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

  • 610 Office in Huaian City, Jiangsu Province Arrests Another Nurse for Practising Falun Gong

    On May 23rd, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Zhou Ling was arrested and detained at the Huaian City Detention Centre. According to sources, Zhou Ling has already been sentenced to one-year of forced labour. Before Ms. Zhou's arrest, Falun Gong practitioner Hu Yunqin, another nurse in-charge at the Huaian City Chinese Traditional Medical Hospital, was arrested on April 15th from her work place. Hu Yunqin was brutally tortured, both physically and mentally, and she still suffers from extreme pain, even after being released. Her left eye was beaten badly, causing bleeding and vision blurring.
  • Ms. Yu Zhiying from Ningpo City Arrested and Facing Sentencing

    On May 18th, 2008, Ms. Yu Zhiying, a Falun Gong practitioner, was reported to the authorities as she distributed leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong at a food market. She was then once again arrested by the Zhenhai police and imprisoned. She will likely face sentencing. Meanwhile, her daughter in junior high school and her husband who had previously been poisoned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are now facing harassment and confiscation of the family's property. Previously, her husband had submitted Falun Gong books and leaflets to the court, which provided so-called "evidence" for Ms. Yu to Moganshan Forced Labour Camp for one and a half years.
  • Practitioners who Consoled Earthquake Victims are Mercilessly Beaten, Robbed and Arrested by Police Officers in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province

    Practitioner Ms. He Meixian and her family have been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) due to their belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance since 1999, when the persecution of Falun Gong began. Ms. He's family members have been beaten to death by police, her home has been decimated, and her life made extremely difficult due to the persecution. Prior to the large earthquake in Sichuan Province, there was an earthquake in Pan County, Guizhou Province, in early May 2008. This earthquake damaged Ms. He Meixians house. After this news got out, practitioners in Guiyang City went to visit her at her temporary home. They were all arrested by police.
  • Practitioners Hu Ruirong and Lei Yunqun, Husband and Wife from Hengyang City, Hunan Province, Repeatedly Arrested

    Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Wu Ruirong and Ms. Lei Yingqun, husband and wife, were arrested by the police at 11:30 a.m. on May 24th, 2008 as they were working in a bridal studio in Hengyang City. The police ransacked their residence and used the pretext of "having found six pieces of evidence" as reason to hold them. On March 13th, 2002, Hengyang City Police Department agents detained Wu Ruirong for an unnamed crime and later incarcerated him at the Kaipu Forced Labour Camp in Changsha for two years. The family has suffered greatly due to the persecution.
  • Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Personnel in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province Arrest and Torture Ten Practitioners

    On April 11th, practitioner Mr. Zhang Hejun had already been detained and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for a year. He was arrested again and was taken back to Zhuzhou City. The party members hung him by his wrists and poured pepper juice on him. Mr. Zhang is now deaf in his right ear, his right hand is numb, and his right foot is fractured. The police officers also threatened to beat him to the point of mental collapse.
  • Exposing the Crimes Committed in the Masanjia Forced Labour Camp

    From May 9th, the Masanjia Labour Camp engaged in the so-called "Double-hundred Strike Hard Order," which will last until October. The guards planned to intensify the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners during this period of time. Practitioners have to finish their hard-labour assignments on schedule, otherwise, they will be beaten, or their prison terms will be extended. Li Mingyu instigated someone surnamed Chen to beat up practitioners who didn't finish their assignments. She also threatened, "Those who don't finish their task on time will taste my electric baton." The head of the team often helped the guards do the beating. In order to coerce detainees to make money for them, the guards in Masanjia would do anything to persecute them.
  • Details of the Persecution of Older Practitioner Ms. Qiu Xiu'e from Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province

    Ms. Qiu Xiu'e is a 56-year-old Falun Gong practitioner. She has been arrested and detained several times since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999. On February 3rd, 2004, Ms. Qiu was sentenced to a three-year jail term. She appealed and went on a hunger strike to protest this unjust sentence. As a result, both her hands and feet were handcuffed, and she was tied on a bed so that she could not move and later lost control of her bladder. On February 24th, she was tortured in Zhejiang Women's Prison. She was not allowed to sleep if she did not write the guarantee statement declaring that she gave up Falun Gong. She was personally monitored and forcibly brainwashed. Until May of 2008, officials withheld part of her pension for the time of her detention.
  • Ms. Zhang Xiulan from Xining City, Qinghai Province, Arrested

    On May 13th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Zhang Xiulan, in her 50s, her sister, Ms. Zhang Xiuchun, and four other people, including their parents, were arrested by police officers from Chaoyang Police Station after the officers broke into their home. Ms. Zhang Xiulan is still detained in the Ershilipu Detention Centre but the others have been released. The officers ransacked the homes of Ms. Zhang Xiulan, Ms. Zhang Xiuchun, and Ms. Xiao Ruan and stole personal items.
  • Large Scale Arrests and Harassment of Practitioners in Shouguang City

