The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong -- June 20, 2005

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Content

- Practitioner Mr. Xu Jishan Drowned by Five Inmates under Orders from the Prison Guards at Daqing Prison
- Brainwashing Methods used in Shiliping Forced Labor Camp: Beating, Torture, and Psychotropic Drugs
- Eleven Practitioners Recently Arrested by 610 Office in Changyi City, Shandong Province
- A The Persecution of a University Student in Guangdong Province
- Police Arrest Mr. Yu Qizhao from Anqiu City, Shandong Province - His Parents in Their 80's Are Left to Fend for Themselves
- Fourteen Practitioners in Hubei, Jiangsu, Henan, Jilin, Sichuan, and Gansu Provinces Died as a Result of Persecution
- Brief News from China - April 20, 2005
- Summary of Other Articles and News - June 5, 2005

Practitioner Mr. Xu Jishan Drowned by Five Inmates under Orders from the Prison Guards at Daqing Prison

On June 7, 2005, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Jishan from Daqing City died as a result of fatal abuse in Daqing Prison. It has been confirmed that five inmates drowned him, pushing him into a pool and holding his head under the water. The prison guards ordered them to do this.

Xu Jishan | Xu Jishan and his son

Those in Daqing Prison who participated in persecuting Mr. Xu Jishan include:

Jiang Shuchen, the deputy prison head; Guo Chuntang and Wang Debo, prisons guards from the 610 Office; and Li Fengjiang, head of No. 7 Prison Ward.

They ordered inmates Li Liancai, Wang Anhui, Bo Chong, and Guo Liyang to torture practitioner Xu Jishan without restraint in a cell of the No. 7 Prison Ward. Beginning May 13, 2005, they attempted to brainwash him and force him to write the so-called Three Statements to give up Falun Gong practice. They physically tortured him for seven days by forcing him to stand, beating and verbally abusing him, depriving him of sleep, dousing him with cold water, and tying him up with ropes, as well as other cruel methods. The political head of the No. 7 Prison Ward Zhang Dezhi led the inmates to tie Xu up, put him into a pool and pour water over him. Then they forced him to stand on the floor of the laundry, deprived him of sleep, and cruelly tortured him for eight days.

At 8:00 a.m. on June 7, 2005, inmates Li Liancai, Guo Liyang, Wang Anhui, Bo Chong and another one tore off Mr. Xu's clothes, dragged him into the laundry, and poured over 100 basins of cold water over him. As they were pushing Xu Jishan into a pool, many inmates in the cells heard him yell "Help!" He died at about 1:00 p.m. on June 7 as a result of this torture.

After his death, Mr. Xu Jishan was taken to the No. 4 Hospital of Daqing City. His body is being kept in the hospital's mortuary. So far, those responsible still dare not report the death to their superiors and are trying their best to cover up their crimes.

(Note: for home or office phone numbers, dial country code + area code before all numbers. For cell phone numbers, dial country code only before the numbers. Country code: 86, area code: 459)

Jiang Shuchen, deputy prison head: 5059808(Office), 6783122(Home), 13936711131(Cell)
Guo Chuntang, head of the Education Reform Section: 5059750 (Office), 6388886 (Home), 13039882277 (Cell)
Li Fengjiang, head of the No. 7 Prison Ward: 5059233(Office), 5962033(Home), 13359603366(Cell)
Zhang Dezhi, political head of the No. 7 Prison Ward: 86-13134592255(Cell)
Gao Qing, Head of the Daqing Prison Hospital: 5059828(Office), 6852986(Home), 13804696394 (Cell)
Huang Zhiwei, deputy head of the Daqing Prison Hospital: 5059828(Office), 13091685087 (Cell)

Brainwashing Methods used in Shiliping Forced Labor Camp: Beating, Torture, and Psychotropic Drugs

Police officers in the Shiliping Forced Labor Camp, Zhejiang Province persecute detained Falun Gong practitioners using various torture methods, including injecting them with psychotropic drugs. A major increase in the cruel tortures occurred after the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp (a notorious camp with a reputation as "hell on earth" for Falun Gong practitioners) sent a group to teach the Shiliping Forced Labor Camp the evil torture methods they use. To carry out their "lessons," the labor camp seeks to brainwash each newly arrived practitioner. The tactics they use are solitary confinement, beatings and drug injections. The police set the standard for determining that a practitioner has been "transformed" when there is a visible mental collapse. If a practitioner isn't affected mentally, the police would not consider the practitioner to be transformed.

