[XX City, Southwestern China] More Practitioners Step Forward
After Master Li published his new articles, practitioners from a city in southwestern China realized the importance of sharing the truth about Falun Dafa with ordinary people. These practitioners started to publicly distribute truthful information in October. One practitioner turned up missing one night after going out to pass out flyers. Another one was arrested when handing out materials. Later this practitioner's home was searched, and the practitioner was eventually sentenced to two years in a labor camp.
In the middle of December 2000, some practitioners began to go to Beijing to clarify the truth. One practitioner who went to Tiananmen Square to raise a Falun Dafa banner has disappeared. Four practitioners were arrested on their way to Beijing, and are still in custody.
On December 31, 2000, several hundred posters appeared on the streets of this city, reading: "Falun Dafa is Good," and "Declare Falun Dafa and Teacher Li Hongzhi Innocent."
[XX City, Northern China] Jiang Zemin Goofs; the Program "Focused Interview and Discussion" Promotes the Dafa
In a certain city in the northern part of China, citizens have began to learn what Falun Dafa truly is from the materials disseminated by practitioners and from posters and banners hung up on the streets. These efforts from the practitioners made the government-owned TV programs look very dull. One of the programs is "Focused Interview and Discussion" which aired on the night of January 5, 2001. The program became the focus of the discussion among ordinary people the following day. A majority of the people expressed their admiration to the courage practitioners exhibited. They would say: Falun Gong is incredible; and the practitioners dare to raise banners with "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" in Tiananmen Square; Falun Gong is so magical and the practitioners are so courageous!
It is a great manifestation of Dafa in this world when a large banner clarifying the truth appears on Tiananmen Square, no matter what slanders are made by the Chinese Central Television (CCTV). Those who can face torture in detention centers so calmly are not ordinary people. When it is shown on TV to the people, they see the light of truth glowing on the practitioners no matter what lies CCTV attempts to spread.
[China] Take All Opportunities to Tell People the Truth about Falun Dafa
There are a lot of door-to-door salespeople nowadays, and I usually refused to open the door for them. Then one day I realized that the salesperson at the door could be a person who was sent by Master Li and destined to attain the Fa, and I should give him an opportunity to know about Falun Dafa. Later, when we encountered people who were selling insurance or socks, we invited them into our home. When they came in, we asked them if they would like to learn about Falun Dafa; we would tell them that they didn't have to listen if they were too busy. In fact, they are usually grateful to us for answering the door, and are very likely to listen to us. Sometimes, they even ask questions. One day, an insurance salesperson said as he left that we had changed his understanding about Falun Gong. We kept talking to him until midnight, and he ended up spending the night at our house. We knew that he might not have had super yet, so we cooked a bowl of noodles. He indeed had not had dinner because he had been traveling around town all day. He was very grateful, and commented that Falun Dafa practitioners are good people.
We also had a salesman who sells socks and stockings door-to-door. He has always believed in Buddha, and his father is an amateur monk in Shaolin Temple. He understood that he had been fooled by the government propaganda, and he indicated that he would like to read the book
Zhuan Falun. He also said that he would like to tell the truth about Falun Gong to people he knew. So, we gave him our only copy of Zhuan Falun, and we were very happy.
[Quyang County, Hebei Province] Yang Congyan and Three Other High School Students Sent to Labor Camps
After the Minghui website published "Police Bureau of Quyang County, Hebei Province Brutally Torture Falun Dafa Practitioners," the police did not stop the persecution. Instead, they conducted a so-called "public trial" on December 28, 2000 to further persecute the innocent practitioners. Here is what they did:
- Liu Jinye is a 28-year-old practitioner with a college degree. She used to be an officer for the Fajiazhuang Township. The police arrested her for "illegally filing a complaint"; they are holding her until they announce her sentence.
