Ms. Wang Qi Beaten and Abused after Being Arrested in Gansu Province

On November 25th, 2007, police arrested Ms. Wang Qi, a computer instructor at the Ming Xin Computer School in Xifeng City, Gansu Province. They interrogated her and extorted money from her family.

Arrested and Items Confiscated

Around 6:00 p.m. on November 25th, 2007, Wang Qi, in her 20s, was walking down a street. Five young policemen emerged from a mini-bus and forced her to go to South Street Police Station. They ripped away her bag that held a Falun Gong book and a mobile phone. They also confiscated three hand-written cards with Falun Gong phrases written on them.

Interrogation under Duress

Twenty minutes after her arrest, they attempted to transfer her to the Middle Street Police Station, but officials there refused to accept her, and neither did officials at the Domestic Security Division. The police had to take her to South Street Police Station, where officers threatened her in turn and ordered her to tell them her name, address, and where her Dafa book and postcards came from. Ms. Wang said nothing. At last the police chief interrogated her. They took her to a separate room, handcuffed her, and punched and kicked her. They shouted at her and demanded to know where the things came from. She said some passerby gave them to her. The chief grabbed the Falun Gong book and beat her everywhere, handcuffed her again, and tried to force her to tell where the things came from. Another police officer stood by for help. At last, against her will, Wang Qi told them the pertinent information, but the chief didn't believe her. He removed the handcuffs and used them to beat her on her leg. They also said, "Even if Falun Gong members are beaten to death, they die for nothing, and their family might never know about it."

Then the officer who had initially interrogated her told her a lie, "You are so young and should think about your future. You need to "reform¹" as soon as possible. As long you tell us, we will release you at once. If you don't tell us, we will put you in prison." They gave her a piece of paper, full of words attacking Falun Gong, and ordered her to sign it. Wang Qi refused. They changed to another sheet with her name and address and made her sign it. After that she was still not set free but was incarcerated with two male prisoners. The guards didn't give her any food and water and refused to let her go to the restroom. They forced her to sit on prisoners' seats, two lines of cold cement steps against walls. She refused to admit she was a prisoner, and refused to sit where she was told to. Then the police ordered the two prisoners to push her down to sit. At night, the duty officer slept on a bed outside of the room. She repeatedly asked to use the toilet and eventually got permission.

The next morning, the chief and a driver transferred her to the Domestic Security Division. Two heads of the division there thought the case was not very serious and were reluctant to accept her. The police station chief said, "No one wants her. Take her back and send her to the police department chief." Ms. Wang Qi was still held at South Street Police Station, in complete violation of the Chinese constitution.

The Authorities Force the School's Administrator to Dismiss Wang Qi

A tall, slim police officer called school administrator Feng Xiaomin (86-934-6462168) and forced him to fire Wang Qi from her job.

Police Department Chief Participates in the Persecution

A few officers from the Domestic Security Division arrived soon after, including a woman and a man, taking several pages of records. They asked her address, name, and age and other things, photographed her, and fingerprinted her. Then the South Street Police Station head arrived and demanded to know her address again, but Wang Qi didn't reply. He shouted, "We'll send you to prison at once if you don't reply. No one will care, even if we beat you to death." Ms. Wang, replied, "I won't go. That's not the place I should go. I will go home."

Duping Relatives

South Street Police Station officials took her mobile phone away from her. Her uncle and older sister's phone numbers were stored in the phone. They used the phone to call her sister-in-law who asked them how come they had Wang Qi's cell phone. They lied and said they had picked it up somewhere and also said they wouldn't sell it and only wanted to be treated to a meal. They said again that if it was not convenient, just to give them Wang Qi's information and they would send the cell phone to her home. Her sister-in-law naively told them everything they wanted to know, believing they would keep their promise, like good people do, and then send Ms. Wang's cell phone to her. When her sister-in-law phoned back again, no one answered.

They phoned Wang Qi's sister-in-law's parents several times and also called Wang Qi's home to tell lies that Wang Qi had borrowed money from them and not returned it, so they took her mobile phone. They said if someone came and paid them so much money, she might get the cell phone back. "We might wait for you at the Xifeng crossroads." Wang Qi's female relative said that they didn't want the phone. The captors then said they were holding a person and wondered if they wanted her back. Wang Qi's younger brother called back and no one answered.

Later on they called Wang Qi mother's brother and misled him, saying they had picked up a bag and asked him to retrieve it from them by paying 500 yuan² at the Xifeng crossroads. Wang Qi's uncle and aunt went to the crossroads and didn't find the person who called them. Her aunt wondered if bad people had captured Wang Qi and reported this to the nearby police station, which happened to be South Street Police Station. They were told they had a young woman in custody named Wang Qi.

Being Forced to Sign and Having 300 Yuan Extorted from Her Family

In the afternoon, a police officer forced Ms. Wang to give them information about her family members' addresses, their names and education levels, and other data and fingerprinted her. They recorded everything and threatened her, telling her not to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution any more. They told her to write a statement: "I was arrested by police and taken to the South Street Police Station because of Falun Gong materials in my bag. I swear that I will no longer distribute such materials." Wang Qi was forced to sign the statement. Her aunt also wrote and signed a statement that South Street Police Station agents had arrested her because there were Falun Gong materials in her niece's bag. The officials also counter-signed.

Southern Street Police Station officials demanded that Wang Qi's maternal uncle pay them an extortion fee of 500 yuan, but he only had 300 yuan. Then Wang Qi's uncle and aunt took Wang Qi home.

Note

1. "Reform or Transform" Implementation of brainwashing and torture in order to force a practitioner to renounce Falun Gong. (Variations: "reform", "transform", "reformed", "reforming", "transformed", "transforming", and "transformation")

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://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/12/20/168653.html