Mr. Liu Wenping from Wuhan City Arrested, Family Denied Visitation

Name: Liu Wenping
Gender: Male
Age: 45, Born in 1967
Address: Xingxin Street, Jiangxia District, Wuhan City
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Most Recent Arrest: August 17th, 2012
Most Recent Place of Detention: Hubei Province Brainwashing Centre
City: Wuhan
Province: Hubei
Persecution Suffered: Forced labour, brainwashing, torture, force-feedings, home ransacked, detention.

Mr. Liu Wenping is a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiangxia District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. He was arrested in August 2012 and sent to Hubei Province Brainwashing Centre. His family has tried to visit him but were rejected repeatedly by the related Chinese Communist Party (CCP) branches.

Police Break Into Mr. Liu's Home and Arrest Him

Mr. Liu Wenping had just returned home to take a break on the morning of August 17th, 2012. Police led by Yi Chujun, head of the Jiangxia District 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), arrested him and ransacked his home.

The police waited until Mr. Liu's wife and son left home and went to work. They then broke in and arrested Mr. Liu. They took away a printer, a PC, several boxes of printer paper, three mobile phones, and several wall decorations.

When Mr. Liu's wife returned home, she found the house in a mess. She found a note from police with the following written on it, “To Liu Wenping's family: Liu Wenping will be sent to the provincial 'law education' class because he practises Falun Gong. From Jiangxia District 610 Office, August 17th, 2012.”

Mr. Liu's wife went to the Jiangxia District 610 Office that afternoon and was told that he had already been taken away.

The head of Jiangxia District 610 Office shirked his responsibility and told the family, “Go to talk to the Domestic Security Division.”

Mr. Liu's family members went to the Domestic Security Division on the evening of August 18th to ask for his release but were unable to meet with anyone since it was after working hours. They went to Yi Chujun's home but no one answered the door.

On August 19th, Mr. Liu's wife went to Yi Chujun's home again and asked him to release her husband. Yi Chujun was very rude and told her to leave. Mr. Liu's wife said, “How dare you come to my home to arrest my husband? My husband works very hard and finally came back home to rest. You just showed up and took him away. If you don't give me an answer, I will not leave.”

Yi Chujun's wife realized that the situation was serious and asked her husband to stop being rude. Finally Yi gave Mr. Liu's wife a name and phone number to call.

Domestic Security Division Director Says, “I'm just in charge of the arrest.”

On the morning of August 20th, Mr. Liu's wife went to the Domestic Security Division and met the director there.

Mr. Liu's wife asked to see her husband. The director told her that it was against the law to practise Falun Gong and that she was not allowed to see her husband. Mr. Liu's wife pointed out that practising Falun Gong was not against the law and said, “You don't have any legal documents. How can you arrest people without any legal papers?” The director could not answer her and could not show her any legal document for Mr. Liu's arrest. His wife said, “My husband used to smoke, drink, gamble and participate in gang activities. He would impulsively do many bad things. After he began practising Falun Gong, he changed to a completely different person, and stopped smoking, drinking, and doing bad things. He tries to be a good person. How can you arrest such a good person?” The director said that they found Falun Gong materials on Mr. Liu's PC. His wife responded, “Falun Gong materials are open to the public overseas and one should have the right to access them. Is it against the law to study Falun Gong in China?” Finally, the director said, “This is my job. I'm only following orders. My job is just to make an arrest. If you want, you can go to higher authorities since his arrest was ordered from higher levels.

After Mr. Liu's wife strongly requested to see her husband, the director said he couldn't take her there but he told her the address of the brainwashing centre.

Family Not Allowed to Visit Mr. Liu in Hubei Province Brainwashing Centre

Mr. Liu's family went to Hubei Province Brainwashing Centre and asked to visit him. The guard at the gate called the person in charge. He refused their visit no matter what they said.

He said, “The visit will affect his progress of being 'transformed.' He will call you when he is ready. Now is not the proper time.” Mr. Liu's wife told him that they were told to come there by the director of the Jiangxia District 610 Office. The man said, “If you were accompanied by someone from the 610 Office, you could go inside.”

Liu Wenping Highly Regarded

Mr. Liu Wenping passed the entrance exams in 1987 and was enrolled in the Foreign Language Department of the Huhan City Education Institute. He was forced to quit college during his second year because he was involved in the 1989 student pro-democratic movement. Later, he started to smoke, drink, gamble, and became involved in gang activities.

After he read the Falun Gong book Zhuan Falun, he was highly attracted by the principles taught in the book and chose to practise Falun Gong. He quit smoking, drinking, and his other bad habits. The neighbors all said he changed after practising Falun Gong. He became kind and never argued with others. His wife, his mother, and other relatives felt his changes more deeply. He not only changed his bad temper and bad habits, but also became more gentle to the family members. Therefore they all understood and supported his Falun Gong practice.

When one of his wife's friends didn't understand why she supported his practice of Falun Gong, she told the friend about the amazing changes her husband experienced after he began practising. Her husband became more responsible to the family and more willing to help others. His boss trusted him at work because he became more diligent, as well as honest and sincere. His boss, co-workers, and business partners all spoke highly of him.

After the CCP began persecuting Falun Gong, Mr. Liu was arrested for going to Beijing to appeal. He has been harassed many times and sent to a brainwashing centre. Because he posted a Falun Gong message in Fasi Town in 2001, he was arrested by officers Hu Xinhua and Fu Weiqiang, and subjected to two years of forced labour. He was subjected to brutal mistreatment in the Huwan Forced Labour Camp. He was at the edge of death when he was forcibly fed hot pepper water after he held a 7-day hunger strike.

Related parties in Mr. Liu's case:
Yi Chujun, head of Jiangxia District 610 Office, +86-13886009938, +86-27-87950732 (Home), +86-27-87952424 (Office)
Dong Youzheng, police officer in Jiangxia District Domestic Division, +86-13971633168
Chen and Xu, head of Jiangxia District Domestic Division, +86-13307157567 (Chen), +86-13437102298 (Xu)