Ms. Zhao Yingxian, 50, is from Binchuan County, Dali City, Yunnan Province. On May 30th, 2007, she was reported while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution in Yanggong Village, Binchuan County. She was arrested by the police from the Jinniu Police Station, Binchuan County, and sent to a detention centre in Binchuan County, where she was detained for over two and a half months.
In the detention centre, Ms. Zhao remained steadfast in her belief in Dafa. She kept doing the exercises but the guards slapped her in the face for doing so. The detention centre made her family member pay 5,000 yuan1 for her release, and tried to force her to put her fingerprints on a falsified guarantee statement2. However, she steadfastly refused to cooperate. She was detained for three months and then sentenced to a forced labour camp.
Ms. Yao Zhifen, 73, is from Niujingsan Village, Binchuan County, Dali City, Yunnan Province. On May 28th, 2007, when she was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the truth about Falun Dafa in Yanggong Village, Binchuan County, she was reported to the police by villagers who did not know the truth about Falun Dafa. The police broke into her home and confiscated three cassette recorders, one MP3 player, and all of her leaflets. Ms. Yao was arrested and sent to the Binchuan County Detention Centre by several police officers from the Jinniu Police Station of Binchuan County. On July 4th, 2007, she was released after the police fined her 5,000 yuan.
Ms. Shan Yongxian, in her forties, is a resident of Pingchuan Street, Binchuan County, Dali City, Yunnan Province. On May 30th, 2007, several police officers broke into her home and took a cassette recorder and some leaflets exposing the persecution. Three police officers then forced her into a police car, at which time she shouted "Falun Dafa is great!" and "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance are great!" The police tried to stop her shouting and slapped her in the face. They then picked up some dirty plastic wrap from the roadside, pried open her mouth, and forcibly stuffed the plastic wrap into her mouth. Her jaw was broken in the process. Ms. Shan was detained for 29 days. On June 27th, 2007, she was released after the police fined her 5,000 yuan.
Ms. Zhang Guixin, who is in her forties, is a resident of Pingchuan Street, Binchuan County, Dali City, Yunnan Province. On May 28th, 2007, several police officers broke into her home and took two cassette recorders and some leaflets exposing the persecution. She was forced to leave home and live on the streets to avoid further persecution, leaving her two children unattended.
Note
1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.
2. "Guarantee Statement": A statement to declare that one is remorseful for practising Falun Gong and guarantees not to practise Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2007/8/19/161138.html
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