(Minghui.org)Officers from the Jianghan Oilfield Area in Qianjiang City, Hubei Province, broke into Ms. Xia Xiaofen’s home and ransacked it on May 20, 2014, while she was not at home. When she came back home, she discovered that her Falun Gong books and truth-clarification materials about the persecution of Falun Gong were confiscated.
It was not the first time that the police persecuted Ms. Xia, who is in her 70s. She has been arrested six times since 2001.
The first time was in August 2001 for talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. She was held at the Qianjing City Detention Center for a month and the police released her after extorting 7,000 yuan.
Torture re-enactment: handcuffed to an iron shelf
Ms. Xia was again arrested in September 2002, and held at the Qianjing City Detention Center for two months. During the detention, she was handcuffed to an iron shelf for 31 days.
She was later sentenced to one year of forced labor. However, officials at the Shayang Forced Labor Camp refused to admit her because she did not pass the physical examination. Hence, her term was executed outside the labor camp, yet under surveillance. In addition, the police tried to force Ms. Xia to write a guarantee statement but to no avail. They then withheld all of her living expenses and pension payments for that year.
The police broke into her home and arrested her in February 2004. They took her to the Hongshan Brainwashing Center and held her for a month.
She was arrested again in March 2009 when she was on the way to her son’s home. This time, she was held at the Jianghan Oilfield Institution Hotel for a week.
The police arrested her again in 2012 for distributing informational materials about Falun Gong. She was held at the Wuqi Plant of the Jianghan Oilfield for 15 days and extorted 450 yuan.
The Persecution of Other Practitioners Living in the Same Area as Ms. Xia
Besides Ms. Xia, several practitioners from Jianghan Oilfield were also recently arrested and their homes were ransacked.
Ms. Chen Hengying discovered that her luggage was missing as soon as she got off the bus at the Jianghang Oilfield around May 16, 2014. She was then followed by the police and her whereabouts is currently unknown.
Two practitioners were arrested on May 18, 2014, for talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. They were later released.
Ms. Yuan Zixiu was arrested by local officers on May 19, 2014, and her whereabouts is currently unknown.
The police later broke into the home of a practitioner by the name of Ding and threatened him. He worked for the Jianghan Oilfield Oil Extraction Plant, and said, “We have arrested Ms. Yuan and forced her to write the guarantee statement, and you also need to write that.” Mr. Ding was arrested last year and he refused to write the statement. As a result, Mr. Ding has been monitored by the police ever since.
Parties involved in the persecution:Jianghan Oilfield Oil Extraction Plant:Liu Bin (刘斌): +86-13997968708 (O); +86-07286574374Security Section:Fu Xiaobo (付暁波), section chief: +86-18972611577 (O); +86-0728-6574361Xia Shoujing (夏守荆), deputy section chief: +86-15926054600 (O); +86-07286572459
