Torture, Death Cases, Organ Harvesting

• The Crimes of Party Secretary Liu Zhonghui of Shouguang City, Shandong Province

  2008-04-22
  According to incomplete statistics, within just over a year after Liu Zhonghui became the Party Secretary of Shouguang City in 2007, over 100 practitioners have been arrested, beaten, fined, and their homes ransacked. Sixteen practitioners were sent to forced labour camps. Many families were torn apart. This extent of cruelty in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners is very rare, and it has been the cruellest in Shouguang City for several years. The methods of torture that the police use include: shocking practitioners' sensitive body parts with electric batons; hitting them on their hands, legs, and back with rubber batons and wooden sticks; burning their fingers and arms with lighters; kicking and stomping on their faces with leather shoes.
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• Mr. Cao Jianshan of Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, Sentenced to a Forced Labour Camp

  2008-04-22
  On August 1st, 2007, Falun Gong practitioner Cao Jianshan went to a shopping centre in Huizhou City to hand out leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. He was arrested by security guards and taken to Qiaoxi Police Station for interrogation. That same night, 20 police officers went to Mr. Cao's home. Ms. Cao, who was already in bed, was terrified by the police intruding into her home. She suffered a heart attack when police officers dragged her from her room. Following this incident, Mr. Cao was detained at Huicheng District Gutangao Detention Centre for 31 days. His family were not allowed to visit him until February 2008.
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• Cases of Practitioners Suffering Abuse at the Hands of Baoqing County Heilongjiang Province Police Department Officials

  2008-04-21
  Xie Yuntong, a 45-year-old male and chief of the Politics and Security Section of the Police Department in Baoqing Country, Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province, has been actively involved in extorting huge sums of money from Falun Gong practitioners since he took office. He has also been actively persecuting practitioners. On September 6th, 2006, practitioner couple Mr. Zhang Zhaohua and Ms. Yuan Meirong, were arrested by police and taken to the detention centre. Mr. Zhang was detained for nearly seven weeks. A prison guard severely beat him with a plastic tube about one inch in diameter. Inmates forcibly bathed him with cold water. He had 15,000 yuan extorted from him before he was released. Ms. Yuan was detained for six days and had 1300 yuan extorted from her before she was released.
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• Atrocities at Inner Mongolia's Tumuji Forced Labour Camp

  2008-04-21
  Practitioner Baosiqin Gaowa was imprisoned twice at the labour camp and was put in the brainwashing centre three times. The first time, she was put into the brainwashing centre for more than 40 days. A man named Guan beat her so severely that she suffered many serious injuries. A one-inch long scar below her mouth is still visible now. The second time she was again put into the brainwashing centre for more than 40 days. The third time, she was put in the centre for more than three days. She was forbidden to sleep for two days straight and was forced to stand the whole time. As a result, her feet became severely swollen.
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• Company in Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province Forced to Close Due to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Persecution

  2008-04-21
  In 2003, several Falun Gong practitioners in Chaoyang City started a company named the Chaoyang City Tianzheng Detergent Company. From the very beginning, various departments in the company hired Falun Gong practitioners who were knowledgeable in different fields. Most of these practitioners had lost their jobs due to the persecution. In the three years after the company started, revenue increased each year. The managers of the company are a couple, Mr. Li Wensheng and Ms. Wu Jinping. On February 24th, 2008, Public Security Bureau officials forcibly entered Mr. Li's home, ransacked the house, took 10,000-plus yuan in cash and a bankbook with savings of over 20,000 yuan. The police then took Mr. and Mrs. Li into custody. Other practitioner employees were also arrested and the company was forced to close down.
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• Officials from Laishui County, Hebei Province Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners and Ransack Their Homes

  2008-04-21
  On March 11th, 2008, police from the Tingzhen Police Station and Laishui County 610 Office arrested four Falun Gong practitioners in Gao Village and Dachitu Village. The police also ransacked their homes. Police went to practitioner Ms. Chang Zhengying's home, smashed the door and pried open the lock. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started the persecution of Falun Gong, Chang Zhenying's home has been ransacked about 20 times.
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• Evidence That Mr. Bai Heguo Was Tortured to Death and Did Not Commit Suicide in Nan'guanling Prison, Liaoning Province

  2008-04-20
  On around January 5th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Bai Heguo was tortured to death at the Nan'guanling Prison. It was disclosed that not only was there a bump on Mr. Bai's head, but there was also a cut on his tongue and around his mouth. His leg had been kicked until it was broken, and his testicles had been crushed. He was emaciated. It would appear that Mr. Bai Heguang was beaten to death. However, Nan'guanling Prison agents fabricated "proof" that Mr. Bai had committed suicide.
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• Ms. Hu Huoying from Jiangxi Province Detained Again; Her Husband Died as a Result of Persecution

