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

  • Brutal Torture at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    In an attempt to have Ms. Ni Fengzhen renounce Falun Gong, she was brainwashed for three months and tortured brutally in Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. They swore at her, beat her brutally, made her squat and stand for long periods of time, kicked her in the leg, and struck her in the face with a rubber ruler for three days. Ms. Ni Fengzhen is being forced to do hard labour and still suffers from physical and mental torture.
  • Mr. Wang Youzhong Is Arrested After Four Years of Being Unable to Return Home

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Youzhong has been unable to return home for the past four years. This is because the police knew he practised Falun Gong and were looking for him. He was arrested in June 2010. A letter was then sent to the Qingshui Village Committee, stating that Mr. Wang had been sent to a forced labour camp for two years. There was no sender's address on the letter, no details of which labour camp he was sent to, and no authorised signature. Mr. Wang's family had to go to the various police stations to try to find out where he was, but the people handling his case refused to meet with them. They were given a phone number to call, but nobody answered the phone. When Mr. Wang's family went to the detention centre to find him, they were told that he was no longer there and had been taken away. Mr. Wang's current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Mr. Li Baofeng from Beijing Given a Four-Year Prison Term

    On April 22nd, 2008, a group of police and officials broke into Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Li Baofeng's home, ransacked it and seized his money and personal property. They took Mr. Li as well as his wife and daughter to the Chaoyangmen Police Station and interrogated them. Mr. Li's wife and daughter were released at midnight that same day. After being detained for one year, he was covertly sentenced to four years of imprisonment. He is currently in a prison in Tianjin.
  • Jiangxi Province Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Ao Yiwen Arrested

    On August 10th, 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ao Yiwen was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong in Pingxiang City. She was arrested by police and has been detained at the Shangli District Detention Centre. The day after her arrest, on August 11th, a dozen or so policemen and other officials, ransacked her home, confiscating DVDs exposing the persecution of Falun Gong and some personal belongings. They told Ms. Ao's family, "She will be sentenced to twenty years in prison." Ms. Ao has been on a hunger strike at the detention centre, and her life is in danger. Prison guards sent her to the hospital for intravenous fluids.
  • Four Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced by Shouguang City Court in Shandong Province

    During the period from late December 2009, to the end of January 2010, police officers from Sunji Township, Shouguang City, Shandong Province arrested several local Falun Gong practitioners. They were physically tortured and had money extorted from them. Four of the practitioners, including were recently sentenced to prison or forced labour camp. Ms. Zhang Faxiang was arrested on the charge that she had been producing leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong several years ago. Shouguang Court sentenced her to four years in prison.
  • An Elderly Mother's Appeal: "Give Me Back My Daughter"

    On June 22nd, 2010, Ms. Sun Libin, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiamusi City, accompanied a teenager to see his mother, a fellow practitioner who is incarcerated in the Jiadong Police Station. Ms. Sun was arrested by the Jiadong Police. It has been over fifty days, and her mother has yet to find out her whereabouts. Sun Libin's nearly 80-year-old mother has made an appeal to the Jiamusi Procuratorate and related government officials.
  • Prosecution of Falun Gong Practitioner Circumvents Established Laws

    On July 22nd, 2010, the Liaoning Province Donggang Court, local police and staff from the Procuratorate put Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zou Jiling on trial. Li Changming and Zhang Chuanli, attorneys from Beijing, defended the accused practitioner. They addressed the indictments one by one, based on legal principles. They remonstrated that practising Falun Gong and possessing Falun Gong materials is legitimate under Chinese law, the Chinese Constitution and established regulations. The hearing showed clearly how the Communist Party circumvents Chinese laws.
  • Ms. Man Shujie From Jilin Province Recounts Her Experience of Persecution

