Yin Sirong Transferred to Xinjin Brainwashing Centre Immediately After Forced Labour Term

Name: Yin Sirong
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Address: 5 North Fourth Section, 34 New Second Building, Second Outer Loop, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province
Occupation: Metal worker
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 31st, 2009
Most recent place of detention: Xishanping Forced Labour Camp
City: Chongqing
Persecution Suffered: Beatings, imprisonment, torture, force-feeding, detention

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yin Sirong was scheduled to be released on May 1st, 2011, after spending one year and nine months in detention with the seventh team of the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp in Chongqing. However, instead of being released, he was transferred to the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre under orders from the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp, the local Chongqing 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), and Fuqing Road Police Station.

On May 1st, Mr. Yin's family travelled from Chengdu City to Chongqing, planning to take him home after his release from the labour camp. However, they were told by labour camp authorities that Mr. Yin's term had been extended until May 10th, because he refused to give up his belief in Falun Gong. The authorities told his family that they would not release him to their custody unless the family was accompanied by the local police and officials from the local neighbourhood committee.

Mr. Yin's family arrived in Chongqing on May 9th. On the afternoon of May 10th, Su Xi, head of the Fuqing Street Neighbourhood Committee's security team in Chengdu, Hao Shuai, head of the Comprehensive Management Office, Diao Linbo, deputy police chief of Fuqing Street Police Station, and police officer Tan Zheng went to the forced labour camp. They put Mr. Yin Sirong into their vehicle and drove away. When Mr. Yin's wife wouldn't leave her husband's side, they forcibly pushed her away.

After Mr. Yin's family returned to Chengdu, they went to a police station to request his release. The police station authorities told his family that Mr. Yin would be taken to the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre. When the family appealed to deputy police chief Diao Linbo, he told the family to petition the local neighbourhood committee.

Mr. Yin's family then went to the local neighbourhood committee day after day, but could not find the person in charge. On May 19th, the family finally found Hao Shuai, a high-level official in the Comprehensive Management Office for the local neighbourhood committee. They asked Hao Shuai why Mr. Yin had been sent to a brainwashing centre, and requested his release. Hao Shuai replied, “This was an order from my superior. Any Falun Gong practitioners who refuses to 'transform' [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] must be sent to the Chengdu Brainwashing Centre in Xinjin.” Hao Shuai also told them that the 610 Office was in charge. Hao Shuai then telephoned Zhang Xiaochu, director of the Chenghua District Politics and Law Committee's 610 Office, and asked two other people to come over.

After Zhang Xiaochu arrived, he said that he was fully responsible for the order and that the local neighbourhood committee had nothing to do with it. He also said that according to a document from his superiors in higher-level government offices, any Falun Gong practitioners who refuse to “transform” must be sent to a brainwashing centre. When Mr. Yin's family requested to see the document he mentioned, he said the family had no right to see it, but then later changed his story and said that there actually was no document in writing and that it was just a verbal order.

Those directly involved the persecution are:

(telephone area code: 86-28)
Zhang Xiaochu, director of the Chenghua District Chenghua District Politics and Law Committee's 610 Office
Dong Yue, deputy secretary of the Chenghua District Politics and Law Committee's 610 Office, in charge of persecuting Falun Gong: 84312800 (Office)
Su Xi, head of the 610 Office and head of the Fuqing Street Neighbourhood Committee's security team
Hao Shuai, high-level official from Fuqing Street Neighbourhood Committee's Comprehensive Management Office
Tang Xiaodong, head of Fuqing Street Neighbourhood Committee's Comprehensive Management Office: 13980643322 (Mobile), 13982072465 (Home)
Comprehensive Management Office: 83243610
Diao Linbo, police number 010294, deputy chief of Fuqing Street Police Station: 83242155 (Office)

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/5/31/241716.html