[China] An Honorable Dafa Disciple

A Dafa disciple from Mainland China said, "The money we have earned is to be used for offering salvation to people in the Fa-rectification period right now." In order to let people know the truth, he and some fellow practitioners used their savings to make millions of truth-clarifying flyers and tens of thousands of VCDs. They also supplied money for supporting those practitioners who live in exile. This practitioner's mother has been detained for nearly a year. Under Jiang's regime of terrorism, his father suffered a nervous breakdown and was sent to a mental hospital. His wife is under detention at present and their relatives have taken over the care for their two children.

[Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province] Numerous Dafa Practitioners are Sentenced to Prison Terms

Around March 2002, since police spotted two Dafa practitioners wiping off Dafa-slandering articles on a blackboard at Nanjing City's Wire & Cable Factory, numerous Dafa practitioners related to this matter got arrested and later sentenced.

The incident involved quite a number of practitioners. We only know that in April 2002, Ms. Gao Meilin, Ms. Li Guilian, Ms. Shi Juan and Ms. Shi Jiaojie were sentenced to two years of imprisonment.

In September 2002, Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Sanxiu went back home, planning to celebrate her mother's birthday. Police discovered and later arrested her while she was meditating on the train. The police confiscated much Dafa material from her bag. Wang Sanxiu was illegally sentenced to two years imprisonment.

On the eve of National Day this year, policemen in Nanjing City illegally arrested Dafa practitioners and forcibly sent them to brainwashing classes. Most of the practitioners are now released.

[Hailaer City, Inner Mongolia] Dafa Practitioner Wang Zhankun Remains Steadfast After Suffering All Kinds of Excruciating Torture; Dafa Practitioner Du Chunling is Arrested

In 1999, practitioner Wang Zhankun from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region was illegally sentenced to one year of forced labor. After his release he was again taken to a forced labor camp. In the camp he suffered all kinds of excruciating torture, but his steadfast faith in Dafa didn't sway a bit. He is still under detention.

Prior to the 16^th National Party Congress, lawless personnel in Hailaer City searched for Dafa practitioners. Dafa Practitioner Ms. Du Chunling was an art teacher at Sir Run Run Shaw School and was illegally detained for a month and then fired from her job, only because she took in a Dafa practitioner who was being hunted. Chunling insisted on practicing. The lawless personnel often harassed her family and ordered them to hand in 5,000 Yuan [500 Yuan is average monthly income in urban areas of China, in rural areas it is a mere 200] to send Chunling to a brainwashing class. Chunling was forced to leave home and live in exile. As most of practitioners were in difficult financial situation, she had to go back home. Just prior to the opening of the 16^th National Party Congress, she was taken to the Hailaer Forced Labor Camp. On the same day, five male practitioners were arrested as well. Police didn't go through any legal procedures or give any proper notice. They even don't allow family members to visit.

[Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Hu Huizhen is Still Detained; Her Daughter is Held at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

A belated message: Dafa practitioner Ms. Hu Huizhen from Wusan Village, Dongling District has been detained from the eve of National Day until now, though she just got out of the evil den with righteous thoughts. Prior to this, she was illegally sentenced to forced labor and sent to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Her youngest daughter was also sent to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp because she also went to Tiananmen Square to appeal for Falun Gong and is still being detained up till now.

[Maoming City, Guangdong Province] Policemen from Guangzhou City's Panyu Luoxi Xincheng Police Precinct Arrest Dafa Practitioners Cui Jie, Lin Chunfeng, Su Yan and Lin Qiuyun

At the end of October 2002, prior to the 16^th National Party Congress, Dafa practitioners Ms. Cui Jie, Mr. Lin Chunfeng, Ms. Suyan and Mr. Lin Qiuyun, all from Maoming City Guangdong Province, were arrested at their workplace by policemen from Guangzhou City's Panyu Luoxi Xincheng Police Precinct and were sent back to Maoming City for detention. Their houses were illegally searched and their personal property was confiscated.

