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

• Lawyers Admonish the Judge in Court: Do Not Support the Communist Regime's Illegal Acts

  2012-09-11
  On August 10th, the Zhengzhuangzi Central Court put four Falun Gong practitioners on trial. In court, lawyer Xie Yanyi pointed out that the police arrested Li Wendong first and then searched for evidence afterwards. Due to Li Wendong's personal belief, he has been detained for nearly six months. The lawyer asserted that the law must not be twisted around and used as a tool by a handful of officials to achieve their personal goals. The lives of innocent people can not be ruined in exchange for political power or to satisfy personal interests! ...and the judges should think rationally and not support the regime's illegal acts and the monumental debt it is accumulating.
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• My Three Years of Suffering in a Labour Camp; Bearing Witness to Practitioner Mr. Chen Baoliang’s Death from Beating

  2012-09-07
  My name is Wang Zhe. After the persecution of Falun Gong began in July 1999, I was arrested in November 1999 for going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was subsequently imprisoned at Tianjin City’s Beichen Police Branch Office for one month. My workplace fired me after my release. On July 20th, 2001, police forcibly took me away from my new workplace. During my three years of forced labour, I witnessed the beating to death of practitioner Mr. Chen Baoliang in August 2002.
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• Shanghai Computer Engineer Mr. Hou Junjie Tried, His Younger Brother Arrested for Hiring a Lawyer

  2012-09-07
  Qingpu Court officials tried computer engineer Mr. Hou Junjie on August 20th, 2012. Mr. Hou's younger brother Mr. Hou Mengqiang was arrested for hiring a lawyer for his brother. Shanghai police made the arrest on August 23rd in Zhengzhou City. The court officials intended to hold a second court session, and told Mr. Hou Junjie's lawyer not to defend Mr. Hou in court.
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• Defence Attorney Stops Judge from Humiliating Falun Gong Practitioner in Court—The Real Story of Yang Guoguang's Trial in Tangshan City

  2012-08-31
  The trial of Falun Gong practitioner Yang Guoguang was on August 6th, 2012, at the Eighth Court of Fengrun District, in Tangshan City, Hebei Province. During the trial, Judge Xu Tianpeng viciously teased and humiliated Mr. Yang. This behaviour was soon stopped by the defence attorney. On February 25th, 2012, police from Fengrun District of Tangshan forced Mr. Yang's family to call him under false pretences to bring him home. Mr. Yang was then arrested when he returned home. After being detained for nearly six months, Mr. Yang was brought to trial. He hired an attorney to defend him.
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• Engineer Mr. Liu Wensheng from Chengdu Airplane Construction Company Arrested Again

  2012-08-28
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Yongsheng, an engineer at the Chengdu Airplane Construction Company in Sichuan Province, was taken away on July 12th, 2012 at the gate of the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre by unidentified personnel. Witnesses to the arrest (family members, attorneys and supporters of Falun Gong practitioners being held inside the brainwashing centre) dialled the emergency number to report the abduction. When the Huaqiao police arrived and realized that the abduction had taken place at the brainwashing centre, they said that the issue was out of their jurisdiction and left. Mr. Liu's whereabouts are currently unknown, but it is believed that he may currently be detained at the Xinjin Detention Centre.
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• Eight Practitioners from Jilin City Recently Arrested and Detained

  2012-08-28
  Jilin City Police Department officers arrested eight Falun Gong practitioners and took them into custody on July 31st, 2012. The police ransacked their homes and confiscated personal valuables and cash. The four practitioners are currently in the Jilin City Detention Centre. Mr. Chang Shi, in his 50s, was previously arrested on April 16th, 2002 by officers from the Jilin City Police Department. The police tortured him with various methods. One of the torture methods was to roll a metal rod over his legs, causing his flesh to separate from his bones.
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• “Bad people are taking a good man away!”

