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

• Fuzhou Court Prevents Ms. Zhang's Family from Hiring a Lawyer from Beijing

  2010-08-02
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Liyu was arrested by police from the Baiyun Village Police Station on April 5th, 2010 while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. She is currently detained in the Yongtai County Detention Centre, and is about to be put on trial. The court in Yongtain County has used various tactics to stop her family members from hiring a defence counsel from Beijing. The judge said, "We have a regulation here that no one is allowed to hire lawyers from elsewhere; you can only hire a local lawyer."
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• Four Practitioners Arrested by the 610 Office of Laiyang in Shandong Province for Helping Ms. Liu Zhimei Recover from Mental Collapse Due to Persecution

  2010-08-01
  On April 16th, 2010, police arrested Ms. Liu Zhimei, a former student at Tsinghua University who suffered a mental collapse as a result of persecution during her imprisonment. They also arrested the four practitioners, including Ms. Gao Chunhong, who were taking care of Ms. Liu. Additionally, Ms. Gao's house was ransacked, and many private belongings were taken away.
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• Kindhearted Ms. Sun Arrested

  2010-08-01
  On March 17th, 2010, Ms. Ma was arrested by police and sentenced to two years at the Harbin City Drug Rehabilitation Forced Labour Camp, Ms. Ma was tortured and became paralysed again and could not take care of herself. On June 22nd, Ms. Sun went to the Jiadong Police Station to ask for information regarding Ms. Ma. As a result, Ms. Sun was detained and beaten. Police officer Zheng Qingcheng grabbed her hair and slammed her head against the wall. Ms. Sun has been imprisoned in the Jiamusi City Detention Centre since then. Her family is not allowed to see her.
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• Ms. Li Shihong Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

  2010-08-01
  After being detained for more than a year, Ms. Li Shihong was sentenced to four years in prison on April 7th, 2010, by the Jiangan Court. She was not allowed to defend herself during the court proceedings. Her lawyer filed an appeal to a higher court and is awaiting a new hearing, as there was no incriminating evidence or legal basis for the original sentence. When Ms. Li's mother Song Wenxiu and Wu Bilin, Huang Jing, and Sun Jingping went to Jiangan Court to appeal for justice on April 30th, all of them were arrested.
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• Police Officer Dismissed from His Position and Sent to a Brainwashing Centre for Learning Falun Gong

  2010-07-31
  Mr. Li Jianguo used to be a policeman at the Ningxiang County Police Station. While following orders to persecute Falun Gong, he met many kindhearted practitioners and came to see the greatness of Falun Gong. He then learned the practice at the end of 2007. In 2009, based on false accusations trumped up by the police, Mr. Li was arrested by the Ningxiang County Domestic Security Division, and taken to the Laodaohe Brainwashing Centre. On July 7th, 2010, Mr. Li Jianguo was arrested again and taken to the Laodaohe Brainwashing Centre.
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• Police Arrest Ms. Guo Ruixiang, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Zezhou Town, Shanxi Province

  2010-07-31
  On July 3rd, 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Guo Ruixiao distributed some Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution in Dongxia Village, Liushukou town. She was incriminated and then arrested by the police. At 10 p.m. on the same day, seven policemen of the Zezhou National Security Bureau and Nancui police searched her home and took away her computers and other personal property. Now Ms. Guo is detained in the Zezhou County Detention Centre. They searched her home for over two hours from 10 p.m. to midnight and turned her home upside down to get "proof." The police took away her essays on practising Falun Gong to use as evidence. The team leader of the National Security Bureau took away her computer.
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• Trial Ends Hastily after Ms. Jia Guiqin Exposes Facts of Persecution

  2010-07-31
  On July 14th, officials from Shuangta District Court in Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, tried Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Jia Guiqin and her husband, Li Hua, in the city intermediate court. During the trial, Ms. Jia exposed the persecution by the Communist regime, refuted the charges made up by the judges and the prosecutor, and shouted, "Falun Gong is righteous!" The trial was hastily ended. The couple were taken from their home by police on May 24th. The police took away their personal belongings, including a computer, Falun Gong books, and all their savings of over 70,000 yuan in cash as well as other items.
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• Eyewitness Account of the Beginning of the Persecution on July 20th, 1999

