Practitioners from Jiamusi City Sent to Forced Labour Camps

Falun Gong practitioner Chen Xiuling from Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province, was sentenced to 18 months in the the Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp. Practitioners Fan Shujuan and Cai Chunmei were also sent there recently.

Ms. Chen Xiuling, over 50, the mother of Chen Ying, who was the first Falun Gong practitioner in Jiamusi to be killed in the persecution, lived in a rental unit at the Youth Apartment Complex, Building No. Four at Guangfu E. Road, Jiamusi. At about 10 a.m. on August 21st, 2008, Chen Xiuling was arrested by four or five policemen (only one of them wore a uniform) at her residence, and they completely ransacked her apartment. They confiscated Falun Gong books and CDs, materials about the persecution, a new TV, a DVD player, over 1,000 yuan¹, a household registration booklet, an ID card, a payroll card, and a bank savings book. This policemen ordered the landlord to terminate Ms. Chen Xiuling's lease on the apartment.

On July 4th, 2008, Ms. Cai Chunmei was arrested by officers from the Jiadong Police Station of the Dongfeng Police Department Branch, and her residence was searched and ransacked. The police confiscated Falun Gong books, her children's computer and over 1,000 "yuan." Later, police extorted over 50,000 yuan from her family members before releasing Ms. Cai. However, on July 24th, 2008, just 20 days after her release, Ms. Cai was again arrested by police from the Jiadong Police Station while she was at her son's salon.

On the morning of July 30th, 2008, practitioners Ms. Wang Guizhen, Ms. Fan Shujuan and Ms. Sun Hongwei, were arrested by police from the Jiaxi Police Station because they had told many people about the persecution of Falun Gong. The police also ransacked their homes. Later, their family members went to the police station and asked for the release of these practitioners. The police refused to release them and they used the excuse that the arrests were necessary for the "security of the Olympic Games."

Note

1. "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://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/8/31/185071.html