During the United Nations Human Rights Convention, a meeting of the Swiss Parliament was held in the capital city of Bern. To let more people know about the campaign of genocide being waged against Falun Gong practitioners in China, Swiss practitioners held an anti-torture exhibition in the city centre on 17th March. A similar exhibition was held in front of the United Nations building on the 16th of March in Geneva.

The weather that day was clear, warm and pleasant; many people were out on the streets. What first met people’s eyes was a banner reading “This is happening now in China” and behind the banner were the simulations of the methods of torture employed in cruel attempts to force people in China who practise Falun Gong to give up their beliefs. A continuous flow of people came to the Falun Gong stand to find out more. They watched the anti-torture exhibition and read the posters that detailed how practitioners are persecuted. The posters clearly exposed the how the Chinese Communist Party uses violence and depraved forms of torture and persecution in their suppression of Falun Gong.

People’s attention was also attracted by demonstrations of the five sets of Falun Gong exercises. Some studied the exhibits carefully and listened to the practitioners for as long as two to three hours. From 8 am to 9 pm that day, more than 3,000 leaflets were given out and 800 petition signatures were collected. Throughout the day, there were many moving events:

“This kind of thing should not be allowed to happen in any country.”

After watching the anti-torture exhibition and seeing pictures of Falun Gong practitioners suffering torture, a middle-aged gentleman said with indignation, “In today’s 20th Century, this kind of serious violation of human rights should not be allowed to happen in any country...What you are doing is very good. You should let more people know the truth about the Chinese Government & Jiang Zemin’s regime trampling on human rights. I wish you success!”

“Put down your baton!”

Two ladies had been listening to practitioners tell people about the human rights abuses in China. They took various leaflets and signed the petition, showing a great deal of sympathy and support for Falun Gong. One of approached the practitioner playing the part of a policeman who was waving a baton: “Put down your baton. Do not beat that lady any more. I feel terrible. Really, I feel horrible. How can you trample on human rights like this?”

“I will help you collect signatures.”

One lady came to our stand and learned about the persecution against Falun Gong. Having signed the petition and taken a leaflet, she said: “We are holding a meeting with 200 participants. Please give me some more leaflets and some petition signature forms. I will help collect signatures and post them back to you.”

“We would like to pass information on to the Chinese”

A crowd of well-dressed youths came to the stand. They were very shocked after learning what is happening in China and all signed their names on the petition. They said they were there to attend an international professional competition and there would be Chinese people participating as well. Practitioners asked if they could tell what they had learned about Falun Gong and the persecution to these Chinese people. In unison, they quickly said “Yes!” They took some Chinese leaflets and Video-CDs from practitioners and said they would pass them on to the Chinese people at the competition.

”I will tell my students the truth about China and Falun Gong.”

One practitioner happened to meet his German teacher from years ago and he talked to her about Falun Gong. After learning about the human rights abuses against practitioners, the teacher showed a great deal of sympathy and support. She said, “Please give me some more leaflets. I will tell my students about Falun Gong being persecuted.”

On the 14th of March, Dutch TV news show Netwerk reported on the Dutch-Chinese lady Mona Tang who, as a Falun Gong practitioner, was monitored continuously by the Chinese Secret Service. Recently she was arrested several times in Mainland China. Netwerk talked to Mona Tang, S. Verbeek of the Dutch Falun Gong Association and lawyer L. Zegveld, who filed a complaint in December against Jiang Zemin in the name of the association.

Tang went to China in February to study. She is known to the authorities as a Falun Gong practitioner and was therefore followed during her visit by the secret service and arrested twice. She told Netwerk that this kind of thing is typical of the way the government persecutes practitioners.

The broadcast revealed that Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual movement. Practitioners try to attain enlightenment via physical exercises and meditation. The broadcast went on to reveal that, since being introduced in 1992, Falun Gong’s popularity has grown gigantically. The movement counts 70 million practitioners in China alone, more than the Communist Party in that country. Therefore, Falun Gong is perceived as a threat by the people in power.

The programme went on to state that according to Amnesty International, hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners are imprisoned in China and more than 1,500 practitioners have already died in custody. The figures are, however, difficult to verify, because the persecution takes place in secret labour camps.

The programme concluded by stating that Falun Gong practitioners and supporters now urge Dutch authorities to take action. They want justice to prevail in international lawsuits against former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, for crimes of torture and genocide. Next week the Public Prosecutor will announce if the complaint will be accepted.

Ms. Lou Yan, a determined Falun Gong practitioner from the Tiexi District, Anshan City, Liaoning Province, was detained ten times. She was sent to a mental hospital and forcibly injected with drugs. She was tortured to disability and to the brink of death many times. Later, the perpetrators sent the disabled Ms. Lou to the Liaoning Province Women's Prison (former Dabei Prison) at Shenyang City for a five-year term. Ms. Lou was tortured to the brink of death in the prison. To avoid responsibility in case she died in prison, the prison allowed her to serve the rest of her term outside of prison, on the condition that she seek medical treatment. When she had barely recovered, two policemen from Songsantai Police Station came to her home. They requested her to go to the police station to "have a talk." On the way back home from the police station, several people arrested Ms. Lou and brought her to Dabei Prison. The Elderly and Disabled Team detained her. Ms. Lou went on a hunger strike to protest this persecution. The persecutors tortured her to death using extremely cruel force-feeding methods. The exact date of Ms. Lou's death is unclear, but it was some time during the first half of 2004. After Ms. Lou's death was exposed, the police pushed all the responsibility for her death on to the prisoners.

Ms. Lou Yan wrote this account of the nine times she was persecuted before her death

I am a practitioner from Anshan City, Liaoning Province. Before I started practising Falun Gong in 1997, I had several diseases. On the day I learned Falun Dafa, I just casually browsed through the book Zhuan Falun, but a miracle happened to me. All my diseases were gone. After I took the path of cultivation, my mind and heart kept improving.

After April 25, 1999, Jiang Zemin started the persecution of Falun Gong. I spoke the truth, saying, "Falun Dafa is good," and I have been tortured and persecuted many times by Jiang's regime ever since.

1. Detained for appealing in Beijing and tortured to unconsciousness while on a hunger strike

On October 25, 1999, I was detained in Beijing for appealing for the right to practise Falun Gong. I was detained in the Anshan Third Detention Centre for three days. On October 27, I was transferred to the Anshan Women's Ziqiang School, where I was detained for another 15 days. I went on a hunger strike to protest the illegal treatment since I did not violate any law. My protest brought me more maltreatment. I was not allowed to do the Falun Gong exercises or recite any of the contents of Falun Dafa books.

In the Anshan Third Detention Centre, the police tied us to very high windows and whipped us with lengths (6-cm) of plastic tubing. In the Anshan Women's Ziqiang School, we were forced to do military drills every day and count numbers. If my voice was too soft, I could be forced to count over 100 times. We were ordered to shout out the number, then quickly squat down and put our hands on our heads. At that time, I had been on a hunger strike for several days. The longer I was on the hunger strike, the harder the persecution was on me. My body was very weak and I was starving. Regardless, the police forced me to keep walking in army stride until they were satisfied. Sometimes I was forced to prepare wooden blocks or collect cabbages from the field. Sometimes I was ordered to wash other prisoners' pants.

During my hunger strike, many policemen tied me up. They used an iron instrument to force open my mouth, breaking off a piece of my front tooth. They put lots of salt in the "food" along with some unknown substance. When the "food" got into my stomach, it caused painful cramping and vomiting. They forcibly kept me in a standing position with my hands cuffed behind my back. The inmates were ordered to watch me and cover my nose and mouth with their hands. I nearly suffocated.When they took their hands away, I vomited uncontrollably, emptying my stomach along with some blood. Two days later I was force-fed again. I lost consciousness after that and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.

I was released 15 days later, but the persecutors never stopped coming to my home to harass me. I was often forced to "have a talk" at the city police department. Every such "talk" took a whole day. They prohibited me from leaving the city. If I had to leave the city, I had to first report to the local police station. I could leave the city only with their permission.

