Friday, March 7, 2008

Three Senior Citizens Persecuted by Liu Hong from Mingjiang Community Security in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

(Clearwisdom.net) Mingjiang Community Security officer Liu Hong has relentlessly followed Communist regime orders to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Recently he cooperated with people from the Longquan 610 Office and illegally arrested three senior citizens--Ms. Zhang Cifang, Ms. Shi Lanfang and Ms. Li Fangling--and took them to a brainwashing center.

From June to December 2003, Liu Hong had already started cooperating with the Longquanyi District 610 Office in Chengdu City to arrest practitioners Ms. Zhang Cifang and Ms. Shi Lanfang and take them to the Hongshunshanzhuan Brainwashing Center. Between April and August 2004, he took practitioner Ms. Li Fangling to the Xinjin Brainwashing Center in Chengdu City and also apprehended Ms. Shi Lanfang again and took her to Hanlinshanzhuan Brainwashing Center.

From September 30 to October 30, 2007, Liu Hong again used a web of deceit to arrest practitioners Ms. Shi Lanfang (72 years old), Ms. Zhang Cifang (72 years old) and Ms. Li Fangling (in her sixties). He took them to Hongshunshanzhang Brainwashing Center.

After these three practitioners were detained in the brainwashing center, they were closely monitored around the clock and forced to watch videos that slandered Falun Gong. Oftentimes, they were faced with one or more people who continually yelled at them and tried to brainwash them. They were often verbally abused and beaten. The Judicial Bureau deputy director, Chen Decai, once cruelly beat Ms. Shi Lanfang.

In the brainwashing center, those in charge reduced the amount of food given to these practitioners. The practitioners also had limited time to eat, to wash clothes and to sleep. They even had a set time for using the bathroom. The people in the brainwashing center used various methods to exhaust the practitioners. One time, because Ms. Shi Lanfang was in the bathroom longer than her allowed time, the director of the 610 Office, Chen Jiuyun, ordered a male security guard to break into the bathroom and drag her out.

On one occasion, Ms. Zhang Cifang sat down a little bit longer than permitted and the personal cangue (who was ordered by Liu Hong to watch her) said that she was doing the Falun Gong exercises and screamed at her. Another time Liu Hong said, "I don't have a gun, but if I had one, I would shoot you."

These personal cangues also kept the door and windows shut around the clock. They lit poisonous mosquito incense and then ran out of the room, and watched Ms. Zhang Cifang through the windows. The poisonous smoke caused Ms. Zhang Cifang to cough badly. When she tried to open the door a little bit, the personal cangues closed it immediately. The agony was intolerable.

Ms. Zhang Cifang didn't have a change of clothes. She asked for clothes several times, and they finally allowed her to get some. Someone brought her two pairs of new socks and asked Liu Hong to take them to her. Liu Hong kept them for himself. So during the month she was in the brainwashing center, Ms. Zhang Cifang had only one pair of socks.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Ms. Zong Xiuxia Dies Suddenly under Police Custody in Shandong Province

(Clearwisdom.net) On February 22, 2008, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zong Xiuxia was arrested, and she died on the same day. Her body has been frozen, and details are yet to be investigated.

Ms. Zong Xiuxia lived in the Fangzi District in Weifang City, Shandong Province. On February 22, 2008, she went shopping at the Jialejia Supermarket. She kindly clarified the truth to people on her way, and as a result she was forcibly taken to the Guangwen Police Station in Kuiwen District at around 11:30 a.m. Police from the Guangwen Station said they took Ms. Zong to the Weifang City People's Hospital for a physical check-up at around 1:00 p.m. However, Ms. Zong died at 3:00 p.m.

It was 9:00 p.m. when the police notified her family, saying they had found her checkbook in her handbag and thus found her address and name. The police said that Ms. Zong died from jumping out of the elevator in the hospital.

