Brainwashing, Illegal Detention and Imprisonment, Inside the Labour Camps, Individual Accounts, 6-10 Office
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Lawyers Accuse Liaoning Court of Breaking the Law
2010-12-23
On November 23rd in Fengcheng, Liaoning Province, a court session was held to sentence four Falun Gong practitioners: Liang Yuncheng, Qu Shanlin, Wu Juan and Sun Zhongqin. Four lawyers came from Beijing and defended them for four hours. They pointed out that according to the laws related to freedom of speech and freedom of belief detailed in the Chinese Constitution, practising and promoting Falun Gong are completely legal. Therefore, the Falun Gong practitioners had not broken any laws, and by bringing them to court and punishing them, the judicial system was breaching the Constitution. -
Officers from the Liucheng Town Police Station Arrest Ms. Li Guozhi Again
2010-12-23on December 6th, nine police officers went to the home of Ms. Li Guozhi in Yaoeryingzi Village. Two of them climbed over the wall and entered her yard while the others stayed outside. After seeing that Ms. Li was at home, they told the others to come in. They pushed the door open and arrested Ms. Li Guozhi. She asked officer Ding how they could arrest her without a warrant. Ding said no legal procedures needed to be followed to arrest a Falun Gong practitioner. Previously, Ms. Li was arrested and taken to Masanjia Forced Labour Camp for a one-year term. -
Liaoning Women's Prison Makes Huge Profits by Using High-Intensity Forced Labour
2010-12-22In 2002, I was sentenced to 3 years of prison because of my belief. I was imprisoned at Liaoning Province Women's Prison for three years. There were over 3,000 people imprisoned there, including innocent Falun Gong practitioners. I was assigned to a machine-sewing assembly group. We produced uniforms, sheets, bedspreads, pillowcases, curtains, all kinds of clothes (including jeans, sleepwear, shirts, children's clothes, skirts, and so on), pillows, pads, slipcovers, piano covers, table covers, television covers, and covers for drinking water dispensers. Sometimes we also hand-sewed gloves, sweaters, toys and more. Detainees in the prison are subjected to extended hours of forced labour, usually 15 hours per day. Sometimes people are so tired that they faint, feel sick, or vomit. -
Imprisoned Three Times, Older Practitioner Ms. Huang Naiwei Is Now Being Persecuted in a Brainwashing Centre
2010-12-22Practitioner Huang Naiwei, 62, was sent to forced labour camps three times. The last time, she was supposed to be released on September 16th. However, the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) of Luwan District refused to free her and instead transferred her to a brainwashing centre because the government was running the 2010 World Expo. She has been held in the brainwashing centre since then. -
Mr. Yuan Fanghua, 59, Arrested and Detained
2010-12-22On the evening of August 3rd, 2010, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Yuan Fanghua was attacked by several plainclothes police officers at his home. The police had turned the electricity off to his home, and attacked Mr. Yuan when he opened the front door to check what had happened. They dragged him into a car, and took him to a brainwashing centre, which is under the control of the Hunan 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). The practitioners held there were surrounded by four or five agents, who took turns shouting at them for the whole day. They constantly slandered Falun Gong and its founder, and threatened the practitioners with forced labour or prison if they did not cooperate and renounce their belief -
Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Cao Yixiang, 56, Brutally Tortured at the No. 2 Women's Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province
2010-12-21Ms. Cao Yixiang is 56 years old and her health greatly improved through the practice of Falun Gong. To help people see through the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) lies, she distributed Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution. Malicious people fabricated stories about her and reported her. On October 17th, 2008, she was sentenced to one year in Shandong Province No. 2 Women's Forced Labour Camp. She suffered unimaginable torture. She explains, "I asked to go to the toilet. They refused to let me go. Eventually I couldn't hold it any longer and I had to urinate in my trousers. Inmates ran up to me and hit me so hard that I fell down. They kicked me and stomped all over me. After beating me, one pulled my feet and the other pulled my arms to drag me around and throw me on the floor. They used my body to mop the floor." -
Dancheng County, Henan Province Police Officers Terrify a 100-Year-Old Disabled Woman
2010-12-21On November 30th, three policemen from the Dancheng County National Security Bureau raided the home of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yue Yanping. She was not at home, but her 100-year-old disabled mother was there alone. It was like a home invasion robbery: her mother was so scared, she could not keep any food down. They searched every room and even took the tape player the old woman used daily. They took all the Falun Gong books. Earlier this year, Ms. Yue Yanping had been held against her will for five days. -