2. During my second detention, I lost consciousness after being force-fed with alcohol and drugs

On December 26, 1999, I went to visit a friend in Ciyutuo Town, Liaozhong County of Shenyang. The local Ciyutuo Police Department forcefully took my husband and me to the police department. My husband is not a practitioner, but was locked in a car. He was allowed to go back home at night. They sent me to the Fifth Asylum of Shenyang.

They told me on the second day that I would be detained for 15 days without any legal procedure or document. I went on a hunger strike to protest their illegal action. They force-fed me on the fourth and sixth days of my detention. The food for the force-feeding contained lots of salt, alcohol and unknown drugs. I lost consciousness from the force-feeding. I was released on the sixth day of my detention.

Once I was home, the local police station put me under close house monitoring 24 hours a day. My health was very poor from the torture, so I was unable to go to the police station. I could not leave my house. My elderly mother was over 90 years old and needed my care. The police denied my request to go care for my mother. I called the authorities and firmly refused to cooperate with them. They then took away the staff that was monitoring me.

3. They tortured me using "Tying the Ropes;" I was shocked with eight electric batons

Several practitioners used some of our savings to buy a printer to better spread the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution to people. We planned to use it for making "truth-clarification materials"to help people understand the innocence of the practitioners and the brutality of the persecution. One practitioner was arrested. They tortured him and made him tell them my name. On October 29, 2000, around 2:00 a.m. the police suddenly broke into my home to search for the printer, but they found nothing. My husband and I were taken to the Anshan City Police Department. The persecutors beat me, trying to find out the whereabouts of the printer. I refused to cooperate with them. They tortured me by adapting the "Typing the Ropes." (1) They tied my hands behind my back and hung me up. They pulled my arms so hard that my hands touched my ears from behind. They beat me at the same time and demanded that I give them the information they wanted. When they let me down, they forced me to squat and pushed my head under my legs.

I was in such excruciating pain that I lost consciousness. I woke up lying in the emergency room at Anshan City First Hospital. Sometimes my mind was clear and sometimes I was doped up. While I was unconscious, the police ordered a doctor, with the surname Leng, to shock me with electricity. They tied a piece of 1-inch wet steel on my waist, and then shocked both of my legs with seven to eight electric batons. I woke up in extreme pain and my legs felt as if many needles were piercing them.

The electric shock caused my body to jump over one foot high off the table. After they stopped, my whole body collapsed in exhaustion. The two layers of sweaters I wore were soaked with sweat. My tongue was bitten and bleeding. At that moment, my son's girlfriend (who was 18 years old) was taking care me. The poor girl was so shocked and scared by the scene that she cried uncontrollably. The persecutors lied to her, saying that they were just doing electroshock therapy on me.

Zhang Chengguo, head of the politic and security department of Ganshan District of Anshan City, threatened my husband every day. He told my husband, "If she still refuses to tell us the information, we will send her to a mental hospital and drive her insane. Then, let's see how she makes a living." He told me the same thing.

4. Tortured in a mental hospital

Several days later, some persecutors tried to extort money from my husband, but he had no money to give to them. Then the public security bureau sent me to Kangning Centre in Anshan City (a mental hospital) at Tangjiafang Town. The persecutors told the doctors what they wanted done and then left. The doctors forcibly injected me with drugs and forced me to ingest drugs, as well. When I tried to resist, they used cloth rope to tie my hands and legs to the four posts of the metal bed.

When the doctors came to check on me, I often said to their director, "Don't treat me this way. I am not a patient. I practise Falun Gong and am a good person. You are doctors whose duty is to help people. You cannot treat a normal person like me as if I were a mental patient. Don't help those persecutors do evil things." The director responded, "It will do you good to take some drugs." I asked her what the good was. She said, "After taking the drugs, a murderer would not kill other people. So does a person practising Falun Gong dare to practise Falun Gong again? It is to 'purify your heart.'"

When I resisted, the persecutors viciously threatened me. "If you don't take the pills now, then I will get several tough male patients to forcefully inject you and make you take the pills. You have to take the pills either way." After I ate the pills, they checked my mouth to make sure I swallowed them.

A month later, policeman Kang Kai from the City 610 Office came to see me in the mental hospital. He asked me whether I knew where I was. I said, "I know where I am right now. I don't have a mental illness. Why send me to the mental hospital?" He said, "Tell me the machine's whereabouts. Then it will be clear that you are not a mental patient. Otherwise, you are and have to live here." Then he left. I don't know what he did to pressure the director. The director brought my son and told me that I have to take more pills. I refused to listen. The director then wouldn't let my son go, who was placed under a great deal of pressure.

5. My family members were persecuted because I escaped from the mental hospital

Time was passing in the mental hospital. I was on the verge of a breakdown. I was constantly in deep fear and anxiety. I often felt there was a person talking to me. When I closed my eyes, there would be images of people talking to me appearing right in front of me. I could not take it any longer. If I had not learned Falun Gong and if my main consciousness had not become so strong, I wouldn't have been able to survive the torture. I was determined that I would not take their persecution any longer. I had a very strong thought in my mind. I must leave this place, expose their evildoings to the people outside and let the public know how viciously they persecuted the Falun Gong practitioners.

I started to look for any possible chance to escape from the mental hospital. One day the chance came. It was dangerous, but I had to do it. I jumped out of the building. The moment I fell on the ground, my spine was suddenly compressed. In addition, my left ankle was broken. I was unable to stand up, nor could I walk. I kept crawling and in my heart I kept calling for our Teacher to help me. A miracle happened. I successfully crawled over a two-meter-high wall and got out of the mental hospital. I made my way over three mountains. On the way, a kindhearted family with a predestined relationship helped me reunite with my fellow practitioners.

The 610 Office not only tortured me both mentally and physically, but also locked my family up in the mental hospital behind iron bars and windows. The perpetrators starved my family members and put them under 24-hour surveillance. Sometimes they gave them no food for a day. My family was not allowed to buy food from the cafeteria downstairs.

The police put pressure on my husband. They ordered him to report my whereabouts as soon as he knew. My husband looked for me everywhere. When he eventually found me, he was astonished to see how severely I was wounded during my escape from the mental hospital. He was so hurt that he could not bear to leave me alone. I said to him, "Jiang and his followers are extremely dangerous. Don't stay here with me. I don't want to see you being persecuted because of me." He refused and insisted on taking care of me. At that time, I was incapable of moving and I had been unable to speak for many days.

I kept studying the Fa. After half a month, I could turn my body on the bed. A month later, I could stand up and take care of myself. My husband witnessed my recovery and said, "In the past, when someone mentioned to me how wonderful Falun Dafa was, I might not have believed him. But now I can see this miracle right in front of my eyes. I must also learn Falun Gong." So my husband began to cultivate Falun Dafa. He read the book of Zhuan Falun for twenty days. Before he finished the book, he wrote, "Falun Dafa is Good" on a piece of cloth. He hung the banner on the outside of his living complex. Unfortunately, the police got him and detained him for half a month. In an attempt to force him to reveal my whereabouts, the police beat him for a whole day and night. Then they sentenced him to two years of forced labour.

Under the brutal persecution, my husband was forced to reveal my whereabouts. I was again arrested. On February 6, 2001, the police department at Ciyutuo Town, Liaozhong County of Shenyang City took me to the detention centre. They confiscated the machine for making truth-clarification materials, took away my fellow practitioners' 4,800 yuan in cash and my 3,900 yuan cash that was given to me by my friends and relatives for living expenses.

The perpetrators deprived me of sleep for three days and nights. Using the excuse of looking for information, they tortured me both mentally and physically. After I was detained on February 6, 2001, the Songsan Police Station confiscated our truck for over one month. My two sons, who were 19 years old and 9 years old respectively, and my 19-year-old daughter-in-law had no money for food. They had to wander the streets and beg for food. A friend borrowed 5,000 yuan and paid it to the police station to get the truck back for us. My husband was still detained. The perpetrators attempted to drive my children out of our house. The three children were crying and begging them. Someone pleaded with them, so the perpetrators finally allowed my children to live in our house.

