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Mr. Liu Yongjin Illegally Sentenced to Seven Years Imprisonment and Detained in Taian Prison

Dec. 8, 2008

(Clearwisdom.net) When Mr. Liu Yongjin, a Dafa practitioner in Linyi City, Shandong Province, was secretly transferred from a brainwashing center, Chinese Communist Party officials concealed the news. His family, relatives, and friends made many inquires until they finally discovered, through inside sources, that Mr. Liu had been illegally sentenced to seven years in prison and moved to Taian Prison by officials from the Lanshan District National Security Division on the 18th of June, 2008. Reportedly, Mr. Liu is in a critical condition and, due to his deteriorating health, was rejected twice by authorities in other prisons.

Mr. Liu Yongjin, 37 years old, was working at an international trade company in Linyi City. After he began practicing Falun Dafa, he became kinder and more considerate of others.

In order to avoid persecution, Mr. Liu left his home after 2002. In June of 2004, he was arrested and detained in Wangcun Forced Labor Camp for three years. After 50 days, he was released on medical parole.

On February 5, 2008, Mr. Liu was illegally arrested by police officer Xing Yongnong from the Lanshan National Security Division. He was detained in a brainwashing and detention center, where he endured force-feeding and brutal torture. His family visited him a couple of times in February and March of this year. Around the end of March, when his family went to the brainwashing center to visit him, he was no longer there. They were told that he had been moved to the Lanshan National Security Division. But when they went there asking to visit him, they were told that he had been transferred to the Lanshan District Court. Mr. Liu was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Lanshan District Court without his family's knowledge. After a physical examination, Mr. Liu was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was rejected by the Jinan City Prison as well as Linyi Prison due to his health issues. He was finally placed in the Linyi Detention Center.

While in the detention center, Mr. Liu was taken on separate occasions to the Lanshan District No.1 People's Hospital and the Lanyi City People's Hospital by Party officials. Officially, he was taken there to have his tuberculosis treated, but instead he was force-fed with an unknown drug and was forced to sign consent documents in case he died. He suffered brutal torture. Due to extreme pain, he was not able to move. He was struggling and on the verge of death. However, his strong belief in Teacher and Dafa ensured his breakthrough against this evil maltreatment and he recovered.

Mr. Liu had to endure this brutal treatment twice. He demanded that they stop force-feeding him unknown drugs. Later, he was taken to the police hospital in Jinan City for similar "treatment" for two months. In the middle of June 2008, he was transferred to Taian Prison. At the end of July, Mr. Liu's family received a written notice that he had been taken to Ward 5 in Taian Prison by officials from the Lanshan District 610 Office to serve his seven years of imprisonment.

Taian Prison in Shandong Province: 86-538-8432021