An Army Major Is Detained Again after Ten Years of Unjust Imprisonment

 

Name: Wang Youjiang (王有江)
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Address: Lanzhou City, Gansu Province
Occupation: Former Major of Lanzhou Military Region's Communication Division
Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 30, 2012
Most Recent Place of Detention: Lanzhou City Second Detention Center (兰州第二看守所)
City: Lanzhou
Province: Gansu
Persecution Suffered: Sleep deprivation, forced labor, brainwashing, illegal sentencing, beatings, imprisonment, solitary confinement, torture, interrogation, detention, denial of restroom use (Minghui.org) Practitioner Mr. Wang Youjiang, former major of the Lanzhou Military Region's Communication Division, was illegally imprisoned for ten years. Within two years of his release and return to his hometown, he was harassed and threatened by the authorities from Yongdeng County Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Political and Legal Committee and the 610 Office. He was arrested again on July 30, 2012. On August 16, his family received notification that he had been taken to Lanzhou City Second Detention Center, and he was charged by the Lanzhou City's Chengguan Procuratorate with the crime of “using a cult organization to undermine law enforcement.” Since the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20, 1999, Mr. Wang has been arrested and detained multiple times. He had been detained in Xiguoyuan Detention Center in Lanzhou, in Xigusiergou Detention Center in Lanzhou, and in Lanzhou City Dashaping Prison before he was sentenced to a 10-year prison term on January 10, 2001. He was tortured, and was released on January 9, 2012.   Mr. Wang's hometown is Yongdeng County, Gansu Province. He was assigned to work at the central communication terminal of Lanzhou Military Region after obtaining his bachelor's degree from Zhangjiakou Communication College. Later he was transferred to the 27^th Division of the Lanzhou Military Region. His excellent skills, diligence, and dependability earned him praise from his peers and superiors alike. He benefited a great deal after he started practicing Falun Gong in 1998.   When the CCP started the persecution and slandered Falun Gong, Mr. Wang went to Beijing on January 3, 2000, to speak out for Falun Gong. He was detained secretly for over two months by his military unit on the charge of violating political discipline. During his detention, the special case team attempted to coerce him to renounce Falun Gong. In late December 2000, he went to Beijing again and was intercepted at the Zhongwei Railroad Station in Ningxia and detained in the railroad waiting room for a day. Then he was transferred to the Taoshuping Detention Center in Lanzhou City, where he was detained for a week.   Mr. Wang's direct supervisor was subjected to tremendous pressure from higher level officers regarding Mr. Wang's practice of Falun Gong. Knowing the situation, Mr. Wang requested to transfer out of his current workplace. Before he could finish the necessary paperwork, he was once again arrested on January 6, 2001, by Lanzhou City Police Department's First Division.   On January 10, 2001, he was detained in Cell 4, Team 4, Xiguoyuan Detention Center in Lanzhou City. On July 3, 2001, the CCP-controlled Chengguan District Court sentenced him to a ten-year prison term at a secret trial. During his prison term, he was beaten by the guards and forced to do long hours of slave labor. He was deprived of sleep and locked up in solitary cell. In July when he was transferred to Xigusiergou Detention Center in Lanzhou City, he was unable to stand without help. In October he was taken to the Dashaping Labor Camp Hospital for emergency treatment. Because of the inhuman treatment and his hunger strike in protest of the mistreatment, he was extremely weak and his health deteriorated. He was once taken to the Lanzhou City Prison Hospital. Once his health improved a little, he was returned to the prison.   In May 2004, Mr. Wang suffered severe spinal deformation as a result of the torture. He was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis. The blood circulation in his lower limbs was impeded. He suffered cervical stiffness. He could not move his head easily and lacked strength. He also experienced severe pain. Previously healthy and vigorous, Mr. Wang was on the verge of death. In August 2008, the prison authorities used the Olympic Games as an excuse to further persecute detained practitioners. Mr. Wang was twice locked up in solitary confinement, one time as long as 15 days. His family was once not allowed to visit for half a year. On January 9, 2011, after suffering all kinds of inhuman treatment, Mr. Wang completed his prison term and returned home. Ten years of imprisonment had transformed him into a person who could not take care of himself.  Through practicing Falun Gong, Mr. Wang's health improved. However, the authorities never stopped harassing and persecuting him. The Yongdeng County Political and Legal Committee, the local 610 Office, the local police, and the neighborhood committee kept harassing and threatening him at home and made it impossible for him and his family to have a normal life. His family members, especially his 75-year-old parents, suffered constant harassment and mental tension. On April 26, 2012, several officials from Lanzhou City Political and Legal Committee, the 610 Office, and Lanzhou City Prison broke into Mr. Wang's home. On July 30, 2012, he was arrested in Lanzhou City and is currently detained at Lanzhou City's 2^nd Detention Center.  Personnel involved in persecuting Mr. Wang in Yongdeng County (area code: +86-931) Wei Xuchang, secretary of the county CCP committee: +86-931-6423199, +86-13609313007
Yang Ping, county head and deputy secretary of the county CCP committee: +86-931-6432189
Zhang Yanxiang, Propaganda Division Head of the county CCP committee: +86-931-6428255, +86-

