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

Ms. Wang Yingxia Recounts Her Mistreatment in Harbin Women's Prison

2010-11-05

While I was talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong in Tongjiang City in December 2007, I was arrested by the local police and moved between different detention centres before being sentenced to three years in Harbin Women's Prison in June 2008. When my elder sister went to the Tongjiang Police Department to request my release in December 2007, the police found out that she was also a practitioner and later arrested her. She was held in a detention centre and then was transferred to a labour camp for a year and three months.

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Ms. Wang Gaizhen Sent to Forced Labour Camp in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province for Two Years

2010-11-05

Practitioner Ms. Wang Gaizhen is a nurse. She was arrested at work for her beliefs on July 26th by police. After being detained for more than a month at the Datong Detention Centre, she was sentenced to two years of forced labour on September 17th. She is imprisoned at the Xindian Women's Forced Labour Camp in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. This is the third time that Ms. Wang has been arrested for her beliefs. She was arrested for telling others the facts about Falun Gong on November 2nd, 2001, and was subjected to three years of forced labour at the Xindian Women's Forced Labour Camp.

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First-Hand Persecution Account from Liu Fengbao of Yushu City, Jilin Province

2010-11-04

Because I practise Falun Gong, I have been arrested five times. I was detained twice in the Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp, where I was brutally tortured both physically and mentally. In July 2003, I was taken to Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp by police. I was forced to squat for a prolonged period of time. The guards also ordered a criminal inmate to pour water over my head. Practitioners who were not "transformed" [forcibly renounced Falun Gong] were each forced to sit on a small stool. We had to carry dirt and bricks on our backs, and to work from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. without a break from the demanding work. Sometimes we had to work until midnight or even 1:00 a.m. Guard Gao Zhilu often beat us.

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Mr. Qin Yongjie Taken to Weifang Detention Centre

2010-11-04

On September 25th, Mr. Qin Yongjie, a teacher in the Physics Department of Weifang University in Shandong Province, was arrested on his way to work. He was taken to the Weifang Detention Centre. The police took keys from his pockets and conducted a search of his home, confiscating a picture of the founder of Falun Gong and a set of Falun Gong books. Since the suppression of Falun Gong began in 1999, the Chinese Communist regime has not allowed this kindhearted university teacher to live in peace and has repeatedly arrested and detained him, ransacked his home, and taken him to forced labour camps.

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Mr. Wu Shengli Sent to Forced Labour Camp

2010-11-04

Mr. Wu Shengli is a teacher. He has followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance since he started practising Falun Gong. Police arrested Mr. Wu when he was seen talking to people about Falun Gong on August 31st. He was sentenced to one year and three months of forced labour, and sent to the Anhui Province Juvenile Labour Camp on October 9th. When Mr. Wu's family went to visit him on October 13th, a guard told them," We have plenty of methods to get him to change his belief."

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The Ordeals of Retired Doctor Liu Maimei

2010-11-03

I was sent to the Hewan Forced Labour Camp for practising Falun Gong. As soon as I arrived, I was subjected to surveillance by other prisoners. I encountered collaborators, former practitioners who are made to assist in brainwashing and torturing practitioners, and was subjected to non stop, around the clock brainwashing tactics. I was forced to watch videos that slandered Falun Gong and forced to write a self-examination every day. I was also intimidated and tempted with promises of rewards if I capitulated and gave up Falun Gong. I was deprived of sleep, and denied use of the toilet. The whole time I was in the labour camp, I was subjected to brainwashing and forced labour.

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Teacher at Minzu University of China Sentenced

2010-11-03

The Haidian District Court in Beijing sentenced Ms. Liang Bo to three-and-a-half years of imprisonment on October 22nd. Ms. Liang was recently arrested on May 20th, by police. Officer Dong Yongping viciously beat her, cursed at her, deprived her of sleep, forced her to wear the inmate uniform, and forcibly cut her hair. Dong, who weighs around 170 pounds, also sat on her chest and pressed his left leg hard against her chest, fracturing her costal cartilage and inducing internal bleeding.

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Ms. Wang Guoxin and Ms. Xing Liqiu Persecuted for Talking to People About Falun Gong

2010-11-03

Ms. Wang Guoxin and Ms. Xing Liqiu from Dezhou City, Shandong Province, were arrested by police on October 12th, when they were seen speaking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong at a local market. They were detained at Dongdi Police Station and then taken to Dezhou Detention Centre the same day. Zhang Xikun, from the Public Security branch in Decheng District, led other officers to ransack Ms. Xing's home. They confiscated a computer, Falun Gong books, and a mobile phone.

