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

  • Former Vice President of the Bank of China, Nanhai Branch, Arrested Again

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. He Zhizhen, 59 years old, was arrested again on her way home by officials from Foshan 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) on August 29th. Later, she was taken to the Sanshui Brainwashing Centre. Ms. He used to be the vice president of the Bank of China in Nanhai. She has a very good reputation for being honest and upright in her work.
  • Jiasmusi Practitioner Wang Shuqin's Own Account of Her Persecution

    For refusing to give up her practice of Falun Gong, Ms. Wang Shuqin and her family have been regularly harassed by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) henchmen. In order to expose the lies behind the persecution and give people an opportunity to understand the beauty of Falun Gong and the brutality of the persecution, Ms. Wang often travelled to distribute materials that explained the facts about Falun Gong. As a result, she has been detained and even imprisoned in a forced labour camp. She recounts: "Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp is a living hell. Refusing to give up my belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, I suffered immensely both physically and psychologically. I felt that I was in pain and being tortured every second."
  • Ms. Lin Zejing and Other Practitioners from Huanggang City Taken to Wuhan City Brainwashing Centre

    Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Lin Zejing, Mr. Hu Jun, Ms. Xiong Xiulian, Mr. Shen Zhi and Ms. Shen Mingqing were taken to Wuhan Banqiao Brainwashing Centre. Between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m. on August 16th, more than a dozen practitioners were arrested and their homes ransacked in Huanggang City. Mr. Wang Jiansheng was taken to the Wuhan Brainwashing Centre in May 2011 and held there for almost three months. As a result of being persecuted, he had hematemesis and hematochezia, and was very weak.
  • Huainan City Government and 610 Office Set Up Brainwashing Centre to Persecute Practitioners

    Officials from the Huainan City Politics and Law Committee and the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) set up a brainwashing centre in the Anhui University of Science and Technology Hotel in August 2011. At least seven practitioners have been persecuted there. Mr. Zhang Jinguo and his wife, Ms. Yuan Sucai, were deceived and taken to the brainwashing centre on August 4th. Later on, another practitioner, Ms. Niu Fengyun was arrested by the police and taken to the brainwashing centre in an ambulance.
  • Innocent Farmer Sentenced in Secret Trial at Jiaozhou Court in Qingdao

    On January 16th, 2011, Ms. Wang Guixiang was arrested by the Yanghe Town Police Station officers for distributing Falun Gong DVDs at the Yanghe local market in Jiaozhou. She was subsequently held at the Jiaozhou Detention Centre and later transferred to the Qingdao Dashan Third Detention Centre, where she has been held since. On June 3rd, the Jiaozhou Procuratorate and Court in Qingdao conducted a secret trial to sentence Ms. Wang. The court didn't notify Ms. Wang's lawyer of the trial date, and detention centre staff prohibited the lawyer from visiting her prior to the trial. Since the Chinese Communist Party began to persecute Falun Gong practitioners in 1999, Ms. Wang has been detained six times. In April 2002, she was sentenced to five years in the Shandong Province Women's Prison.
  • Gifted Computer Scientist Yao Yuan in Shanghai Sentenced to Eight Years of Imprisonment

    Shanghai police arrested Mr. Yao Yuan, a talented computer scientist, in January while he was distributing materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. He was detained in the Changning District Detention Centre. It was learned that approximately one month ago, the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in the Changning District of Shanghai and the Shanghai People's Court framed Mr. Yao, and sentenced him to eight years of imprisonment. His wife was on bail pending trial with restricted mobility.
  • 610 Office Again Arrests Former Defence Researcher Li Zhigang

    On August 19th, 2011, police hid near the home of Falun Gong practitioner Li Zhigang and his mother in Changsha City, waiting for them. They arrested Li and his mother and that night, Li Zhigang was taken to the Laodaohe brainwashing centre, organized by the Changsha City 610 office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). This is the fourth time that Li Zhigang has been arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since the persecution of Falun Gong began in July 1999.
  • Mr. Xu Zhiyin from Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, Secretly Sentenced to Five Years of Imprisonment