The police fear that their evil deeds will be exposed, so they take advantage of the Falun Gong practitioners' kindness, and tell each practitioner they release that if they reveal to others the horrors they have experienced, the unreleased practitioners will be treated twice as harshly!

Some practitioners, not realizing that these threats were just a ploy, and worrying about the safety of the other detained practitioners, didn't expose the merciless behavior of the guards right away. Thus, the guards continued their terrible deeds unabated. Now, it is important to expose what I experienced and saw during my two years of imprisonment in Shiliping.

Shiliping Forced Labor Camp used to be the largest forced labor camp in Zhejiang Province for criminals undergoing drug rehabilitation. After the persecution started in July 1999, it was turned into a concentration camp where Falun Gong practitioners are detained and tortured. Under the command of the Zhejiang Province 610 Office, from 2000 to 2001, local police stations and detention centers sent all of the steadfast Falun Gong practitioners to this forced labor camp for brainwashing. If the brainwashing failed, the practitioner would be immediately sentenced to forced labor. Around 2000, the 610 Office held many brainwashing sessions in Zhejiang Province. Zhu Zhizao, a police officer at the forced labor camp, is very insidious and deceitful. He traveled all over Zhejiang to teach others his brainwashing methods. He was appointed Associate Head of the Fourth Division at the labor camp for teaching others to be so cruel.

Forced Brainwashing Sessions

Every newly arrived practitioner who refused to give up his or her belief in the principles of Falun Gong was detained in a small, isolated room, and exposed to intense anti-Falun Gong propaganda. The "session" might be as short as one week or as long as a few months. The police did not allow practitioners to sleep for more than 5 hours a night. Sometimes we were not allowed to sleep at all. Whenever our eyes closed, inmates who acted as monitors would force our eyelids open. The police even allowed the prisoners to use toothpicks to prop open our eyelids. Every day, from morning to night, we were tortured by the repeated playing of videos slandering Falun Gong, and played at an extremely loud volume. Meanwhile, two prisoners held each practitioner's arms to force the practitioner to stay in the chair without moving. While watching the slanderous videos, we were repeatedly coerced to write down our "new understandings." In the little room, which was less than 10 square meters (about 105 square feet) in size, the windows were covered with very heavy curtains. The air inside was stale. Frequently, the officers would rush into the room and start belittling and swearing at us. Each meal consisted of rice with a little bit of pickle. We were not allowed to have any other food. Only when a practitioner wrote a promise to stop practicing Falun Gong (against his or her conscience) would the practitioner be allowed to take a shower and have a full night's sleep. Due to the torture, some practitioners became mentally disoriented and were sent to the hospital for treatment.

Confinement Room

After the police failed to "transform" a practitioner, they would put the practitioner in confinement. There were 4 confinement rooms. Each room was about the size of a double bed and it was totally sealed off from the outside world -- without so much as a tiny opening. Inside, it was hard to breathe. In one corner of the ceiling was a surveillance camera. In the middle of the ceiling was a huge light. When it was turned on, practitioners experienced feeling very uncomfortable all over their bodies. When it was turned off, the room was totally dark. With the metal door closed, the police or other criminal inmates were able to beat practitioners without fear of detection. Electric batons were also used to shock the Falun Gong practitioners.

"Stewing the Eagle"

In the coldest winter temperatures, some practitioners were forced to take off their clothes, socks, and shoes and stand on the cold, concrete bed. They were not allowed to move. When police officers torture a practitioner using this "stewing the eagle" method, they don't allow them to sleep. If the practitioner closes his or her eyes, an officer, or the prisoners who are monitoring the practitioners, make a loud noise such as knocking a stainless-steel cup sharply to frighten the practitioner awake. The huge light is on all the time, day and night. Even those who were monitoring the practitioners were frightened to stay there. After being tortured in this way for an extended period, the practitioner would be close to mentally collapsing and may appear to be in a trance.

Nerve-Damaging Injections

Those who refused to be coerced into renouncing their beliefs in Falun Gong were injected with psychotropic drugs, and then locked in the confinement room. The police used the surveillance camera, or opened the little window on the metal door, to monitor and/or frighten the practitioners.

