The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong -- May 19, 2006

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

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I'm recounting below the persecution that my family of five has suffered over the past six years plus by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). We hope people everywhere will see clearly the CCP's true face! Let the world hear the truth, and redress all injustices against Falun Gong!

1. Overview

My name is Ms. Zhou Shufen. I am 64 years old and I live in Xing Shan Village, Wangjiazhuangzi Township, Anqiu City in Shandong Province. My husband, 65-years-old, is Su Jiaoyou. My eldest daughter's name is Su Baolan. She lived to be 42 years old, and was a resident of Shirenpo Village, Shidui Township of Anqiu City. She passed away in 2001 as the result of persecution and torture. My second daughter, Su Baoyun, is a resident of Jingyang Village, Zhaoge Township, Anqiu City. My third daughter, Su Baoli, is a resident of Lijiagucheng Village, Wangjiazhuangzi Township in Anqiu City.

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Eldest daughter Su Baolan (passed away after being tortured)

All of my three daughters married and have their own families. Starting in 1997, the five of us began to practice Falun Gong one after another. We all practice, and have benefited greatly in mind and body. I used to suffer severe cataracts and was unable to see clearly from six feet away. I had chronic pain from childbirth and no medication or treatment helped. I had bone spurs under both of my heels, which felt like needles piercing my feet. I found it difficult to walk. After I practiced Falun Gong, I was completely cured.

Prior to practicing Falun Gong, my husband had a bone spur in his spine, which pressed on his nerves. He had back and leg pain for many years, and walking was difficult for him. He was unable to work in the field or at home. After practicing Falun Gong, he returned to full health; even his facial wrinkles went away. He does not look like someone who is almost seventy years old.

Prior to practicing Falun Gong, my eldest daughter had nasosinusitis, and even an operation did not help. After she practiced Falun Gong, she was miraculously cured. We deeply felt the goodness that Falun Gong brought to us. However, since July 20, 1999, the CCP has been persecuting Falun Gong. We have all been pressured to renounce our beliefs. All five of us were illegally detained many times, imprisoned, taken to forced labor camps, tortured brutally, fined, and so on. My eldest daughter passed away due to the persecution after suffering indescribably brutal tortures.

2. Inhuman Persecution Began on July 20, 1999

On October 11, 1999, my husband, our three daughters, our five-year-old granddaughter and I, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. We were all arrested and taken to Anqiu City Detention Center.

At the detention center, the police forced Falun Gong practitioners to watch fabricated videos and read articles slandering Falun Gong. Practitioners who refused to read the articles were handcuffed. The police tortured my three daughters and me brutally because we persisted in practicing Falun Gong. My eldest daughter's neck, mouth and ears were shocked with electric batons. Myself, my second and youngest daughter, and other practitioners were dragged outside into the cold. The police forced us into a sitting position on the ground with our legs extended straight in front of us, and our arms sticking straight out, parallel to our legs. We were not allowed to lower our arms. Whoever did not stay in that position was shocked with electric batons and beaten. After the torture, he/she would be forced to raise his/her arms again. My youngest daughter was forced to wear only an undershirt and a pair of pants. It was late autumn, and sitting motionless on the ice-cold ground made everyone suffer deeply from the pain of the coldness, soreness and numbness. We had to sit in this position for more than six hours. Our arms became stiff and we were unable to put them down after.

After being detained for fifteen days, we were transferred to a detention center. We were forced to perform forced labor, tortured mentally, and pressured to "renounce" Falun Gong. Since we persisted in practicing Falun Gong, we were brutally beaten and dragged outside into the cold night many times. One time, my second daughter and two other practitioners fainted from the extreme cold. One day, around 4 a.m., my eldest daughter was dragged into an interrogation room and brutally beaten. She was beaten with hard plastic tubing. We could hear the sound of the beating. The sound was so loud that it woke up everyone in the area. The prisoners were scared and lowered their heads, afraid to make a sound. My eldest daughter's back was beaten into a pulp. Her entire body was numb from the beating, but she did not make a sound. She displayed the firm righteous behavior of a Falun Gong practitioner, which shook up many prisoners and policemen who gained a good impression of practitioners from this.

After we returned home, my husband and I were illegally detained for five more days by the Xingshan Village Community Office. My youngest daughter was illegally detained for three days by the town administrative office. When we arrived home we discovered that the authorities had curtained off our home and changed the locks. Witnesses said that the second day after we went to Beijing, Xingshan village party branch clerk Su Zhaosheng and seven or eight communist party members broke into our home. They confiscated almost everything. They even wanted to cut down our trees and take away our rations. Luckily, a good person convinced them otherwise.

During the time we were detained, the town administrative office employees, and the police from the town's police station ransacked our home many times. They stole the food that the party branch clerk had not confiscated, and everything else that was worth any money. Our home was completely empty, and even our electricity was cut off.

In the end of 1999, my son came home for New Years and was forced to pay 1,000 yuan to reconnect the electricity for us. In June 2000, since my husband went to Beijing to appeal again, village clerk Su Zhaosheng cut off our electricity again, and still has not reconnected it.

