Mr. Bian Changxue from Hebei Province Has Been on a Hunger Strike for Eight Months

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Bian Changxue from Yutian County, Hebei Province, was sentenced to seven years in prison in December 2006. He is currently detained in No. 1 Team of Division 5 at Jidong Prison in Tangshan City. To protest the persecution, he has been on hunger strike since August 7th, 2006. The details are as follows.

Mr. Bian Changxue, 43, is from Shilituo Village, Sanshuitou Town in Yutian County. He served in the army for 15 years, and soon after his transfer to civilian work, he was laid off.

Mr. Bian was arrested and his home ransacked many times by agents from the 610 Office¹ in Yutian County, by personnel from the police department, and by officials from the Sanshuitou Town Police Station. This has happened since the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, due to Mr. Bian's firm belief in the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" and for informing people about the true nature of Falun Gong. His last arrest was on April 7th, 2006.

On January 25th, 2006, police officer Yang Ruidong from the Sanshuitou Town Police Station arrested Bian Changxue and confiscated his laptop computer, printer, and Falun Gong books. He was held in the Yutian County Detention Centre and bailed out on February 12th, 2006, after going on a huger strike to protest the persecution. After he returned home, the 610 Office officials from the police department and from the Sanshuitou Town Police Station constantly harassed his whole family and forced his wife, a schoolteacher, to stop teaching and stay home to monitor him day and night.

On April 7th, 2006, when Yutian County Police Department officials saw that he had physically recovered and was able to walk, they arrested him again and sentenced him to seven years in prison.

On June 17th, 2006, Mr. Bian was taken to the No. 1 Team, Division 5 of the Jidong Prison in Tangshan. The policemen monitoring him are Li Kezhang and Tian Shoubin.

Bian Changxue has been on hunger strike since August 7th, 2006. We call on overseas fellow practitioners and people who uphold justice to help rescue him.

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.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/4/13/152694.html