Brainwashing, Illegal Detention and Imprisonment, Inside the Labour Camps, Individual Accounts, 6-10 Office

  • Mr. Du Yihe, a Practitioner from Yinan County, Shandong Province, Is Once Again Unjustly Detained

    Mr. Du Yihe, a practitioner, has been subjected to numerous forms of severe persecution in the past several years, including instances when he was tied up and beaten until he lost consciousness. In June 2003, he was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp, during which time he was tortured. He was released in May 2006. In May 2007 thugs broke into his home, ransacked it, pushed him to the ground, punched and kicked him. Mr. Du is currently being detained at the Yinan County Detention Centre.
  • Mr. Cong Wei, a Practitioner from Dalian City, Liaoning Province, Secretly Sentenced to One and a Half Years in Prison

    At around 4 a.m. on September 12th, 2006, police from different areas broke into Mr. Cong Wei's home by opening the door with a master key. They subsequently arrested him. At the moment, Mr. Cong only had his underclothes on. During the past nine months and on January 17th, 2007 and January 24th, the Ganjingzi District Court secretly held hearings on Mr. Cong's case. The court concluded that Mr. Cong was innocent and reported his case to the upper-level court and the 610 Office for examination and approval. However, Mr. Cong's family recently received a notice from the Dalian Detention Centre stating that the Ganjingzi District Court held a closed hearing on Mr. Cong's case again on June 1st, and he was sentenced to one and a half years in prison. Currently, he is detained in the Yaojia Detention Centre.
  • Liu Liang's Death Raises Questions, 610 Office Obstructs Investigation

    On December 26th, 2006, several agents from the local 610 Office and the police station broke into Mr. Liu Liang's home and arrested Liu Liang and his mother. The authorities attempted to sentence Liu Liang to prison, however due to lack of evidence, Liu Liang was released after a 20-day detention. On June 5th, 2007, Jiaozhou City Police Department went looking for Liu Liang intending to arrest him. Liu Liang met police on the village entrance path. Liu Liang, who was partially sighted, was frightened by the policemen and fell down the well together with his motorcycle. His body did not have bruises or injuries but his stomach was filled with water and it seems that he died from water inside his lungs.
  • 610 Office Agents Harass Falun Dafa Practitioner Wang Bo's 87-Year-Old Grandmother - Attendees at Second Court Hearing Were Arrested

    Wang Bo's grandmother, Han Lingrong, is 87 years old. She depends on her family to assist with her daily life needs. However, three 610 Office agents from the Yuhua District Police Department in Shijiazhuang City and from the Yudong Police Station came to her residence on June 21st, 2007, at around 5:00 p.m. They presented a search warrant and stated that someone suspected that Ms. Han had been involved in handing out Falun Gong leaflets and reported her to the police. This claim was so absurd that anyone thinking rationally will find it preposterous. Ms. Han depends on her daughter and son-in-law to take care of her daily life needs. How could she hand out Falun Gong leaflets?
  • Chinese Ice Hockey Coach Facing Trial for Practising Falun Dafa

    On May 9th, 2007, a Chinese national ice hockey coach by the name of Mr. Gao Weixi was arrested by officers of the Nanguan Branch of Jilin Police Department for practising Falun Dafa. Mr. Gao is now detained in the No. 3 Detention Centre in Changchun City and is facing trial. Mr. Gao was previously held in two forced labour camps in Changchun City: Weizigou Forced Labour Camp and Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp.
  • Practitioner Ms. Jia Shuzhen Suffers a Mental Collapse due to Persecution at Hebei Province Brainwashing Centre

    Ms. Qin Shuling, Ms. Jia Shuzhen, Ms. Gao Lanqing, and Mr. Li Zhenwen went to Yongan Village to post Falun Dafa leaflets exposing the persecution on May 27th, 2007. The patrols spotted them before they could post more than a few. Ms. Qin and Ms. Gao were arrested and Ms. Jia and Mr. Li were followed home. The police ransacked their homes and arrested them that same night. Hebei Province Brainwashing Centre returned Ms. Jia Shuzhen to her home on June 19th. In just ten days, the 610 Office personnel had turned a young, beautiful, and gentle Jia Shuzhen into a lifeless, incoherent, and red-eyed disturbed person.
  • Her Family Separated Due to Repeated Persecution, Ms. Lu Xia from Shandong Province Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison

    Ms. Lu Xia obtained both physical and mental benefits after learning Falun Dafa, and her family lived peacefully. After July 20th, 1999, when the suppression of Falun Gong by the former leader of China, Jiang Zemin, began, her family's quiet life was disrupted. Lu Xia was repeatedly imprisoned, brutally tortured, and injected with nerve damaging drugs. She had to leave home to avoid persecution. The situation even led to her divorce. Eventually she was sentenced to eight years in prison and is still in Jinan Women's Prison.
  • Xiong County 610 Office and Public Security Officers of Hebei Province Arrest Good People for Reward Money

