Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

• The Truth Halts an Unjust Trial

  2010-01-11
  On December 2nd, 2009, the Helong City Court in Yanbianzhou, Jilin Province, tried Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Fengyun. Ms. Li's lawyer presented a strong defence, so the judge had to adjourn the trial hastily. Over the ten years of persecution, few lawyers have been brave enough to defend Falun Gong practitioners in court. Ms. Li's case was the first one in this area, so it attracted many people. Before the trial began, the presiding judge unreasonably demanded that the defence not make any statements on the quality of Falun Gong. The defence challenged the prosecutor to provide legal evidence that Falun Gong is a cult. The prosecutor became speechless.
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• Ms. Jiang Yanlin of Yi County, Liaoning Province, Arrested

  2010-01-10
  On December 22nd, 2009, approximately two dozen police officers stormed the temporary residence of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jiang Yanlin and arrested her. Prior to her arrest, Ms. Jiang had been forced to leave her home and live as a fugitive for more than five years. During the years that Ms. Jiang was away from home, the police regularly raided her house and harassed her family members. The police threatened her family and demanded that they find Ms. Jiang and send her to the police station. Meanwhile, a warrant was issued for Ms. Jiang's arrest and the police conducted an extensive search for her.
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• Ms. Li Guihua from Jiujiang City Arrested; Family Pressured to Pay for Her Release

  2010-01-10
  Local police arrested 62-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Guihua in late November 2009 because she talked to people about Falun Gong. Domestic Security Division officials attempted to extort 100,000 yuan from her family. Ms. Li's family was unable to pay that much, so the officers said that they could release Ms. Li if her family paid 10,000 yuan. Ms. Li was previously subjected to persecution many times. Her family had trouble making ends meet, even before being forced to pay such a large amount of money. Ms. Li's whereabouts are currently unknown.
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• Southwest Jiaotong University Teacher Ms. Zou Hongying Arrested and Tortured

  2010-01-08
  One week before the 2008 Olympic torch relay passed through Emeishan, police from the Emeishan Mountain Area arrested Ms. Zou Hongying, a Southwest Jiaotong University professor. They ransacked her home before taking her to Sichuan Province Women's Prison on February 12th, 2009. Previously, in 2005, Ms. Zou was arrested and detained in a brainwashing centre to try to force her to renounce Falun Gong. Her husband was in deep distress and asked for a divorce. Their daughter was only two years old.
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• Ms. Wu Xiujie from Jiamusi City Recalls Acts of Abuse and Mistreatment by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

  2010-01-07
  On July 29th, 2008, I was arrested and sent to forced labour for 15 months. I had to pack 5,000 pairs of "Sterile Chopsticks" each day. If I could not meet the quota I would be physically and verbally abused. [My left hand is still swollen now and hurts.] At night I had to memorise the prison rules and regulations. My food consisted of three daily portions of soup that were frequently mixed with bugs and dirt. Prison guards forced practitioners to be "reformed [forcibly renounce Falun Gong]." They forced practitioners to sign three prepared statements.
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• Ms. Zhang Ying Detained for Three Months

  2010-01-06
  Ms. Zhang Ying was arrested by the Changning Police Department on September 8th, 2009. In the police station, she was hung by her wrists handcuffed behind her back, and then tortured. She passed out many times from the pain. She was subsequently taken to the Shanghai Prison Hospital for emergency treatment. She has now been detained for three months.
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• Mr. Chen Yongtao Beaten in Sihui Prison, Guangdong Province

  2010-01-05
  Recently Mr. Chen Yongtao was beaten by criminals in Sihui Prison, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. People in prison tried to brainwash him to make him give up Falun Gong. Once, claiming that Mr. Chen was not sitting properly, the criminals slapped him and then kneed him in the lower back, causing on-going pain. Chen Yongtao and his wife were arrested in a big hunt and arrested "to ensure the security of the Olympic Torch relay" by Guangzhou City on April 15th, 2008. Later on both of them were sentenced to three years. His wife, Zou Danyu, was detained in Guangzhou Women's Prison. On August 25th, 2009, Mr. Chen was secretly transferred to Sihui Prison.
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• Two Police Officers Persecuted For Practising Falun Gong in Fushun City

  2010-01-03
  Police officers Xia Hailong and Wang Xiaoming, who work in the Fushun City police system, have been persecuted for practising Falun Gong. After Xia Hailong was arrested, in October 2009, the Fushun police persecuted practitioner Mr. Wang Xiaoming, who worked in the Xinbin County Police Department. They collected materials to prove that he practises Falun Gong, and through the discipline committee they attempted to suspend him from his job. News revealed that they were not successful, but the Fushun City Police Department pressured the Xinbin County Police Department and demanded that they work with the human resources division to fire Mr. Wang.
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• After Being Imprisoned for Eight Years, Yu Lixin Is Sentenced to Another Four Years

