Assistant Professor at Hunan Finance Institute Detained for Over 50 Days, Eight Others Arrested

On the afternoon of April 28th, officers from Jinpenling Police Department in Changsha, Hunan, broke into Ms. Xiong Xiaolan's home. Ms. Xiong, over 60, is a Falun Gong practitioner. She is retired from the Hydraulic Mechanical Plant in Hunan Province. Ms. Xiong was taken away, along with her eight guests, including retired Assistant Professor Gao Desi. The nine were arrested because they practise Falun Gong.

Although no legal procedures were followed, Gao Desi, Xiong Xiaolan, and the rest were sent to a brainwashing centre run by the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of the Changsha Legal Education Centre, which is located in Laodaohe Town, the Kaifu District, Changsha. In the brainwashing centre, the nine were separated and imprisoned. Each was confined in a small room about 10 sq. metres. The 610 Office hired people to watch them over day and night. The practitioners lost their personal freedom. Meals had to be sent in by their monitors. They were not allowed to leave their rooms or do the Falun Gong exercises in the room.

On May 20th, after three weeks of detention, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Xiong Xiaolan, Ms. Cai Xin'ou, Ms. He Minna, and Ms. Li Hui were sent by the 610 Office to Baimalong Women's Forced Labour Camp in Zhuzhou. Ms. Xiong and Ms. Cai did not pass the physical exam and were returned. Huang Yonghui and Liu Mengfeng were transferred to a detention centre, but the two have since been released. Two practitioners from other regions, including Ms. Sun from Wuhan, were taken away by officials from their local area. Mr. Gao Desi, over 70, is still detained in Laodaohe Brainwashing Centre. The Changsha 610 Office, the Hunan Province 610 Office, the Yuelu District 610 Office, and the 610 Office at the school where Mr. Gao teaches have all participated in persecuting him.

A retired assistant professor, Mr. Gao Desi, taught in the Finance Department at Hunan Finance Institute, which is now part of Hunan University. He is well respected in the community. In 1996, he began to practise Falun Gong and benefited a great deal. In April 2001, he was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison. He was detained in Wangling Prison in You County, Hunan Province, for seven years.

Over seven weeks ago Mr. Gao was again detained by the 610 Office, this time in Laodaohe Brainwashing Centre. His wife, who is not very well and cannot take care of herself, is affected greatly by her husband's absence.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2011/6/18/242656.html