Exposing the Persecution

Torture | Kidnapping | Brainwashing | Illegal Detention and Imprisonment | Extortion | Persecution Throughout Society | Inside the Labour Camps | Individual Accounts | 6-10 Office | Death Cases | Organ Harvesting

• Elderly Ms. Zeng Pinglan, from Miyi County, Sichuan Province, Died after Being Harassed by Chinese Communist Party Officials

  2008-07-15
  On June 18th, 2008, seven or eight Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members from Salian Town, Miyi County, Sichuan Province, broke into and searched Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zeng Pinglan's home. Ms. Zeng was a practitioner in her sixties, and she was sick in bed at the time of the break-in. The CCP members harassed her, which aggravated her illness. Ms. Zeng died three days later on June 21st, 2008.
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• The Police in Bailong Township, Mancheng County, Baoding City, Have Been Arresting Falun Gong Practitioners

  2008-07-15
  At 4:00 a.m. on July 1st, 2008, all the policemen from the Bailong Township Police Station, from Mancheng County Police Department, and from Shenxing Town in Mancheng County set off in more than a dozen police cars. They went to Dakangxia Village in Bailong Township. It was estimated that there were at least 60 to 70 police officers involved. They split themselves into eight teams and carried out the arrests of eight Falun Gong practitioners simultaneously. They tried to arrest Ms. Liu Lan, a Falun Gong practitioner. A few powerfully built police officers dragged her from her bed. They grabbed her by her thighs and dragged her on the ground. Due to the resistance from Liu Lan's family members and the villagers who had gathered to watch, the attempted arrest was a failure.
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• Practitioners Tortured in Yueyang City as Part of the Increased Persecution Related to the Olympic Games

  2008-07-15
  Mr. Hu Heping, 55, is a practitioner from Yueyang City, Hunan Province. On March 18th, 2008, he was taken into police custody and later held at the Yueyang City No. 1 Detention Centre. At the time of his arrest, Mr. Hu had not been feeling well and was at home on medical leave. After he was taken into custody, he developed symptoms of serious illness. He had pain in his internal organs, he had blood in his urine, his legs swelled all the way to his toes, and he developed a chronic cough. His weight dropped from 126 pounds to less than 90. Despite his condition, labour camp officials forced him to perform 12 to 16 hours of labour each day. By June 7th, he was on the verge of death as a result of torture.
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• Ms. Lu Aicui, a Kind Elderly Woman, Passes Away Due to the Persecution

  2008-07-15
  Ms. Lu Aicui, my uncle's wife, was a kind older woman who was known to have a big heart. But since 1999, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started its persecution of Falun Gong, police always went to my uncle's home to harass them. They finally forced my uncle and his wife to write guarantee statements, saying that they would give up practising Falun Gong, and to hand in all their Falun Gong books. Ms. Lu's son has been subjected to torture since the CCP started persecuting Falun Gong. He has been taken into detention, fined, and even been under residential surveillance after being released. Because of the stress from all these hardships, Ms. Lu's old illnesses returned. Finally, because of her illnesses and all the stress, Lu Aicui passed away.
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• The Brutal Persecution of Retired Teacher Li Shouwo

  2008-07-14
  Mr. Li Shouwo, a 72-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, was a teacher at Pingshan Elementary School, Hebei Province. It was said that he was one of the most excellent role models in the whole county. Before 1999, Li Shouwo, wanting to have a healthy body and be a good person, began to practise Falun Gong. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong began, Mr. Li was detained many times without just cause. He was violently beaten and suffered brutal torture. He was almost tortured to death several times. The CCP has also extorted a total of 30,000 yuan from this elderly man.
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• Ms. Qing Yan from Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, Recounts the Persecution She Has Suffered

  2008-07-14
  At the end of December 2000, I went to Beijing to peacefully appeal for Falun Gong. I was arrested before reaching Tiananmen Square. As soon as I entered the door of a local police station, the police forcibly and thoroughly searched me. My escort took me to a small room, and another person immediately began beating me. He didn't stop until he became exhausted from hitting me. Later on, they forced me to stand up straight for a long time. The following day, Dai Wenyong, the Secretary of the local CCP, forced me to stand up in the middle of the courtyard. He asked me whether I would stop practising Falun Gong. I said that I would never stop. Then he slapped me in the face. He told me to take off my shoes and stand barefoot on the cold floor. He also ordered me to take off my sweaters so that I would freeze in the cold weather. I was forced to stand there for over three weeks.
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• The Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners at the Chongqing City Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2008-07-14
  This "school" unlawfully imprisons over one hundred Falun Gong practitioners. The guards here don't use standard torture instruments, but instead use more vicious means to cruelly persecute the prisoners. They use a variety of ways to mentally destroy practitioners, including preventing them from relaxing for a moment, keeping their minds in a highly tense state around the clock, and gradually turning them into the walking dead, who mechanically follow instructions given by inmates or collaborators [former practitioners who have turned against Falun Gong under brainwashing and torture. They are then made to assist in brainwashing and torturing practitioners.].
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• Practitioner Mr. Li Yunbiao's Unjust Imprisonment in Beian City, Heilongjiang Province

