Yang Xiuwen, Li Bo, and Chen Liguo from Baishan City, Jilin Province Sentenced to Prison After Being Tortured in Detention Centre

On April 17th, 2006, Falun Dafa practitioners Yang Xiuwen, Li Bo and Chen Liguo from Baishan City in Jilin Province were arrested by police officers Lei Ying, Lu Dehe, and others. Witnesses saw the police officers ransacking Mr. Yang's home. They also saw blood on the back of Mr. Yang's head and on his back, and noted that his hair was very messy. When he was first taken to the detention centre, his face was bruised from being beaten. While he was detained at Baishan City Detention Centre, Mr. Yang went on a hunger strike for over 20 days. Police officers Li Yongqiang and Yuping incited criminal inmates to force-feed him, and tied him to a death bed. His right arm was dislocated as a result of the torture, which caused his muscles to atrophy. He became very weak and emaciated. Chen Liguo was forced-fed and tied to a death bed for three days. Li Bo was also tied to a death bed for half a day. Currently, they are still detained at the Baishan City Detention Centre.

In November 2006, Yang Xiuwen, Li Bo, and Chen Liguo were sentenced at Badaojiang District Court to nine, five, and five years of imprisonment respectively. The judge who presided over their trials was Yu Changcheng, the jury members were Wang Yonglin and Gao Yuanhao, the secretary was Zhang Dahai, and the Badaojiang District Procuratorate officer was Lan Jian. Before the trial began, the practitioners were not allowed to hire lawyers nor notify their family members. There were over 50 police officers on site to guard the court, and the trial was carried out secretly. There were also people working for the local community as escorts in front of the court to identify if there were any Falun Gong practitioners in the area, out of fear that practitioners would expose their evil deeds.

Yang Xiuwen, Li Bo, and Chen Liguo were opposed to the verdict, so they appealed to the middle court. In January 2007, the Baishan City Middle Court upheld the original verdict and those who participated in the trial were: Cao Shanbao, deputy jury members Song Yonghui and Lin Mei, and secretary Zhang Chunming. The practitioners were charged because Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution and printing equipment were found in their residence. However, the content of the materials was not mentioned. Actually, the content of the materials was information exposing Jiang Zemin's regime for framing and persecuting practitioners, good people who believe in Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, for the past seven years. Under the instigation and direction of the assistant to the secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Political and Juridical Committee Du Qingyou, who was the person in charge of the 610 Office¹, officers from the police station, the Procuratorate, and the Juridical and National Security Departments knowingly violated the law. Over the past few years, 20 practitioners have been persecuted to death in the city, over 20 practitioners have been sentenced, and nearly 200 have been sent to forced labour camps for detention. The fine imposed on them and assets confiscated from them over the past years have amounted to over millions of yuan². People who were involved with persecuting practitioners have accepted countless bribes; in addition they don't pay for what they eat and take, and they ask for whatever they want for free. Thousands of families have had their homes ransacked and been harassed by police officers, and their family members have been taken away, which resulted in the breaking up of families. Many elderly people were frightened to death; several children have lost their parents and have been mentally traumatised.

Jilin Province Baishan City postal code: 134300

Baishan City Police Bureau switchboard: 86-439-3595800

President of the Municipal Bureau: Li Changli

Assistant to the Secretary of Municipal Political and Judiciary Committee: Du Qingyou (in charge of persecuting Falun Gong)

Head of Political and Judiciary Committee Investigation and Research Office in the 610 Office: Yuan Changwu, 86-439-3226468

Baishan City Detention Centre: 86-439-3225028
Head Qiu Guangyu: 86-439-3228101
Assistants to the head: 86-439-322541

Baishan City Xinjian Police Sub-Bureau: 86-439-3225339
Telephone of President Ding Peichen: 86-13843918569, 86-439-3250110
Vice-President Lu Dehe (in charge of persecuting Falun Gong): 86-13904494789
Secretary of the CCP Committee: Yang Yancong

Baishan City Court: 86-439-3294000 (Switchboard)
Person in charge of the court: Wu Jing (female)
Assistant to the person in charge of the court: Li Ming (male)

Switchboard of Baishan City Procuratorate: 86-439-3230780, 86-439-3230781
Office: 86-439-3224732

Secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-439-3226468
Assistant to the Secretary: 86-439-322554, 86-439-3226389
Office: 86-439-3226645

Law-Enforcement Supervision Division: 86-439-3223500

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.

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

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/3/16/150877.html