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

• Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Ding Fadong Has Endured Severe Abuse in Detention Centres and Labour Camps

  2010-07-20
  On July 20th, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head, Jiang Zemin, launched the unconstitutional persecution of Falun Gong across the nation. I was arrested by the police on numerous occasions simply for telling fellow villagers about the benefits of Falun Gong and the unreasonable persecution practitioners were being put through. I was held in custody and sentenced to forced labour three times, which left me subject to extended hours of forced servitude, while guards and inmates carried out inhuman torture and conducted brainwashing sessions on me.
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• Persecuted Three Times Already, Education Bureau Accountant Arrested Again

  2010-07-20
  On June 21st, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Guofang was arrested by police. Ms. Wang was taken to the Changchun City Brainwashing Centre. The officers said, "Falun Gong materials were found in your cabinet. You come with us." Ms. Wang asked, "Why did you search my things? Why should I go with you?" The police officers did not give an explanation and forced her into the vehicle. In October 2004, Ms. Wang was arrested on her way to Beijing, imprisoned for the second time, and subsequently tortured in Changchun Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp.
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• Ms. Cao Zhimin from Changsha City Taken to a Brainwashing Centre

  2010-07-19
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Cao Zhimin was stopped by at least five unidentified men while she accompanied her daughter Yuanyuan to kindergarten on July 5th, 2010. The men dragged her and her daughter into a white, unmarked car and drove them away. Ms. Cao shouted to passers-by for help and her daughter cried. The men were later identified as officers from the Changsha City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and the Furong District 610 Office. They took Ms. Cao and her daughter to the Laodaohe Brainwashing Centre in Changsha City. Their family has been forbidden to visit them.
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• Elderly Couple Sentenced to Over Ten Years in Prison in Anqiu City, Shandong Province for Their Beliefs

  2010-07-18
  Mr. Ding Yuezhao and his wife, Zhang Yuying, along with three other practitioners were sentenced to heavy prison terms by Anqiu City Court, for continuing to practise Falun Gong. Mr. Ding Yuezhao was sentenced to 12 years, Ms. Zhang Yuying to 13 years, Mr. Sun Zongxu to ten years, Mr. Tang Peiwu to nine years, and Ms. Lin Shuzhen to seven years. They were arrested in December 2009 by Anqiu City police, almost tortured to death, and put on trial three times by the Anqiu City Court.
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• Practitioner Bai Sanyuan Given Four to Seven Year Prison Sentence

  2010-07-18
  Police officers broke into Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Bai Sanyuan's home on May 16th, 2010. As a result, he went to hide in his barn. Three hours later, the police shot tear gas canisters into the barn, which immobilised him and made him dizzy. They then forced him into a police car and took him to the Jingyuan County Detention Centre. Mr. Chen was tied down on the "tiger bench" for five days. He went on a hunger strike for 19 consecutive days to protest the detention. As a result, he became emaciated, his lips turned purple, and his legs cramped. He was then taken to Jingyuan County Hospital for an intravenous injection. The Court sentenced Mr. Chen to a prison term of four to seven years.
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• Huaying City 610 Office Employs Secret Agents to Follow and Monitor Falun Gong Practitioners

  2010-07-18
  An older man, named Zhou, along with his wife, sells fruit and drinks near the Huaying City People's Hospital. Driven by the desire for profit, they work together with their son and daughter to monitor and follow Falun Gong practitioners for the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). As part of the persecution of Falun Gong, agents from the Guang'an 610 Office broadcast propaganda defaming Falun Gong practitioners. The authorities use taxpayers' money to hire poor people, street cleaners, jobless people, vendors, and neighbours of the practitioners to become secret agents, and have them participate in the persecution of Falun Gong.
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• Mr. Jiang Xiuyu Subjected to Forced Labour in Jiutai City, Jilin Province

  2010-07-18
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Jiang Xiuyu was arrested by the local police on May 11th, 2010, and taken on the same day to Majiagangzi Detention Centre in Jiutai City. On May 26th, he was taken to Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp, to serve a two-year forced labour term. During the fifteen days he was held at the detention centre, his family requested visitation multiple times, but were refused by the detention centre police. On June 7th, his family went to visit him in the camp, but were denied entry by the camp police. They said it was because he had not renounced Falun Gong and was still detained in the "Strict Discipline Team."
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• Mum, When Can You Come Home?

