(Clearwisdom.net) Since the persecution began on July 20, 1999, officials from the Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Yunnan Tin Group (Holding) Co. Ltd and the Chinese Communist Party of Gejiu City have been persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Nearly 100 practitioners have been sent to brainwashing centers, and up to 40 practitioners have been arrested and sentenced to forced labor or imprisonment. Three of them, including Ms. Zhang Xiuying and Ms. Yang Sufen, died as a result of the persecution, and two were permanently disabled. One of the practitioners at the Yunnan No. 2 Women's Prison was given injections that damaged her central nervous system. Several others had to leave home to avoid being persecuted further.
The following are some accounts of the persecution.
1-2. Ms. Jiang Yanhua, 51, and Ms. Chen Xiangzheng, 71, are both from Datun Township, Gejiu City. They were arrested by special agents from the State Security Ministry, who were disguised as farmers working in the fields. While these ladies were talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong on November 3, 2009, police officers forced them into a police car. These two practitioners were locked up at the Datun Township Detention Center. Detention center authorities did not allow their families to visit them or bring them their winter clothes. They had previously been arrested in 2005 and sent to the Yunnan No. 2 Women's Prison in 2006. As a result of this persecution, Ms. Chen Xiangzheng was unable to straighten her back, and after being released she had difficulty moving around.
3. Ms. Su Qingbo, who is in her forties, was an employee at the Gejiu City's Industrial and Commercial Bank. She was arrested by officers from the Gejiu City 610 Office and the National Security Division, and was detained at the Datun Township Detention Center. Officials of the detention center did not inform her family. On June 19, the Honghe Prefecture Court secretly sentenced her to eight years in prison. She had previously been sentenced to two years of forced labor for posting a banner that read, "Falun Dafa is Good." Her home was ransacked and her Dafa books and the Falun Gong materials were confiscated.
4. Mr. Dong Mingzu, 46, was a worker at the Jijie Smelting Factory in Gejiu City. He was arrested on January 11, 2008, and sentenced to seven years in prison. Officials from the 610 Office collaborated with officials from the Provincial No. 1 Prison and prohibited his family from visiting him. They coerced them by saying that if they want to visit him, they must first get permission from the 610 Office. Mr. Dong was arrested by officials from the Gejiu City 610 Office and officers from the city's National Security Division in April 2004 simply because he persisted in following the principles of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." His home was ransacked, and he was released after being detained at the Gejiu City Detention Center for one month.
5. Ms. Shen Shaoqing, 68, is a retired teacher from Gejiu City. She was followed and arrested by police officers on the morning of October 24, 2008, while distributing Falun Gong materials. The officers confiscated personal property worth tens of thousands of yuan, including computers, printers and DVD burners.
6. Ms. Long Zhiying, about 40 years old, went to visit her sick mother-in-law at Datun Township. She phoned her husband at around 8:00 a.m., but she never showed up at her mother-in-law's home. She had been missing for five days before her husband received a call from the Datun Detention Center, Gejiu City, informing him that Ms. Long was detained there. He was told to send some clothes to his wife, but the detention center authorities did not allow him to see her.
7. Ms. Yang Sufen, 52, is a retired employee from the Jijie Railway Station, Gejiu City. On March 21, 2005, she was arrested by officers from the Jijie Police Sub-department while distributing Falun Gong materials in the countryside of Sandaogou, Jijie Township. She was then sentenced to two and a half years of forced labor by the Gejiu City 610 Office and the police department. During her detention at the Yunnan Provincial Women's Forced Labor Camp, she was gravely harmed both physically and mentally. When she was released in June 2007, she was extremely weak, and passed away on November 11.
8. Ms. Wang Yuzhong, 46, was a worker at the Wujiao Chemical Plant in Gejiu City. She was arrested on January 8, 2008 and held at the Datun Detention Center in Gejiu City. The detention center did not inform her family. A court secretly sentenced her to seven years in jail. Officials of the 610 Office collaborated with the No. 2 Women's Prison to persecute her. They did not allow her family to visit, saying that if they wanted to visit, they must get permission from the 610 Office. During her detention, officials from the 610 Office forced her husband to divorce her. Ms. Wang had been arrested in May 2002 for posting banners bearing the words, "Falun Dafa is Good." Her home was ransacked, and Falun Dafa books were confiscated. She was released 30 days later. On November 1, 2009 Ms. Wang was sent to the Chashanguozhan Brainwashing Center in Gejiu City.
