(Clearwidom.net) Practitioner Luo Donglai, female, 35 years old, is a sales person at Yixing Steel Factory. On the night before the 2002 National Day (October 1), a few police officers from Fenghuang Police Station of Public Security Bureau at Echeng District in Ezhou City, suddenly charged into Luo Donglai's home. Because they did not show any papers, her husband refused to let them in. The second night, six police came with search warrants and confiscated truth-clarifying materials and equipment. Luo Donglai was illegally sentenced to four years in jail. She was transferred to Wuhan City in June of this year. After she was arrested, her home phone was monitored. A practitioner from Jiangbeilin City Huanggang District with the surname of Xu was also arrested for calling her home. The materials confiscated from her home were so many they were hauled away using a cart. The losses are enormous and the current location of the materials is unknown. In early April 2001, Luo Donglai was sentenced to a labor camp.
Practitioner Liu Xiuying, female, around 40 years old, is an accountant at Echeng Restaurant in Echeng District of Ezhou City. During the 2002 national day, Liu Xiuying was abducted on the street by police from the Fenghuang Police Station at Echeng District of Ezhou City. Police then searched her house and confiscated the book Zhuan Falun. Just for having this one book, she was sentenced to two years in a labor camp. Now she has been unlawfully detained at Wuhan Shizishan Labor Camp. When she was at Wuhan City she was also forced to attend brainwashing sessions. At the beginning of April 2001, Liu Xiuying was unlawfully sentenced to one and half years in a labor camp without a legitimate reason.
Practitioner Wang Junzhen, male, around 30 years old, received his Master's in computer technology from a university in Wuhan City. He is from Shandong City. During National Day celebrations in 2000, practitioner Wang Junzhen and his fianc e went to an Internet caf at Ezhou City three days before their wedding to send truth-clarification materials via the Internet. He was reported by the Internet caf owner and later arrested. In November 2001, he was unlawfully sentenced to three years by the Ezhou City Echeng District Court. He was later transferred to Shayang at Hubei Province. He is the first practitioner to be sentenced in the entire city. It is possible that he has now been released.
Practitioner Shi Wei, male, 30 years old, works as a mailman at the Hubei Province Huanggang Post Office. Towards the end of August 2000, Shi Wei was arrested because he went to Ezhou City to share experiences with practitioners and distributed truth clarification materials to local city leaders. He was secretly sentenced to three years in jail in December 2001. He was later transported to Wuhan City. He was the second practitioner to be sentenced in Ezhou City. He has now been released. The 610 Office* at Ezhou City frequently uses closed-door sentencing, where no one, including family members, are allowed. There are no lawyers present, either.
Gong Guilan, female, around 40 years old, is a clerk at the Ezhou City Qianwang Factory city division. She was demoted to a janitor after July 20. Her monthly wage was only around 200 Yuan [Chinese currency, the monthly salary for an average Chinese urban worker is about 500 Yuan]. Towards the end of August 2000, Gong Guilan was arrested because she was clarifying the truth about Falun Gong and was sentenced to three years. Practitioner Gong's husband passed away early due to work injury and left behind one son and daughter, who are both in school. Practitioner Gong has been arrested many times before and she has now been released.
Practitioner Guo Liai, female, around 58 years old, is a retiree from the cafeteria at the Ezhou City Steelworks factory. Towards the end of August 2000, Guo was arrested for clarifying the truth and later unlawfully sentenced to seven years. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
Practitioner Huang Fangbiao, male, 34 years old, is a group leader at the Ezhou City Wuchen Steelworks factory. This factory used to be called the Ezhou City Bayi Steelworks factory. At the beginning of June 2001, Huang Fangbiao was arrested for clarifying the truth and was later sentenced to more than three years. His current whereabouts are unknown.
Practitioner Ji Xietang, approximately 45 years old, is a college graduate who used to be the deputy of the Ezhou City government. In April 2001, practitioner Ji Xietang was kidnapped to the Ezhou City Lianhuashan Brainwashing Center. He was arrested on May 29, 2001 because he distributed truth-clarification materials. Later he was secretly sentenced to four years. Ji Xietang's home number 86-711 3830423
Practitioner Cao Zhenguo, male, 34 years old, is a factory worker at Ezhou City. In January 2000, Cao Zhenguo was arrested for going to Beijing to appeal twice and was later sentenced to a labor camp for one and a half years. Not long after he returned from Shayang, towards the end of February 2001, he was kidnapped again to the Ezhou City Lianhuashan Brainwashing Center. Because he did not cooperate with the evil, he was imprisoned at the Ezhou City First Detention Center for seven months. In January 2002, practitioner Cao was again arrested for clarifying the truth and was later unlawfully sentenced to nine years. It is probable that he is now at Shayang Labor Camp.
