai Road Police Station.

    On the same day, at 5:00 p.m., director Gan Xuyun of Developing District 610 Office ordered deputy director of Huanghai Road Police Station, Zhang Zhaoyun, and four other police officers to search and ransack Ms. Liu's home.

    6. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Yin Guizhi on Hunger Strike to Protest - Her Whereabouts Are Unknown

    Practitioner Ms. Yin Guizhi from Jinzhou City, Liaoning province went on a hunger strike for over twenty days. She was taken to Second Hospital, room 302 on Saturday, April 8, 2006. The next day, the police took her away from the hospital. Her whereabouts are unknown.

    7. [Beijing City] Mr. Wang Jianlin and His Family from Haidian District, Qinghezhufang County Illegally Arrested

    Practitioner Mr. Wang Jianlin and his two family members from Beijing City, Haidian District, Qinghezhufang County were illegally arrested by Heqing policemen in the evening on March 2, 2006 and they were sent to Heqing Detention Center on March 13. The police officers searched their home and confiscated a computer and other materials.

    Heqing policemen illegally arrested practitioner Mr. Cao at Heqing Welfare Center when he was distributing truth clarifying materials. Mr. Cao was sentenced to two years of forced labor.

    8. [Beijing City]Practitioners Ding Liping and Zhang Aiping Illegally Arrested

    Ms. Ding Liping, an employee of Youse Company, was illegally arrested by director Zhu Fei and other officers from Fuwai Police Station in the Xijiao district of Beijing on March 6, 2006. She was sentenced to two years of forced labor.

    Recently, practitioner Ms. Zhan Aiping from Haidian and her mother were illegally arrested. Zhan Aiping's husband, a non-practitioner, could not bear this pressure and committed self-immolation at home. His son, around 20 years old, is left at home.

    9. [Beijing City] Practitioner Wang Puhua Illegally Arrested and Detained

    On February 22, practitioner Ms. Wang Puhua was arrested by Wangjing Street officers and police officers at her home. She has been held in Chaoyang District Detention Center ever since, and her family members are not allowed to visit her.

    10. [Tianjin City] Three Practitioners from Ji County Illegally Arrested

    Practitioners, Ms. Zhao Shuyun and Ms. Cui Shufang from Qiaotou Village, Cangzhen District, Tianjin Ji County were arrested when they distributed truth clarifying materials. in March, 2006.

    Baijian District practitioner Ms. Chen Shuiqin was illegally arrested by Xujia District policemen when she posted truth-clarifying materials.

    11. [Tianjin City] Practitioners from Wuqing District Tianjin Persecuted in Detention Center of Wuqing Police Station

    In the detention center of the Tianjin Wuqing Police Station, the police officers wanted to send the practitioners who were on a hunger strike to a forced labor camp. Two days before they sent practitioners to the labor camp, they ordered doctors to inject unknown substances into the practitioners to enable practitioners to pass their physical examinations. If the forced labor camp refused to admit practitioners due to their health conditions, the police officers would find inner connections to admit practitioners to the forced labor camp. Ms. Zhao Guojun was sent to Banqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp under such circumstances.

    12. [Dezhou, Shandong Province] Police Arrest Four Practitioners

    On April 12, 2006, practitioner Ms. Xiaohua, an employee of Xinhua Printing Company, was arrested by police officers from Dezhou, Shangdong Province. Three practitioners from Dezhou City People's Hospital and railway dormitory were also arrested and held in a detention center.

    13. [Laishui Town, Hebei Province] Liu Yonghua Arrested After Being Beaten Unconscious By Laishui Town Police at His Home

    On April 2, 2006, practitioner Ms. Liu Yonghua was forced to become homeless, and went home to visit the grave of an older relative. Unfortunately, she was arrested after being beaten unconscious by Laishui Town police officers.