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Zhiyin was arrested by police from the Tianhe District Domestic Security Division on the night of May 22nd, 2010, and was detained at the Tianhe Detention Centre. In June 2011, Judge Liang Hao from the Tianhe District Court sentenced Mr. Xu to five years of imprisonment without notifying his family or his lawyer. Mr. Xu and his family are currently appealing to the Intermediate Court. Liang Hao has been working with the 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) to sentence several Falun Gong practitioners and send them to prison.
  • Pharmacist Ms. Wang Zhihong, from Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, Taken to Brainwashing Centre

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Zhihong was forcibly taken by staff at her workplace to the brainwashing centre at Shanxi Province Men's Forced Labour Camp in Xindian. It was learned recently that agents from different levels of 610 Offices (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) in Taiyuan have been persecuting local practitioners. Several retired elderly practitioners were harassed at their homes and some have been forced to leave home to avoid the persecution.
  • Eleven Practitioners Arrested in Qixia City, Shandong Province

    Between 5-8 a.m. on August 30th, 2011, officers from Qixia City Police Department, 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong), Domestic Security Division and local police stations arrested 11 practitioners from the city and surrounding areas, in some cases ransacking their homes. Among the 11 arrested, one elderly practitioner was released that same day, while another practitioner presumed to be arrested is still missing.
  • Older Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Cong Peilan from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Arrested

    Ms. Cong Peilan, a Falun Gong practitioner from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia was arrested by local police the night of August 21st. Ms. Cong was forced to leave her home in 2004 to avoid persecution. Because Yuanbaoshan District Domestic Security Division police could not find her, they put her on the national wanted list in 2009. Ms. Cong is currently detained at Yuanbaoshan District Detention Centre.
  • Mr. Zhou Xiangyang's Family Files Lawsuit Against Gangbei Prison

    Mr. Zhou Xiangyang was taken to Gangbei Prison, now called Binhai Prison, on March 5th, 2011. He was tortured by the guards and has been on a hunger strike to protest the persection for more than 160 days. When Mr. Li Xiwang's death at the prion became public and was exposed on the Clearwisdom website Mr. Zhou's family were worried that he would face a similar fate. They then hired lawyers from Beijing and filed a lawsuit against the prison authorities. Two lawyers went to the prison on August 22nd, and requested to see Mr. Zhou. Guards told the lawyers that they had to submit the local police station's certification, verifying that they did not practise Falun Gong themselves. A visit to see Mr. Zhou was not granted.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Xiang Li from Yi County, Liaoning Province Arrested and Persecuted by Police

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xiang Li was arrested and detained on July 21st by Domestic Security officer Feng Weidong and others. During her arrest and detention, Feng Weidong slapped her face several times. The police also bribed a doctor to falsify Ms. Xiang's medical records so she could be transferred to the Jinzhou City Detention Centre. Ms. Xiang has since been released. This was the tenth time that she had been arrested by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel.
  • Ruichang Police Department in Jiangxi Province Arrests 13 Falun Gong Practitioners within Three Months

    The Ruichang Police Department in Jiangxi Province arrested 13 Falun Gong practitioners within the past three months. On May 31st, practitioner Liang Zhong was arrested while he was explaining the facts about Falun Gong to people. His family refused extortion attempts by police officials, so he wasn't released. The police threatened that he wouldn't be released unless he identified three other Falun Gong practitioners. He refused, and was taken to the Jiujiang Majialong Labour Camp and subjected to further persecution.
  • After Three Years of Imprisonment, Huang Hua Arrested Again

    Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Huang Hua was arrested on August 9th, 2008, and later sentenced to three years of imprisonment by the Nanxi County Court. He was released from Wumaping Prison on August 9th, 2011, but was arrested again after 13 days by the Yibin 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). He has been detained at a brainwashing centre.