Seven Falun Gong Practitioners Brutally Tortured in Brainwashing Centre at Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province
2010-12-21Seven Falun Gong practitioners from Zhaoyuan City, were arrested by the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). They were held in the Lingnan Gold Mine Brainwashing Centre in Linglong Town, Shandong Province. Each of these seven practitioners had been locked in a single cell for long periods of time. They each suffered varying-degrees of abuse, beatings, forced confessions, and mental torture. Their families are not allowed to visit them. -
Mr. Ruan Xianchou from Taishan City, Guangdong Province Arrested and Detained, His Eight-Year-Old Son Left Unattended
2010-12-20
My name is Ruan Jiancheng, and I'm an eight-year-old boy. My father, Falun Gong practitioner Ruan Xianchou, was arrested on November 26th and is being held in the Taishan City Detention Centre. They have not given us a detention warrant, and neither have they allowed me to visit him. Since my father's detention, I have lost the strong backbone of my life. I'm also unable to go to school. I am short on food and clothing. No one takes care of me, and I have been left alone. I plead with you to please help secure my father's release. -
Ms. Du Mingliang's Personal Account of Persecution in a Psychiatric Hospital
2010-12-19The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong in July 1999. I went to Beijing to appeal on December 25th, 1999, and have since been subjected to the persecution. The 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in Huaian City repeatedly arrested me and ransacked my home. They detained me five times, sentencing me to two years and nine months of forced labour, and later sentenced me to four years and six months of imprisonment. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials also tortured me in a psychiatric hospital, force-feeding me harmful drugs. They even alienated me from my family, trying to force me to give up my belief. -
Cao Xuewen from Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province Describes His Persecution Experiences
2010-12-19Mr. Cao Xuewen was arrested by the police three times and persecuted in a brainwashing centre two times. He was also forced to become homeless once. He explains, "brainwashing attempts to "transform" [forcibly renounce Falun Gong] practitioners who follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance into people who smoke, fight, and cast blame on others. A practitioner was only considered "transformed" when he had signed a guarantee statement to renounce practising Falun Gong. Those in charge extorted a large amount of money from the "transformed" practitioners and also demanded that the practitioners thank them for their so-called "transformation."" -
Mr. Liu Tong, a Teacher from Mei County, Guangdong Province, Arrested by More Than Ten Police Officers
2010-12-18Liu Tong, a physics teacher at Dongshan Middle School in Mei County, Guangdong Province, received a phone call on November 25th, from a fellow Falun Gong practitioner requesting Falun Gong materials. Mr. Liu went to deliver the materials to Mei County High School. He was later arrested by police waiting for him. He was detained at the Detention Centre. A dozen policemen took him to his home and ransacked it. The police took pictures, confiscated his computer and other personal belongings. -
Wang Guohua and Her Family in Yushu City, Jilin Province Subjected to Repeated Persecution
2010-12-18Ever since July 1999, under the direction of the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), the public security, procuratorial and judicial branches in Yushu City have been persecuting those who believe in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. A variety of persecution methods are used against the Falun Gong practitioners, including arrests, confiscating personal property, fines, extracting confessions by torture, detention, forced labour camp terms, imprisonment, brainwashing, and house imprisonment. Falun Gong practitioner Wang Guohua and her family have been repeatedly persecuted. -
Ms. Jin Xiuwen and Mr. Liu Xigong from Beijing Sentenced
2010-12-16Ms. Jin Xiuwen and Mr. Liu Xigong, both in their 60's, were sentenced to four and a half years on July 13th, 2010, by the Haidian District Court. When they appealed to the higher court, the initial decision was upheld. Ms. Jin and Mr. Liu have been repeatedly persecuted because they refuse to give up their belief in Falun Gong. Ms. Jin has been dismissed by her employer, and Mr. Liu has had his pension suspended. Ms. Jin and Mr. Liu were arrested on December 19th, 2009, and their home was ransacked. -
Mr. Qin Yueming's Family Persecuted by Jinshantun District 610 Office
2010-12-16Practitioner Ms. Wang Baoyu was arrested in Harbin City on November 16th. Her husband, Mr. Qin Yueming, was tortured on a tiger bench in Yichun Forced Labour Camp. His legs and ribs were broken in several places and he couldn't walk. He was later sentenced to ten years in prison, and is being detained at the Lianjiangkou Prison in Jiamusi City.
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