We find this very unreasonable, for three police officers were watching her in the hospital. How could she jump out of the elevator in a crowded hospital in the middle of the afternoon? If it was true, why weren't there any witnesses? Why wouldn't they allow her family to meet with the three officers? Why did they take her for a physical so soon after she was arrested? Why didn't they notify her family sooner? What happened in the Guangwen Police Station before they took her to the hospital?

After only four hours, a perfectly healthy, upstanding person died under police custody, and it took six hours for them to notify her family. We hope that people of justice will help uncover more information.

Kuiwen District Police Department: 86-536-8235773
Guangwen Police Station: 86-536-8878517

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Wuhan Police Forcibly Barge Into "Winter Study Camp" and Detain Teachers, Parents and Children

(Clearwisdom.net) On February 11, 2008, a group of parents, children and teachers were holding a "winter study camp" activity at the Chailin Hotel in the Yujiatou Community, Wuchang District of Wuhan City. The focus of their activity was to study the principle of Truth-Compassion-Forbearance and how to apply the principle in daily life in order to be a good person. In the afternoon, more than 10 police officers from the first Division of the Wuhan Police Department led by the Division Chief Lu, barged into Room 906 of the Chailin Hotel and illegally detained teachers Ms. Chen Man, Ms. Xiong Yingzhi, a dozen or so children and some of the parents.

The police videotaped the children and the parents. A dozen or so children were isolated from their parents and the police shouted at the children whose parents were not present. The children were threatened and tricked into telling the police details about their parents and other children. Many children were so frightened that they cried. Most of the parents and children revealed their addresses or were recognized by the police. Elementary student Li Feiyang did not give out his parent's name, but told the police his school - Huapo Road Elementary School. Li Feiyang's mother loudly reprimanded the police for their wrongful conduct. Only when relatives objected strongly were the children allowed to return home.

That day the police arrested five Falun Gong practitioners. Among them, Ms. Chen Man and Ms. Xiong Yingzhi were detained; the three other practitioners were released from the local police station the same day.

On the morning of February 19, 2008, the police from the First Division of the Wuhan Police Department used the excuse of holding a parents meeting for the freshman classes of Huapo Road Elementary School, to deceive Li Feiyang's mother into coming to the school. She was then forcibly taken to the Yangyuan Community Brainwashing Center in the Wuchang District of Wuhan City.

On February 19, a group of policeman rushed into Ms. Hu Huifang's home in Qingshan District and arrested her.

On the evening of February 20, 2008, large numbers of 610 Office personnel were closely monitoring Ms. Liu Hong's home in Shishang Xindu Neighborhood in an attempt to arrest her and her son, Shi Xiu. Ms. Liu Hong's husband, Shi Lei, was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment in 2003 by the Wuhan City 610 Office, which conspired with the Wuhan Municipal Intermediate Court of the Chinese Communist Party. Mr. Shi is currently imprisoned at Shayang Farm.

Ms. Chen Man and Ms. Xiong Yingzhi are detained in the Erzhigou Area, Dongxihu District. Li Feiyang's mother is imprisoned at the Yangyuan Community Brainwashing Center. Ms. Hu Huifang is imprisoned at an unknown location.

More Than a Dozen Shanghai Practitioners Arrested at Home While Watching the Chinese New Year Splendor on NTDTV

(Clearwisdom.net) At around 9:00 a.m. on February 22, 2008, more than one dozen practitioners were arrested while watching the NTDTV Chinese New Year Splendor in Mr. Ma Guobiao's home. Police ransacked the home and detained Mr. Ma and his parents at the Jiading District Detention Center. The remaining practitioners are being detained at their home district detention centers.

The NTDTV Chinese New Year Splendor is performed by Divine Performing Arts to promote five thousand years of genuine traditional Chinese culture. The arrest of Mr. Ma's family and other practitioners is an example of how Chinese people do not have the right to watch this show in the privacy of their own homes. These arrests also show that the CCP is fearful of the public watching this performance. We call upon people of the world to express their concern and condemn these human rights violations in China.