(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zheng Shangbi in Xinhe Township, Miyi County, Sichuan Province has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 20, 1999. During the past seven years, she was arrested three times and illegally detained in a detention center and labor camp. Her home has been raided several times. Her Falun Gong books and personal belongings were stolen. Her family was often harassed and threatened and lives in great fear everyday.

On November 23, 1999, Ms. Zheng and other practitioners went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and were arrested. Staff from the Panzhihua Liaison Office in Beijing escorted them to the train, where Zhou Lin from the Politics and Security Department of the Public Security Bureau in Miyi County was already waiting for them. As soon as they arrived in Miyi, Deputy Director of the Politics and Security Department of the Public Security Bureau Liao Hongbin and others handcuffed every two practitioners together with one set of handcuffs. All the twenty plus practitioners who had been to Beijing were handcuffed and paraded in humiliation through the streets. Then they were forced to stand for 17 hours in the office of the Politics and Security Department. They were not allowed to eat, drink, or use the toilet. After that they were detained for nine days and forced to write a guarantee statement (to give up Falun Gong). They were also fined 300 yuan each. After they were released, they were still monitored by the director of Xinhe Township, Li Honglin; security guard Rao Chaoyin; and village director Wang Zhuwu.

On December 15, 2000, Li Anming and Yin Jitao from the township council went to Ms. Zheng's home and intended to arrest her because she had clarified the truth to people and posted and distributed truth-clarification materials on the previous day. However, they didn't succeed. On the morning of December 22, 2000, Yin Jitao went to her home again with a pair of handcuffs and took her the the local government office. In the afternoon, they took her to the the Politics and Security Department in the county in a police van. The policemen handcuffed several practitioners they had arrested to the iron baluster in the corridor. It was very cold in December. The policemen who watched them kept themselves warm with an electric heater while the practitioners were left handcuffed in the icy wind. They could neither squat nor stand, nor were they given any food or water for 24 hours. At about 11 a.m. the following day, Li Gang and Guo Qiang from the Politics and Security Department interrogated Ms. Zheng. They forced her to half squat in the horse-riding position. Then they tortured her to force a confession. Li Gang repeatedly slapped her face for a long time until he was too tired to continue. Zheng Shangbi's face became purple and swollen. As a result, she couldn't open her mouth for several days. The police also turned on the electric fan to blow cold wind on her. The policemen didn't send her to the detention center until they had made her suffer all sorts of torture.

During her detention, Zheng Shangbi was often tortured. Once she and other practitioners were severely beaten by the head of the detention center Wu Xueming, party secretary Liu Qizhao, and other police officers because they refused to recite the regulations of the detention center. They were forced to stand with their heads against the wall. They were handcuffed and put into solitary cells. Liu Qizhao forced five practitioners to stand against the wall and beat them all over their bodies with a bamboo stick until the stick was completely broken. In January 2001, there was a public sentencing rally in Miyi County. More than ten Falun Dafa practitioners were tied up and each was escorted by two police officers to the rally. They were forced to stand together with the death row prisoners and watch the executions happening right beside them.

On April 11, 2002, after more than one year of "illegal detention", Ms. Zheng and four other practitioners were escorted to Nanmusi Forced Labor Camp in Zizhong, Sichuan Province, by staff from the Politics and Security Department including Chai Fa, Chen Ying, Lin Hai and others. The head warden Zhang Xiaofang forced practitioners to watch videos and read books slandering Falun Gong. She also tried to force them to give up their belief in "Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance." She ordered hardened criminals to monitor and discipline them. The guards and criminal inmates used all sorts of different methods to try to "transform" practitioners, including cursing; beating; forcing practitioners to stand, run, or squat for long periods of time; depriving them of sleep; and forcing them to do hard labor.

In the middle of the night on February 1, 2005, more than 10 people broke into Zheng Shangbi's home. These people included staff from the Politics and Security Department of the Public Security Bureau of Miyi County; police officers from Binggu Police Station including Xu Xing, Mao Taining, Yang Bin, Leng Jie, an Li Xiaogang; governmental officials from Binggu Township; the Party Secretary from Xiaohe Village; and Mr. Huang from the village. They took away Zheng Shangbi's Dafa books, exercise music tapes, and truth-clarification materials. Then they dragged her into the police van and took her to Binggu Police Station. Yang Bin and other police officers asked her whether she still wanted to practice Falun Gong. When she said, "Yes," they handcuffed her to the iron baluster until the next afternoon. Xu Xing and Mao Taining then detained her in the detention center in Miyi. They took a photo of her and fingerprinted her against her will. She was detained for no reason for one month. On the day of her release, Yang Zhihua, Li Xuesong, and Zhou Lin from the Politics and Security Department forced her family to borrow 200 yuan and pay the penalty. They didn't release her until her family had paid the 200 yuan.

At about 9 a.m. on December 14, 2005, 35 practitioners gathered at practitioner Guo Huibin's home to study the Fa and do the exercises together. They were reported and more than 100 policemen and governmental officials rushed over in more than 10 police cars and trucks. They surrounded Guo Huibin's home. These people included staff from the Politics and Security Department, the 610 Office, the National Security Department, the Public Security Bureau, Binggu Township Council, and Binggu Police Station, the Party secretary of the Politics and Security Committee, the head of the 610 Office, police officers Yang Zhihua, Xiang Jinfa, Li Xuesong, Zhou Lin, Xue Xing, Qin Decai, Yang Bin, and Leng Jie, more than 30 community security guards, the party secretary of Binggu Township, the governor of Binggu Township, the director of the women's committee, the party secretary of Xiaohe Village, and others. All 35 practitioners were tied with their hands behind their backs. Guo Huibin's home was almost turned up side down. All the Dafa books and truth-clarification materials were confiscated, as well as a TV set, a video player, three cassette players, and an audio system. Guo Huibin, Feng Shifen, and Zhou Ying were detained in the detention center in Miyi for 29 days. The other 32 practitioners were taken to Tounian Township and detained in the governmental department. They were brainwashed, forced to write guarantee letters to give up Falun Gong, and had to pay penalties. Zheng Shangbi's husband wasn't at home and didn't participate in the group Fa-study and exercise. However, the authorities didn't spare him. Staff from the national security department, the police station, the 610 Office, and Xu Jian broke the door of their home and forced open all the cabinets and cupboards. They searched everywhere and destroyed Master's portrait on the wall. They also took away all the Dafa books, audio and video tapes, a video player, two cassette players, two lights, two loudspeakers, five bags, and several hundred cash notes in bags.