13893218469
Wang Yubao, secretary of the county committee of politics and law enforcement, police chief: +86-931-6416782, +86-13919034888
He Jianjun, head of the Armed Forced Division: +86-931-6422545, +86-13819490688
Liu Xueqiang, head of the Organization Division: +86-931-6423066, +86-13919081119
Ma Liren, county CCP office director: +86-931-6423570, +86-13699375777
Zhang Fucang, deputy county head: +86-931-6423810, +86-13893307288
Zhao Chengshun, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission: +86-931-6423762, +86-13893122272

Lanzhou City's Chengguan District Court
Lai Xingping, chief presiding judge
Liu Baosen, judge
Court office: +86-931-2150162
Case registration office: +86-931-2150212
Criminal court: +86-931-2150184
Gansu Province High Court Office: +86-931- 853 2114

Liang Mingyuan, chief justice
Nan Mingfa, deputy chief justice and deputy secretary of the court CCP committee
 Lanzhou City's Chengguan District Procuratorate  Office: +86-931-8465078
Zhao Yinsheng, chief prosecutor
 Lanzhou City Prison
Yang Wancheng, warden: +86-931-8369536 (office), +86-931-8366398 (home)
Shi Tianyou, deputy warden: +86-931-8373540 (office)
Liu Yuanzhen: +86-931-8369475 (office)
Luo Weixin: +86-931-8367615(office)
Yang Xinghua: +86-931-8367612(office)

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Category:Accounts of Persecution

1. Police Officer Zhou Zhong Continues to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners in Zhucheng City

                     

(Mingui.org) Zhou Zhong and a police officer surnamed Jiao recently led several officers from the Chenggezhuang Police Station in Zhucheng City to go door to door to local Falun Gong practitioners' homes to interrogate and harass them. They arrested Ms. Zheng Xizhen and confiscated her Falun Gong books, a printer and other personal belongings.

 

  Ms. Zheng was detained in the Chenggezhuang Police Station for two days before she was transferred to the Zhucheng City Domestic Security Division. She was handcuffed and held in an office. The police informed her family to come to visit her and bring 10,000 yuan in ransom money. On the fifth night, Ms. Zheng escaped from the Domestic Security Division. Zhou Zhong and others are searching for her.  

