By a Clearwisdom correspondent in Shanxi Province
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ren Yong from Datong City, Shanxi Province, was recently illegally arrested in Huairen County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province. Ms. Cui Yuping and other practitioners were later arrested when they visited the police station to ask about Mr. Ren's arrest. Five Falun Gong practitioners have been missing since then.
When Mr. Ren was telling people the facts about Falun Gong at around 4:30 p.m. on June 24, 2010, he was arrested by officers from the Huairen County Yunxi Police Station, and later sent to the Huairen County Domestic Security Division. Ms. Cui Yuping went to the police station, asking about Mr. Ren's arrest, and she was subsequently arrested.
On June 25, another six Falun Gong practitioners, including Cui Yutao, Tian Fusheng, An Meili, and Shi Suguo, went to the police station asking for an explanation of Ren Yong and Cui Yuping's arrest. They also told the people there the facts about Falun Gong. They were detained by the local police station officers.
Officers Niu Quanxi and Sun Jianjun from the Datong City Domestic Security Division sent Ms. Cui Yuping and four other Falun Gong practitioners to the Datong City Nanguan Police Station on the afternoon of June 26. Another practitioner, Shi Suguo, was sent to the Xinpingwang Police Station, and two other practitioners were sent back home.
At around 2:30 a.m. on June 27, Sun Jianjun, together with four or five other policemen, broke into Ms. Cui Yuping's home without a search warrant. They confiscated two computers, Falun Gong books, and personal belongings. Since one of the two computers belonged to someone else in Cui Yuping's family, they tried to stop the police from taking that computer, but the police threatened to arrest them.
Shi Suguo was transfered from the Huairen Detention Center to the Xinpingwang Police Station in Datong City, Kuangqu District on the afternoon of July 27. Without any search warrant, officers from the Xinpingwang Police Station combed through Shi Suguo's house three times. Eight hundred yuan was found to be missing afterwards.
Cui Yuping, Ren Yong, Tian Fusheng, and two other Falun Gong practitioners are currently still missing.
Posting date: 7/10/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/6/28/226129.html
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Practitioner Zhang Yunting Forced into Homelessness and Passed Away in 2008
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Zhang Yunting from Dandong City passed away in October 2008. Due to the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong, he was forced into homelessness, and his wife left him.
Mr. Zhang Yunting was born in 1961. After the CCP started to persecute Falun Gong in July of 1999, Mr. Zhang went outside to practice Falun Gong. He was taken away by police from the Badao Police Station in Yuanbao District, Dandong City, and was detained for 15 days. Another time he was arrested and detained for over 10 days by the Liudaokou Police Department.
In June or July of 2001, Mr. Zhang was forced to move due to harassment and being followed by policemen and national security guards. One time, a banner related to Falun Gong was hung on a building in Dandong City. National security guards assumed that he had hung up the banner and arrested him. Mr. Zhang was handcuffed to a piece of heating equipment for two days and nights. He was released later due to lack of evidence.
In July 2006, Mr. Zhang Yunting had extravasated blood in his brain, and was sent to a hospital by relatives. He remained bedridden and was sent to a home for the elderly in the second half of 2007.
He passed away on August 25, 2008.
Posting date: 5/6/2010
Category: Death Cases
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/4/23/222056.html
Mr. Zhang Yunting was born in 1961. After the CCP started to persecute Falun Gong in July of 1999, Mr. Zhang went outside to practice Falun Gong. He was taken away by police from the Badao Police Station in Yuanbao District, Dandong City, and was detained for 15 days. Another time he was arrested and detained for over 10 days by the Liudaokou Police Department.
In June or July of 2001, Mr. Zhang was forced to move due to harassment and being followed by policemen and national security guards. One time, a banner related to Falun Gong was hung on a building in Dandong City. National security guards assumed that he had hung up the banner and arrested him. Mr. Zhang was handcuffed to a piece of heating equipment for two days and nights. He was released later due to lack of evidence.
In July 2006, Mr. Zhang Yunting had extravasated blood in his brain, and was sent to a hospital by relatives. He remained bedridden and was sent to a home for the elderly in the second half of 2007.
He passed away on August 25, 2008.
Posting date: 5/6/2010
Category: Death Cases
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/4/23/222056.html
Monday, May 3, 2010
Chinese Academy of Science Pressures a Father to Turn In His Son for Practicing Falun Dafa
By a correspondent in China
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Yu Ya'ou, a PhD candidate at the Chinese Academy of Science, South China Botanical Garden, was deprived of his right to defend his thesis because he included a sentence expressing his gratitude to Falun Dafa. After the New Year, the leadership in the South China Botanical Garden, under instructions from the 610 Office, tried to persecute Mr. Yu by using enrollment regulations and student management provisions of the school. They also told his father to report to the 610 Office and help them send his son to a brainwashing center.
On March 22, 2010, Mr. Yu received a tip from one of his professors. He said, "Hi, Yu Ya'ou. I wanted to let you know that we sent an overnight letter to you at your father's address." When the letter arrived, Yu refused to accept it, because he knew that the school had sent it under pressure from the 610 Office.
On April 8, the person in charge of household registration at the school told him that he had been dismissed from the graduate school and that his household registration had been changed back to his original city.
