The 610 Office of Weifang Chemical Fibre Factory in Shandong Province Established a Private Prison to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners

After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20th, 1999, the leaders of Weifang Chemical Fibre Factory in Shandong Province followed the Jiang Zemin regime's genocidal policy towards Falun Gong practitioners by actively cooperating with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to persecute Falun Gong. They use all kinds of propaganda methods such as TV, radio, newspaper and blackboard newspapers to defame Falun Gong's founder and to damage Falun Gong's reputation. They also established a private prison to detain Falun Gong practitioners, and to torture and brainwash them. They do not only persecute Falun Gong practitioners at the factory but also arrest them and take them to the nearby prison for torture and brainwashing.

The CCP uses state-controlled defamation against Falun Gong, the same method used during the Great Cultural Revolution. It does not allow any other voice, and thus many people do not have a chance to know the truth. In order to explain the true situation of Falun Dafa to those kind-hearted people who are deceived by the lies, Falun Gong practitioners at Weifang Chemical Fibre Factory continuously speak out the truth about Falun Gong. They continue to be persecuted severely for their actions. Thirty-three practitioners have been arrested and fined thousands to tens of thousands of yuan¹, and are sent to brainwashing classes. Eight of them have been sent to labour camps. Three practitioners have been fired. Some have been detained in the private prison for over forty days.

The CCP is persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, yet at the same time they are trying to cover up the persecution. Although on the surface it looks like the persecution is relaxing, it has in fact become more intensive. After the chief of the factory 610 Office², Zhang Zhiquan, retired, the new chief, Liu Jinzhi, intensified the persecution. He is actively working with the Hanting District 610 Office and the local police bureau to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. As a result, Falun Gong practitioner Wang Lanying was sent to Wangchun Labour Camp in 2004, Zhang Yujie was sent to the Weifang 610 Office brainwashing classes in June 2005, and Du Dianpeng was sent to the Weifang 610 Office brainwashing classes in November 2005.

In January 2006 a couple named Li Chunmin and Ding Jieyu were reported while riding a bus, and were said to be carrying Falun Gong material on their trip to visit a relative. They were arrested by the Qingdao City police. The Weifang Chemical Fibre Factory's 610 Office, along with Liu Jinzhi and the Hanting District Police Bureau, sent the couple to the Weifang 610 Office brainwashing classes for persecution. They also ransacked their home and fined them 20,000 yuan.

In March 2006 Falun Gong practitioner Tian Zhenghui was reported while he was exposing the persecution to others. He was sent to Weifang 610 Office brainwashing classes by Liu Jinzhi. He has still not been released.

By April 2006, more and more people had learned the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. However, Weifang Chemical Fibre Factory's Communist Committee, Discipline Committee, lead by Liu Jinzhi, put two questions to defame Falun Gong on the "Company Culture" exam. They threatened workers with fines and firing if they do not provide the answers they wanted. Some workers said that even though they did not give the answers they wanted, in their hearts, while they were writing, they were chanting "Falun Dafa is good." Some gave in under the pressure, but they declared on the Internet afterwards that their words under pressure were null and void.

Responsible persons:

General manager and board director, Pang Fengjian: 86-13705363088, 86-536-2279999
Deputy director of Party Committee, Zheng Enpan: 86-13806363899, 86-536-7265968
Deputy director of Party Committee, director of Discipline Committee and chief of 610 Office, Liu Jingzhi: 86-13805366697

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

2. "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.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/6/17/130659.html