Latest News from China - 07/12/2001

• [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Hewan Labor Camp Uses Riot Police to Beat the Family Members of Falun Dafa Practitioners
• [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Teacher Liu Shan from the Japanese Department of the Dalian Foreign Language Institute Is Kidnapped; His Whereabouts are Unknown
• [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Liu Yantao from Shenyang City Is Forced to Jump out of a Building and Is Severely Injured
• [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Using Righteous Thoughts to Resist Evil
• [Tangshan City, Liaoning Province] Tangshan Party Committee Escalates the Suppression of Falun Dafa Practitioners
• [Wuchang City, Hubei Province] Brainwashing Class Brutally Tortures Practitioners
• [Dongguang County, Hebei Province] Authorities Force Falun Dafa Practitioners to Buy a Book Slandering the Great Law
• [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Jin Shengrong Is Being Deprived of the Right to an Education
• [Jinan, Shandong Province] Jinan Police Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners
• [Shiyan, Hubei Province] Brainwashing Class in the No. 2 Automobile Manufactory
• [Dezhou, Shandong Province] Practitioner Zhang Changzhi Sent to Labor Camp
• 12. [Linze, Shandong Province] The List of Units Persecuting Falun Gong in Linze City

[(Clearwisdom.net)]

1. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Hewan Labor Camp Uses Riot Police to Beat the Family Members of Falun Dafa Practitioners

Family members of the Falun Gong practitioners detained at the Second Brigade of Hewan Labor Camp were scheduled to visit them on July 6th. People heard that the date was postponed to the 13th. They also heard that a Falun Dafa practitioner in his or her thirties had been beaten to death at the camp. Many family members, being extremely anxious, requested that they be able to visit the Falun Gong practitioners on time. When faced with so many requests from these innocent family members, several policemen actually beat them very brutally. They beat an elderly person in public so badly that there were wounds all over his body and head. Two other elderly womení s hands became black and blue from the beating. They even used riot police to suppress the people. This is the bitter experience of the Falun Dafa practitionersí family members in the so-called "best time of human rights". All evil people are warned. Good and evil must be requited.

2. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Teacher Liu Shan from the Japanese Department of the Dalian Foreign Language Institute Is Kidnapped; His Whereabouts are Unknown

On the morning of July 9, a group of plainclothes police broke into Falun Dafa practitioner Liu Shaní s dormitory and kidnapped him.

Liu Shan is widely recognized as a good teacher at the institute. This kind of persecution of good people will surely arouse discontent among the students.

3. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Liu Yantao from Shenyang City Is Forced to Jump out of a Building and Is Severely Injured

On July 7, 2001, the police forced Shenyang Falun Dafa practitioner, Liu Yantao, who had resisted persecution, to jump out of a building. He was seriously injured. The police initially intended to kidnap him. However, seeing how severe his injury was, they dared not take him away. Later Liu was rescued by his family members and taken to a hospital.

Liu Yantaoí s condition is extremely serious. His vertebra is fractured and he is incontinent.

4. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Using Righteous Thoughts to Resist Evil

On July 4, the north district of Qingdao city notified many Falun Dafa practitioners that they should go to a symposium. The practitioners, thinking that they should resist the evil, decided to attend. Fifteen practitioners went to the meeting. As soon as they arrived, they started to promote Dafa and clarify the truth. They announced that all their previous words and deeds that did not conform to Dafa were invalid. After they suffocated the evil with Falun Dafa practitionersí righteous thoughts, all returned safely. Soon after, however, Jiang Fenglan and Yu Huili were sent to a brainwashing class by the evil forces.

5. [Tangshan City, Liaoning Province] Tangshan Party Committee Escalates the Suppression of Falun Dafa Practitioners

On June 29th, 2001, Wang Chuntian, the Tangshan City Vice Secretary ordered the police to arrest the practitioner couple Lu Xuejun and Liu Xinmei during their trip back to their hometown. The couple was taken to the Yanshan Police Substation under the suspicion of distributing truth-clarifying materials. Wang Chuntian interrogated them in person and instructed the policemen to use implements of torture on them.

We want to warn those who persecute Dafa practitioners: stop pursuing the wrong courseí it will be too late to regret when you receive retribution.

Phone to Yanshan Police Substation New District Tangshan City: (86) [phone] Wang Chuntianí s residential phone: (86) [phone]

6. [Wuchang City, Hubei Province] Brainwashing Class Brutally Tortures Practitioners

The Wuchang City í 610 Officeí (an office formed to persecute Falun Gong) held yet another brainwashing class, brutally beating Falun Dafa practitioners. When the practitionersí relatives saw their wounds and injuries, they told the guards, í What you have done to the practitioners is illegal!í The guards responded by saying, í You can go anywhere to accuse us, but we still want to brainwash and reform them with forceful methods.í

Five practitioners from Macheng City were arrested while distributing truth-clarifying materials and they were severely beaten. Two of them were beaten most severely, and one of them is still in an emergency room in critical condition.