Yu Ya'ou has completed all of the school's scholastic requirements and has submitted his thesis. We have to question by what authority the school deprived him of his right to defend his thesis, based solely on his expression of gratitude to Falun Dafa. We question and denounce the school's denial of Yu's rights because of his faith. Furthermore, one of the officials of the school said, "In this situation, Yu Ya'ou must be sent to the brainwashing center. Our original plan was to send him to the brainwashing center for three months after his graduation."
Under these serious and threatening conditions, Yu Ya'ou was forced to leave the school in order to avoid life-threatening persecution.
Because Yu Ya'ou refused to accept the change of residence certificate, someone from the security branch of the school called Mr. Yu's father and pressured him to help them force his son to attend the brainwashing center in Guangzhou. They even tried to convince his father that Yu Ya'ou would be allowed to be granted his degree and get a job after the brainwashing.
Before this incident, Mr. Yu and his wife, Li Shan Shan, were arrested and taken to a forced labor camp by the Security brigade police on June 9, 2008. They were taken by force to the Railroad Convalescence Home where they were brainwashed. The brainwashing center extorted 50,000 yuan as "tuition" from Yu Ya'ou's parents.
According to police, Mr. Yu and his wife were arrested after the father of another Falun Gong practitioner reported them and his own son to the police.
The reason Chinese Communist Party personnel kept ging to Yu Ya'ou's father to "settle the problems," because both Ya'ou and his wife are unemployed. Ya'ou's father is the sole support for their family of four. As they were unable to get any concessions from Ya'ou, they tried to deceive, threaten, entrap, and coerce his father. They even went to his father's workplace to pressure his boss, vainly attempting to force Ya'ou's father to turn in his son.
Posting date: 5/3/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/4/22/221975.html
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Yu Ya'ou, a PhD candidate at the Chinese Academy of Science, South China Botanical Garden, was deprived of his right to defend his thesis because he included a sentence expressing his gratitude to Falun Dafa. After the New Year, the leadership in the South China Botanical Garden, under instructions from the 610 Office, tried to persecute Mr. Yu by using enrollment regulations and student management provisions of the school. They also told his father to report to the 610 Office and help them send his son to a brainwashing center.
On March 22, 2010, Mr. Yu received a tip from one of his professors. He said, "Hi, Yu Ya'ou. I wanted to let you know that we sent an overnight letter to you at your father's address." When the letter arrived, Yu refused to accept it, because he knew that the school had sent it under pressure from the 610 Office.
On April 8, the person in charge of household registration at the school told him that he had been dismissed from the graduate school and that his household registration had been changed back to his original city.
Yu Ya'ou has completed all of the school's scholastic requirements and has submitted his thesis. We have to question by what authority the school deprived him of his right to defend his thesis, based solely on his expression of gratitude to Falun Dafa. We question and denounce the school's denial of Yu's rights because of his faith. Furthermore, one of the officials of the school said, "In this situation, Yu Ya'ou must be sent to the brainwashing center. Our original plan was to send him to the brainwashing center for three months after his graduation."
Under these serious and threatening conditions, Yu Ya'ou was forced to leave the school in order to avoid life-threatening persecution.
Because Yu Ya'ou refused to accept the change of residence certificate, someone from the security branch of the school called Mr. Yu's father and pressured him to help them force his son to attend the brainwashing center in Guangzhou. They even tried to convince his father that Yu Ya'ou would be allowed to be granted his degree and get a job after the brainwashing.
Before this incident, Mr. Yu and his wife, Li Shan Shan, were arrested and taken to a forced labor camp by the Security brigade police on June 9, 2008. They were taken by force to the Railroad Convalescence Home where they were brainwashed. The brainwashing center extorted 50,000 yuan as "tuition" from Yu Ya'ou's parents.
According to police, Mr. Yu and his wife were arrested after the father of another Falun Gong practitioner reported them and his own son to the police.
The reason Chinese Communist Party personnel kept ging to Yu Ya'ou's father to "settle the problems," because both Ya'ou and his wife are unemployed. Ya'ou's father is the sole support for their family of four. As they were unable to get any concessions from Ya'ou, they tried to deceive, threaten, entrap, and coerce his father. They even went to his father's workplace to pressure his boss, vainly attempting to force Ya'ou's father to turn in his son.
Posting date: 5/3/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/4/22/221975.html
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Ms. Zhang Weihua Dies as Result of Persecution in Sichuan Province
By our correspondent from Sichuan Province, China
Name: Zhang Weihua (张卫华)
Gender: Female
Age: 32
Address: #62, 4th Section of Liulichang Village, Jinjiang District, Chengdu City(琉璃场村4组62号)
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: January 29, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: November 20, 2007
Most Recent Place of Detention: Jinniu Brainwashing Center in Chengdu City (成都市金牛洗脑班))
City: Chengdu
Province: Sichuan
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, beatings, solitary confinement, torture, force-feedings, physical restraint, home ransacked, interrogation, detention, denial of restroom use
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Zhang Weihua used to suffer from asthma, but her health greatly improved after she began practicing Falun Gong in 1996. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong after the persecution began in July 1999. She was arrested multiple times, detained, and sent to a forced labor camp and brainwashing center, which damaged her health. She died on January 29, 2010, at the young age of 32.
Ms. Zhang's family had to move to her parent's house in 2001 to avoid police harassment. Her mother, He Jianqing is also a practitioner. Her father, Zhang Changwen did not practice. He was a factory director.
