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An Undergraduate Student Tortured to Death at the Harbin Prison
2004-04-18According to reliable sources, an undergraduate student of Harbin Industrial University whose name and age are unknown, was tortured to death in Harbin Prison on the morning of April 5, 2004. Because he refused to write statements denouncing Falun Gong, he was put in the confinement cell. The police ordered four criminals to torture him. In order to cover up their crimes, the police carried his corpse to the prison hospital pretending they were giving him emergency treatment. His body was covered with wounds and there was no trace of food in his stomach. -
Steel Factory Worker Abused in Mental Hospital for Upholding His Belief
2004-04-18Mr. Liu's was forced into the Wulumuqi No. 4 Peoples' Hospital (Mental Hospital) by authorities with the Xinjiang Autonomous Government "610 Office". He was forcibly injected with drugs and forced to take pills that damaged his nervous system. Some doctors at the Wulumuqi No. 4 Hospital unconditionally followed the orders from the Police Department and persecuted Dafa practitioners through drug injections and psychological torture. After over three months of treatment, Liu Anhong's nervous system was severely damaged, resulting in lack of facial expression and slow brain activity. -
Jilin Province's Forced Labour Camp Cruelly Tortures Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Li Baichun
2004-04-18After 31 months of relentless torture and abuse, Jilin Province resident Mr. Li Baichun was let out of a forced labour camp by the police with only 9 yuan in his pocket. He took a bus to his home town but was in such bad shape that he was coughing up blood. Mr. Li took a taxi home to his 12-year-old daughter, who at first did not even recognize him. Even the taxi driver was moved to tears by his plight. -
Cruel Force-Feeding of Dafa Practitioners in Shenzhen City
2004-04-18Two jail doctors started conducting force-feeding on Falun Dafa practitioners who were on a hunger strike. One was male and the other was female, each about 50 years old. They often held up the nasal feeding tube, and threatened practitioners saying: "This nasal feeding tube was used before on patients with AIDS and patients with hepatitis. I don't care if you contract an infectious disease." the male doctor shoved the first practitioner to the ground and pressed him down, put the nasal feeding tube into his stomach, then put the bamboo pipe into his throat, causing excruciating pain. -
Investigative Report on Forced Labour Products Made by Falun Gong Practitioners in China's Labour Camps (Part II)
2004-04-17Forced slavery in labour camps exists under the instigation of Chinese government policies. The establishment of these modern-day concentration camps masquerading as "re-education centres" is in fact in violation of China's own constitution. Camp conditions and procedures are not monitored or inspected, the camps are not required to publicize their activities, nor do they need any defense by attorneys. In fact, these "re-education centres" have become not only instruments of dictatorship but also criminal tools used at will by corrupt officials in China to lure foreign corporations that are uniformed of the true situation into participating in human rights abuses for the sake of profit. -
75 Year Old Ms. Wang Guimin Jailed 10 Times for Practising Falun Gong
2004-04-17Ms. Wang Guimin is a retired worker from Kuangshan Machinery Plant in Jining City, Shandong Province. She is seventy-five years old. I met this gentle, elderly lady quite by chance. She related to me the great changes she had experienced both physically and mentally after she started practising Falun Gong. She also told me about the persecution she suffered since July 20, 1999. She showed no bitterness or regret. I was quite moved by her attitude, welling up with tears. Although I do not know much about Falun Gong, her steadfast belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance" should tell people that we need to wake up as soon as possible and uphold truth and justice. -
Recent Abduction of Dafa Practitioners in Huludao City
2004-04-17According to sources inside a police department on April 5, 2004, within the following few days there was going to be a five-day period of nation-wide arrests of Falun Gong practitioners. Between the end of March 2004 to early April, it was known throughout Huludao City that about ten Falun Dafa practitioners suddenly disappeared. On the night of March 31, 2004, Dafa practitioners who had left their homes to avoid the persecution had their temporary residences ransacked by the police. -
Police Officers in China Show Support Towards Falun Gong