    Liu Yonghua lived in Mingyi Town, Nanqiulan District, Laishui County. On the evening of November 12, 2005, Laishui Town police officers broke into her home when no one was at home. They took away cash and her husband's work records, a suitcase, a radio, a cell phone charger and a printer valued at 10,000 yuan. Liu Yonghua was forced to become homeless ever since.

    14. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Illegally Arrested by Zhang Jinhui

    On April 14, 2006, a practitioner was arrested by Zhang Jinhui and others from National Security, when he was purchasing building materials.

    15. [Zhucheng City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Zhang Lianfen Illegally Arrested

    Ms. Zhang Lianfen, 50, lived in Beiguan District,Zhucheng City. At 4:00 p.m. on April 11, 2006, she was reported and arrested by police officers when she was clarifying the truth in the Wanjiazhuang District of Zhucheng City The police officers illegally searched her home and tore up the only picture of the Teacher of Falun Gong in her home. Zhang Lianfen has been held in Zhucheng Detention Center. The police officers would not let her son visit her. The director Zhu Depeng said that she had to pay a fine of 10,000-15,000 yuan and write a guarantee statement promising to give up the practice or she would be sent to a forced labor camp.

    16. [Tongcheng County, Hubei Province] Practitioner Huang Aihua Illegally Arrested

    On April 6, 2006, the police officers from Tongcheng Country Hubei Province illegally arrested Ms. Huang Aihua, Mr. Zhang Wenpu, Mr. Du Chengwu, and Ms. Hua Taofeng (she escaped with the help of her righteous thoughts). In the meantime, policemen Zhang Tianer and Li Yingcan secretly followed Huang Aihua for one month. That's why the truth clarifying materials production site was destroyed. The police officers confiscated computers and fax machines which had a value of over 10,000 yuan.

    17. [Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province] Practitioner Wu Qixue Illegally Arrested by 610 Officials

    Mr. Wu Qixue, 60, lived in the Binhu Mashang Leshang Xin District of Wuxi City. He was illegally arrested by the officials from the Wuxi 610 Office in January 2006. He has not yet returned.

    Wu Qixue's wife, Ms. Zhou Juying, went to the local police station to ask for her husband, but she failed.

    Zhou Juying's son was once sent to a forced labor camp for three years, and Wu Qixue was sentenced to four years of forced labor.

    18. [Jiangsu Province] Numerous Practitioners' Home Phones Are Monitored

    In recent years, many home phones of Jiangsu practitioners have been tapped, and even disturbed during normal communications. Cell phones of their relatives have been monitored as well. When practitioners met with their relatives, the special agents appeared in their place at the same time. Especially, when sensitive dates came, the police officers went to harass them at their homes and ordered other people in the community or their work units who did not know the truth to watch them.

    19. [Guanzhou, Guangdong Province] Threats from Police Officers: Transform or be Taken to Northwest

    In 2000, when I was in Guangzhou Cuotou Women's Forced Labor Camp, I heard deputy director Li Xuezhen say that if the practitioners were not transformed, they will be sent to the Northwest and would never come back home.

    Some collaborators told the firm practitioners that if they refused to transform, they would be sent to the Northwest and never come back. In retrospect, what they said was all true. The evil CCP indeed built many concentration camps and continually sent practitioners there, and the guards and wardens in forced labor camps as well as prisons all over the country knew about it.

    20. [Chongqing, Sichuan Province] Wang Guihua from Jiangbei Town Illegally Arrested

    Practitioner Ms. Wang Guihua from Jiangbei Town, Tongyong Xin Count Chongqing was illegally arrested in Shapingba Mall on April 5, 2006. Her home was searched that evening.

    21. [Xichang, Sichuan Province] Situation of Practitioner Li Bangsheng

    Practitioner Mr. Li Bangsheng from Xicang was transferred from Madao Railway Police Station to Xichang Tuohuang Detention Center.

    Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/4/16/125360.html


    Additional Persecution News from China - April 24, 2006 (24 Reports)

    1. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Practitioners Interviewed by Lawyer Gao Zhisheng: Please Pay Attention to Your Security!

