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

  • Ms. Sun Jingping, 63, Incarcerated in a Brainwashing Centre

    When Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Sun Jingping accompanied a practitioner's family to the Jiangan District Court on April 30th, 2010, to file an appeal for the other practitioner, the judge Wu Shanrong called the police to arrest her. They took her to Shenjiaji Brainwashing Centre where she is still being held. Ms. Sun has been arrested and detained twice before. The first time was on December 23rd, 2000, when she went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practise Falun Gong. In Haidian District Detention Centre a guard bombarded her with punches and kicks. The guards ordered all female practitioners to strip off all their clothes and jump around. Whoever refused was subjected to brutal beatings. None of the cells was heated even though it was late December and very cold.
  • Mr. Gao Jianting Tortured by Laiyang Police on Suspicion of Helping Ms. Liu Zhimei

    Laiyang City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) personnel suspected that Mr. Gao Jianting helped arrange care for Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Zhimei. Ms. Liu was a student in Tsinghua University who was expelled and suffered a mental collapse after enduring extensive inhuman treatment. On May 21st, 2010, police arrested him. They held him in the domestic security division, the crime response squad, a brainwashing centre in the Party school, and the Zhaoyuan Brainwashing Centre. Mr. Gao was released a week later after suffering brutal beatings.
  • Obstruction of Justice at the Trial of Practitioner Mr. Zhang Ximing

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhang Ximing was arrested while putting up posters exposing the persecution of Falun Gong on March 30th, 2010. His family hired two attorneys to defend him. The trial was held on June 10th at the Hexi District Court. Wei Changming, the female public prosecutor representing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) repeatedly slandered Falun Gong and framed Mr. Zhang Ximing. The defence lawyer said, "The posters that Mr. Zhang Ximing posted didn't hurt anyone or damage any property, so it doesn't constitute a crime." The judge and the prosecutor interrupted many times for no reason, making it impossible for the attorneys to perform a normal defence.
  • Restaurant Owner Mr. Wang Tieqiang from Gaobeidian City Subjected to Repeated Persecution

    About 20 police officers arrived in six vehicles and surrounded Huixianju Restaurant in Gaobeidian City at on June 12th, 2010. Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Tieqiang, who owns the restaurant, was arrested and detained at the Beicheng Police Station. He was transferred to a detention centre the next morning. The officers also ransacked Mr. Wang's home and the restaurant, smashing the windows of the storage room, prying open all the locks, and breaking and confiscating many of Mr. Wang's personal belongings. They also ransacked the residence of Mr. Wang's neighbour. Mr. Wang has been repeatedly persecuted since the Chinese Communist Party initiated its campaign against Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999.
  • Respected Middle School Teacher and His Mother Both Sentenced to Prison

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhu Yuchun is a history teacher. In his life he follows the principles of "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance" and is widely recognised as a good teacher. In July 2009, when Mr. Zhu was making informational materials, he explained the facts about Falun Gong to the personnel working in the printing shop. However, since the people working there had been deceived and lied to about Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party, they reported him to the local government. Mr. Zhu was arrested and detained in the Yixing Detention Centre. In March 2010, Mr. Zhu was sentenced to four years of imprisonment by a local court. His mother, Ms. Wang Juying, was sentenced to three years.
  • Ms. Chi Xiandao Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

    Ms. Chi Xiandao, a Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested on February 26th, 2010, by the Domestic Security Division of Daqing City Police Department. After three months in detention, Ms. Chi was sentenced to four years in prison in early June. In addition to improving her health, Falun Gong has taught Ms. Chi to be more tolerant and forgiving. She became a better mother and wife. As a result, her family became all the more harmonious. Ms. Chi has faced numerous hardships in the past 11 years since China started its suppression of Falun Gong, but she remains steadfast in her faith.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Li Zemei Now in Shijiazhuang Women's Prison

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Zemei, in her 30s, was tried three times and sentenced to three years in prison on May 17th, 2010, to be served in Shijiazhuang Women's Prison. On March 22nd, her lawyer defended her for over two hours. He emphasised that being a Falun Gong practitioner does not violate Chinese law, and, because freedom of belief is protected by the Constitution, he requested Ms. Li's immediate release. The judge had to acknowledge that freedom of belief was protected by the Constitution, but they still did dare not release her.
  • Over 30 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Laishui County, Hebei Province