My health had not fully recovered from the last time I jumped out of the mental hospital. The detention centre prohibited me from doing the Falun Gong exercises. I was totally paralysed due to the torture in the detention centre. I kept vomiting. The police feared that I might die in the prison, so they released me on March 29, 2001. I was detained for 53 days that time.

6. Facing detention with righteous thoughts

Soon after I was released, I went on a Beijing-to-Anshan bus trip. When the bus arrived at a rural station near Beijing, the police started to follow me. The driver and the police worked together to watch me. I called for Teacher to help me. Eventually, I successfully escaped from the bus.

On September 26, 2001, I was reported to the police when I was clarifying the truth in public. The Anshan City Police Station sent me to the Anshan City Third Asylum. I went on a hunger strike for six days. They were afraid I would die there when they saw me vomiting blood, so they released me.

On January 29, 2002, I went to visit a fellow practitioner in Fuxin. I did not know there were police in the practitioner's home, so I was arrested and sent to Fuxin's local police station. That night when they sent me to a detention centre, my health condition did not meet the detention centre's criteria. I was transferred to a hospital. I walked out of the hospital with righteous thoughts.

7. I was tortured to the brink of death during my eighth detention

On February 2, 2002, the Songsan Police Station of Anshan City arrested me and sent me to the Anshan City First Detention Centre. I went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. They force-fed me many times. They tied up my feet and hands together, forcing me into a very painful position. I needed the help of others to turn on the bed and use the bathroom. My ankles and wrists were rubbed raw. Every tiny movement caused me intense pain.

The weather was 10 degrees Celsius below zero. The perpetrators stripped off my cotton pants and only left a thin layer of pants on me. I could only lie on the freezing cold wood bed. The police told the inmates, "If she refuses to eat, no one in this cell can buy goods or watch TV." The inmates took out their anger by swearing at, kicking and beating me.

On the 7th day, I lost consciousness. The detention centre asked the local police station to take me back to avoid my dying at the detention centre. Instead of sending me home, the police station sent me to a forced labour camp. Seeing my health condition, the labour camp refused to take me without the results of a physical exam. The police had to drive me to a hospital. On the way, I woke up. The three policemen Yuan Hongbao, Fu Meng, Liu Jun and Judicial Assistant Sun Hai knew that the forced labour camp would not take me if they saw the results of my physical exam from the hospital, so the four decided to get a doctor to make up the result. They would be able to send me to the forced labour camp with a fabricated physical exam result.

Policeman Liu Jun called and got the principle doctor Li Xingzhong from the Surgery Department of Anshan City Second Hospital. Li Xingzhong noticed that I was in a very dangerous health situation. He asked them, "Wouldn't she die if she were sent to the forced labour camp?" The policeman Yuan Hongbao and Fu Meng said, "One or two practitioners dead is nothing. It would be much easier to throw her from the car or leave her to freeze to death outside. After all, Jiang Zemin already said, 'death from beating is counted as suicide.'"

They sent me to the forced labour camp again. They sentenced me to three years of forced labour without any legal process and without my knowledge. Practitioners were not allowed to look at or talk to each other in the labour camp. I went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Many times the perpetrators tightly held my hands, feet, body and head to force-feed me. Sometimes, when I refused to cooperate with them, they used so much violence to force my mouth open that I was severely injured. The cuts got infected later on. Even after one year, there is still dead flesh near my mouth.

I was force-fed many times. During one of the most vicious force-feedings, I was nearly tortured to death. They pried open my mouth, inserted a pair of wood chopsticks and a pair of metal chopsticks to hold my mouth open, and then quickly poured in the "food" in large amounts. They covered my nose, and inserted paper tissues and a towel in my mouth. I was unable to breathe and nearly suffocated to death. I felt my eyes bulging out. I called to our Teacher to help. A miracle happened. I bit the chopsticks into pieces, including the metal ones.

I did not eat anything or drink water for fourteen days. I was at the brink of death. The perpetrators tried to give me intravenous infusions, fearing that I would die in the labour camp, but it did not work. The labour camp allowed my husband to have several days off and brought him to take care of me. My condition deteriorated every day, so the labour camp had to release me.

I wanted to expose their evildoings to the pubic, and that made them extremely nervous. They tried to silence me by taking my husband back to the forced labour camp for interrogation and torture. They used a torture called the "Big Hang Up" (2) on him. After a few months, his hands were still not recovered. They lied to others, saying that it was my husband who got onto the Falun Gong website or the person who went online was a Falun Gong practitioner. In April, the higher authorities sent out a list of practitioners to be released. My husband's name was on the list, but the Anshan Public Security Bureau at Ganshan Branch refused to release him.

8. Call for support and attention to the persecuted Falun Gong practitioners and their families

In March 2002, the CCP central government held two annual meetings: The National People's Congress (NPC) and The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). The perpetrators caused me to be homeless. On June 8, 2000, the Liaoyang City Police Station arrested me again. I did not cooperate with the perpetrators. On the second night, I escaped. I have been detained nine times since April 25, 1999, and my house has been ransacked many times. My oldest son and my daughter-in-law are 20 years old now. My youngest son is 10 years old and my granddaughter is just a few months old. These children have suffered a lot. The perpetrators placed a lot of pressure on them. I am still unable to go back home and my children are in a very difficult situation. They don't have enough food. They have to go to friends and relatives' homes to get food. I plead to kindhearted people: please help my husband and our four children.

I call for international organisations to pay attention to Falun Gong practitioners and their families. Urge Jiang Zemin and his regime to stop persecuting Falun Gong. What awaits Jiang Zemin and those perpetrators are punishment by law. It is a principle that good will be rewarded with good, while evil meets with karmic retribution.

Notes:

(1) Tying the Ropes: A thin rope is used to tightly encircle the neck and the rope is wrapped around the practitioner's arms. Then the police use all the force they can muster to tighten the rope. The rope becomes tighter and tighter around the body of the practitioner, cutting into the flesh and making it more and more difficult for him to breathe. The pain is so intense that the practitioner sometimes loses control of the bladder. In many cases the rope was tightened to the point of breaking the practitioner's arm.

(2). The Big Hang Up: With both hands cuffed behind the back and only the toes touching the ground, the practitioner is hung by a rope that is tied to the metal window frames or the door frame.

Li Ying, 13 years old, is the daughter of Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Shulan from Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. Li Ying's mother, grandfather and grandmother are being illegally detained for practising Falun Gong. Her two uncles and one aunt died from the persecution. Two years ago, the Changping County 610 Office put Li Ying into a nursing home. For the last two years she has been the only child living there. Moreover, while she is in the nursing home she has no personal freedom.

Li Ying's uncle Chen Aizhong was sent to the Tangshan No. 1 Labour Camp on September 12, 2001. Eight days later, he died from torture. Li Ying's aunt, Chen Hongping, was arrested and severely beaten by police at Donghuayuan Police Station of Huailai County. Both her legs were broken from the beating. Later she was sent to Gangyang Labour Camp for further persecution. She passed away on March 5, 2003. Li Ying's other uncle, Chen Aili, suffered severely from persecution, and he died on November 5, 2004.

Right before the 2005 Chinese New Year, we met with Li Ying. Although she is only 13 years old, her eyes showed early maturity and were filled with sadness. It is apparent that the hardships and adversity of life have left many scars on her heart.

Since her mother was kidnapped, Li Ying has lost her home. For the past 25 months (Jan. 9, 2003 - Feb. 4, 2005), she has been living here at the nursing home	Outside of Chaofengan Brainwashing Centre. (This brainwashing centre is concealed without any sign outside)

Li Ying spent a lonely period of over 3 months here.	Li Ying's recent picture	Li Ying went to school here from 1998 to 2004

Minghui Reporter: What's your name, and how old are you?

Li Ying: My name is Li Ying, and I'm 13 years old.

Reporter: I have heard you have been living at a nursing home in Changping, is that right? How come you are living in a nursing home at your age? Where is your mother?