One practitioner who was injected with such drugs described the experience this way:

"After I woke up, I felt indescribable fear. Every face I saw was distorted and looked like a ghost. I felt that I was in hell and was alternately cold and hot. I felt like a laboratory rat. When I heard the mewing of a cat outside, I thought that the cat would immediately become as big as a tiger and would be released inside the cell to tear me apart. Shadows on the walls were alive and looked like snakes and other poisonous insects that jumped off the walls. The dark purple traces on the floor looked like blood marks left by those who had died there. Every pore of my body gave off the terrible smell of the drug. My saliva and urine also smelled like the drug. The guards and prisoners watched me rolling all over the concrete bed and struggling. Sometimes I cried uncontrollably. I couldn't tell how long I was in this state. At the end I couldn't tell time any more. Every second seemed like it was thousands of years long. Every time I blinked my eyes, it felt like a few hundred years had passed. My mind and heart were totally exhausted. My brain was so tired that it was beyond the limits of my endurance. My spirit was struggling to stay alive and was on the brink of collapse. The torture seemed endless.

Every day, my food was a tiny bit of pickle and some rice that had sand in it. If I couldn't eat it, I was sworn at. When I was thirsty, and asked for some water, I was given only a little after repeated requests. Sometimes, the water was laced with some powdered chemical too.

The police frequently rushed in to the room to swear at and ridicule me. My mind was under constant pressure."

Intense Labor

After the practitioner was mentally weakened, he or she would be endlessly told to report what they were thinking, and had to study the brainwashing materials. The inmates around them would also be asked to report everything about the practitioner. Meanwhile, one had to complete long hours of intense labor, and was told, "If you can't meet your work quota, your term will be extended." They used all these means to force us to work faster and faster. In fact, the police wanted the prisoners to be more productive so that they would be paid extra bonuses! The working and sanitation conditions were very poor. Some practitioners' legs became edematous and lame because they stood up for so long. Some practitioners' hands were severely chafed. The products we produced were knit sweaters, lighters, quartz clock components, toys and decorations. Some of these products were exported to western countries after officials covered up the fact that they had been produced by slave labor.

What follows are some descriptions of the tortures endured by Falun Gong practitioners who were detained in the Fourth Division:

A Falun Gong practitioner who used to be a reporter for Linan Daily became mentally disordered after being injected with the hallucinogenic drugs and being confined in the small room for a long time.

Falun Gong practitioner, Li Heping, from Hangzhou City, was injected with the drugs and beaten in the confinement room. The guards then claimed that Li went insane from practicing Falun Gong!

A retired elderly Falun Gong practitioner was detained in the confinement room for 2-3 months. After the long period of isolation from people, the practitioner appeared numb.

Practitioner, Wang Dawu, from Hangzhou City, has been confined in the tiny isolation room eight times. His last term at the labor camp was extended by six months. He used to be a very strong person. After serving his term, he was emaciated due to the torture. However, he was abducted again and sentenced to ten years in prison.

Many Falun Gong practitioners were hung up in the air for over ten days at a time. While suspended, they had no choice but to relieve themselves on the spot. Among them were Tang Jinghui, Fu Yue, Li Jiancheng and Yang Dexin. Practitioner Chen Zhongsheng from Wenzhou City was tied on the tiger bench and his feet and toes suffered frostbite. Yu Bin, a college student, was left with a lame leg because of the forced labor. Zhang Jianbo, a student from Zhejiang University of Technology, was injured when he was force-fed.

When a practitioner became mentally unstable because of the torture, the police would say he or she went insane from practicing Falun Gong. If a practitioner died from the torture, the police would say the practitioner committed suicide. They concealed the physical decline of the practitioners by not letting their family members visit them. Visitors could only see a façade of normalcy that the labor camp presented them. Ironically, Shiliping Forced Labor Camp is called the Provincial Civilized Forced Labor Camp. Because the Communist Party strictly controls the media, it is very difficult for people outside to know what happens inside the labor camps.

The perpetrators of these heinous crimes include:

Directors of the forced labor camp: Xue Yongxing and Luo Aimin

Associate Directors: Hu Jianhong, Yu (the former head of the fourth division)

Official of the administration office: Huang Zhongming (fierce and deceitful)

The Head of Education Department: Wang Zongliang

The political instructors of the fourth division: Li Hongqing (in charge of persecuting Falun Gong practitioners), Zhu Zhizao (a representative of the forced labor camp who participates in brainwashing sessions all over Zhejiang Province)

The direct team of the fourth division: Ma Jinxi (the political instructor), Gong Yuegu, Jiang Wan, Mou Zhongming, Ma (director), and Xu (director).

Eleven Practitioners Recently Arrested by 610 Office in Changyi City, Shandong Province

On May 19, 2005, between 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Shandong Province Changyi City 610 Office "Anti-cult Squad" Chief, Chen Xiaodong, personally ordered the Changyi City Police Department Criminal Police Squad, and Zhangling Town Police Station Chief Ma Fusheng (Male, in his 40's), to launch a massive arrest of practitioners in Zhangling Town. Chen and Ma each led more then six police officers on raids of Falun Gong practitioners' homes. They confiscated personal property and imprisoned eleven practitioners at the Changyi City Detention Center.