On the morning of May 13, 2005, about 20 officers from the Yangliu Village Police Station, a branch office of the Jinjiang District Police Department in Chengdu City, broke into the home of Ms. Zhang and her husband, Zhou Jingdong, located in Liulichang Village. The police searched their home for more than half a day. At dusk, they blocked the areas around the home and took the couple to the Pi County Detention Center in Chengdu City. Ms. He Jianqing, Ms. Zhang's mother, was forced into a brainwashing session held at the intersection near Chengren Street in Chengdu City, while her father, Mr. Zhang Changwen, was under huge pressure, and her younger brother was forced to leave home to avoid arrest.
Upon entering the detention center, Ms. Zhang was forced to strip off all of her clothes and be searched. All of her buttons and zippers were cut off, and her 102 yuan in cash was stolen. She tried to clarify the truth to the police, but they did not listen. She started a hunger-strike to resist the persecution. The police attempted to force her to eat by beating her and cursing, but it was no use. They then sent several criminal inmates to try to persuade her to eat. When she did not heed them, they force-fed her. Prisoner Ma Xiaoqiang sat on her, holding her arms down, and another male prisoner inserted a three-foot-long tube into her nose and force-fed her three boxes of milk. She was miserable, vomiting non-stop, getting her face, head, and clothes all dirty.
When the force-feeding did not work, they gave her an intravenous injection. She still would not cooperate so they tied her to a metal bed. Afterward, the criminal inmates tortured her in every way imaginable. They even took urine from the restroom and used it to "wash" her face and brush her teeth.
On the afternoon of May 27, 2005, guards took Ms. Zhang to Qingyang District People's Hospital. There was a special patient ward guarded by armed police, monitoring cameras, and locked gates. This was specially used for sick prisoners and Falun Gong practitioners on hunger strike. Some practitioners have been tortured to death here. Guards restrained Ms. Zhang in bed 45 and handcuffed and shackled her ankles. During the day, her cuffs were sometimes taken off, but during the night, she would be both handcuffed and shackled. There was a bucket for her to use as toilet. She was locked like this for up to three and half days at a time. 20 days into her hunger strike, Ms. Zhang Weihua was in critical condition. Only then did they release her.
After she was taken home she was supervised in her home by three officers from the Yangliu Village Police Station. One of them was Yang Hongqiang. The next day (June 7, 2005), an officer from the Yangliu Village Police Station and other policemen took Ms. Zhang to the Jinjiang Police Department Brainwashing Center, where she was detained with her mother. Her husband, Zhou Jingdong, was still in the Pi County Detention Center.
After his wife, his daughter, and his son-in-law were all arrested and taken away, Ms. Zhang's father, Zhang Changwen, had a hard time maintaining the empty home. There were also three policemen at his home waiting to arrest other practitioners, should they visit. Around June 7, Mr. Zhang told others that the police might start torturing him. There were signs afterward showing that from June 7 to June 9, officers from the Yangliu Village Police station or Department I of the Jinjiang District Police Department locked him up, threatened him, and carried out a brutal and violent interrogation. On the night of June 9, Mr. Zhang's family was notified that he had died of a sudden stroke.
The same day, despite Ms. Zhang just learning of her father's death, she was take to the Air Force Hospital. She kept on her hunger strike and was finally released after one more week in custody. Local police assigned officers to watch her 24 hours a day at her home. In order to avoid further mistreatment, Ms. Zhang escaped home by climbing out of her window. Police arrested her mother, taking her to the Jinjiang District Brainwashing Center again. Her younger brother, Zahng Weiguo, and all her friends were under 24-hour surveillance.
On the afternoon of November 20, 2007, Domestic Security agents from the Xindu District Police Department of Chengdu City stormed Wuli Village, ransacked the place, and arrested Ms. Zhang and two other practitioners. The police were afraid their violent methods would be made public, so they covered their heads with bags and forced the practitioners into the police vehicle. Around December 11, 2007, officers from Guangrong Community Police Station picked up Ms. Zhang from the Xindu District Police Department and took her to the Jinniu Brainwashing Center.
After she finally returned home, six community security guards were assigned to watch Ms. Zhang by living in her home. The long-term surveillance, detention and tortures severely damaged Ms. Zhang's health. She died at the untimely age of 32.
Earlier report:
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2005/6/28/62328.html
Posting date: 3/31/2010
Category: Death Cases
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/3/20/220098.html
Name: Zhang Weihua (张卫华)
Gender: Female
Age: 32
Address: #62, 4th Section of Liulichang Village, Jinjiang District, Chengdu City(琉璃场村4组62号)
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: January 29, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: November 20, 2007
Most Recent Place of Detention: Jinniu Brainwashing Center in Chengdu City (成都市金牛洗脑班))
City: Chengdu
Province: Sichuan
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, beatings, solitary confinement, torture, force-feedings, physical restraint, home ransacked, interrogation, detention, denial of restroom use
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Zhang Weihua used to suffer from asthma, but her health greatly improved after she began practicing Falun Gong in 1996. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong after the persecution began in July 1999. She was arrested multiple times, detained, and sent to a forced labor camp and brainwashing center, which damaged her health. She died on January 29, 2010, at the young age of 32.