3. CCP Increases its Persecution on So-Called "Sensitive Days"

Before April 25, 2000, the local police head Han Fuben and Li Jingbo broke into our home unexpectedly. Without any explanation or warrant, they took my husband and I to the police station and illegally detained us for 25 days. That day, there were two other Falun Gong practitioners in town. It was also time for planting new crops. We requested to be released so that we could work in the field. Chairman Han Fuben could not be reasoned with. He said, "I am the CCP's dog! I bite whoever it tells me to bite, and arrest whoever it calls me to arrest."

4. Facing the CCP's Persecution We Remained Firm

In June 2000, my youngest daughter took her not yet two-year-old child and went to Beijing to appeal again with my husband. On their way to Beijing, there were policemen everywhere blocking people from going to appeal in Beijing. The police stopped my husband and daughter at Tainjin Train Station, and their appeal letter was confiscated. The right to appeal to the government is granted by the Chinese Constitution, but they were still charged with "disturbing social order."

My husband went on a hunger strike at the detention center. He was released after five days. The next day, my husband was arrested again and illegally detained at the town's police station. I did not escape either, and was arrested with my husband. Seeing no other choice, we went on a group hunger strike. The police tortured us through force feeding. After more than ten days, my husband and my youngest daughter were transferred and detained at Anqiu Detention Center. My youngest daughter continued her hunger strike, and the police brutally force fed her. They put the tube into her trachea, and she almost suffocated to death on the spot. She vomited blood, and her face went dark, yet the police continued to force-feed her until she lost consciousness. I was detained at the police station for 28 days.

Prior to July 20, 2000, to prevent Falun Gong practitioners from going to appeal in Beijing, Anqiu City officials arrested many Falun Gong practitioners. There were many Falun Gong practitioners detained at detention centers and police station in the township and villages. At the detention center, my youngest daughter continued to study the Fa and perform the exercises with other practitioners. She suffered torture from electric shocks and was sprayed with water, among other forms of brutality she was forced to endure. Her firm belief in Falun Gong was not shaken. My youngest daughter was not released until the beginning of August. This time, she was illegally detained for more than a month. My husband and I were also released. My husband was illegally detained for more than one month and I was illegally detained for 28 days.

5. Prior to October 1, 2000, Our Family was Persecuted Again by the CCP

At the end of September 2000, during the autumn harvesting and planting time, when we were busy harvesting corn in the field, Wangjiazhuangzi Township Political and Law clerk Zhou Wenhe, local police officers Li Jingbo and Xiao Zhang, and several others handcuffed us, and took us by police car to the police station. After a month, my husband was taken to Anqiu City 610 Brainwashing Center for another month. They did not achieve what they wanted, so they sentenced my husband to three years of forced labor. They took him to Changle Forced Labor Camp and continued with the persecution.

6. Inhumanly Tortured at Changle Forced Labor Camp

On November 17, 2000, my husband was arrested and taken to Changle Forced Labor Camp. The persecution and torture perpetrated in this camp is inhuman. My husband was tortured cruelly and almost lost his life. He will never forget December 1, 2000, and still suffers nightmares about that day. That day was the day when my husband was "transformed." It is the day that my husband suffered the worst tortures. He was close to death, and experienced his worst humiliation.

That day, all Falun Gong practitioners at the camp, including those that had been "transformed-" approximately 40 practitioners in total - were taken to Squadron 2 and 3. In Squadron 2, the so-called "Hades" Squadron, the guards let four criminal inmates in charge of torturing one Falun Gong practitioner. The non-practitioner inmates beat the "not-yet-transformed" Falun Gong practitioners. They were given free reign to use any methods they wished, as long as the practitioner got "transformed." Prison terms are reduced for inmates who "transform" practitioners, therefore, the inmates stopped at no cruelty and inhuman method. My husband was taken to Squad 2. His torturers were eight prisoners. They stripped my husband naked and pressed his face down to the floor. Some pressed his head, some pressed his legs and some pressed his arms. The others took turns to cruelly beat my husband with home-made whips (attached to a piece of wood with wire) and belts.

They began at the knees, whipping upward until they reached the neck and shoulders. Belt buckles were used to beat my husband's back. He was soaked in blood and sweat and his flesh was raw. The pain was unimaginable. My husband closed his eyes, bit his teeth and did not make a sound. They beat him for a while. Then they asked, "Do you still say you practice?" My husband answered "yes." Then, they continued to beat him brutally. They beat him like this for a very long time. My husband's entire back, buttocks, and thighs were one bloody mess. All flesh was exposed, and his entire body was covered with blood. He lay in a puddle of blood. A prisoner asked my husband, "Do you still practice?" My husband clenched his teeth and said, "Such a good practice. How could I not practice?" The prisoner got upset and kicked my husband's left side very hard. There was a dull sound of "pu" and my husband's rib broke. The intolerable pain almost suffocated my husband. His head suddenly dropped and the severe pain made it difficult to breath. The pain had passed the level he could tolerate. He had no other choice left and against his will, he said in a low voice, "Will not practice." His practice path is marked in shame. What's worse! The person in charge of Changle Forced Labor Camp had ordered Falun Gong practitioners to sit on a little plastic stool and watch the entire humiliating and horrifying scene. All practitioners lowered their heads and did not want to see this horrifying scene. If anyone said anything and asked to stop the beating, he/she would have been tortured in the same way.