Ms. Cao Shulan is 40 years old, and her daughter is 18. They live in Niujibei Village, Zhangling Town, Changyi City. Ms. Cao and her daughter both work in a spinning mill in Caoge Village. Around 10 a.m. on May 19, village officials led three police vehicles to the mill to arrest Ms. Cao. Four police officers beat Ms. Cao and tried to force her into their car. Ms. Cao shouted out, "Falun Dafa is good!" Ms. Cao's 18-year-old daughter tried to save her, but a police officer grabbed her daughter by the throat and threw her to the ground. Another police officer videotaped the scene. Someone immediately informed Ms. Cao's family at home of her arrest.

The police arrived at Niujibei Village to search Ms. Cao's home ten minutes later. Ms. Cao's 70-year-old mother-in-law stopped them at the door. She sternly told them, "You brutes! You even beat a child. Get out of my house!" The police left shamefully, and then went to the home of Mr. Fang Xide, the oldest son of Ms. Cao's mother-in-law. Since no one was home, the police broke in and seized a photo of Teacher Li. Someone videotaped the search.

Mr. Fang Xide, 40 years old, lives in Niujibei Village. He was visiting Mr. Cao Jinqi when the police busted in and arrested him.

Mr. Cao Jinqin, 40 years old, lives in Dongmawan Village, Zhangling Town. Several police vehicles arrived at his home around 1 p.m. Mr. Cao, his wife, Mr. Fang Xide and a female practitioner from Gaomi County, Shangdong Province, were taken away in a police car.

Mr. Zhou Weitain, over 50 years old, lives in Dongxiapo Village, Zhangling Town. The police arrested him and searched his home unlawfully around noon.

Ms. Gao Xiuhua, 40 years old, lives in Yinjia Village, Zhangling Town. She was at home when three police vehicles pulled up. Four police officers forcefully carried her into a car, knocking off one of her shoes as she was pushed in.

Mr. Li Shulia, over 50 years old, lives in Shangtuan Village, Zhangling Town. The police attempted to arrest him at 4 p.m. They didn't take him away, because they had beaten him so badly that they broke his leg.

Mr. Zhao Guirong is over 50 years old. A group of police arrested him around 1 p.m.

Mr. Xie Shirong is over 50 years old. Three police vehicles arrived at his home around noon. The police forced him and his wife into a police car and took them away.

Mr. Zhang Zhonggui, about 60 years old, lives in Zhangjiapu Village, Zhangling Town. He was taken to the Changyi Detention Center by several police on the afternoon of May 20, 2005.

Here is some information about the police who participated in the arrests:

Chen Xiaodong, male, 41 years old, is the Chief of the Shandong Province Changyi City 610 Office's "Anti-Cult Squad." He has actively participated in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. For several years, he has personally arrested many practitioners in the local towns and townships. Clearwisdom.net has carried reports of his activities many times. He does not feel any remorse and has become even worse. His signature has sent more than one hundred practitioners to court and/or into labor camps. Chen personally arrested five practitioners from Shibu Town and sent them to labor camps in April.

The telephone number of the Zhangling Town Police Station is: 86-536-7772005.

A The Persecution of a University Student in Guangdong Province

Ms. Chen Li was a senior student at the Shantou Art College in Guangdong Province. Because she practiced Falun Gong, she was sent to forced labor three different times. Since 1999 these incarcerations have totaled four and a-half years. Ms. Chen was ruthlessly tortured each time she was in a forced labor camp. Since she remained steadfast in practicing Falun Gong, her school didn't allow her to finish her studies. She has difficulty finding a job and has no source of income. Following are the details:

In November 1999, Ms. Chen was detained for 15 days because she practiced Falun Gong. After that, the school officials exerted pressure on her and threatened to expel her from school unless she gave up the practice. Such pressure made her unable to concentrate on her studies. Her teachers and classmates believed the Communist Party's (CCP) false media reports about Falun Gong and also gave her a hard time. The CCP's statements were far different from what she had personally experienced, which confused her. At the end of November 1999, out of trust and hope for the central government, she went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong, but was sentenced to one and a-half years forced labor. She was then sent to the Shaoguan Prison.

