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Chief Justice Xiao Wanxiang Tries Many Practitioners at Hongkou District Court (Shanghai)
2007-03-28On February 1st, 2007, Shanghai City 610 Office agents ordered the chief justice of the Shanghai Hongkou District Court to bring Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Jiang Suying to trial. Ms. Jiang was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. As a chief justice, Xiao Wanxiang had also presided over the trials of four other practitioners in Shanghai on April 11th, 2005. On that occasion, Ms. Zhou Shumei was sentenced to six years, Ms. Liu Fendi to seven years, and Ms. Hua Liping to three years in prison, while Ms. Wu Peiyu was given three years of probation. In addition, on January 11th, 2007, he put Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Guan Longmei, a resident of Hongkou District, on trial and sentenced her to seven years in prison. -
More Information About the Persecution of Practitioner Ms. Li Kemei
2007-03-28Ms. Li Kemei was reported to the police by someone when Ms. Li was informing people about the true nature of Falun Gong about the persecution on October 15th, 2006. She was detained at the Yishui County Detention Centre. The next day, a police officer named Yao forced Ms. Li to wear a placard that identified her as a criminal around her neck. Ms. Li did not cooperate with him at all and said, “There is nothing wrong with Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance, and reciting Falun Dafa is good.” Without saying anything, the police officer came forward to give Ms. Li Kemei several slaps, and kicked her in the chest several times. At the end, two police officers held Ms. Li up and forced her to have a photo taken before they forced her to give her fingerprints. When Ms. Li refused, the police officers gave her several slaps. -
Exposing the Crimes Committed by Prison Guards in Nanhu Forced Labour Camp in Anhui Province
2007-03-28The Jiaozhi Division of Nanhu Forced Labour Camp in Anhui Province is detaining more than 30 Falun Gong practitioners. The officials of the labour camp have one guard to watch over each practitioner, putting practitioners under surveillance 24 hours a day. The practitioners are beaten, deprived of sleep, forced to stand for long periods, confined in a solitary compartment, and made to put on tightened hats. The prison guards recently organised "helpers" to forcefully brainwash and "transform" practitioners, using extreme pressure, and completely isolate and watch over them. Practitioner Mr. Lu Qinghai was confined in a solitary compartment and forced to put on the tightened hat for a long time because he firmly believes in Falun Dafa and refused to cooperate with the unreasonable demands of the guards. -
Nine Falun Dafa Practitioners Held Past Their Term in the Sanhe Detention Centre, Hebei Province
2007-03-27The Sanhe Detention Centre in Hebei Province is a den of evil where Falun Dafa practitioners are persecuted. So many practitioners have suffered from savage persecution there, and so many unforgivable crimes have been committed there during the past seven years. The most recent round of arrests began as of February 25th, 2006. Officers from the “610 Office” and from the National Security Bureau arrested more than 20 Falun Dafa practitioners and non-practitioners. Four practitioners were released after one year in a forced labour camp, however nine aare still being held. -
Witness Recalls Crimes at Baimalong Forced Labour Camp (Hunan Province) that Led to the Deaths of Several Practitioners
2007-03-27Ms. Cao Jianzhen, 50 years old, weighed 62 kilograms (137 pounds) when she was first taken to the forced labour camp and imprisoned there. After suffering numerous tortures, she weighed only 47 kilograms (104 pounds). The guards frequently beat and kicked Ms. Cao, and broke three of her ribs and injured some of her internal organs. As a result of the torture, she vomited pus and blood. When she was unable to eat, the guards dragged her off to be force-fed. In addition, they attempted to brainwash her by forcing her to watch slanderous videotapes against Dafa. Ms. Cao was so injured that she could not sit up or stand. Once she lay down she could not get up. She was taken back to her hometown when the authorities found out she was dying. Ms. Cao Jianzhen died soon after she was taken home. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Xi Zhaojun Held at Kangbao County Detention Centre (Hebei Province) - His Life Is in Danger
2007-03-27Falun Dafa practitioners Xi Zhaojun and Zhang Decai were explaining the facts of Falun Dafa to people in Gaojiagou Village, Kangbao County on February 24th, 2007. The village Party secretary saw them and called the police. Some police officers took the two practitioners to the police department. They handcuffed them, and one officer kicked practitioner Zhang Decai until he fell to the ground. The officers stripped both practitioners naked and brutally beat them. They then ordered them to get dressed and took them to the Kangbao County Detention Centre where they ordered the inmates to beat them. Police department head Hao Yanfei screamed, "The police department is where beatings take place!" -
I Have Been Sent to Labour Camps and Brainwashing Classes Four Times in the Past Eight Years
2007-03-27In August 2003, I was forcibly taken to a labour camp. I was often deprived of sleep and was put in solitary confinement. I was asked to recite the six articles of public security. After making me suffer for years, they made me sign the “Four Statements.” I felt very bad about myself. In April 2006, when I was back in my hometown to distribute materials, I was reported by someone who did not understand the truth of the persecution. I was arrested and sent to Lianzhou Detention Centre and then to a labour camp. As I had a high blood pressure, I was refused to be taken in. The “610 Office” sent me to Sanshui Brainwashing Class for the fourth time. In the following months, I did not cooperate with the persecution and they started using violence to torture me. -
Practitioner Ms. Wang Jinfan from Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province, Persecuted Since 1999