Li Ying: The "610 Office" and the police forcefully split up my mom and I. They sent me to the nursing home, and they took my mom away.

Reporter: When was that? Can you remember what happened?

Li Ying: It was the morning of September 17, 2002. I was at school (Chengbei Sixth Street Elementary School, Changping, Beijing) taking the third class of the day. A teacher (surname Wang) from the Teaching Office took me outside of the classroom.

He said to me, "You need to go study something."

I asked, "Why me? Is any other student going?"

"You just go study some," he replied without answering my question. He then pulled me into a waiting black car that was parked on campus. There were four adults in the car. I did not know any of them. I was very afraid at that time. I didn't know who they were and where they were going to take me. None of them spoke to me.

Fifteen minutes later, we stopped at an unfamiliar place. There were two police officers guarding the door.

I followed them as they walked ahead. Suddenly I heard my mom's voice. I ran toward the voice and saw my mom standing in a room. Her clothes were untidy and she was still wearing slippers. After a while, I was left with my mom and a policeman from Changping National Security named Wang Yue (also called Wang Jiecheng, they all have 2 names) who recorded my mom's words in the room.

At that time, I found out that I was at a vacation house in Chaofengan of Changping County. This place is in fact used as a brainwashing centre for Falun Gong practitioners.

Around eight o'clock that evening, they were going to take my mom away. I grabbed my mom's arm and wouldn't let go. I tried to keep anyone from getting close to my mom. I kicked and screamed, fighting with them whenever they got close. I did not want them to take my mom away. They couldn't get their way, so they went outside to talk. Some people were left in the room trying to persuade me, but I refused to listen to them. I didn't know where they would take my mom. I knew they beat my uncle to death. Would my mom be beaten to death? I thought if I let go of her I might never see her again. I was so afraid that I firmly grabbed my mom's hands and refused to let go. I could not be without a mother.

After half an hour, they started to negotiate with me. They said they would let me see my mom once a month. I did not agree. Then they said they would let me see her once a week. Eventually they took her. My heart was aching as I watched my mom being taken away by force.

Reporter: Do you know where your mother was arrested?

Li Ying: I don't know all the details. I heard from my grandmother later that it was at our home. When we were at the brainwashing centre, mom didn't have a chance to tell me anything.

Reporter: Do you have any other family members? Where is your father?

Li Ying: I don't have a father. At the time, my grandmother was detained at Huailai County Detention Centre; my uncle Chen Aizhong died from the persecution; my grandfather was imprisoned at Beijiao Prison in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province; my other uncle Chen Aili was imprisoned at Jidong Prison in Hebei Province; and my aunt was imprisoned at Gaoyang Women's Prison in Hebei. I didn't know where they had taken my mom, Chen Shulan.

Although they took away all my family and I had no home to go to, I still wanted to get out. I was the only child at the brainwashing centre. I was really scared.

That evening, they took turns trying to indoctrinate me using the propaganda that defames Falun Gong. They threatened that I would not able to go to school if I refused to "transform". It was past 10 o'clock before they let me rest. That place was filled with terror. I was really afraid there. They did not let me go home, and forced me to live there.

I told them, "Either you let me out, or have my teacher come here." I wanted to make it hard on them. I didn't expect they would bring my elementary school teacher, Hu Jingzhi. They arranged to have her, me, and another person who was in charge of brainwashing me, in one room. I am very grateful to my teacher for spending that terrible and unforgettable night with me.

The next morning, they forced me to watch videos that slander Falun Gong. These people were so awful. They took my mom away and did not let me go home. They didn't let me go to school the next day, and then they wanted me to watch slanderous videos. I said I was tired and refused to watch. A woman, who's surnamed Gao, played audiotapes and forced me to listen. I didn't want to listen so I started a fuss with her. She blocked me from turning off the recorder and threatened, "If you don't transform and sign the paper, we cannot let you go back to school." Later she falsely accused me of trying to smash the tape recorder.

There was a man in his 40s named Ren Jiajie or Ren Jiahuai at the brainwashing centre. He used to be a practitioner and later was "transformed." He was there to help in transforming others. He told me to write a statement denouncing Falun Gong and I refused. So he wrote one himself and asked me to copy it down. And I refused again. I said to him, "My uncle died before he wrote it. I am not going to do it either ."

They kept me from sleeping until 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning. They also threatened that I would not be able to go back to school if I refused to write a denouncing statement or sign one. All those adults surrounded me, a fifth grader, acting ominously. I lost my personal freedom and right to go to school.

One afternoon, they locked me in a room with 4 or 5 adults. They surrounded me, trying to tell me their twisted understanding. So I told them how my uncle died from the persecution. I could not win the argument with them so I tried to leave, but the door was locked from outside. They didn't let me out until dinnertime. And wherever I went, there were 2 or 3 people following me, restricting my personal freedom.

Eight days later, I was forced to sign the statement in order to go back to school. But they did not let me go back home even after I signed their statement. I was forced to live at Chaofengan Brainwashing Centre. Everyday, a school bus took me to school and sent me back. I did not have any freedom.

Those people were so bad. They imprisoned my whole family; even a kid like me cannot escape. These people killed my uncle. I feel sad whenever I think about him and how he was brutally persecuted. He was imprisoned several times for speaking the truth. I saw with my own eyes how ruthlessly he had been beaten.

It was New Year's Day of 2001. The seven people from my family went to Tiananmen Square to validate the Fa. That was the last time my whole family was together. There was a light snow that day. Around 8 o'clock in the morning, we opened up a handmade banner on Tiananmen Square. The banner was 2 meters long, with red characters on a yellow background. It read, "Falun Dafa is Good." The entire family shouted, "Falun Dafa is Good!" Suddenly a group of plainclothes police officers appeared from nowhere. They pushed us to the ground and snatched away our banner. I was on the bottom of the pile. I turned my head and saw a man punching my grandfather on his back. Another man stepped on my uncle's head with his leather boots and rolled back and forth like he was grinding out a cigarette butt. Blood came out my uncle's ears right away. But my uncle was strong; he still shouted, "Falun Dafa is Good!" There were many people surrounding us and watching.

Later, they put us on a bus. There were over sixty practitioners on that bus. I took the lead to shout, "Falun Dafa is Good! Falun Dafa is the Righteous Fa!" I shouted once, everyone followed once. Just like that, we shouted all the way.

Reporter: How long did you live at Chaofengan Brainwashing Centre?

Li Ying: About three weeks. They tormented me every day. Eight days later, I was forced to sign their statement. The next day, they let me go back to school. But I still did not have any personal freedom. I was watched every day. At night, I had to go back to that horrible place. I was disgusted with that place. I didn't want to live there. After two or three weeks, I proposed to them to let me live at a private boarding home. (It is a business that takes care of children's meals and lodging when their parents are too busy.) The day before my mother was arrested, she arranged a private boarding home for me.

The night before I left the brainwashing centre, a man and a woman summoned me into a room. They wanted me to give them an oral guarantee [to not practise Falun Gong.] The woman sat there with her eyes narrowed as if she was waiting for me to say something. Judging by her expression, I was not going to get any sleep or go to school unless I complied. I stalled for a long time. It was the latter half of the night and I was so tired. Finally, I gave them an "oral guarantee" against my own will before she let me leave. Thinking back, I really regret what I said about Falun Dafa at that time. But they forced me and I was afraid. All I wanted was to get out of there.

After that, they sent me to the private boarding home that was run by a lady named Zhang. From Monday to Friday, I stayed there. But the boarding home is closed for Saturday and Sunday because all the kids would go home to spend time with their parents on the weekend. And I had no place to go on those days. After some discussion at the school, it was decided that several teachers would take turns taking me in on weekends. Some of the teachers I did not even know. They all treated me very well, but I felt really uncomfortable because it seemed I was just an extra in this world.

At the end of every day, the other kids are picked up from school by their parents. But I was orphaned and helpless with no place to go. Especially on weekends, there were always people asking me why there was no one coming for me. I really didn't know how to reply. I would remember my mom. There is no one that can love me like my mom. I felt sorry for myself. I wanted to cry but dared not to. So I kept it all inside.

