(Clearwisdom.net) The following is a preliminary summary of the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in Linshui County, Sichuan Province by agencies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from July 20, 1999, to September 30, 2009.

2 persecuted to death
14 illegally sentenced to jail/prison
19 sent to labor camps
78 detained
1 teacher fired and 1 demoted
26 forced into brainwashing centers, leading to five broken families
9 forced to become homeless
88,100 yuan in illegal fines, blackmail, and loss of private property

The following are some typical cases:

1. More than Ten Practitioners Illegally Arrested in 1999

On October 14, 1999 more than ten practitioners from Linshui County, Sichuan Province tried to go to Beijing to appeal to higher authorities to stop the persecution of Falun Gong. They were intercepted at the Guangan Train Station by undercover police officers Li Jiliang, Zhao Yong, Wang Xiangao, Hu Yu, and Xia Yulian. The officers told the practitioners that they should turn over all their cash, totaling over 10,000 yuan, as a safety measure because the detention center was not safe. They promised to return the money to them later. The practitioners were detained there for 15 days and billed 3,000 yuan for "cost of living expenses," but the cash taken was never returned.

2. In 2001 many Practitioners were Arrested and Paraded through the Streets

During the past ten years of persecution the CCP has used many methods to insult practitioners. In June 2001, CCP members in Linshui County arrested over twenty practitioners and paraded them through the streets. In late 2001, police officers in Linshui County detained more than ten practitioners because they were suspected of planning to go to Beijing to appeal to higher authorities.

3. Six of Mr. Cao Zhirong's Family Members Persecuted

Mr. Cao Zhirong was 78 years old in 2001. He was arrested and taken to Changshou Detention Center by police officer Li Jiliang and his colleagues from Linshui Police Department. The police tortured and beat Mr. Cao severely, until his life was in danger. He was then sent to the Chongqing Daping Hospital for emergency treatment. They sentenced him to three years in prison but he was allowed to stay at home because of his poor health.

Mr. Cao's wife, Ms. Tang Sulan, 68, was illegally detained many times and sentenced to four years in prison.

Mr. Cao's son, Cao Ping, was telling people the facts about Falun Gong in Linshui City when he was illegally arrested by police officers Li Jiliang, Zhao Yong, Wang Xiangao, Hu Yu and their colleagues. Cao Ping was beaten to the point that his arms and legs were broken. On May 27, 2003 the police took him home to die, and he passed away on July 17, 2003. He was 39.

Cao's younger son, Cao Jiguang, was 40 when he was sentenced to five years in prison in October, 2001. Cao Jiguang was sent to Deyang Prison in Sichuan Province and later moved to Guangyuan prison. He was beaten and tortured in both.

Cao's daughter, Cao Xueqin, turned 47 in May 2002. She was sent to a forced labor camp in October 2002 for three years. She was tortured so severely that in May 2003 she was given a medical leave to return home. In July 2004, officers Zhou Fugang and Hung Ying from the 610 Office, sent Cao Xueqin to the Huaying Brainwashing Center in Guangan City and kept her there for a month.

The 610 Office in Linshui County illegally issued a warrant for the arrest of Cao's son-in-law, Mr. Zhang Jian, in 2001. In January, 2002 he was arrested and sentenced to two years in Chongqing Xishanping Forced Labor Camp Where he was tortured and injected with an unknown substance that caused brain damage. Zhang Jian was released in January 2004 because his body was so badly injured due to torture that he could no longer take care of himself. He passed away in April, 2008.

4. Ten Practitioners Arrested and Sent to Brainwashing Center

On July 27, 2004, The 610 Office, the Linshui County Police Department, and the Dingping Police Station jointly arrested ten Dafa practitioners in Linshui County and detained them in the Dingping Police Station for several hours. Zhou Fugang, head of the 610 Office, ordered them all to be sent to the Huaying Brainwashing Center in Guangan City for one month.

5. Six Practitioners Sent to Forced Labor Camp in 2009--Two Sentenced to Prison

Practitioner Liu Guihua of Linshui County was arrested by police on March 10, 2009, while distributing fact-sheets about Falun Gong on the street. Her home was ransacked and she was held in the Linshui County Detention Center. In September, 2009 she was illegally sentenced by the Linshui County Court to four years in jail.

Practitioners Wang Qizhen, Luo Shixiu and Zhang Guorong were distributing information about Falun Gong in Guanyinzhen Village when they were arrested by police officers from Linshui County. The police then ransacked their homes. Wang was taken to the Linshui County Detention Center while Zhang and Luo were detained at the detention center in Guangan City. Luo was illegally sentenced to three years in prison.

Chen Bing and Ge Decai, practitioners from Linshui County, were arrested while at work and their homes ransacked on June 10, 2009. Two other practitioners, Wang Zhengfeng and Zhang Guangquan, were arrested while at home and their homes ransacked on June 11, 2009.

Practitioner Chen Youqing was a kindergarten school teacher in Linshui County. She was arrested on June 24, 2009 and sent along with practitioners Chen Bing, Ge Decai, Zhang Guorong, Zhang Guangquan, and Liu Guoming to an unknown forced labor camp on June 25, 2009. Chen Bing was sentenced to two years, Zhang Guorong and Liu Guoming were sentenced to one year, and the three other practitioners were sentenced to one and a half years.