Details of the Persecution of Ms. Huang Jinling by the 610 Office and the National Security Division in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province

Guan Zuxing, head of the Kunshan City 610 Office¹, and Li Donglin, head of Kunshan City's National Security Division, arrested practitioner Ms. Wang Chunrong on January 19th, 2007, in Dongrong City's Zipai Store where she worked. They also arrested practitioner Ms. Huang Jinling. On the morning of February 9th, seven policemen, including Guan Zuxing, Li Donglin and five others from the National Security Division, went to Huang Jinling's home, arrested her, and searched her home without any legal permission. Ms. Huang asked them to leave their names and she left the signed paper at home. At 11:00 p.m. that night, the official detention notice was issued, which was several hours after she was detained. The detention notice didn't state how long the detention period would be. The next day Li Donglin told Ms. Huang's family members that she would be detained for a month.

The National Security Division never informed her family about the arrest. It was Ms. Huang's family members who came to enquire about her and were then given the detention notice.

After she was detained for one month, on March 8th, her next younger sister, Huang Xiaoling, went to Kunshan National Security Division to take Huang Jinling home. However, Li Donglin told her that he would not release her until after the Two Conferences (the National People's Congress and the Political Consultative Conference), around March 17th or 18th, were over. As for why Huang Jinling should not be released and where she was detained, all of that information was "confidential" and he refused to say anything. When Huang Xiaoling asked to visit her sister, Li Donglin rejected the request. He hinted that it was because Huang Jinling's arrest and the names of many officers in the National Security Division had been exposed to the international press, and they were really furious. He privately said that he would like to talk to Huang Jinling's husband, Chen Zhiming, who currently lives in Calgary, Canada, to seek a way out of the difficult situation. There was no legal reason for Huang Jinling to still be in custody after March 8th. Li Donglin just told Huang Xiaoling that it was based on "mandatory changing residence."

Her family members were not told of Huang Jinling's prolonged detention. Her family found out after an enquiry, just like the previous one. Moreover, this time, they even didn't provide any legal papers.

On March 16th, Huang Xiaoling called Li Donglin to enquire about her sister's status but Li deliberately avoided her. On March 19th, Huang Xiaoling called Song Wenyuan, the head of the Kunshan City Police Department, to enquire where her sister was and how they were dealing with her case. Song stated that he was not involved in the case. Half an hour after this call, Li Donglin called Huang Xiaoling and said that they would have the information in a few days but he didn't give any further explanation.

On March 20th, Huang Xiaoling called Li Donglin again. Li asked her to come to the Kunshan National Security Division. He refused to tell her anything on the phone and just said she would know when she got there.

On March 21st, when Huang Xiaoling arrived at the National Security Division, Li Donglin handed her a notice dated March 20th that Huang Jinling was sentenced to one year of forced labour. They were going to send Huang Jinling to Jiangsu Province Women's Forced Labour Camp the next week.

Here are some key points in this case.

1. The forced labour notice stated that Wang Chunrong was arrested while she was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution at the No.4 Building, Xiuyiyuan Residential Court, Kunshan City. In fact, she was arrested at the store where she worked.

2. The forced labour notice mentioned that Huang Jinling's status was changed after March 11th and that she was under house arrest and was being kept under surveillance. However, Huang Jinling had been detained ever since then.

3. On February 9th, when the police searched and confiscated property from Huang's home, they didn't show their IDs. They have yet to show Ms. Huang's family members their list of confiscated property. Their so-called evidence was gathered completely behind the scenes.

4. The family members were not informed when something happened. The authorities acted first and then made up a legal procedure or even skipped the procedure. Illegal conduct such as this is becoming more and more commonplace.

5. They repeatedly lied to the family members. When they first arrested Huang Jinling, the family members were told that she would be detained for only a month. Then, when she was not released, the family members were told that she would be released around March 17th or 18th, after the Two Conferences ended. When that didn't happen, the family members were not told anything about the forced labour sentence until it had already became a fact.

6. According to the forced labour notice, the forced labour sentence was based on a statement made by Huang Jinling, Wang Chunrong's testimony, and the criminal evidence. However, Huang Jinling never signed her statement. As to Wang Chunrong's testimony, when Huang Jinling's family members asked to confront Wang Chunrong face to face, Li Donglin refused, "It is impossible." Regarding the "criminal evidence," the family members never saw the list of confiscated property taken from the house.

7. On February 14th when Huang Jinling's two sisters visited her, Huang mentioned she saw injuries on Wang Chunrong's face. Li Donglin explained that Wang Chunrong had had a fever on those days. As a matter of fact, Li Donglin has tortured many Kunshan practitioners in order to extort confessions. He has incited his followers to implement all kinds of methods to brutally torture practitioners. In 2004, Huang Jinling's younger brother, Huang Jianjun, was detained for a month because some Falun Gong books and materials were found at his home. At that time, Li Donglin hinted to Huang Jinling, "If you admit you have given those books and materials to your younger brother, the police at your brother's place will not enquire where the materials came from, which will relieve the pressure on your brother. Otherwise, they will keep enquiring about the source." He deceived Huang Jinling into admitting the so-called evidence. This time he may play the same trick again: forcing Huang Jinling to admit the accused evidence by torturing Wang Chunrong. Currently what we know for sure is that Li Donglin is trying hard to cover up the truth. He tries to arrest anyone who knows the truth. He issued an arrest order country wide for Huang Jinling's daughter, Chen Yinghua, and Li Jinan, who was staying at Huang's home when she was arrested. He continues to lie to the victim's family and is extremely angry over the public exposure of the case. It appears that he is seeking revenge.

8. On March 21st, when Huang Xiaoling visited her sister Huang Jinling, Huang Jinling told her how she was tortured from March 5th to March 8th. They conducted a sudden interrogation. She was tied to a metal chair for four days in the National Security Division. Her hands and feet were swollen from being tied for so long. The skin on her buttocks peeled off. It was at the end of her one-month detention. Why did they need to interrogate her with force? Apparently the arrest of Huang Jinling was revenge. They did not have any evidence so they tortured her physically and mentally in order to get the evidence that they wanted. However, since Huang Jinling refused to cooperate with them and didn't sign the paper, they couldn't put her on trial. In order to keep their criminal acts secret, they managed to get her sent her to a forced labour camp.

9. The property that was confiscated from Ms. Huang's home will not be returned according to Li Donglin, who requested Huang Jinling's signature. Huang Jinling told her younger sister that she refused to sign.

Because Huang Jinling provided protection for fellow practitioner Li Jinan, Guan Zuxing, head of the Kunshan City 610 Office and Li Donglin, head of the National Security Division abused their powers by seeking revenge. They refused to issue Huang's passport. To prevent the truth of the persecution from spreading, they fabricated "evidence" to arrest Huang Jinling and Wang Chunrong, and to issue an arrest order for Chen Yinghua and Li Jinan, in order to prevent their crimes from being exposed publicly.

As the practitioners' family members, we cannot accept the decision of a forced labour sentence. We firmly require the local municipal government to do the following: Investigate the case and make the truth clear to Huang Jinling's family members; immediately clear the name of Huang Jinling and release her; immediately rescind the arrest order for Chen Yinghua, Huang Jinling's daughter, and Li Jinan; investigate the criminal acts committed by Guan Zuxing and Li Donglin and hold them legally responsible.

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/2007/3/31/151877.html