Crimes Committed by the Yongji County Police Department, Jilin Province, in the Lead up to the Olympic Games

Records of crimes committed by the Yongji County police

The Yongji County Political and Judiciary Committee, the 610 Office¹, the local police department, the State Security Division, and police officers from the Chengnan, Chengbei, and Chengxi police departments, all took part in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. What we're exposing below are only their most recent crimes.

Even before the Olympic Games, Yongji police officers confiscated practitioners' property and arrested them. In November 2007, they took Ms. Li Fenghua's family property and stole her personal belongings and valuables. As a result, Ms. Li became destitute and homeless, unable to return home.

That same day, police also arrested Mr. Zhu Yeguang, Ms. Sun Xiaomei, and Ms. Zhang Fengrong. Mr. Zhu and Ms. Sun were detained for fifteen days. After police extorted 10,000² and 20,000 yuan from them, respectively, they were released.

Ms. Zhang's family is very poor; they barely have enough to eat. Yet, State Security Division chief, Wang Shuxiang, told them: "If you have money, we'll release Ms. Li, otherwise we'll send her to a forced labour camp."

Ms. Zhang asked her relatives and friends for help and finally managed to borrow 8,000 yuan. But the police said: "You must give us at least 9,000 yuan." The police forced Ms. Zhang to write an IOU for 1,000 yuan, before releasing her.

Afterwards, the police frequently visited her home demanding the unpaid balance. They tried to intimidate her by saying: "If you do not pay back the money you owe, we will not let you off."

Under such dire circumstances, Ms. Zhang's family of three left home. They dared not return to their farm, on which they've always relied for their livelihood. Overall, the police extorted tens of thousands of yuan from the family.

On April 5th, 6th, and 25th, and on May 13th, 2008, under the guise of "securing the Olympic Games," the Yongji police arrested eleven practitioners. The police also confiscated the practitioners' property and personal belongings, as well as cash.

Among the eleven practitioners that were arrested eight were sentenced to from one year to one-and-a-half years of forced labour.

The police arrested Mr. He Changlong from Chaluhe on July 7th, and Ms. Liu Lihua from Sanjiazi Township, on July 13th.

On July 14th, Ms. Zhang Huazhen, in her 60s, was arrested along with her daughter, son-in-law, and grandson. The police also confiscated her grandson's computer and printer, which he used for running his advertising business. That same day, police from Beidahu Town local police station also arrested Ms. Liu Shuhua.

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/2008/7/26/182827.html