  2008-04-20
  Since 57-year-old Ms. Hu Huoying suddenly went missing while in police custody on February 29th, 2008, her daughter has been unable to discover her whereabouts. Ms. Hu's daughter is extremely worried about her situation. On July 10th, 2007, several agents from the Duchang County Police Department attempted to break into Ms. Hu's home to conduct a search. Ms. Hu blocked the door and stopped them by saying, "You threatened my husband. He died because of your evil deeds. He was just buried yesterday, and within less than a day you come again to harass and persecute me."
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• Ms. Cui Yaning Arrested Again Following Two Stays in a Forced Labour Camp

  2008-04-20
  Ms. Cui Yaning, a Falun Gong practitioner, had already been arrested and in a forced labour camp twice before. In the forced labour camp she was subjected to torture at the hands of the guards during her five years' incarceration. On February 25th, 2008, she was arrested for the third time. Jinzhou City police officers were responsible for the arrest, although police issued the arrest order. Ms. Cui is now being held in the city No. 1 Detention Centre. She will be sentenced.
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• Artist Wang Deqian from Hebei Province Arrested and His Daughter Detained When Visiting Him

  2008-04-20
  At 5 p.m. on March 12th, 2008, Mr. Wang Deqian, a folk artist from Hebei Province, was arrested again by police officers from the Yi County Police Department and the Longmen Township Police Station in Laishui County. The police ransacked his home, leaving it a mess. Some art and craft materials were confiscated. Mr. Wang Deqian was sent to the Yi County Detention Centre. He has started a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Mr. Wang's oldest daughter went to visit him by bus, but the guards would not let her see her father.
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• Tragic News about the Xu Family in Pan County, Guizhou Province

  2008-04-19
  Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Dafa in July 1999, the Xu family has been targeted repeatedly. The CCP murdered the family's oldest son, and now, with the loss of the grandson, more pain has been inflicted on the family. On March 12th, 2008, 13-year-old Xu Dingguo passed away after many days of thinking of his parents, who were detained. He didn't even have a final opportunity to see his parents before he died. Guizhou Women's Labour Camp authorities did not allow his mother, Ms. Chen Yumei, to see her son before he died, nor did the Guiyang public security police, the procurator of the Yunyan District, the Baihua Mountain Detention Centre allow his father, Xu Qihua, to see him one last time before he was buried.
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• Mr. Yin Libin Sentenced to Three Years in Prison in Dalian City, Liaoning Province

  2008-04-19
  On February 22nd, 2008, the Xigang District Court in Dalian City sentenced Mr. Yin Libin to three years in prison. Mr. Yin and his family appealed the ruling. This is the second time the Court has held a trial against Mr. Yin. During the first trial, his family was not notified nor was he allowed to hire a lawyer. Mr. Yin wrote two letters two years ago telling his friends how the Communist party had slandered Falun Gong, that the persecution is a mistake, and that Falun Gong cultivators are trying to be the good people by following "Truthfulness- Compassion- Forbearance." The two letters were "evidence" against him in the sentencing.
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• Wang Zhongliang Arrested and Detained in Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province

  2008-04-19
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Zhongliang was arrested by police in January 2008. He was detained in Zhuanghe Detention Centre, where he was beaten by the guards. In February, Mr. Wang Zhongliang went on a hunger strike in Zhuanghe Detention Centre. He asked for paper and a pencil to write a letter so that he could document his suffering. The detention centre chief agreed, but the guard refused to give Mr. Wang any writing materials. The next day, guard Wang Qingdi viciously kicked Mr. Wang in the head without warning, and then left. Later, Mr. Wang told officer Wang Qingdi that he felt dizzy and was having headaches. Wang Qingdi then dragged Mr. Wang out of the cell, and together with another guard they began to kick and stomp on his legs. The guards used force-feeding on him as a form of torture.
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• Seven Practitioners Recently Arrested in Yuryang City, Hunan Province

  2008-04-19
  Since March 4th, 2008, seven practitioners have been arrested in Yueyang City. At around 3 p.m. on March 5th, Mr. Xie Zhongyi (from another province) was repairing a motorcycle when more than ten plain-clothed officers stormed into his home. They arrested him without following legal procedures and detained him in the Yueyang City First Detention Centre on March 8th.
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• Additional Information about Mr. Chen Baofeng's Death as a Result of Torture

  2008-04-18
  At about 10 o'clock on the morning of March 3rd, 2008, a witness observed a black car arriving at the Wujiawa Detention Centre. Several police officers dragged Mr. Chen Baofeng, 43, out of the back seat. He was extremely weak, and his head drooped. Mr. Chen was without shoes and moaned constantly. According to an insider, he died at noon that day. His family knew that Mr. Chen had been very healthy before the arrest. The only explanation for his death within eight days of arrest was severe torture.
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