    Practitioners who were interviewed by lawyer Gao Zhisheng, please pay attention to your security. It's said that personnel from the National Security Bureau have gotten a hold of the letters fellow practitioners had provided to Attorney Gao. The officials are urgently looking for those practitioners. A practitioner from Yantai City who had been mentioned in Attorney Gao's letter went missing the afternoon of April 21, 2006.

    2. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Liu Shuzhen Unable to Care for Herself Due to Torture at the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp

    On October 14, 2004, practitioner Ms. Liu Shuzhen was reported to police while clarifying the truth to people in a supermarket. Personnel from the Xiangfang District Anbu Police Station illegally arrested her. She was later sentenced to three years of forced labor in the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp. As she persists in practicing Falun Gong, Ms. Liu was tortured to the point that she can no longer take care of herself.

    Liu Shuzhen's family member recently got to see her at the labor camp after going through lots of difficulties. Someone had to carry Liu Shuzhen out. She was so weak that she couldn't even hold the microphone [behind the partition to speak with the relative]. Someone held the microphone for her and she only got to say a few sentences before they were forced to stop. At present, her family members are trying to post bail to get her out.

    3. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Personnel at the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp Continue to Cruelly Torture Practitioners Zhang Xiuling and Li Yongjun, Whose Terms Have Expired

    In September 2004, practitioners Ms. Zhang Xiuling and Ms. Li Yongjun were sentenced to one year and nine months of forced labor in the 4th Group, Jinlin Province (Heizuizi) Women's Forced Labor Camp. Their term had expired on April 17, 2006. Camp personnel refused to release them, however, and attempt to hold them beyond term. Li Yongjun's term was extended by one and a half months and Zhang Xiuling's was extended by two and a half months.

    During the whole detention period, Zhang Xiuling and Li Yongjun refused to cooperate with the evildoers and refused to do extremely heavy labor. They were thus tortured with excruciating methods. Li Yongjun was forced to stand still 24 hours a day for 15 days in a row, only because she refused to "reform" [give up Falun Gong practice]. She was shocked with electric batons numerous times until she was bruised all over her body. Then the persecutors incarcerated her in solitary confinement for 12 days. Zhang Xiuling was also shocked with electric batons numerous times. She was tied to a bed for several months for doing the Falun Gong exercises. She staged a hunger strike in protest. For that, policeman Liu Zhiwei kicked her down the stairs from the 6th floor to the ground floor. Her legs are still bruised even now. Since March 2005, the practitioners were forced to sit on the floor for 15 hours. They were forbidden to stand up and walk except when they went to brush their teeth, wash their face and for eating. Guards and inmates watched them around the clock. The police keep showing Falun Gong-slandering programs, movies and songs that sing the high praises of the Chinese Communist Party.

    Zhang Xiuling and Li Yongjun's family members went to the labor camp numerous times to demand their release, but met with rude refusals.

    4. [Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province] Personnel from the Local National Security Group Arrested Practitioner Ren Xingwen

    During the afternoon of April 21, 2006, personnel from Gongzhuling City's National Security Group arrested practitioner Ren Xingwen from Fanjiatun Town, Gongzhuling City. The practitioner was driving a battery-operated cart on the street. They confiscated Ren Xingwen's Minghui Weekly and a MP3 player.

    In addition, police from Fanjiatun Town recently harassed practitioners several times at their homes.

    5. [Muleng City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Gu Yan and Others Sentenced

    On September 23, 2005, practitioners Ms. Gu Yan, Ms. Zhang Yanfen, Mr. Sun Shiwei and others from Muleng City were arrested and put into the Meleng City Detention Center. Personnel from the Heilongjiang Province Police Department and from the Mudanjiang City Police Department Joint Investigation Team brutally tortured them.

