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

  • I Was Brutally Tortured in Liaoning Province Women’s Prison

    I was detained in the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison on December 28th, 2007. While in the prison, I refused to read the articles slandering Falun Gong. As a result the guards began to assault me. To protest the violence, I began a hunger strike. Guards tried to force-feed me and I became so ill they took me to the hospital. The guards placed with a violent murderer, Jiang, in a cell to torture me. Jiang and others forced me to squat barefooted in the cold harsh wind on January 19th, 2008. They tied me up with rubber bands, taped my mouth, and threw me into an ice box full of ice, then poured water all over me. They stripped my clothes off, grabbed my hair, and dragged me on the floor. They whipped me with a belt, kicked me, and crushed my toes. I was tortured until they got tired or when I lost consciousness.
  • Ms. Zhao Mei and Ms. Huang Wanping from Songzi City, Hubei Province Facing Unjust Sentencing

    Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Zhao Mei and Ms. Huang Wanping were arrested on May 18th, 2011 by officers from the Yanglin Township Police Station while they were distributing Falun Gong CDs. Later, they were transferred to Songzi City Detention Centre. Currently, these two practitioners are facing court sentencing.
  • Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Tricks at a So-called “Law Education Centre” in Haidian District, Beijing

    The “Law Education Centre” in Haidian District, Beijing is a place the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) uses to brainwash practitioners. On July 7th, 2010, I was taken into custody by the director of the 610 Office in Haidian, a policeman, and someone from our community committee. I was taken to Beijing Haidian District Law Education Centre. I knew it was a place for brainwashing practitioners. Three women brainwashed me together, and used deceitful methods to fool me. Brainwashing methods included playing videos attacking Falun Gong. One person would talk with me, another constantly stared at me, and the third sat to the side, watching. Studying the Falun Gong teachings or doing the exercises was forbidden.
  • Xiao Ningjian, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Official from Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, Actively Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners

    Xiao Ningjian is in his 40s. He is one of the key figures with the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, as well as the chief of the Domestic Security Group of the Najing City Police Department. All of his work focuses on persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Once arrested, to pressure them to give up practising Falun Gong, Xiao would torture practitioners with sleep deprivation to break their mental and physical resolve. When the victims refused to cooperate with him, he would fly into a rage, threatening, “I will certainly sentence you to forced labour.”
  • Ms. Xue Jingjing from Liaoning Province Speaks Out on the Arrests of Three Family Members within Three Hours

    On March 29th, 2011, my family was having dinner when three strangers suddenly broke into our home. They claimed that my mother was a "fugitive", and without presenting any legal documents, they attempted to arrest her. My father and I resisted them, and finally drove them out of our house. Later, the police broke down our door and forcibly took my mother away. My father and uncle argued with them, but they were also arrested. Within three hours, three members of my family were taken.
  • Practitioners Arrested by Officers from Li County Public Security Bureau in Hebei Province

    Mr. Zhao Xiaochang is in his 50s and lived in Nanguan Village, Li County. On September 23rd, 2009, when he had just come home after helping his friend harvest corn, a gang of police officers barged into his home and arrested him without showing any identification. They ransacked his home and took his computer, Falun Gong books, and many other items. Mr. Zhao was cruelly tortured in the county detention centre. They handcuffed him and put fetters on his ankles many times for extended periods. Officer Wang Ruixin also connected the handcuffs and the fetters so that Mr. Zhao could not stand. Mr. Zhao went on a hunger strike to protest the unjust treatment.
  • Ms. Peng Yan from Wuhan City Arrested Again and Her Oldest Brother Facing Unjust Sentence

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Peng Yan was arrested by officials and police on May 27th. Her oldest brother Mr. Peng Liang and three other practitioners were scheduled to be tried two days later. After attaining the power of attorney from her brother, she had hired a lawyer to defend her brother’s case. However, the authorities took her into custody again. All five members of Ms. Peng Yan's family are practitioners of Falun Gong. During the past 11 years since the persecution began, all five have been repeatedly arrested, detained and sentenced.
  • Ms. Lian Taotao Monitored at Home after Release from Brainwashing Centre