9. Ms. Zhang Xiuying, about 60, is a resident of Gejiu City. At around 4:00 p.m. one day in November 2007, she was arrested by officers from the Baohua Park Police Station while posting Falun Gong materials in the park. The officers ransacked her home and confiscated Falun Dafa books and materials. She was detained at the Gejiu City Detention Center for 19 days. Her family learned later that she had passed away, but the local authorities refused to disclose the cause of death.
10-11. Ms. Song Chengying, 61, is a family member of an employee working at the Jijie Smelting Factory. Ms. Zhang Ruxiu, 60, is a farmer from Xingye Village, Jijie Township, Gejiu City. Both practitioners were reported while distributing Falun Gong materials at Shenjia Village, Sandaogou and arrested by officers from the Jixi Police Sub-station. Their homes were ransacked, and they were detained and interrogated at Mengzi Detention Center for one month. After being released, they lived under supervision for six months.
12-13. Ms. Gao Qinshan, 74, is a retired teacher from Honghe County Education Bureau in Yunnan Province. Ms. Li Jingqin, 43, is an employee from Jijie Smelting Factory in Gejiu City. They were reported while distributing Falun Gong materials and arrested by officers from Jijie Police Sub-station. Their homes were ransacked, and they were interrogated for an entire night before being released the following day.
14. Mr. Yang Tianhong, 44, is an employee from Honghe Power Supply Bureau. On November 1, 2002, he was forcibly taken to Chashanguozhan Brainwashing Center, but he managed to escape. In August 2003, agents from the 610 Office took him to the Baiyunshan Village Brainwashing Center. On March 26, 2005, he was arrested while talking to people about Falun Gong in Yanpeng, Gejiu City on March 26, 2005, by officers from the Jinhu Police Station in Gejiu City. He was held at the Gejiu City Detention Center for a month. His workplace stopped his regular salary and began paying him only a minimal wage. His wife could not bear the pressure and left him.
15. Ms. Zhang Lianzhen, 73, is a farmer from Longtan Village, Jijie Township, Gejiu City. In 2002, she was summoned to the Jijie Police Sub-department, where she was interrogated.
16. Ms. Zhang Guishan is a worker from Gejiu Phosphate Fertilizer Plant. In 2003, she was followed by officers and forced to become homeless for a year to avoid being arrested. She returned home in 2004. Her plant suspended her pension in 2005. Ms. Zhang was reported while distributing Falun Gong materials at Honghe Prefecture Government compound on March 10, 2007, and was arrested by officers from Gejiu City Police Department. She was held at a detention center.
17. Ms. Zhang Liying, 48, was an employee of the Gejiu City Mass Art Center. She was reported while photocopying Falun Gong materials at a print shop in 2001. She was sentenced to one year of forced labor at Dabanqiao Forced Labor Camp in Kunming City. Since she refused to renounce Falun Gong, her term of forced labor was extended by several months.
18. Mr. Chen Yao, who is in his fifties, is a retired high school teacher. He was arrested in 2001 when photocopying Falun Gong materials. His home was ransacked and all of his Falun Dafa books, materials, computers and a car were confiscated. He was sentenced to three years of imprisonment.
19. Ms. Xie Manhua, 57, was an employee of the Gejiu City Mass Art Center. In March 2001, the Gejiu City 610 Office set up a brainwashing center. Ms. Xie was forced to leave home to avoid being persecuted. In 2001, while talking to people about Falun Gong in Hunan Province, she was arrested and sentenced to three years of imprisonment.
