Persecution Report of Practitioners in Jizhou City, Hebei Province

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April 9, 2001 | Practitioners in China

Shi Wenjie, male, 44, is a resident of Erpu Village, Jizhou Town, Jizhou City. In July 1999, just for practicing Falun Gong, he was detained for half a month. Later, since someone reported that he had distributed some Falun Gong-related materials, he was detained for half a month again. One month after his release, he was once again illegally arrested and sentenced to three years in a labor camp.
Li Huimin, male, 49, is a resident of Xinzhuang Village, Xiaozhai Town. In July 1999, just for practicing Falun Gong, he was detained for half a month. After his release, his hometown sent some people to monitor him day and night; moreover, they took away his business license, not allowing him to do business. In March 2000, he was detained for a month because he was practicing in public. In May 2000, as there were too many people who had been to Beijing to appeal, the government threw him into the detention center again, and released him after he went on a hunger strike for six days. But they still kept monitoring him day and night. Later, since Hengshui Town government accused him of making contact with other Falun Gong practitioners, he was arrested again and sent to the dentition center in June 2000. After half a year or so, he was illegally sentenced to jail for five years.
Shang Wenling, male, 36, is a resident of Dizhuang Village, Xuzhuang Town. He went to Beijing to appeal in May 2000. He was accused by police of "inciting" others to appeal and was sentenced to five years in labor camp.
Li Jinxiu, female, 55, is a resident of Fengjia Village, Xuzhuang Town. She went to Beijing to appeal in May 2000. She was accused by police of "inciting" others to appeal and was sentenced to three years in labor camp.
Chen Jingwang, male, 29, is a resident of Zhuangzitou Village, Xuzhuang Town. In March 2000, he was put in detention for half a month for practicing [Falun Gong] exercises in public. In May 2000, he was detained again because he went to the police station to ask for a forfeit receipt and point out how the actions taken by the police against them were in violation of the law. In this town, almost all Falun Gong practitioners who went to make appeals suffered electric shocks with cattle prods and interrogation. Later, Chen was transferred for criminal detention. After his release, on July 24, 2000, he was arrested again and sentenced to two years in labor camp.
Xu Xiuzhi, female, 56, is a resident of Laozhou Village, Nanwucun Town. In May 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal. The police arrested her for criminal detention and accused her of having "incited" others to appeal, then released her afterwards. In September 2000, she was sentenced to three years in labor camp.
Zhou Xuemei, female, 23, is a resident of Laozhou Village, Nanwucun Town. In May 2000, she and her mother went to Beijing to appeal. The police arrested them for criminal detention and accused them of having "incited" others to appeal, then released them afterwards. In September 2000, she was sentenced to three years in labor camp.
Li Haige, female, 31, Chen Jingwang's wife, is a resident of Zhuangzitou Village, Xuzhuang Town. In March 2000, she was detained for half a month for practicing [Falun Gong] exercises in public. In May 2000, since her husband was [illegally] detained, she went to Beijing to appeal, and was caught and detained again for half a month. On July 24, 2000, she was arrested with her husband for no reason. She then went on a hunger strike and was later released after being detained for a month. In October, she went to Beijing to appeal again and ended up being arrested for public security detention. After having being detained for half a month, she was released. However, her commune people didn't allow her to go home and detained her in the police station of her town for another half a month, then transferred her back to the detention center where she was sentenced to three years of labor reeducation.
Xia Chunying, female, 36, Shang Wenling's wife, is a resident of Dizhuang Village, Xuzhuang Town. In September 2000, she was detained for half a month for distributing materials containing true stories about Falun Gong. In interrogating her to find the source of those Falun Gong materials, the police gave her electric shocks. As they couldn't get what they wanted, they then asked her children. The response of her children was that they didn't know. In October 2000, since she had gone to Beijing to appeal, she was detained for half a month in a detention center, then another half a month in her local police station. At last, she was sent back to the detention center with Li Haige and some others, and was sentenced to three years labor reeducation over there.
Xia Shige, male, 49, is a resident of Fengjia Village, Xuzhuang Town. In April 2000, he and Xia Tongmu were arrested and detained for half a month for having practiced Falun Gong exercises together at his home. In May 2000, he was detained for half a month again as he went to police station with Chen Jingwang to ask for the forfeit receipt. On July 24, 2000, the police station asked him if he was still practicing Falun Gong and got the answer "yes." As a consequence, he was arrested again with Chen Jingwang and some others, and was detained for half a month and released afterwards. In October 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal and came back on his own. Even so, he was still arrested and detained in the police station for half a month, and released afterwards with Li Haige and some others. Later, he was once again detained in the police station of his town for half a month and then transferred to the detention center, where he was sentenced to three years labor reeducation.
