Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

  • Police Mistreat Practitioners Ms. Liang Xiuqin and Her Son, and Ms. Duan Guiping and Her Daughter from Hebei Province

    At around 10:00 p.m. on August 10th, 2007, police officers arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Lian Xiuqin and her son Li Qiulin (college student, not a practitioner) and confiscated Li Qiulin's motorcycle. Police accused them of putting up Falun Dafa posters. At 4:00 a.m. the next day, six or seven police officers forced their way into practitioner Ms. Duan Guiping's home by climbing over the wall around her house, awakening her husband Li Dong and her daughter Li Anli, who were sleeping soundly. When Ms. Duan Guiping's husband, Li Dong, asked the police, "What are you doing here so late at night?" A police officer threatened him and said "Don't move as this is a criminal offence case." At that time, Ms. Duan had only her night clothes on. The policemen did not allow her to get dressed and dragged her out.
  • Several Practitioners Arrested by Police from Xingyang City, Henan Province

    Recently, the 610 Office and Public Security Bureau of Xingyang City, Henan Province, has been actively arresting Dafa practitioners from around the region. On the morning of August 15th, five police officers from the Wangcun Police Station went to Rongzai Village, Gaocun Township. They took practitioner Mu Jun into custody. Leaflets exposing the persecution were also confiscated. On the afternoon of July 1st, 69-year-old practitioner Ms. Li Xiuzhi was arrested by police from the Xingyang National Protection Team while she was putting up posters exposing the persecution at the Xingyang Train Station. She was taken to Sunzai Detention Centre in Guangwu.
  • Mr. Wang Huai from Hebei Province Has Been Imprisoned for Seven Years

    In the winter of 2001, Mr. Wang Huai was arrested by police, who had used wiretapping and tracking methods. The police handcuffed him and then brutally trampled on his handcuffs, causing serious bleeding and extreme swelling of his arms. They then wrapped his head in a bed sheet and dragged him downstairs to take him to Hongqilou Police Station. Mr. Wang Huai was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment at the Baoding City Prison in 1999. Because Mr. Wang Huai has persisted in his cultivation of Falun Dafa, he has suffered brutal torture for several years.
  • National Security Bureau Agents Arrest Yang Xuejun, from Dengzhou City, Henan Province

    On August 10th, 2007, police suddenly broke into the home of Falun Dafa practitioner Tian Xiaoshu, arresting her 31-year-old daughter, Yang Xuejun, also a Dafa practitioner. Tian Xiaoshu's son, Yang Yongdong, tried to explain the truth to them about Falun Dafa, but they refused to listen, and said, "I do not fear retribution, and I will kill you and destroy your family." The police tried to arrest Yang Yongdong, but he escaped and became homeless. He is still unable to return home.
  • Ms. Wu Bilin and Mr. Cheng Dehan Arrested by the 610 Office and Detained in Chenjiaji Brainwashing Centre in Hubei Province

    Ms. Wu Bilin, 59, went to the family housing area of the "288 Plant" in the Huangpi District to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution. A person who was deceived by the propaganda reported her to the police. Officers from the Huangpi District Police Department arrested her, and she is being detained at the Chenjiaji Brainwashing Centre. To protest the unjust detention, Ms. Wu held a hunger strike for several days. Hu Shaobin (male) with the Jiang'an District 610 Office incited inmates to force-feed her with vinegar and chilli water several times a day. They also violently struck her.
  • The Persecution of Two Older Practitioners

    Ms. Sun Shou Fen is 67 years old. Since the persecution of Falun Gong began in July 1999 she has been persecuted, detained and sent to brainwashing sessions in the forced labour camp. Police damaged her eyes. As a result, she suffered from optic atrophy and her vision deteriorated. Ms. Sun could hardly even see well enough to walk. When she practised Falun Dafa she was able to stop wearing glasses! However, under the persecution, she almost lost her vision completely. On August 2nd, 2007, she was arrested by policeman Liu Jinhu and others for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution in public. When her family members went to the detention centre in Weihai City, police extorted 5,000 yuan from them as guarantee money.
  • Ms. Xu Hui and Her Son from Liaoning Province Arrested in Tiananmen Square Over A Month Ago; Family Members Worried

