The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong  -- November 16, 2006

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

  • Ms. Chen Weijun Persecuted in Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison

  • Six Deaths Due to the Persecution Recently Learned

  • The Recent Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison



  • Ms. Chen Weijun Persecuted in Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison

    The so-called "Intense Training Unit" and the "Team for Subduing the Steadfast" in the Women's Prison in Heilongjiang Province are still using violence to "reform" Falun Gong practitioners. They instigated seven or eight criminal inmates to beat one practitioner, not allowing her to sleep at all, or only allowing her to go to sleep after 2:00 a.m. They surrounded her and shouted at her, forcing her to accept their evil words. If she refused, they abused her badly and cursed the founder of Falun Gong to cause her mental distress.

    On September 30, 2006, the women's prison in Heilongjiang Province posted a notification from the Bureau of Prison Administration, which banned the practice of using criminal inmates, including head inmates, to discipline other inmates. At this time, however, the women's prison in Heilongjiang Province is still using criminals to supervise other inmates, especially Falun Gong practitioners. Even how and where practitioners place their hands and feet needs to be approved. Whoever doesn't listen is held down and beaten by several criminal inmates. In order to encourage the criminals to persecute practitioners, [warden] Xiao Lin summoned them for a meeting and said to them, "You are the elite and the strong selected by the government. You have the full trust of the government. Do your job well, and you will be rewarded with high merit scores!" When practitioners reported to Xiao Lin that the criminals beat people at will, she said that beating people was the criminals' "responsibility." These criminals, who commit crimes in society and beat their parents at home, continue to do evil in the prison and are the guards' right hand. It shows how dark and dirty the Chinese Communist Party's prisons are.

    The criminal inmates try very hard to please the guards. Usually the guards tell them to take charge of the kitchens and they try to cook whatever the guards like to eat. When the guards use the bathroom, they will call a criminal inmate to bring them toilet paper. The criminals run as fast as they can even if they are eating. The criminals also need to pay for drinks and fruit for the guards, as well as to wash their clothes. Poor criminals are not promoted. When the supervisor and others come to inspect, the guards hide the criminals who are in charge of the practitioners and pretend that it is they who are in charge. After the visitors leave, the criminals are sent back. Led by Warden Liu Zhiqiang, the guards in the women's prison in Heilongjiang Province blatantly violate regulations and use the criminals to manage the prison. The criminals are doing the work of the guards. They can put whichever practitioner they want into solitary confinement.

    There are many critically ill inmates in the hospital unit of the prison. No one looks after them at all. There are also many who don't have money to see a doctor or buy medication. Although the prison is supposed to cook special food for the patients, none of them can really get it without bribing Zhao Yingling, the person in charge, no matter how serious their illnesses are. Those critically ill patients can never be treated or given "free" medication without bribing the guards.

    On September 30, 2006, practitioner Ms. Chen Weijun was sent to the prison hospital. After 10 days, not a single doctor had checked in on her or asked her about her condition. On October 5, 2006, a criminal inmate named Xu Jinlan slapped Ms. Chen in the face. Then head inmate Xiu Shufen had two other inmates watch her 24 hours a day. They also had many criminals surround and shout at her. They said they had orders from Zhao Yingling to do so. The criminals also used the cover of a plastic box to slap her face. They punched her and threw her from one bed to another. As a result, her legs turned black and blue. When the deputy head, Liu Yang, came, Ms. Chen reported to her that she was being beaten by the inmates. Liu Yang said, "If you can't control your arms and legs, it is necessary that others help you control them!" On the morning of October 6, Xu Jinlan venomously twisted her arms until she felt that they would break. He wouldn't let go of her. When she shouted, "Falun Dafa is good!" Xu Jinlan muffled her with the quilt. Xiu Shufen led a bunch of inmates in abusing her verbally.

    Two days later, Ms. Chen was moved to another side of the building, facing the wall of the prison where there is no sunlight. On the afternoon of October 7, the pulse in her left arm stopped beating, while the pulse in her right arm beat extremely fast. She could hardly support herself even lying in bed. It was as if she would die at any minute. She was in this state for several hours and then became better. On the following day, Zhao Yingling said, "If Chen Weijun dies, we must say that she died because she refused to take medicine."

