Brainwashing, Illegal Detention and Imprisonment, Inside the Labour Camps, Individual Accounts, 6-10 Office
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Eight Practitioners in Qian'an City, Hebei Province, Recently Taken into Custody
2007-10-23
On October 11th, 2007, practitioner Ms. Liu Xiaoyuan, was taken away by the police and her home ransacked. Ms. Liu's whereabouts is currently unknown. On October 12th, Mr. Yuan Chunlin, was taken away by the police and had his home ransacked. The police seized his computer, printer, and TV antenna. Other practitioners were also arrested, had money extorted from them and tortured in a detention centre. They had all committed no crime. They only follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. -
Police in Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province Break Into Practitioners' Homes and Take Them Into Custody
2007-10-23At about 4:30 a.m. on September 28th, 2007, the 610 Office and police departments in all counties and districts of Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province acted in unison to harass and arrest more than ten practitioners all over the city. The officers even dispatched cranes to break into the homes of practitioners through their windows. They made videotapes of practitioners against the practitioners' will. Ms. Wu Yuexia was sentenced to labour camp and others are still detained in the Shuangyashan City Detention Centre. It is reported that these arrests were planned by the 610 offices and police departments in all counties and districts of Shuangyashan City in a covert meeting which was held in Youyi County on September 27th. -
Crimes Committed by Agents of the Wuwei City 610 Office in Gansu Province and Others
2007-10-22Under orders from the city administration and from the 610 Office, beginning on July 20th, 1999, the police began to harass the Falun Gong practitioners in their district by reporting on, registering, threatening, and monitoring them. All of the practitioners had to hand in their Falun Gong books, and any Falun Gong exercise tapes, and they had to submit guarantee statements [to abandon the Falun Gong practice and not travel to Beijing for appeals]. If they refused, they would be searched and fined and have their belongings confiscated. Practitioners were also required to report to officials every morning and evening. Within several days they would be told to show up for written reports. -
Many Beijing Practitioners in Universities Arrested Recently and Their Houses Ransacked
2007-10-21Agents from the Beijing 610 Office ordered agents of all 610 Offices and all government-supervised neighbourhood committees in Beijing, as well as other community officials, to go to practitioners' houses and/or call practitioners to harass them. There were rumours of another "re-education" (brainwashing) class and of renewed requirements for Falun Dafa practitioners to write "thought reports." Busybodies went to practitioner's homes wanting to "check on them." All these activities are related to a renewed intensification of the persecution of of Falun Gong surrounding the Seventeenth Party Congress and the Beijing Olympics. -
Ms. Li Xiaoling from Shanxi Province Sentenced to Prison
2007-10-20On July 20th, 2007, when Ms. Li Xiaoling, 34, gave leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong to security officers in a Gaoping City government building, she was reported to the authorities and consequently arrested. Personnel from the 610 Office carried out the arrest and searched her home. On September 19th, 2007, Ms. Li Xiaoling was secretly sentenced to four years in prison. However, her family was not notified. When her family became aware of Li Xiaoling's situation, they immediately tried to appeal her case. Yang Changchun (from the 610 Office) threatened to prolong Xiaoling's imprisonment if her family followed through with the appeal. -
Agents of the Communist Regime in Guangan City, Sichuan Province Held Brainwashing Sessions to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
2007-10-19On September 2nd, 2004, practitioner Yang Linxin refused to watch the video that slandered Dafa, so security guard Zheng Ce brutally beat Yang Linxin on the face and asked, "Won't you watch? Won't you watch?" Yang Linxin shouted, "Someone is beating me." Hearing the yelling, guard Cao Shan and other guards rushed into the room and shouted, "Beat him!" They all savagely beat Yang Linxin, and he was knocked down as a result. As they beat him they shouted, "You still dare to shout. We will beat you to death." Yang Linxin was beaten until he was unable to eat or stand up straight. His face was swollen and his chest was covered with bruises. -
Ms. Yan Jingqiu Imprisoned in Wangcun Forced Labour Camp and Not Allowed to Visit Her Husband Before His Death
2007-10-19Because she removed banners that the wicked Chinese Communist Party made to defame Falun Gong, practitioner Ms. Yan Jingqiu of Qingdao City was arrested by police and sent to Wangcun Forced Labour Camp for a term of two and a half years. Because of the mental pressure, her husband suffered from a severe illness and passed away; Ms. Yan was not allowed to see him before his death. The forced labour camp forbade Ms. Yan to visit her husband because she refused to sign a guarantee statement to give up her beliefs. She is still unlawfully imprisoned and her daughter is at home alone. -
Recent Persecution of Practitioners in Hengyang County, Hunan Province
