6-10 Office

  • 610 Office Personnel from Zhucheng City, Shandong Province Beat and Torture Ms. Liu Xixiang

    On November 17th, 2008, police broke down the door of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Xixiang's house in Baiyushanzhi Village, Zhucheng City. They arrested her, searched her house, and confiscated her personal property, including a computer and printer. Liu Xixiang was detained at the trading boarding house of Zhucheng City, beaten, forced to sit on the iron chair and was force fed. Group leader Wang Hongbo led more than 10 people to take turns torturing Liu Xixiang. They locked her on the iron chair and deprived her of sleep. Liu Xixiang went on hunger strike to resist this persecution. Seeing that she wouldn't be able to survive much longer, they dragged her to a Chinese medicine hospital to feed her by force.
  • 610 Office Refuses to Release Falun Gong Practitioner in Critical Condition

    Qiqihar City officials in Heilongjiang Province refuse to release imprisoned Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Pan Benyu, despite his critical condition. Mr. Pan Benyu was arrested by police on December 12th, 2006. His arrest was part of an ongoing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) activity that established a quota for arresting a certain number of practitioners before the end of the year. Prison guards tried to force Mr. Pan into making a false confession using torture that resulted in internal and external bleeding and bruising. He was taken to hospital. Back in prison, Mr. Pan was again subjected to several torture sessions and was again taken to hospital. At present, Mr. Pan's severe injuries have caused a loss of liver function.
  • The Shenyang 610 Office Manipulated the Courts to Give Falun Gong Practitioners Long Sentences

    Recently, the Shenyang 610 Office in Liaoning Province manipulated the courts in different districts to give a number of Falun Gong practitioners long sentences. The Shenbei New District Court in Shenyang City sentenced practitioner Ms. Wang Shumei to ten years of imprisonment, Mr. Xi Changhai to eleven years, Mr. Huo Defu to six years, and Mr Sun Yushu to eight years. The Dadong District Court sentenced practitioner Ms. Liu Tingxiu to three years of imprisonment, Ms. Zhang Qinghua to three and half years, Ms. Wu Naiying to four years, Mr. Cong Liang to four and half years, and Ms. Jiao Lianfang to three years. The Tiexi District Court sentenced Ms. Zhao Guiyun to three years.
  • The 610 Office Persecutes Older Practitioner Wang Guifeng in Weihai City

    Retired Ms. Wang Guifeng is a Falun Gong practitioner living in Weihai City. On December 9th, 2008, Ms. Wang was arrested as she went out to pay her electricity bill. Since then, she has been detained at the Weihai Detention Centre. Previously in March 2005, Ms. Wang was arrested again by Lpolice while she was walking and was sent to a labour camp for three years. During that period of time, she was severely tortured.
  • 610 Office in Suizhou City Continues to Harass and Extort Money from Ms. Qiu Lilan

    On November 4th, 2008, manager Wu, who is in charge of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners at the Mother and Childcare Hospital went to talk to practitioner Ms. Qiu Lilan, a retired doctor from the same hospital. Ms. Qiu explained to him that due to the long term persecution that she suffered at the hands of the local 610 Office, her health had slowly deteriorated, forcing her to undergo surgery in September 2008. As a result, she was living at her relative's home so she could get the personal care she needed. When the local "610 Office" found about this, they went to Ms. Qiu's hospital work unit and extorted several thousand yuan from them. They also took away Ms. Qiu's November retirement pension of more than 1000 yuan, leaving her with only 300 yuan to live on.
  • Baoji Sanitation Schoolteacher in Shanxi Province Arrested Again by 610 Office Personnel

    Because Ms. Wang Guaiyan firmly practised Falun Gong, on July 21st, 2008, she was arrested by Chinese Communist Party personnel from the school and from the Baiji Municipal 610 Office. Now she is imprisoned in the Fenghuo Hotel. Since July 20th, 1999, Ms. Wang has been arrested and imprisoned many times. In 2001, she was arrested by local 610 Office personnel, sent to Shanxi Provincial Women's Forced Labour Camp for three years, and tortured. She has been held in Baoji Municipal Lockup and other places three times.
  • Zhang Yuexian of the Li County 610 Office Arrested Practitioners and Extorted Money from Them, Their Families, and Their Employers