Background


Since 2003, Zhou Zhong and officers from the Domestic Security Division have gone to local Falun Gong practitioners' homes or workplaces to arrest them and confiscate their personal belongings. They detained the practitioners and then extorted money from their families before releasing them. If the practitioners couldn't afford the ransom money, they were sentenced to prison or forced labor. On December 31, 2006, when Zhou Zhong and others were driving to Jinan, their car crashed. Zhou   Zhong's vertebrae and arms were injured, but the driver and others were unscathed. After Zhou


Zhong recovered from his injuries, he was transferred to the Chenggezhuang Town Police Station. He continued persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. He often broke into local practitioners' homes and ransacked them. Many practitioners were held in the Zhucheng Detention Center for more than a month, and each of them had between 8,000 to 10,000 yuan extorted from them. On the afternoon of April 28, 2008, Zhou Zhong, who was drunk at the time, drove out of the Chenggezhuang Police Station along with four other police officers. When they arrived at a village, their car collided with a large truck, and rolled underneath it. Four people were seriously injured and the car was demolished.


  After experiencing two serious car accidents, Zhou Zhong still did not wake up and pay attention to the warnings. He continued persecuting Falun Gong, arresting practitioners and extorting their money. Local people became indignant and condemned the criminal deeds committed by CCP agents.

Zhou Zhong: +86-536-6461110, +86-13964608959

Two Sisters in Gansu Province Repeatedly Imprisoned and Tortured

               

 

(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Chen Shuxian and her sister Ms. Chen Jie were arrested in Lanzhou City on June 30, 2012, and sent to the Lanzhou First Detention Center. Local public security organizations have again attempted to have them sentenced to prison.   Before this current arrest, Ms. Chen Shuxian and Ms. Chen Jie had both previously been sentenced by a Communist court and tortured while they were in prison. The following is a recount of their persecution.  


Ms. Chen Shuxian (the older sister) Imprisoned for 3-1/2 years.  Since the Chinese Communist


Party (under Jiang Zemin) started persecuting Falun Gong in July 1999, Ms Chen Shuxian, 47, has been repeatedly arrested, and her money extorted by local enforcement authorities. On July 20, 1999, Ms. Chen went to appeal for Falun Gong and was fined by the Huining County Public Security Bureau.   In 2001, Ms. Chen Shuxian was arrested by Cao Guangxin, police officer from the Huining County National Security Bureau, and Zhou Guobi, police officer from the Chengguan Police Station. She was taken to the Chengguan Police Station where she was brutally tortured for two days and nights by Wang Yancai, captain of the National Security Brigade, Cao Guangxin and Wu


Xiaoxia, police officers from the Chengguan Police Station, and other police officers. Cao grabbed her by the neck and smashed her head against the wall and then kicked her repeatedly. As a result, she fell down to the ground and fainted. She was sentenced to 18 months in jail by the local public security bureau before escaping to Yinchuan City where she lived a homeless life to avoid arrest.


  Ms. Chen Shuxian was again arrested by police officers from the Branch Station of the Public Security Bureau of Yinchuan City on August 18, 2002, for displaying truth-clarification banners, and detained in Yinchuan Detention Center. After being arraigned, she was brutally tortured by police in the detention center to the point that she was unable to walk. Even then, she was forced to perform hard-labor, and given little food if she didn't finish her quota. She was arrested by the procurator of
Yinchuan City on November 18.   When Ms. Chen was in custody, her husband, unable to deal with the coercion by communist personnel, divorced her. Huining Court personnel Tuo Yuying (female) and Gou Xuesi were responsible for processing the divorce. They did not rule the case with justice, and Ms. Chen was not given any property in the divorce. Tuo later died of cancer, and before her death she told friends and family that she regretted participating in the persecution of Falun Gong, and said that she had received karmic retribution for her bad deeds.   The Yinchuan Court later conspired with the Yinchuan 610 Office and the Huining 610 Office to sentence Ms. Chen to 3-1/2 years in jail. She was detained in the Yinchuan Women's Prison. While in jail, Ms. Chen was forced to perform hard-labor, resulting in eye disease, tear-duct blockage, hair follicle inflammation, and facial shrinking. She was forced to sew clothes even after her health deteriorated. During her three-year detention, the police officers didn't allow her family to visit her. (For more details pertaining her persecution, please refer to the article,

