(Clearwisdom.net) [Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the minghui.ca website (the Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).]

On February 9, 2000, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Lv Changying, who lives in the southeast village, Beima Town, Longkou City, Shandong Province, was arrested by the police while she was doing the exercises outside. On May 27, 2001, several police broke into a workshop and carried Ms. Lv away. They sent her to the Wangchun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo for brainwashing. Ms. Lv protested by going on a hunger strike but was then tortured by forced feeding. She was detained nine times until 2003, totaling 230 days in detention. She was fined 3,000 yuan.

On February 9, 2000, practitioner Ms. Liu Cuiying, 53 years old, who lives in Beima Town, Longkou City, Shandong Province, was arrested and held in an iron cage by the police just because she was doing the exercises outside. That evening, Ms. Liu’s mother was dying. Her mother died not long after the two police officers took her home. Then the police again illegally arrested Ms. Liu and detained her in the Beima Installation Company Brainwashing Center for 30 days. During those 30 days, her house was illegally searched twice and she was extorted out of 2000 yuan. On July 6, 2000, she was detained in the Beima Installation Company Brainwashing Center for 18 days and fined 100 yuan. On Sept. 30, 2000, she was again arrested and placed in the Zhangjiagou Detention House for 15 days just because she went to Beijing to clarify the truth about Dafa. After she was released, she was detained in the Beima Installation Company. On May 27, 2001, the police broke into Ms. Liu Cuiying’s house and sent her to the Xiadingjia brainwashing center in Longkou City, where she was detained for 20 days. Since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, Ms. Liu Cuiying has been illegally detained for a total of 80 days and has been fined a total of 2900 yuan.

Mr. Xu Debao, 61 years old, is a cadre of the Longkou Paper-Making Factory. He was diagnosed with gastric cancer in 1995. After he started practicing Falun Dafa in February 1997, he became a healthy person. In March 2000, Mr. Xu Debao was taken to the Xiadingjia brainwashing center in Longkou City, where the officials tried to "transform" him and fined him 1,000 yuan. In November 2003, Mr. Xu Debao’s house was searched and he was arrested, then detained and tortured in the Zhangjiagou Detention Center for 15 days. He was tied to an iron chair and was deprived of sleep for three days and nights. Later, Mr. Xu Debao was sent to the Wangchun Forced Labor Camp in Shandong Province for brainwashing. After some days, Mr. Xu Debao was detained in the Xiadingjia brainwashing center for more than 10 days and then in the Yantai Zhifu District brainwashing center for two months. Then he was sent back to the Xiajiading brainwashing center for 40 days detention. Because he refused to be "transformed" , the police didn’t allow him to go to sleep or go to the restroom. He was hung up and handcuffed. Mr. Xu Debao has been detained for total of 165 days and has been fined a total of 9,000 yuan.

Ms. Jinglan Xu, 59 years old, is a Longkou Paper-Making Factory employee. On April 19, 2004, she was arrested and her house was searched. She was detained in the Zhangjiagou detention center for 28 days. Because she insisted on practicing Falun Dafa, she was sent to the Yantai Zhifu District brainwashing center. She was not allowed to sleep, not allowed to sit, and not allowed to go to the restroom. She was "illegally detained" for 28 days and fined 2,000 yuan.