She suffered a great deal in prison. The guards frequently shocked her with electric batons. They handcuffed and shackled her arms and legs for over two months. When she was released in February 2001, having no diploma, she had a hard time to find a job and was forced to wander about on the streets. In April 2001 she was arrested again, in Zhuhai City, and jailed at the Zhuhai No. 2 Detention Center. She was tortured with the method "Shackle to Crosses" for over 20 days there and then sent to the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp for two years. Because she would not write the Three Statements there, the police denied her use of the toilet and continuously deprived her of sleep for several days and nights. They made her remain in a squatting position all the time and would not allow her to sit down or stand up. The object of the torture was to humiliate her to a very great extent.

After her term was up in April 2003, she repeatedly requested to go back to school. The school authorities and the 610 Office refused her request. Later on, with the help of a friend, she found a teaching position in a private school in Shenzhen City. Because her employer didn't provide her with lodging, she had to rent a room outside the school. Merely because she had a few visits from fellow practitioners, the Shenzhen 610 Office arrested her and sentenced her to one year of forced labor. In the labor camp she was physically tortured and mentally tormented using various methods. She has been locked up in a "dark room" for over two months and brainwashed daily by six police officers and four drug addicts in turn. She was allowed only a couple of hours sleep or was even deprived of sleep every day. To use the toilet or eat she needed to make an application in the squat position. When she was released in October 2004, Ms. Chen couldn't find a job and had to move from place to place.

Ms. Chen has been looking everywhere in the Zhujiang Delta area for a job with only a certificate of proof of study from the school. Because nobody will hire her, her life is extremely difficult. Although she has frequently requested permission to finish her studies, her school has always refused her requests.

Police Arrest Mr. Yu Qizhao from Anqiu City, Shandong Province - His Parents in Their 80's Are Left to Fend for Themselves

On March 15, 2005, Mr. Yu Qizhao, a practitioner from the Sangjiayao Village, Liujiayao County of Anqiu City, was arrested by the police from the Liujiayao Police Station. He is currently being detained at the Wangcun Labor Education Center for labor "re-education." His parents are in their 80s, and one of them is handicapped. There is no one else to look after them.

His parents know nothing about their son's arrest. They are mostly deaf due to old age. They only know that Mr. Yu was taken away by the police from the Liujiayao Police Station. The day after their son's arrest, the police came to get their signatures. As they are illiterate, the police had to get someone else to sign for them and took their fingerprints. Since then the elderly parents have not heard anything else about their son. They cannot take care of themselves and have no choice but to depend on their relatives. They long for their son to come home.

Mr. Yu Qizhao, 50 years old, was once illegally arrested in 2003 for practicing Falun Gong. The police told his parents that he would be taken away for 30 days. They blindly believed that the police would be true to their word. But after 30 days he did not come back, and the elderly couple went to question the village Party secretary. The CCP Secretary said that he did not know anything about it and suggested that they go to the police station instead. The police told them that Mr. Yu had been sent away for labor "re-education." His parents were surprised and asked "Why? What kind of law did he break?" The police answered, "Because he practices Falun Gong."

Mr. Yu's parents said that they were very old and needed their son to look after them.

The police replied, "You can go to the CCP Committee to appeal."

When they asked the police to accompany them to the CCP Committee, the police not only refused to accompany them but also drove them out.

The elderly couple still depends on their relatives even now.

Mr. Yu Qizhao is being held at the Wangcun Labor Education Center. We do not have further details.

Home Phone for Sang Shengyun, the CCP Secretary of Sangjiayao Village, Liujiayao County, Anqiu City: 86-536-4730391

Liujiayao Police Station: 86-536-4730119

Liujiayao CCP Committee: 86-536-4730001

Fourteen Practitioners in Hubei, Jiangsu, Henan, Jilin, Sichuan, and Gansu Provinces Died as a Result of Persecution

Mr. Jin Chuanxiang was 54 years old. He was an unemployed worker from a porcelain factory in Tongcheng County, Hubei Province. He suffered from a heart condition and general ill health. After he started practicing Falun Gong in 1995, his disease disappeared and he became very healthy. After the persecution started on July 20, 1999, he, his wife, and his fellow practitioners went to Beijing several times to appeal for Falun Gong. He was illegally detained twice by the county police and brainwashed once. His wife also was detained several times and was forced to pay more than 4000 yuan in fines. Their family was often harassed and searched. Due to prolonged monitoring and threats, he had a heart attack and died on April 9, 2001.

Mr. Zhang Zhonglin was 51 years old. He was the former head of the Party Committee of the Tongcheng County government in Hubei Province. He had liver disease. In 1996, his mother, who was more than 80 years old, his brother, his wife and he all started practicing Falun Gong. Their family was very happy. After July 20, 1999, Zhang Zhonglin was persecuted and transferred away from the government. His wife and brother were detained, sentenced, and had money extorted from them, and their house was ransacked four times. Under the extreme pressure and threats, he suffered a relapse of the liver disease. At a time when he couldn't even get up from his bed, his wife was still in prison and his brother was illegally detained as well. He died on January 23, 2003.