This is the truth of "transformation," which the CCP says take place like "spring wind and drizzle." Most Falun Gong practitioners were "transformed" under this kind of extreme brutality at Changle Forced Labor Camp.

7. My Eldest Daughter was Tortured to Death

My eldest daughter, Su Baolan, was of gentle temperament, had a loving heart, and was a hard worker. After the CCP banned and began to persecute Falun Gong, she went to Beijing twice to appeal for Falun Gong and to clarify the truth. She was arrested and detained without due cause many times.

In the evening of July 2000, my eldest and youngest daughters went to a village to spread truth-clarifying materials. They were arrested and taken to the local police station. They separated my daughters, held them in different interrogation rooms and put them on trial separately without any legal cause. A policeman in his 50's cuffed one of my youngest daughter's hands to a metal ring on the floor, so she could only squat on the floor. He pulled her hair with one hand, and used the other hand to slap and beat her face. He also stepped hard on her feet. Therefore, she was unable to walk for a long time. He also used electric batons to shock her neck and hands, and her hair was spread around her on the floor. During those hours of brutal torture, my youngest daughter could not bare the pain, and moaned frequently. My eldest daughter was in the other room. She was beaten even harder. However, she bit her teeth together and did not make a sound. One could only hear the sound of the beatings, the sound of policemen catching their breath from tiredness and the policemen's loud curses. The policemen constantly pulled my youngest daughter's hair and slammed her head against the wall. One heard the sound of "bang, bang." She had buzzing sounds in her head from the hitting, and the entire room was spinning. She was dizzy and could not see things clearly. "Pa, Pa, Pa" the sounds of slapping and kicking were heard from the direction of that room continuously.

At noon the next day, my eldest daughter escaped while cleaning. After that, the police kept an even tighter guard on my youngest daughter. They locked her up in a small room; handcuffed her, and assigned a guard to watch the room. At one point, the guard fell asleep. Then, all of a sudden, her handcuff opened. My youngest daughter knew that it was Teacher helping her, so she escaped through the window.

At the end of September 2000, my eldest daughter, just like us, was also persecuted by the CCP. She was arrested and sent to the Anqiu City 610 Re-education Center (also a brainwashing center) and was subjected to brainwashing for 25 days. She went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution by the CCP minions. After about ten days, the 610 Office staff transferred her to a detention center, and intended to sentence her to forced labor. She continued her hunger strike and resisted the persecution. She was not released until her life was in critical condition.

On October 16, 2001, my eldest daughter returned home to visit her husband, child and in-laws. She also clarified the truth of the persecution to them. Within a few days, her husband contacted the 610 Office, and they took her to the 610 re-education center.

At the re-education center, they used all means they could think off, civilized and violent, to torture her brutally. They could not move my eldest daughter's heart, and she remained firm in her practice. The only way to protest this persecution was another hunger strike, so she refused food and water. Staff from the 610 Office brutally force-fed her.

After about ten days, staff from the Anqiu City 610 Office called my eldest daughter's husband and told him "Your wife escaped!" Two months later, in a small river at Sanhe Village, Jinzhongzi Township, 6 kilometers from downtown Anqiu, two children discovered a female body while fishing. According to eye witnesses, the body was on the bottom of the very shallow river. After the body was taken on shore, people from the village called the police. The police came, took some pictures and examined the body. They said that she died of drowning, and then they left without doing anything else. The body was left next to the river. There was no guard and no one claimed the body. After three days, the village committee staff from Sanhe Village could not bear this situation any longer and buried her. Later, my eldest daughter's husband and family went to Sanhe Village to identify the body. The body was dug up. Based on the clothing and facial outline, they identified her as my eldest daughter. Her husband noticed right away that half of her face, the corner of her mouth and one nostril were tilted upwards. There was a wound on her head that still had stitches in it. An eye-witness said that when the police looked at the body, one policeman whispered to another policeman, "A Falun Gong practitioner."

The persecution we suffered during the past six years is beyond imagination and more than what one can bear. Given my limited writing abilities, I only recorded part of what we have suffered. This is only a fraction of what any persecuted family has experienced.

From this article, I hope everyone will come to realize that the CCP is responsible for breaking tens of thousands of families apart; damaging the welfare of the society, threatening the safety of our nation, and making the Chinese civilization suffer a truly horrifying calamity.

