(Minghui.org) The Qianxi County Court in Tangshan City, Hebei Province tried Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Zhao Hongtao, Ms. Du Xuejun and Ms. Zhang Ruiying in two hearings at 9:00 am and 10:00 am on March 27, 2013. There were no witnesses present. The practitioners were handcuffed and forced to wear yellow vests that are for detention center inmates.
The court entrance was cordoned off at 8:00 am. Agents and police vehicles from the Qianxi County Domestic Security Division was patrolling around the court.
Failing to Arrest the Wife of Mr. Zhao Hongtao, Officers Tried Him by Fabricating Charges
The trial for Mr. Zhao Hongtao lasted only about 20 minutes with no witnesses or any evidence presented. Only the public prosecutor and the judge spoke in court.
Mr. Zhao Hongtao, a technician from the Jinxi Iron & Steel Group in Qianxi County, was arrested on December 8, 2012 at around 8:00 pm. That day, as he and his wife Wang Zhixin were withdrawing money from an ATM, two people suddenly attacked them. The attackers pulled Ms. Wang's arm and yelled, “Come with us!” The couple was scared and struggled to get free. Ms. Wang managed to run away, but Mr. Zhao was taken into custody and his bank card was confiscated. His wife stayed away from her home for fear of also being illegally detained. His family learned that one of the attackers was Xu Zhigang from the Qianxi County Domestic Security Division, so they went to the police department to demand Mr. Zhao’s release. However, Xu Zhigang said to them, “When you bring his wife here, we will release him. You are going to have a miserable New Year's holiday!”
The Qianxi County Domestic Security and Procuratorate charged Mr. Zhao Hongtao with “Disturbing the performance of public duties” on December 21, 2012 attempting to sentence him. When his family members went to the Procuratorate, Fu Lianguo, the individual responsible for the case and attorney general Zheng Jinkuan stated, “Find his wife so we can solve this case!”
Ms. Du Xuejun and Ms. Zhang Ruiying Subjected to Trial After Repeated Persecution
After Mr. Zhao’s hearing, the Qianxi County Court expedited another one at 10:00 am in which they tried practitioners Ms. Du Xuejun and Ms. Zhang Ruiying. Both practitioners had been held at the Tangshan City First Detention Center for nearly five months.
Ms. Du Xuejun, in her 50s, is a teacher at the No. 1 Middle School in Qianxi County. She began practicing Falun Gong around 1997. Not long after, many of her long term diseases disappeared. She followed the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and diligently taught her students. No matter how chaotic the students were, after she took charge, the students soon turned around and became well behaved. She gave great care for her students and was responsible to them.
After the Communist Party started to persecute Falun Gong in 1999, Ms. Du received warnings from the education department and the school. The county 610 Office officials threatened her, and the domestic security division arrested and detained her. In the fall of 2000, she was sent to the county detention center for 10 days. On October 20, 2004, her house was searched again. On November 16, Long Lihua, the head of the Qianxi County 610 Office, sent Ms. Du and four other practitioners to the “Tangshan Legal System School of Education,” where she endured brainwashing for two months. Forced to watch videos that slandered Falun Gong, she was confused after her release. Another practitioner, Ms. Guo Huiqing, also a teacher at the Hanzhuan Middle School of Qianxi County was taken to the “Tangshan Legal System School of Education” at about the same time as Ms. Du. After being subjected to torture and brainwashing, Ms. Guo developed a mental disorder and now incapable of teaching.
Ms. Zhang Ruiying is in her 60s. After reading Zhuan Falun, she recovered from illnesses that plagued her for more than 20 years. Witnessing the wonderfulness of Dafa, many of her friends also began to practice Falun Gong.
After the communist regime began the persecution of Falun Gong, she was repeatedly persecuted for telling people the facts about Falun Gong. The authorities once took practitioners detained at the detention centers and brainwashing centers to the downtown square with other inmates for a so-called “Public Trial” on December 26, 2000. It was unbearably cold that day and each practitioner was tied up, handcuffed and monitored by two police officers, one of whom held a hempen rope to prevent them from clarifying the truth. After the practitioners were carried out, Ms. Zhang shouted “Falun Dafa is good!” to the surrounding public. The officer standing behind her immediately seized her hair and pushed her head forward at the same time tightening the rope pulling it backward which caused her mouth to bleed. Ms. Zhang’s son was at the square witnessing the entire incident. He cried and shouted, “Let go of my mom!” Despite his heartbroken cries, the officer continued his brutal deed. Ms. Zhang was later sentenced to two years of forced labor.
The repeated arrest and harassment caused severe physical and mental damage to her husband and her son. Now her husband suffers headaches and vomiting whenever he hears that someone is looking for his wife. Her son became petrified of sirens and his heart would beat violently every time he heard them.
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http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2013/3/19/138560.html
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http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2012/11/27/136453.html
Perpetrators responsible for the persecution:
Li Chaoying, deputy secretary of the Qianxi County Political and Judiciary Committee: +86-13831527098, +86-315-5615885 (Office), +86-315-5991168 (Home)
Guo Zhiqiang, head of the Qianxi County Police Department: +86-315-5685669 (Office), +86-13832989498
Li Shaofeng, head of the Qianxi County Domestic Security Division: +86-315-5623455 (Home), +86-13832988248
Xu Zhigang, officer of the Domestic Security Division: +86-13832988349, +86-315-5669029 (Home)
Zheng Jinkuang, attorney general: +86-18932513777, +86-13832810073, +86-315-5973677 (Home)
Dong Xiaoyu, head of the Qianxi County Court: +86-315-5629077, +86-18031505050
(For more perpetrators' contact information, please refer to the original article on Chinese Minghui)
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