    In mid-March 2006, Muleng City Court held a preliminary hearing for the practitioners without informing their families. On April 10, 2006 they held the second hearing, again without informing the families. Then they sentenced Gu Yan to ten years' imprisonment and Sun Shiwei to eight years; Liu Yan to seven years; Lu Laosi to five years; Ms. Liu Huidi to four years; Ms. Wang Limei to three years; Ms. Zhang Yanfen to three years. The practitioners presented their own defense. They didn't accept the verdict and appealed to a higher court.

    6. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Song Yuming Arrested

    On April 17, 2006, personnel from the Tianhenan Street Police Precinct arrested practitioner Mr. Song Yuming while he was clarifying the truth to people in the Tianhe District. On April 19, 2006, the police agents went to Song Yuming's home and ransacked the place. At present, Song Yuming is being held at the Tianhe District Detention Center. His family members were forbidden to see him there. The information flow is blocked.

    7. [Sanhe City, Hebei Province] Seven Practitioners from the Yanjiao District Arrested

    After February 25, 2006, seven practitioners from the Yanjiao District, Sanhe City were successively arrested and to date they haven't been released. Recently, 610 Office agents ordered police to arrest a large number of practitioners and send them to brainwashing classes before May 1 and also ordered the unit heads at all levels to personally carry out the campaign.

    8. [Chongqing] Practitioner Ding Tianying from the Jiangbei District Arrested

    Practitioner Ms. Ding Tianying, 55 years old, lives in the Huayu Factory Residential Area, Nanqiaosi, the Jiangbei District. She is a retired employee from the Huayu Factory. Police have persecuted her many times because she persists in Falun Gong practice. At around 2:00 a.m. on April 20, 2006, personnel from the Jiangbei Police Precinct and from the Shimahe Police Station broke into her home with the excuse of checking household registration. They took Ding Tianying away and ransacked her home three times at 2:00, 3:00 and 5:00 a.m.

    9. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] The Whereabouts of Practitioner Zhang Zhihua are Unknown Following Arrest

    Practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhihua from Luancheng County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province is in his 50s and 170 cm tall. On March 5, 2006, the police arrested him during a visit with his relatives in Shanxi Province. It is said he was originally held at a detention center in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. At present, nobody knows his whereabouts. If anyone has any information, please contact Minghui.org as soon as possible.

    10. [Bayanzhuor City, Inner Mongolia AR] Two Practitioners from the Linhe District Arrested

    Someone reported practitioners Ms. Jiang Suying and Ms. Wang Xiuzhen from the Linhe District, Bayanzhuor City, the Inner Mongolia AR, when they were distributing truth-clarifying materials. On April 13, 2006, policemen including Yang Guanggui, the local National Security Group chief, arrested the two practitioners and put them into the Linhe District Detention Center.

    11. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Wang Qicai's Whereabouts Unknown

    Practitioner Ms. Wang Qicai from Weifang City is in her 40s. Her husband lives away form home to avoid further persecution because he is determined to continue practicing Falun Gong. Her son went to a boarding school. Ms. Wang was living alone at home. When her son came back home on April 18, 2006 he could not find his mother. He looked all around among relatives and friends, but didn't find her. He and the relatives are very worried about her!

    12. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Zhao Jing Arrested

    On April 22, 2006, local police arrested practitioner Ms. Zhao Jing from the Zichuan District, Zibo City. At present she is being held at a local detention center.

    13. [Chengde City, Hebei Province] Liu Shuzhi and Two Other Practitioners Arrested

    In March 2006, practitioner Ms. Liu Shuzhi, Ms. Zhao Cuiwen, Ms. Chen Jing from Chengde City went to Kuancheng City to distribute truth-clarifying materials. The police followed them. Then police officers Zhang Wei and Zhang Shushen in Kuancheng City arrested the practitioners. Those three practitioners are presently being held at the Kuancheng City Detention Center. When practitioners' families went to ask for their release, the police stated those practitioners would be sentenced to forced labor unless they paid 30,000 yuan.