Ms. Zhang's family had to move to her parent's house in 2001 to avoid police harassment. Her mother, He Jianqing is also a practitioner. Her father, Zhang Changwen did not practice. He was a factory director.
On the morning of May 13, 2005, about 20 officers from the Yangliu Village Police Station, a branch office of the Jinjiang District Police Department in Chengdu City, broke into the home of Ms. Zhang and her husband, Zhou Jingdong, located in Liulichang Village. The police searched their home for more than half a day. At dusk, they blocked the areas around the home and took the couple to the Pi County Detention Center in Chengdu City. Ms. He Jianqing, Ms. Zhang's mother, was forced into a brainwashing session held at the intersection near Chengren Street in Chengdu City, while her father, Mr. Zhang Changwen, was under huge pressure, and her younger brother was forced to leave home to avoid arrest.
Upon entering the detention center, Ms. Zhang was forced to strip off all of her clothes and be searched. All of her buttons and zippers were cut off, and her 102 yuan in cash was stolen. She tried to clarify the truth to the police, but they did not listen. She started a hunger-strike to resist the persecution. The police attempted to force her to eat by beating her and cursing, but it was no use. They then sent several criminal inmates to try to persuade her to eat. When she did not heed them, they force-fed her. Prisoner Ma Xiaoqiang sat on her, holding her arms down, and another male prisoner inserted a three-foot-long tube into her nose and force-fed her three boxes of milk. She was miserable, vomiting non-stop, getting her face, head, and clothes all dirty.
When the force-feeding did not work, they gave her an intravenous injection. She still would not cooperate so they tied her to a metal bed. Afterward, the criminal inmates tortured her in every way imaginable. They even took urine from the restroom and used it to "wash" her face and brush her teeth.
On the afternoon of May 27, 2005, guards took Ms. Zhang to Qingyang District People's Hospital. There was a special patient ward guarded by armed police, monitoring cameras, and locked gates. This was specially used for sick prisoners and Falun Gong practitioners on hunger strike. Some practitioners have been tortured to death here. Guards restrained Ms. Zhang in bed 45 and handcuffed and shackled her ankles. During the day, her cuffs were sometimes taken off, but during the night, she would be both handcuffed and shackled. There was a bucket for her to use as toilet. She was locked like this for up to three and half days at a time. 20 days into her hunger strike, Ms. Zhang Weihua was in critical condition. Only then did they release her.
After she was taken home she was supervised in her home by three officers from the Yangliu Village Police Station. One of them was Yang Hongqiang. The next day (June 7, 2005), an officer from the Yangliu Village Police Station and other policemen took Ms. Zhang to the Jinjiang Police Department Brainwashing Center, where she was detained with her mother. Her husband, Zhou Jingdong, was still in the Pi County Detention Center.
After his wife, his daughter, and his son-in-law were all arrested and taken away, Ms. Zhang's father, Zhang Changwen, had a hard time maintaining the empty home. There were also three policemen at his home waiting to arrest other practitioners, should they visit. Around June 7, Mr. Zhang told others that the police might start torturing him. There were signs afterward showing that from June 7 to June 9, officers from the Yangliu Village Police station or Department I of the Jinjiang District Police Department locked him up, threatened him, and carried out a brutal and violent interrogation. On the night of June 9, Mr. Zhang's family was notified that he had died of a sudden stroke.
The same day, despite Ms. Zhang just learning of her father's death, she was take to the Air Force Hospital. She kept on her hunger strike and was finally released after one more week in custody. Local police assigned officers to watch her 24 hours a day at her home. In order to avoid further mistreatment, Ms. Zhang escaped home by climbing out of her window. Police arrested her mother, taking her to the Jinjiang District Brainwashing Center again. Her younger brother, Zahng Weiguo, and all her friends were under 24-hour surveillance.
On the afternoon of November 20, 2007, Domestic Security agents from the Xindu District Police Department of Chengdu City stormed Wuli Village, ransacked the place, and arrested Ms. Zhang and two other practitioners. The police were afraid their violent methods would be made public, so they covered their heads with bags and forced the practitioners into the police vehicle. Around December 11, 2007, officers from Guangrong Community Police Station picked up Ms. Zhang from the Xindu District Police Department and took her to the Jinniu Brainwashing Center.
After she finally returned home, six community security guards were assigned to watch Ms. Zhang by living in her home. The long-term surveillance, detention and tortures severely damaged Ms. Zhang's health. She died at the untimely age of 32.
Earlier report:
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2005/6/28/62328.html
Posting date: 3/31/2010
Category: Death Cases
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/3/20/220098.html
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Ms. Zhang Fengzhen Paralyzed as a Result of Beatings Suffered at Liaoning Women's Prison--Dies after Five Years
By a correspondent from Liaoning Province, China
Name: Zhang Fengzhen (张凤珍)
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: March 9, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: 2001
Most Recent Place of Detention: Liaoning Province Women's Prison (辽宁省女子监狱)
City: Shenyang
Province: Liaoning
Persecution Suffered: Illegal sentencing, beatings, imprisonment, torture, force-feedings, extortion
Key Persecutors: Guo Haiyan, An Rui (prison guards); Shan Xia, Yang Jing, and Zhang Yingying (inmates)
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Zhang Fengzhen died in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, on March 9, 2010. For five years, she was paralyzed and suffered pain as a result of vicious beatings she was subjected to while unlawfully held at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison, for refusing to renounce her belief in Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance.