On the morning of May 8, 2006, Jiang Zemin visited Xixiakou Corporation in Chengshan Town, Rongcheng City, Shandong Province. Xixiakou Corporation's CEO Tian Wenke requested the local policemen to arrest and mistreat Falun Gong practitioners. At 5:00 p.m. on May 7, 2006, two security guards were placed at each Falun Gong practitioner's home, and no one was allowed to leave. They lied about their obvious purpose, saying they knocked on the wrong door, or were checking on environmental hygiene, or checking to see if there was any garbage lying around. At around 8:00 a.m. on May 8, 2006, policemen and security guards stormed into the homes of Falun Gong practitioners. They tried to deceive the practitioners to go out on a tour, and then lied again and said they wanted to take the practitioners to harvest vegetables on Heilu Island. If practitioners refused to go with them, they would drag and force them.

One practitioner's daughter just got married, and returned to her mother's home on the second day according to tradition. The policemen would not allow the practitioner to stay home, and dragged her out. Some practitioners refused to open the door to these policemen, but they would climb over the wall, or break open the door with a screwdriver. Some practitioners did not know what was happening, and had already been dragged out by police. One practitioner has a mother who is paralyzed and in bed, but was still dragged out, leaving the needy mother home alone. Even an older woman in her seventies was also carried out by four police officers and forced into their vehicle.

Person directly responsible,
Tian Wenke (male): 86-631-7835599 (Home)
Tian Wenba (male): 86-631-7832158 (Home), 86-13906316988 (Cell)
Policeman Tian Bing: 86-631-7832358 (Home)
Xixiakou Corporation: 86-631-7831184 (Office)
Police Station: 86-631-7831190

According to news reports from Qingdao City, Ms. Cui Luning, aged thirty-three, was illegally sentenced by the Li Cang District court to 5 years of imprisonment. Ms. Cui's family members managed to overcome intimidation and various other obstacles to appeal to the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court. It was reported that the Qingdao Intermediate Court has officially accepted the appeal and is about to begin a hearing.

Qingdao Falun Gong practitioner Cui Luning was arrested at her workplace on September 21, 2005. She was sentenced by the Li Cang District Court. Throughout the hearing process, Cui Luning, her family members and attorney made a righteous defense for her innocence. Their presentation left the courtroom staff dumbfounded.

The presiding judges of the Li Cang District Court, Judge Liulin and others all knew well in advance that Cui Luning was innocent, that all the court evidence was full of loopholes and was insufficient to lay charges. On March 20, 2006, acting against their consciences, they sentenced Cui Luning to 5 years of imprisonment. As this judgment did not conform to proper legal procedures, Li Cang District Court refused to provide the judgment in writing to the family members. They created all sorts of obstacles to intimidate and prevent the family members and the attorney from representing the accused, to obstruct them from appealing to higher authorities against the illegal sentencing. The 610 Office and the Qingdao Judicial Bureau that normally work behind the scenes also came to the forefront, openly threatening and intimidating the attorney who represented the victims, coercing them to make changes to the defense statement, and at the same time, denying all law firms in Qingdao City their right to accept Falun Gong cases for appeal. It was an exposure of lawless behavior and evil tactics in the judicial court systems.

Cui Luning's family members managed to overcome various obstacles, threats and intimidation to appeal to the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court. At present, Qingdao's Intermediate Court has accepted the appeal and begun the appeal hearing process.

On February 12, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Pingzhen disappeared after celebrating at a relative's birthday party. The next day, her family members searched everywhere but found no trace of her. On the afternoon of February 14, Ms. Chen's second son, Liu Zhenchen, a deputy chief at the Hedong Police Station, saw a public notice: "Unknown female body found. Identification needed (photo of the deceased attached)." It had been issued by Hegang City Police Department. He recognized his mother in the picture and there was no doubt in his mind that his mother had been murdered.

In April 2002, the local police arrested Ms. Chen Pingzhen, 58, a Falun Gong practitioner of Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province. The guards at the Hegang City Second Detention Center beat her with a special kind of plastic tubing, hitting her legs 38 times. She became debilitated. After that she was taken to the Xigemu Forced Labor Camp in Jiamusi City for a two-year sentence. She refused to cooperate with the guards and continued her practice in Falun Gong. As a result, she suffered brutal torture, such as being made to sit for a long time on a small stool, having both hands tied behind her back to a long piece of wood, being deprived of sleep, and so on. Within 14 months her health deteriorated to the point that she was granted medical parole for treatment at home.

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Sources in the know said that the birthday party was held at the Quan Fu Restaurant (picture1), owned by Chen Pingzhen's daughter. At the party, Ms. Chen "clarified the truth" of Falun Gong to non-practitioners and also gave her son's mother-in-law some Falun Gong flyers.

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According to the Hedong police, who are responsible for this case, they were notified by the Xing Wang Hotel that a man about 5'7" carried the victim into the hotel. He claimed that the victim had had too much to drink and that he was getting some food for her. He promised to return within a short time and left 50 yuan but did not provide identification or registration. He never returned.