    Since March 2008 the authorities in Shouguang City have been carrying out large-scale persecution and arrests of Falun Gong practitioners. On March 25th, 2008, Shouguang City Police broke into 60-year-old practitioner Zhang Zedong's home in Xiguan Village and arrested him. Then, they sent Zhang Zedong to the detention centre. On April 2nd, 2008 the Shouguang City Television Station broadcast a meeting of local Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials showing city CCP Committee Secretary Liu Zhonghui making arrangements to persecute practitioners. Immediately after, he held a city-level meeting to devise a plan to persecute Falun Gong practitioners.
  • Two Brothers and a Sister Arrested and Tortured

    Mr. Fu Hongru is over 50 years old and lives in Tonghua City, Jilin Province. On April 23rd, 2008, he was arrested by the Tuanjie police and for the next two days was shocked with electric batons and beaten. When he was taken to the Changliu Detention Centre on April 25th, he was covered with cuts and bruises. To cover up the truth, the police officers wrote on the arrest warrant that he was arrested on April 25th. Fu Hongru's brother, Fu Hongjian, 46, and sister, Fu Lisa, were also arrested. Mr. Fu Hongjian was so brutally tortured that he was unable to walk.
  • 15 Practitioners and Family Members Arrested in Beijing

    On May 14th, 2008, three police officers broke into Liu Baoguo's home. The police ransacked his home and then arrested him and tenant Jingjing. Their whereabouts is unknown. Liu Baoguo's home is in a mess because of the police ransacking. Since Liu Baoguo is a well-known honest fellow, his bitter experience has raised public anger. After experiencing constant harassment, Liu Guifu, wife of Liu Baoguo, moved abroad in forced exile. Liu Baoguo stopped practising Falun Gong when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong in 1999 because he was afraid of what the CCP would do to him and his family.
  • Following Years of Persecution, His Wife Already in a Labour Camp, Disabled Man in His 60's is Arrested in Mengyin County, Shandong Province

    On May 9th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Li Zongping, a disabled elderly man was arrested by police officers from the local 610 Office and Jushan Police Station. Before this happened, his wife Wang Fafeng had been sentenced to eighteen months in a labour camp. She was sent to the No.1 Women´s Labour Camp in Shandong Province on January 28th, 2008. During the nine years of persecution of Falun Gong, the couple has been arrested several times. Their home was searched by police. Authorities have extorted a total of 9260 Yuan from them in so-called "fines."
  • Police in Linjiang City, Jilin Province Arrest Numerous Falun Gong Practitioners, as well as Ransack Their Homes and Extort Money from Family Members

    Beginning in 2008, officials from the Linjiang City Police Department and those from the Senlin Police Department in Linjiang City have continually harassed and arrested practitioners. Practitioner Chi Minbao has been continually persecuted at the hands of officials from the Linjiang City Police Department for many years. The police tried to arrest him again recently. Chi Minbao decided to live away from home to avoid further persecution. Furthermore, the police also threatened, extorted money and ransacked the residence of practitioners Jiang Ying and Jiang Mingli and confiscated their personal belongings.
  • Mr. Shen Jian, His Wife Ms. Zhu Xunqing, and His Brother Shen Xiangjun Arrested in Zibo City, Shandong Province

    Mr. Shen Jian, 45, and his wife Ms. Zhu Xunqing, 43, were arrested on the night of May 18th, 2008 by agents from the National Security Division of the Zichuan Police Department, under the orders of the 610 Office. The couple drove to drop off their child at school. As soon as they got back and were about to walk through their front door, they were surrounded by a group of people who identified themselves as police officers from the Zichuan District Department. Mr. Shen and his wife were pushed into the police vehicle without seeing any paperwork. Currently, Ms. Zhu Xunqing is detained at the Zibo City Detention Centre in Fujia Town, Zhangdian District and four others are detained at the Zichuan Detention Centre.
  • Former Teacher from Police Management College in Guangzhou Arrested

    It was reported that on April 15th, 2008, the police arrested over 20 Falun Gong practitioners in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, and searched their homes. Ms. Zhao Ping is a former award-wining teacher from Police Management College in Guangzhou City. On April 15th, Guangzhou police officers arrested her and took her to Tianhe Detention Centre. When the persecution of Falun Gong started in 1999, Ms. Zhao was fired. Since losing her job, she has been detained several times and forced to attend brainwashing sessions. She has been sentenced to a forced labour camp for 3 years. Seeing his kind daughter suffering from persecution caused her father great pain. He passed away with sadness for the persecution of his daughter weighing heavily on his heart.