Brainwashing, Illegal Detention and Imprisonment, Inside the Labour Camps, Individual Accounts, 6-10 Office

• University Professor Ms. Liu Yitao Sentenced to Thirteen Years in Prison

  2009-05-01
  Practitioner Ms. Liu Yitao, in her thirties, is a professor at Radio and Television University in Guangxi Province. Before the Beijing Olympics in May of 2008, police from Nanchang City arrested her and ransacked her home. In February of 2009, after having been detained for nine months, the Chinese Communist Party's Qingyunpu Court in Nanchang City sentenced her to 13 years in prison. The Qingyunpu Court has sentenced many practitioners. On October 20th, 2006, the court sentenced Chen Xiangyang to 11 years' imprisonment and Zhang Shujun to 10 years.
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• Torture and Slavery in the Gansu Province No.2 Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2009-04-30
  To force Falun Gong practitioners to give up their belief the labour camp assigned heavier labour to practitioners than other inmates, and they were deprived of sleep if they were unable to finish their assigned work. After an entire day of heavy labour, some practitioners were forced to stand until 4:00 a.m. Practitioners were brutally force-fed when they went on a hunger strike to protest their harsh treatment. Several inmates would hold a practitioner down on a bed and use a shoe brush to pry her mouth open. The camp doctor would then insert a tube down the practitioner's throat and pump a concentrated salt solution into her stomach. Sometimes the doctor would twist the tube to further torture the practitioner.
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• Authorities in Mengyin County, Shandong Province Harass and Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners

  2009-04-30
  From March 17th to 19th, 2009, police from the Mengyin 610 Office and local police station harassed and arrested several local, blacklisted, Falun Gong practitioners and their homes were ransacked. Ms. Liu Guimei, a practitioner in Tiecheng village, Mengyin county, was arrested that same day while she was in the Jushan market. It was said that when Ms. Liu was arrested, she shouted, "Falun Gong is Good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." On March 18th, when Liu's husband, Wang Mingji, went to the Jushan police station to ask for her release he was also arrested. Only their child, Yangyang, was left at home. This couple has been arrested several times.
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• Torture Methods Used at the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

  2009-04-29
  On November 5th, 2008, the prison guards at the Masanjia camp tried to use force on the practitioners, who had refused to write the three statements to renounce Falun Gong. As they still did not compromise, they were subjected to a torture called "stretching." In this torture method, handcuffs are used to secure the victim's hands and legs to two bed frames; the guards then stretch the person in four directions. The guards shouted, "If Liu Cheng still refuses to write the three statements, we will chop off one of his legs."
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• Mother and Daughter from Kunming City Arrested and Sent to Prison for Practising Falun Gong

  2009-04-28
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Long Huaxian was arrested for no valid reason on June 2nd, 2008 by police in Kunming City. She was sent to Kunming City No. 2 Detention Centre to be incarcerated. On January 5th, 2009, she was secretly put on trial and sentenced to imprisonment by the Kunming City Intermediate Court. Ms. Long is currently appealing the sentence. Her daughter, Ms. Zhou Jin, who is also a Falun Gong practitioner was taken away by police on April 22nd, 2008. Police sentenced Zhou Jin to 3 years of imprisonment. Zhou Jin appealed, but it was rejected. Up until today, they have not informed her family members which prison Zhou Jin was sent to.
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• Practitioner Ms. Wang Shumei of Boli County Secretly Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

  2009-04-28
  Practitioner Ms. Wang Shumei was reported by informers and arrested by police while appealing against the persecution of Falun Gong. She was sentenced to a seven year prison term, though the court knew that the sentence was illegal. They allowed only six people to be present in the trial - five from the court itself plus Ms. Wang. They did not inform any family members. Now her family members have hired a lawyer to file an appeal.
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• At Least 14 Practitioners Arrested by the 610 Office in Mengyin County, Shandong Province

  2009-04-28
  On March 17th and 18th, 2009, at least 14 practitioners were arrested by officials from 610 Offices during a large scale operation. According to reports, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a meeting in Jinan, where a quota for the arrest of practitioners was determined for each town. Ms. Sun Zhaoying was arrested on March 18th. According to her neighbours, a 610 Office policeman broke a window and entered her house because she refused to open her door.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Severely Persecuted at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

  2009-04-26
  Because she refused to renounce Falun Gong, practitioner Ms. Jia Yahui was blindfolded and then shocked with electric batons by guards at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. The guards tried to brutally force her to put her fingerprint on a document renouncing Falun Gong. Another time, when Ms. Jia shouted "Falun Gong is wonderful!" they hung her up by her handcuffed wrists and cruelly tortured her. Another practitioner, who also did not cooperate is Ms. Zhang Min, age 49. Because she refused to sign a form renouncing Falun Gong, she was beaten until her face and entire body was badly bruised and swollen.
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• Qian'an City National Security Team of Hebei Province Arrests Mr. Cai Youwang, Who Does Not Practise Falun Gong