Hotel staff claimed to have found the victim dead in her room the next day. The hotel owner stressed that the victim was still alive when she was brought in. The police in Hedong City tried to frame some Falun Gong practitioners but did not succeed. Then they changed their story and claimed that she had died in a traffic accident. Given this change in stories, the family was unwilling to have her body cremated five days after her death.

The coroner mentioned that he had gone to the hotel bedroom and found a strong smell of alcohol, but the autopsy found no alcohol in her stomach or mouth. The coroner did find the following: 700 ml of darkened blood, one side of a kidney was damaged, both corners of her mouth had blood stains, her neck had some highly visible bloody marks, one side of her face was bruised and swollen, her hands and feet looked purple, and sperm was found inside her vagina. All her money, valuables, and truth clarification materials were gone.

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The coroner certified that she did not commit suicide nor did she drink alcohol nor was she poisoned. The story about being carried into the hotel was fabricated. The fact is that the Xing Wang Hotel and the Xing'an Police Station (picture 3) are in the same building, and they have a close relationship.

With regard to the sperm, Ms. Chen's husband said that he had not had sexual relations with his wife for more than three months, but the police didn't even bother to ask her husband about this important fact.

Her second son, Liu Zhenchen, asked the city police department to immediately set up the case and start an investigation. The police department has been very slow to respond. When Mr. Liu kept urging them to start investigating, he was transferred to the Xing'an Police Station. He was demoted to the job of a regular detective. When his relatives asked about his mother's murder, he appeared to be uncomfortable and asked that they please not ask any further questions until the investigation was over.

We have our suspicions, given the many loose ends and the fabrications. The police either cannot solve or do not want to solve this murder case. We suspect that the police killed her because she was spreading the truth of Falun Gong.

On February 3, 2005, police officers from the Meizhou City State Security Bureau and the Department of The State Protection of Meijiang District Local Police Station and agents from the Meizhou City 610 Office and the Meijiang District 610 Office once again illegally arrested Mr. Xie Hanzhu, Ms. Guo Yafen, Ms. Zhou Jinrong, Ms. Zhao Yumei, Ms. Zhong Suyun, Mr. Zhong Hanxiang, and other practitioners. At the Qinhuang Detention Center in Meizhou City, the guards severely tortured Mr. Xie Hanzhu, trying to force a confession from him. They feared that their crimes of torturing Mr. Xie might be publicly exposed, so they did not allow Mr. Xie's family to visit him until they had transferred him to the Meizhou Prison.

Because Mr. Xie had been brutally tortured, his body was extremely weak, yet, he still steadfastly practiced Falun Gong. When his parents saw him, he had almost recovered. He wrote down how he had been cruelly tortured during his imprisonment at the Qinhuang Detention Center in Meizhou City and asked a kind-hearted person to carry his statement out of the detention center.

In his statement entitled "File an Appeal," he wrote that from February 23 to 28, 2005, he was held at the Criminal Squad Team at Meijiang District Local Police Station on the third floor. Police guards Chen Zhidong, Tian Xuelong, Li Jianlu, Xue Qingwen, Huang Songfeng, and others brutally tortured him. Mr. Xie documented their methods:

"The guards tortured me, using an iron hammer to pound on my back through a stack of books. A person weighing 70-80 kilograms and wearing heavy boots jumped on my back. Under the severe torture and because of my serious internal injury, I was unable to bear any more. Against my will, I signed my name to the 'confession' paper. The other methods of torture they used on me were:

"1. Each day I was only allowed to have one meal, a 150 gram bowl of rice.

"2. The guards handcuffed my hands behind my back and to the metal water pipe on the wall. They did not allow me to sleep or close my eyes for five days and four nights in a row, until I "admitted" to so-called "facts" that the guards had written down.

"3. Officer Xue Qingwen handcuffed my palms together and tightened the handcuffs to the limit. Then, he bent my hands in opposite directions, while pinching my fingers very hard.

"4. Xue Qingwen punctured my hips with the toothpicks.

"5. Officers Li Jianlu, Chen Zhidong, and several others pushed me to squat down and forced my back against the back of a hard wooden chair. They handcuffed my hands to the seat. They pulled the cuffs hard, and then they put a hard wooden chair on my head and put a rattan chair on top of the hard wooden chair. They forced me to hold this position for a long time, which numbed my feet. They also placed an alarm close to my ears and turned up the volume to torture me. They did this until 2 a.m. Later, they shackled me to a metal pipe and did not allow me to sleep. At dawn, the day shift guards took turns interrogating me. Most of the time, officers Chen Hui and Huang Ruizhang (female) interrogated me and used threats.

"6. Chen Zhidong, Li Jianlu, and other officers handcuffed me behind my back, with one hand over my shoulder and the other wrapped around from behind. Then they used one end of a rope to tighten the handcuffs while pulling other end of the rope through ceiling metal pipe to hang me, calling it "hanging up an airplane." During this torture, I had unbearable pain in my shoulders and hands.