Ms. Zhang was arrested in 2001 for distributing Falun Gong-related materials. The Heping District Court in Shenyang City illegally sentenced her to three and a half years in prison. In March 2003, she was taken to the Liaoning Province Women's Prison (then known as Dabei Prison). Prison guards ordered inmates to beat her nonstop for six hours. As a result, her liver was ruptured. She was extremely weak when she was released in 2005. Shortly after her release, she became entirely paralyzed, and later lost the ability to speak.
A description of what she suffered in prison was previously published by the Chinese Minghui site in 2006:
"I am a Falun Gong practitioner. I was unlawfully placed under arrest by the Heping District Court in Shenyang City in 2001 for distributing Falun Gong materials. During the trial, I was ordered to sit in the defendant's seat. I told them that the seat was reserved for Jiang Zemin [the CCP head who initiated the persecution of Falun Gong]. I was then told to just stand there. The attorney assigned to me did not even try to defend me. I was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. I was taken to Dabei Prison in March 2003, which has since been renamed Liaoning Province Women's Prison."
"When I arrived at the ward, Guo Haiyan, a section head of the No. 3 Division, asked me whether anyone else in my family practiced Falun Gong. She then ordered me to memorize statements inmates were required to recite whenever they were to enter the guards' office. I told her, 'I am not guilty and will not recite those statements.'"
"Guo was angry when she saw me standing firm with my arms behind me. She cursed me, then asked again in a threatening tone, 'Are you going to do as you are told?' She told a guard named An Rui to take me out of the office. An called over an inmate called Shan Xia, who had been convicted of theft. An gave Shan a few orders and left."
"Shan took me to a warehouse for stacks of cloth. Then another criminal inmate, Yang Jing, came in. They immediately asked me whether I would recite the statements and I told them no. They started punching and kicking me as they had been ordered to do by the guards. Shan started to kick me in the head. When I fell down, they dragged me upright and kicked me in the head again."
"A third inmate, Zhang Yingying, later joined Shan and Yang. All three were in their early 20s. They cursed while attacking me, 'Who do you think you are? We've taken care of stronger ones.' They stripped off my clothes, whipped me with electric wires, and smeared slanderous words about Falun Dafa on my back. The three took turns beating me from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., nonstop."
"I suffered severe injuries. My face was bruised and swollen. I felt excruciating pains in my internal organs, as well as when urinating. I was not able to stand with my back straight. A bitter taste filled my mouth. Even breathing caused pain all over my body. I was not able to turn over in bed. It hurt whenever someone bumped into me. I demanded a physical examination, but the guards did not heed me. I went on a hunger strike for over a week to protest. The guards tried everything to make me eat, but I refused to cooperate. They ordered four or five people to force-feed me, but I refused to swallow. There were spills all over my clothes. There were numerous cuts around my neck, although they had wrapped neck with a towel during the force-feeding.
"After eight or nine days on a hunger strike, I was taken to the prison hospital for an examination. It turned out that my liver was severely ruptured, my lungs and heart were functioning abnormally, and my blood pressure was high. To cover up their crimes, the guards lied to me and told me that I had a liver tumor. They told my family that I was not in good enough health to be able to see them, but they refused to release me on medical parole. They took 1,000 yuan from my family 'to cover medical expenses.'"
A fellow Falun Gong practitioner in the prison at about the same time as Ms. Zhang gave another account, which was published on July 24, 2008, by the Chinese Minghui website:
"Ms. Zhang Fengzhen was in her 50s. When I first saw her, she had to be supported by others to walk. At night, she needed help to slowly lay down on her bed, and she had no strength to even turn over. At one point, the guards ordered three criminal inmates, Yang Jing, Zhang Yingying, and Shan Xia, to beat her for six hours. Ms. Zhang still refused to renounce Falun Gong.
March 16, 2010
Related article:
"Account of Persecution in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison" http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/8/6/99576.html
Posting date: 3/30/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/3/16/219884.html
Name: Zhang Fengzhen (张凤珍)
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: March 9, 2010
Date of Most Recent Arrest: 2001
Most Recent Place of Detention: Liaoning Province Women's Prison (辽宁省女子监狱)
City: Shenyang
Province: Liaoning
Persecution Suffered: Illegal sentencing, beatings, imprisonment, torture, force-feedings, extortion
Key Persecutors: Guo Haiyan, An Rui (prison guards); Shan Xia, Yang Jing, and Zhang Yingying (inmates)
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Zhang Fengzhen died in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, on March 9, 2010. For five years, she was paralyzed and suffered pain as a result of vicious beatings she was subjected to while unlawfully held at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison, for refusing to renounce her belief in Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance.
Ms. Zhang was arrested in 2001 for distributing Falun Gong-related materials. The Heping District Court in Shenyang City illegally sentenced her to three and a half years in prison. In March 2003, she was taken to the Liaoning Province Women's Prison (then known as Dabei Prison). Prison guards ordered inmates to beat her nonstop for six hours. As a result, her liver was ruptured. She was extremely weak when she was released in 2005. Shortly after her release, she became entirely paralyzed, and later lost the ability to speak.
