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

• Mr. Zhong Zhenfu Whipped with Metal Wires by Guards in Pingdu City Prison

  2008-07-22
  On May 4th, 2008, police officers ransacked two Falun Gong centres producing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution in Pingdu City, Shandong Province. Practitioners Ms. Xu Aifang, Mr. Wang Yunchong and Mr. Zhong Zhenfu were arrested. That same night, the police forced each of these practitioners to sit on an "iron chair" and interrogated them. Since the practitioners refused to cooperate with the police, the officers poured boiling water over their necks and bodies. Three days later, the practitioners were taken to Pingdu City Prison. At the prison, the guards put shackles on Mr. Zhong Zhenfu and whipped him in the head with metal wires. His life was in danger after the torture.
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• Mr. Zhu Zhiyong from Lulong Town, Qinhuangdao City Persecuted

  2008-07-22
  Practitioner Mr. Zhu Zhiyong, 29, has been arrested, detained and persecuted on four occasions by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police. Everyone in his village said that he was the kindest boy. In June 2008 he was locked up in the Lulong County Detention Centre. After June 4th, 2008, police entered and ransacked Mr. Zhu Zhiyong's house four times. They took away a television, printer and other personal property. The house was turned upside down and left in a big mess. Even the bedding was torn up when they searched for evidence that he practised Falun Gong. They dug out the ashes in the stove trying to find something that could have been hidden underneath. Mr. Zhu's personal belongings were strewn everywhere on the ground. It was hard to even open the door.
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• Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Uses Large Amount of Money on Brainwashing Session in Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province

  2008-07-22
  Using the excuse of preparing for the Olympics, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee in Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province used a large amount of money to hold a brainwashing session in Shiliping Farm, Jinhua City during June. Police officers arrested seven Falun Gong practitioners from Lanxi City and sent them to this session. The Lanxi City CCP Deputy Secretary together with the city's 610 Office and police force, extorted 210,000 yuan to hold this brainwashing session. Each practitioner's employer had to pay 5,000 yuan, plus assign two employees to closely monitor the practitioner.
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• Ms. Niu Yuhui Recounts the Persecution She Was Subjected to in Nanshan Detention Centre in Shulan City, Jilin Province

  2008-07-22
  On April 17th, 2008, police officers arrested me at home. I shouted, "Falun Gong is good!" to let people hear the truth. Afraid of drawing attention to the unjust arrest, those evildoers took off a coat and used it to cover my mouth to stop my shouting. I almost lost consciousness. They took me to Beicheng Police Station where they subjected me to a body search. They searched my backpack and stole over 2,000 yuan in cash. They got a key from my bag and took it to search my home. They made a big mess while ransacking the house. That evening they took me to a detention centre. I staged a protest hunger strikeOn the sixth day they force-fed me. I suffered badly during each brutal force-feeding procedure.
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• Jiamusi Police Department Takes Eight of Ms. Ma Duo's Family Members and Friends into Custody

  2008-07-21
  Ms. Ma Duo, a 26-year-old practitioner, has been sentenced to three years in prison by the Jiamusi Suburban Court. Ms. Ma and her family have appealed the case. They hired lawyers from Beijing to defend Ms. Ma. When the lawyers and Ms. Ma's family went to the Jiamusi City Intermediate Court to process the paperwork for representing Ms. Ma, a dozen plain-clothes police officers took Ms. Ma's relatives into custody right in front of the lawyers. According to eyewitnesses, the police also took away three or four more people near a hospital outside the Jiamusi City Intermediate Court. A total of about eight of Ms. Ma Duo's family and friends have been taken into custody and held at the Jiamusi Detention Centre.
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• Ms. Gao Jie Sent Straight to Brainwashing Centre After Five Years of Imprisonment

  2008-07-21
  Ms. Gao Jie, 53, was a teacher at the Shuangzhan Elementary School in Chongqing City. She began to practise Falun Gong in 1993, and benefited from the practice physically and mentally. After July 20th, 1999 when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime launched a campaign to eradicate Falun Gong, she has spent most of her time in prison. In June 20th, 2003, Ms. Gao was given a five-year sentence and served the term in Yongchuan Forced Labour Camp. Now, she has again been sent to a brainwashing centre located because she refuses to renounce her belief in Falun Gong.
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• Chaoyang County Police Department in Liaoning Province Ganged Up with Liucheng Police Station to Terrorise Practitioners

  2008-07-21
  Recently, police from the Chaoyang County Police Department and Liucheng Police Station teamed up to arrest Falun Gong practitioners. They went to a number of households to harass the practitioners and ransack their homes. Mr. Li Lin was arrested and taken to Liucheng Police Station, where they extorted 1,000 yuan from him before he was released. The personal property of practitioner Zhao Shujun was stolen. In order to avoid further persecution of themselves and their family members, some of the practitioners from Yaoeryingzi Village were forced to leave their homes.
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• Police in Mudanjiang City Continue to Arrest and Injure Practitioners