Reporter: How long did you live at the boarding home? Who paid for it?

Li Ying: It was around three months. It cost 500 yuan a month. My mom paid for half a month the day before she was arrested. Later, the school paid for it.

On January 9, 2003, the "610 Office" sent me to Changping Nursing Home without my consent. The nursing home is located in a remote area in the foothills of a mountain. It is very far from school. I had to walk to school every day, and in the winter it was always dark when I walked back from school. There are no street lamps along the way. There are few people, and houses are scarce. I often trembled with fear when I walked on that road. Sometimes, there was no one on the road with me. When the wind blew, the trees moved like ghosts, and my heart felt timid. [Note: according to the writer's research, it is about 1.8 miles from Li Ying's school to the nursing home that she lives in. Every day, Li Ying makes two round trips.]

Reporter: Have you told them about this?

Li Ying: I told them many times, I told Ling Guojun, the deputy director of the nursing home and Kang Li, deputy head of the 610 Office. I said, "I'm scared. Can I go to school on a bike or on a bus?" They said no and completely ignored me. I really missed mom because no one else in the world would pay attention to me, or care for me.

So I had to walk that path every day with my heart in my throat the whole time. I felt an inexplicable fear after school in the winter, when it was dark. I didn't know how much longer I'd have to walk that path. (She shakes her head while saying this)

Reporter: How many times have you seen your mother since you arrived at the nursing home? Did you see her once a week?

Li Ying: They completely lied to me. I saw mom only once in more than two years, and it was when my uncle Aili was alive. He took me to see mom. They are so crooked; they told me so many lies.

At the nursing home I didn't receive love and care as is normal for young girls of my age. I lived worse than a beggar in the street. A beggar has freedom and I didn't. All the other people at the nursing home had their families visit them regardless of their length of stay. As for me, the officials from 610 Office dropped me off and left me alone. They didn't approve when I asked to see my mom or go to my grandmother's home.

Reporter: Where did you see your mother? What year was it? Do you remember?

Li Ying: It was on February 16, 2004. I saw her at Tiantanghe Female Prison in Beijing. Mom was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison. She was almost unrecognisable because of the torture. Her hair was more than half white, and she looked so much older than her age. She was a mere shadow of herself, the young and beautiful woman. I wanted to cry but I didn't want to upset her, so I choked back my tears.

The guards saw that I was sad, so they lied to me and said, "Your mom is happy here." Who could believe that? Who could spend a happy time in prison? Seven-and-a-half years are not short!

Mom cried a lot when she learned my aunt and her sister were tortured to death. Aunt died in a miserable state. They brought my aunt back here from Gaoyang Female Prison in Hebei Province. She had a mental breakdown and could not even recognise her parents. She was in rags.

Reporter: In what year did your aunt pass away?

Li Ying: March 5, 2003. My aunt was very pretty; I still have her picture.

Reporter: How long did your visit with your mom last?

Li Ying: Only 30 minutes. I spoke to her on a telephone through a glass partition. I could not say a lot of the things I wanted to say, because a guard was hovering close by and was watching me. I wanted so much to hug and kiss mom but I couldn't.

Reporter: What happened then?

Li Ying: Uncle and I left the Tiantanghe Female Prison. I had to try really hard not to cry when saying goodbye to mom. I could only wave to her.

At that time I didn't know that was the last time I would see my uncle Aili. I regret not taking a better look at him.

On November 5, 2004 uncle Aili was tortured to death. My grandparents had four children; three have been killed. My mom is the only one still alive, and she was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison. I can't imagine how they are taking it. My two uncles and aunt were tortured to death before they even had a chance to be married, and my grandparents have no source of income right now. (Sigh)

Reporter: What about you? What is your source of income?

Li Ying: As I was told, the Beijing city government provides about 300 yuan a month, for the lowest living expenses. The 610 Office and the Education Bureau together provides another 300 yuan a month, so totally about 600 yuan a month. [Note: She does not actually receive the money; it is under the perpetrators' control]

Reporter: What if you need to buy something for personal use or school supplies?

Li Ying: I have to ask for permission before I can buy anything. Ling Guojun, the deputy director of the nursing home, has to approve it first. Then they would take me out and buy it for me. I don't know if 600 yuan covers all my expenses, but I know they always buy the cheapest things for me.

I don't have any pocket change, as they give me only 1.5 yuan every morning for breakfast. I never get any snacks. I really miss the times when mom bought me lots of my favourite food. Now I have nothing and can only daydream.

I often think: mom, fly out of the prison! If you come out I will not have to stay in this terrible place, and I won't be treated differently at school. It's really hard to live a life on my own. Now I dislike police and police cars the most because they took away mom and forced me to live without my parents. My family suffered so much under them and my grandparents are living alone and uncared for.

Reporter: What do you mean by "different treatment" you receive at school?

Li Ying: At parent-teacher meetings, all the students in my class except for me have their parents attend the meeting. When I need a parent's signature, I could only get it stamped at the nursing home office. When other students ask me, "Where is your mom?" I can't answer them. There are many other things I can't face, because I know the other students look down on me.

Reporter: How long have you been living here? Who is taking care of you here?

Li Ying: If you count the last Chinese New Year, I spent three Chinese New Years over here already. I feel lonely, hopeless and uncomfortable being surrounded by elderly. I am the only child in this nursing home and haven't had a visitor for two years. In contrast, old people have visitors on a regular basis. I feel like someone who has been totally forgotten by the world. Sometimes if I come back from school late, I have to eat a cold food and no one cares to heat the food for me. I used to ask for a container to keep the food warm, but nobody cared. Not having enough food, I have to suffer hunger. Not having enough vegetables, I have to eat rice with hot water. Sometimes they forget to pick up food for me and then I end up starving. Sometimes the service lady screams at me and I have to listen. No one knows what I am thinking, and I guess no one really cares about it.

I basically don't have any freedom in the nursing home, except when I go to school. I need to have permission to go out. Ling Guojun, the deputy director of the nursing home, arranges my daily living schedule; however, my care is not one of his priorities. There are many things that he needs to take care of, but he chooses not to unless I keep constantly reminding him and reminding him so many times. As a result he will reluctantly get a few things done. For certain things he has to get permission from Kang Li, the head of the Changping County 610 Office.

Once I inadvertently found a notebook laying around on the reception desk. It contained a list of people who had earned honours for being heavily involved in the Falun Gong persecution. Ling Guojun was one of them, as well as the government head of the Changping County.

Reporter: Do you miss your mom?

Li Ying: Yes, but there is nothing I can do. Nevertheless, I still keep and read the letters that my mom wrote to me long ago.

Reporter: Would you like to share those letters with me?

Li Ying: Sure! I also kept the letter that my aunt wrote to us (my mom and me) before she died.

(The following is the letter that Chen Shulan wrote to her daughter on March 2003 from the Changping Detention Centre. The letter was excerpted and edited.)

"Li Ying, How are you?

Time has gone so quickly and it has been a year and half. How is your life? Did you go to grandma's house for Chinese New Year? If your aunt wrote a letter to you, you should respond to her in time. You should study hard and read books. The more you read, the better you will be able to do things. You have to learn how to take care of yourself. Don't worry about me. In your next letter, tell me more about your grandma and the second uncle's health. Send your aunt and me a picture of you, respectively, when you have time.

Take care. If you are short of money, ask uncle Liu for some. Mom will return the money to him after I am released.

Cheer up and be happy!"

(The following is the letter Chen Shulan wrote to her daughter on May 26, 2004 from the Tiantanghe Female Prison; the letter was shortened.)

"The June 1 Children's Day is coming. I wish that you had a happy holiday. I haven't talked to you for a long time. I tried several times at night to call home, but no one picked up the phone. How are you doing? Do you have money? A certified letter is expensive; you can send me a regular letter and I can still get it. Don't use the breakfast money to send a letter to me. Remember to eat a good breakfast and keep healthy so that mom would not worry about you. You looked skinny from the picture compared to the past; try to eat more. Mom cannot take care of you now, which makes you suffer. You have to learn how to take care of yourself and learn to wash your clothes; and don't forget to brush your teeth before going to bed.