    On March 26th, 2008, Zhang Yuexian and over 50 policemen arrested six practitioners who were studying a Falun Gong book together, including three seniors in their 60s or 70s. He extorted over 20,000 yuan from their families. The police found a small bag with a pay card inside during the arrests. Zhang Yuexian threatened family members and extorted 5,000 yuan from them. He designated people to go to the home of one practitioner to try to force her to write a guarantee statement to denounce Falun Gong. Zhang Yuexian never gave a receipt when he extorted money. It is said that Zhang Yuexian once had to pay a lot of money to buy a director's position in the 610 Office and now he wants to take the money back from practitioners.
  • Practitioners Arrested by 610 Office in "Preparations for the Olympics" in Tianjin City

    Agents from the 610 Office of Tianjin City arrested practitioners in the name of preparing for the Olympic Games. There are 21 practitioners listed on the name register of Dagang District. Zhang Gaoli, chief of Chinese Communist Party in Tianjin City, secretly came to Dagang District to assume personal command, compelling work units, families and individuals to promise they would not go out to participate in group activities or appeal to the government or other things of this nature. The Political and Judiciary Committee of the Chinese Communist Party of Dagang District, Tianjin City, 610 Office, and the police participated in these arrests and the harassment of Falun Gong practitioners.
  • 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.
  • Recent Cases of Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners by 610 Office in Shanwei City, Guangdong Province

    Ms. Zhang Tieliu, in her 60's, lived in Shanwei City. After practising Falun Gong, she became healthy both physically and mentally. One day in April 2008, personnel from the Shanwei City 610 Office broke into Ms. Zhang's home. They ransacked her house without showing any legal documents and took away her Falun Gong book and an MP3 player. They sent Ms. Zhang to Sanshui Brainwashing Centre in Guangdong Province.
  • Recent Crimes Committed by Kunshan 610 Office and Domestic Security Division Agents

    When Mr. Zhu Xingfu, 58, and other practitioners raised a banner at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to announce their disagreement of the persecution of Falun Gong with the regime sometime between July 20th, 1999 and 2001, a group of police officers violently beat them before sending them to a detention centre in a Beijing suburb. The police there greeted them with punches, kicks and slaps in the face. Mr. Zhu's face and mouth were bloody and bruised. The police continued to beat him the next day. A policeman kicked him so hard that he fell to the ground. The policeman stomped on his body and continued kicking him. Mr. Zhu could not even stand up. They stripped him of his clothes and continued to beat him. His knees were injured so badly that he could not move his legs.
  • Jiujiang City "610 Office" Agents in Jiangxi Province Arrest Many Falun Gong Practitioners

    Officials from the Jiujiang Domestic Security Department, the Politics and Law Committee, and the 610 Office recently commenced another round of persecution and suppression of Falun Gong under the pretext of "Olympic Safety" and "Harmonious Society." Besides sending citizens "public letters" via mobile phone text message to emphasize the "urgency" of this campaign, they hired more than one thousand local security men--mostly jobless and retired people--to monitor, harass and arrest practitioners, in complete violation of the Chinese constitution.
  • Agents from the Shapingba 610 Office in Chongqing Abuse Mr. Lei Zhengxia and His Wife

    Li Hong, Shapingba 610 Office head, the District Domestic Security Division head in Chongqing and other Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel arrested retired teacher Mr. Lei Zhengxia and terrorized his wife Li Weiqun. The arrest took place because the couple told them that Falun Gong is treated unjustly, and that reports on the TV, in newspapers and other media defaming Falun Gong are untrue. The couple suffered a brutal beating. Lei Zhengxia sustained two broken ribs. He haemorrhaged internally and was in critical condition.
  • Crimes Committed by 610 Office Personnel in Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province

    Mr. Hong Haoyuan was a university graduate in his 20s. Early in 2000 he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. He was arrested by the 610 Office of the Chaozhou City Police Department and was sentenced to two years at Sanshui Forced Labour Camp. While there, he was inhumanely tortured and persecuted for practising Falun Gong. Before his arrest he was a handsome and strong young fellow, but by the time of his release, he was just a bag of bones and could barely walk or breathe. Relatives and neighbours could hardly recognize him. He was extremely weak and passed away in the early hours of January 5th, 2003.
  • Zhuhai City 610 Office Continues to Persecute Ms. Zhao Juanjuan

    On January 3rd, 2008, six or seven police officers broke into Falun Gong practitioner Zhao Juanjuan's home and ransacked it. They took away his printer, Falun Gong books, leaflets exposing the persecution, and other personal belongings. On January 18th, Zhao Juanjuan was accosted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police again on the street. Four police officers (three male and one female) forcefully lifted her into the vehicle and took her to the Third Detention Centre in Zhuhai. Because Zhao Juanjuan exceeded the age limit, the detention centre did not accept her. Another detention centre also refused to accept her. Since none of the detention centres would accept her, she was taken back home at 5pm, but was treated brutally by police.