    A certain nurse in the prison hospital said that there were two non-Falun Gong practitioners who suffered from high blood pressure. One day their blood pressure suddenly went up to over 200 and they were in a coma. When this was reported to Zhao Yingling, she said, "Wait!" Zhao waited for quite a while before she called and asked how they were. Only after the nurse said that they were in a very critical state did she call for an ambulance. However, the two patients died on the way. Zhao not only persecutes Falun Gong practitioners, but also non-practitioners.

    Practitioner Ms. Yu Xiulan was also taken to and detained in the women's prison in Heilongjiang Province. She is not allowed to have any contact with the outside world; therefore, her situation is unknown.


    Six Deaths Due to the Persecution Recently Learned

    During the last seven years of bloody persecution by Jiang's scoundrel regime and the Chinese Communist Party, many practitioners who follow the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" have been persecuted both physically and mentally. They are ordinary people in daily life. Since they have learned Falun Gong, the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" have enabled them to become noble and healthy persons. The Jiang regime and the CCP used each other for their own ends to inhumanely persecute this most kind-hearted group of people in Chinese society. As a result, many practitioners have been physically harmed and mentally injured. Some of these practitioners have even died while uncleared of false charges. The following are the names and descriptions of practitioners who have been tortured to death, and whose deaths have only recently been uncovered:

    1) Ms. Chi Xiuju, 65, was a retired employee from the Shuangyashan City Petroleum Company. Ms. Chi went to Beijing to appeal and was illegally arrested at the train station. On all so-called sensitive dates, section police went to harass her. She suffered from intense physical pressure and died in July, 2006.

    2) Ms. Yang Yufen, 60, was a retired employee from the No. 5 High School in Shuangyashan City of Heilongjiang Province. Ms. Yang was detained and after her arrest, the section police and the depraved people from her former workplace harassed her on the so-called sensitive dates. All of this disturbed her normal life. She died while uncleared of false charges on September 27, 2006.

    3) Ms. Wang Cuifen, 52, was from Kaiping Township in Tangshan City of Hebei Province. She learned Falun Gong in 1997 and became healthier both physically and mentally from the practice. In March 2000, when Ms. Wang Cuifen went to the Township Government to clarify the truth about Falun Gong, she was arrested by policemen from the Kaiping Police Sub-station and escorted to Kaiping Criminal Police Division. She was detained for five days. Later she was detained at the Tangshan Detention Center for 15 days. In May 2001 Ms. Wang was arrested and taken to the Kaiping Brainwashing Center, where she was subjected to forced brainwashing. On October 19, 2004, when Ms. Wang went to Xiaochenzhuang Village to clarify the truth, she was arrested after being reported and was sentenced to three years of forced labor. While in the Kaiping Forced Labor Camp Ms. Wang was abused both physically and mentally, and she began to have illness symptoms. Her family went to Ms. Wang's workplace to press them to release Ms. Wang on bail for medical treatment. In the meantime the authorities still did not leave her alone, harassing her repeatedly. Ms. Wang died on October 20, 2006, due to the harassment.

    4) Ms. Pan Suofeng, 42, came to Shanghai from Jiangsu Province and lived in the Huangpu District. In November 2000, she was arrested and detained while handing out truth-clarification materials. During 15 months of detention at the No. 5 Division of the Shanghai Women's Forced Labor Camp, her stomach trouble and other illnesses that had previously disappeared while practicing Falun Gong, recurred. She died while still uncleared of false charges on the 20th day of the Seventh Month of the Chinese Lunar Calender. The Shanghai Women's Forced Labor Camp is responsible for her death.

    5) Mr. Hong Xicai, 70, was a resident of Huangying Village in the Hengdaohe Township of Dong County, Jilin Province. He learned Falun Gong in 1998 and all his illnesses disappeared after practicing the exercises. He strove to become a better person in line with the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." On July 20, 1999, when Jiang's clique began persecuting Falun Gong, Mr. Hong was harassed by the police from Hengdaohe Township to the point that his health was ruined. On the 30th day of the Seventh Month of the 2004 Chinese Lunar Calendar, Mr. Hong succumbed to the perpetual harassment and died. He was uncleared of the false charges.