    A group of Furong District 610 Office agents (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), seized Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Lian Taotao outside her apartment building on May 5th, as she was on her way out. She was immediately taken to the Changsha Legal Education Centre. The local authorities set Ms. Lian free two days later on condition that her family agree to have her personal belongings confiscated and her freedom restricted after her release. She is now closely monitored at home.
  • Li Zhiqin from Xingtai City, Hebei Province Beaten to Death Three Years Ago; Family Has Nowhere to Go to Appeal for Justice

    My husband Li Zhiqin practised Falun Gong and was brutally beaten by police. He died outside of our hometown three years ago. My family's financial situation has suffered as a result, and we can't even pay the 3,000 yuan temporary attorney fee. We appealed to the upper levels, but they all conspire with each other, and I have nowhere to go.
  • Already Disabled from Previous Abuse, Mr. Li Shigang from Jilin City Is Again Arrested and Tortured

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr Li Shigang, 43, was arrested by police who broke into his home at around 6:00 a.m. on April 28th. According to sources, Mr. Li is currently detained in Jilin City Detention Centre. When he was brought to the detention centre, he was handcuffed, his mouth was stuffed with something, and there was a sack over his head. Moreover, the police held his head down, making it difficult for him to breathe. An insider said that his lower back and legs are now injured from the torture, and he is unable to walk. Mr. Li has been arrested five times since the Chinese Communist regime began its suppression of Falun Gong in July 1999. He was put through all kinds of torture, and became disabled as a result. He was sentenced to forced labour twice and went through unimaginable torture and pain.
  • Husband Files Lawsuit Against Police Who Wrongly Arrested His Wife Liu Yujing

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Yujing was arrested by police on November 16th, 2010. She was tried by the Shizhong District Court on May 6th. Ms. Liu's husband, Mr. Tian Fengyu, presented an indictment to the court on May 25th. He filed a lawsuit against the police officers who violated the law by ransacking Ms. Liu's home, taking her way and presenting false evidence.
  • Wuhan Domestic Security Division Persecutes Falun Gong Systematically and Recklessly

    Eleven Falun Gong practitioners in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, were taken away from their homes and workplaces on the morning of April 20th. All of the arrests were carried out covertly, and all of the victims’ homes were ransacked. One of the 11 arrested practitioners, Mr. Feng Zhen once served seven years in prison for his belief in Falun Gong.
  • Middle School Teacher from Mengyin County, Shandong Province Sent to Forced Labour Camp Again

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yi Shuling, 42 years old, is a former teacher. She has stayed away from home for many years to avoid the persecution. When Ms. Yi went to Mengyin County Hospital on March 4th to take care of her cancer-patient father she was arrested. The next day she was sent to Linyi Detention Centre and was sentenced to 18 months of forced labour in Shandong Province Second Women’s Forced Labour Camp a month later. While there, someone put sleeping pills and unknown substances into her food.
  • Further Information on the Arrests of Falun Gong Practitioners from Sanhe City, Hebei Province by the Langfang City 610 Office

    Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official Ma Hua led a team to Xiaotianzhuang Village. They broke into the home of practitioner Ms. Xiao Lihua. They arrested Ms. Xiao and sent her to the Langfang Brainwashing Centre. Mr. Li Min, Ms. Xiao Lihua’s husband, and their son Liu Xiaowei were arrested on December 22nd, 2010. They were sent to a brainwashing facility in Langfang, where they were incarcerated for over 30 days. The local authorities went to their homes to threaten and harass them in an attempt to have them renounce Falun Gong in writing during the summer of 2010 and in December 2010.
  • Police Fail to Arrest Mr. Cheng Guoxue, Send His Son, Mr. Cheng Junfeng, to a Forced Labour Camp Instead

    Mr. Cheng Guoxue and his son, Cheng Junfeng, are both Falun Gong practitioners. On April 25th, a total of ten police officers blocked the main entrance to Cheng Guoxue’s home with two cars. A few officers later entered the yard trying to arrest Mr. Cheng. His son and daughter-in-law tried to distract the police so Mr. Cheng could escape through a window. When the police failed to arrest Mr. Cheng, they arrested Mr. Cheng’s son and his daughter in-law. His daughter in-law was released that same night but Cheng Junfeng was taken to a detention centre in Huludao City for 15 days in detention.