  2008-07-20
  Mr. Zhao Jianguo was arrested and interrogated under brutal torture by police from the National Security Agency in Mudanjiang City. The police took him to the office of the City's National Security Agency. They took turns interrogating him and would not allow him to sleep for several days. During those interrogations, police officer Guo Liangyi kicked several of Mr. Zhao's teeth out. Peng Fuming, the team leader from the National Security Agency, tortured Mr. Zhao twice with ropes. Qiao Ping used the bottom of a shoe to slap Zhao's face, and he also threatened to send him to the forced labour camp.
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• Police in Zunhua City, Hebei Province Arrest Mr. Zhao Jingjun

  2008-07-20
  On July 6th, 2008, officers from the Domestic Security 610 Office in Zunhua City, and more than ten officers from the Dongjiusai Township Police Station broke into practitioner Mr. Zhao Jingjun's house in Qihu Village. They ransacked his home and arrested him. Mr. Zhao Jingjun has now been arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the fourth time. In addition to his arrest, the police kicked his three-year-old son and sprayed mace into the faces of his ten-year-old son, Yangyang, and his 60-year-old mother. The chemical was very irritating to their eyes, causing redness and pain.
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• Persecution in Heizhuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp, Changchun City, Jilin Province

  2008-07-19
  Most practitioners who are imprisoned in the Heizhuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp, Changchun City, Jilin Province are over 50. Besides using torture to coerce the practitioners to "transform", guards in the Fifth Section force the practitioners to work long hours, carrying 55 lb. boxes up and down the stairs. The guards often threaten to extend the prison sentence of the practitioners. Scorning, electric baton shocks, and beatings happen frequently in the Fifth Section. Guard Zhang Lihong, (female) actively follows director Wang Limei (female) to torture the practitioners and has no remorse.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested by Police from Jiamusi Railway Police Station

  2008-07-19
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Meng Xianjie is being detained at the Jiamushi Railway Police Station. His sister, Meng Xianying went with a friend to thew police station to ask about him, but the police tried to arrest her too. While resisting the arrest her back was sprained and she lost consciousness. The police took her to the Railway Hospital and left quickly to avoid responsibility. With help from some kind hearted people, Meng Xianying was able to return home after the injury.
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• Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners Intensifies in Haicheng Area, Liaoning Province

  2008-07-19
  As the opening of the Olympics approaches, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) becomes more and more frantic. The 610 Office of Haicheng City and the police stations have held several meetings to accelerate the persecution of Falun Gong. Large-scale arrests of people with spiritual beliefs, cultural dissidents, and people who visit appeals offices is taking place, and the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners has severely intensified. Holding the Olympics in China is supposed to be a good thing, however the CCP is persecuting and killing Chinese people in the name of the Olympics, turning a supposedly peaceful Olympics into another excuse to commit violence.
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• Practitioner's Daughter Abducted and Held Hostage Over a Month by Wuhan City Police

  2008-07-18
  On the evening of May 26th, 2008, a group of policemen from the Domestic Security Division in Wuhan City barged into the residence of Ms. Gu Yuelian. They were using the excuse of "cleaning up" for the Olympics Torch Relay as the reason to arrest her, but Ms. Gu managed to find a chance to escape and got away. Because they could not catch Ms. Gu, the police waited in ambush on the stairway of the dormitory of the No. 3 Postal Company on May 28th. That night around 10:20 p.m., they arrested her daughter, Ms. Qiu Xueming, in order to hold her as a hostage.
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• Seven Female Practitioners Arrested by Police in Wei County, Hebei Province in June 2008

  2008-07-18
  Three Falun Gong practitioners were arrested on June 22nd and 27th, 2008 by officers from the Yali Town Police Station in Wei County, Hebei Province. The police broke into the homes of two women from Pu Village, Ms. Zhao Qingshe, aged 52 and Ms. Li Xiujun, aged 60. They also invaded the home of Ms. Rong Yunqing, a 44 year-old farmer from Yabei Village in Yali Town. The police beat these three practitioners prior to the arrests, and they are currently detained at the Wei County Detention Centre.
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• Mr. Xin Baodong and Ms. Gao Shuying, His Wife, Persecuted Again

  2008-07-18
  Mr. Xin Baodong and Ms. Gao Shuying are husband and wife. Around 10 a.m. on June 27th, 2008, officers from Sanhe City Domestic Security Division and Juyang Town Police Station in Hebei Province broke into the couple's house. The police took them away and ransacked their house that afternoon. The police took some of the couple's private property, including a computer, printer, satellite receiver, television, and bank deposit book. Mr. Xin is being held in the Sanhe City Detention Centre, while Ms. Gao Shuying is in Langfang Brainwashing Centre. Their two children, who are both in school, now have to fend for themselves.
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