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

• Second Trial of Mr. Kong Xianguo Held in Xigang District Court in Dalian

  2011-10-21
  The second trial of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Kong Xianguo was held in Xigang District Court on September 21st. From beginning to end, the trial lasted only about 5 minutes. Mr. Kong was first tried on August 1st. During the trial, he exposed how he had been tortured when he was interrogated. The presiding judge, Li Tiezheng, asked him about the torture. Mr. Kong said that the police had immobilized him, inserted a lit cigarette into his nose, and poured alcohol down his throat. The judge interrupted him and did not allow him to continue. The prosecutor, Sun Min, asked Mr. Kong, “Where is the evidence of this torture?” When Mr. Kong showed them the scars on his arms, they were speechless. This first trial ended without any conclusion.
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• Ms. Zheng Hongying and Ms. Wang Guilan from Fushun, Liaoning Province Arrested and Persecuted

  2011-10-21
  Ms. Zheng Hongying, 65, and Ms. Wang Guilan, 60, were reported to the police when they were seen talking to people about Falun Gong in Huangjinbao Village on September 6th. They were arrested and taken to Nankouqian Police Station. Later that day, they were taken to the Nangou Detention Centre. Police broke into Ms. Zheng's home. They confiscated her Falun Gong books and many leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. Ms. Wang was taken to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Shenyang, where she is currently being subjected to persecution.
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• Store Owner Arrested, Wife Died of Torture

  2011-10-20
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qin Laosi was arrested at home on September 15th. The police sent him to the Xingtai Brainwashing Centre. His three children were left attended. Their mother died last year as a result of torture in a brainwashing centre. Police went to Mr. Qin’s home on July 12th, attempting to arrest him. After he escaped, Wang took Mr. Qin's teenage son as a hostage. His family was forced to pay 2,000 yuan to get the son back.
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• Former Gansu Province Police Officer Mr. Chen Zhongxuan Put on Wanted List

  2011-10-20
  On September 24th, five practitioners, including a former police officer, were arrested while they were driving through Zhongchuan Town in Gansu Province. The police searched their homes the next day, tortured them using the "tiger bench", and brutally beat Mr. Jin and Ms. He in the criminal investigation brigade at the Huining Police Department. It was reported that Mr. Chen escaped, and the other practitioners were taken to the Baiyin Detention Centre on September 26th. Since Mr. Chen is a former police officer, the Gansu Province Police Bureau got involved and listed him on a nationwide wanted list.
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• Seven Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested from Acheng, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province

  2011-10-19
  Cheng Baoying's son was married in May of 2011. Several people, including Zhao Yuan from the wedding service company, were asked to be the wedding hosts. On July 10th, 2011, someone hired this company as their wedding host. Due to many Falun Gong practitioners being guests at the wedding, this drew the attention of the persecutors', and they reported it directly to the Heilongjiang Province Police Department. On July 16th, another person from Shuangcheng City hired this company as their wedding host. There were spies video taping the wedding secretly, and seven practitioners from Shuangcheng City were subsequently arrested. They are currently being detained at the Acheng District Second Detention Centre.
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• Ms. Liu Xiaohong Arrested in Sichuan Province, Her Father's Visitation Request Rejected

  2011-10-19
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Xiaohong came from Macheng, Hubei Province to Chengdu City, Sichuan Province for work. She was arrested by Chengdu police in June 2011. Her father came all the way from the countryside in Macheng to Chengdu to visit her, but none of the officers he met showed their badges or identified themselves. Instead, they nearly confiscated his ID and detained him.
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• Ms. Wang Ruihua's Family Seeks Justice for Her Arrest and Assault by Police in Tianjin City

  2011-10-18
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Ruihua was arrested by police on February 26th, 2011, and later taken to a forced labour camp. Her family members went to the Banqiao Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin to visit her. Ms. Wang told her family that officers from the Shengli Police Station beat her, ransacked her home, seized her property, and attempted to sexually assault her. Ms. Wang’s family has filed a complaint at the police station.
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• Retired Elementary School Teacher Ms. Wu Guohui from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Put on Trial

