Shanghai Practitioner Wu Aizhong and Others Facing Illegal Imprisonment

In January 2005, Dafa practitioner Mr. Wu Aizhong and his wife Zhong Hui, who resided in Shanghai, were illegally arrested. They have been detained at the Qingpu Detention Centre and are facing sentencing.

Wu Aizhong was employed as a sales manager at the Fan Wu Trading Limited Company, a Korean corporation in Shanghai. He was highly regarded by his employer.

On January 8th 2005, Wu Aizhong was suddenly arrested from his office by the Xujing area Qingpu District police. His wife and their six year old son were also arrested on the same day. The reason for the arrests was that the couple had printed Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution. They have both been detained for an extended period of time at Qingpu Detention Centre, where government officials and police have tried to "transform"¹ both of them without success. Authorities also tried to sentence them in April.

On July 27th the Shanghai Qingpu Courthouse started hearing the Wu family's case. The couple proclaimed their innocence before the court's public prosecutor. They declared that they printed Falun Gong flyers with the purpose of letting people know the truth about Falun Gong. The court ruled that both of them had violated the illegal ban on Falun Gong, and said that making Falun Gong materials carries a sentence of 7 - 10 years in prison. The court appointed defence lawyer openly admitted that he could only submit a guilty plea. The verdict is not yet known.

On July 27th, the couple's family members went to the hearing from out of town. Zhong Hui's mother and her six years old grandson, Wu Xingyu, were refused entrance because Zhong Hui's mother had forgotten to bring her ID with her. In frustration and sadness at the prospect of her daughter going to prison, she cried uncontrollably in front of the courthouse. At present, all four elderly parents of the couple find it very difficult and painful to accept the fact that their children may face imprisonment.

A warm family will soon be broken-up, leaving only elderly grandparents and a young child. How could the grandparents, at their advanced age, bear the pain of losing their children and seeing their grandson's support taken away? Why is it a crime for Falun Dafa practitioners to tell people the facts? We hope that all kind-hearted people around the world will pay attention to this tragic case and similar ones happening everyday in China. Let the attention of kind people from around the world expose the atrocities - those who are suffering need the support of righteous people!

The relevant offices' contact information:

Qingpu Section People's Court
Address: 555 Chengzhongbei Road, Qingpu County, Shanghai
Judge Fei Xiong: 86-21-69201478, 86-21-69201481
Postal Code: 201700

Qingpu District legal aid centre: Room 206, 105 Chengzhongbei Road, Postal Code: 201700
86-21-59731890

Qingpu Detention Centre
Address: 485 Chengzhongbei Road, Qingpu County, Shanghai Qingpu Police Substation
Main number 86-21-59729780 switch to Qingpu Detention Centre

Note:

(1) "Reform or Transform" Implementation of brainwashing and torture in order to force a practitioner to renounce Falun Gong.
(Variations: "reform", "transform", "reformed", "reforming", "transformed", "transforming", and "transformation")

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/7/107906.html