  2010-07-30
  Some people who are unaware of the facts about Falun Gong have been misled by the propaganda of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They think that too many followers dared to voice their opinion to the top leadership, which upset the CCP and resulted in their suppression. I would like to recall some personal encounters at practice sites and outside the city and provincial government buildings before and after July 20th, 1999. We will see that the suppression of Falun Gong had long been in the planning. As early as 1996, the CCP started investigating Falun Gong openly and covertly, and it tried hard to find fault with Falun Gong. Failing to find anything, it tried to arrange certain events to make it look like Falun Gong practitioners were causing trouble, so as to mislead the population.
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• Ms. Xu Cuiyun from Hebei Province Sentenced to Three Years of Imprisonment

  2010-07-30
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xu Cuiyun, 44, was arrested and tortured in January 2010. At the station, the police tried to get a "confession" from Ms. Xu by torturing her all day long. She was locked up in an iron cage and sprayed with a strong corrosive powder on her face and nose by police officers Liang Chao and Chen Jindong, who also used a towel sprayed with the same powder to cover her face, as they dragged her around until she lost consciousness. Policeman Haitao viciously hit her face, and it started bleeding. She was put on trial in a Yutian County Court and sentenced to three years of imprisonment on May 28th. She is appealing her case.
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• Six Falun Gong Practitioners Defend Themselves in Court against Unjust Prosecution

  2010-07-30
  Six Falun Gong practitioners have been detained by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for over six months. They were brought to court and tried on June 25th and July 8th, 2010, at the Tinghu District Court in Yancheng City. The six practitioners with their lawyers pleaded not guilty. The CCP has never obeyed the law when prosecuting Falun Gong practitioners. The courts are controlled by the CCP, and the courtroom hearings of Falun Gong practitioners are only a formality to deceive the public and the international press. Even though Chinese courtrooms occasionally allow lawyers to speak on behalf the defendants, the sentences have already been decided, influenced by the Political Affairs Committee and the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong).
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• Ms. Zhang Lianying Tortured at Masanjia Labour Camp

  2010-07-29
  After Ms. Zhang arrived in Masanjia, she was tortured continuously. Since she believed that it was not wrong to practise Falun Gong and be a good person, she did not co-operate with the demands of the Labour Camp. She endured almost every torture method at Masanjia, including being stretched, tortured with an electric baton, and beaten with a baton hung up,. Pus could be seen on her wrists because the handcuffs were too tight. She went on a hunger strike, and a female guard supervisor used a metal spoon to pry open her mouth, leaving a scar. Under her arms and between her legs, there were dense black burn marks from the electric baton.
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• Shandong Provincial First Women's Forced Labour Camp Exploiting and Abusing Falun Gong Practitioners

  2010-07-29
  Since the Chinese Communist Party began the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, countless Falun Gong practitioners have been arrested and taken to detention centres, brainwashing centres, forced labour camps, or prisons. When they refuse to be "transformed," [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] they are often deprived of sleep, assaulted, forced to stand, made to stand in a confined space, and so on. As a result, many of them suffer swollen feet and lightheadedness due to prolonged standing, and they still have to do forced labour around the clock without drinking water or access to a toilet. What they hear is: "Work quickly!"
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• Sisters-in-law Tried after Exposing How They Were Tortured

  2010-07-28
  On June 23rd, 2010, Ms. Shang Shiying and Ms. Shan Huanrong were tried at the North Tangshan Road Hebei Province Court. The court allowed only two family members to attend the trial. During the proceedings, Ms. Shang Shiying said that she was only guilty of believing in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and told how, when she was interrogated by the Fengnan Public Security Bureau and Fengnan Detention Centre guards, they forced to sit on an iron chair in handcuffs and shackles for extended periods. Zhang Baocai, the detention centre director, also participated in torturing her.
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• Older Practitioner Mr. Shang Dexing Arrested While Shopping with His Grandson

  2010-07-28
  Falun Gong practitioner Shang Dexing, 65, was window shopping on May 3rd, 2010, with his seven-year-old grandson. His grandson gave someone a Falun Gong CD, the only CD he had at the time. Because of this, Mr. Shang was arrested by police. He was sent to Qingdao No. 2 Detention Centre on May 4th, and on June 9th, the Laoshan Division of the Qingdao Police Station officially approved the arrest. During that time, his family requested that the relevant authorities release him, but without success.
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• Mr. Li Rongtang, 61, from Heilongjiang Province Imprisoned and Tortured

  2010-07-28
  Mr. Li Rongtang has been arrested several times, simply because he firmly believes in the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and wanted to speak out on the side of justice for Falun Gong. He was twice sentenced to a forced labour camp term, and to a six-year prison term. Mr. Li refused to renounce his belief and was brutally tortured. In prison guards beat Mr. Li, deprived him of sleep and shocked him with an electric baton.
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