My health is getting better compared to the last time you saw me. I am able to do some chores. Do not worry; we can communicate on the phone. Help the elderly in the nursing home."

(The following is the last letter that Chen Hongping wrote to her sister Chen Shulan, dated on September 23, 2002 at the Gaoyang Female Prison in Hebei Province before she was grossly abused from torture, which resulted in her death. Unfortunately, Chen Shulan did not have a chance to read this letter because she was arrested on September 17, 2002 and is still incarcerated at the Tiantanghe Female Prison)

"Dear Sister (Chen Shulan); don't worry about me. Your situation could be very difficult although you did not mention it in the letter. I can imagine the family situation. It must be very difficult; however, I believe that you are a strong person and you have the ability to get over such hard task. You are stronger than me. If it were me, I would have collapsed already. You must overcome this difficult time. I think that it will not take too long."

Reporter: Ying, what do you wish for?

Li Ying: (silent for a while) I miss my mom and wish to end this persecution of good people. I am afraid that mom will be persecuted so severely she will die, just like my aunt and two uncles.

The reporter's comments:

At the end of the interview, my mind was filled with bitterness and sadness.

The Jiang regime and the Chinese Communist Party have ruthlessly persecuted Li Ying's family. This has so severely hurt the thirteen-year-old girl's physical and mental health, it cannot be described in words. This tragic experience is typical of thousands of such persecution incidents that have happened to Falun Gong practitioners and their families in the past six years. (More detailed information of Li Ying and her family was posted on http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2005/2/18/57662.html)

We urge the United Nations, countries, organisations and individuals around the world to lend support to these kind Chinese people and to bring about an end to the already six-year-old, CCP-driven genocidal persecution.

Contact information:

Wang Shuhe, in charge of the persecution, Deputy Party Secretary and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee in the Changping County, 86-10-89703046 (Office)

Liang Shiqang, head of the Changping County "610 Office," 86-10-89741645 (Office)
Kang Li, deputy head of the Changping County "610 Office," 86-10-89741539 (Office)
Changping County Chenbeijie Nursing Home in Beijing
#2A Zhongshan Street, Changping County, Beijing 102200
Duty Office, 86-10-69708904
Ling Guojun, 86-10-69741263 (Office)

Ms. Guo Ailing, in her 40's, was a pharmacist employed by Daqing City No.2 Hospital in Heilongjiang Province. She used to have breast cancer before cultivating Falun Dafa and had an operation performed. After starting to practise Falun Dafa in 1996, she became strong and healthy and did not need chemotherapy any longer. She went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong in October 1999, was detained, and forced to publicly criticize herself in her workplace. From that point on, the police came to her home to harass her all the time. The stress of this harassment harmed her severely both mentally and physically. Her previous illness returned in 2001, and she died as a result of the persecution.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/2/20/95821.html

At the end of December 1999, staff of the Family Planning Office, Weifang, Shandong Province forced Falun Dafa practitioners to stand on a cold cement floor, poured water about 5 centimeters deep on the floor and kept the practitioners standing there for 7 days and nights.

Reenactment of being forced to stand in water on a cold cement floor for a week

At the end of June 2000, officials forced Dafa practitioners to lie on the hot cement pavement outside under the blazing sun, with their limbs straight, until they lost consciousness.

Reenactment of being forced to lie on hot concrete under the blazing sun

In December 1999, officials handcuffed six practitioners, hung defamatory posters from their necks, forced them to stand in the back of a truck and humiliated them by driving through the streets.

Reenactment of public humiliation

In October 1999, the Shouguang Police tied up Dafa practitioners, forced them to stand on the back of a truck and publicly humiliated them by driving them around the streets.

Reenactment of public humiliation

On July 6, 2000, Directors Zhang and Geng of Beiluo Mental Hospital and others tied up the four limbs of practitioners and conducted force-feeding through their noses. This torture lasted for eight months.

Reenactment of force-feeding

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/2/27/96269.html

Lawsuit Statement

Plaintiff:

Yang Yanping, female, 41 years old, lives in Apt. 109, 18th Mine Building, Shibeixincun, Xihe District, retired, phone 86-418-3991365.

Defendants:

Pan Zhiyong, male, about 47 years old, Deputy Ward Leader of Ward No.5, Nanshan Prison, Jinzhou City, Police Registration number 86-418-2565111.

Liu Jiandong, male, about 31 years old, Han Nationality, Group Leader of Ward No.5, Nanshan Prison, Jinzhou City, Police Registration number 86-418-2165615.

Plaintiff's request:

Bring the two defendants to justice for their criminal act of torturing Mr. Cui Zhilin to death

Statement of Facts:

My husband, Cui Zhilin, was 43 years old when police arrested him for practising Falun Dafa on September 18, 2002. He was sentenced to 11 years and jailed in the Jinzhou Ctiy Nanshan Prison. My husband benefited from practising Falun Dafa, which follows Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. He refused to succumb to the brainwashing in the prison. The defendants threatened to kill my husband. When I visited him in June 2004, Pan Zhiyong said to him, "Cui, you shouldn’t be bad. I will use my knife on you in a few days." On August 5, around 1 p.m., I received a phone call from the defendants, telling me my husband had died the previous day, after jumping off the building during an interrogation session. When my family and I went there, we found that my husband's body had been washed and soaked in a chemical solution prior to freezing. Judging from the wounds on his body, my husband did not jump off a building and must have been tortured to death by these two defendants. Descriptions of the wounds on his body:

Head-On the back right side, 3 cm from the top, there was a round hole, 2-3 cm in diameter, and a dent that looked like it had been punched by a small hammer. Inside his mouth, there was a rotten spot on his gum, which looked like the result of a shock of an electric baton.

Arms-On both sides of his arms and hands there were black and purple striped marks, like those made by tightly tied rope. Inside the right elbow, a piece of skin 5 cm long, 1 cm wide and 3 cm deep had fallen fell off, and there were obvious electric baton shock marks on both of his arm pits, showing up as round, pale red marks.

Legs-The inner sides of both of his legs, including near his penis, had obvious electric baton shock marks. The outer sides of both of his legs had 10-15 cm long, 3 cm wide bruises from being beaten. On the back of his left calf and the front of both calves were more electric baton shock marks. On both sides of each ankle there were round teeth marks that looked like bottle caps had been pressed into them. Also, both feet seemed to have been soaked in water for a very long time, as they were white and wrinkled.

Chest-In the middle of his chest and under the ribs, there were clear electric baton shock marks.
Back-Below both shoulder blades there was a bruise on each side about 35 cm long and continued down to the lower back. These bruises were 5-10 cm wide.

The whole penis and testical area was swollen with bruises.

Seeing my husband's body like this, my family and I requested that we be allowed to take his body home for a proper burial, but the defendants absolutely refused. I begged to take some photos of my husband's body, which they also rudely refused. They would not allow us the pay our respects to my husband's body before it was cremated. I asked for the photo of his death scene, but the defendants said that no photo was taken at the scene. They said, "On the morning of August 4, 2004, at 10 a.m., two of us started interrogating him in the office on the second floor. At 4:20 p.m. Cui Zhilin went out the window and jumped off the building. We were both present and tried to grab him, but failed. He died on the spot."

I asked them take me to the scene of the incident. I saw bricks neatly placed on clean ground. If my husband had truly jumped from the second floor, which is only about six meters up, he should not have died and at the worst only broken his legs. These facts show that my husband was tortured to death by the two defendants and did not die from jumping off the building at all. The two defendants could not provide any evidence to support the idea of my husband jumping off the building.

I was so overcome with grief that I was numb and could not think properly. The defendant's employer sent Criminal Office Chair Zhang Qing to coerce me into signing my name to several papers. I signed my name while I was irrational with grief and not conscious of what I was doing. I greatly regret that I signed those papers.

