Canadian Citizen's Mother is Abducted and Taken for Brainwashing in Wuhan, Hubei Province

Police from the Douhuti Township Police Station in Gongan County, Hubei Province abducted Ms. Li Guangzhen in March of this year. Ms. Li is the mother of Canadian citizen Mr. Xiao Jin. She was abducted because someone reported her to the police for appealing against the persecution of Falun Gong, and for distributing Falun Gong truth clarifying materials.

After North American media exposed the abduction of Ms. Li Guangzhen, her situation received widespread attention. Mr. Xiao received letters and phone calls from several members of the Canadian Parliament expressing their concern over the case. The Canadian Embassy also wrote to the Hubei Province Foreign Affairs Office inquiring about the incident. The incident caused quite a stir in overseas Chinese communities. Classmates, friends of Mr. Xiao, Falun Gong practitioners and many Chinese people with a righteous conscience called and wrote to Mr. Xiao's hometown and related government agencies, asking them to immediately release Ms. Li Guangzhen.

However, the public outcry from the international community fell on deaf ears. Ignoring the appeals, the "610 Office" (1) and associated agencies of Gongan County in Hubei Province forced Ms. Li Guangzhen to attend a brainwashing class that slandered Falun Gong. They asked Ms. Li to sign an affidavit admitting that her appeal against the persecution of Falun Gong was wrong. She sternly refused to sign. Under the direct order of the Hubei Province "610 Office," the brainwashing class continued their mental persecution of Ms. Li Guangzhen.

After calling the National Security Brigade in Gongan County, Mr. Xiao Jin learned that the National Security Brigade and the "610 Office" had sent his mom to the most notorious brainwashing class in Wuhan City: the "Hubei Province Centre for Political and Judiciary Education." It had been reported that the brainwashing class in Hubei Province is one of the most vicious in its torture of Falun Gong practitioners. A County Political and Judiciary Committee vice deputy, Mr. Xia, demanded that the Gongan County's Jingjiang River Administration Bureau in Hubei Province, where Mr. Xiao Jin's father used to work, come up with 4,000 Yuan (2) and a car to send Ms. Li Guangzhen to Wuhan City.

A resident of Wuhan reports that her sister had been detained for one year at the Hewan Women's Labour Camp in Wuhan City. She was still very resolute in her practice of Falun Gong and just as cheerful after her release. Later, the sister was abducted and taken to the "Hubei Province Centre for Political and Judiciary Education."

Having heard this story, we are sure that Ms. Li Guangzhen is suffering the same kind of cruel mental torture at this moment. Mr. Xiao Jin was very worried about the safety of his mother. According to Clearwisdom's account, there have been at least 38 Falun Gong practitioners persecuted to death in Hubei Province.

Mr. Xiao Jin is appealing to the worldwide community to show concern about his mum's abduction and mental torture. He is currently trying to contact the Chinese legal community, hoping to secure his mum's freedom through legal avenues, and to prosecute those individuals and agencies directly responsible for the persecution of his mother.

Agencies and individuals responsible:
Hubei Province "610 Office":
Huang Zhaolin, (Vice Secretary),
86-27-8713-3985 (Office)
86-27-8723-4738 (Home)

Hubei Province Centre for Political and Judiciary Education
(Brainwashing Class):
Head deputy: Li Guoqing (former Chief of the Bureau of Labour Re-education), 86-27-8792-4870
Group Leader Bi Hemei (one of the key deputies): 86-139-7132-5534 (Mobile)

National Security Bureau Plainclothes Agent:
Li Yan: 86-139-9568-8859 (Mobile)
Luo Ting: 86-27-6269-5959

Gongan County "610 Office" in Hubei Province:
Director Xia (Vice Secretary of Political and Judiciary Committee):
86-522-5273 (Office)
86-133-0861-5339 (Mobile)

Public Security Bureau, Gongan County, Hubei Province:
Political Security Department (National Security Brigade):
86-716-522-4455

People's Congress Office in Gongan County, Hubei Province:
86-716-522-5331

(1) The "610 Office" is 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.

(2) Yuan is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly salary of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/6/9/76677.html