  2008-07-14
  Practitioner Mr. Li Yunbiao of Beian City, Heilongjiang Province started practising Falun Gong in 1997. After the persecution began, he was arrested, jailed, and tortured by the police from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) several times. Mr. Li had been subjected to inhuman treatment, and he was thin and weak. A doctor indicated that he had pleurisy, liver-water, and tuberculosis. His chest, down to his stomach, was swollen like a pot. When they extracted what was underneath, they found water-like pus. The doctor concluded, "He will not live long. Tell his family to get ready for his funeral." In 2005 he was sentenced to Beian Prison for an eight-year term. There has been no further news of his whereabouts since 2006.
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• Mr. Li Zhengling Dies of Torture in Deyang Prison, Sichuan Province

  2008-07-13
  Mr. Li Zhengling was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp, where he was subjected to being locked in a small cell, forced overtime work, forced standing for long periods of time, hanging by handcuffs, brutal beatings, and shocks from electric batons. In 2005 Mr. Li was sentenced to five years in prison. In October 2007, when Mr. Li Zhengling's family went to Deyang Prison to visit him, they saw that he was disfigured, emaciated, and blind in both eyes, and he could not take care of himself. On June 24, 2008, police officers notified his family that Mr. Li had died in Shuangliu Police Hospital. His family does not know any details of his death.
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• Mr. Wu Xinming Tortured to Death in Shaanxi Province

  2008-07-13
  Mr. Wu Xinming was twice detained in a forced labour camp for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. The guards in Zaozihe Forced Labour Camp tied him up with rope. Mr. Wu went on hunger strike to protest the persecution, and the guards force-fed him with a highly concentrated salt solution, chilli powder water, and even laundry detergent. Mr. Wu still refused to give in. The guards tortured him by tying up his body, and then whipped him with wire, resulting in his whole body being covered with bruises. The camp authorities were afraid he would die there, and he was released. Mr. Wu Xinming died on June 26th, 2008.
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• Police from Chifeng City Harassed Me Time and Time Again Over the Last Nine Years, Forcing Me to Move Ten Times

  2008-07-13
  In the autumn of 2003, four police officers led by the head of police - Zhao - broke into our home again, with no justification, and they took me and another two practitioners to Chifeng brainwashing centre. From 2003 to 2008, as a result of persecution, I had to move at least 10 times. To this day, I still cannot have a permanent residence. I have also suffered a lot financially. I can only support myself by doing hard labour, which provides very low pay. My family members also suffered as well. They lost contact with me. When my son got married, he could not find his father; my father-in-law passed away amidst missing his son and daughter-in-law, and his daughter-in-law (me) had no clue that her father-in-law passed away already, so she couldn't hold any ceremony for him.
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• Two Women Arrested and Locked Up in a Brainwashing Centre in Funing County, Hebei Province

  2008-07-13
  On May 22nd, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Wang Xuemei and Ms. Liu Zhiling were arrested by police. Ms. Wang and Ms. Liu were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong in a street market in Shimenzhai Town. After the arrests they were detained in the county detention centre. Fifteen days later, they were detained in a so-called "Law Education School" in Funing County, where they were forced to attend brainwashing sessions. During a visit to Ms. Wang a while ago, her family found visible marks of violent abuse on her neck. They are still investigating the specifics of her condition.
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• Older Practitioner Ms. Ma Yong'an Dies from Torture at the Sanshui Forced Labour Camp in Guangdong Province

  2008-07-12
  In September 2007, Ms. Ma Yong'an, 60, was arrested while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong in a supermarket, and was taken to the Sanshui Women's Labour Camp after being sentenced to one year of forced labour. One day in April 2008, she vomited up white bubbles after a meal. The Labour Camp doctor had a nurse collect three tubes of blood from her for testing. Guards brought her a bucket of water and wanted her to drink it. Ms. Ma passed out right after drinking the water. Several days later, one of the guards notified her family to pick her up. She died less then one month after returning home, on May 23rd, 2008.
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• Tsinghua University Student's Account of Being Persecuted in China

  2008-07-12
  On July 20th, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) media suddenly started to defame Falun Gong, and the CCP forbade people to practise. Even though I heard slander everywhere, I knew in my heart that Falun Gong is good and wanted to continue my practice. I could not be scared away by the persecution. Later, some government leaders came to my home and tried to persuade my mother to write a statement renouncing Falun Gong. Many people came, and they talked until very late at night. Those leaders were acquaintances and friends of my parents, but in the persecution, they chose to execute the CCP's orders.
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• Ms. Jiang Yuhui from Heilongjiang Province Sentenced to Forced Labour in Inner Mongolia

  2008-07-12
  On April 9th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jiang Yuhui, 35 years old, was arrested and taken to the Manchuria City Detention Centre by the police when she was working. She went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. However, she was brutally force-fed. On May 4th, without any evidence, she was sentenced to two years of "re-education through forced labour" at the Tumuji Forced Labour Camp in inner Mongolia.
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