Practitioner Wu Zhigang, male, 28 years old, is a worker at the Ezhou City Steelworks Factory. In January 2000, practitioner Wu was arrested because he also went to Beijing to appeal twice and was later sentenced to one year in a labor camp. In January 2002, he was again arrested for clarifying the truth and was secretly sentenced to six years. Now he is detained at Shayang Labor Camp. His wife and son lead a very hard life without him.
Practitioner Jiang Guangxiang, male, approximately 40 years old, works at the Ezhou City Electricity Department. In January 2000, he was jailed by the Ezhou City First Detention Center for seven months because he appealed in Beijing. In 2001 he was kidnapped to the Ezhou City Donggou Town brainwashing center and persecuted for 10 days. Towards the end of February 2001, he was kidnapped again to the Ezhou City Lianhuashan Brainwashing Center for more than four months. In January 2002, he was arrested again for clarifying the truth and later secretly sentenced to more than three years. His current whereabouts are unknown.
Practitioner Wang Chenhong, male, 27 years old, is a worker at the Ezhou City Gudi Rubber company. Towards the end of February 2001, Wang was kidnapped to the Ezhou City Lianhuashan brainwashing center, where he was tortured for more than four months. In January 2002, he was arrested for clarifying the truth and was later sentenced to more than three years in jail. His current whereabouts are unknown.
Practitioner Xiong Chunlin, male, 26 years old, is a worker at the Ezhou City Steelworks factory. In January 2000 he was arrested for appealing in Beijing and later sentenced to labor camp for one and a half years. In 2002 he was taken to the Hubei Province Wuhan City Brainwashing Center and tortured for one month.
Practitioner Gao Zhuyun, female, around 40 years old, is a worker at the Ezhou City Steelworks Factory. She was arrested in February 2001 for clarifying the truth and was later unlawfully sentenced to three years in a labor camp. She is now jailed at Wuhan City. During this time she was taken to the Hubei Province Brainwashing Center and tortured for one month.
Practitioner Li Shaoxian, female, 32 years old, is a worker at the Ezhou City Steelworks Factory. In 1999, Li Shaoxian (practitioner Cao Zhenguo's wife) was sentenced to one year in a labor camp by the Ezhou City Xishan Substation (originally the Ezhou Steelworks factory police department) simply for saying one sentence, "My head can be lost and my blood can flow, but I cannot lose Falun Dafa." She has been taken to Wuhan Shizishan. She is the first practitioner to be sentenced to labor camp at Ezhou City. She escaped seven months later using righteous thoughts.
Practitioner Hu Shaolan, female, 37 years old, was originally the head of the human resources department of the Yixing Steel Factory. After being forced to leave the factory, she and her son live a very hard life by themselves. On fourth of January of the 2001 Spring Festival, she was arrested when appealing at Beijing. At the beginning of 2002 she was sentenced to three years in a labor camp. Her son is still at primary school.
Liu Zhenying, male, around 47 years old, works at the Hubei Province Duojia Group. Towards the end of August 2000, he was arrested for clarifying the truth and was later sentenced to two years in a labor camp. He has now been released.
Xuting, female, 19 years old, is a student at the Ezhou City University. She is from Taian City in Shandong Province. Towards the end of August 2000, she was arrested for clarifying the truth and jailed for more than one month at the Ezhou City First Detention Center. After coming to Ezhou City during the 2001 Spring Festival, she was arrested again for clarifying the truth and was later sentenced to three years in a labor camp. She has now been released.
List of perpetrators:
- The Politics and Security section chief of Ezhou City Public Security Bureau at Echeng District, Zhang Jixiong, male, around 38 years old. He has been fanatically arresting, beating and taking money from Falun Dafa practitioners since July 20. He was responsible for at least more than 50 people in Ezhou City who were detained and sentenced to labor camps and jails. His wife contracted a strange illness in 2000 and spent tens of thousands of dollars without finding a cure. In the end it was diagnosed as leukemia. Zhang Jixiong was transferred to the Ezhou City Huarong District Police Substation. The Central District Police Substation politics protection section chief is now Wan Jinlou.
- Ezhou City Public Security Bureau deputy chief Jin Shizhen, male, around 60 years old, is the chief of the Ezhou City Police Criminal Investigations Substation. He and Zhang Jixiong lead the entire city of police officers and fanatically persecute practitioners.
- Ezhou City Public Security Bureau at Xishan branch (originally Ezhou Steelworks factory police department) Politics Protection Section chief Liu Shaofa, male, around 40 years old, has been arresting and beating Falun Dafa practitioners without restraint since July 20. He was responsible for the 30 to 40 practitioners at the Ezhou City Steelworks Factory who were detained and sentenced to jails and labor camps and kidnapped to provincial and city brainwashing institutions.
*The 610 Office is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political or judicial systems.
September 30, 2003
