Husband and Wife Mr. Xin Hongyuan and Ms. Wei Yuhong Arrested and Persecuted for Nearly Six Months

Mr. Xin Hongyuan and Ms. Wei Yuhong, his wife, are Falun Gong practitioners from Shenyang, Liaoning Province. They were arrested on May 24th, 2008, and tortured at the local police station. Recently Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel held a trial for the couple.

Mr. Xin worked at a factory in Tiexi. Tiexi local police, conspiring with the Tiexi area police department branch, the city police department, the Politics and Law Committee, and the 610 Office¹, arrested Xin Hongyuan while he at work. They then broke into his home; arrested his wife, Ms. Wei Yuhong; stole all their Falun Gong books; and confiscated the used computer they had bought for their son's use to study, a mobile phone, and other items. According to the family, they lost 1000 yuan² in cash.

Mr. Xin and Ms. Wei were subjected to six hours of brutal torture at the local police station. All ten of Mr. Xin's fingers were pierced with needles and burned with a cigarette. He was beaten with an electric baton and forced to sign a forged confession. Ms. Wei's screams of agony were heard throughout the entire police station. When she was transferred to Tiexi Detention Centre, cuts and bruises were found all over her body during the physical examination. Officer Wang at the Tiexi Police Station said during the torture session, "This is how it is now. In the past, I would have tortured you to death."

During the recent court session, the couple questioned the police about their use of brutal torture to obtain so-called "confessions." However, the public prosecutor actually accused the couple of having the wrong attitude.

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.

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://minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/10/6/187179.html