  2009-04-26
  Mr. Cai Youwang is a taxi driver who does not practise Falun Gong. On May 22nd, 2008, several Falun Gong practitioners hired him to drive them to three villages so that they could distribute leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. They were subsequently arrested by the police. Mr. Cai Youwang was also arrested and had his vehicle impounded. The police used all kinds of methods to torture Mr. Cai. They whipped him with a belt and interrogated him while employing physical abuse. Mr. Cai Youwang is still detained at the Qian'an City Detention Centre.
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• Sun Qinghe Arrested While Visiting a Disabled Practitioner

  2009-04-25
  In early February 2009, the Jiamusi City Public Security Bureau and Police Department, under the direction of the Heilongjiang Provincial Police Department, started a new wave of persecution against Falun Gong under the pretence of ensuring security for the Winter Games. Since February 8th, 2009, more than twenty Falun Gong practitioners and their relatives have been arrested. On February Sun Qinghe went to visit disabled Falun Gong practitioner Liu Xiaobin and planned to stay there to take care of him. Police waiting outside Liu Xiaobin's home arrested Mr. Sun and ransacked his home. They sent Mr. Sun to the Jiamusi City Detention Centre.
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• Five Practitioners Arrested and Charged with Illegal Assembly

  2009-04-25
  On the morning of March 18th, 2009, Ms. Tang walked to Suxianling Mountain. On the way, she met four Falun Gong practitioners. They were tired and took a rest in a small pavilion near the mountain. A police patrol soon passed the pavilion. The officers approached and charged the group with illegal assembly. The police refused to hear any explanation and forcibly took them to the Suxian District Police Station. The same day three police officers drove a police vehicle to Ms. Tang's home. Without a search warrant, they took Falun Gong books, cash and personal belongings.
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• Wang Yongqiang Brutally Tortured in Police Custody

  2009-04-25
  Police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yongqiang on August 1st, 2008. They ransacked his home, taking away valuables and a large amount of cash. At the police station the police tortured Wang for 3 days. They did not give him food or drink, enclosed his head in a plastic bag, put burning mosquito repellent under his nose for a long time, and smeared pepper into his mouth, nose and genitals. They also tied him up and hung him up for one hour. After they put him down, Wang Yongqiang was in excruciating pain and could barely move. The police would sadistically kick his sides periodically.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners and Defence Lawyer Arrested in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province

  2009-04-23
  In late February 2009, eight Falun Gong practitioners and members of their families were arrested by police in Harbin City. Three of the practitioners are still being detained. The police have refused to release them or to permit relatives or friends to visit them. Mr. Wei Liangyue, a lawyer and the husband of practitioner Ms. Du Yongjing, was also arrested. Mr. Wei had provided legal representation for Falun Gong practitioners, for which he had been threatened by agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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• Ms. Zhao Chunjie from Gongzhuling City Arrested, Her Daughter, a Student, Is Having to Defend Her Innocence

  2009-04-23
  On February 12th, 2008, Mr. Lu Yaowu and his wife, Ms. Zhao Chunjie, Falun Gong practitioners, were arrested by police. Even though Mr. Liu was soon released, officers were still trying to press charges against him. As a result, he was forced to leave home and live elsewhere. Ms. Zhao Chunjie, who was cruelly tortured, was recently brought to trial. Her daughter, Lu Yiming, went everywhere to try to find a lawyer to defend her mother. Because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) pressures lawyers not to take Falun Gong cases, Ms. Lu couldn't find anyone brave enough to defend her. So she, a student, had to defend her mother herself.
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• 610 Office Personnel from Zhucheng City, Shandong Province Beat and Torture Ms. Liu Xixiang

  2009-04-21
  On November 17th, 2008, police broke down the door of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Xixiang's house in Baiyushanzhi Village, Zhucheng City. They arrested her, searched her house, and confiscated her personal property, including a computer and printer. Liu Xixiang was detained at the trading boarding house of Zhucheng City, beaten, forced to sit on the iron chair and was force fed. Group leader Wang Hongbo led more than 10 people to take turns torturing Liu Xixiang. They locked her on the iron chair and deprived her of sleep. Liu Xixiang went on hunger strike to resist this persecution. Seeing that she wouldn't be able to survive much longer, they dragged her to a Chinese medicine hospital to feed her by force.
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