[Si-chuan Province] Recent Intensified Persecutions
Recently, all levels of governments and police departments of Si-chuan Province have
intensified persecutions against Falun Gong practitioners. Many practitioners have had
their homes ransacked. Many practitioners have been sent to police stations, detention
centers or labor camps for force-labor "education".
The police department of Cheng-du City issued a notice that all practitioners who have got
detained for 3 times or have made more than two visits to Beijing would be given
forced-labor "education" without trials.
[Si-chuan Province] Persecutions in Shuang-liu County
On the evening of April 20, right after practitioner Ms. Huang Qian, a fine arts teacher
from the Professional Middle School in Hua-yang Town of Shuang-liu County, arrived home, a
group of police officers ran into her home and announced that she would be sent to labor
camp for forced-labor "education" under the accusation that she had gone
to Beijing twice to appeal for Falun Gong. Ms Huang Qian was then taken away immediately.
Now her whereabouts is unknown. Ms. Huang Qian was an outstanding teacher adored by her
colleagues and her students.
At the beginning of November of 1999, Ms. Xie Xia, a music teacher from the Professional
Middle School of Hua-yang Town of Shuang-liu County, had attempted to go to Beijing to
appeal to the central government. However, she got intercepted in the Cheng-du train
station. After a detention of 15 days, she was forced to pay a fine of 5,000 Yuan. Right
after she went back to the school, the school installed an iron door on the suite where
she lived. She was monitored 24 hours a day. Her phone line was also cut off. Afterwards,
the school imposed a fine of 15,000 Yuan on her, confiscated her apartment and removed her
from her post. In this March, she went to Beijing again attempting to report the
truth of Falun Gong to the central government. She was intercepted in the
station of Bao-ding, He-bei Province. She is now still in custody. The officials of the
local residential committee of Yi-gang-qi District declared that she would be expelled
from the neighborhood.
Practitioner Ms. Song Lin-lin, a teacher from the Tang-hu Middle School of Shuang-liu
County, made a visit to Beijing to petition. The government of Shuang-liu County imposed a
fine of 50,000 Yuan on the education committee of Shuang-liu County. Currently, Ms. Song's
situation is unknown.
Starting from January 1 of 2000, the police station of Hua-yang Town forced practitioners
who have appealed in Beijing to attend the "thoughts transformation
class" and forced them to pay a deposit of 3,000 Yuan to guarantee that they
would not appeal to the central government, the state's council and all levels of
governments.
Practitioner Zhu Xi-qiang, a villager of the Shan-jiang Village of Hua-yang Town, had his
home ransacked and got detained for 15 days because he had written to the County
Administrator, officer Jin Shi-cheng, and the central government, to report the truth of
Falun Gong. He is now in the "thoughts transformation class" held by the
police station of Hua-yang Town and has no personal freedom.
Among the 100 practitioners from the Gan-zhi-shu Village of Peng Town, those who have not
appealed in Beijing were each imposed a fine of 1,000 to 2,000 Yuan; those who have
appealed in Beijing were each imposed a fine of 15,000 Yuan. Practitioner Ms. Du Yan-qun
could not afford the fine of 15,000 Yuan. As a result, the police sold the motorcycle of
her husband to get the money. The police would confiscate valuable properties such as TV
if practitioners could not afford the fine. The police announced that practitioners would
be arrested whenever they got together, including running into each other on the street.
Practitioner Li Jia-bing went to Beijing, so the police detained his wife, Ms. Zhong, for
15 days under the accusation of "not reporting to the police".
Practitioner Cai Fa-rong got detained for 15 days for having gone to Beijing to appeal. He
was transferred to the Center for Senior Citizens of Huang-jia Village because he refused
to promise that he would not practice Falun Gong. Now, he is again detained in the
detention center. The police forced his wife to pay a fine of 5,000 Yuan. His wife told
the police that she did not have money. The police then threatened his wife that they
would turn down their house if she refused to pay that money. His wife gave a firm answer,
"Our whole family would continue to practice Falun Gong even if we have to beg
for food. How could we give up such a good cultivation way!" The police had to
back off.
Practitioner Zhou Cheng-jun, a retired employee of the Shuang-liu County, went to Beijing
to appeal. His workplace was then imposed a fine of 20,000 Yuan by the County government.