"The Persecution of Gansu Province Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Chen Shuxian," published on the Minghui website on September 1, 2011.  (http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/9/1/甘肃省法轮功学员陈淑娴遭迫害经历-246105.html ) (Chinese)  On February 18, 2006, Ms. Chen Shuxian's imprisonment term was over, but she was not released and instead was forcibly transferred to the Lanzhou Gongjiawan Brainwashing Center by Huining 610 Office agent Kang Yingxiang and Yun Pingqiang, captain of the Huining Public Security Bureau, for continued persecution.   Ms. Chen Shuxian returned home in the Fall of 2006. She was emaciated by then and lived with her mother who is in her eighties. However, the Chinese communist personnel didn't stop persecuting her. In October 2007, her house was ransacked and all her Falun Gong-related books and materials were confiscated. In recent years, she continues to work, to make a living.  Ms. Chen Shuxian's Younger


Sister Ms. Chen Jie Imprisoned for Three Years 

In November 2002, Ms. Chen Jie, 42, had taken clothes to her sister Ms. Chen Shuxian in the Yinchuan Detention Center. On her way home, she was followed by police. On November 16, she was arrested and her house was ransacked by the police. Three cases of truth-clarification materials, CDs, color printing stickers, and a bank book that had about 48,000 yuan in savings was taken. The police brutally hit her with a rubber-headed electric baton. They shouted, “Killing you is like trampling an ant.”  

Ms. Chen was taken to the Yinchuan Public Security Bureau where she was arraigned by political commissioner Zhang Yong. Zhang first attempted to deceive her by pretending to be kind, but he didn't succeed. He proceeded to lure her by offering her a house, a good job, and money if she would tell him the source of the truth-clarification materials. After all of his attempts failed, he ordered other police to torture her. She was hung up by her handcuffs and hit with a steel whip. Police officer Yu


Guangling tortured her for three days and nights and didn't allow her to eat or drink. He said, “If you don't tell me the source of the materials, you will be hung forever.” Ten police officers took turns torturing her. Police officer Xing Chunhua punched, kicked, and cursed at her. Police officer Zhang Anzhong said, “You, sister, are like a diamond. I would like to test how tough you really are!” The Huining County Public Security Bureau held her for 15 days. After this, she was forced to leave home, and move from place to place to avoid the police. Ms. Chen Jie was again arrested by police from the Lanzhou National Security Bureau on December 8, 2003, and detained in the Gansu


National Security Detention Center. On April 7, 2005, she was sentenced to a three-year prison term and detained in the Gansu Women's Prison where she was inhumanely tortured. The prison authorities denied visitation with her family until she was being released.   After Ms. Chen was released, she worked in Huining City and Lanzhou City to maintain a livelihood. Ms. Chen's older brother Mr. Chen Zhongxuan was arrested by the Huining National Security Bureau in September 2011 for clarifying the facts about Falun Gong to people in Zhongchuan County. He later escaped and was forced to become homeless. In order to arrest Mr. Chen, the Huining Political and Legal Affairs Committee, the 610 Office, and the National Security Bureau followed Ms. Chen. At that time, Ms. Chen was working in Lanzhou City. The Huining police conspired with the Lanzhou police and installed a camera on her stairs to monitor the people with whom she had contact.   On the morning of April 9, 2012, under the command of Shi Huaizhong from the Lanzhou Anning Branch


Administrative Security Brigade, a swarm of officers from the Shilidian Police Station broke into the a small department store owned by a family member of the Gansu Provincial Party School and took away all the computers and other items. They arrested Ms. Chen Jie and took her to Shilidian Police Station. She was interrogated and later released. The Huining National Security Bureau, Huining County government personnel, and people from the Danan Village Committee rushed to the Shilidian Police Station to find Mr. Chen Zhongxuan. When they didn't find him, they went looking for Ms. Chen Jie, but she could not be found.  