The couple Cui Jie and Lin Chunfeng's five-year-old child was left home without care and thus became "an orphan." Husband and wife Su Yan and Lin Qiuyun's 10-month-old baby was also detained. This insane persecution even deprived a small child's right to be breastfed by his mother. Cui Jie has been sent to brainwashing classes seven times. The others also have been detained several times.

In order to further persecute Dafa practitioners, the Luoxi Xincheng Police Precinct authorities investigated all phone numbers that the practitioners had dialed, which led to harassment of many people's normal lives.

[Laixi City, Shandong Province] Dafa Practitioners are Hung Up and Beaten

On October 22, 2002, the lawless officials of Laixi City used the excuse of the upcoming 16^th National Party Congress to persecute Dafa practitioners again. Under instructions from Yu Ruizhen, director of "610 Office," [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems] vile persons from the town police precinct arrested 16 Dafa practitioners and detained them at Xinzhuang Village's Primary School in Wangcheng Town for torture. The thugs handcuffed Dafa practitioners and hung them up outside during the whole night to "freeze" them. They kept on asking Dafa practitioners whether or not they would continue practicing and brutally beat those who insisted on practicing. Dafa practitioners were beaten black and blue. The backs of their hands were bleeding. Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhenghua, who was over 50 years old, was hung up and beaten every day. Now he has been tortured over 40 days. The vile persons also made use of collaborators [Former Falun Gong practitioners who have gone astray due to brainwashing and torture] Zhan Shuxin, Li Yantao, Wang Xingmei, Zuo Dong and Zhou Shibing, to further torture Dafa practitioners.

[Wuxue City, Hubei Province] Lawless Policemen Severely Abuse an Older Woman, Dafa Practitioner Yuan Lianzhi, for a Long Time

At 3:00 p.m. on December 1, 2001, according to the Chinese lunar calendar, police officers forcibly took Dafa practitioner Yuan Lian Zhi, a 61-year-old woman who lives at Songxiang Village, Shifosi Town, Wuxue City/Hubei Province, to a police precinct. These policemen claimed that she had lent money to other Dafa practitioners to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. Because she resisted the persecution, she was brutally beaten for more than 3 hours and fell unconscious in the end. Yet, seeing that the policemen jerked her up then threw her to the ground three times. They even asked her how why she was still alive. She answered that with Master's teachings she wouldn't die. In the middle of the night, these thugs dragged her into a car and sent her to a detention center. The vile persons extorted money from her every day and beat her if she refused to give them money. Such abuses have lasted for over 100 days.

[Laixi City, Shandong Province] Brainwashing Juveniles with Lies

In November 2002, under the order of Laixi City's "610 Office,"a movie slandering Dafa was on play in Laixi City's Yuehu Theater for several days. Elementary school students in the city were forced to pay eight Yuan to watch the movie.

[Laixi City, Shandong Province] Criminal Records of Yu Ruizhen, Director of Laixi City's "610 Office," and Zhan Wenliang, Deputy Director of Laixi City Committee

In the past three years, vile persons led by Zhan Wenliang, deputy director of Laixi City Committee, and Yu Ruizhen, director of Laixi City's "610 Office," have been persecuting Dafa practitioners who "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance" in all their deeds. The authorities have used all means, such as arrests, sentencing to forced labor or imprisonment, sending to mental hospitals, heavy fines, ransacking houses, involving work units, co-workers, relatives and friends of practitioners to help persecute practitioners.

[Menyuan County, Qinghai Province] A Huge Investment is Made in a Financially Insolvent Prison in Order to Detain More Dafa Practitioners

Menyuan prison in Qinghai Province located at the Haomen Farm near the Qinghai lake was almost bankrupt. Most employees were laid off or reallocated and the prison would have removed. However, in the beginning of this year, Jiang's regime input huge amount of money to this prison in order to detain and persecute Dafa practitioners. Practitioners suffered inhumane torture there.

Zhu Weimin, vice director of the prison, his cell phone: 86-139-09702698; work phone: 86-970-8616180

[Note: In China, most prisons or labor camps have their own farms or factories. They make money from prisoners by charging them fees for detention, food and board, even extorting money for any reason without giving any receipts.]