[Mainland China] Another Deception Uncovered in the "Self--immolation" Shell Game

In the fifth minute of the "self--immolation" video, when the fire on "Wang Jindong" was extinguished, and he was sitting with legs crossed, one can see clearly that between his hand and body was a green Sprite plastic bottle that was claimed to contain gasoline. If this is true, it means that under such a high temperature, the plastic bottle filled with gasoline did not ignite and did not melt despite the fire!

[Mainland China] My Respect for Falun Gong Practitioners

Although I am not a Falun Gong practitioner, I want to show my highest respect for you. I initially thought that our nation, our country was coming to an end. It was in a state of disunity like a sheet of loose sand and was hopeless. People had no morality but sought only money and violence. It is Dafa practitioners who make us see the light and hope among the gloomy and cold darkness.

Ironically, it is Jiang Zemin's suppression that has let me know there is such a group in China, such a group of strong--minded and kind--hearted people.

[Yantai City, Shandong Province] The Police Substations in Yantai City, Shandong Province Illegally Abduct Dafa Practitioners

The police substations in an area of Shandong province, with the participation of every unit and street office, broke into the houses of known Dafa practitioners in the area under their jurisdiction and forced them to write and sign guarantees. Those who refused to sign were illegally abducted on the spot and forcibly sent to "transformation classes." According to the regulation of Yantai city, if a work unit has more than three employees who are practitioners, the transformation class will be held at the work unit, if not, the practitioners will be put together and be sent to Muping district to attend a three--month transformation class. During the class, every Dafa practitioner was forced to pay 3,000 Yuan (about 400 USD, half year's average salary of urban residents in China). Quite a lot Dafa practitioners were already illegally taken away this way. If the police could not find the practitioner on the list of known practitioners, they would take the practitioner's child or family members as hostage to force the practitioner to show up.

Furthermore, a female practitioner who is a middle school student at Xianghe Middle School of Yantai City was dismissed from school last year for going to Beijing to appeal. Recently, she was forcibly taken back to school from her home to be illegally detained.

[Beijing] Public Security Ministry Has Issued an Order to Arrest Dafa Practitioners Who Have Published Solemn and Just Announcements

During the past week, two fellow Dafa Practitioners who have published solemn and just announcements were arrested. This action verifies the authenticity of the previous news that "Public Security Ministry has issued an order to arrest Dafa practitioners who have published such material."

[Shangzhi City, Heilongjiang Province] A Living Example of Persecution of a Dafa Practitioner

Dafa practitioner Wei Xuwang, male, in his 30s, lives in a small village in the suburb of Shangzhi City, Heilongjiang Province. He was illegally detained last year for going to appeal and was later released. During the Spring Festival, he wanted to pick up his child (who attended school at a different place) and bring her back home for the holiday. Because he did not have money, he went around to borrow some. At that time, the Public Security Bureau of Shangzhi City received a quota from higher authorities to arrest Falun Gong practitioners. Therefore, Lu Xiaomin from the security department of the public security bureau called Wei Xuwang and told Wei he would lend him money and deceived Wei so as to illegally detain him. He is still in custody. Placed in No. 2 Detention Center, Wei Xuwang did not yield and went on a hunger strike to protest his treatment but was force fed and given injections. While the female doctor in charge of the health care at the detention center tried to give an injection to Wei Xuwang, the needle could not penetrate his skin. Yet the doctor persisted in sticking the needle several more times. Now, Wei Xuwang is forced to stay in a patient's room in the No. 2 Detention Center and his relatives (non--practitioners) are also not allowed to visit him. His current situation is not known, we hope the kind--hearted people around the world help him.

In addition, the situation of other Dafa practitioners who were arrested after the Spring Festival:

A young practitioner who was just married for 3 months was sent to Suiha City for forced labor.

Four Dafa practitioners, two of them are from Weihe town, were sentenced and sent to Harbin city. It is said that another four practitioners will be sent. Those who were sentenced include Zheng Hongxia, female, about 50 years old. Zheng Hongxia's husband is still detained in the detention center for insufficient evidence. The situations of others are not known.

