Fourteen Years Prison Sentence Meted Out to Gansu Province Dafa Practitioner

On August 21, 2002, Jin Jianxun, Zhan Huailiang, and several other people from Xifeng City Public Security Bureau went to Qingyang County Telecommunications Bureau to apprehend Dafa practitioner Xu Feng and take him to the Xifeng Public Security Bureau. Then around 9 p.m., Zhan Huailiang, Fu Yutao, Meng Xiang, Feng Lijuan, and two other people broke into Mr. Xu Feng's home and combed through it until 3 o'clock in the morning. They stole 10,000 Yuan [500 Yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China] worth of Xu family belongings, including a VCD player, sunglasses, a stereo, a printer, telephone lines, etc. Xu's wife Jin Yanping asked for an itemized receipt of all the things that were being taken, but was refused. During his apprehension, Xu Feng's mobile phone, computer, and 10,000 Yuan in cash were also confiscated, and are still missing.

After being taken to the Xifeng Public Security Bureau, Xu Feng was forced to sit on an iron chair in a detention room while handcuffed to a flue. The police were on 3-shift rotations so they could interrogate him 24 hours a day. It was hard for him to eat, drink, or wash his face. After 7 or 8 days, his bottom was abraded and bleeding but he was still not allowed to sleep or take a rest.

During that period, Xu's wife was also interrogated once or twice almost every day. Each interrogation lasted one to four hours; but they didn't get any information from the couple. On September 1, 2002, Mr. Xu left the Public Security Bureau with a righteous mind. Without a cent, he walked in bare feet and slept in fields until he got to the home of one of his relatives on September 3. He was apprehended again on September 17 while trying to contact other practitioners. Xu was hung up and tortured for 7 days and 7 nights. Although he was beaten until he was black and blue and unconscious, the police did not get any information from him, due to his remarkable resilience.

At the same time, police were desperately trying to arrest other Dafa practitioners. In October, Xu Feng's 70 plus father and Xu's child went to see the police chief. The old man asked the police to release Xu and his wife since he couldn't take care of himself, let alone look after the child, and no relatives dared to visit them to help out. On October 2, Xu's wife was released.

On November 28, 2002, on Xifeng City Court, 10 Dafa practitioners were illegally sentenced to jail. Xu Feng was sentenced to fourteen and a half years.

On July 13, 2003, Xu, Guan, and Ma were sent to Lanzhou City Prison and their families were not allowed to visit them. Messages from inside say that Dafa practitioners are currently on a hunger strike to protest the evil persecution.

3. Institutions and individuals responsible for the above persecution include:

Zhao Qingfeng (Director) and Jin Jianxun (Deputy Director) of the Xifeng City Public Security Bureau;

Zhan Huailiang, Fu Yutao, Pan Jun, Xi Kai, Zhang Bing, Feng Lijuan, Meng Xiang, Zheng Xiang, Zhang Hong, Gao Qiang, and Zhang Haiying from the Xifeng City National Security Department;

Yang Zhengtao (Director), Li Jian (Deputy Director), Jia Shengzhou, and Liang Xiaoning, from Xifeng City detention centre;

Zhang Xiqian, and Yang Yong from Xifeng City Procuratorate.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/10/5/58417.html