Ms. Chen Shuxian, Ms. Chen Jie, and Their Brother's Wife Imprisoned  Ms. Chen Shuxian and her sister Ms. Chen Jie were arrested in her apartment in Lanzhou City on June 30, at about 5:00 p.m. Another practitioner, Wang Yujiang from Yongdeng County, was also arrested at that time. Wang Yujiang is now detained in the Lanzhou Kangtai Hospital, and Ms. Chen and her sister were transferred to the Lanzhou First Detention Center.   Additionally, Ms. Chen's older brother Mr. Chen Zhongxuan and his wife Ms. Han Xiufang were arrested by officers from the Zhongchuan Police Station and the Huining Public Security Bureau as they were clarifying the facts about Falun Gong to people in Zhongchuan County. At that time, Mr. Chen escaped and has since been forced to become homeless. On February 28, 2012, the Huining Court tried Ms. Han Xiufang and other practitioners. A lawyer from Beijing was hired to defend her. In the face of facts, the judge had nothing to say. However, to date, Ms. Han has not been released and is still detained in the Lanzhou First Detention Center.


The Lanzhou First Detention Center is known as a notorious evil den that has detained and persecuted numerous Falun Gong practitioners. From 2001 to 2003, three practitioners, including Liu Lanxiang, Zhang Fengyun, and Wan Guifu, were persecuted to death, and many others were persecuted to the extent that they became disabled.   Ms. Chen's sister-in-law Ms. Han Xiufang is detained in the Baiyin Detention Center. Currently, only Ms. Chen's 90-year-old mother is home. She is alone, with no one to take care of her. Related personnel's information:

 Li Yonggang, captain, National Security Brigade: +86-13639361807 (Cell)
Li Jihui, Huining County Politics and Law Bureau (secretary and captain of the Public Security Bureau): +86-1363936100 (Cell), +86-13639304033 (Cell), +86-943-3220110, +86-943-3221465 (Office)
Kang Yingxiang, director of the 610 Office: +86-13639361376 (Cell), +86-943-3221465 (Office)
Please refer to the original Chinese text for more names and telephone numbers.

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Ms. Hao Jianling Transferred to Langfang Brainwashing Center Upon Completing Forced Labor Term

August 16, 2012 | By a Minghui correspondent from Hebei Province, China

(Minghui.org) Directed by the 610 Office and the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, police in China recently transferred many Falun Gong practitioners who were about to finish their forced labor or prison terms to brainwashing centers for further persecution. Ms. Hao Jianling from Qinhuangdao City is one of these practitioners.

Upon completion of her forced labor term, she was not released but immediately transferred to the Langfang Brainwashing Center from the Hebei Province Women’s Forced Labor Camp. Officials from the Qinhuangdao Development Zone Political and Legal Affairs Committee and the Yibuzhai Village Committee arranged the transfer.

Ms. Hao, 55, is from Yibuzhai Village, Shenhe Township, Funing County, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. She was incarderated and subjected to forced labor in the Hebei Province Women’s Forced Labor Camp for nearly 2 years, and was supposed to be released on July 16, 2012. Her daughter, Ms. Gao Baozhen, got a call from the Qinhuangdao Development Zone Police Department on July 15 to pick her up the next day.

The Hebei Province Women’s Forced Labor Camp is located in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. Ms. Gao arrived at the forced labor camp at 9 a.m. on July 16. One hour prior to her arrival, Wang Suxian, head of the Yibuzhai Village Committee, and three officers from the Qinhuangdao Development Zone Police Department had transferred Ms. Hao to the brainwashing center. Not aware of the transfer, Ms. Gao asked for her mother’s release. However, police officers at the labor camp informed her that they first needed to go back to Qinhuangdao City to finish some paperwork for this case.

They then took Ms. Gao with them to Qinhuangdao City.  When they were passing through Beijing, Party head of the Qinhuangdao Development Zone Political and Legal Affairs Committee, surnamed He, told them that they could not go to Qinhuangdao City because senior officials were holding a conference in the area. Ms. Gao then began to suspect that something was amiss. Afterward, she learned that Ms. Hao had been transferred to the Langfang Brainwashing Center for further persecution.