2007-10-18On the night of August 17th, 2007, police officers broke into and ransacked practitioner Mr. Zhu Pingzhi's home in the Baiguo Village, in Hengyang County, and took away equipment such as a computer, printer, CD burner, and materials worth a combined value of more than 20,000 yuan (about 1,250 British pounds). Mr. Zhu and his wife have escaped and decided to go into exile to avoid further persecution and arrest. -
Officials at the Saertu Police Department in Daqing City Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners Ms. Li Hui and Ms. Du Shuxia
2007-10-18Officials from the Saertu District Police Department in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, arrested Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Li Hui and Ms. Du Shuxia on September 22nd, 2007. They handcuffed the women behind their backs and sent them to the No. 1 Detention Centre in Daqing City at 8:00 p.m. In the days that followed they tortured and interrogated them and videotaped the entire process. They bound Li Hui to a metal chair for several days. They constantly pressured her and tried to extort a "confession." They planned to fabricate charges against the practitioners and forbade family visits. They lied to the families in an attempt to extort money by saying the practitioners had committed crimes. -
Practitioner Wei Rongdi from Benxi City Suffers Ill Health After Detention
2007-10-18On April 26th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wei Rongdi was arrested in a shop she worked in, by police. The police told her that she needed to go the police station for some minor issue. However, when she arrived at the police station, she was immediately handcuffed and interrogated. The police asked her if she practised Falun Gong. Ms. Wei Ringdi replied "Yes." She was taken to Dabailou Detention Centre. Twenty days later, she became ill and developed a large bump in her lower abdomen. On June 18th, 2007, Ms. Wei Rongdi could not eat and started to have difficulty breathing. She lost control of her bladder and bowels. She also suffered insomnia. Now she is on medical parole. She has no source of income and lives by doing odd jobs at the shop. -
Four Practitioners From Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Are Secretly and Sentenced
2007-10-17On May 29th, 2007, under great pressure from the Autonomous Region's governing body and the 610 Office, the court in Xixia District, Yinchuan City was forced to open a hearing on four practitioners and sentenced them to heavy terms ranging from 3 years to 7 years because they practise Falun Gong. The four practitioners appealed the sentence. Yet, on July 11th, 2007, Yinchuan City Middle Court again secretly pronounced heavy sentence on the four practitioners. -
The Mistreatment I was Subjected to at the Anhui Women's Forced Labour Camp
2007-10-17The Anhui Women's Labour Camp forcibly brainwashes practitioners. The guards tried to force me to watch videos that slandered Falun Dafa, and when I resisted, the collaborators [former practitioners who assist in brainwashing and torturing practitioners] took me to the video area and tied me to a chair. The head of the labour camp also deprived me of sleep for long periods of time, waking me at 5:00 a.m. and not allowing me to go to bed until after midnight. He sent two inmates to watch me, did not allow me to talk to anyone. I later lost the sight in my right eye as a result of the physical abuse, and my blood pressure rose to 160/130. When the doctors examined me, they said that I was also about to lose the sight in my left eye. To this day, my health continues to suffer as a result of the persecution. -
Ms. Yin Peikun Sentenced a Second Time to Forced Labour Camp--Leaving Mentally Disabled Family Members Without Care
2007-10-16Ms. Yin Peikun is a sixty year-old Falun Dafa practitioner. In late 2004, she was sentenced to two years of forced labour for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the truth about Falun Dafa, and she was released in early 2007. On September 1st, 2007, she was arrested again. Recently, she was sentenced to another two years of forced labour. She is imprisoned at the Jinan City Women's Forced Labour Camp in Shandong Province. -
My Experience Being Tortured at Longmen Police Station, Longjing City, Jilin Province
2007-10-15In early January 2007, two Falun Dafa practitioners and I went to the villages of Longjing City to distribute leaflets exposing the persecution and were stalked and reported on by an old man, the village guard. We were arrested and taken to the Longmen Police Station in Longjing City where I was beaten severely and tortured with "hanging up in the air," "iron chair", "pouring freezing cold water over people," for 10 hours by Vice Director Zheng and other policemen. The police also stomped on my stomach which caused me to empty my bladder immediately. -
Beijing Chaoyang Police Department Detains Mr. Wang Hongwei Again
2007-10-14
Wang Hongwei was persecuted many times for persisting in his cultivation. In 2001, while he was sending emails informing people about the true nature of Falun Gong in an Internet café, he was reported by the person in charge of the café and was sentenced to four and half years in jail. The jail officials forced prisoners to work making products that earned the jail huge profits. Once when he was manufacturing footballs, a needle stabbed Mr. Wang in his left eye. The sight in his left eye was severely compromised. Mr. Wang was arrested again on August 18th, 2007.
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