    Police officers broke into and ransacked Ms. Yu Fenyun' s home on June 12th. They took away her savings and arrested Ms. Yu. She was taken to the Shiting Township Police Station. Ms. Yu's husband, went to Shiting Township to look for his wife when he did not find her at home and was also arrested. The husband and wife were sent to a forced labour camp the next day, while their child was left at home alone and with no money for living expenses. In 2002, police sent Ms. Yu to Nanma Brainwashing Centre, where she was brutally tortured. She was not allowed to sleep for five consecutive days and nights, and was beaten every time she closed her eyes. One night, police tied her to a chair and force-fed her unknown drugs.
  • Mr. Wang Changzheng and Mr. Huang Zhiyong Sentenced in Wuhan

    According to the orders of the 610 Office [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong], the court in the East-West Lake Area of Wuhan recently gave Mr. Wang Changzheng, a local Falun Gong practitioner, a sentence of four and a half years for distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution. Mr. Huang Zhiyong was sentenced to four years. The court refused to give a written judgement to the families of these Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Ms. Li Caixiao Arrested in Sanhe City, Hubei Province

    On May 25th, 2010, practitioner Li Caixiao was arrested. She was sent to Langfang Brainwashing Centre the day after she was arrested. With nowhere to redress the injustice, she began a most painful way to protest the arrest and persecution - she staged a hunger strike, abstaining from food and water. Ms. Li was force-fed in the Langfang Brainwashing Centre. The forced-feeding session was so brutal and painful that she almost suffocated. On June 3rd, Ms. Li Caixiao was sent home because she was very weak.
  • Vice Director of Mei County Bureau of Agriculture in Guangdong Province Appeals Twelve-year Prison Sentence for Practising Falun Gong

    In April of 2010, practitioner Xie Hanzhu, detained at the 3rd Prison in Guangdong Province (also called Meizhou Prison) asked his father to appeal his twelve-year sentence to the provincial superior Procuratorate, after being interrogated by the Meijiang district public security bureau and Xue Qingwen from the national security division. Xie Hanzhu was detained at Meizhou Prison nearly five years ago, in September of 2005. His whereabouts have rarely been known. In the past year, his family was only allowed to visit him after the political office of the prison sent out a special notice. In the subsequent visit, his family observed him walking abnormally, and suspected that this was the result of a beating.
  • Practitioners Xu Genyuan, Huang Youjun, and Xue Li from Yueyang Sentenced

    Practitioners Xu Genyuan, Huang Youjun, and Xue Li were recently sentenced to nine years, five years, and three years in prison, respectively. Xu and Huang were arrested on June 7th, 2009, and brutally tortured, beaten, and force-fed in detention. During their trial on October 15th, prosecutor Li Weixin accused Xu and Huang of "sabotaging the implementation of state laws and executive regulations by utilising an illegal religious organisation." When defence lawyer Zhang Chuanli from Beijing requested the court to specify which law of the Chinese Constitution declared Falun Gong to be illegal, Li, the judge, and National Security Bureau agents in attendance could not respond.
  • Seven Falun Gong Practitioners in Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province Face Trial

    Seven Falun Gong practitioners in Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province have been in custody for nearly eight months. Nancha District Court officials had initially planned to try them on June 8th, but decided at the last minute to postpone it. Two of the practitioners' families hired lawyers to defend them. On October 26th, 2009, agents from the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), police launched a mass arrest of local practitioners. Within a few days they apprehended 12 practitioners. Zhang Haiyan and Zhang Yulan are currently held in the Harbin City Drug Rehabilitation Centre, each serving a two-year term of forced labour.
  • The 610 Office Determines the Terms of Falun Gong Practitioners' Sentences and the Judiciary System Just Goes Through the Formality of Holding Trials

    The 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) is a special agency of the communist regime that came into existence for and is dedicated to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. It is directly responsible for the arrest, trial and even the term of imprisonment of each Falun Gong practitioner. The Xingcheng City 610 Office has persecuted dozens of practitioners, unjustly sentencing them to terms of from three to eight years. Thousands of practitioners have been subjected to forced labour and detention. Many of their houses were ransacked and robbed, and many of them were fired from their jobs and had huge amounts of money extorted from them.
  • Persecution Suffered by Three Women in Leting County, Hebei Province

    Mr. Li Yanling, Ms. Xing Yue and Ms. Li Yanping are Falun Gong practitioners in Leting County, Hebei Province. The three women were arrested recently and have since been held in Leting County Detention Centre. Their families are denied visitation rights. Li Yanling's mother and older brother were also persecuted on many occasions. Her mother Li Shuyan, in her 60s, was once held in Leting County Detention Centre for more than one year in 2000. She was sentenced to two years in June 2007.