The Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Zhejiang Province

Since Jiang's regime began the suppression of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, the staff of the Political Security Offices in Huzhou City Police Station and "610 Offices" [1] actively followed Jiang's suppression policies. They used various ways to physically and psychologically persecute people who practised Falun Gong in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. They abducted practitioners many times to the so-called "Law Study Class" in Huzhou City. The class was actually a brainwashing session which held practitioners for forced brainwashing and persecution of mind and body. A partial list of persecution cases follows:

Mr. Ji Jianwei, a Falun Gong practitioner, was formerly a policeman in Huzhou City Police Station. He started to practise Falun Gong in 1996. In 1999 he was awarded for his outstanding performance at work. After July 20, 1999, because Mr. Ji continued to practise Falun Gong, his award was revoked and he was dismissed from his job. In 2001, Mr. Ji was detained at Huzhou City Detention Centre on criminal charges. Since Mr. Ji was a policeman himself, many policemen in the detention centre knew him. They all wondered why an outstanding policeman who used to catch all kinds of criminals was detained there. So officers from Huzhou "610 Office" purposely transferred Mr. Ji to a detention centre in Changxing, Zhejiang province. He suffered many kinds of torture and intensive forced-labour there.

After being dismissed from the police station, Mr. Ji later found a job in a quarry doing heavy labour. He had to carry stones on his shoulders to make a living. However, the officers from Huzhou "610 Office" found his boss and forced him to fire Mr. Ji. Huzhou City Police Station arranged temporary work for him in a cafeteria in Huzhou Driving School, to enable continued surveillance.

Ms. Ji Peichu, Mr. Ji Jianwei's older sister, is a nurse in Hangzhou Railroad Hospital, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. She was arrested by the Huzhou Police Station when she was distributing Falun Gong truth-clarification materials in Huzhou. She was arrested again by the national security brigade in Xiaoshan Branch of Hangzhou Police Station at the end of March 2004, when she was distributing truth-clarification material in Xianshan, Hangzhou. She was illegally sent to a labour camp in May 2004. She is currently imprisoned and being persecuted in Moganshan Female Labour Camp.

Mr. Ji Jianwei's mother is also a Falun Gong practitioner. The authorities in Huzhou City even intentionally created conflict among Mr. Ji's family members. For example, they arranged Mr. Ji's older brother to be vice-director of the so-called "Huzhou anti-cult association" (an organization formed to persecute Falun Gong). They arranged for another older sister of Mr. Ji to be in charge of persecuting Falun Gong in a certain residential area. They tried to create hatred among family members and to tear them apart.

Mr. Li Jun, about 50 years old, is an agronomist in Huzhou Agriculture Bureau. He started to practise Falun Gong in 1995. After Jiang's regime began the illegal suppression of Falun Gong in July 20, 1999, Huzhou City police and local Aishan police frequently harassed him with telephone calls and knocking on his door at midnight. Mr. Li went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in December 2000 and was arrested at Tiananmen Square. The policemen brutally beat him. They kicked his ankles, trampled his knees, kneed him in the groin, and punched his head. Huzhou police later transferred him to the local police station. Because he refused to sign a statement denouncing Falun Dafa, the police pulled his hair, slammed him against a wall, and forced him to kneel down. He was illegally detained for a month. The police threatened to send him to a labour camp, to dismiss him from his job, to forbid his children from going to school and so on. In August 2003, Huzhou "610 Office" again forcibly abducted him to a Brainwashing Class in Huzhou. He was forced to watch programmes that slandered Falun Gong every day. The guards tortured him by threatening to dismiss him from his job, to send him to a labour camp, to send him to a mental hospital and so on.

Organizations and persons responsible for persecuting practitioners:

Country code: 86

Zhang Xiyan, secretary of Political and Judiciary Committee in Huzhou city
Yi Fangjian, staff in political security office in Huzhou City Police Station, and team lead in "610 Office," 1390-672-3919 (mobile phone), 572-206-0143 (home phone)
Gu Longzhai, staff in political security office in Huzhou City Police Station and "610 Office." Home address is: Room 305, Entrance 3, Building 162, Jishan Xin Cun, Huzhou city
Yang Yueming, Head of Huzhou "610 Office," 572-211-6021 (office phone), 1370-572-3228 (mobile phone)
Chen Qirong, staff in Huzhou "610 Office," 1396-729-8008 (mobile phone)
Zhang Ping'an, staff in Huzhou "610 Office," 1333-683-9689 (mobile phone)
Zhu Baihua, secretary of Political and Judiciary Committee in Anji county, Huzhou city, 572-502-3254 (office phone), 1350-582-3038 (mobile phone)
Mi Guimei, Labor camp section of Huzhou Judicial Bureau, 1395-724-5068 (Cell), 572-210-0596 (home)
Cai Hong, Huzhou Judicial Bureau, 572-239-8985
Ma Huocai, Huzhou Judical Bureau, 1305-998-2825 (mobile phone)
Jiang Chengbin, secretary of Political and Judiciary Committee in Wuxing district, Huzhou city, 1350-572-8162 (mobile phone)
Chu Bailin, assistant secretary of Political and Judiciary Committee in Wuxing district, Huzhou city, 1390-572-9978 (mobile phone)
Chai Qinghua, Changxing Zhicheng police station, 1358-720-3011 (mobile phone)

[1] "610 Office": an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/5/23/75355.html