- Ge Jinliang is a 29-year-old practitioner, also with a college degree. He used to be an accountant for the Qicun Township. He has been in custody since February 2000, and was recently sentenced to three years in labor camps.
- Yang Congyan, an 18-year-old high school student and also a practitioner, was sentenced to two years in labor camps.
- Yang Yueying is a practitioner about 40 years of age; she was sentenced to two years in labor camps.
Currently, the police still hold a dozen practitioners under detention, and they have indicated that they want some of them to sentenced to labor camps.
Those detained in a detention center are: Lun Jingru, Lun Chenru, Lun Junru (mother) and Jin Xiaoman (daughter, who is a 17 years old, a high school student); Chen Pingfen (mother of Yang Congyan), Wang Shan (daughter of Yang Yueying), and Liu Jing;
Those detained in a monitoring center are: Xin Baohui (detained since February 2000), Gao Jianhong, Zhao Yongzhang, and Yao Zhenfan.
[Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Dalian Correction Institution ?Dungeon of Suffering for Practitioners
Since Dalian Institution of Correction-through-Education was exposed internationally for torturing Falun Dafa practitioners, its wardens have increased the intensity of their persecution. The practitioners are suffering from extremely harsh treatment. The leaders of the Institution and the guards are more than willing to sacrifice themselves for Jiang Zemin. We call upon all people to condemn this institution so that it will stop the persecution.
We would like to warn everyone, the evil people are not admitting defeat; rather, they are using deception to confuse practitioners. For example: some law enforcement officials fabricates facts, and pretend to be concerned about practitioners in order to break their wills; some write articles with political inclinations in the style practitioners would write in order to frame Falun Gong for engaging in politics. Please abide by what Master Li has told us: "validate the Fa with reason, to clarify the truth with wisdom, and to promote the Fa and save people with compassion," so that the evils will be completely exposed.
[Nanning City, Jiangxi Province] Practitioners from Nanning Arrested at Dafa Experience Sharing Conference
Practitioners in Nanning were having an experience sharing conference on January 5, 2001, and it was still going on at 9:00 o'clock in the evening. Then, there was knock on the door. An inexperience practitioner opened the door. Dozens of police rushed into the conference site without showing their ID, and they used cameras and camcorders to take pictures. A practitioner named Ye Zi (an assumed name) realized that she should stop what the police were doing. She asked the police to show their valid IDs. Other practitioners also came to understand that they should not ignore the policemen's behavior. They all stood up to reason with the police, who began to beat up some of the male practitioners, and to search practitioners' belongings. The police struck one old professor on the head, and his head started bleeding. They then forced over 20 practitioners into 10 police vehicles. An older practitioner (mother of Ye Zi) who saw many people watching the arrest shouted: "Falun Dafa is Good," and Ye Zi was shouting as well: "Return the Innocence to Our Falun Dafa," "Teacher Li Hongzhi Is Innocent."
The police first took practitioners to a rehabilitation facility for drug addicts to take mug shots and have interrogations. Some practitioners refused to have the mug shot taken, and withheld their true names. Practitioners who told their names were taken away to their local police precincts. Ye Zi was taken away to the precinct of her mother. She was determined to go on a hunger strike if she was imprisoned. Ye Zi was detained in a small room with another 10 practitioners. At 5:00 in the morning, Ye Zi asked to go to the restroom, whereupon she jumped over the wall and escaped.
[Baiyin City, Gansu Province] City Police Bureau Tortures Practitioners
Zhang Mingcai, Chief of the Division of Politics and Security at the Police Bureau of Baiyin City, is a die-hard follower of Jiang Zemin. He searches the homes of practitioners and seizes their belongs, and detains them at will. He has fabricated evidence against a group of practitioners so that they will be sent to labor camps by his superiors. These practitioners are:
Yang Jinzhong, a 34-year-old senior engineer of the Northwestern Institute of Mining, was sentenced to one year in labor camp on March 9, 2000 for going to Beijing to appeal on January 1, 2000.