    Around the months of June and July, the Xiong County 610 Office and Public Security Bureau officers are putting together a special task force targeting Falun Gong practitioners. It was further reported that a special fund was allocated for this task force. A significant sum of money was to be awarded for each "successful" case. In other words, through monetary rewards, law enforcement officers are encouraged to commit crimes, arrest law-abiding citizens, and extort money from them.
  • An Elderly Practitioner in Shandong Province Is Persecuted and Denied His Pension for Five Years

    I was detained for 70 days, until July 5th, 2001, by the 610 Office. On top of the physical torture, there was also mental torture, which was even more damaging to practitioners. We were forced to watch videos and read books and pamphlets defaming Dafa. They tried to brainwash us with the lies. During my detention, the authorities extorted my family out of 10,000 yuan. Moreover, I was denied my pension of 3,000 yuan. Later I was detained again. Although they did not succeed in sending me to a forced labour camp, they have stopped me receiving my pension fro the last five years. I worked for the Chinese Communist Party for more than 40 years but now it has been cut off becuase I believe in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance, the principles of Falun Dafa.
  • More Details on the Multiple Arrests of Falun Dafa Practitioners by Public Security Departments and Others of Benxi City, Liaoning Province

    At 12:30 a.m. on April 12th, 2007, Public Security, National Security, the Criminal Police Brigade, and police stations of Benxi City arrested many Falun Dafa practitioners, including Mr. Lu Qingjiang and his wife, Mr. Cheng Wei, and Ms. Wang Lijuan and her son. In order to take care his mother who'd been bedridden due to illness for some time, practitioner Cheng Wei moved into her home. At midnight on April 12th, the police used an axe to knock down the door of his mother's home in order to catch Mr. Cheng. He tried to escape by jumping from the fifth floor of the apartment building, resulting in severe injury. Mr. Cheng is currently hospitalised under police surveillance at the Benxi Steel Company's General Hospital.
  • Practitioner Qu Guangyi Subjected to Brutal Torture in Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp in Jiutai, Jilin Province

    Practitioner Mr. Qu Guangyi was arrested by local police officers during the autumn of 2006. They sent him to Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp, where he was subjected to brainwashing tactics. While in the camp, he was brutally tortured. The guards hung him up, deprived him of sleep, and burned his skin. As a result, he was in very poor condition both physically and mentally. In May 2007, Mr. Qu was sent to a forced labour factory where he had to work long hours. The food provided there was worse than what they fed animals. He suffered mentally and was diagnosed with nephritis (inflammation of the kidney). Guards from the labour camp forced Mr. Qu to continue working after giving him very poor medical treatment.
  • Ms. Jiang Hong Released from Unlawful Detention in Heilongjiang Province Only When Her Life Was in Danger

    On April 29th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Jiang Hong was visiting her neighbour when police arrested her. Her family went to the police department to request her release, but her father (in his 70s) was chased out by Zhou Tiegang. After being detained for 35 days, Ms. Jiang Hong became dangerously emaciated. She had to be placed under intensive care constantly, and she was dying because she could not eat for ten days.
  • Many Practitioners Arrested and Taken to Brainwashing Centre in Huaihua City, Hunan Province

    Recently the Chinese Communist Party has assigned quotas for practitioners to be brainwashed to each employer in Huaihua City, Hunan Province. As a result, many Falun Dafa practitioners were arrested and taken to a brainwashing centre by local agents. Ms. Dai Dingcui, 60 years old and a retired employee of Huitong County Water Supply Co. in Huaihua City, was tricked into getting on a bus. She was directly taken to the Huaihua Brainwashing Centre at around 8:00 a.m. on May 17th.
  • Accounts of Persecution at Sanshui Forced Labour Camp in Guangdong Province

    The camp guards put all the practitioners under strict control together and called in collaborators to torture them. They called it the "Demons' Intensive Training Group" and corporal punishment continued endlessly against the practitioners. They physically tortured practitioners all day long, yelling things like, "I will make you die!" They forced the practitioners to recite poems in the evenings. It was an excuse to keep the practitioners from going to bed. Some would have to recite the poems until early morning.
  • Ms. Lin Bingju from Guangzhou City Suffered a Torture-Induced Mental Breakdown at Chatou Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Lin Bingju is being held at Chatou Forced Labour Camp, because she distributed leaflets exposing the persecution. She suffered physical and mental torture so severe that she had a mental breakdown. The camp guards induced drug addict inmates to beat her head and abdominal area. They forced her to read literature that slandered Dafa everyday and forbade her to sleep until after midnight.