(Clearwisdom.net) For the last five years, Falun Gong practitioners from Xian'an District, Xianning City, Hubei Province, have been severely oppressed directly by officers from the "610 Office," and by police officers from the national security department who report to the "610 Office." Their criminal activities are summarized as follows:

• On the eve of the National Day 1999, over a dozen Falun Gong practitioners were arrested to prevent them from visiting Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. First, the police tricked them into coming to the police station and then put them under arrest. They were then locked up in the No.2 Detention Center in Xianning City for over a month. When they were released, they each had to pay 300 yuan to cover the food and accommodation during the detention, and on top of that, another 500 yuan as a bond, supposedly returnable after a year, but the money was never returned. As for those who refused to sign the statements renouncing the practice of Falun Gong, they were taken to No.1 Detention Center, where they were jailed as criminal offenders.

• Of the twenty or more Falun Gong practitioners sentenced to forced labor , some were sent to Shayang Forced Labor Camp while others ended up in Shizishan Forced Labor Camp, where they were tortured and subjected to hard labor. A complete list is not available, but the following people were among the ones sent to the labor camps: Li Yong, Yu Jianhua, Jiang Peifang, Xiang Debin, Wu Yi, Luo Ying, Li Honghe, Wang Lixin, Wei Yuxian, Yang Xiangxian, Lei Ping, Feng Xiaomi, Feng Xiaoying, Wu Zhonglun, Zhang Chunying.

• Homes of Falun Gong practitioners have been ransacked innumerable times.

The search activity often takes place at night. A group of officers breaks into a house, and if any Falun Gong related materials are discovered in the house, the householders will be put under arrest. When a home search is done on a national holiday or before a festival, more officers are assigned to the job. Dishonest officers often take the opportunity to steal valuable items from the house.

• Detention of Falun Gong practitioners without legal documents:

Any practitioners discovered to possess Falun Gong related materials at home or caught distributing flyers on the street are immediately arrested and put under detention. Upon release, everyone is asked to pay a bond, which, for the last five years, has gone into the pockets of the two corrupt head officers of the "610 Office," Xiao Chuanjia and Zeng Guohua.

• Forcing Falun Gong practitioners to attain brainwashing classes:

In April 2004, the "610 Office" of Xian'an District issued a decree, commanding all government institutions within the district to submit names of key Falun Gong practitioners and bring them to the brainwashing classes. Under strong opposition and resistance from the respective departments and protests of the practitioners themselves, the plan did not materialize. However, the Office still managed to send teacher Zhang Jianqiang of Yongan School to a brainwashing class. Again, on October 21, 2004, the Office managed to send Luo Ying to a brainwashing class. Luo, with his strong determination, managed to escape.

• On October 14, 2004, Chen Xiqing and Chen Wenying were seen distributing flyers and clarifying the truth near the Daqiao Village, Dingsi Town, Xian'an District. They were reported by the people to the local authorities, who arrested them and put them under detention in No.1 Detention Center, where they are now suffering a lot of hardship.

• Due to the continual oppression of the "610 Office" and the national security team, Luo Taoying and Fang Nengchao are now forced to live away from their homes, roaming around the country, to avoid further persecution. They have homes they can't go back to.

The following people are responsible for the persecution -

Xian'an District 610 Office and the National Security Department:

Xian'an District, Branch Police Station -

Chief Officer - Xiao Chuanjia

Deputy Officer - Chen Yuanhai, Zou Weiquo

Xian'an District, National Security Officer - Zeng Guohua

Xian'an District, National Security Instructor - Huang Shun'an

Xian'an District corrupt officers of the national security -

Liu Deyu, Lu Xinwu, Dong Jianmei