Li Changhai from Jilin Province Facing Unjust Sentence Because of Distributing Shen Yun CDs

On the afternoon of February 17th, 2012, Falun Gong practitioner Li Changhai and his wife, Li Shuyun, were arrested by police from Longhua Police Station of Longtan District. This occurred while they were distributing Shen Yun [a world-class traditional Chinese cultural show] CDs near the Jiangbei Chemical Hospital in Jilin City. After being brutally beaten, Mr. Li was sent to the Jilin City Detention Centre.

Stripped naked and brutally beaten by police

Mr. Li Changhai, 66 years old, lives in a residential building of the Thermal Power Plant in the Longtan District of Jilin City. On the afternoon of February 17th, Li Changhai and his wife Li Shuyun were distributing Shen Yun CDs to passers-by near the Thermal Power Plant of Jiangbei Chemical Hospital. Li Changhai was arrested by police from the Longhua Police Station and was interrogated in isolation. Police officers Zhao Rui and Li Leiyu demanded that Li Changhai give information about his home address and the source of the Shen Yun CDs. Li Changhai refused to respond. Officers Zhao Rui and Li Leiyu slapped Li Changhai in the face and mouth, causing his face to swell up. They then removed his trousers and brutally beat him.

Li Changhai needed to use the toilet. Officer Zhao Rui took him to the toilet, but due to being so brutally beaten and traumatized, Li Changhai could not go. Zhao Rui kept swearing angrily at Mr. Li. Mr. Li's wife Li Shuyun saw her husband with a badly beaten face, wearing only undershorts

The police continued torturing Li Changhai into the night. They took away his house key and forced him to lead them to his home, and then opened the door by themselves. Over a dozen policemen ransacked his home. At that time, Li Changhai's son and his 14-year-old granddaughter were also at home. Two policemen closely monitored them to prevent them from leaving. The police made a mess at the home and took away two CD burners, over a dozen Falun Gong books, CDs, a lotus flower lamp, several MP3 players, and over 6,000 yuan¹ in cash. The officers talked wildly, slandered Falun Gong and tore apart a Falun Gong New Year calendar.

After ransacking his home, the police took Li Changhai away again. They also took his son and granddaughter to the Longhua Police Station, where they interrogated them and pressured them to reveal the source of Falun Gong materials. Father and daughter were finally released at midnight.

Children request police to release their parents

On February 18th, Li Changhai's son and his wife, along with their children, went to the police station to ask for the release of their parents. The police detained them separately and interrogated them for two hours. At that time, the granddaughter saw her grandmother Li Shuyun in the police station. After returning home, she was so traumatized that she could not eat and she would cry whenever she thought of her grandparents.

Li Changhai's daughter worked outside of her hometown. She traveled a thousand miles to come home and visit her parents. As soon as she arrived home, she saw her elder brother and niece upset after being harassed by police. Her niece kept crying all day long and would not eat anything. Her elder brother would quietly sit without saying anything.

At 8 o'clock on the morning of February 24th, Li Changhai's daughter and relatives went to the Longhua Police Station and found Ai Yedong, the director the police station. Ai Yedong said, “Your parents have committed a crime.” Li Changhai's daughter said, “Practising Falun Gong to be good people, believing in Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance is not a crime and does not violate any law. Can you tell me whether there is a document in China's law saying that practising Falun Gong is violating the law?” Ai took out a Public Security document, Penalties Article 27. After examining that document, Mr. Li's daughter said there was nothing mentioned about Falun Gong violating the law. Ai Yedong could not provide an answer.

Li Changhai's daughter then told them the facts about Falun Gong. Ai refused to listen and said, “I already know this. The whole world allows people to practice it. I also went to Hong Kong, where they allow people to practise Falun Gong and they distribute fliers there. However, I cannot go there to arrest people. China is the only place in the world that does not allow people to practise Falun Gong. If you have money, send your parents abroad so they can practise Falun Gong over there.” Police officer Zhao Xinhua, who directly participated in the arrest and ransacking of the Li's home, held a stack of papers in his hand and said, “I arrested your parents. Don't let me see them practising Falun Gong. If I see them, then I will arrest them again. If I see the words 'Truth, Compassion and Forbearance' written on currency, I'll arrest those people too.” He repeated this several times. Li Changhai's daughter told them several times that good will be rewarded with good and evil will meet with retribution. The officers retorted, “That's not what we care about. If retribution comes, then let it come.”

The family extorted for money, parents framed with false charges

Li Changhai and his wife were detained at the Jilin City Detention Office. Ten days later, when Li Changhai's family went to visit him, they noted that his hands shook constantly.

Fifteen days later, Li Changhai and his wife were sent to the Jilin City Detention Centre. While they were having a physical check-up, police Zhao Rui stole 200 yuan from one of their pockets (money that was given to them by their family when they were at the detention office). After a physical check-up, Li Shuyun was not feeling well and was released. The police told her family to pick her up and told them to bring 30 yuan and said that money would pay for “performing official duties.” Ms. Li's daughter said, “You persecuted my parents so badly and now you even ask us to pay money. We do not even know how they are now. Why should we give you money? That's impossible.” Police officer Zhao Rui threatened, “If that's the case, then you should wait and see how she is. She is still in the detention centre.”

After 7 o'clock at night, they called Li Shuyun's family and asked her family to bring 30 yuan to the police station to pick her up. After 8 o'clock, they called Li Shuyun's family again and asked Li Shuyun's son to come. Li Shuyun's son did not pay the money, but he did succeed in bringing his mother home.

On March 26th, Li Changhai's family received a notice of arrest from the Longtan Branch Police Bureau. The notice stated the trumped up charges of “using a cult to undermine law enforcement.” However, on the arrest notice there was no signature in the box of the officer who handled the case.

Over the past seven years, police officer Zhao Rui from the Longhua Police Station of the Longtan District has actively kept up the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brutal persecution of Falun Gong. In 2005, he arrested Li Changhai's daughter.

Longhua Police Station of the Longtan District, Jilin City: +86-432-63039367
Director: Zhang Zhonghai
Deputy Director: Ai Yedong
Political Instructor: Zhu Junmin
Staff Members: Zhao Rui, Tao Yuqin, Shen Jinyan, Wang Yanjun, Zhao Xinhua
Li Leixue: +86-13500989399(Mobile)
Liu Deqiang: +86-13300212678(Mobile)

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.