Most of the detained Dafa practitioners were deceived into coming to the public security bureau or police station before the Spring Festival. For example, Dafa practitioner Wu Cuiyun was deceived by a police officer named Ji before the Spring Festival and remains detained. Her husband is a driver, and she has to care for their 10 year old child. Her father--in--law and mother--in--law, both over 60 years old, were also locked up in the detention center.

A Dafa practitioner by the last name of Chu, male, is more than 50 years old. Before practicing Dafa he used to be paralyzed despite several surgical operations. Three months after he learned and practiced Falun Gong, he recovered miraculously; "his face shines with good health and he walks steadily" and he felt very grateful to Dafa. He used his own story to clarify the truth of Falun Dafa to people. Last year, he made several dozen copies of his medical records and a record of his own story and tried to go to Harbin city to distribute them. He was caught on the way and was brought back and detained. Later, he was released. He just wanted to tell people about his own real experience! Before the Spring Festival, he was deceived into going to the detention center and is still detained.

Practitioners who are not arrested have been forced to stay away from their homes. For example, businesswoman Zhang Wenhua, who had appealed for Dafa before, avoided being arrest because she was not at home. Now she must stay away from home to avoid persecution. Her husband, Zhang Zhenren, is a manager in a market and is the former Dafa contact person in the area. He was arrested for no reason before the Spring Festival and is still not released. His business is now managed by his sister.

We have heard that the higher authorities issued a quota to Shangzhi city to arrest 50 Dafa practitioners. "Arrest People According to the Quota," it is really like the time of arresting the rightists, arresting the "counter--revolutionary" and "people who follow capitalism" during the Cultural Revolution. People were also arrested according to quotas during that time period.

Relevant phone numbers of the public security bureau:

Office of the director of the public security bureau: 86--451--3323273

No. 1 Detention Center: Office: 86--451--3352180

No. 2 Detention Center: Office: 86--451--3352685

Feng Yuehui, director of No. 2 Detention Center: Home phone: 86--451--3327158

Cell phone: 13904662346

[Beijing] The Higher Institution Installs Monitors

Beijing Agricultural University (Eastern Campus) installed monitors in the teaching area. The monitors are used for monitoring practitioners who post Dafa truth--clarifying materials. We have learned that one practitioner was arrested because of this. Dafa practitioners, please be alert when distributing the flyers and avoid the monitors.

[Jiaohe City, Jilin Province] Some Outrages of Jiaohe Authorities in Jilin Province

On January 12, 2000, Yang Xiaohai (father), Guo Shiqing (mother), and their son Yang Weicai, Sun Yunju and her son Lu Wenyuan, Zhang Shuyun and Wang Yonghong went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. They were arrested and escorted back to Jiaohe. The local authorities detained them for over 30 days. Another practitioner Lu Yuanfa didn't go to Beijing but he was also detained because of practicing Falun Gong. The police compelled each one of them to pay 3,000 Yuan (about US$375, half year's income of an average worker in China.) For those who didn't have enough money, they had to write the police an IOU statement.

During the time they were detained, all people no matter whether male, female, young or old were locked in one room. The practitioners, even a 70--year--old man, had to sleep on the cold cement ground. It is very cold in wintertime in north China. One night after midnight some guards came on duty drunk. They forced the practitioners in the room to stand up and threw out pieces of cardboard spread on the ground while yelling at the practitioners, "You are too comfortable (if you sleep on pieces of cardboard)." One of the guards told the janitorial staff to beat up practitioners. Later we heard that this guard was involved in a car accident and almost died.

Policeman Wang Aisheng was assigned to receive Dafa practitioners at the railway station when they were escorted back from Beijing. He brutally beat two boys (15--year--old Yang Weicai, 16--year--old Lu Wenyuan) at the station before sending them back to home. After Wang sent Yang Weicai back home, he brutally beat Yang Weicai again. He stopped the beating only when the neighbors came out to see what was going on.