    14. [Beijing] Several Practitioners Arrested

    During the "Two Conferences" (People's Congress and People's Political Consultation Conference), in violation of the Chinese constitution, personnel from Miyun County's 610 Office arrested about 60 practitioners and persecuted them. These practitioners firmly believe in Teacher and Falun Gong and upheld strong righteous belief. They shouted loudly, "Falun Dafa is Good".

    15. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Practitioner Qiu Jinhua from an Eastern Suburb Arrested Again

    In December 2005, 59-year-old practitioner Ms. Qiu Jinhua from the eastern suburb of Chengdu City was arrested when she was distributing truth-clarifying materials. She was detained for 15 days. In January 2006 police arrested her again when she was distributing truth-clarifying materials. Personnel from the Jianshe Street Police Station sent Qiu Jinhua to the Xinjin Brainwashing Class. She has not been released yet.

    16. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Couple Guo Yuting and Liu Aihua from Changli County Arrested

    At noon on April 18, 2006, several policemen broke into practitioner couple Guo Yuting and Liu Aihua's home in Changli County, Qinghuangdao City. They arrested the couple, as well as their 4-or-5-year old child. The whole family is currently being held at Changli County's Brainwashing Class.

    17. [Weifang city, Shandong Province] Tang Xiumei Unlawfully Held at the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp

    Practitioner Ms. Tang Xiumei, around 40 years old, lives in the Fangzi District, Weifang City. In April 2004, personnel from the City's National Security Team arrested her and sentenced her to forced labor. Ms. Tang has been suffering inhumane tortures during the past two years. No family visits were permitted. Because of having been brainwashed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s propaganda, some of her family members even indirectly aided in the persecution.

    18. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Li Cuiling Arrested

    Practitioner Ms. Li Cuiling lives on Huadan Street in the Longtan District. In March 2006, personnel from the Kaoshan Police Station arrested her and sent her to Changchun City's Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp for a one-and-a-half-year term.

    19. [Fuyang City, Anhui Province] Practitioner Zheng Changhong Arrested on Her Way to the Office

    On April 19, agents from the local National Security Group illegally arrested practitioner Ms. Zheng Changhong on the way to her office. The policemen probably had tracked Zheng Changhong for a long time. It was reported that Fuyang City's Police Department personnel are scrutinizing the rental housing market. With help from the city's Housing Department, agents from the city's National Security Bureau are looking for places that are prime locations for watching local residents in each community.

    20. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Luan Aijun Arrested

    On April 13, 2006, He Kun, Liaoyuan City's National Security Team chief, led five policemen and one policewoman and arrested practitioner Mr. Luan Aijun. He Kun said Xiang Lijie had led him to practitioner Luan's home.

    21. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Tian Yulan Arrested

    On April 21, practitioner Ms. Tian Yulan from Changxi was arrested when making truth-clarifying materials. Her whereabouts are unknown

    22. [Zouping County, Shandong Province] Yuan Cuihua Sentenced to Three Years of Imprisonment

    Agents from the 610 Office arrested 40-year-old practitioner Ms. Yuan Cuihua from Jiaoqiao Township, Zouping County, Shandong Province when she was distributing the "Nine Commentary on the Communist Party". She was illegally sentenced to three years of imprisonment.

    23.[Maoming City, Guangdong Province] Maoming District Officials Forced Students to Sign Anti-Falun Gong "Agreement"

    Citing "Compulsory Education," Maoming District officials ordered students to sign an agreement, stating the both the students and their parents and relatives would not practice Falun Gong; non-compliance means the students would not be exempt from paying tuition/fees.

    24. [Huaiyang County, Henan Province] Seventeen Practitioners Still Unconstitutionally Detained

    At the end of March 2006, personnel from the Huaiyang County Police Department, from the Henan Province 610 Office and the National Security Bureau unlawfully arrested 21 practitioners. Seventeen of them are so far still being held.

    Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/24/125933.html