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The Persecution of Ms. Lu Na and Ms. Wang Huanhua

2010-11-02

Ms. Lu Na and Ms. Wang Huanhua are both Falun Gong practitioners. While visiting Ms. Wang in April this year, Ms. Lu went out with her on the 29th of the month to distribute Falun Gong DVDs to passersby in Nanjing City. Unfortunately they were reported to the local police. The local police informed their Hefei City counterparts, and the women were arrested that same day. Even though the police released them in June, they have never stopped harassing them at home. During interrogation police slapped their faces. They also drew blood samples. At the detention centre they were kept in different cells where the space for each person to sleep at was only 20 centimetres wide, so they had to sleep on their sides. At night, the guards made them stand still for two hours without giving them water or allowing them any toilet breaks.

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Ms. Lin Huijin, Who Regained Her Vision after Practising Falun Gong, Arrested in Guangdong Province

2010-11-02

They took thousands of yuan from Ms. Lin's business and also arrested Ms. Wu, who was at the shop. Since July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been persecuting those that practise Falun Gong. Ms. Lin was harassed many times by the CCP authorities. They threatened her and she was arrested, and her home was raided. Because Ms. Lin treated people kindly and fairly, her business became very successful. Customers liked to chat and purchase her products. Shockingly, that became the excuse for the CCP to arrest and persecute her. The police director told Ms. Lin's husband, "There were too many people who went to her shop, so it must be a contact point for Falun Gong."

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Retired Teacher Ms. Li Xiuying Sentenced in Chongqing City

2010-11-01

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Xiuying, 57, was reported and arrested for distributing Falun Gong materials in September. She has been sentenced to a three-year forced labour term. Previously, in 2002, just after Ms. Li was released from months in a forced labour camp where she was badly beaten, held in small cells, and handcuffed for long periods of time, she was again sentenced, to a four-year term. She was held in Yongchuan Women's Jail. She was tortured so badly in jail that she was in critical condition. In August 2004, the jail agreed to release her on medical parole and serve the rest of her sentence outside the jail.

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Falun Gong Practitioner and Attorney Mr. Zhu Yubiao Arrested

2010-10-31

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhu Yubiao, a lawyer, was arrested by agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) again on August 18th, 2010. He has been detained at Haizhu District Detention Centre now for over 50 days. Mr. Zhu was the first lawyer in Guangdong province to openly defend the rights of Falun Gong practitioners; and the officials were aware that his defence was based on the law. With no way to refute the facts, the court officials did not know how to respond. When Mr. Zhu was defending Falun Gong practitioners in court, he said, "Our country bans and punishes cult organizations and activities severely; however, none of these provisions mention Falun Gong. In another words, the law does not say Falun Gong is a cult."

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Mr. Zhang Guangcai Sentenced to Forced Labour for the Third Time

2010-10-31

Mr. Zhang Guangcai, 49, was arrested and tortured multiple times, and sentenced to forced labour three times. The most recent sentence came shortly after his arrest on September 20th, 2010, when he was on his way to the hospital to visit his ill father. He is currently awaiting transfer to a forced labour camp. Mr. Zhang was arrested in October 2000 while on his way to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong and sentenced to two years of forced labour. He was sent to the Handan Forced Labour Camp. Because he refused to give up his belief, guards subjected him to brutal torture. Two of his ribs were broken after guard Wang Xusheng kicked him for taking care of other sick practitioners.

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Crimes at the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre in Sichuan Province

2010-10-31

Ms. Liu Hui is 38 years old and was held at the Chengdu Women's Prison for four years until October 11th, 2006. Then she was taken to the Xinjin Brainwashing Centre. She resisted the centre's attempts to get her to give up her faith, despite section head Hu verbally abusing her, and staff member He Chengyan dragging and brutally beating her. She went on a hunger strike upon learning that the food was laced with poisonous substances. Yang Liuqing savagely force-fed her and injured her with a metal mouth-opening device, making her bleed onto her clothes.

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Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Wang Sumei Persecuted

2010-10-30

Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong in 1999, Ms Wang Sumei has been constantly harassed by local police in her residential area. She has been sent to a forced labour camp, detained, and interrogated at Tangxunhu Brainwashing Centre in Wuhan City, and interrogated at the local police station. Throughout these ten years her family members have been living in fear and her relatives have not been able to lead normal lives. She recounts the persecution: "In the labour camp I was forced to stand completely still for long periods of time, forced to attend military training, and had to do slave labour. I became sick due to the work and persecution."

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