The Langfang Brainwashing Center is commonly known as the “Langfang City Legal Education Center.” This brainwashing center was specifically set up to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. It is led and operated by the Langfang City 610 Office. Officials from the Langfang 610 Office, including Han Zhiguang, Zhao Lihua, Li Hansong and Chen Bin, have brutally persecuted practitioners through severe torture.

They have also force-fed practitioners and put unknown drugs in their food. Parties involved in the persecution:  Langfang Brainwashing Center: +86-316-2168690, +86-316-2025872
Wang Suxian, head of the Yibuzhai Village Committee: +86-13833528696
Sun Guoli, Party head of the Yibuzhai Village Committee: +86-13780475431

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Seventy-year-old Dafa Practitioner Ms. Fan Guotian Arrested and Brutally

                     

August 12, 2012 | By a Minghui correspondent from Hebei Province, China

 

(Minghui.org) Around 7:00 a.m. on July 24, 2012, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Fan Guotian, in her seventies, from Dakanxia Village, Bailong Town in Mancheng County, Hebei Province, rode her bike to the Baibu village market to distribute materials introducing Falun Gong and exposing the 13-year persecution of the practice. She was stopped by the deputy secretary of the Political and Judicial Committee, Li Jingdong. Two judicial office directors, Ran Kai and Zhao Baofeng, both in their thirties, roughly held Ms. Fan's arms, while Li Jingdong called the police station, ordering them to send a police car over. He kept pushing the station to quickly send an officer.  Two more officers arrived in a police car a few minutes later. While Ms. Fan resisted, the two policemen, with Zhao and Rang, pushed, pulled, and forced her into the police vehicle. They pulled her so roughly that Ms. Fan's right leg was injured. At this writing, her right leg is still in pain and she cannot walk properly.  The location where Ms. Fan was illegally arrested is the main road from from Dakanxia Village to Baibu Village. Many villagers passing by the scene of the arrest witnessed the young and strong “law enforcement officials” arresting an elderly woman. Upon seeing their lawless behavior, the villagers spoke out against the rough behavior of the law enforcement officials. Li Jingdong was afraid of being exposed and shouted, “Go away! Go away! This is none of your business. Quickly walk away!”  After Ms. Fan was arrested, the police also arrested Dafa practitioner Lian Fengzhen, in her sixties, and sent them both to the Bailong Village Police Station.  Ms. Fan and Ms. Lian were detained in separate rooms at the police station. The truth-clarification materials that Ms. Fan carried, including copies of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and Shen Yun DVDs, were taken away. The police also stole over 60 yuan in cash from Ms. Fan. Ms. Fan was forced to sit on an iron chair and was interrogated by a government official in a police uniform. She was asked where her materials came from. Ms. Fan refused to tell them. The government official slapped Ms. Fan five or six times and said fiercely, “You are really stubborn!” Ms. Fan bled from her mouth and her left cheek began to swell.  Ms. Fan asked the name of the police who beat her. This policeman dared not to tell his name. She was beaten brutally and spit blood on the ground. The policeman was afraid of being exposed and held responsible. He quickly got a mop and wiped away the blood. When Ms. Fan asked the other two policemen in the room for the name of the policeman who beat her and where he came from, they responded, “Who beat you? Nobody beat you.” Relevant personnel:

Li Jingdong, CCP Deputy Secretary of the Political and Judicial Committee, Bailong Village, Mancheng County, Hebei Province
Ran Kai, director of the judicial office, Bailong Village, Mancheng County, Hebei Province: +86-15832258860 (Cell)

Zhao Baofeng, government official, Bailong Village, Mancheng County, Hebei Province
Zhao Yunliang, Management Office, Bailong Village, Mancheng County, Hebei Province
Police Station, Bailong Village, Mancheng County: +86-312-7059225

Mr. Li Liang from Tianjin Arrested by 610 Office Again after Being Imprisoned and Persecuted for Eight Years

                    

