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

• Ms. Li Xiuhong Tortured in Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp

  2010-07-12
  Communist regime officials in the Tonghua area of Jilin Province made the Olympic Games their excuse to arrest a large number of Falun Gong practitioners on April 22nd, 2008. Ms. Li Xiuhong was arrested and held in Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City and was subjected to brutal and inhuman torture. Ms. Li practised the Falun Gong exercises on the morning of June 4th, 2008. Wei Dan and a few others shocked her with five electric batons. She was also bound to a death bed with her hands and feet tied until the last day of March 2009. The bed was made with overlapping metal bars. Ms. Li was not even untied so that she could eat. When her term was over, the labour camp authorities extended her sentence by four more months.
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• Jiang Feng Imprisoned at Baofeng Forced Labour Camp in Xuancheng, Anhui Province

  2010-07-11
  Mr. Jiang Feng is currently imprisoned in Baofeng Forced Labour Camp. Mr. Jiang was arrested by Shanghai Police on February 18th, 2010, when he was about to board a plane at the Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. He had planned to join his wife in the US. He was immediately sent to a brainwashing centre in Hefei City, Anhui Province to be persecuted. The Chinese government had denied arresting Jiang Feng, but after urging by international organizations which uphold justice, the Chinese ambassador at the European Parliament wrote a response to the president of the European Parliament Human Rights Committee in May. The letter stated that Jiang Feng had been sentenced to18 months of forced labour in March 2010.
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• Eighty-Year-Old Mother Risks Her Life to Rescue Son

  2010-07-11
  Mr. Yang Kaijun, a 50-year-old Falun Gong practitioner in Qian'an City, Hebei Province, was arrested on June 24th, 2010. His home was ransacked by police without showing any proper paperwork. His mother, already in her eighties, held onto the police van trying to stop her son's arrest. The police dragged the old lady along the ground for a long distance. Mr. Yang is now detained at Qian'an Detention Centre.
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• Daqing City Police Arrest Ms. Jin Lixia and Her Husband, Then Extort Money from Their Teen-Age Son

  2010-07-11
  Mr. Liu Zehe and his wife, Ms. Jin Lixia, from Daqing were arrested for distributing materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong on June 18th, 2010. Ms. Jin experienced heart problems and was sent to a hospital for emergency treatment. Wolitun Police Department officers took this opportunity to force Ms. Jin's under-age son to borrow money and sign a document. They threatened they would send Ms. Jin to a forced labour camp if no money was handed in. Mr. Liu was taken to the Daqing City No.3 Detention Centre the afternoon of June 18,th.
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• An Account of Persecution Experienced by a Disabled Person, Ms. Yan Ying from Lingwu City Ningxia Province

  2010-07-10
  Ms. Yan Ying, 47, is from Lingwu City, Ningxia Province. When she was a year old, she contracted poliomyelitis, which left her seriously disabled, and she later suffered from many diseases. She was so tormented by her ill health that she felt she would rather die. After she started to practise Falun Gong, however, she benefited tremendously, physically and mentally. Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, she has been harassed, detained, and held in forced labour camps.
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• Older Practitioner Ms. Li Zhuhan Arrested by Wuhan City Police

  2010-07-10
  Ms. Li Zhuhan, a 60-year-old Falun Gong practitioner, was arrested on June 24th, 2010 by 10 police officers. These people took two vans and took leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong, Falun Gong DVDs, and other personal belongings from her home. When they arrested Ms. Li Zhuhan, her husband Huang asked, "Do you have an arrest warrant? How can you arrest people at will?" They stopped him and said he was interfering with their fulfilling their duties. The police then pushed him aside, forced Ms. Li Zhuhan into the car, and drove to Etouwan Brainwashing Centre.
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• Chinese Citizens Harassed for Advocating Justice for Falun Gong

  2010-07-10
  Residents of a small town in Liaoning Province were harassed for signing an appeal letter calling for justice for Xu Dawei, a Falun Gong practitioner who was tortured in custody and died 13 days after his release from prison on June 16th, 2009, due to the injuries he sustained while in custody. On April 7th, 2010, the Communist Party Secretary of the village and two policemen went to Xu's younger brother, Xu Youwei's home. They asked Xu Youwei to the Secretary's home for a “casual talk”; the talk was premeditated, however, with three members of China’s political and security apparatus already waiting for his arrival. Some villagers familiar with the case said that the “casual talk” turned into an interrogation. The officials were aggressive and abrupt. They asked Xu Youwei questions such as: “Who brought the signature form?” “Who was the leader?” “Why did you get others' signatures?”
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• Ms. Li Xiuhong's Appeal to Expose the Brutal Persecution in Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp, Changchun City

