Over Ten Teachers in Dazhu County, Sichuan Province Dismissed for Three Years Because They Practise Falun Gong; Mr. Hu Yunxiang Persecuted to Death

Since 2003, more than 70 practitioners have been forced to step down from the teacher's platform in Dazhu County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province. More than ten of them have refused to be "transformed¹" and are still out of a job. The others are still forced to go to work daily and are being monitored. Mr. Hu Yunxiang passed away on August 23rd, 2006, after long-term brutal persecution.

Mr. Hu Yunxiang, age 42, was an elementary school teacher in Yangjia Town, Dazhu County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province. He previously had many ailments, but in 1999 all of his illnesses disappeared after he began to practise Falun Dafa.

Since July 20th 1999, Jiang Zemin's regime began persecuting Falun Gong. Mr. Hu went to Beijing in November 1999 to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa. He was arrested and brutally beaten and only narrowly escaped death. The local police transferred him back home, held him for another four months, and reduced his salary one level.

In January 2001, Mr. Hu Yunxiang's school administrator, Hu Fabi, was afraid that Mr. Hu would go to appeal again and the school would be entangled with his case. Hu Fabi, along with officers from Yangjia Town Police Station, arrested Mr. Hu and held him in the Dazhu Detoxification Centre (No. 2 Detention Centre) for over 20 days. Mr. Hu's hands became infected and festered. After he was released, he continued practising Falun Dafa, and his hands recovered without any treatment.

In July 2002, Yangjia Elementary School, under the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) dismissed Mr. Hu and sent him to a remote village school. It took two hours, one way, to walk there.

In February 2003, Ms. He Dacui, a teacher from Huangjiaxiang Elementary School, was arrested and sentenced to five years because she told the students, "Falun Dafa is good, Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance are good." Shortly after that, the 610 Office head, Li Yuexue, along with County Party Secretary Huang Shengguo and Education Bureau Chief Yuan Xiaofan, forced 70 teachers who practised Falun Gong to give up their teaching positions, only allowing them to sweep the floor and be doormen. In the second semester of 2003, Li Yuexue, along with You Shicheng, Liu Dewan, and other 610 Office officials, used the threat of layoffs as a condition to force all teachers to declare their stand on Falun Dafa; only when they accepted the brainwashing could they go back to teaching. This hurt many teachers that were practitioners, as well as their students.

In August 2003, the County Government and Education Bureau deceived Mr. Hu Yunxiang and sent him to a brainwashing centre. He was held for over four months. Mr. Hu refused to give up his belief and he was not even allowed to go to his father-in-law's funeral.

Mr. Hu was under long-term persecution at the hands of the local county government, the Education Bureau, and his workplace. He was constantly harassed and threatened, and his health deteriorated. He died on August 23rd, 2006.

At the current time, practitioners Zhang Zhanping, Zhang Fushou, and Liu Huiying have been held in the No. 1 Detention Centre in Dazhu County for over four months. The authorities are planing to prosecute and convict them.

Personnel involved in the persecution:

County Deputy Party Secretary Huang Shengguo: 86-818-6223543 (office), 86-818-6221266 (home), 86-13908243163 (mobile)
610 Office Head Yang Duozhi: 86-818-6223524 (office), 86-818-6223085 (home), 86-13508243358 (mobile)

Note

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.

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