    Falun Gong practitioners Xu Hui and Cai Chao are mother and son from Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. They went to Beijing together on July 20th, 2007. Mother and son unfolded a banner as a way of appealing for Falun Gong, but Beijing Tiananmen Police Station officers arrested and held them in the Beijing Dongcheng District Detention Centre for over a month. Her family members are very worried about them, especially for Cai Chao. When they saw him the last time, his face was swollen and deformed.
  • Mr. Zhao Baozhuang, a Practitioner from Changge City, Henan Province, Arrested Again

    Mr. Zhao Baozhuang, a Falun Dafa practitioner and businessman was arrested the morning of August 21st, 2007, at his shop by police from the 610 Office in Yima City. Mr. Zhao had been under surveillance by police of the 610 Office for quite some time. His printer, notebook computer, and leaflets exposing the persecution were all confiscated. At present, the location of his detention is unknown. Since 2001 Zhao Baozhuang has experienced repeated arrests, detention and persecution because he refuses to renounce Falun Dafa.
  • Mr. Yin Fuliang from Hunan Province Arrested Again - His Seventy Year-Old Mother Gravely Worried

    Police from the Public Security Bureau in Changshang County, Hunan Province, arrested Dafa practitioner Mr. Yin Fuliang, who was living a homeless life to avoid further persecution, on July 10th, 2007. He has been detained at the Custodial Station in Changshang County since then. Yin was sent to forced labour camp twice and became homeless in 2006. Yin's seventy-year-old mother, Luo Qiuhua, was so worried that she couldn't eat or sleep.
  • Practitioners Mr. Zhao Longzhi and His Wife Ms. Luo Na from Tibet Each Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

    Practitioners Mr. Zhao Longzhi and his wife Ms. Luo Na from Tibet were arrested on January 31st, 2006 by the local police and members of the 610 Office. Their home was also searched. No word came from either of them after their unlawful arrest. It has just been learned that Mr. Zhao and Ms. Luo have each been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Ms. Luo Na is being held at the Beijiao Prison in Lhasa City, and Mr. Zhao Longzhi is being held at the Qushui County Prison.
  • Practitioner's Wife Detained by Officials in Wanquan County of Hebei Province

    On July 25th, 2007, in an attempt to arrest practitioner Mr. Zhao Wanying, the officials in Wanquan County, Hebei Province detained his wife, Ms. Huo Zhenhua. The couple's two underage daughters were left at home and they are crying every day. From July 23rd-25th, more than 40 practitioners' homes were searched. The newly-appointed director of the Public Security Bureau told his subordinates, "Since arresting criminals is no easy job, we should have no problem catching Falun Gong practitioners."
  • Older Falun Gong Practitioner Zhang Huiru's Experiences During Eight Arrests

    My name is Zhang Huiru, and I am 65 years old. After the persecution began, I told myself that I must appeal for Falun Gong and try to restore its reputation and that of my Teacher, Mr. Li Hongzhi, because I have benefited so much from the practice. I went to Tiananmen Square on February 11th, 2000, to appeal. A plainclothes police officer approached me and said he was a Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin. He asked me if I was also a practitioner. I said, "Yes." A police van arrived and police officers forced me into the van and took me to the Qianmen Police Station. I heard later that police officers were to be paid 50 yuan for each practitioner they arrested on Tiananmen Square.
  • Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Binchuan County, Dali City, Yunnan Province

    Ms. Zhao Yingxian, 50, was reported while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. She was arrested by the police and sent to a detention centre for over two and a half months. The detention centre made her family member pay 5,000 yuan for her release, and tried to force her to put her fingerprints on a falsified guarantee statement. However, she steadfastly refused to cooperate. She was then sentenced to a forced labour camp.
  • Detained For Eight Years, Ms. Li Dongqing Must Be Released from Prison

    Li Dongqing appealed for Falun Gong and has been detained since September 1999. She was first sentenced to forced labour for three years. She was again sentenced to five years in Liaoning Province Women's Prison. Li Dongqing has been tortured in many ways, including being detained in a small cell, being brutally beaten, shocked by electric batons, and being humiliated. For almost the entire one and a half years, she was detained in a small cell.
  • A Teacher's Illnesses Disappeared after Practising Falun Gong; the Police Arrest Her Again

    When Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Fu Jinhua went to Dezhou City on August 14th, 2007 to handle some business, she was arrested by police. She is now being detained at the Dezhou City Detention Centre. This has traumatised her husband, and her formerly happy family is in deep sorrow. Her daughters went to the police department to look for their mother and were verbally abused. One policeman also threatened that if the children's relatives were Falun Gong practitioners they would arrest them as well.