Name: Yang Guanghui (李良)
Gender: Male
Age: 41 (Born in 1971)
Address: Hedong District, Tianjin
Occupation: Unknown
Date of Most Recent Arrest: June 8, 2012
Most Recent Place of Detention: Beichen Detention Center (北辰看守所)
City: Tianjin
Persecution Suffered: Electric shock, sleep deprivation, forced labor, brainwashing, illegal sentencing, beatings, torture, home ransacked, interrogation, detention

(Minghui.org) On June 8, 2012, a dozen police officers from the Beichen District 610 Office in Tianjin City as well as the Domestic Security Division broke into Mr. Fan Jinzhu's home and arrested Mr. Li Liang, Ms. Liu Yanli, and five other Falun Gong practitioners. All of them were taken to a police department. Mr. Li is still illegally detained at the Beichen Detention Center and his current situation is unknown. Mr. Li Liang, his parents, and two older sisters, Li Hong and Li Ying, started to practice Falun Gong in 1994. He was already an outstanding youth, and, after he began to practice Falun Gong, he treated others even better and many of them benefitted from his selfless assistance.

Li Liang and his second sister Li Ying when they were young On June 8, 2012, around 1 p.m., the police suddenly broke in while Mr. Li Liang and his wife Ms. Liu Yanli were in Mr. Fan Jinzhu's kitchen preparing dumplings. After demanding to know Mr. Li's name, the police made him wait in the living room. Then they took Ms. Liu to the cellar, searched her bag, and confiscated everything in it. The police also confiscated Mr. Li's car, cell phone, wallet, ID, and other personal belongings. Mr. Fan was taken back to the police department as well. Around 4 p.m., the police escorted them home and ransacked their place. On June 9, Mr. Li's older sister learned that he was detained at Beichen Detention Center. In the 13 years since the communist regime began its persecution of Falun Gong, Mr. Li Liang has imprisoned for a total of eight years-Detained for two years in Tianjin Shuangkou Forced Labor Camp in Tianjin On September 28, 1999, at around 9 p.m., Tianjin Hongqiao Police Branch sent officers to Mr. Li Liang's place to bring him to Hongqiao Detention Center. At the time, Mr. Li Liang worked at the Beijing Cultural book store. He was sentenced to forced labor for 18 months in Tianjin Shuangkou Forced Labor Camp. In the labor camp, on the 200-meter-long path from the main entrance to the building, deputy head guard Lang Tao and office staff person He Jun viciously hit Li Liang's face as they walked. The beatings became more and more brutal as they progressed. By the time he went up the building stairs, a walnut-sized bump had risen on the left side of Mr. Li's face. In the afternoon, political head Zhen Runzhong attempted to force Mr. Li to write a repentance statement but he refused. Zhen then hit his face, causing it to bleed. His entire face was covered with blood. There was blood on his shirt and on the ground. Zhen Runzhong ordered a prisoner to wash his injuries with water, then continued to beat him, splashed him with water, and then beat him again. This went on for four rounds until Zhen was exhausted. Once, He Jun made him squat on the ground, stepped on his back, and shocked him with an electric baton. From June to September 2000, the 5th division stepped up its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Every day practitioners were forced to participate in classes where they had to sit without moving and watch speeches defaming Falun Gong, which were played repeatedly. They had to sit this way for nearly 20 hours every day and were only allowed to go to sleep at 4:30 a.m. They had to wake up at 5:30 a.m. Guard Du gave every practitioner a piece of cloth he derisively claimed was the “world's largest piece of rag.” The rag was about 2 cm long and 4 cm wide, slightly larger than one's thumb. Practitioners had to wipe the floors, walls, toilets, and urinals with this tiny rag. They could not use a basin and had to use their lunch boxes to hold water to rinse the rag. Practitioners had to finish cleaning up the restroom areas or else they could not go to bed. Often they had to clean until dawn. In the summer of 2001, because practitioners in the 5th division asked to be allowed to do the exercises, they were forced to sit cross legged on the ground. Their legs were tied with ropes, and someone stood on their legs, pressing hard on them from time to time. They had to lift both hands, palms facing upwards. Then a lighted cigarette was placed on their palms until it was completely burned out. Their hands were burned