20. Ms. Liu Yan, 47, was a civil servant at the Honghe Water Conservancy Bureau. She was arrested in April 2004 by officers from the Gejiu City 610 Office and the National Security Division, and her home was ransacked. She was detained at Gejiu City Detention Center for a month before she was released. She was reported while talking to people about Falun Gong in Jianshui County on September 14, 2006. Seven or eight officers, led by Zhong Congfu from Honghe Prefecture Police Department, arrested her and ransacked her home. She was sentenced to two years at the Dabanqiao Forced Labor Camp in Kunming City.
21. Ms. Yang Wenjun was an employee at the Kafang Post Office in Gejiu City. She was reported for talking to people about Falun Gong in the street. Officers from the Gejiu City Police Department and Bianfang Township Police Station broke into her home at around 5 pm on November 24, 2005 and arrested her in front of her husband. They ransacked her home and confiscated several Falun Dafa books before taking her away. She was sentenced to one and half years at the Dabanqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp in Kunming City.
22. Mr. Zhou Huode is a retired employee of Qianjin Mine, Gejiu City. He was reported while putting up a poster that said "Falun Dafa is Good" in May 2002. He was arrested and his home was ransacked. The police confiscated Falun Dafa books and materials. He was released after being detained for a month. On November 1, 2002, Mr. Zhou was sent to the Chashanguozhan Brainwashing Center. He later managed to escape.
23. Ms. Wang Lichun is a retired worker from the Gejiu City Bed Sheet Factory. She was reported while putting up a poster reading "Falun Dafa is Good" in May 2002. She was arrested and her home was ransacked. Officers confiscated his Falun Dafa books and materials, and she was detained for a month. On August 1, 2007 she was reported while distributing Falun Gong materials and sentenced to one year at the Dabanqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp in Kunming City, by the Gejiu City 610 Office and her work unit.
24. Mrs. Yang Linke, 64, is a retired employee of the Jiejie Smelting Factory, Gejiu City. She was reported when talking to people about Falun Gong in Shenjia Village, Sandaogou on March 21, 2005. She was arrested by officers from the Jijie Police Sub-department. Her home was ransacked and she was sentenced to two years of forced labor. She was released on bail for medical treatment on December 30, 2005, when she was in critical condition as a result of torture.
25. Ms. Ao Ying is a family member of an employee from Dongfanghong Farm, Gejiu City. She was forced to undergo brainwashing at Chashanguozhan Brainwashing Center on November 1, 2002.
26. Ms. Qiu Hua was an employee of Gejiu City Mining Machinery Factory. She was sent to the Chashanguozhan Brainwashing Center on November 1, 2002.
27. Mr. Chen Jinghui was an employee of Xicheng Township. Agents from the Gejiu City 610 Office took him to the Baiyunshan Village Brainwashing Center in August, 2003.
28. Li Suoying was a retired employee of the Qianjin Mining Company. In August, 2003, Li was forcibly taken to the Baiyunshan Village Brainwashing Center by the 610 Office. Li was steadfast in believing in the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" and walked out of the brainwashing center with righteous thoughts.
29. Ms. Dai Jinlan, in her fifties, is a retired employee of the Jijie Smelting Factory. She was reported when distributing Falun Gong materials about Falun Dafa on August 1, 2007, and was sentenced to one year of forced labor at Dabanqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp in Kunming City. During her detention, she refused to cooperate during the interrogations. Camp personnel pierced her fingers and thumbs with bamboo sticks and tried to force her to fingerprint some documents, but she refused to do so. The camp officers then pressed her cheek onto the paper attempting to use it to replace the fingerprint. She later managed to escape.
30-31. Mr. Lu Ziyi, 55, is a retired employee of Jijie Smelting Factory, Gejiu City. Ms. Li Fengshan, 48, is also a retired employee of Jijie Smelting Factory. The couple was arrested at home by officers from the Jijie Police Sub-department on the night of March 21, 2005. The officers confiscated Falun Dafa books and a photocopier. Mr. Lu was sentenced to two years of imprisonment, carried out outside the jail. Ms. Li was sentenced to two years at the Dabanqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp in Kunming City.
