(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Zhao Yingxian, 50, is from Binchuan County, Dali City, Yunnan Province. On May 30, 2007, she was reported while distributing truth-clarification materials in Yanggong Village, Binchuan County. She was arrested by the police from the Jinniu Police Station, Binchuan County, and sent to a detention center in Binchuan County, where she has been detained for over two and a half months.

In the detention center, Ms. Zhao remained steadfast in her belief in Dafa. She kept doing the exercises and clarified the truth to the guards, but the guards slapped her in the face for doing so. The detention center made her family member pay 5,000 yuan for her release, and tried to force her to put her fingerprints on a falsified guarantee statement. However, she steadfastly refused to cooperate. She was detained for three months and then sentenced to a forced labor camp.

Ms. Yao Zhifen, 73, is from Niujingsan Village, Binchuan County, Dali City, Yunnan Province. On May 28, 2007, when she was clarifying the truth in Yanggong Village, Binchuan County, she was reported to the police by villagers who did not know the truth about Falun Dafa. The police broke into her home and confiscated three cassette recorders, one MP3 player, and all of her truth-clarification materials. Ms. Yao was arrested and sent to the Binchuan County Detention Center by several police officers from the Jinniu Police Station of Binchuan County. On July 4, 2007, she was released after the police fined her 5,000 yuan.

Ms. Shan Yongxian, in her forties, is a resident of Pingchuan Street, Binchuan County, Dali City, Yunnan Province. On May 30, 2007, several police officers illegally broke into her home and took a cassette recorder and some truth-clarification materials. Three police officers then forced her into a police car, at which time she shouted "Falun Dafa is great!" and "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance are great!" The police tried to stop her shouting and slapped her in the face. They then picked up some dirty plastic wrap from the roadside, pried open her mouth, and forcibly stuffed the plastic wrap into her mouth. Her jaw was broken in the process. Ms. Shan was detained for 29 days. On June 27, 2007, she was released after the police fined her 5,000 yuan.

Ms. Zhang Guixin, who is in her forties, is a resident of Pingchuan Street, Binchuan County, Dali City, Yunnan Province. On May 28, 2007, several police officers illegally broke into her home and took two cassette recorders and some truth-clarification materials. She was forced to leave home and live on the streets to avoid further persecution, leaving her two children unattended.

August 18, 2007