July 20, 2000, was a sensitive day for the Chinese Government. To prevent the practitioners from going to Beijing to appeal, the local authorities put practitioners into prison (without any legal procedure) before that date. Yang Xiaohai was arrested while distributing truth--clarifying materials and when he refused to tell where the materials came from, the policemen tortured him with "Laohudeng." ("Laohudeng" is a torturing tool in the prison. The prisoner is tied to one chair with their feet tied to another chair so that the legs crossed two chairs like a bridge. The torturer will add bricks on his knees until he cannot bear the pain or until the kneecaps break.) The policemen felt the "Laohudeng" was not painful enough for Yang Xiaohai, so they put a cotton quilt on him. It is very hot in North China in July. Yang Xiaohai fainted due the tortures and hot temperature. In addition, the policemen tied him up onto "Laohudeng" every half an hour before he was released . . . 15 days later!

October 1, 2000, was another so--called "sensitive day." All the practitioners were detained once again. All of Yang Xiaohai's family members were detained, leaving no one to take care of his fruit vendor booth. When he was finally released, the fruit was rotten, and costing him over a 1000 Yuan RMB.

In the end of November 2000, Yang Xiaohai went to other cities to work. When he told the policemen that he practiced Falun Gong, he was brutally beaten up and later, he was detained for over 40 days. The policemen asked him to pay 1000 Yuan in exchange for his release. But Yang Xiaohai was too poor to pay the money (because the local police department had already squeezed out his last penny. Moreover, in order to support his family, Yang had to go to other cities to find work) and, in the end, the police reluctantly released him.

On January 15, 2001, the police traced the written words on the Dafa promoting banners back to local practitioners and arrested Yang Xiaohai, Zhang Shuyun, and Lu Yuanfa. When the policemen arrived at Yang Xiaohai's home, only his son Yang Weicai was at home. The police broke into Yang's home, took Yang Weicai to the police station and beat him up before letting him go back home.

The phone number of Jiaohe police station: (86) (432) 7201337

[Xinji city, Hebei province] Elementary School Teacher Detained For Telling The Truth

Practitioner Wang Cha (female) is a teacher of an elementary school in Xinji city, Hebei province. During the Chinese New Year holidays, she was detained for no reason and was released after the holidays. She told her own experiences of being persecuted to her colleagues and leaders in Education Department and pointed out the unlawful acts. She told them how much she had benefited from Falun Dafa and exposed how much damage the persecution brought to the future of Chinese people and the country. Many leaders and colleagues agreed with her and also expressed their respect for Falun Dafa practitioners.

After the new semester began, Wang Cha taught the students the truth about Dafa and guided them to write articles to look at Dafa fairly. Later one of the student's parents tipped off the police to her lessons. Now Wang Cha has been detained under criminal charges.

We call on the kindhearted people to pay attention to her situation.

[China] Be Careful With Software Download Sites In China

On the Internet, many articles introduce all kinds of software and also provide the browser with links to download the software. Please be careful in using these download sites in China. Rely on the overseas sites so as to avoid downloading software that has been replaced by "Hacker software." (A Hacker software runs like a spy in your computer to gather important information such as passwords, personal data and then sends the information to a remote computer where the hacker can use the data to attack your PC or monitor your behavior on the Internet.)

[China] A True Story In Detention Center

One night before the New Year's Day, suddenly loud shouting broke the silence of night. A newly arrested Dafa practitioner yelled in the detention center, "Falun Dafa is good! Falun Dafa is righteous Fa!" The guards beat her brutally but couldn't stop her. The voice impressed me and also moved three of my cellmates. Because of my hunger strike, I was separated from other practitioners and had been locked with these three cellmates for over 20 days. The three cellmates were moved to tears and said, "We respect you and all Dafa practitioners so much. When we are released, we will also go to Tiananmen Square to speak out loudly that Falun Dafa is good." From then on, they stopped forcing me to eat.