2007-03-26On April 19th, 2002, Ms. Wang Jinfan was arrested again. Two policemen beat her so badly that she was covered all over with cuts and bruises and was close to being paralysed. Both her sides and breasts had so many bruises that it was very hard for her to breathe. Her feet turned black due to the beating. She also had internal bleeding in her neck (x-ray results showed this). The beating also caused her vision to become blurry. The police continued torturing her with even more brutal means. They shocked her with electric batons until she was close to death. When she was taken to the emergency of the police hospital, Director Yan of the police department called the hospital and said, "A Falun Gong practitioner dying is not a big deal. You don't have to worry, I will take responsibility." -
Ms. Li Yuping from Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province Missing for Four Years
2007-03-26Ms. Li Yuping, 53 years old and around 1.65m (5ft 5in) in height, lived in Taihe Village, Mashan District, Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province. About four years ago, when the police mass-arrested Falun Gong practitioners, Li Yuping was forced to leave her home and become homeless. She has not been heard from since. Li Yuping's husband misses his wife and suffers very much. He has been seriously ill for years and had to have two surgeries. His health is in poor condition and he suffers psychologically. Li Yuping's aunt, Jiang Shulan, who is in her seventies, misses her niece so much that she asks everyone she meets about Li Yuping 's whereabouts. -
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Officials of the Guangdong Province Railroad System Engage in Deceitful Propaganda and Persecution of Falun Gong
2007-03-26On February 1st, 2001, the Ministry of Education instructed every education institution and school to organise and to launch the Anti-Falun Gong Petition Signature collection activity, with the goal of getting a "Million Signatures" among the nationwide education system, and to use this to poison the minds of hundreds of millions of young students. When some students did not want to sign, the teacher in charge would use every means including threats and inducements, to force the students to sign, and failing to comply would result in expulsion from school. At the same time, they organised large-scale Cultural Revolution-style attacks on Falun Gong and the founder of Falun Gong with big banners, posters, and propaganda pamphlets. Chen Zhili even put anti-Falun Gong material into the elementary and high school teaching material and test questions for all grades, even college entrance and graduate students' examinations. -
Exposing the Crimes Committed in Nanjing Women's Prison, Jiangsu Province
2007-03-26To punish Falun Gong practitioners with all possible means, wardens in Nanjing Women's Prison did not allow Falun Gong practitioners to purchase goods for daily needs, increased their work times and workloads, forced them to stand outside drenched in water in the winter to shiver in the icy wind, or forced them to bake under the sun in the extremely hot weather until someone passes out. Sometimes, the wardens would deny the practitioners' relatives' visiting rights, and practitioners were forbidden from calling their relatives. To punish Falun Gong practitioners using more severe means, wardens would hang up practitioners by their handcuffs and put them in solitary confinement. -
Inner Mongolia Practitioners Mr. Jin Haitao and Ms. Guo Meijie Persecuted
2007-03-25In 2001, Mr. Jin Haitao was distributing Falun Gong flyers when he was arrested by police and sent to Wu-yuan Forced Labour Camp for one year. In June 2001, the labour camp tried to complete the "transformation" of Falun Gong practitioners to win a prize from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), so they started to torture practitioners. The " transformation" methods included threats and severe physical and mental abuse. Mr. Jin did not listen to their orders, so they persecuted him by locking both his hands to a heater and shocking him with electric batons administered by Wei Yuzhi and his teammates. This persecution caused the skin on both sides of Mr. Jin's head to peel off. -
Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Liaoyang County, Liaoning Province
2007-03-25Over the last seven years Liaoyang County Police Department has committed numerous crimes: mercilessly beating Dafa practitioners, searching and robbing practitioners of their property, extorting money from 1,000 yuan to 40,000 yuan. In violation of the Chinese constitution, they put practitioners into brainwashing classes, issued sentences and placed practitioners in forced labour camps. Agents from the local Liuerbao Township police station took part in the persecution and acted as evil vanguards. The CCP named this station on August 23rd, 2005 the "outstanding national public security unit." -
An Older Lady Tells of the Persecution She Suffered in Sichuan Province
2007-03-25After the Chinese Communist Party started to persecute Dafa, we were not allowed to practise together. My husband did not allow me to practise at home either. I could not understand. Why would such a wonderful practice be forbidden? I decided to speak out for justice for Dafa in Beijing. I was arrested in Beijing. In the regional office, the police asked where we came from. We did not say anything. Then they started to beat us. I still refused to tell, and then they took off my clothes. At last I only had on an undershirt. It was a cold winter day. They asked me to hold a stone lion up. One policeman said, "If you can hold it up, you will be released." Another officer, tall and mean said, "What do you say?" Then he slapped me. It felt like my eyeball had fallen out from the beating. I slowly pushed it back into place. My whole face was swollen, but I did not feel any pain. -
Practitioner Ms. Wang Chunrong from Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province Is Arrested by the National Security Brigade
2007-03-25On January 19th, 2007, about twenty policemen arrested Dafa practitioner Ms Wang Chunrong. The police surrounded Wang's home and also her husband's shop, where she was arrested. The police stole three computers from the shop, and also took two personal computers from the Wang home. While raiding the home and business, the police also seized Wang's nephew, although he had broken no laws and the police did not have a warrant for his arrest. This latest incident marks the fourth time Wang Chunrong, 53, has been arrested in the past seven years.