2004-04-17Not long ago, when a practitioner was making Dafa truth-clarifying materials at home, someone reported him to the authorities. As a result, the practitioner was arrested and sent to the local police station where this particular policeman worked. The policeman saw the whole thing. He thought, "In the past, he frequently told me the truth about Dafa, and today, I had better help him out. They will search his home soon, so I should notify his family ahead of time to remove all the Dafa material before they show up." He rushed to his bike and rode to the practitioner's house. -
Obvious Deceptions Cause Liaoning TV Station's "News" to Become a Local Laughing Stock
2004-04-17It was claimed that the scenes of pigs and chickens feeding took place at the residence of Zhang Dianguo, and this was used to illustrate the "dramatic change" that came over him after he stopped practicing Falun Gong. It can be said that the television station personnel, in order to fulfill the task handed down by their superiors, which was to fabricate propaganda to slander Falun Gong, had used many deceptive means. The "news" of "passing off a sweet potato as a potato" by the Liaoning TV Central TV stations was ridiculous and far-fetched. This incident caused quite a stir among the local residents. -
Siping City Police Admit They Tortured Ms. Dai Chunhua to Death (Photo)
2004-04-16Ms. Dai Chunhua, a thirty-four-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, was a nurse at the First People's Hospital in Jilin Province. On February 19, 2002, she was arrested by police from Siping City, and detained at the city's detention centre. Twenty days later, she was tortured to death. Surprisingly, the police department of Siping City acknowledged that they tortured her to death, and therefore the police department paid the funeral expenses. In many cases, the police do not admit responsibility and grieving families are forced to bear the funeral expenses. -
Shandong Province Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhu Meijuan Dies While Escaping Persecution; Husband Unjustly Detained: Young Daughter Left at Home Alone
2004-04-16Shandong Province Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhu Meijuan fell to her death whilst escaping from an attempted police arrest at home. The exact date of her death has not been verified, but it is thought to have been on March 21 2004. Her husband, Zhou Zhaohua, is serving a four year sentence also because he practises Falun Gong. Sadly, their 11-year-old daughter is left at home alone, with no parents to care for her. -
One Young and One Elderly Dafa Practitioner Die as a Result of Persecution in Jiayu County, Hubei Province
2004-04-1660 year old Dafa practitioner Mr. Shen Guoyan lived in Hubei Province. In late September 2001, he was arrested while publicly distributing truth clarification materials and was sent to a Detention Centre where the guards viciously beat him and violently struck his chest. They tortured him with various methods until his whole body became swollen and he was on the brink of death. Mr. Shen was released in October 2002, however passed away in February 2003. His ten-year-old grandson whose only family was Shen Guoyan is now left home all alone. -
Homeless and Penniless Dr. Piao Jizi Dies from Torture-Related Illnesses
2004-04-16Ms. Piao Jizi was a 49-year-old doctor working at the Disease Prevention Unit of Yanji, Jilin Province. Through the practice of Falun Gong she was healed of many serious illnesses. However her health deteriorated drastically after spending time in forced re-education through labour. After her release she had to leave home to avoid further persecution. The tremendous pressure on her body and mind resulted in her death on January 8, 2004. -
Belated Report: Liaoning Province Falun Gong Practitioner, Mr. Ma Zhongxing Tortured to Death in 2001
2004-04-16Mr. Ma Zhongxing, 52, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Liaoning Province. After making an appeal to call to the end of the persecution he was arrested and sent to a labour camp. He suffered brutal treatment and developed symptoms of severe heart disease. Fearing that he might die in detention, the authorities released him but continued to harass him until he passed away on November 1, 2001. -
Husband's Harrowing Story of Cover-Up Regarding Wife's Death (Photo)
2004-04-15"A head surgeon named Sun said, "She had meningitis but we haven't made a correct pathology report." We went to the morgue and the people there asked me to sign a document. I asked what the document was for. He asked my wife's name. I told him and he again asked me to sign, so I did. I left the morgue and suddenly realized there was something behind the document, so I went back and saw division heads Zhang and Li from the "610 Office" were taking away my wife's body."..."As the victim's husband, I don't know who to go to protest the mysterious circumstances surrounding my wife's death. She was a healthy person when she was arrested and yet died in a very short time."