Zhang Dianju, a 57-year-old retired copper miner of Baiyin Metallic Corporation, was sentenced in mid-July to one-year in labor camp for going to Beijing with wife and son to appeal on June 23, 2000;
Zhang Guangli, a 28-year-old copper-miner of Baiyin Metallic Corporation, was also sentenced to one-year in labor camp for going to Beijing to appeal with his father, Zhang Dianju, and his mother on June 23, 2000. The corporation discharged him in October.
Ma Junyan, is a 31-year-old communist party member, worked for Electricity Supply Bureau of Baiyin City. He used to be honored as "the star of workers," and he was the candidate for one of the "Ten Excellent Young Workers of Gansu Province." Ma won honorary titles for several consecutive years at Baiyin city level, and the Electricity Supply Bureau level. He went to Beijing to appeal twice on December 31, 1999 and July 9, 2000, for which he was expelled from the party, and sentenced to one-year in labor camp on August 26, 2000.
Chang Jubin, is a 34-year-old officer at the Procuratorate Office of Baiyin. Chang graduated from the Provincial Institute of Politics and Law. He was sentenced to one-year in a labor camp on December 7, 2000 for his appeal in Beijing on October 26, 2000. The Procuratorate Office forced him to sign a resignation letter, and he was laid off from his job.
Liu Yinjuan, is a 40-year-old teacher at the Vocational Training Center of the Baiyin Metallic Corporation. Liu is a college graduate. She distributed "To the People," a pamphlet authored by her and based on her own cultivation experiences, to pedestrians on sidewalks in December 1999. She was arrested and is still being held in custody in Baiyin Detention Center. The authorities secretly tried her, but were unable to convict her. Now, the Detention Center refuses to let her family visit her.
Some of the Practitioners Persecuted in Jingtai County, Gansu Province:
Yu Youzhen, 44 years old, is a farmer with high school education, who was sentenced to one-year in labor camp for going to Beijing to appeal twice on July 15, 2000;
Wang Yichao, 52 years old, is a farmer as well, and was sentenced to one-year in labor camp for raising a banner in Beijing on June 23, 2000;
Zhang Youfu, female, was sentenced to one-year in labor camp for going to Beijing to appeal on June 25, 2000;
Ma Zufu, 37 years old, party member, and a middle school Chinese teacher with college education, was also sentenced to one-year labor camp by Beijing City Police Bureau for raising a banner in Beijing on January 4, 2000;
Zhang Xiufan, female, 57 years old, is still in prison, and has been fined 3,600 yuan (about $400 U.S.) for going to Beijing to appeal on July 15, 2000. She was arrested and detained by Linxia City Police Bureau;
A female practitioner, 55 years old, was arrested by Jingtai County Police Bureau for going to Beijing to appeal on July 15, 2000. The police detained her for 30 days and fined her 200 yuan.
Another practitioner, female, 52 years old, an elementary school teacher with an associate degree, was arrested by Jingtai County Police Bureau for going to Beijing to appeal on January 4, 2000. The police detained her for 34 days and fined her 1,600 yuan.
Zhang Youfu, female, 41 years old, and a music teacher at Tiaonong School of Jingtai County, was sentenced to one-year in labor camp for practicing Falun Gong in Tiananmen Square on June 25, 2000. Her sentence was increased by another six months because she led practitioners to practice in jail.
[Harbin, Heilongjiang Province] Harsher Measures in Harbin
Reliable source reports that the People's Congress of the Harbin City convened from January 1 through 15, and is planning to put practitioners under house arrest, and to force them into the study programs so that they won't go to Beijing again. The study program runs from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and the police from the local precincts transport the practitioner to and from their homes. This action is aimed at controlling the practitioners whom the government has not yet identified.
The Police Department at Nangang District sent out over 100 officers to tighten the surveillance on practitioners. Practitioners there need to be alert to this circumstance.
