The Suffering of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

The "Legal Education Centre" in Yakeshi City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (AR) is in fact a vicious brainwashing centre.

On November 4, 2002, right before the 16th Chinese Party (CCP) Congress, the police in Yakeshi City mass arrested many Falun Dafa practitioners for having firm beliefs in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." The personnel in charge of the planning and implementation of the arrests are Luu Tiezhi, deputy party secretary of the municipal committee, Xie Wenzhong, secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee, Yuan Shaogang, head of the "610 Office,"(1) Zhang Qinglin, deputy head of the "610 Office," Dong Quan from the "610 Office," in the Education Department, and Li Qun, Li Yuezhong, and Zhang Shiliang, from the National Security Division of the Police Department.

Participating personnel exerted pressure on the workplaces of the arrested Falun Dafa practitioners, and forced their workplaces to collude with authorities, send their employees to the brainwashing centre, and pay 5,000 Yuan (2) room and board for the arrested practitioner(s) and "helpers" from the workplace.

Three people were assigned to each room in the brainwashing centre - a practitioner, a police officer and a "helper" from the practitioner's workplace. The police and the "helper" monitored the practitioner's every move, including eating, sleeping, and using the toilet. They followed the practitioners everywhere, and prevented practitioners from talking to each other. Practitioners had no freedom whatsoever. They also forced practitioners to watch videos slandering Falun Dafa. Additionally, Li Baocheng, from the municipal CCP propaganda department, held seminars to slander Falun Dafa, and Dong Quan, from the "610 Office" vigorously slandered Falun Dafa, forcibly brainwashed practitioners, ordered them to write "guarantee statements,"(3) and told lies to deceive them in many respects.

These "610 Office" personnel and police officers used violence and torture on practitioners, and threatened them with forced labour and imprisonment using mean and shameless methods. They forced the workplaces to pay expenses and send another employee to accompany the practitioner during brainwashing. The brainwashing centre is a detention centre in disguise in that it illegally deprives citizens of their freedom in the name of offering so-called "legal education classes." These officials' behaviour already constitutes a crime by unlawfully detaining innocent people without due process. These lawless personnel kept Falun Dafa practitioners detained here and prevented them from going home, but conversely, during interrogations and brainwashing, accused the practitioners of no longer caring about their families and children and other such nonsense.

In order to achieve the brainwashing goal of forcing Falun Dafa practitioners to sign statements renouncing their belief, these law-violating personnel made all kinds of threats to the workplace leaders, the assigned "helpers," and security personnel at the practitioners' workplaces, and stirred up their hatred towards Falun Gong and practitioners. In addition, the persecutors slapped political labels on Falun Dafa practitioners such as "anti-Party," "anti-society," and "anti-CCP" which was in order to justify their persecution.

As a matter of fact, the brainwashing centre is a completely illegal detention place where innocent people who believe in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" are persecuted and forced to give up their beliefs. It blatantly tramples citizens' personal freedoms which are protected by the Chinese Constitution.

Account of Ms. Liu Yunhua's Persecution by Authorities at the "Legal Education Centre" in Yakeshi City, Inter Mongolia AR

Ms. Liu Yunhua, an employee of Yakeshi City Forestry Planning Institute of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region previously had many illnesses, and could not find any relief, even though she had spent a lot of money. After she started practicing Falun Gong in April 1998, her illnesses disappeared and she became very healthy.

Ms. Liu Yunhua followed the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance," and improved herself by practising Falun Dafa. Her family thus became harmonious, and the conflicts with her mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law were all resolved.

Ms. Liu Yunhua worked diligently, and was willing to bear the burden of her office. She also got along very well with her neighbours. People in the all throughout the institute said she was a good person.

For example, her workplace permitted its employees who were not hospitalized to be compensated with 300 Yuan for medical expenses every year. Her husband tried to get compensated for the previous two years of claimed medical expenses without her knowledge. After she found out about it, she found the person in charge, asked for her claim form, and tore it up, because she had not seen a doctor or taken any medicine since she started practising Falun Gong. She said she wanted to be an honest person.

On July 20, 1999, Jiang's regime suddenly forbade the people to practise Falun Gong. Ms. Liu Yunhua decided to go to Beijing to say some sincere words for Falun Gong.

Along with others, the police arrested and handcuffed her, confiscated all her money and sent her back to her hometown where she was detained for a month.

One day in April 2002, she went to see a Falun Gong practitioner friend. In less than five minutes, officers from Jianshe Police Station arrived and arrested her. They took her to the police department and did not release her until 24 hours later.

In the afternoon of March 1, 2004, after Ms. Liu Yunhua returned from work, Guo Xiaozhong, the party secretary of the institute, deceived her into going to the "Legal Education Centre" where two people monitored her, even when she was using the toilet. She was forced to watch video programmes slandering Falun Gong, and the authorities attempted to force her to write the so-called "Three statements."(4) Her workplace was extorted of 4,000 Yuan, and they decided to deduct the amount from her paychecks.

These evil people used dishonest tactics to trick her into going to the brainwashing centre, and then detained her there, forbidding her to go home. In turn, they accused her of being too selfish and neglecting her child and family. She was illegally detained for 18 days in the brainwashing centre, and she felt as if she were detained in hell. Under the evil pressure, she wrote the "Three statements" against her will. Although she was released after that, her physical and mental state has not been well ever since.

(1) "610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

(2) Yuan is the Chinese currency. The average monthly salary of an urban worker in China is 500 Yuan.

(3) "Guarantee Statement" - A statement to declare that one is remorseful for practicing Falun Gong and guarantees not to practise Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.

(4) "Three Statements" - Practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write these as proof that they have given up their belief. Created by the "610 Office," the three statements consist of a letter of repentance, a guarantee to never again practise Falun Gong, and a list of names and addresses of all family members, friends and acquaintances who are practitioners.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/4/27/73292.html