A description of what she suffered in prison was previously published by the Chinese Minghui site in 2006:
"I am a Falun Gong practitioner. I was unlawfully placed under arrest by the Heping District Court in Shenyang City in 2001 for distributing Falun Gong materials. During the trial, I was ordered to sit in the defendant's seat. I told them that the seat was reserved for Jiang Zemin [the CCP head who initiated the persecution of Falun Gong]. I was then told to just stand there. The attorney assigned to me did not even try to defend me. I was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. I was taken to Dabei Prison in March 2003, which has since been renamed Liaoning Province Women's Prison."
"When I arrived at the ward, Guo Haiyan, a section head of the No. 3 Division, asked me whether anyone else in my family practiced Falun Gong. She then ordered me to memorize statements inmates were required to recite whenever they were to enter the guards' office. I told her, 'I am not guilty and will not recite those statements.'"
"Guo was angry when she saw me standing firm with my arms behind me. She cursed me, then asked again in a threatening tone, 'Are you going to do as you are told?' She told a guard named An Rui to take me out of the office. An called over an inmate called Shan Xia, who had been convicted of theft. An gave Shan a few orders and left."
"Shan took me to a warehouse for stacks of cloth. Then another criminal inmate, Yang Jing, came in. They immediately asked me whether I would recite the statements and I told them no. They started punching and kicking me as they had been ordered to do by the guards. Shan started to kick me in the head. When I fell down, they dragged me upright and kicked me in the head again."
"A third inmate, Zhang Yingying, later joined Shan and Yang. All three were in their early 20s. They cursed while attacking me, 'Who do you think you are? We've taken care of stronger ones.' They stripped off my clothes, whipped me with electric wires, and smeared slanderous words about Falun Dafa on my back. The three took turns beating me from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., nonstop."
"I suffered severe injuries. My face was bruised and swollen. I felt excruciating pains in my internal organs, as well as when urinating. I was not able to stand with my back straight. A bitter taste filled my mouth. Even breathing caused pain all over my body. I was not able to turn over in bed. It hurt whenever someone bumped into me. I demanded a physical examination, but the guards did not heed me. I went on a hunger strike for over a week to protest. The guards tried everything to make me eat, but I refused to cooperate. They ordered four or five people to force-feed me, but I refused to swallow. There were spills all over my clothes. There were numerous cuts around my neck, although they had wrapped neck with a towel during the force-feeding.
"After eight or nine days on a hunger strike, I was taken to the prison hospital for an examination. It turned out that my liver was severely ruptured, my lungs and heart were functioning abnormally, and my blood pressure was high. To cover up their crimes, the guards lied to me and told me that I had a liver tumor. They told my family that I was not in good enough health to be able to see them, but they refused to release me on medical parole. They took 1,000 yuan from my family 'to cover medical expenses.'"
A fellow Falun Gong practitioner in the prison at about the same time as Ms. Zhang gave another account, which was published on July 24, 2008, by the Chinese Minghui website:
"Ms. Zhang Fengzhen was in her 50s. When I first saw her, she had to be supported by others to walk. At night, she needed help to slowly lay down on her bed, and she had no strength to even turn over. At one point, the guards ordered three criminal inmates, Yang Jing, Zhang Yingying, and Shan Xia, to beat her for six hours. Ms. Zhang still refused to renounce Falun Gong.
March 16, 2010
Related article:
"Account of Persecution in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison" http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/8/6/99576.html
Posting date: 3/30/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/3/16/219884.html
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Mr. Mei Chunfu Dies as a Result of Persecution
By our correspondent from Henan Province, China
Name: Mei Chunfu (梅春富)
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Address: Shawuo Township, Qi County, Henan Province
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: February 7, 2007
Most Recent Place of Detention: Jilin City Detention Center (杞县看守所)
City: Qi County
Province: Henan
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, beatings, solitary confinement, torture, physical restraint, detention
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Mei Chunfu had many diseases before practicing Falun Gong. He became a healthy person in both mind and body soon after practicing, and his entire family was moved by the miracles of Falun Gong. Since July 1999, after the persecution began, he was detained for almost seven years, endangering his life.
Mr. Mei went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in October 1999. The police arrested and detained him in the Qi County Detention Center. The guards tortured him with tightening the ropes (1) and ankle shackles; they punched and kicked him, locked him up in a small cell (2), and deprived him of drinking water. Because Mr. Mei persisted in practicing his faith and did not accept the brainwashing, the guards locked his shackles together with handcuffs, which meant that he could not stand up or sit down, and he had to stay in a very painful bent position. When it was meal time, he was still not released from this torture, and had to hold the bowl with both handcuffed hands, bending his head down hard. Mr. Mei clarified the truth to guards, and was locked in the small cell another 15 days without drinking water. He could not bear the thirst, and had to drink some dirty water from the toilet bowl.
In May 2000, Mr. Mei went to Beijing again to appeal. He was arrested and picked up by the Qi County police, detained in the Qi County Detention Center, and sentenced to three years of forced labor in the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp.
Not long after he was released from the labor camp, Mr. Mei went to Kaifeng City to visit family on March 16, 2004. He was talking to people about Falun Gong on the way, and was arrested and sentenced to another three years of forced labor at the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp.
In the autumn of 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhagen was tortured to death in the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp. To avoid an investigation, the camp administration transferred all detained practitioners to the Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp, where Mr. Mei was again tortured.