7. [Dongguang County, Hebei Province] Authorities Force Falun Dafa Practitioners to Buy a Book Slandering the Great Law

Since July, the í 610 Officeí (an office formed to persecute Falun Gong) of Dongguang County, Hebei Province began to force practitioners to buy a book defaming and slandering Falun Dafa. In addition, the book was sold at an extremely high price. The office also pressured the practitionersí work units to buy the book. This caused many negative feelings among the people and all the practitioners completely resisted. On the other hand, people can clearly see who is making money on this.

8. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Jin Shengrong Is Being Deprived of the Right to an Education

Falun Dafa practitioner Jin Shengrong is a student in the Department of Chinese at the Harbin Normal University. On December 19th, 2000, he went to Tiananmen Square to unfold a banner and validate Dafa. He was arrested and later detained in Harbin No. 2 Detention Center for over half a year. He was detained past his designated term because he refused to break away from Falun Dafa or write the so-called í three letters (repentance letters).í Jin has endured the inhuman tortures in the detention center. When he was detained, the University submitted the application to dismiss him. In addition, the Department Director and Vice General Secretary of Party Committee cursed Teacher Li as well. The other practitioners gave them truth-clarifying materials but they followed Jiangí s regime closely and didní t feel any regret for their wrongdoings. As of now, the University still has banners defaming Falun Dafa hanging on campus.

9. [Jinan, Shandong Province] Jinan Police Arrest Falun Gong Practitioners

Around 2:00 AM on July 2, 2001, about one dozen plainclothes policemen were searching for Falun Gong practitioners nearby the buildings where Falun Gong practitioners were living. At about 5:00 AM police caught practitioner Nie Gang on the stairs as he was going out. Another practitioner was arrested on the street and practitioner Li Xiaoping was arrested in his room. The police confiscated a laptop computer, a printer and some other Falun Gong materials in his room and all the money that the practitioners had.

Address of Police Station Responsible for this Action: Construction New Village Police Station Construction New Village 156 Shan Ave, Lixia District Jinan, Shandong Province Phone: [phone]

10. [Shiyan, Hubei Province] Brainwashing Class in the No. 2 Automobile Manufactory

In order to persecute Falun Gong practitioners, a brainwashing class is being held by the No. 2 Automobile Manufactory in Shiyan City, Hubei Province.

Practitioner Yao Yongfan, male, 25 is a technician of the Technique Institute of the No. 2 Automobile Manufactory. He was arrested in his dormitory at 4:00 am on December 24, 2000 and detained in a detention center. Prior to the 2001 spring festival, he was sent to the Brainwashing Class. He has been on a hunger strike since June 4th. On July 10th, the brainwashing class sent him to a hospital because of his seriously ill physical condition. His supervisor requested that the brainwashing class release him and hospitalize him for medical treatment. However, the Public Security Division of the factory rejected the request.

Huang Lizhao, a practitioner from the No. 40 Plant was sent to the hospital due to his hunger strike.

The brainwashing class was held in the visitor lodge of the factory where 15 practitioners are illegally detained.

Medical personnel who joined the brainwashing class 5 days after practitioners went on a hunger strike have now withdrawn. The word was spread around and the order was to, í List this as a suicide if their death was due to a hunger strike.í

All Dafa disciples who read this report, please send your righteous thought to eradicate evils. All kind-hearted people, please offer your justice and conscience to stop the inhumane crackdown in China. We are warning all police, í Please have benevolence in your heart, otherwise your will be punished.í

People responsible for the brainwashing class, Maio Yu, the General Secretary of the Party Committee, and the General Manger of the Manufactory, phone: [phone] Li Youquan, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee, in charge of Falun Gong issue, phone: [phone] XXX, the secretary of the Discipline Committee, phone: [phone] Ding Xueming, the director of the Public Security Division, phone: [phone] Wei Huanxin, the deputy director of the Public Security Division, phone: [phone] Qiou XX, the director of the Political Security Section, phone: [phone] XXX, the director of the Technique Institute, phone: [phone]. [Dezhou, Shandong Province] Practitioner Zhang Changzhi Sent to Labor Camp

Practitioner Zhang Changzhi, became destitute and homeless due to the persecution. Plainclothes policemen tailed her and then arrested her when she was distributing truth-clarifying flyers in the Town God Market in Dezhou City, Shandong Province. She has been sent to a labor re-education camp.

12. [Linze, Shandong Province] The List of Units Persecuting Falun Gong in Linze City

Linze Passenger Transportation Company, Linze Teaching School, Linze Knitting Factory were awarded as í Advanced Unitsí for their closely monitoring of Falun Gong practitioners for two years.

Luo Village arrested, monitored, punished and beat Falun Gong practitioner during the period of July 22. Practitioner Li Dayong was detained in a mental hospital for three month.

Linzhe Mental Hospital illegally detained 5 to 6 Falun Gong practitioners and spread evil propaganda on the media.

(Translated on July 14, 2001 from an edited version of http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2001/7/12/13297.html)