  2010-07-09
  I have been detained in Heizuizi Women's Forced Labour Camp since June 3rd, 2008, and have been subjected to various forms of brutal torture. When I was seen doing the Falun Gong exercises I was forced to stop. I was kicked by guard Wei Dan, and hit around the head by guard Ye Ying, while being dragged to the guards' office. In the office the two guards used six electric batons to shock me. As one electric baton broke, they charged the remaining batons to ensure they always had one to shock me with. Sometimes they used two batons together. Ye Ying also kicked me in the stomach, lower abdomen and thighs.
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• Mr. Chen Dingguo from Shiyan City, Hubei Province, Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

  2010-07-09
  In the two months leading up to special Chinese Communist Party meetings on October 1st, 2009, police in Shiyan City, Hubei Province, launched a round of mass persecution of local Falun Gong practitioners. Some of the practitioners were made to pay huge fines while others were arrested. Mr. Chen Dingguo was sentenced to six years' incarceration and is now in Shayang Prison.
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• Ms. He Xianzhen Seriously Ill After Arrest

  2010-07-08
  Ms. He Xianzhen became seriously ill while held at the Xichang City Detention Centre. She was then sent to Xichang City Hospital. According to sources from inside China, the Domestic Security Division demanded that her family pay the medical expenses before releasing her on bail. In the past, Ms. He Xianzhen had suffered a variety of illnesses that all disappeared after she started practising Falun Gong. In order to let others know about the goodness of Falun Gong, she often spoke to people and distributed information about Falun Gong and the persecution. For this, on September 23rd, 2009, she was arrested and sent to the Xichang City Detention Centre.
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• Four Practitioners in Qian'an City Detained throughout Multiple Court Hearings

  2010-07-08
  A hearing was held in Qian'an City Court for four Falun Gong practitioners on June 13th, 2010. This was their fourth hearing. Wang Ziliang, chief judge of the Second Criminal Court announced that, because practitioner Ms. Cui Qingru did not appear in court, these four practitioners would continue to be detained at Qian'an Detention Centre. The four practitioners, together with Ms. Cui Qingru, were arrested in October 2007. After three hearings and detentions extended past their terms, the Qian'an Court announced the primary verdict two years later on September 22nd, 2009. Li Yankui was sentenced to four years, Li Qingsong to three years, Zhao Minghua to three years, Zhang Hewen to three years, and Cui Qingru to a term of one year and ten months.
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• Mr. Liu Yong from Nanchang City Arrested--His Family Worried about Him

  2010-07-08
  Mr. Liu Yong was arrested on the evening of June 9th, 2010. They also ransacked his house. Mr. Liu's grandmother, along with his mother, in her sixties, and his wife went to the Taoyuan Police Station, as well as the Taohua Community Committee, the Qingshanhu Police Department in Nanchang City and other places to find out about his circumstances. They are worried that Mr. Liu may be subjected to torture, and anxiously look forward to seeing him home. His whereabouts are unknown.
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• Fabricated News Reported after Ms. Tian Jiang Was Arrested

  2010-07-07
  More than a dozen police broke into the home of Ms. Tian Jiang on June 3rd, 2010. Ms. Tian was home alone at the time. In order to avoid being arrested, she climbed to the outer protection grid of the balcony located on the fourth floor, and stood on the thin rails. The police called in the fire brigade. They used the climbing frame to forcibly get her down to the ground and then arrested her. During the process, the police and firemen kept telling the crowd of onlookers that Ms. Tian was attempting suicide. Ms. Tian kept shouting: "The police persecute Falun Gong!" She also said that she wasn't attempting suicide, but was forced into this situation by the police. On June 4th, a fabricated news story was broadcast, making it appear that Ms. Tian was attempting suicide and was rescued by the firemen.
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• Laishui County Police Break into a Practitioner's Home Twice Attempting to Take Her into Custody

  2010-07-07
  Officials from the Laishui County Political and Judiciary Committee, the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), and the Police Department in Hebei Province ordered township and town-level police officers to harass practitioners in the county. Several practitioners were arrested and subjected to forced labour. Laishui County police broke into Ms. Wang Linpo's home twice on June 12th and 13th in an attempt to send her to a forced labour camp. She was forced to close her small clothing store.
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• Qitaihe Court: Orders from "Above" Mandate Heavy Sentences for Those Who Hire a Defence Attorney

  2010-07-07
  On April 1st and 2nd, 2010, Xinxing District Court in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province, tried six Falun Gong practitioners in court. At the trial, the defence attorney showed that the evidence presented was entirely fabricated and that the "criminal facts" in the indictment contained only interrogation records and lacked any relevant information. The defendant's attorney repeatedly asked the prosecutor to provide evidence and witnesses, but the prosecutor was not able to. On April 30th, court officials went to the detention centre to announce the sentences in secret. They said that orders from "above" mandated that any Falun Gong practitioners who hired lawyers be given heavy sentences.
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