"7. Officers Li Jianlu, Chen Zhidong and several others pushed me to squat down and forced my back against the back of a hard wooden chair. They handcuffed me to the sitting area. One person suddenly pulled the handcuffs behind my back to my arms' limit, and causing my hands extreme pain. Then they beat my hands with a wooden rod so that my palms and fingers soon swelled and turned black and blue. Even today, my hands are still numb.

"8. Police guards Tian Xuelong, Huang Songfeng, Li Jianlu and others handcuffed me behind my back to the water pipe and placed a trash barrel filled with urine and dirty water right before me and then pushed my head into the barrel, forcing me to drink. When I tried hard to raise my head to avoid drinking, all of the guards present forced my head down. At the end of February, the weather was cold and rainy during all those days of torture. I was soaked and shivering. My hands became numb. The guards continued to torture me this way for two nights. Each night, they used up six big barrels of dirty water and urine.

"9. After Tian Xuelong and others forced me to drink the urine and dirty water in the barrels, a person weighing 70-80 kilograms (155 to 175 pounds) jumped on my back, causing serious injuries to my back, making me unable to squat for a long time. I still suffer from severe back pain.

"10. Officers Li Jianlu, Chen Zhidong, and several others pushed me to squat down and forced my back against the back of a hard wooden chair. They handcuffed my hands to the seat. After they looped a rope around my body and neck, they covered my eyes with a towel and tightly sealed my mouth with packing tape. Police inserted two lit cigarettes into my nostrils. The smoke entered into my lungs along with my breath.

"Next, they took out the cigarettes out of my nostrils and threatened me. They continuously tortured me by alternating these two methods. They went through 10 cigarettes in only one night. In one round, they left the cigarettes in my nostrils too long, and I fainted due to lack of oxygen. Then they splashed cold water on me to wake me up. They were afraid that I might die, so they untied the rope. I immediately fell. They pulled me up and handcuffed me behind my back to the water pipe. They still didn't allow me to sleep.

"11. After guards Chen Zhidong and the others forced me to squat down, Chen Zhidong used a large iron hammer to pound on my back through a stack of books, causing internal injuries and pain whenever I took a breath.

"12. Xue Qingwen, Tian Xuelong and others stomped on my toes with the heels of their shoes when I was wearing only slippers.

"From February 23 through 28, 2005, they interrogated me and used brutal tortures at the Meijiang District Local Police Station. There, against my will, I admitted to falsehoods. Those 'confessions' I made were under severe torture which I finally was unable to bear."

1. [Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Sun Li is on Hunger Strike

Ms. Sun Li, currently detained illegally at the Shijiazhuang Second Detention Center, was abducted on September 6, 2005. She was sentenced to five years and six months. She has been on a hunger strike for many days.

2. [Harbin, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Liu Shuzhen is Persecuted to the State that She is Unable to Care of Herself

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Shuzhen, from Harbin, was reported to the authorities when she was clarifying the truth at a supermarket on October 11, 2004. She was abducted by the Anfu Police Station and sent to Wanjia Forced Labor Camp (on a three-year sentence). Recently, when her family members finally managed to get permission to visit her, they saw that Ms. Liu was carried out by others. She was so weak that she could not even hold the microphone.

3. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Lushuihe Forest Police Harassing Falun Gong Practitioners

Recently, Lushuihe Forest Police Department and a local branch have been following and watching Falun Gong practitioners. They sent people to the homes of Falun Gong practitioners by using the excuse of checking registrations, and they were searching the rooms when practitioners were not paying attention.

4. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Three Practitioners Abducted, Current Situation Unknown

Mr. Li Boyin, Mr. Chen He, and Mr. Yang Xiuwen, all Falun Gong practitioners from Baishan City, were abducted on April 18, 2006. Their whereabouts are currently unknown.

5. [Dandong City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Sheng Lixia Detained at Dandong Detention Center

Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Sheng Lixia of Dandong was abducted and is currently detained at Dandong Detention Center.

6. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Falun Gong Practitioners Zhang Xiuling and Li Yongjun Detained for More than Sentenced Time

Falun Gong practitioners from Changchun, Ms. Zhang Xiuling and Mr. Li Yongjun, were sentenced to one year and nine months in the 4th Unit, Changchun Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp. They had been tortured by electric shocks and the "black room", etc. during the detention period. When their sentence was up on April 17, 2006, the labor camp refused to release them and instead, extended their sentences.

7. [Xiongyue City, Liaoning Province] Falun Gong Practitioners Hou Suxin, etc. were Abducted

On April 7, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners from Xiongyue City, Liaoning Province, Ms. Hou Suxin, Mr. Han Song, and Ms. Ma Guifen were abducted by local police when distributing truth clarification materials.

8. [Sujiatun, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Wu Yushun Abducted by Linhu Police Station

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wu Yushun, from Sujiatun, was abducted by Linhu Police Station while studying Fa at home on April 14, 2006. Later police issued the warrant of arrest and was ordered to search Wu's home.

9. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Falun Gong Practitioners Yang Jihong, etc. Are Abducted

On April 20, 2006, a Falun Gong practitioner's home in Hebeilu District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, was searched. Around 4 pm on the same day, another Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Yang Jihong's home was searched too and she was abducted. Ms. Yang is currently detained at the Hebeilu Police Station.

