(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Li Xiuling is a practitioner from Shulan City, Jilin Province. On July 20, 2006, Beicheng Street official Qi Ming and others from Shulan City forcibly arrested Ms. Li and sent her to the Xiangshui Water Bank for "transformation." She was detained there for one week. Below is the account of Ms. Li’s persecution.
My name is Li Xiuling, and I am a Falun Dafa practitioner from Shulan City, Jilin Province. In September 1999, I went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa. Officers from the Beijing Suburb Police Station arrested me and illegally kept me in the Daxing County Detention Center. Four days later the Shulan City Office in Beijing sent me to a local detention center and detained me there for fifteen days. I had 1,100 yuan with me, all of which was taken away by officials at the Shulan City Office in Beijing.
In the following several years, a few people persecuted me, including Beicheng Street Party Secretary Ren Dongzhou, Qi Ming, Officer Gao, and Officer Kuang. They used various excuses to restrict my freedom. I am a small business owner, and they took turns at my store harassing me every day — for a total more than 60 times. When politically sensitive dates approached, they forcibly arrested me and detained me in the street office. They once arrested five practitioners, including myself, and kept us in the street office all day. They tried to force us to write guarantees not to go to Beijing to appeal, but we did not yield. Five days later, with righteous thoughts I was able to return home.
In late 2000, when it was almost the New Year, the street official took me to the street office, planning to keep me there until after the New Year. Under the benevolent care from Teacher and with my righteous thoughts, I was able to return home. On one occasion I went out to purchase merchandise. The street official was afraid I would go to Beijing to appeal, so they called my home at midnight. Because of this, my father, who was in his seventies, was shocked and his heart problems recurred.
On March 1, street official Officer Chen and Officer Gao suddenly came to my store. They forcibly took me to the street office and detained me there for fifteen days. I was not released until two CCP conferences were over.
One day in June 2000, several practitioners went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. Officers from the Beicheng Police Station stopped them on the way and sent them back. The police were afraid that I would also go to Beijing, so they arrested me and kept me in the detention center. I was not released until midnight.
On December 7, 2000, police station assistant director Du Yuzhuo, along with five other people, illegally searched my vending stall. They took away a Dafa book and sent me to the Heizuizi Labor Camp in Changchun City, where I was held for one year. In the labor camp, I experienced inhuman torture. Every day I was forced to do hard labor for 16 hours. Because of that, my eyesight became drastically worse.
In the labor camp, I witnessed the police torturing Li Shixia, a determined Falun Dafa practitioner from Baiqi Town in Shulan City. Police used several electric batons to shock Li Shixia simultaneously. As a result, her neck was swollen to become as thick as her head was round, and later had severe ulcers. To this day there are still scars on Li Shixia’s neck due to this torture.
In mid-September 2005, when I was caring for my father in the hospital, Beicheng Street official Qi Ming and others came and attempted to illegally arrest me. With Teacher’s compassionate care, I was able to get away.
On July 20, 2006, Qi Ming and others took me to the Xiangshui Water Bank Brainwashing Center. I was illegally detained there for one week.