  2012-08-28
  On June 21st, 2012, residents of Dawali Village in Hebei Province, heard someone shouting, “Bad people are taking a good man away!” Police were trying to arrest Mr. Jia Zhanmin. With the help of his family and local residents, the officers did not succeed. While police officers were dragging Mr. Jia into a police car, his grandson began screaming and crying. His wife, second son Fei, and pregnant daughter-in-law tried to stop the police. Policeman Ma Tiezhu forcefully grabbed and pulled on Fei's hair and the rest of them pushed Mr. Jia's wife and daughter-in-law.
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• Eight Falun Gong Practitioners Tried at Dongning County Court in Heilongjiang Province

  2012-08-21
  A trial hearing was held at Dongning County Court in Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province on June 27th, 2012 for eight Falun Gong practitioners. Five lawyers appeared in court to defend the practitioners and pleaded not guilty. The court has yet to announce the verdict. On the night of January 9th, the practitioners were arrested and taken to the Dongning Detention Centre.
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• Ms. Wu Lijun's Personal Account of being Injected with Psychotropic Drugs in Heilongjiang Women's Prison

  2012-08-17
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wu Lijun was sentenced to nine years in prison in early January 2002. She was tied up and taken to Heilongjiang Women's Prison, where, because she had scabies, she was isolated in a small cell. In the small cells, the prison guards injected practitioners with psychotropic drugs, causing them great physical discomfort. To keep others in the prison from hearing the practitioners' screams, the guards turned on the loud speaker.
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• Wang Yaowen, a Former Middle School Teacher in Shanxi Province, Arrested Again

  2012-08-14
  On July 10th, 2012, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Yaowen went to distribute Falun Gong informational brochures in Jiang Village. He was reported to the village police department by someone who did not know the facts about Falun Gong. Police from the domestic security team arrested him and he was taken to Xinzhou Detention Centre.
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• Police from the Shenbei New District in Shenyang City Continue to Arrest Many Falun Gong Practitioners

  2012-08-14
  On the evening of June 7th, 2012, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and police arrested eight Falun Gong practitioners at their homes. Right now, there are still six practitioners being detained. Mr. Wang Huadi was taken to the Domestic Security Department in Xinchengzi District. While in detention, police officers turned on the air conditioning in the room, poured cold water onto his body, and then shocked him with electric batons. They didn't stop until the batons ran out of power.
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• Fearing Honest Attorneys' Defence and Public Exposure in Court, Qixia Court Officials in Shandong Province Try Practitioners Secretly

  2012-08-10
  Qixia Court officials covertly tried six Falun Gong practitioners on the morning of July 4th, 2012, without informing the practitioners' families or attorneys. The six practitioners were among more than 20 practitioners from Qixia City who were arrested between August 29th and 30th, 2011. Several of the arrested practitioners were tortured while they were detained. Several practitioners who were released were threatened with prison sentences if they failed to pay extortion money.
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• Ms. Zhang Guijun, Former Teacher at Shenyang Institute of Physical Education, Sentenced to Eight Years; Whereabouts Unknown

  2012-08-10
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Guijun, about 40, was arrested at her home in Beijing on June 9th, 2011. The police ransacked her home and took many of her belongings away. The belongings included her personal laptop, a portable hard drive, an mp4 player, a USB drive, about 800 DVDs, her mobile phone, a Falun Gong banner, an estimated 700 bills of cash with information about the Falun Gong persecution written on them (it is unclear exactly how much money was taken because her family has not seen her since she was arrested), a printer, a DVD writer, a letter seal, and her work computer. Ms. Zhang was sentenced to eight years by the court. Ms. Zhang's family members still have no clue about where she is being detained.
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• Practitioner Ms. Kang Shufeng from Dezhou City Arrested, Police Extort Money from Her Family

  2012-08-10
  On April 23rd, 2012, Ms. Kang Shufeng was handing out informational materials about Falun Gong when she was followed and taken to a police station. Ms. Kang was interrogated by police officer Zhang Hongqi in the Decheng Police Station. During the interrogation, another policeman Wang Wenjun threatened that if she did not give them the information they wanted, the police would arrest her son. Ms. Kang was taken to detention. On April 28th, the police station ordered Ms. Kang's family to pay them 500 yuan as a fine and 800 yuan as guarantee money, before she was released.
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• Neighbours Try to Bail Out Falun Gong Practitioner Arrested by Police

  2012-08-10
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Dong Lianzhu is a resident of Nanliutun, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. On the morning of June 9th, Mr. Dong was arrested by six to seven police officers from the Nanliutun Police Station. The police also took away his personal belongings, including a car, bank cards, a laptop, and a printer. Mr. Dong enjoys a good reputation among the neighbours who tried to stop the police during the arrest. After that, they went to the police station on their own initiative intending to bail out Mr. Dong; however, the police rejected their request and detained Mr. Dong at the No. 2 Detention Centre of Tangshan.
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