Based on the above facts, I want to bring the two defendants to justice. They are police, but they violated the law by torturing my husband to death at will, then hiding their crimes and lying to me and my family members. They violated Criminal Law articles 248 and 234 and must pay for their crimes. They are able to avoid a legal judgment, because their employer is treating them with respect that they do not deserve. In order to bring honour to our constitution and punish these lawless police officers, I am speaking out for my husband based on Criminal Law article 84. I am filing this lawsuit against these two defendants with the Liaoning Provincial People's Procuratorate. Please, send people to investigate this case immediately and bring these two criminals to justice.

Plaintiff: Yang Yanping

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/1/18/93761.html

Many people have long held the opinion that the Tiananmen self-immolation incident of January 23rd, 2001 was a politically motivated plot staged by the Jiang Zemin regime to defame Falun Gong. The Chinese authorities have recently brought up this incident again in order to deceive people. The government falsely claims that Xue Hongjun (one of the actors in the incident) was a veteran practitioner of Falun Gong. This article reveals Xue Hongjun's character from several different angles in an effort to expose the lies and rectify people's perceptions.

Xue Hongjun is from Kaifeng City, Henan Province. According to people who know him, he used to be a surgeon in a local hospital. He later resigned his position at the hospital and started his own medical practise. Xue had a gambling problem. Using the name of Falun Gong, he cheated people out money and property, including a motorcycle worth 3,000 yuan (Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China). Xue was known to borrow money with no intention of paying it back.

When Xue was detained at the Beijing Detention Centre, he was detained in Sections 3 and 6 at different times. His behaviour while in prison can in no way be mistaken for that of a Falun Gong practitioner.

Xue was addicted to smoking, but he did not buy his own cigarettes; instead he smoked his cellmates' cigarettes. If he really was a veteran practitioner, how could it be that he was not able to quit smoking, especially when it came to other people's cigarettes?

There was an inmate with the surname of Ding in the same cell as Xue. Ding was from Fangshan District of Beijing. Once, Xue was chatting with Ding and he found out that Ding was being detained because he had killed someone. Xue told Ding, "We have the same profession!" Upon seeing Ding's bewilderment, he added, "I am a surgeon. We both use knifes to relieve people of their suffering. In fact, you are even better than I am. You've relieved a person's suffering forever with just one cut!" Xue Hongjun's words showed how ruthless he was in his heart. It's no wonder he was used in the staged Tiananmen self-immolation incident.

Xue Hongjun was a smooth talker. He often boasted about himself whilst he was in prison. He claimed that he and Liu Yunfang (another person involved in the self-immolation incident) were very famous in Kaifeng City. He said that the Teacher of Falun Gong had given them "religious names," and Liu Yunfang was considered "the eldest pupil." Xue also claimed that he was a 26th generation disciple of a Taoist school. All genuine Falun Dafa practitioners know that the Teacher of Falun Dafa treats all of his students equally, without discrimination, and that there is no such thing as "the eldest pupil."

Regarding matters of his personal life, Xue Hongjun's behaviour was the polar opposite of genuine Falun Gong practitioners. There were many people locked in one prison cell. Everyone had to sleep straight so that there would be room for everybody, but Xue slept with his knees bent and curled up. He often slept against the wall so that nobody could sleep next to him. He didn't want to take part in the cleaning duties. Sometimes he even swore at and quarrelled with others. He also liked to take petty advantage of others. The head of the cell was a man with the surname Bai. Xue Hongjun associated himself with Bai through some distant family relationship. As a result, for a long time he was able to eat better than the other inmates. He also took the shoes of another cellmate and kept them for himself. Xue's words and actions were far different from those of a Falun Gong practitioner. Even his cellmates have commented, "He simply doesn't look like a Falun Gong practitioner."

Judging from the examples given above, it's apparent that Xue Hongjun was not a genuine Falun Gong practitioner. He was used by the evil to frame Falun Gong. He behaved like a thug trained by the Communist Party and used the name of Falun Gong to deceive people. We can judge him using the principles of Falun Gong - truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. He cheated people out of their money and boasted about it. He was not acting truthfully. He participated in the staged self-immolation incident and claimed that he had the same profession as a killer. He was not compassionate. He indulged in bad habits such as smoking and gambling. He fought with others for trivial gains. He was not forbearing or exercising self-restraint. Yet, the evil Communist Party labelled him a veteran practitioner. The truth about Falun Gong practitioners is widely known by people nowadays, and it's easy to see through the lies. The deceitful nature of the Communist Party can't be changed. No matter how transparent the lies are, it has no choice but to continue lying.

To the Chief Justice of the Heilongjiang Province Superior Court:

My name is Yao Yuming. I am a 54-year-old woman. My hometown is in Hanjia Gold Mining District of Huma County. Because I practise Falun Gong, I have been sentenced by the Huma County Court, and I am currently imprisoned in the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison.

I was sent by coercion to the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison on September 12th, 2003. During the prison health inspection, I was found to have a high cardiac pressure of 260 and a low of 140. The prison declined to accept me initially, but the chief inspector of the police station who brought me to the prison managed to persuade the prison officials. Several criminals forcefully injected me with drugs at the medical centre. One of them told me that the inspector had said to them, "Give her a 'free' injection." Even today, I have been unable to find out what the drug is that was injected into my body.

After being sent to one of the groups at the concentration camp, I laid unconscious for three days before regaining consciousness. Three days later, other persecuted practitioners and I were forced to run in the backyard under the scorching sun with guards constantly attacking us with electric batons. The guards also instigated criminals in the camp to beat us. We were then forced to squat several hours on the floor and kicked brutally if we did not comply. I was kicked so hard by guard Wang Liang that I fell unconscious.

I was then sent to a monitored area. Thirty-five practitioners, myself included, were monitored, beaten, verbally attacked and even tied up with rope. Guard Sun Jian shouted at us angrily when we recited books written by our Teacher. On March 9th, 2004, squad leader Cui Hongmei, Xia Fengying, guard Zhou Ying and Deng Yu led twenty criminals, dragging us into the watershed, washrooms and prison cells, where we were tied with our backs to the sides of the beds. Sixteen practitioners who refused to wear prison uniforms as they hadn't broken any law, were tied up and hung with both hands, one hand up and one hand down, tied behind the back and hung up, their feet hovering above the ground. This continued until the practitioners agreed to give in to their commands.

Twelve other practitioners were tied up and hung in a similar fashion for a total of twenty-eight hours on March 18th, 2004. On May 15th, as I refused to squat down and call out my name, I was beaten by some criminals. Shao Hongling stomped on me heavily, causing several injuries on my leg. When the prison inspector came to our cell on May 16th, instead of listening to our appeals, he left after spouting a mouthful of vulgarities. After that, he instigated the squad and guards to hang up fifteen more practitioners until they lost consciousness before being drugged with unknown substances, and hung them up again in the afternoon. We were then forced to pay for the cost of the unknown drug.

On Dec 21st, 2004, guards tied up practitioners Zhang Xiaobo, Guan Shuling, Zhang Lianwen and Zhang Liping and hung them up until they passed out. They were then force-fed and injected with drugs. Their wrists were torn open, and their hands were badly swollen.

Between March and August 2004, we were not allowed to write letters or have visitors, and since March 2nd, 2004, thirty practitioners have been imprisoned in the cell. They were forced to sit on a small bench motionless and be watched by criminals for fourteen to fifteen hours a day. Our human rights have been taken away from us and our physical condition is deteriorating under such brutal treatment. Such actions are totally inconsistent with the rule of law and the Chinese judiciary system. It cannot be allowed to carry on any further. We solemnly ask the Superior Court to uphold justice and punish the guilty individuals.

What crime did Falun Gong cultivators commit by following the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance? The genocidal persecution of practitioners cannot be allowed to continue any longer.