A female practitioner who works in a company in Harbin has been relentlessly hounded by her coworkers. She took a day off on January 1, 2001, but the corporate officers went to her home to harass her until 11:00 p.m. On January 4, a friend was looking for her during lunch break, and the company chased the friend away. They took her to a conference room, and had over 20 communist party members stay with her until 8:30 p.m. when the Train No. 18 had left for Beijing, so that she could not get on it.
[Laiwu City, Shandong Province] More News about the Mistreatment of Falun Gong Practitioners
A couple from Laiwu City Shandong Province were fined 2,000 yuan by Yangli Police Precinct for going to Beijing to appeal. The City Police Bureau again fined them 1,000 yuan per person, and also took away their belongings from their home.
Another couple were dragged back from Beijing, and detained in a detention center. The police did not release them until the fine in the amount of nearly 10,000 yuan was paid. Additionally, the couple had to find a person to act as guarantor.
The Chief Assistant, and the Vice Chief Assistant of the former Falun Gong Laiwu Assistance Center went to Beijing to appeal, and they were forced to come back to Laiwu. The police arrested them and have not yet released them.
[Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] News Briefs - Police from Taoxilu Precinct of Chenghua District, Chengdu City broke into the homes of Zuo Shiqi and another practitioner named Huang, while the practitioners were not home. They searched the homes and seized belongings without using police procedures. Then, the police detained the two practitioners for one day and one night around December 16, 2000. The practitioners were forced to stand barefoot on the cold cement floor. While under detention, the police beat the two practitioners until they had multiple wounds on their face, waist, and chest area. On December 17, 2000, they were transferred to Lianhua Cun Detention Center.
Telephone number at Taoxilu Precinct: 028-324-7480 - Du Peiyang, female, about 55 years old, is a retired doctor from the Worker's Hospital of the Chengdu Seamless Steel Pipes. She was arrested while putting up flyers in the city, and detained in Lianhua Cun Detention Center. Du was released after about a month. However, she was arrested again on December 27 by Jinjiang District's Nushikou Precinct. Du was sentenced to one year in labor camp, and they transferred her to Ningxia Jie Station. Nushikou Precinct sent several practitioners to labor camp, including Wang Xuzhi. Wang, who was tortured to death, was initially sentenced at Nushikou Precinct.
Xie Zhiyuan was sentenced to two years in labor camps, but is still being held at the Ziyangdayan Institute of Correction. Jiang Yunhong served his full term and was released. When he returned home, he found out that he had already been removed from his job. Nushikou Precinct also urged a few companies to fire practitioners within its jurisdiction, and it often fabricate evidence to frame practitioners.
Nushikou Precinct's Telephone Number: 452-1226 (police chief, whose last name is Zhao), Officer in Charge of the Cases: Chen Jian
[Shanghai City] Partial List of Detained Practitioner
Liu Xueyan, a doctoral student at the Fudan University, College of Business Administration, Class ྟ, was arrested for printing materials about the truth of Falun Dafa, and he is now detained in Yangpu District Detention Center. Liu is 26 years old.
Deng Rong, a practitioner living at Wujiao Chang, Yangpu District, Shanghai, was arrested while disseminating Falun Dafa materials, and she is detained in Yangpu District Detention Center. Deng is 24 years of age.
Chen Huijing used to work for Dahua Accounting Firm, and was arrested while disseminating Falun Dafa materials. She is detained in Yangpu District Detention Center. Chen is 25 years of age.
He Binggang, formerly a master's student at the Department of Computer Science, Fudan University, Class ྞ, was expelled from school after being under surveillance for over six months for practicing Falun Gong. Now, he is missing. He Binggang is 25 years of age.
Guo Shunhong, originally from Jiangsu Province, was arrested while disseminating Falun Dafa materials, and she is now detained in Pudong District's Beicai Detention Center. Guo is 24 years old.
January 7, 2001