    On September 17th, 2005, as I was picking up some Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution I was followed by policemen. They arrested me and took me to the State Security Unit. The police then went to my home and confiscated my Falun Gong books. I was sent to the Heizuizi Women's Labour Camp in Changchun. I had to work 15 hours a day. My work included making food boxes for use on airplanes, cotton slippers, peeling garlic, and making paper butterflies. The glue we used to make paper butterflies had a very strong odour, and we kept coughing from it.
  • Subjected to Forced Labour Twice, Ms. Gao Mingxia from Qingdao City Arrested Again

    Ms. Gao Mingxia from Qingdao City was arrested on July 11th, 2010 by police. She is now in the Qingdao City No. 3 Detention Centre, and her family is forbidden to visit her. Ms. Gao has been detained three times for not giving up Falun Gong. She has twice been subjected to forced labour terms. Over the past more than five years, Ms. Gao has endured all kinds of physical torture and mental torment and has suffered greatly.
  • Ms. Wang Lihui and Her Family Members Harassed, Arrested and Fined by Authorities

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Lihui has been severely persecuted over the past few years. Her phone is regularly monitored by the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and Public Security Bureau, and officers often come to her home to harass her family. Several times Ms. Wang's husband was harassed at work. Unable to stand it any longer, the family has been living separately for ten years.
  • Ms. Yao Aihua, Ms. Jiang Yumin and Ms. Zheng Qiying Sent to Brainwashing Facility, Then to Forced Labour Camp

    Ms. Yao Aihua and Ms. Jiang Yumin from Jining City were given two years of imprisonment on August 2nd, 2010, and then were transferred to and persecuted in the Shandong Province Brainwashing Centre. Ms. Zheng Qiying was arrested on July 27th; her current whereabouts are unknown. Ms. Yao Aihua is in her 50s. She was arrested on July 20th, 2010 by police. At that time, she was taking care of her five-month old granddaughter at her daughter's home. Over ten policemen in plain clothes broke in and forcibly arrested Ms. Yao in front of her daughter and granddaughter.
  • Disabled As a Result of Repeated Beatings and Torture: Personal Account of the Horrific Persecution Endured by Ms. Chen Zhenbo

    I was arrested on December 25th, 2008, after being reported to the authorities while handing out fliers about Falun Gong. I was held at the Shandong Province No. 2 Women's Forced Labour Camp for one and a half years. In attempts to "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] me, the officers at the labour camp used inhuman physical and mental tortures. Guards cuffed each of my hands to metal bars to the side of the window. They covered my head with a pillowcase and roughly pulled me forward. About five minutes later, I had acute pain in my neck, which was hard to endure. I was let down after seven days and my hands had lost sensation. I was carried home disabled on July 2nd, 2010.
  • Heavy-Handed Retaliation Follows the Exposure of 610 Office Plan to Defame Falun Gong at Shanghai World Expo

    The World Expo opened in Shanghai on May 1st, bringing crowds of people and a huge inflow of information. The 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) exploited the Expo as an opportunity to further defame Falun Gong. The 610 Office internally circulated a "classified" seven-page document entitled "Preaching Guidelines." The existence of this report, which is in effect a blueprint for the propaganda blitz to be used against Falun Gong during the World Expo, was made public on the Minghui website Minghui website [Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net] in late April.
  • Please Help Rescue My Wife Whose Life Is in Danger

    Just because my wife, Ms. Li Xiuqin, followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecuted her many times. They detained her, sentenced her to forced labour and extorted money from us. In 2005, my wife was tortured and became emaciated. She went into shock twice at the detention centre and her life was in danger. Despite repeated requests, the police bureau officials refused to to anything for her. They claimed that she was all right and took her to a labour camp instead. The guards at the labour camp refused to take her because of her physical condition.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Li Shuxiu Sent to Wangcun Forced Labour Camp

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Shuxiu was deceived by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agent Guo Xiuyan and went to Guo's home on June 3rd, 2010. Li Shuxiu was then immediately arrested by police. A few days later, she was transferred to the Domestic Security Division of the Zhucheng Public Security Bureau and detained for a month. The Zhucheng 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) sent her to the Wangcun Forced Labour Camp in Zibo, Shandong Province on July 5th, although her life was at great risk due to her state of health.