32. Ms. Wan Qiaoying, about 59 years old, is a resident of Datun Township, Gejiu City. She was detained twice for practicing Falun Dafa. In January 2004, she was held at Gejiu Detention Center, and was released after nearly ten months. At around noon on August 18, 2005, Ms. Wan was arrested for a second time. At the time, Kong Fayun, deputy head of Datun Police Sub-department, in collaboration with officers from Gejiu City Police Department, forcibly took Ms. Wan to the Gejiu City Detention Center. In 2006, the Honghe Prefecture Intermediate Court sentenced Ms. Wan to five years of imprisonment. She is being held at the Kunming No. 2 Women's Prison.
During her detention in the prison Ms. Wan was monitored by four drug offenders who had either been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve or life imprisonment. She was forced to stand still for a long time and locked up in a small cell. She was tied spread-eagle to a bed, and the the officers then gave her unknown drugs. They also added drugs to her meals and ordered other inmates to pry open her mouth and pour the drugs down. In February 2007, six months after her arrest, the 610 Office notified her family to visit her at Kunming No. 2 Prison. Her family found her to be extremely weak. She had to be supported by two inmates, and she was unable to talk. A prison guard tried to force Ms. Wan to fingerprint a piece of paper, but she pushed away the paper. The guard then told Ms. Wan's son and daughter-in-law that if they could get her fingerprint on the paper, she could be released on bail for medical treatment. However, she was not released until May 24, 2007, when the prison authorities notified her family to pick her up. After returning home, Ms. Wan could barely walk, could not stand up straight. Her eyes stared blankly and her hands and legs were very stiff. Whether she was standing or lying in bed, she was always ramrod straight. Her mind was clear one moment and cloudy the next, and she behaved abnormally.
33. Mr. Lin Congfu, 73, is a retired cadre of the Jijie Smelting Factory. He was arrested and his home was ransacked in April 2000, by officers from the city's 610 Office and the National Security Division, for not giving up Falun Gong. He was released after being detained at Gejiu City Detention Center for a month.
33. Mr. Liuheng, 70, is a farmer from Xiao Bajiao Village, Jijie Township, Gejiu City. He was arrested at home by officers from the city 610 Office, the National Security Division and Jijie Police Sub-department on April 28, 2002. His home was ransacked and Falun Dafa books were confiscated. Mr. Liu was detained at Gejiu City Detention Center for one month and lived under supervision for six months after being released from the detention center.
34. Ms. Li Huiqin was arrested on January 14, 2004 and sentenced to five years in jail.
35. Ms. Ma Lin was arrested on January 5, 2005 and sentenced to three years of imprisonment.
36. Ms. Gao Mengyuan was arrested on August 18, 2005 and sentenced to five years in jail .
37. Mr. Zhang Zhengqiao was arrested on August 18, 2005 and sentenced in 2006 to three years in jail.
38. Ms. Wang Youfen, 71, is a resident of Jijie Township. She was reported while exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in Shenjia Village, Sandaogou Township on March 21, 2005. She was arrested by officers from the Jijie Police Sub-department, and her home was ransacked. She was detained at Gejiu City Detention Center for a month, and was placed under surveillance for six months after returning home.
39. Ms. Xu Liping was arrested on January 5, 2005 and later sentenced to three years of imprisonment.
40. Ms. Yin Xiusheng, 72, was arrested at Shiji Square in the evening of January 5, 2006, while talking to people about Falun Gong. Her home was also ransacked. When her family went to the city police department to request her release, the officers denied knowing her whereabouts.
41. Ms. Zhang Ping, 43, was employed at the Jijie Smelting Factory in Gejiu City. She was arrested at home in the early morning of March 22, 2005. Police officers confiscated a computer and some Falun Dafa books. She was sentenced to two years at Dabanqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp in Kunming City.
42. Ms. Zhou Lanfen, 50, is a retired worker from Qianjin Mining Company, Gejiu City. She was reported while putting up a poster reading "Falun Dafa is Good" in May 2002. She was later arrested, and her home was ransacked. The officers confiscated Falun Dafa books and materials. She was held for one month before being released.
43-45. Ms. Song Chengying, Ms. Wang Youfeng, and Ms. Li Fengying were arrested by police on March 22, 2005.