  2010-07-17
  Ms. Ma Chunli was almost paralyzed, but after starting to practise Falun Gong, she could not only stand up again, she could also do light housework. She and her son Zhao Xin lived together. They often relied on their relatives for support. On March 17th, 2001, Ms. Ma was arrested by police and sent to a forced labour camp for two years. Her son accompanied by other Falun Gong practitioners went to the police station to ask for the release of Ms. Ma; however,they were detained and beaten. It is believed that Ms. Ma is again paralyzed due to abuse suffered in the forced labour camp and she can no longer take care of herself.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Liu Yuehong from Beijing Persecuted in Masanjia Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2010-07-15
  Falun Gong practitioner Liu Yuehong was arrested in April 2008. She was sent to Masanjia Women's Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province for a two-year term in July, 2008. In the forced labour camp, they attempted to force Ms. Liu to "transform" (give up her beliefs) and brutally tortured her,including being forced to stand for a long period of time, kneeling, remaining handcuffed in a painful position for extended periods of time, and being denied drink, food, and toilet use. They taped her legs to force her to sit with her legs double-crossed. The police tried to force Ms. Liu to write statements to renounce practising Falun Gong.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Liu Zhi from Shenyang City Sentenced

  2010-07-15
  After Ms. Liu Zhi was sentenced to four years imprisonment, she began to appeal. A few days later, her family entrusted two lawyers to visit Ms. Liu at the detention centre, but they could not locate her. Those in charge at the detention centre claimed that she had been taken to the women's prison, but staff at the prison said she was not there. The family learned from Zaohua Detention Centre personnel that her original verdict was upheld in Shenyang Intermediate Court and that this decision was made without notifying any of her family members. After the detention centre received the verdict, they took her to the women's prison.
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• Mr. Xiao Zunyi from Dayi County, Sichuan Persecuted for a Long Term

  2010-07-14
  I am a Falun Gong practitioner in Dayi County, Chengdu, Sichuan. Over the past ten years, I have been fined my home has been ransacked, and I've been arrested and tortured because of my belief in Falun Gong. Police ransacked my apartment again before the Olympics in August 2008. They didn't find any materials yet they took me to Xinchang Police Station. I saw there were three fellow practitioners who had already been locked up to a tree. Policemen tortured us for a confession and asked me about where I kept Falun Gong materials, but I didn't tell them. They got nothing from me in the end.
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• Five Falun Gong Practitioners Missing in Shanxi Province

  2010-07-14
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ren Yong was arrested in Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, when he was telling people the facts about Falun Gong and exposing the persecution on June 24th. Ms. Cui Yuping and other practitioners were later arrested when they visited the police station to ask about Mr. Ren's arrest. Five Falun Gong practitioners have been missing since then.
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• Court Hides Verdict in Secret Trial of a Veteran Officer

  2010-07-14
  Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Pang Liang, around 37 year-old, was sentenced to three years in prison in Henan Province, and on May 5th, was sent to the Xinmi Prison in Zhengzhou. The Court did not disclose the verdict to the Pang family, or the names of the persons involved in the trial. Mr. Pang was an officer in the Jiyuan Detachment. He was expelled from service because of his belief in Falun Gong and was arrested numerous times by agents from the Kaifeng City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). He was brutally tortured during three years in the Xuchang Forced Labour Camp.
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• Falun Gong Practitioner Li Xiaodi Arrested

  2010-07-14
  Li Xiaodi, a Falun Gong practitioner from Tangshan City, was arrested by Communist Party members at her workplace, and by agents from the local Public Security Bureau while she was at work on June 23rd, 2010. They grabbed Ms. Li, carried her by force into a car, and took her to the division bureau. Ms. Li was transferred to Changningdao Detention Centre. The next day four men from the Kaifa District Public Security Bureau broke into Ms. Li's home. They took her personal computer, and materials that explained the truth about Falun Gong. Ms. Li is still in police custody.
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• Ms. Ma Chunli Paralysed as a Result of Persecution, Four Practitioners Attempting to Rescue Her Were Detained

  2010-07-13
  Ms. Ma Chunli's health was very poor in the past, and she was barely able to walk until she practised Falun Gong. After she began her practice, not only could she stand up, she gained employment to support her son and herself. She was arrested on March 17th, 2010, by officers from Jiadong Police Station and will have to spend two years in a forced labour camp. Ms. Ma is completely paralysed now and is not able to take care of herself. Her fellow practitioners took her young son with them to appeal for her release. They were held against their will and brutally beaten.
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