Defendants:

Prison Inspector Liu Zhiqiang

Prison Squad Inspectors Cui Hongmei, Xia Fengying

Guards Zhou Ying, Deng Yu, Lu Cuijun, Wang Liang, Sun Jian

Criminals Han Jianying, Liu Chao, Sun Xiuyun, Bai Xiaoli, Man Yuyue, Liu Ying, Shao Hongling

Plaintiffs:

Liu Xuewei, Guan Shuling, Zhang Liping, Chen Weijun, Gen Yafen, Zhang Jing, Zhang Xiaobo, Zhang Lianwen, Yao Yuming

Appellant: Yao Yuming

When Mr. Flaminia, a senior reporter from an Italian national TV station in New York, saw Falun Gong practitioners' anti-torture exhibition on the streets of Manhattan and witnessed practitioners sincerely telling of the brutal persecution encountered by Falun Gong in China, he phoned his TV station headquarters and reported what he saw.

As a reporter, Mr. Flaminia was deeply moved by the Falun Gong practitioners' courage and willpower to uphold the truth. He decided to produce a documentary on Falun Gong and human rights, which will record the worldwide spread of Falun Dafa and include stories about the beauty that Falun Dafa has brought to people throughout the world. In doing so, the reporter wanted to help the Italian people to awaken their conscience and sense of justice and to help stop the persecution in China as soon as possible. Mr. Flaminia wanted to go to China to shoot this special documentary, regardless of the Chinese Communist regime's opposition and any pressures related to international economic interests. He made every effort to request permission from his company. However, at present, Falun Gong is still a sensitive topic in China. His friends told him that it might be too risky and suggested that he go to Taiwan instead, where Falun Gong is warmly received and is spreading rapidly. Therefore, Mr. Flaminia began his journey to shoot the documentary in Taiwan.

Falun Gong practitioners' group morning exercises in Hualian

Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, was publicly introduced in China by Mr. Li Hongzhi in May 1992. During the seven years from May 1992 to July 1999, according to an internal investigation by the Chinese Public Security Bureau, about 70 to 100 million people in Mainland China practised Falun Gong. On November 24, 1998, a Shanghai TV station reported that Falun Gong was spreading widely in Europe, America, Australia and Asia. It reported on how Falun Gong was warmly received in Shanghai and abroad, and said that 100 million people around the world practised Falun Gong. At present, Falun Dafa has been spread to more than 60 countries throughout the world and has more than 100 million practitioners. Falun Dafa has received more than 1,000 proclamations from different governments and organisations throughout the world.

Because a Taiwanese practitioner, Mr. Cheng, suffered from serious illnesses, he and his wife went to the Mainland to look for a renowned medical doctor. Their friends recommended the practise of Falun Gong to them, so they attended two lecture series given by Mr. Li Hongzhi in China. Mr. Cheng's health gradually improved, until he fully recovered. In 1995, the couple formally introduced Falun Gong to the Taiwanese people. Mr. Cheng's miraculous recovery was spread by word of mouth and many people started learning and practising Falun Gong. Currently, there are more than 1,000 practise sites and about 500,000 people practising Falun Gong in Taiwan.

Qigong has been very popular in Taiwan, because of its health benefits. In public parks in the morning, the slow, smooth and gentle Falun Gong exercises and its sitting meditation form a striking contrast to the generally noisy environment of the parks and other people's intense exercises. The rapid growth of Falun Gong in Taiwan began after April 25, 1999, when more than 10,000 practitioners in China went to the Appeals Office near the central government's Zhongnanhai Compound, to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong when it was unjustly slandered and practitioners were being harassed. The incident drew great attention from the worldwide media. TV stations and newspapers in Taiwan also reported on the incident. As a result, the number of practitioners in Taiwan suddenly increased manifold.

In New York, the Italian reporter learned about the bloodshed and violence carried out by the Chinese Communist Party and Jiang Zemin's regime in suppressing Falun Gong. He also learned about the lawsuits around the world against Jiang. He has also paid great attention to the rescue of orphans in China, whose parents were tortured to death because of their practise of Falun Gong. He called on more kind-hearted people to help rescue these children.

A mother and her infant during morning group practice at Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall Plaza on March 19, 2005	Mainland practitioner Ms. Wang Lixuan and her 8-month old son Meng Hao, who both died from the persecution

Since the Jiang faction's persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, the regime has utilised the country's media to demonize Falun Gong practitioners in order to justify their crimes against Falun Gong. The media covered up the persecution, and constantly fabricated lies such as the Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident to instigate people's hatred toward Falun Gong.

In Taiwan, learning and practising Falun Gong is encouraged and welcomed. Unfortunately, on the Mainland, the same activity often leads to illegal persecution, imprisonment and even torture and death. Falun Gong practitioners from Hualian expressed, "Falun Dafa is a profound cultivation practise of the Buddha School. It benefits people both physically and spiritually. We hope that more people with predestined relationships will join the practise and experience the happiness of cultivation. We also call upon the Chinese Communist regime on the other side of the Strait to stop the unlawful suppression of Falun Gong as soon as possible."

On the morning of March 19, 2005, nearly 700 Falun Gong practitioners practice the exercises on the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall Plaza.

On the morning of March 19, 2005, nearly 700 Falun Gong practitioners from Taipei came to the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall Plaza to practise the Falun Gong exercises. Their movements were uniform and there was no noise at all. Mr. Flaminia was very surprised and kept saying that the practitioners were so coordinated.

The reporter said he understood that Falun Gong is a kind of gentle exercise based on the universal principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, which benefits people both physically and spiritually. Furthermore, the practise is very helpful for social stability, as it improves peoples' morality. On the streets in New York, he saw practitioners exposing the persecution. In Taiwan, he witnessed the wide spread of Falun Gong, and the peace and goodness experienced by those who practise Falun Gong. It is precisely because Falun Gong is so wonderful that we need to work even harder to seek

Monday March 21, 2005

A traveling art exhibition featuring artists from all over the world, including a former Saipan resident, will open in the CNMI Arts Gallery on Capitol Hill today.

"Truth, Compassion, Tolerance" is a collection of 40 pieces of painting and sculpture by over 15 artists including seven pieces by painter Michelle Chen, who has lived on Saipan for nine years.

Artist Michelle Chen and other Falun Gong practitioners practicing Falun Gong at seashore

The exhibit explores the brutal persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China. It has been shown in about 20 locations such as New York and Washington, D.C. in the United States; Toronto, Canada; Jakarta, Indonesia; Seoul, Suwon, and Daegu in Korea; Australia; and New Zealand.

"We've decided to bring it to Saipan because I lived and have a lot of friends here," 33-year-old Chen said.

Chen, who has learned traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy in China, came to Saipan as a student in 1992 and went on to spend nine years on island. She now lives and does her paintings in Canada and is also the art director of Community Arts Council of Richmond, BC.

Chen's work has been recognized in China and in the CNMI. She was the recipient of the Governor's Award for Most Outstanding Visual Artist in 1998. Verizon used her works for its phone cards and marketing materials in 2000. Her paintings have also been reproduced as post cards, which are sold at many CNMI establishments.

A Falun Dafa practitioner since 1999, Chen expressed belief that it is her duty as an artist to show truth in her works.

"We, the artists participating in this exhibit, are trying to spread the word about the torture and other brutalities being committed against Falun Dafa practitioners in China. The Chinese government has all the resources to conduct propaganda. They control everything. We have only our fellow practitioners and our art," Chen said.

The exhibit, however, is a must-see not only for its message, but also the technical skill manifested in the paintings.

The works include oil paintings, pen and ink drawings, pastel drawings, and sculpture that were mostly created using a realist approach that captures the subject matter of suffering. The paintings, at the same time, feature metaphysical themes, bearing images of demons and deities, gods, Buddhas, and Taos.

The exhibit will be opened with a ceremony at 4:30pm today and will run until April 9. It will also be shown at the Flame Tree Arts Festival at the American Memorial Park from April 15 to April 17.

Source:http://www.saipantribune.com/archives/newsstorysearch.aspx?cat=1&newsID=45619&issID=1920&archdte=3/21/2005%2012:00:00%20AM

Dafa: Can be translated as, "Great Law". It is the same as the "Dafa" used in "Falun Dafa".