In March 2001, the township government had police detain the practitioners who had gone to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in the Gaopian grain storage facility. They then ransacked the practitioners' homes. In the storage facility, practitioners were treated in various inhumane ways: for example, they were forced to listen to a high volume loudspeaker that prevented them from sleeping. They were also forced to stand while facing the wall for long periods of time. Officers often beat, cursed, and searched practitioners at will. Party Secretary Jiang Weiming said, "This time we are going to bankrupt you and defame you thoroughly." Wang Yongzhao, an officer in charge of women's welfare, said, "This time we locked you up here in order to beat you to death, just like crushing some yams." Additionally, they fined everyone they could find who had ever practised Falun Gong. They even detained a practitioner's family member for 15 days because she had made a statement criticising the persecution.
Here are a few cases in which practitioners were brutally persecuted at the Gaopian Township:
Yang Bencai, male, 72, a resident of the Jiudongqiao Village, was fined 1,100 Yuan (Chinese currency, the monthly salary for an average Chinese rural worker is less than 200 Yuan). They forced him to sign an agreement to allow officers to sell his newly renovated house at auction and keep the money. On January 5th, 2001, Yang was sent to the Guanghan Detention Centre. On August 21st, 2001, he was informed that he had been sentenced to a 3-year jail term with a 2-year reprieve and fined 3,600 Yuan.
Yang Tingyu, female, 42, the only child of Yang Bencai, was illegally arrested when she went to Beijing to appeal. She was beaten and shocked with electric batons by the police. The Vice Party Secretary, Wang Yougui, said, "Now, we have already sold your house, seized all of your property, and suspended your right to use the land. We are watching you to see if you still dare to practice Falun Gong." On January 12th, she was sent to the Guanghan Detention Centre. Later, officers forced her husband to pay 1,500 Yuan without issuing a receipt.
More ludicrously, the Deyang Daily Newspaper of June 8th, 2001 reported that both Yang Tingyu and her father Yang Bencai had been publicly tried and sentenced to 3.5 years and 3 years in jail respectively. The truth is that they had been in the detention centre and did not know anything about a trial.
Wu Xianzhi, female, 34, a resident of Gaogongqiao Village, was also detained at the storage facility. On the night of January 6th, Wu was taken outside by officers and beaten for several hours with a special baton that holds many sharp tooth-like barbs. This was seen by another female practitioner, Chen Dengai, of Sanshui Township. Chen tried to stop the beating, but she was beaten herself until her head and face were bleeding and her whole body was severely bruised. Although severely injured, Wu was still sent to Guanghan Detention Centre on February 12th to be further persecuted.
Chen Huayu, female, 31, a resident of Jinji Village, was arrested and beaten by police in Beijing for appealing to the government. After she was escorted back to Gaopian, the Party Secretary of Yuanjue Village, Jiang Ze, removed her underwear and beat her on the hips until they were swollen. Chen was later fined 2,000 Yuan and sent to the detention centre on February 12.
Below are the individuals who persecuted practitioners:
The Party Secretary of Gaopian Township, Jiang Weiming.
The Vice Party Secretary of Gaopian Township, Wang Yougui.
The Officer of Women's Affairs in Gaopian Township, Wang Yongzhao.
The Party Secretary of Yuanjue Village, Jiang Ze.
Another individual is the Deputy Police Chief of the Gaopian Police Station, Li Hanqing.
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Source: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/12/21/16989.html
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