Mr. Yu Qingyuan Arrested; His Wife Escapes Detention Centre but Remains Homeless

Mr. Yu Qingyuan is a Falun Gong practitioner from Zhangjia Village, Shuangliao City, Jilin Province. Mr. Yu Qingyuan was arrested by the police on the train to Tongliao in May 2008. On the evening of April 23rd, 2008, the 610 Office¹ of Shuangliao City, Shuangliao Public Security Bureau, Liaonan Police Station and Liaonan Street Committee officers arrested Mr. Yu's wife Yuan Shujun. Later, Ms. Yuan Shujun escaped from the Shuanliao Detention Centre and then abandoned her home to avoid further persecution.

Mr. Yu's daughter has been traumatized by this series of events. Presently, Mr. Yu's father-in-law takes care of Mr. Yu's daughter and their life is very difficult.

Mr. Yu Qingyuan went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in October 2000. He was arrested and sent to a forced labour camp for one year by the Shuangliao Public Security Bureau. He was subjected to brutal torture which resulted in inguinal hernia. After he returned home, the police officers often harassed Mr. Yu's family. Later, the police came to arrest him, and he left home to avoid further persecution in March 2002.

In January 2001, Mr. Yu's wife Yuan Shujun and her nephew Li Xingguo also went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. They were arrested and sentenced to one year and three years, respectively. Ms. Yuan's 6-year-old child was left alone at home. Mr. Li Xingguo was released, but in 2004, due to explaining the facts about Falun Gong to people, he was reported by the director of the Liaonan Street Committee Zu Shujun. He was arrested and sent to a forced labour camp for 3 years by the Shuanliao Domestic Security Division and Legal Section of the Public Security Bureau. In 2006, due to brutal torture in the Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City, he developed schizophrenia, and only then was temporarily released for medical treatment.

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://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/6/8/179909.html