  2010-01-02
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yu Lixin had been sentenced to a forced labour camp. He was detained there for eight years. While in the forced labour camp, he was severely persecuted. He was not released until 2009. Recently he was arrested and sent to a forced labour camp again. In January 2001, Mr. Yu went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. He was arrested and detained at the Wenling Detention Centre. He went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Zhu Sufang, Police force-fed him. They used sharp bamboo sticks to pry open his tightly clenched teeth. His mouth bled and his face became swollen. Then police fixed him on a wooden frame with his four limbs stretched wide open and then gave him injections of concentrated salt solution.
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• Police from Huludao City Plan to Prosecute Mr. Yu Haiyang as Part of Their Relentless Persecution

  2010-01-02
  Over the past ten years, Mr. Yu Haiyang and his wife Ms. Li Fengchun have been arrested multiple times by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officers and police. They have ransacked their home, detained them, sent them to forced labour camps, forced them to undergo brainwashing, and extorted money from them. This May, Mr. Yu Haiyang and Ms. Li Fengchun were arrested again. The police ransacked their home and detained them. After being released, Mr. Yu Haiyang went to see the police and asked for the return of their confiscated property. The police detained him again instead. As a result of this arrest, both Mr. Yu and his wife lost their jobs. Mr. Yu Haiyang has been detained for six months. The police station of Huludao City plans to prosecute him. Mr. Yu's family has hired attorneys to defend him.
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• Eight Practitioners Sentenced to Forced Labour

  2010-01-02
  On September 23rd, 2009, police officers from different townships, including those from the National Security Division of Lixian County Police Department and the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), broke into the homes of 14 practitioners. They forced their way in by smashing or prying the doors open with crowbars, then proceeded to ransack the homes. Twelve practitioners were arrested, eight of whom were denied any legal defence and sent to forced labour camps within three days of their arrests. The judge even attempted to sentence one of the practitioners to a long sentence.
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• Defence Attorneys Cite Illegal Police Actions in Court in Ji'an City, Jilin Province

  2010-01-01
  On November 25th, 2009, the court of Jian City, Jilin Province held trials for three practitioners Mr. Feng Zhengde, Mr. Zhang Xuejie, and Ms. Zhao Hongli. During the first trial, the judge repeatedly ordered Mr. Zhang Chuanli to stop giving his statement for the defence. Mr. Zhang Chuanli refused and asserted that the judge's order was illegal. In the trials, the three attorneys cited illegal police actions such as: while arresting practitioners and searching their homes, officers did not wear uniforms, and did not show identification, arrest warrants, or search warrants; and confessions were extracted through torture.
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• Five Falun Gong Practitioners Detained for Months in Loudi City, Hunan Province

  2010-01-01
  At least five Falun Gong practitioners were arrested a few months ago. The evidence submitted by the Louxing Domestic Security Bureau, all fabricated and flawed, has been returned by the Procuratorate. However, the Louxing Domestic Security Bureau officials have still refused to release these practitioners. Mr. Ouyang Zhong is a doctor specialising in Chinese herbal medicine. He has three children to raise, two of which are still in kindergarten, and his wife does not work. On the evening of July 15th, 2009 Louxing District police broke into his home, arrested him, and detained him since then.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Xu Xianglan from Wuhan City Sentenced to Eight Years of Imprisonment

  2009-12-31
  Falun Gong practitioner Xu Xianglan and her husband Wang Hansheng were arrested by the local police in July 1999. Later in January 2000, they were sentenced to eight and six years of imprisonment respectively. Their company, Shenshen Group Ltd, property was confiscated by the local authorities. Now that both of them have been released, they hope that the World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong will be able to investigate their unjust abduction and sentencing.
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• Five Practitioners in Jianyang City, Sichuan Province Sentenced

  2009-12-30
  On December 8th, 2009, Ms. Lei Jinxiang and other four Falun Gong practitioners were brought to trial in Jianyang City Court in Sichuan Province. Four attorneys hired by practitioners defended them. The court ignored the truth and the law and handed the practitioners heavy sentences. Ms. Lei was sentenced to a nine and a half-year term, Ms. Jia Zhengfen to eight and a half years, Mr. Zhang Shixiang to six years, Ms. Liu Dehui to four years, and Ms. Peng Xiuqiong to three years.
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