(Clearwisdom.net)
1. [China] Falun Dafa Practitioners from the Mainland Appeal for a Fair Judgment in the Public Obstruction Case in Hong Kong
Falun Dafa practitioners in Hebei Province have appealed to the court in Hong Kong for a fair judgment in the recently decided public obstruction case, and ask Hong Kong not to blindly follow Jiang in carrying out political persecution against Falun Gong practitioners.
2. [Northeastern China] When There is Bad Policy from Above, There Are People Below Who Work Around It
Higher authorities gave orders in a county in northeastern China, before July 20 this year, to force Falun Dafa practitioners to write guarantee statements. Most practitioners firmly resisted the persecution. The leaders in the villages and townships let all of the practitioners go back home. Later it was learned that these village and township leaders wrote the guarantee statements themselves to fool the higher authorities. These leaders know that Falun Gong practitioners are good, and didn't want them to suffer persecution.
3. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Wang Tao of the Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp Barbarically Tortures Falun Dafa Practitioners
Recently the Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp escalated the physical abuse of Falun Dafa practitioners who have refused to write "statements of guarantee." The practitioners were forced to sit on wood planks from early morning until after 10 p.m. Falun Dafa practitioner Chen Mingxian of the 2nd Team of the 6th Brigade is in his late fifties or early sixties. On the night of July 31, he decided to resist the illegal orders and refused to sit on the wood planks. As a result, policeman Wang Tao viciously beat him three times from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The next morning, he beat Chen Mingxian severely one more time. He whipped him with triangular-shaped belts, knocked him about using wooden stools, and continuously hit and kicked him. Chen started bleeding from two injuries on his head. His face became distorted from the beatings. He had several dozen black-and-purple colored injuries on his face and on his back. His condition looked horrible.
On the early morning on August 5, 2002, policeman Wang Tao continued the violence. This time he brutally beat Falun Dafa practitioner Hu Chengming of the 1st Team of the 6th Brigade. After the beating, Hu's face was distorted, there were injuries all over his head, and one of his legs was broken. Hu had to be carried on someone's back to the dining area, as he could not walk.
Since last April, Wang Tao has violently beaten Falun Dafa practitioners numerous times. In an attempt to force practitioners Jiao Shoutong and Xing Yueshang to write the "three statements" [denouncing Falun Gong], Wang Tao has also viciously beaten both of them.
4. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Pracitioner Yi Shuling Was Arrested and Has Been on a Hunger Strike for over One Month
Falun Dafa practitioner Yi Shuling, female, was turned in to the police while delivering recent articles written by Teacher. They illegally arrested her, and are holding her in a brainwashing class in Mengyin County. After her arrest, she went on a hunger strike to protest the illegal persecution. She has demonstrated strong determination and been extremely firm in her beliefs. They tied her hands and feet, and have been force-feeding her.
5. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] The Head of the "610 Office" of the Party Central Committee Brings Disaster to the People of Mudanjiang City
The secret arrival of the head of the "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] of the Party Central Committee at Mudanjiang City has been accompanied by the most severe flooding in the history of the region. Large areas of farmland have been under water, and the economic losses are mounting daily. The rain has also brought about mudslides. Over ten thousand people have been affected in Modao County alone. A large number of people in Yi'an County have been forced to relocate. Melon farmers in Ning'an County have suffered from heavy losses. Even after the weather cleared up in most areas in Heilongjiang Province, the Mudanjiang area is still experiencing rainy days with dark clouds overhead.
Throughout history, catastrophes have served as warnings to the people in this world.
6. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Su Yezhi Is Held in a Detention Center in the Western Suburbs of Zhengzhou City
Female Falun Dafa practitioner Su Yezhi, 47 years old, had been missing after she returned to her hometown, Tangyin, at the end of the year 2001, to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to the public. It has been learned recently that she is in police custody. She is being held in a detention center in the western suburbs of Zhengzhou City. The details of her current situation are unknown.
7. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] The Jinzhou Public Security Bureau Illegally Arrests Dozens of Falun Gong Practitioners at the Funeral of Practitioner Cao Sufang
On August 4, 2002, Wang Dianyu and other policemen from the Kangning Police Station in Jinzhou City tortured Cao Sufang (female) to death. Cao's body was scheduled for cremation on August 8. Many fellow practitioners went to the mortuary to bid her a final farewell. Several dozen police vehicles were parked outside the hall where her body was placed. Crowds of plainclothes police officers were present. They started arresting practitioners in the courtyard of the cremation facility. Then some were arrested on the bus that took Cao Sufang's family members and relatives home. The exact number of arrests is not known, but according to those who escaped arrest, the police took away several dozen practitioners.
8. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Crimes Committed by Wang Dianyu, Director of the Comprehensive Supervision Office, and Other Police Officers at the Kangning Police Station in Linghe District
Wang Dianyu, male, is the director of the Comprehensive Supervision Office of the Kangning Police Station in Linghe District, Jinzhou City.
Wang Dianyu and Zhou, the chief of the police station, have been relentlessly persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners in order to please Jiang. Since July 20, 2002, they have sent female Falun Dafa practitioners Yao Suchun, Zheng Suli, Lu Xiumin, Zhang, Lu Yaxian, and Wang Yulan to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Wang Yulan was not admitted to the forced labor camp because she failed to pass the physical examination, and was released. However, Wang Dianyu and other police officers refused to give up. They kept harassing her, and in the end, Wang Yulan was forced to leave her home in order to avoid further persecution.
