[China] Spreading the truth of Falun Dafa using all possible means Recently, the practitioners of a Province have printed over 2 million copies of flyers of Falun Dafa in order to spread the truth of Falun Dafa. [China] Family members of detained practitioners petition for loved ones In a city, over 100 practitioners who had gone go Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong were sentenced with one to 3 years of forced labor. These practitioners were from all walks of life. Their ages ranged from 20 to 70. According to the news sources, more practitioners would be sentenced. Now the family members of these sentenced practitioners are planning to exercise their constitutional rights by going to the City government or Beijing government to make appeals, in order to prevent their families from being broken apart. In the past year, numerous happy families were broken apart because of the government's crackdown on Falun Gong. [Henan Province] Persecutions against practitioners in Henan Province 10 practitioners from the Zhoukou City of Henan Province were arrested on May 11, 2000 and were detained in the Zhoukou City Detention Center. They were released after 12 days of hunger strike (no food and no water). Practitioner from Zhoukou City, Wang Chi, was sentenced with one year of forced-labor for going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong many times. A couple from the Huaiyang County got arrested for continuing to practice Falun Gong. Six police officers beat up the husband using leather belts in front of the wife for over 6 hours, threatening the wife to give up Falun Gong. However, the couple did not give in. Later, the husband was sentenced with one year of forced labor. At that time, the father of the husband died of deep worries over his arrest. The police asked the husband, "Do you want to go home to take a look at your father or go to the labor camp directly?" The husband said, "Since my family has already been broken apart, it is meaningless for me to go home." Before the couple were separated, the wife told the husband, "Let us meet again on our way home!" [Lanzhou] Police Stole Practitioners' Letters Not long ago, the police officers from Gansu Province have stolen many practitioners' private letters in collusion with the local postal offices. This has constituted a severe violation of the law. [Hebei] Human rights violations against practitioners Yang Shuqin, female, an employee from the Production Materials Company of Pingquan County, Hebei Province. She went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong on April 25 of 1999, July 21 of 1999, April 25 of 2000, and June 16 of 2000. She is now being detained in the Pingquan County Detention Center. She has a 17-year-old son and a 15-year-old daughter left at home. Her husband had passed away. She was tortured by police officers, led by Tong Lijun, the director of the Political Security Section of the Pingquan County police department. Wang Shuwen, male, from Qijiadai Village of Pingquan County. He and his wife, Liu Yulan, were taken away respectively on this April 27 and this May 10. A teenager child and an aged parent in 60s were left at home, without any financial income. In this June, the police officer Tong Lijun and Hu Qiwen tried to extort money from the aged parent, claiming that they would release Mr. Wang and Ms. Liu if he paied the demanded money. The parent did not give in to the demand because he knew that there was nothing wrong to practice Falun Dafa to be good people. Therefore, the couple of Mr. Wang and Ms. Liu have been detained up to now. The younger brother of Mr. Wang, Wang Jinquan, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong on this June 16. He has been in custdy since he was escorted back from Beijing. He was tortured by police officers including Liu Yanjun, the deputy director of the Political Security Section of the Pingquan County police department. Practitioner Liu Wenji, from Yuhuangmiao of Shatuozi Village, Pingquan County, Hebei Province, has been detained up to now for no good reason after being arrested on this April 1st. The police officers Tong Lijun and Hu Qiwen etc took these practitioners to the police department just because they suspected that they were the "organizers". They tortured these practitioners by all kinds of means for up to several hours. Tong Lijun, one of the thugs, in his 30s, the director of the Political Security Section of the County police department, is now ill and in hospital. Other thugs included Liu Yanjun, the deputy director of the Political Security Section of the Pingquan County police department, Hu Qiwen, the instructor of the Political Security Section of the Pingquan County police department, and Tian Baojin, a police officer from director of the Political Security Section of the Pingquan County police department. [Harbin] All Phones Being Monitored According the news sources, all the phones including the public telephones in Harbin City are being monitored by the police. [Beijing] Over 1,000 Practitioners were detained in the Tiantanghe Labor Camp in this July. The recent situation of detained practitioners is unknown since the regime is blocking the news. [Guangzhou] Arbitrary detentions and sentences Wang Ying, female, 41 years old, an engineer from the Guangdong Province Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was taken away from her home by the police on July 8, 2000. She has been sent to the Cuotou Labor Camp for two years of forced labor. There were more practitioners who were taken away for no good reasons and then sent to labor camps for forced labor. They were Xu Juhua, Ye Huizhu, and Zhou Mongtong etc.
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