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

• Three Falun Gong Practitioners Brutally Arrested in Dalian City and Sent to Forced Labour

  2009-02-08
  On December 2nd, 2008, police forcibly took away married couple Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Yan Shoulin and Ms. Yang Chunmei, from their workplace. Several eyewitnesses said, "We saw a few plain clothes policemen surround and brutally beat Yan Shoulin. The first one stepped on Yan's head while another one stepped on his legs. The third one kicked Yan's body brutally." Yan's ribs were broken. A couple of them carried Yan Shoulin to the car. Yang Chunmei was dragged into the car, and her clothes were torn in the struggle. Two days later the same police arrested Ms. Miao Yuhuan (also a Falun Gong practitioner) for no valid reason.
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• Practitioner In Her Sixties Persecuted at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison

  2009-02-08
  In 2001, I was arrested while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. The following year I was sentenced to a three-year prison term and incarcerated in Liaoning Province Women's Prison. The prison enforced starting work at six in the morning, stopping at ten in the evening, and going to sleep at eleven. Prisoners were frequently forced to work overtime to create more income for the prison. I was allowed only three to four hours of sleep each night. Every week the prison provided only two meals of fine flour and rice in limited quantities. The rest of the meals were all coarse bread.
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• Older Practitioner Ms. Shi Guiming Sentenced to Three Years in Prison--Her Grandson Left Alone

  2009-02-07
  60-year-old Ms. Shi Guiming is a Falun Gong practitioner from Wenling in Zhejiang Province. After being detained for six months, she was sentenced to a three-year prison term by the Wenling Intermediate Court in December 2008, and is currently detained at the Hongzhou Women's Prison. The young grandson that she was raising is left alone, spending his days in fear.
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• Honest Farmer in Shanxi Province Arrested, Sentenced to Forced Labour and Tortured

  2009-02-06
  On January 11th, 2009, practitioner Shang Yongfa's family went to Zaozihe Forced Labour Camp to visit him. They noticed a big swollen bloody lump on the back of his head. There were wounds on his forehead, and the back of his right hand was frostbitten. When a family member asked him what happened, Shang Yongfa merely cried and did not reply. Mr. Shang Yongfa, 52 years old, is an honest, benevolent, and helpful man. He was arrested for no legitimate reason and his family is worried about his safety.
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• Ms. Zhao Guiqin Paralysed from Torture and Sentenced to Three and a Half Years in Prison

  2009-02-06
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhao Guiqin was arrested in September and during her detention was tortured to the point that her legs were paralysed. On October 27th, Ms. Zhao's seventy-year-old mother received a phone call telling her that Ms. Zhao was dying and her legs had been paralysed. Her mother was extremely sad and worried because her daughter had been almost persecuted to death several times before. On December 12th, the court secretly sentenced Ms. Zhao to three and a half years in Donggang Prison.
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• Exposing the Persecution at Wangcun Forced Labour Camp

  2009-02-04
  After extensive investigation, we have learned of the following incidents of persecution of Falun Gong practitioners at Wangcun Forced Labour Camp: Mr. Li Gang was hung by his handcuffed wrists in a toilet for seven consecutive days. The guards didn't allow him to close his eyes during this period. Mr. Gao Hong was forced to sit on a narrow bench, and not allowed to blink for six days. On the seventh day, the guards turned the bench upside down and forced him to sit on the tips of the bench legs. Mr. Xue Cunlin was handcuffed and hung up for several days. During this period, guards used sticks to forcefully jab into his rib cage for two hours.
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• National Security Agents in Shuangcheng City Arrest Mr. Jia Shuangyou and His Wife, Ms. Jiang Xiuzhen

  2009-02-04
  Since the Chinese Communist Party began its persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, Mr. Jia Shuangyou and his wife, Jiang Xiuzhen, have been arrested and detained several times. Once Ms. Jiang was jailed in Wanjia Women's Forced Labour Camp and Mr. Jia in Changlinzi Men's Forced Labour Camp at the same time, leaving their teenage daughter on her own. Missing her parents, along with all the terror she faced, she developed chronic depression, became very sickly, and suffered from many illnesses. She passed away on December 11th, 2004, at the age of 22. On January 16th, 2009, the couple were arrested again because they practise Falun Gong.
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• Professor at Sichuan University Sentenced to Prison, His 94-Year-Old Father Seeks Help for His Release

  2009-02-03
  Mr. Ding Zeyang, a professor of the Macromolecule Chemistry Faculty of Sichuan University in Sichuan Province, was sentenced on August 10th, 2008 to 4 years of imprisonment by the Wuhou District Court, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Mr. Ding's case has entered the next stage in the court, but his lawyer was not allowed to make any photocopies of the court documents. The court required that the lawyer hand in his defence for Mr. Ding as soon as possible, so that they could conclude the case soon. Since Mr. Ding was arrested on September 13th, 2007, his 94-year-old father has attempted to see him over 10 times.
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• A Mother Appeals for Her Daughter in Jail

