Police and Officials in China Commit Criminal Acts

On the afternoon of March 31st, 2009, Mr. Hong Wu and Mr. Wu Yongqing, both Falun Gong practitioners from Tongxin Town, Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province, were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong and that Falun Gong teaches people to follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance in Xixian Village, Xiqin County. Five or six drunken people stopped Mr. Hong and Mr. Wu and said: "You practise Falun Gong. You are good people. Please give us some money for drinking. Give us 20 yuan¹." Mr. Hong and Mr. Wu refused. Then a person named He Hai called Huo Fengjin, the Communist Party village secretary, and claimed that they had captured practitioners. Huo said: "Beat them. There will be a 500-yuan award for each captured practitioner."

So these people kicked and punched Mr. Hong and Mr. Wu. Huo Fengjin then called Hou Guangwei, the director of the Xiqin Police Station. At around 2 p.m., policeman Li Canhui and two other policemen arrived and handcuffed Mr. Hong and Mr. Wu. When Mr. Hong shouted, "Falun Gong is good," Li Canhui and the other police officers shocked him with an electric baton. Mr. Hong and Mr. Wu were arrested and taken to the police station.

Hou Guangwei, the director of the Xiqin Police Station, demanded 30,000 yuan from Mr. Hong's and Mr. Wu's families. Hou said they would be released as soon as he got the money. He said that unless payment was received, they would be taken to Shuangcheng Police Station. The family was worried, but they did not have that much money. After a lot of pleading, each of the families paid 10,000 yuan. Mr. Hong and Mr. Wu were released, but the police refused to give a receipt for the money.

Mr. Na Zhengxian, a local practitioner from Zhiye Village, was sent to a forced labour camp since his family could not afford to pay the extortion fee of 5,000 yuan. Mr. Na was persecuted and died in the labour camp.

People involved in the persecution of practitioners:

Huo Fengjin, the Communist Party secretary, Xixian Village, Xiqin County: 86-159-45036698 (Mobile), 86-451-53219070 (Home)

Hou Guangwei, the director of Xiqin Village Police Station: 86-139-36214444 (Mobile),, 86-150-95063333 (Mobile), 86-133-51607878 (Mobile),

Li Canhui, police officer at Xiqin Village Police Station: 86-151-46045855 (Mobile),

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/2009/4/6/198471.html