Name: Liu Haiqiang (刘海强)
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Address: Dongzhangkou Village, Tianjiazhuang Town, Xinji City
Occupation: Farm worker
Date of Most Recent Arrest: June 29, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Xinji City Detention Center (辛集市看守所)
City: Xinji
Province: Hebei
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, illegal sentencing, beatings, home ransacked, detention
(Clearwisdom.net) At 4:00 a.m. on June 29, 2011, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Liu Haiqiang was arrested at home by Xinji Domestic Security Team Chief Wei Chaohui, Deputy Chief Li Xiaofeng, and officers from the Tianjiazhuang Town Police Station. Mr. Liu was detained at the Xinji Detention Center. Xinji City Procuratorate approved his arrest on July 11, 2011, and submitted the case to the Xinji City Court on September 28, 2011.
The Xinji City Court secretly tried Mr. Liu twice without notifying his family. Mr. Liu pleaded not guilty in court. He said, “Freedom of belief is every citizen's right. I practice Falun Gong and follow the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance to be a good person. I'm not guilty. I produce informational materials about Falun Gong for those who don't have Internet access, to let them know the truth about Falun Gong. I don't need to tell you how many leaflets I made or who I gave them to. If I tell you, you will go persecute them. Falun Dafa is the orthodox Fa. What I have done is legal and legitimate. I hope you don't listen to the lies and violate the law as you carry out the law. Please be kind to Dafa and Falun Gong practitioners.”
On December 15, 2011, Mr. Liu was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by the Xinji City Court. That same day, he wrote a letter of appeal after receiving the sentencing document in the detention center.
Mr. Liu, 49, began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. He is regarded as a very good person by other villagers. However, he has been repeatedly arrested and detained just because he practiced Falun Gong.
On December 17, 1999, Mr. Liu took a train to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong and was intercepted at the Langfang Train Station. He was taken back and detained for 15 days by the Xinji Police Department.
On February 26, 2000, Mr. Liu held an experience sharing conference at his home and was arrested by officers from the Tianjiazhuang Police Station and the Xinji Domestic Security Team. Mr. Liu's home was ransacked. He was first detained at the detention center, then at the Xinji Party School, for a total of 60 days.
In 2001, Mr. Liu was taken to the Xinji Brainwashing Center. He exposed the lies and evil theories of the collaborators. A few days later, he escaped by climbing over the gate of the brainwashing center.
On January 30, 2002, Mr. Liu was arrested by officers from the Jinzhou City 610 Office while distributing truth-clarification materials. He was detained in the Jinzhou Detention Center and severely beaten. He lost consciousness several times and his front teeth were broken out. He was later sentenced to two years of forced labor by the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Committee and incarcerated at Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp.
On January 16, 2006, Mr. Liu was arrested at home by officers from the Tianjiazhuang Police Station and the Xinji Domestic Security Team. He was detained for 15 days.
On March 25, 2011, a group of officers from the Tianjiazhuang Police Station and the Xinji Domestic Security Team broke into Mr. Liu's home and ransacked it without showing any identification. The officers confiscated a laptop computer, a CD burner, a printer, a TV, and a dish receiver. Mr. Liu was working in the fields at the time, and the officers tried to take Mrs. Liu away. The family tried very hard to stop them and Mrs. Liu managed to escape.