Recent Persecution Cases against Practitioners in Benxi City

On November 5, 2002, a nurse Falun Gong practitioner from Benxi City, Liaoning Province was kidnapped into the Benxi City Labour Camp for brainwashing. Persisting in her belief, she protested with a hunger strike. During force-feeding sessions, a lot of blood oozed from her mouth when the tube was inserted into her stomach. Personnel from the labour camp declared that if a practitioner refuses to be transformed, he or she would be sent to the Masanjia Labour Camp, which is notorious for their brutality in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Being sent to a labour camp is a common occurrence for practitioners who refuse to give up their beliefs. Their human rights mean nothing to the authorities.

On October 14, 2002, nineteen Dafa practitioners from Hengren County, Benxi City, Liaoning Province were kidnapped to Benxi City's Forced Labor Camp for brainwashing. Two Dafa practitioners are still being held there.

Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Huishuang is from Benxi City, Liaoning Province. Because she persists in cultivating Dafa, she was illegally sent to the Masanjia Labour Camp, where she endured a lot of brutal torture. However, nothing has changed her righteous belief in Dafa. Later, she escaped. Before the 16th Party Congress, personnel from the police station in the Huolian village arrested Ms. Zhang again and sent her to the Benxi City Detention Centre for further persecution. Without knowing what kind of tortures the police had inflicted on her, they sent Zhang Huishuang home after she was nearly completely incapacitated physically. Still, she has been forced to leave her home and go from place to place in order to avoid further persecution.

Prior to the 16th Party Congress, the police in Benxi City, Liaoning Province started another round of persecution against Falun Gong. The officials from the "610 Office" forced all the employees of every company and students in every school to watch movies slandering Falun Gong. Not even elementary school students were exempt, and everyone was forced to pay eight Yuan each for watching the mandatory movie. [The "610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems].

Police officers came to Dafa practitioners' homes to interrogate them and search their homes. These police officers tried to force practitioners to hand over one of their photos for future identification and fill out a form stating that they will stop practising Falun Gong. The police forcibly arrested and illegally detained those who refused to cooperate. Officers from the Hedong Police Station, Xihu District Precinct came to practitioner Ms. Wang Lianjiu's home. Before she started cultivation, Ms. Wang suffered from a brain tumour and had to use a cane to walk. After practising Dafa cultivation she was able to walk without a cane. Several police officers forcibly took the old lady from the third floor to the first. Many neighbours witnessed what happened. One older lady with a righteous mind said a few words of justice, and ended up being harassed and threatened by the police. The police only stopped when Ms. Wang started to lose consciousness from their abuse.

Benxi Labour Camp deputy supervisor Guo Tieying is an active participant in persecuting Dafa practitioners.

The deputy party secretary from Benxi Steel and Iron Factory's Second Metal Purification Factory Chen Xingguo in Benxi City, Liaoning Province, committed many wrongdoings against Falun Dafa. He sent many Falun Gong practitioner at his company to a forced labour camp for brainwashing.

The Hedong Police Station also participated in following and monitoring Dafa practitioners.

We want to solemnly warn those who are taking part in persecuting Dafa practitioners--good is rewarded with good, and evil is met with evil. "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" is the universal principle. When you persecute what is good, you are making a conscious choice that you will be held accountable for in the future.

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