Wang Dianyu and other policemen also forced Falun Gong practitioners in their jurisdiction to attend brainwashing classes. Zhao Yunpeng, male, over 60 years old, and his wife Yang Ping were taken to brainwashing classes twice. Liu Limin (female) and Yang Yuhua (female) have also been forced to attend brainwashing classes. They also sent a practitioner with the last name of Zheng to the detention center. With no one to care for her, his mother became seriously ill.
9. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Zhao Pengzhen and Li Guoyou Are Sent to Forced Labor Camps
Falun Dafa practitioner Zhao Pengzhen from Harbin City was arrested this year, when he went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop persecuting Falun Gong. Zhao is being held in the Changlinzi Detention Center in Harbin City after being illegally sentenced to forced labor.
In July 2001, Falun Dafa practitioner Li Guoyou from Harbin City was also arrested because he went to Beijing to appeal. Currently Li is being held in the Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp in Beijing after being illegally sentenced to forced labor.
10. [Xianning, Hubei Province] Police Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners Fang Jinlian, Wang Shuqian, Zhang Qi, Wu Weihua, and Others
Fang Jinlian, female, was arrested on the morning of August 7 when she went out to get a snack. She is being held in a forced labor camp at Shizhishan in Wuhan City.
Wang Shuqian, female, 76 years old, was an employee of a construction company. The police have turned her home into an illegal prison cell. This elderly woman went on a hunger strike for twenty-three days. She became emaciated and was barely breathing. The police then agreed that she could leave her home but still could not go outside of her company compound. She is still on the hunger strike.
Zhang Qi (female) and Wu Weihua were arrested on the morning of July 16. They are illegally held in the No. 1 Detention Center in Tongshan County.
11. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] The Detention Center in Daqing City Inhumanely Persecutes Falun Dafa Practitioners Zhang Zhong and Li Hai; Zhang Zhong's Life is in Imminent Danger
On April 18, 2002, the Political Security Section of the Public Security Bureau in Sa District arrested Falun Dafa practitioners Zhang Zhong and Li Hai, and sent them to the Detention Center in Daqing City. To protest the illegal detention, Li Hai went on a hunger strike, and abstained from food and water for over a month. Because Li's kidneys almost failed completely, he had difficulty even urinating.
Starting on April 18, Falun Dafa practitioner Zhang Zhong also protested the illegal detention by refusing food and water. So far, Zhang has done this for over 100 days. Everyday Zhang is carried out for force-feeding, and then carried back. Sometimes the police instructed the criminal inmates to drag Zhang by the feet, with his face against the ground, across the hall where water had just been sprayed. Then after force-feeding Zhang, the inmates drag him back. Since Zhang has not had either food or water, he is emaciated. Every day after being dragged out and then back, blood is mixed with dirty water on his back. His physical condition is so serious that he can no longer hold down any food. Whatever he is force-fed is vomited up. Zhang Zhong's life is in imminent danger.
12. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] The Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners in the Hewan Forced Labor Camp
I am being illegally held in the No. 2 Brigade in the Hewan Forced Labor Camp. The police have never stopped the persecution, physical punishment, and forced brainwashing of Falun Dafa practitioners. Inmates have been ordered to monitor Falun Dafa practitioners. Each inmate has been assigned one Falun Dafa practitioner. These inmates have been granted the title of "informing agents." They follow "their" practitioners like a shadow, whether the practitioner is eating, sleeping, using the restroom, or going up or down the stairs. Falun Dafa practitioners are not allowed to talk to each other, even when they are in the same class. If an "informing agent" is not following, a practitioner is not allowed to step out of the door. If police officers have found any "informing agents" have not done a good job, they threaten these inmates by extending their forced labor terms, taking away credits, or other means. If "informing agents" notify the police when Falun Gong practitioners are reading articles by Master Li or doing Falun Gong exercises, the police will reduce their forced labor sentences or give them credits.
If Falun Dafa practitioners refuse to participate in roll call and forced labor, they receive physical punishment and brainwashing throughout the day. Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Yulin refused to participate in the forced labor. The police and inmates punished him by forcing him to crouch for several days in a row. As a result, Wang even now has a hard time standing up and walking. Falun Dafa practitioner Ren Xiangdong refused to participate in either the roll call or the forced labor. The police and inmates forced him to stand and be insulted by a crowd of inmates. Later Wang Yulin and Ren Xiangdong were transferred to Class No. 7 for strict supervision. Then all Falun Dafa practitioners in Class No. 1 jointly refused to respond to the roll call or to do forced labor. Police officer Li Jing ordered inmates to organize brainwashing sessions every day. Li Jing and the inmates read and repeated statements attacking Falun Dafa or practitioners. Sometimes they beat the practitioners. In order to resist the persecution, sometimes Falun Dafa practitioners went on a hunger strike. The police place newly arrived practitioners under close surveillance in order to isolate them from other Falun Dafa practitioners, so they do not encourage and help each other.
Every month when family members come for a visit, unreasonably harsh terms are applied to Falun Dafa practitioners. If the family member is a Falun Dafa practitioner, he or she is denied the visit. Falun Dafa practitioners are given only fifteen minutes to spend with their families. Each prison police officer closely watches the Falun Dafa practitioner. In contrast, other inmates have half-an-hour to spend with their families.