  2009-02-03
  I am the mother of a Falun Gong practitioner. My daughter has been detained for six months. I call out her name in my dreams and awaken in tears again and again. From 1999 to 2009, my daughter, Jiao Xuemei, was arrested and detained four times. During the past 10 years, she has been persecuted again and again. Our family has suffered great loss financially and has suffered tremendous mental pressure. On June 16th, 2008, on the eve of the Olympic Games, officers from Xishandao Police Station again detained Jiao Xuemei and took her to the Tangshan No.1 Detention Centre. The Lubei Court put her on trial on September 19th and sentenced her without evidence of any wrongdoing.
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• Mr. Wang Jinglun, 76, Sentenced to Seven Years of Imprisonment in Heilongjiang Province

  2009-02-02
  Mr. Wang Jinglun, 76, is a retired teacher. He had helped develop the talent of many students and is highly respected in the educational community of Bing County. This well-respected educator was recently sentenced to seven years of imprisonment because he practises Falun Gong. The trumped-up charge was "undermining the implementation of law." The government prosecutor charged the practitioners on the evidence that they had gathered at Mr. Wang's home on the evening of August 12th, 2008. There, the police found Falun Gong books, Falun Gong informational materials that detailed the persecution of Falun Gong, and a printer to make the materials. Regarding this charge, Mr. Wang and the other practitioners all proclaimed to the court that they were innocent of any wrongdoing.
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• 610 Office Refuses to Release Falun Gong Practitioner in Critical Condition

  2009-02-02
  Qiqihar City officials in Heilongjiang Province refuse to release imprisoned Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Pan Benyu, despite his critical condition. Mr. Pan Benyu was arrested by police on December 12th, 2006. His arrest was part of an ongoing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) activity that established a quota for arresting a certain number of practitioners before the end of the year. Prison guards tried to force Mr. Pan into making a false confession using torture that resulted in internal and external bleeding and bruising. He was taken to hospital. Back in prison, Mr. Pan was again subjected to several torture sessions and was again taken to hospital. At present, Mr. Pan's severe injuries have caused a loss of liver function.
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• Lawyers for Three Practitioners Turn the Tables in the Courtroom and Announce a List of the Misdeeds Conducted by Law-enforcement Officials in Persecuting Their Clients in Tangshan City, Hebei Province

  2009-02-01
  On January 4th and 5th, 2009, Mr. He Yixing, his wife Zhang Yueqin and their son-in-law Sun Fengli were tried in two trials at the Lubei District Court. Their defence lawyers enumerated the crimes which the public security personnel, prosecutors, and the law-enforcement officials committed in the persecution of He Yixing and his family. The prosecutor and the judge gave no reply during the entire trial procedures. The four defence lawyers sternly and eloquently listed the various crimes that public security personnel, prosecutors and the law-enforcement officials committed. The trial turned into a trial of the Chinese Communist Party, and the judge had to adjourn the trial four times.
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• I Was Tortured and Persecuted by Jiamusi City Government Officials

  2009-01-31
  On April 20th, 2002, I was arrested by police officers and sent to Huangpu Detention Centre. Several policemen violently beat me. I was taken out of the detention centre one night and sent to a small, enclosed room, where eight policemen threatened to inject me with medicine and send me to a psychiatric hospital. I didn't cooperate, so four of the officers left the room while another four remained to brutally beat me and threaten me. I became unconscious due to the torture and was taken back to the detention centre early the next morning. I couldn't walk by myself and had to lean on the guards for support. I protested with a hunger strike, and was then tied to a chair, where guards forced a feeding tube down into my lungs. They continued to insert the tube and didn't stop until I lost consciousness.
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• Practitioners Mr. Liu Wenyuan and Ms. Zhou Lan from Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province Sentenced

  2009-01-31
  Practitioners Mr. Liu Wenyuan and Ms. Zhou Lan have recently been sentenced by a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) court. On October 14th, 2008, Mr. Liu Wenyuan's home was ransacked by police. He was detained at the Chai Village Detention Centre and his family was not allowed to visit him. Practitioner Ms. Zhou Lan was arrested on July 25th, 2008 when she was distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution.
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• Mr. Lai Xiaoyun Given Four-year Prison Sentence in Heshan City, Guangdong Province

  2009-01-29
  Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, practitioner Mr. Lai Xiaoyun and his family have had to endure constant torment by CCP agents. In May 2001, Mr. Lai was sentenced to one and a half years because he was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. After he was released from the forced labour camp, the police went to his home and harassed him. On June 30th, 2008, Mr. Lai Xiaoyun was arrested and in December the Heshan City Court sentenced him to four years in prison.
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