Ms. Wei Qiurong was in her 50s. She was from Tongcheng County, Hubei Province. In 1997, she and her husband, a former deputy head of the county court, started practicing Falun Gong together. Her husband rapidly recovered from his osteophytosis and was able to get rid of his crutch. After July 20, 1999, however, their work place started constantly harassing them and forced them to write statements renouncing Falun Gong. But Ms. Wei Qiurong remained steadfast in cultivation. However, under the prolonged persecution, she suffered a relapse of high-blood pressure and passed away in 2002.

Ms. Hu Sixue was 60 years old. She was from Macheng City, Hubei Province. She had several diseases. In 1999 after she started practicing Falun Gong, her diseases disappeared. Due to the persecution, she suffered a relapse of her old diseases and died on July 10, 2000.

Ms. Sun Xiuying was 64 years old. She was from Jurong City, Jiangsu Province. She had lung cancer and had lost two-thirds of one lung. After she started practicing Falun Gong in 1996, her health gradually returned to normal. After the persecution started, her husband severely interfered with her practice. She suffered a relapse of her old disease and passed away in 2003.

Ms. Dong Guiying was 73 years old. She was from Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province. Previously she wasn't able to move half of her body. After she started practicing Falun Gong, she was able to take care of herself independently. Under the extreme pressure and persecution of the Communist specter and the harassment of the local police of Jiankang Road in Zhenjiang City, she suffered a relapse of her old disease and died on January 28, 2001.

Ms. Wang Wenli was 97 years old. She was a practitioner from Pingyu County, Henan Province. She lived in Zhengzhou with her son and her daughter-in-law. In 1998, she obtained Falun Gong and started practicing. Her previous diseases such as asthma disappeared, and she started growing dark hair. After July 20, 1999, because her son and daughter-in-law were all assistants at the local practice site and her granddaughters were all cultivating, their family was constantly harassed by the different levels of the 610 Office. They were threatened and spied on. Her son and daughter-in-law were illegally detained, had money extorted from them, and had funds deducted from their salaries. Their house was ransacked. Ms. Wang was forced to go back to her daughter's home and passed away on February 14, 2002.

Ms. Wang Yajie was in her 50s. She was from Daan City, Jilin Province. After July 20, 1999, she went to the provincial government to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong. In September 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal but was detained and persecuted in the local detention center. In June of 2001, she was detained again but managed to walk out of the detention center with dignity after a hunger strike. The local police often harassed her at home and threatened to arrest her. She was forced to leave her home and live an extremely poor life. She died on May 31, 2005.

Ms. Hu Qinzhong was 77 years old. She was from Jilin City, Jilin Province. She had several diseases before she started practicing cultivation. In 1995, after she obtained Falun Gong, she became very healthy. After July 20, 1999, her family was deceived by the media propaganda and she lost her cultivation environment. She was interfered with and suffered a relapse of her old diseases. She passed away on October 2, 2004. Before she died, she told her friends and family, "Remember Falun Dafa is good."

Ms. Xu Huiying was 70 years old. She was from Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. In 1998, she started practicing Falun Gong. Her cancer was cured and she became very healthy. After the persecution started, she was often harassed by her company and she wasn't able to practice on a regular basis. She was under extreme stress and passed away in 2002.

Mr. Zhao Yongcai, 62 years old, was from Beijing. He had had a cerebral hemorrhage. In 1996, after he obtained the Fa, his disease disappeared and he became quite healthy. In 2004, the police detained his wife and searched his home. He was under extreme stress mentally and physically and suffered a relapse of his old disease. He died on May 23, 2005.

Mr. Yang Guoliang was 73 years old. He was from the Xifeng District of Qingyang City, Gansu Province. He was sentenced to labor camp for one and a half years. Under the prolonged persecution, he passed away in 2004.

Ms. Miao Yuzhen was a practitioner from the Xifeng District of Qingyang City, Gansu Province. She was illegally detained twice. Under the prolonged persecution, she passed away in 2001.

Ms. Chen Cailian was 48 years old. She, too, was a practitioner from the Xifeng District of Qingyang City in Gansu Province. She was persecuted in a brainwashing class. Because of the prolonged persecution, she passed away in 2002.

Ms. Feng Xiumei was in her 50s. She also was a practitioner from the Xifeng District of Qingyang City. She died in 1999 due to persecution.