  2011-10-18
  Retired elementary school teacher Ms. Wu Guohui was put on trial at a Balinzuo Qi Court on September 14th. The lawyer entered a “not guilty” plea. Ms. Wu and her husband were arrested on June 5th, 2011 because they practise Falun Gong and have been detained for over 110 days. At present, she is extremely weak physically due to torture. She has symptoms of heart disease and anemia.
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• Ms. Han Binying Severely Abused in Qianjin Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City

  2011-10-17
  Ms. Han Binying from Harbin City was arrested and taken to the Qianjin Forced Labour Camp in April 2010. The guards shocked her with electric batons and otherwise abused her. She also had more than 30,000 yuan extorted from her before she was released in April 2011. She recounts her experience: "I was reported to the police on March 21st, 2010, as I distributed information about Falun Gong. I was taken to Qianjin Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City. Division head Wang Min and political head Zhang Aihui tried to force me to write the three statements to give up my belief [in Falun Gong]. I refused to comply, so they tortured me. As a result, my legs were covered in bruises. They also shocked me with electric batons."
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• Various Torture Methods Used in Wuhan City Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2011-10-16
  Wuhan Women's Forced Labour Camp has used many torture methods on female Falun Gong practitioners. They removed the clothes from female practitioners in public, shocked them with electric batons, forced them to stand for long periods of time, deprived them of sleep, hung them up by handcuffs for several days, deprived them of toilet use, refused to let them meet with their family members, force-administered unknown drugs, and applied force-feeding techniques, just to name a few.
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• Ms. Zhao Baoli Is Facing a Third Trial Despite No Evidence of Wrongdoing

  2011-10-15
  Ms. Zhao Baoli is a Falun Gong practitioner in Chengde City, Hebei Province who was given one year of forced labour in 2007. Ms. Zhao was arrested again on January 5th, 2011 by police from the Chengde City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and the local police station. She is currently detained in the Chengde City Detention Centre.
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• Falun Gong Practitioners' Families' Appeal to Weihai Court Rejected, Court Afraid of Setting a Precedent

  2011-10-14
  Recently, the families of detained Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Zhang Xiuhong and Ms. Tian Lisha initiated legal proceedings and administrative reconsideration to Weihai City Government and Weihai City Court. They hired lawyers to defend the practitioners' innocence. However, Weihai City Court officials did not even want to file the case for fear of setting a precedent. During the first half of 2011, 12 practitioners from Wendeng, Weihai, Shandong Province, were arrested. Four were sent to forced labour camps, one was secretly sentenced, and the rest were not released until they were on the brink of death from being tortured.
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• Kindergarten Teacher Arrested in Jilin Province for Practising Falun Gong

  2011-10-14
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jia Guirong was arrested at home by police on September 1st. Their justification for arresting her at this time was because of something that took place three and half years earlier. On March 10th, 2008, Ms. Jia's family of three took a taxicab to visit relatives, who lived at the outskirts of Baicheng City. They exposed the persecution of Falun Gong to the taxi driver but he reported them to the police. Ms. Jia was taken to the Baicheng Detention Centre. Later, due to a relapse of her heart disease, she was released on bail.
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• Older Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhang Aidong from Nanjing City Arrested for the Seventh Time

  2011-10-14
  Ms. Zhang Aidong, 60, was arrested at her home by police on September 14th. They ransacked her home and confiscated a computer, Falun Gong books, an MP3 player and other personal belongings. Ms. Zhang is currently being held at Gulou Brainwashing Centre. This is Ms. Zhang's seventh time of being arrested because she practises Falun Gong. She has been taken to Judong Women's Forced Labour Camp in Jiangsu Province three times, in 2000, July 2005 and September 2009.
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• Four Practitioners from Maoming City in Guangdong Province Arrested and Taken to Hexi Brainwashing Centre

  2011-10-14
  Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Liu Shaozai, Ms. Mai Weilian, Ms. Pan Guihui, and Ms. Hong Meifang were arrested and taken to Hexi Brainwashing Centre on the evening of August 6th. Their family members immediately asked the brainwashing centre to release them. In the brainwashing centre, cold water was poured over the practitioners if they were seen doing the Falun Gong exercises. Mr. Liu began to have blood in his stool and developed symptoms of hepatitis. His weight dropped from 165 to 110 pounds.
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