Only two months after his release from the Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp, Mr. Mei was still suffering both mentally and physically from the torture. On the afternoon of February 7, 2007, Qi County Domestic Security Division Chief Liu Hongtao had Shawuo Township police take Mr. Mei and his family to the Township Police Station. After a few questions, Liu said, "His thoughts are still not converted, take him in." They detained Mr. Mei again.
Mr. Mei went on a ten-day hunger strike to protest his illegal arrest. He had not recovered from the forced labor camp, so ten days on a hunger strike caused him to be emaciated, and he could not walk. The Qi County Detention Center authorities were afraid he would die, so they notified his family to pick him up.
The police never left him in peace, and kept harassing him at home. Mr. Mei never fully recovered, and died in 2009.
(1) The torture method "Tightening Rope" utilizes a finger-size hemp rope soaked in water. The persecutors set it on the Dafa practitioner's neck, and tightly wrap it around the arms. In order to maximize the pain for the victim, they often strip the practitioner down to his underwear. Usually, over three persecutors work together to apply this torture. When the rope reaches the wrists, it is tightened. They pull the practitioner's hands behind his back, both ends of the rope are inserted through the portion of the rope on the neck, then two persecutors forcefully pull down both ends of the rope as hard as they can and then tie it. At this time, the blood circulation is cut off and the victim will experience increased heart rate, excruciating pain in both arms and within a few minutes, heavy sweating.
In order to make sure the rope is as tight as can be, the persecutors insert glass bottles and wooden sticks under practitioner's wrists, so the rope will sink deep into his flesh. Meanwhile, they also slap the practitioner's face and shock him with electric baton(s). Each session of "Tightening Rope" lasts ten to twenty minutes. After the rope is loosened, the victim has lost the feeling in his arms, and it takes a long time to regain it. For those who have experienced this torture, their arms are often disabled in severe cases, or they cannot raise their arms or they lose some function in the arms. The marks left on the arms by the rope usually don't disappear for one or two years. See case on http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/1/31/44607p.html
(2) The detainee is locked up in a very small cell individually. The guards handcuff practitioners behind their back in a fixed position, in which the practitioners can neither move nor lie down. The small cell is very damp and no sunshine comes in. Detainees have to urinate and defecate in the cell. Only half of a regular meal is served to detainees locked up in a small cell during the daytime. During the night the rats are running around. The stench in the small cell is so bad that it is difficult to breathe.
Written on March 18, 2010
Posting date: 3/21/2010
Category: Death Cases
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/3/19/220042.html
Name: Mei Chunfu (梅春富)
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Address: Shawuo Township, Qi County, Henan Province
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Death: 2009
Date of Most Recent Arrest: February 7, 2007
Most Recent Place of Detention: Jilin City Detention Center (杞县看守所)
City: Qi County
Province: Henan
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, beatings, solitary confinement, torture, physical restraint, detention
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Mei Chunfu had many diseases before practicing Falun Gong. He became a healthy person in both mind and body soon after practicing, and his entire family was moved by the miracles of Falun Gong. Since July 1999, after the persecution began, he was detained for almost seven years, endangering his life.
Mr. Mei went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong in October 1999. The police arrested and detained him in the Qi County Detention Center. The guards tortured him with tightening the ropes (1) and ankle shackles; they punched and kicked him, locked him up in a small cell (2), and deprived him of drinking water. Because Mr. Mei persisted in practicing his faith and did not accept the brainwashing, the guards locked his shackles together with handcuffs, which meant that he could not stand up or sit down, and he had to stay in a very painful bent position. When it was meal time, he was still not released from this torture, and had to hold the bowl with both handcuffed hands, bending his head down hard. Mr. Mei clarified the truth to guards, and was locked in the small cell another 15 days without drinking water. He could not bear the thirst, and had to drink some dirty water from the toilet bowl.
In May 2000, Mr. Mei went to Beijing again to appeal. He was arrested and picked up by the Qi County police, detained in the Qi County Detention Center, and sentenced to three years of forced labor in the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp.
Not long after he was released from the labor camp, Mr. Mei went to Kaifeng City to visit family on March 16, 2004. He was talking to people about Falun Gong on the way, and was arrested and sentenced to another three years of forced labor at the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp.
In the autumn of 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhagen was tortured to death in the Kaifeng City Forced Labor Camp. To avoid an investigation, the camp administration transferred all detained practitioners to the Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp, where Mr. Mei was again tortured.
Only two months after his release from the Xuchang City Forced Labor Camp, Mr. Mei was still suffering both mentally and physically from the torture. On the afternoon of February 7, 2007, Qi County Domestic Security Division Chief Liu Hongtao had Shawuo Township police take Mr. Mei and his family to the Township Police Station. After a few questions, Liu said, "His thoughts are still not converted, take him in." They detained Mr. Mei again.
Mr. Mei went on a ten-day hunger strike to protest his illegal arrest. He had not recovered from the forced labor camp, so ten days on a hunger strike caused him to be emaciated, and he could not walk. The Qi County Detention Center authorities were afraid he would die, so they notified his family to pick him up.
The police never left him in peace, and kept harassing him at home. Mr. Mei never fully recovered, and died in 2009.