Brief News from China - April 20, 2005

1. [Yuzhou City, Henan Province] Police Arrest Ms. Li Hairong and Ms. Xia Chunmei and Ransack Their Home

At 1:00 p.m. on April 17, 2005, several officers from the Yuzhou City Police Department in Henan Province broke into Ms. Li Meirong's home. They ransacked her house and confiscated a tape recorder in addition to other items. The officers arrested Li, and then went to the home of her non-practitioner daughter and conducted another unlawful search.

On the evening of April 17, officers from the Yuzhou City Police Department broke into the home of Ms. Xia Chunmei. They ransacked her house and arrested her. The officers then ransacked the house of Ms. Xia's daughter.

2. [Hubei Province] Xiangfan City Police Arrest Ms. Wang Ping

On the morning of April 18, 2005, Ms. Wang Ping was forcibly taken to the Wuhan City Brainwashing Center in Hubei Province by officers from the Xiangcheng District 610 Office in Xiangfan City, the Xiangcheng District State Security Squad, and the Panggong Police Station in Xiangcheng District. Officials from the Xuemei Company (also known as Xiangfan City No. 3 Textile Company) also took part in the arrest.

Telephone number of Pan Jiashun, director of the 610 Office: 86-710-3606610

3. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Xie Kunxiang Unlawfully Put on Trial in Haizhu District Court

At noon on August 3, 2004, Ms. Xi Kunxiang was turned in to the police while distributing truth clarifying materials. She was arrested and taken to the Haizhu District Detention Center. At 3 p.m. on January 24, 2005, she was put on trial in the Haizhu District Court.

4. [Hebei Province] Liu Yuqing and Mr. Zhang Guoqiang Arrested

In January 2005, Liu Yeqing and Mr. Zhang Guoqiang from Nanpi County were arrested by officers from the Chengguan Police Station in Nanpi County.

5. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Dong Shu'e from Luquan City Arrested

Ms. Dong Shu'e, 58, lives on No. 3 Street in Huolu Town, Luquan City. On the morning of April 17, 2005, she was arrested while putting up truth clarifying banners that read "Falun Dafa is Great" and "Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance Is Good." She is being held at the Huolu Town government office.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Office of the Huolu Town government: 86-311-2012243
Village Committee of No. 3 Street in Huolu Town: 86-311-2012393
610 Office of the Luquan City Party Committee: 86-311-2015962
Luquan City Police Department: 86-311-2102077

6. [Xianning City, Hubei Province] Mr. Wu Liansheng and Mr. Mei Xinhua Arrested

On April 18, 2005, Mr. Wu Liansheng, an employee of Shuili Company in Xianning City, was arrested by the police while walking down the street. The police demanded 3,000 yuan from his employer and sent him to the provincial brainwashing center on the same day.

Also on April 18, 2005, Mr. Mei Xinhua, an employee of the Xian'an District Construction Department in Xianning City, was arrested and sent to the provincial brainwashing center on the same day.

7. [Jiangxi Province] Ms. Liang Hongying Persecuted in Jiangxi Women's Forced Labor Camp

Ms. Liang Hongying, 55, is an employee of the Jiangnan Material Plant. She suffers from high blood pressure as a result of torture received in the Jiangxi Provincial Women's Forced Labor Camp. The labor camp authorities, however, have refused to release her.

8. [Henan Province] Mr. Wang Biao and Others Persecuted in Xuchang Detention Center

Mr. Wang Biao, in his thirties, is an official at the Xuchang City Petroleum Company. At the end of March 2005, informants turned him in to the police while he was clarifying the truth in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. The Zhengzhou police arrested him and sent him to Xuchang City, Henan Province a week later. He is now being held in the Xuchang Detention Center.

Mr. Zhang Peisheng from Xuchang City was put on trial around April 8.

Mr. Yan Xinliang from Leihe City was sentenced to forced labor again. He is now serving a three-year term in the Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp.

9. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Zhang Yong Secretly Sent to Changsha City, Henan Province

On March 22, 2005, Mr. Zhang Yong from Guangzhou City was arrested by officers from the local Hunan State Security Department, the Guangdong Province Police Department, and the Wuxianqiao Police Station in Guangzhou City. He was initially taken to the Yiyang City No. 2 Detention Center. The authorities failed to find any evidence to bring charges and secretly transferred him to a facility in Changsha City, Hunan Province.