10. [Hebei Province] Huabei Oil Falun Gong Practitioners Pan Liping and Wang Weisheng Abducted

On April 18, 2006, in Renqiu City, Hebei Province, Huabei Oil Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Pan Liping and Mr. Wang Weisheng were abducted. Their homes were searched on the same afternoon.

11. [Luohe City, Henan Province] Huiyuan District Material Distribution Center Destroyed, Falun Gong Practitioners Detained

During the evening of April 18, 2006, a group of policemen, led by Yang Jie and Hao Xinsheng, abducted Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Cheng Suzhen, Mr. Wang Changshun, and Ms. Zhao Xiaofeng, all from Huiyuan District, Luohe City, Henan Province. The local distribution center for Falun Gong materials was searched and destroyed.

12. [Shandong Province] Zhaoyuan 610 Office Abduct Falun Gong Practitioner Zheng Meijun

Ms. Zheng Meijun, Falun Gong practitioner from Zhaoyuan Gold Mine Lingshanggou Branch, was abducted by the Zhaoyuan 610 Office at 11:00AM of April 17, 2006. Ms. Zhang had been working in the morning and was still in her work uniform. 610 policemen kicked and abducted her. She didn't have a chance to have anything to eat.

13. [Fuping, Hebei Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Yuan Jinliang Abducted by National Security Group

On April 14, 2006, Mr. Yuan Jinliang, a Falun Gong practitioner from Fuping, was abducted by the County Police, National Security Group Zhang Jinhui and his gang. Ms. Yuan was shopping in the town at the moment. He was sent to Baoding. His family didn't receive any paper documents or any notice on where Mr. Yuan is sent.

Before this incident, Mr. Yuan Jinliang had been abducted three times (once sent to a forced labor camp), fined 6000 yuan, and his motor tricycle was seized.

14. [Beijing City] Liu Nanhua and Zhang Xiuqing Abducted from their Homes

Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Liu Nanhua and Ms. Zhang Xiuqing, were abducted from their homes at Beijing Fengtai Heyidongli, on the evening of March 2, 2006. Ms. Liu has been detained at 25 Longganglu, East District 2-5, Qinghe Town, Haiding District. Ms. Zhang's whereabouts is currently unknown.

15. [Beijing City] Falun Gong Practitioner Zheng Xueying Abducted

Ms. Zheng Xueying, 63, a Falun Gong practitioner from Anhuibeili, Chaoyang District, Beijing City, was abducted by police and is likely being detained at the Chaoyang Branch Detention Center.

16. [Hebei Province] Practitioner Guo Yuting and his Entire Family Abducted and Sent to a Brainwashing Center

At noon of April 18, 2006, Mr. Guo Yuting, a Falun Gong practitioner from Changlizhong Village, and his whole family (his wife is also a Falun Gong practitioner. Their daughter is five years old) were abducted to the Changli brainwashing center. His home was searched, and a computer and a copy machine were taken from his home.

17. [Shandong Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Su Shuzheng Abducted

During the first half of 2004, Mr. Su Shuzheng, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinan, Shandong, was detained illegally at the Shandong Province Prison. They refused to allow his wife to visit him since last summer when Mr. Su was sick and stayed in hospital. At the end of last year, people from the prison said that Su Shuzheng is now detained at Huaibei Prison. For nearly a year now, both prisons denied the visit requests from Mr. Su's family.

18. [Shanxi Province] Over Ten Practitioners Illegally Detained at Zaozihe Forced Labor Camp

There are currently over 10 Falun Gong practitioners illegally detained at Zaozihe Forced Labor Camp in Shanxi Province. Based on some updated information provided by reliable sources, in May, Falun Gong practitioners were transferred to Yulin City in Northern Shanxi Province, a place of boundless desert. It was also said that whoever was sent there stands no chance of getting back alive.

Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Zhang Dayong, Mr. Wang Jianwen from Baoji City are illegally detained at Zaozihe Forced Labor Camp;
Mr. Duan Baoshi from Baoji City, Mr. Liu Jiangzhuo, Mr. Luo Yanting are illegally detained at Weinan Prison;
Ms. Zhang Yongling, Ms. Zhang Huilan, Ms. Zhang Caixia and Ms. Zhao Xiue from Baoji City are illegally detained at Shanxi Province Female Forced Labor Camp;
Ms. Yang Xiuqin, Ms. Xu Chunxia, Ms. Xu Mingxia and Ms. Shi Zhuanling from Baoji City are illegally detained at Shanxi Province Female Prison;
Ms. Ji Qiufang from Baoji City is illegally detained at a Prison in Beijing City;
Mr. Li Lianyun and Ms. Sha Yilan from Baoji City is currently detained at detention center;
Ms. Ru Hongxia from Baoji City is illegally detained at Baoji County Detention Center.