As a result, Zhou's salary has been suspended for several months, which puts him in a very
difficult situation. The workplace hired people to monitor him 24 hours a day.
Practitioner Ms. Yang Li, from the Long-deng-shan Hospital, was removed from her post
because of appealing in Beijing.
Practitioner Sun Zheng-fan, Jiang Hong (a teacher from the Foreign Language School of
Hua-yang), Zhou Zhu-qing (an airplane engineer), and Yan Jia-hui etc went to Beijing to
appeal in December 1999. After they were escorted back, they have been detained up to now.
Sun Zheng-fan has already been removed from the Party and his post. Jiang Hong was also
fired. The wife of Sun Zheng-fan got detained for 15 days for "not reporting to
the police".
[Si-chuan Province] Illegal Detention of Practitioners in
Cheng-du City (April
13 of 2000)
1, Ms. Zhong Fang-qiong, female, 35 years old, address: Ren-he-yuan #27-3-7 of Cheng-du
City. She has served six terms of administrative detention and one term of criminal
detention, for a total of 120 days. Her "crime" was that she
petitioned the Business Morning Newspaper on October 1 of 1999, appealed in Beijing on
December 19 of 1999 and March 7 of 2000. Note: Ms. Zhong wrote an experience-sharing
article on how she started a new life after practicing Falun Gong. Later, that article was
severely altered by the local TV for the purpose of slandering at Falun Gong.
2, Liu Chan, female, 70 years old, a former school president. Her address is #32-7-4-7,
P.O.Box 107. She has been given 7 terms of administrative detention and 1 term of criminal
detention for a total of 135 days. Her "crime" was that she went to
Beijing on December 10 of 1999 to appeal for Falun Gong. On March 8 of 2000, she refused
to be illegally arrested. The police then attempted to rope her feet with rubber band, but
Ms. Liu resisted. Later, the police handcuffed her from the back. 3 police officers then
threw her into a police vehicle and sent her to the detention center again. She has been
detained up to now.
3, Ming Li, female, 28 years old, a teacher from the Pao-tong-shu Elementary School. She
has been given one term of administrative detention and one term of criminal detention for
a total of 45 days, because she went to Beijing on March 17 of 2000, together with her
mother, leaving her new born baby at home. Her mother, Ms. Chen Shang-zhen, 62 years old,
a Party member, a former staff member in the admission office of the education committee
of Qing-yang District, and a former president of the Elementary School of Hua-pu Road, had
received the same punishment.
4, Yu Xue-mei, female, 51 years old, an retired employee of the City Entertainment Park,
address: #3-1-2 of Meng-zhui-wan Street. She has been given 6 terms of administrative
detention and one term of criminal detention, totaling 120 days, because she made visits
to Beijing to appeal on December 5 of 1999 and March 8 of 2000. She was punished
physically many times. She had been detained consecutively because she insisted that she
would continue to practice Falun Gong. She had never been allowed to go home to take a
bath during the consecutive detention.
5, Tan Shao-lan, female, 40 years old, a retired employee of the City Cotton Factory,
living in the Dormitory #13-3-8 of the Factory. She has been given 6 terms of
administrative detention and 1 term of criminal detention, totaling 115 days just because
she claimed that she would continue to practice Falun Gong, although she has never gone to
Beijing to appeal. It is unclear when she will be freed.
6, Zhang Guo-ying, female, 61 years old, a retired official of the Cheng-du Institute of
Science and Engineering, living in the Dormitory #29-3-7 of the Institute. She has been
given 2 terms of administrative detention and one criminal detention for a total of 60
days by the Yi-er-xian Police station for having gone to Beijing twice.
7, Zhang Sheng-rong, female, 70 years old, a retired official of the Survey and Drawing
Unit, living in the Hong-yun Park. She has been given 7 administrative detentions for a
total of 105 days by the Ji-tou Town Police Station for refusing to recant. She had
received many notices that her mother in 80s was seriously ill. She petitioned to go home
to look after her mother for many times and she always got refused. She is still being
detained, although she had never went to Beijing to appeal.
