Mr. Wu Limin, His Wife, and Sister-In-Law from Changsha City, Sent to Forced Labour Camps

Changsha City Public Transportation Company employee, Mr. Wu Limin and his wife Ms. Zhang Lihui live in the residence area of the People's Vehicle Company in Jin Penling of Changsha City. Both of them are Falun Gong practitioners. Ms. Zhang Lihui's sister-in-law, Ms. Liu Meishuang lives in Tianxin District, Changsha City and also practises Falun Gong.

On the afternoon of November 24th, 2007, a student who didn't know the truth about Falun Gong reported them to the police while they were talking to people on a bus about the persecution. They were arrested and taken to the Wangcheng County Police Department with another practitioner, Ms. Yi Minghong. Here, the four of them were interrogated then detained for one night. The heads and faces of Ms. Zhang Lihui and Ms. Liu Meihsuang were swollen from being beaten during the interrogation. A handful of Ms. Liu Meishuang's hair had been ripped out. Mr. Wu Limin was also badly beaten.

The next day, four people were sent to Wangcheng County Detention Centre. Officials at the detention centre demanded that their families pay 380 yuan¹ for each person's living expenses, but they were not allowed to visit their loved ones. The guards claimed that they would release them in 15 days. Instead of being released, Mr. Wu liming was transferred to Xinkanpu Forced Labour Camp in Changsha City. Ms. Zhang Lihui, Ms. Liu Meishuang and Ms. Yi Minghong were transferred to Zhuzhou City's Baimalong Forced Labour Camp. The guards neither notified their families nor followed any legal procedures before they sent them to the labour camp. Ms. Liu Meishuang was sent to the labour camp for the third time, Mr. Wu Limin and Ms. Zhang Lihui for the second time.

Before the 2008 Chinese New Year, Ms. Zhang Lihui's son, Huzi, and Ms. Liu Meigang's daughter, Fangfang, came from Changsha City to Zhuzhou City, to see their mothers. The guards in Baimalong Labour Camp denied their requests and claimed they needed the approval document from the local 610 Office². The two then went to the Xinkan Residence Quarter Regional Administration Office in Changsha City. Wu, the person responsible, replied, "The 610 Office is not issuing approval documents at this time."

The family members have not seen Ms. Zhang Lihui and Ms. Liu Meishuang since the end of 2007. Their two children stay with their 80-year-old grandmother and are longing for their parents' return.

Note

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

2. "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/2008/3/12/174169.html