19. [Luohe City, Henan Province] Practitioner Zhao Qiaofeng and A Few Other Practitioners Abducted

Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Zhao Qiaofeng, Ms. Cheng Suzhen and Mr. Wang Changshui from Luohe City, Henan Province were abducted on April 18, 2006.

20. [Hebei Province] Shenzhou City Detention Center and 610 Office Illegally Detain Falun Gong Practitioners
Falun Gong practitioners are illegally detained at Shenzhou City Forced Labor Camp in Hebei Province without going through any legal procedures. They are forced to start working at about 3 am, and they have to work for more than 10 hours continuously. Their food rations consist of cornmeal buns and rotten processed vegetables, which are supplied in severely inadequate quantities.

21. [Jinchen City, Shanxi Province] A Printing Center Destroyed, Li Qibiao and Other Six Practitioners Arrested

22. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Practitioner Li Miaoneng Kidnapped, Her Daughter Impacted and Jailed as Well

In 2003, when Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Miaoneng was illegally detained at Zhengzhou City Women's Forced Labor Camp, she was persecuted to the point that she lost strength in all her limbs, lost the ability to move, and lost consciousness for a long period of time. Being afraid of taking any responsibility, the labor camp asked her family to take her home. Later through practicing the exercises, her health was back to normal. When others saw the miracles of Falun Gong (through doing exercises, people can achieve both mental and physical health) they wanted to learn Falun Gong and read Falun Gong books, too. Therefore, she showed others how to practice Falun Gong. As a result, people from local township government, the 610 Office, and police stations kidnapped her. Later she escaped, and moved from place to place.

In 2005, Li was kidnapped by police officers from the Jianxi Police Bureau when she was at Luoyang City and was detained at Luoyang Detention Center, where she has been detained for six months. She was tortured to the point of not being able to stand up, so she went on a hunger strike to resist persecution, which earned her a harsh beating. Under this situation, the detention center still didn't release her but was going to sentence her instead.
Her daughter Xiumei found her mother wandering about, so she stayed with her mother. Consequently, she was also illegally detained at Luoyang Detention Center and was about to be thrown in jail as well.

23. [Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Luo Jianwen Illegally Sentenced to Three Years of Imprisonment

On December 2, 2005, after clarifying the truth to students, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Lu Jiangwen from Doumen District, Zhuhai City was reported to the authorities by the Principal. She was detained at Zhuhai No.3 Detention Center by the 610 Office at Zhuhai City and Gongan Police Station. On March 9, 2006, Doumen District Court secretly put her on trial, and she received a three year sentence.

24. [Jilin Province] Changchun City Forced Labor Camp Attempts to Persecute Practitioners Who Were Sent to Forced Labor Camp Before

All major forced labor camps in Changchun City have received a formal notice ordering investigation of all area Falun Gong practitioners. They have dispatched a large number of police to round them up for brainwashing.

25. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] 610 Office Officials Go to Fuyu County in an Attempt to Persecute Practitioners

On April 19, 2006, a group of people from the 610 Office and Zheng Hailing, who is the Section Manager of Management Section in Provincial Jiutai Forced Labor Camp, went to Mr. Ma Shouwen's and Luo Chunling's home, who had been detained at Jiutai Forced Labor Camp and Hezuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp respectively. They pretended to show their concern by asking what difficulties they have in their lives. They also had reporters take pictures with them.
On April 18, 2006, police officers from Caijiagou Police Station called practitioner Ma Shouwen into the police station to "have a talk." They told him that there would be some people from the government going to his home. Later, the police went to Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Qingwu's home and kidnapped Xu and his wife, Ms. Mu Guiling, and sent them to the County Detention Center.

26. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Na Kidnapped

Ms. Na, 53 years old, from northeastern China and a Manchu monitory. On April 10, 2006, she was abducted at the Houzimen Sportswear Store in Chengdu City.

27. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Police Officers Attempt to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioner Bian Hongxiang and Other Practitioners

On April 2, 2006, police officers illegally followed Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Bian Hongxiang's daughter. Wherever she went, they followed her. She didn't get rid of them until a few hours later.

28. [Tianjin City] Wang Junyao is Still Under Illegal Detention

29. [Heilongjiang Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Dayuan Passed Away in Harbin Prison in April 2004

On the morning of April 4, 2004, in Harbin Prison, due to his firm refusal to cooperate with warden to write the Three Statements, Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Wang Dayuan was beaten by inmates Zhang Ynog, Zhang Chunfeng, Zhao Tianlong, who were under the warden's instigation., He passed away after he was continually beaten for over 10 hours.

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

At around 1:30 p.m. on April 30, 2006, policeman Qu Houmin from the Beima Town Station led a group of officers and stormed into the Beima Town Isolation Material Factory. They arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuanxian (49, from Dongbei Village, Beima Town) and sent her to the Xiadingjia Brainwashing Class held by the Longkou City 610 Office. This arrest was directed by the CCP Beima Town Political and Judiciary Committee Secretary Li Shiqian (male), and agreed upon by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Dongbei Village Secretary, Tao Shaojun.