8, Liao Pei-ming, female, 43 years old, a nurse from the Seventh People's Hospital of
Cheng-du City. Liao Ya-Mei, female, 14 years old, the daughter of Ms. Liao Pei-ming, a
second-year student in the 29th Middle school of Cheng-du City. On March 6 of
2000, they went to the Central Appealing Office in Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. The
police from Beijing sent them immediately to the Cheng-du Liaison Office in Beijing where
they got detained for 8 days and 7 nights. Later, Ms. Liao Pei-ming got detained in the
local drug-stopping center and detention center for 32 more days after they were escorted
back to Cheng-du City. During her mother's detention, the 14-year-old Liao Ya-mei had to
stay
home alone.
9, Practitioners from Cheng-du City, Liu Zhen-hai, Tao Yuan, Zhang Sheng-yun and Tian Yu
etc are still being detained in the Lian-hua Village Detention Center waiting for heavy
sentences because they have gone to Beijing to appeal.
10, Recently, some practitioners including Wang Kai and Zhang Yu-chun were dismissed from
their jobs.
[Si-chuan
Province] The Long-term "thoughts transformation class" in Cheng-du
City
The Ying-men-kou Police Station of Cheng-du City has become the base in Jin-niu
District of Cheng-du City for holding "thoughts transformation
classes" for Falun Gong practitioners since November of 1999. Recently,
the police station received a notice from the higher authorities that the
"classes" should be held in a long run. For the past 5 months,
practitioners have fully experienced the cheating and threatening from the
police officers. Because of their determination about Falun Dafa, many
practitioners have been sent to the detention center many times and some
have even been sent to the labor camp. Practitioners always conduct
themselves according to the criterion of a practitioner, and have changed
the "class" to a good cultivation environment.
The address of Ying-men-kou Police Station is Ying-men-kou Sky-bridge of
Er-huan Road, Cheng-du City, and phone: (011-86)-8628-7529986.
[Si-chuan
Province] Arbitrary Detention in Chong-qing City
Since April 22 of 1999, many practitioners from Chong-qing City have gone to
Beijing to appeal for the righteousness of Falun Dafa. Most of them got
detained. The police threatened that practitioners would be detained or
sentenced if they went to Beijing.
1, Han Yi-ming, 42 years old, a former fine arts teacher from the Normal
University of Southwest, and Liu Xin-yu, were given two years of
forced-labor in 1999. They are now being detained in Xi-shan-ping labor camp
and Jiang-bei labor camp separately. Although they have to do a lot of
hard-labor everyday, they are still very determined about Falun Dafa.
2, Chen Fu, 28 years old, a former graduate student from the department of
politics of the Normal University of Southwest, was given one year of
forced-labor in 1999, and is now being detained in the Xi-shan-ping labor
camp of Chong-qing City.
3, Yuan Zhi-qiang, male, 27 years old, resigned his job before going to
Beijing to appeal. He got detained in January of 2000, and was given two
years of forced-labor in March of 2000.
4, Liu Fan-qin, a retired official from the factory of optical instruments,
and Wa Jie-nan, a former employee from the Hardware Company, were both given
one year of forced-labor education in March of 2000. They are now being
detained in the Jiang-bei Labor Camp.
5, Zhu Bi-lan, 45 years old, a former employee from the 203 Hospital, was
given two years of forced-labor.
6, Several dozens of male practitioners from Xi-shan-ping of Chong-qing City
have been sentenced to forced-labor. They have to do a lot of hard labor.
Their living conditions are very bad.
7, In Tong-nan County, the police would detain whoever claimed to be a
practitioner of Falun Dafa. They could get released if they paid a stiff
fine of up to 10,000 Yuan.
8, Liu Lan, 35 years old, from the Shuan-bei Factory of Special Steel, has
gone to Beijing to appeal three times. She was given 2 years of
forced-labor.
9, Zhang Sheng-jun, 28 years old, a former official from the Tax Department
of Rong-chang City, has gone to Beijing to appeal for 4 times. The police
officer who escorted him back got acquainted with him. Mr. Zhang went to the
Tiananmen Square alone. He started to meditate after dropping off his
luggage. In a short while, the police came over and dragged him into the
police vehicle. In a police station of Beijing, the police washed his head
with Coca-Cola drink and beat his thin face to a fat one. He might be
sentenced.