Summary of Other News and Articles - December 7, 2003

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

[Chongzhou City, Sichuan Province] Since July 1999, officers from the Chongzhou government and "610 Office"¹ followed Jiang Zemin's policies of "Ruin their reputation, block their financial income, and eliminate them physically" to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. So far there have been about 200 people who practice Falun Gong detained. They were tortured, sentenced and sent to forced labor camps for long terms. Two were sent to a mental hospital, two were tortured to death and one was disabled. Now the Chongzhou city government and "610 Office" are planning a brainwashing session at Tingjiang Township. It's known that 7 Dafa practitioners have been abducted by police officers

[Shandong Province] On December 2, 2003, Shengli Petroleum Company, Test Center, Oilfield Logistic Department. Dafa practitioner Yu Desheng sent a letter requesting compensation for losses and suffering in the past few years caused when the leaders of his unit sent him for 're-education'. The Head read the letter and showed no remorse. Instead, Yu Desheng was detained by the unit again.

[Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] A day in mid-November 2003, retiree Zhao Guilan from the Kangtai Company, Daqing Petroleum Development Group was detained by the unit. The communist party secretary, Yu Zhiping, asked her to sign a "Form of Reform." She refused. Later, Yu brought in Song Lijun, the head of the "610 Office" of the Kangtai Company, Gai Lian, the head of the Bachang-Gaoping Police Station and four hooligans hired by Gai. One of them said, "We'll let you go home if you sign the form. Otherwise, you'll be sent to a brainwashing session immediately."

[Dalian City, Liaoning Province] During the past four years, the Heishijiao Police Station acted like criminals while persecuting Dafa practitioners during Jiang Zemin's Regime. They conspired with the Heishijiao Street Office. They illegally harassed, monitored, arrested, tortured and extorted money from Dafa practitioners. They sent several Dafa practitioners to forced labor camps. The eldest practitioner was over 70.

[Shulan City, Jilin Province] Doctor Zhao Yiguang went to Beijing to appeal in 1999, but was arrested and sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp. In 2002, the Shulan Public Security Bureau arrested him again because he clarified the truth about Dafa in public. He was sent to forced labor camp, again. He got released several months later. Recently, the Shulan City Public Security Bureau illegally closed his clinic. This was his source of income. Zhao Jingyan, his son, was illegally arrested for making Dafa truth-clarifying materials. Now Jingyan is detained at the Shulan Detention Center and is being tortured.

[Huanggang City, Hubei Province] Xiong Xiulian, is a teacher at the Baotao Primary School. On November 25, 2003, she was called out of the classroom where she was lecturing. She was forced into a police car by officers and sent to the Hubei Province Brainwashing Session.

People's Hearts and Karmic Retribution

[Changchun, Jilin Province] Wang Limei, the Head of the 5th Brigade of the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp, has spared no effort in persecuting Dafa practitioners. She encouraged criminals to torture Dafa practitioners. Recently Wang Limei developed a tumor. She expected it to be cured in a couple of weeks. A month is gone and the tumor is still there. She is in a lot of pain.

[Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ge Manxing, a member of the Jinshi Beach Ruling Council, Dalian National Tourism District, has been active in persecuting Dafa practitioners. In 2002, he fell down from the roof of a house and broke his lumbar vertebra bone. He could barely manage to walk after treatment. His wife cursed whenever she found Dafa truth telling materials in front of the door. Now she has apoplexy.

[Heilong Jiang Province] Ge Jinfang is the head of the Jidong Township Committee, Jidong County. She used to guide police officers to the homes of people who practice Falun Gong to harass them. Now she has cancer of the liver.

[Hebei Province] Duan Mingguo is the deputy director of the Hebei Province Forced Labor Camp Department. He damaged Dafa books and tapes in 2001. Not long after that, he suffered from serious diseases. Duan Mingguo had several surgeries to remove tumors. He frequently gets chemotherapy at the hospitals. Now he has realized his wrongdoing and dares not do evil things anymore.

News from China

[Hebei Province] The criminal behavior of persecutors in Xuanhua City, if judged by China's Criminal Law, committed the following crimes in the persecution of practitioners of Falun Dafa:

Item 239, crime of kidnapping;
Item 238, crime of illegal detention;
Item 243, crime of pressing false charge(s);
Item 245, crime of illegal search; crime of illegal entry into resident rooms;
Item 234, crime of intentional injury of others;
Item 246, crime of insult and slander;
Item 247, crime of torture interrogation and obtaining evidence by violence;
Item 274, crime of extortion.

1 "610 office" - a bureau specifically created by the Chinese government to persecute Falun Gong. It has absolute power over each level of administration in the Party, as well as over the political and judiciary branches