    6) Mr. Sha Guolin, 33, was a resident of Shuanghe Village in the Hengdaohe Township of Dongfeng County, Jilin Province. He learned Falun Gong in 1998. Before he learned to practice Falun Gong he would steal things from other people. After studying the Falun Gong books and trying to become a better person in line with the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance, he paid back the full price for everything he had stolen. His health became normal and he was free from disease. After the Party began persecuting Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, he continued practicing the exercises and clarifying the truth. In 2000, Mr. Sha Guolin was arrested by the police and sentenced to one year of imprisonment. In 2002 he was arrested once again and sentenced to 18 months of forced labor. In 2004, Mr. Sha was arrested again and detained at the Dongfeng County Detention Center. He managed to walk out of the detention center. Because he suffered from three severe persecutions he could not bear the burden any longer and died on the 28th day of the Sixth Month of the 2006 Chinese Lunar Calender.


    The Recent Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison

    Falun Gong practitioners have recently been persecuted and forcibly brainwashed on the fourth floor of the patient’s area at Heilongjiang Women’s Prison. There are no surveillance cameras and few people there. The evil policemen and the convicts who collaborate with them secretly persecute Falun Gong practitioners, and information is tightly controlled and hard to obtain.

    1. Ms. Li Yushu of Big Xing'anling District in Heilongjiang Province is 57 years old. She’s been on a hunger strike for more than two and a half years. Currently she’s illegally detained in a small cell on the fourth floor, far from others. She has been insulted and persecuted by criminal inmates Wang Xinhua and Yuan Anfen.

    2. Ms. Liu Dan of Jixi, Heilongjiang Province is 31 years old. On March 1, 2006 she was illegally arrested and taken to Heilongjiang Women’s Prison and has been on a hunger strike for more than four months. Convicts Xiao Lihua, Zhang Jing and Gao Hong used forced-feeding to torture Liu Dan. Every time they force-fed her they tied her to a chair or a bed and taped her mouth or pulled her to the floor by yanking her hair. Ms. Liu Dan was persecuted until she became very weak. Finally the perpetrators had no choice but to send Lui Dan to the infirmary, where murderer Li Guixiang continued persecuting her. To prevent Ms. Liu Dan from vomiting after forced-feedings they used a medical device to force Liu Dan’s mouth open to the maximum extent. Every time they did this it would go on for more than an hour, and Liu Dan’s mouth would invariably be left bleeding and swollen.

    3. Ms. Guan Yurong is from Shuangyashan in Heilongjiang Province. She was arrested and taken to Heilongjiang Women’s Prison in 2002. Because she once led people in refusing to watch videos that slandered Falun Gong she was illegally detained in a small cell for more than two months. Afterwards Guan Yurong’s diabetes relapsed. Now her health is very poor. Because she refused to cooperate with them by giving her fingerprints, prison officials refused to release her for medical treatment.

    4. Ms. Zhang Xiuying is from Qiqihar in Heilongjiang Province. On the night of September 1, Zhang Xiuying did the meditation on her bed. Prisoners Li Jingmin and Cai Shuzhen were on duty that night, assigned to monitor practitioners. When they found Zhang Xiuying meditating they brutally beat her. Li Jingmin punched Ms. Zhang Xiuying in the head, and she had difficulty breathing and couldn’t bear the pain. Zhang Xiuying’s chest and back were covered with bruises.

    5. Ms. Hu Aiyun is a 40-year-old practitioner from Harbin in Heilongjiang Province. She’s been on a hunger strike for more than a year. She is currently detained in a small cell, though no further details are available.

    6. On the afternoon of September 9, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners Guo Fenglan and Zheng Liping shouted, "Falun Dafa is good!" Many prisoners then beat them to the ground. Team Leader Yu Yingmin and officer Tian Chuang were standing outside of the iron door. Convicted murderer Dong Xiuhua beat the practitioners even harder to please the leaders.

    7. On the morning of September 10, 2006, prisoners Shen Shuyan and murderer Zhao Haibo wouldn’t allow the Falun Gong practitioners to talk with each other. They fiercely beat and pulled the hair of 66-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Xiuying. At the same time Falun Gong practitioners Fu Lihua and Zhang Guilan were found speaking in the corridor, so prisoner Zhen Hui shoved them to the ground.

    On the east side of the fourth floor of the patient’s area at Heilongjiang Women’s Prison there are many practitioners on hunger strike in protest of the persecution of Falun Gong and Falun Gong practitioners. Due to the information blockade, this is all that’s known of their situation at this time.