Sun Shijian, male, 41, is a resident of Xinzhuang Village, Jizhou Town. In November 1999, he was detained for half a month for no reason. In May 2000, he went to the local police station to ask for his Falun Dafa books that had been illegally confiscated and he was again detained for half a month. In July 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal and was once again arrested and detained for more than a month. In December 2000, he was arrested while he was carrying four other Falun Gong practitioners on his tricycle to distribute materials containing true stories about Falun Gong. In order to find out where he got the materials, the police stripped him, beat him, and shocked him electrically. It is reported that he will be sentenced to labor reeducation.
Fan Yumei, female, 39, Sun Shijian's wife, is a resident of Xinzhuang Village, Jizhou Town. In November 1999, she was detained with her husband for half a month for no reason. In May 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal because police had illegally detained Dafa practitioners at will, and was arrested and detained for half a month. In July 2000, as her husband went to appeal, she was once again detained for a month without reason. In December 2000, she was arrested with her husband in a group of five, while they were distributing materials containing true stories about Falun Gong. She was sentenced to three years in a labor camp.
Zuo Shuling, female, 49, Li Huimin's wife, is a resident of Xinzhuang Village, Xiaozhai Town. In July 1999, she was detained in a police station with her husband for practicing Falun Gong. Later, in August 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal and was detained for half a month. In March 2000, she was arrested again and was detained for a month for practicing Falun Gong in public. In May 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal because police illegally detained Dafa practitioners, Hence, she was detained for three and a half months and was released in September. In December 2000, she was arrested with some fellow practitioners while distributing some materials to clarify the truth [about Falun Gong].
Li Yanru, female, 33, is a resident of Yueliang Village, Jizhou Town. In March 2000, she was detained for half a month for practicing Falun Gong exercises in public. In December 2000, she was arrested with Fan Yumei and a couple of others, and was sentenced to three years in a labor camp.
Zhang Shibin, male, is a resident of Xuzhuang Town. In October 1999, he was detained for half a month for having read Falun Dafa materials at a fellow practitioner's home. In December 2000, suspecting that he kept some Dafa materials, the public security chief, An Juanliang, and seven other policemen interrogated and tortured him for a couple of hours. They stripped him, punched and kicked him, and gave him electric shocks. It is heard that he, along with a Falun Gong practitioner from another village, will be sentenced to jail.
Xia Chunzheng, female, 32, is a resident of Beiyulin Village, Xuzhuang Town. In May 2000, as her husband was arrested for asking for the forfeit receipt, she went to Beijing to appeal, and was detained for half a month. In October 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal again. After she returned from Beijing, the police arrested her. On the way to the police station, when the policemen got into a disagreement with some passersby, she just got off the police van and walked away. After she had been on the run for 20 days, she was arrested again when somebody reported that she had taken some Falun Dafa materials from Shijiazhuang City. It is reported that she will be sentenced.
Jiu Zhangying, male, 55, is a resident of Jiuyang Village, Jizhou Town. In May 2000, he was arrested and detained for half a month for trying to take back the confiscated Falun Dafa books from the police station. In July 2000, he was arrested again and was illegally detained for a month because he went to Beijing to appeal. In January 2001, he was caught and illegally detained for a third time because he went to Beijing to appeal. It is reported that he will be sentenced to labor camp.
Wang Wenqian, male, 24, is a resident of Jiuyang Village, Jizhou Town. In July 2000, he was arrested and detained for more than a month for having been to Beijing to appeal. In January, for the same reason, he was arrested. It is reported that he will be sentenced to a labor camp.
Wang Yufeng, Wang Wenqian's younger sister, was a government-sponsored student in the First Middle School of Jizhou. She had studied very well in that school. However, she was expelled because she told her schoolmates the true story about Falun Gong. In January 2000, knowing that her brother had gone to appeal and fearing that she would follow him, the police detained her for seven days. Meanwhile, the police station issued a notice to her current school - the Second Middle School. Just to avoid trouble, her current school also prohibited her from going to school anymore.
Wang Yuansheng, male, 52, Wang Wenqian's father, is a resident of Jiuyang Village, Jizhou Town. In November 1999, he was illegally detained for half a month without any reason. In January 2001, he went to Beijing to appeal and was arrested. It is reported that he will be sentenced to a labor camp.