(1) The torture method "Tightening Rope" utilizes a finger-size hemp rope soaked in water. The persecutors set it on the Dafa practitioner's neck, and tightly wrap it around the arms. In order to maximize the pain for the victim, they often strip the practitioner down to his underwear. Usually, over three persecutors work together to apply this torture. When the rope reaches the wrists, it is tightened. They pull the practitioner's hands behind his back, both ends of the rope are inserted through the portion of the rope on the neck, then two persecutors forcefully pull down both ends of the rope as hard as they can and then tie it. At this time, the blood circulation is cut off and the victim will experience increased heart rate, excruciating pain in both arms and within a few minutes, heavy sweating.
In order to make sure the rope is as tight as can be, the persecutors insert glass bottles and wooden sticks under practitioner's wrists, so the rope will sink deep into his flesh. Meanwhile, they also slap the practitioner's face and shock him with electric baton(s). Each session of "Tightening Rope" lasts ten to twenty minutes. After the rope is loosened, the victim has lost the feeling in his arms, and it takes a long time to regain it. For those who have experienced this torture, their arms are often disabled in severe cases, or they cannot raise their arms or they lose some function in the arms. The marks left on the arms by the rope usually don't disappear for one or two years. See case on http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2004/1/31/44607p.html
(2) The detainee is locked up in a very small cell individually. The guards handcuff practitioners behind their back in a fixed position, in which the practitioners can neither move nor lie down. The small cell is very damp and no sunshine comes in. Detainees have to urinate and defecate in the cell. Only half of a regular meal is served to detainees locked up in a small cell during the daytime. During the night the rats are running around. The stench in the small cell is so bad that it is difficult to breathe.
Written on March 18, 2010
Posting date: 3/21/2010
Category: Death Cases
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/3/19/220042.html
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Mother and Daughter, Both Hong Kong Residents, Detained for Nine Months
(Clearwisdom.net) On June 4, 2009, Hong Kong residents Ms. Li Yaohua and her daughter, Zhang Yibo, were arrested in the Xuhui District of Shanghai by personnel from the Tianlin Police Station and the local 610 Office. They have been detained ever since, for a total of nearly nine months. Their case files have been sitting in the Xuhui District Court for over four months. They are still being detained in the Xuhui District Detention Center along with other practitioners Zhang Qin, Lu Yuzhi, and Ye Ying and her daughter.
Since the practitioners' arrest and detention, the local police authorities have been to Ms. Li's husband's workplace to harass him. In mid-November of last year during U.S. President Obama's visit to Shanghai, the local police assigned several policemen to watch the husband 24 hours a day. His workplace terminated his work contract at the end of last year.
Ms. Li Yaohua's father, Li Shanzhen, is 91 years old. In order to try to secure the release of his daughter and granddaughter, Mr. Li visited the Tianlin Police Station, the Xuhui District Police Branch, the Shanghai City Police Department, the local Procuratorate, and the local People's Congress Standing Committee. He was unsuccessful each time.
Ms. Li's son, Zhang Yiyuan, teaches at the University of California at Los Angeles in the United States. He initiated a rescue effort overseas and gained attention from the international community. California State Assemblymen Chuck Devore and Van Tran wrote to Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai, and President Obama and requested that the Chinese Communist regime immediately release Li Yaohua and Zhang Yibo.
In November 2009, Mr. Li Shanzhen and Mr. Zhang Yiyuan flew to Taiwan from Shanghai and Los Angeles, respectively. They appealed to the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), and the Taiwan Ministry of Justice.
Due to pressure from the international community, Shanghai authorities have repeatedly delayed the proceedings. Reportedly, in early February of 2010, Xuhui District prosecutor Xu Zhenhui attempted to persuade Ms. Li Yaohua to plea guilty in return for a lenient sentence, but she did not agree.
February 27, 2010
Posting date: 3/11/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/2/28/219000.html
Since the practitioners' arrest and detention, the local police authorities have been to Ms. Li's husband's workplace to harass him. In mid-November of last year during U.S. President Obama's visit to Shanghai, the local police assigned several policemen to watch the husband 24 hours a day. His workplace terminated his work contract at the end of last year.
Ms. Li Yaohua's father, Li Shanzhen, is 91 years old. In order to try to secure the release of his daughter and granddaughter, Mr. Li visited the Tianlin Police Station, the Xuhui District Police Branch, the Shanghai City Police Department, the local Procuratorate, and the local People's Congress Standing Committee. He was unsuccessful each time.
Ms. Li's son, Zhang Yiyuan, teaches at the University of California at Los Angeles in the United States. He initiated a rescue effort overseas and gained attention from the international community. California State Assemblymen Chuck Devore and Van Tran wrote to Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai, and President Obama and requested that the Chinese Communist regime immediately release Li Yaohua and Zhang Yibo.
In November 2009, Mr. Li Shanzhen and Mr. Zhang Yiyuan flew to Taiwan from Shanghai and Los Angeles, respectively. They appealed to the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), and the Taiwan Ministry of Justice.
Due to pressure from the international community, Shanghai authorities have repeatedly delayed the proceedings. Reportedly, in early February of 2010, Xuhui District prosecutor Xu Zhenhui attempted to persuade Ms. Li Yaohua to plea guilty in return for a lenient sentence, but she did not agree.
February 27, 2010
Posting date: 3/11/2010
Category: Persecution Accounts
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/2/28/219000.html
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