Tang, section head of the Hunan State Security Department: 86-737-4390577

10. [Qingyuan City, Liaoning Province] Li Shui from Cangshi Town Arrested

At around 2:00 p.m. on March 31, 2005, Li Shui was doing house chores in the backyard when a group of police officers broke in. The officers ransacked Li's home. Li's son condemned the officers for their actions and was brutally beaten. Practitioner Li is being held at an undisclosed location.

11. [Jilin Province] Several Practitioners from Shulan Arrested

Recently, Mr. Sun Changyou, Ms. Wang Fengzhen, and Mr. Qi Yunsheng from the Tuchengzi Commune were arrested in Shulan, Jilin Province.

12. [Longjing, Jilin Province] Police Arrest Ms. Wang Yan

Ms. Wang Yang from Chaoyangchuan Town in Lingjing City, Jilin Province was recently arrested by officers from the local police station while clarifying the truth in the neighborhood. It was reported that her child was with her when she was arrested.

13. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhu Xiyu Arrested Again by the Police

On April 13, 2005, Ms. Zhu Xiyu from Yanji City, Jilin Province was arrested again by the police. Ms. Zhu was recently released on medical parole from the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in early 2005 when her life was in imminent danger. She was brutally tortured in that labor camp.

Summary of Other Articles and News - June 5, 2005

1. Practitioner Mr. Xu Chongdong Secretly Sentenced to a Four Year Term of Imprisonment by the Police of Wulian County, Shandong Province

Officers of the Wulian County Public Security Office arrested Mr. Xu Chongdong on January 19, 2005 because he practices Falun Gong. Police officer Qin Shushuang, along with others, tied Mr. Xu to a big tree in the courtyard of their building and left him there to suffer cold and hunger for three days and nights.

In their attempts to force Mr. Xu to abandon his belief in Falun Gong, they brutally beat him and tortured him with electric shocks. Because he refused to give in, they illegally confined Mr. Xu in the Wulian Detention Center.

At the end of May this year, his family members learned that Mr. Xu had been secretly sentenced to a four-year term without proper legal procedures. When his family visited him at the detention center, Mr. Xu was very thin because of the persecution he was enduring.

Mr. Xu Chongdong is a 35-year-old resident of Jietou Village, Wulaian County, Shandong Province. After he began practicing Falun Gong he benefited greatly, both physically and emotionally. After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, Mr. Xu went to Beijing to ask the government to restore the good name of Master Li. For this act of validating Falun Gong he was illegally arrested and detained. On the eve of the Chinese New Year in 2000, Mr. Xu was sent to the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp for three years of persecution.

http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/5/103397.html

2. Practitioner Mr. Wang Linkai, a Public School Teacher, Is Kidnapped by Officers of the Dalian 610 Office

Officers from the local 610 Office arrested practitioner Mr. Wang Linkai of Wafangdian, Dalian City, Liaoning Province at his workplace on May 31, 2005. It's said that he was forced to enter a brainwashing center.

From February 2001 to February 2002, Mr. Wang Linkai was illegally detained at the Dalian Forced Labor Camp. During that time, he suffered many tortures. He was shocked with electric batons, beaten with plastic clubs, and was subjected to many other tortures. In the camp, he was infected with scabies and became so thin and frail that he wasn't able to resume a normal work schedule for eight months after he was released. Officers from the local police station continually harassed him, and conducted several illegal searches of his home. During October 2004 and February 2005, Mr. Wang had to leave his home to avoid persecution, leaving his 75-year-old mother and his newborn baby with his wife, who had to care for them both without the proper means.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/5/103386.html

3. Two Female Practitioners From Zhucheng City, Shandong Province Unlawfully Arrested and Subjected to Extortion

On the night of April 14, 2005, officers from the Shunwang Police Station arrested practitioner Ms. Meng Qingying, 57, at her home. They struck her repeatedly, beating her until she became paralyzed. Notwithstanding her physical condition, she was placed in a detention center. On April 21, 2005, after some immoral policemen extorted 3000 yuan from her daughter, Ms. Meng was released. On May 14, officers from the Zhucheng Political Security Group arrested and took Ms. Meng to the Jinan Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Meng's husband, Mr. Zang Zhengwang, had been sent to Changle Forced Labor Camp for three years due of his firm belief in Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance. Mr. Zang was released in the fall of 2003.

Ms. Xu Guixi, another practitioner from Zhucheng City, was arrested simply because she wrote, "Falun Dafa is good" on a poster. The 610 Office of the local public security bureau sent her to be confined in a detention center. Her family members had to bribe local officials with treats and gifts in order to secure her release. The process took ten days, and they still had to pay a fine of 6000 yuan.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/6/5/103374.html