The Persecution of Mr. Li Weiguo and His Family in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Weiguo and his wife, Ms. Zhao Fengyun in Harbin City were brutally persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for persisting in practising Falun Gong. Ms. Zhao Fengyun died in a forced labour camp in 2004. Mr. Li Weiguo was arrested again in July.

Just before 7 p.m. on July 9th, 2010, several officers from the Zhenjiang Police Station in the Daowai District, Harbin and the Daowai Police Department National Security Team arrived at Mr. Li's temporary residence. They broke into his home and arrested him along with practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhi. They also confiscated several thousand yuan¹, a computer, printer, other materials, many personal belongings and ID cards.

Mr. Li Weiguo has been detained at the Daowai District Number Two Detention Centre for over twenty days. Mr. Zhang Zhi is still being held at the Daowai District Number One Detention Centre in Yaziquan. Mr. Li was interrogated around July 21st. It is not clear whether he was tortured, because his family was not allowed to visit him.

Mr. Li Weiguo is an employee of Harbin City Tractor A Spare Parts Plan. He started practising Falun Gong before July 20th, 1999 when the CCP started persecuting Falun Gong.

Mr. Li was imprisoned in the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp several times during the eleven years of persecution, and endured many inhumane tortures. He was forced to perform over 16 hours of labour daily, then beaten and verbally abused when he could not complete the work. The living conditions were terrible. Every person had less than a 30 cm (1 foot) wide sleeping area. The cell was very dark and humid. People had to sleep on their sides, right up against another person. Many people passed contagious skin diseases to each other. Mr. Li developed a severe case of scabies and now his leg has large areas of bare flesh.

Mr. Li's wife, Ms. Zhao Fengyun was imprisoned at the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp in Harbin. She was also forced to perform over 16 hours of labour daily. The guards made her work with a toxic glue. In 2004, Ms. Zhao was severely poisoned by the toxic materials. Because she was not treated immediately, she died in the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp.

Their son Li Jia was only 14 when his mother died. His father is still being imprisoned at the forced labour camp, and the young man is living a lonely, difficult life.

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://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/8/8/228088.html