Extortion

  • Names of Officials Responsible for the Torture and Extortion of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Nanyang City

    Staff members from Nanyang City Political and Legal Committee "610 Office" have held many brainwashing sessions to persecute and extort money from practitioners. Every time a brainwashing session was held, the executive officers would appropriate large amounts of public money for the operation of such sessions. These funds are hard-earned money paid by the people of the district. However, on top of these extensive funds the brainwashing facility staff members force practitioners to pay 30 yuan in the name of room and board even though they are detained against their wishes and do not volunteer for these classes.
  • Despicable Acts Towards Hebei Province Dafa Practitioner Mr. Xu Junshan

    On the morning of April 27, 2001, the Xingtai Public Security Bureau and the Special Case Investigation Group again came to Junshan's home. This time they did not find him at home. Not satisfied, they abducted his daughter as a hostage, even though neither Junshan's son nor daughter practised Falun Gong. Junshan's wife had to ask people who had connections with the police to secure the release of their daughter after more than two days of detention and another 1,000 yuan in extortion fees. But the harassment did not end there.
  • The Persecution of Hebei Province Dafa Practitioner Chen Guoyou's Family (Part 2)

    Chen Ji was released from the camp in April 2002. He asked his work unit to return his ID card and asked to be returned to his former post. The director, Tian De, pushed the responsibility to the "610 Office" and would only allow Chen Ji to return to his post if he would sign statements promising not to practise Falun Gong and expressing regret over practising in the past. Faced with no other choice, Chen Ji had to take an outside job.
  • Facts about Daqing City Brainwashing Centre: Two Million Yuan Used to Persecute the Innocent

    Shocking facts: As of December 2003, at least 24 Dafa practitioners whose names can be verified through civil channels were tortured to death in Daqing City. That is 18% of all torture deaths or deaths as a result of torture in Heilongjiang Province, and ranks only behind Harbin City, in which 27 practitioners were tortured to death or died as a result of torture. That makes Daqing City one of the areas with the most severe Falun Dafa persecution in China. Daqing City's government and the Party secretary are exclusively responsible for this persecution.
  • Running Brainwashing Classes - A Way to Make Money for the Party in Fujian Province

    Although they have the finances in hand, they still force Falun Gong practitioners' workplaces to pay anywhere from one to two thousand yuan [500 yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China]. The surplus funds go into the committee officials' own pockets as "bonuses." Once someone in the brainwashing classes yields, these officials demand that his or her employer hold all kinds of conferences for the purpose of getting credit from higher-level officials.
  • Senseless Violence Against Falun Dafa Practitioners in Hunan Province

    After arresting Dafa practitioners, they tell their families, "Pay to get them out, otherwise, we will send them to the forced labour camp or to prison!" Oftentimes, about five or six Dafa practitioners are abducted at once, and their families are forced to pay for their release. The authorities never give the reason for these extortions or issue any receipts. Many Falun Dafa practitioners' families have had to suffer a great deal in order to scrape together or borrow the money, and they have travelled very long distances to pay the extortion fees to release their family members.
  • Witness Reveals Mr. Li Rongxian's Death Resulting From Abuse in the Jiutai Forced Labour Camp

    To cover up their crime, the camp authorities sent Li's body to Jiutai City Hospital. When his wife and relatives came to make the funeral arrangements, the camp authorities publicly lied by claiming that Mr. Li had suffered a cardiac arrest and died in Jiutai Hospital. Mrs. Li and his relatives are still unaware of the real cause of his death.
  • Outstanding Teacher from Describes How She Has Been Persecuted

    After the illegal labour reform forced on me since July 2000 ended, I went to the school and asked for my job back. I said to the principal: "I am a working teacher and the classroom is my work place. I did not do anything wrong by practicing truthfulness, compassion and forbearance. Why won't you let me come back to work?" The principal got very mad at me, "Even now you still think this way, how can you come back to work?!"...I found the secretary and asked him for my job back. The secretary told me the school does need a teacher like me, but I would have to write a guarantee letter saying that I will never practise Falun Gong again. I refused immediately
  • Dehui City Police Extort 10,000 Yuan from Practitioner and Sentence Him to 2 Years Forced Labour

    They told her: "You just stay home and wait for the news from him." Several days later, she heard the outrageous news from her husband that he had been sentenced to two years of forced labour. This means that she had spent the money in vain, but she was never able to get it back. Such extortion manifests the policy of the "610 Office", "bankrupt them financially."
  • Institutionalized Corruption in Hebei Province: Bazhou City Policemen Accumulate Illicit Money in the Persecution Against Falun Gong

    Once the corrupt police received a fine of 5,000 Yuan from a Falun Gong practitioner surnamed Chen of Chengguan Town and others, they straight away split up the money in the Political and Security Section office. After they split up the money, one of the police argued, just like a common thief,:"How come you have so much money, but only give me so little?" One of the leaders replied:"You only have that much! How many days have been here! If you want it, just take it, otherwise you have nothing. Don't you know the Party has no say in this matter..." They nearly started a brawl over an uneven share of the illicit money. This is what Falun Gong practitioners witnessed.
  • Amoral Police from Yingkou City Extort Huge Sums from Dafa Practitioners

    Dafa practitioner Mr. Li worked hard all his life for low wages. When he was arrested for being a practitioner, wicked Chief of Police Wang Hongkui fined him 20,000 yuan, knowing well how poor he was. Li had saved all his life to buy materials to build a home, and Wang Hongkui also confiscated all the lumber. Wang gave the lumber to a relative for the relative to build a house with.
  • The Corruption at Handan City Police Station

    When she asked the police to release her husband, the police asked for 5000 Yuan. She had no way of finding that much money, since their home had been ransacked by the police several times, and she was forced to leave her job. Since the police didn't receive any money, they refused to release her husband, Liu Jun.
  • Yanshi City Falun Dafa Practitioners Endure Public Humiliation Through the Streets

    Finally, the men forcefully dragged them into a vehicle, and Zhi Yaobing shouted: "I will make you Falun Gong practitioners parade through the street with placards around your necks, and let you go down in history as a symbol of infamy." They wrote on the placards: "Whoever practises Falun Gong, will have his family broken up and die without sons." Under the 40 C (104 F) weather, these practitioners were forced to parade through all the streets in the village.
  • Appalling Abuse of Falun Gong Practitioners in Fujian Province

    Another seven have been sentenced to forced labour camps. There are 42 people being illegally detained as criminals, and 55 being illegally detained for "public security reasons." None of the practitioners who have been illegally detained have been spared from having their homes searched and their belongings confiscated by the police. The police have tried to extort money from them, anywhere from 31,000 Yuan to 2,000 Yuan. In total, the police have extorted nearly 100,000 Yuan.
  • Bogus Confessions Extorted Through Torture and Imprisonment by Police

    He was tortured until he lost consciousness and his life was in danger. Han confessed under this horrific persecution and at the edge of unconsciousness. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison. He is currently jailed at Dengta Prison. In addition, when Han was arrested in Beijing, he had 1,700 Yuan cash and a mobile phone on him which were taken by the police. The car Han had purchased with a fellow practitioner Han Kai, with an estimated value of 70,000 Yuan, was unjustly confiscated by Sun Lizhong (Head of Political Security Office) and Yang Dongsheng (clerk).