and festered and the smell of burning flesh permeated the entire room. On September 13, 2001, Mr. Li was charged with “refusing to 'reform,'” and his sentence was extended by another five months on top of an extension of six months which had not expired. He was transferred to Yushan Forced Labor Camp in Jixian, Tianjin. Later, his sentence was extended another month. At the labor camp, more than 150 people were imprisoned in cells meant to hold only 90. As a result, many of them had to sleep on the floor and in the corridors. The facility lacked labor safety measures, consequently, it was common to sustain injuries such as fingers being rolled over by equipment, fingers burned, and so on. Because there was wax and talcum powder everywhere, the wounds quickly became inflamed and infected. Finger joints became gnarled and nails fell off. If quotas were not met, the guards would not let the practitioners sleep and beat them or made them stand for long periods of time. For a dozen days continuously, practitioners were only allowed to sleep less than two or three hours every day. Worse yet, some of them were forced to work non stop without sleep for three to five days. Many of them fell asleep while working. Practitioners were often verbally abused and physically tortured. In the first half of 2000, the guards used a large wooden stick bent into a circle, 150 cm in circumference, 10 cm in diameter, to beat several practitioners, who had to stand bent over at a 90-degree angle, face facing the ground, pants stripped off. They were struck up to a dozen times. The beatings continued the next day. When their pants were taken off, extensive bruising and swelling could be seen. Even those who carried out the beatings could not bear to continue. -Detained for two years at Qingpowa Labor Camp and Jianxin Labor Camp in Tianjin On April 28, 2002, Mr. Li Liang finished his sentence and should have been released. The guards took him to the office in the morning. There were several unidentified people in the room, two of them in police uniforms. The strangers wanted to take him away. He said, “I'm waiting for my family.” They gave all kinds of excuses to take him away. One of them then lied to Mr. Li, saying, “Your family is here, they are waiting downstairs.” However, when he went outside the main entrance, Mr. Li only saw a white car with seven people in it. They shoved him into the car and took him to Jianxin Forced Labor Camp. On June 27, 2002, Mr. Li was taken to Qingpowa Forced Labor Camp and subsequently secretly transferred to Jianxin Forced Labor Camp. He was imprisoned for another two years. -Sentenced to forced labor for two years againIn May 2004, Mr. Li was released. However in less than five months, in October, he was again sent to a forced labor camp for two years. His family hired a lawyer but the lawyer could not find the person who was truly responsible for his case. He contacted Liu Guangtao, who had ransacked Mr. Li's house, but Liu said he was no longer in charge of the case and told the lawyer to seek police officer Liu Shiwei. However Liu Shiwei kept avoiding the lawyer. The lawyer did not know who was in charge of the case until November 3, 2004, when Li Liang's family received a letter informing them of his arrest. -Frequent harassment and short term detentionIn October 2006, Mr. Li Liang returned home. On sensitive dates, the police would monitor him around the clock, even sleeping with him. This affected Li Liang's normal life and work. In September 2007, under the guise of “maintaining stability” during the 17^th National People's Congress, Mr. Li was detained for one month in Beijing. On the eve of the 2008 Bejing Olympics around July 10, the police went to harass Mr. Li again at his workplace, but he happened to be away from work at that time. However, he was forced to leave home to avoid being arrested again. -Imprisoned again for two yearsIn December 2008 in Chongqing, Mr. Li was arrested by the Hedong District Police Department 610 Office. He was sentenced to two years. On December 25, 2010, he was released. -Current arrestedOn June 8, 2012, Mr. Li Liang was detained once again. He is still in custody in Beichen Detention Center. A Family of practitioners brutally persecutedIn 1994, Mr. Li's parents began to practice Falun Gong. Before that, his father couldn't walk without help. Soon afterwards, he could take on the responsibility of looking after and teaching his grandson. His mother was in her 60s. After she started practicing Falun Gong, she could walk swiftly and ride a bicycle like a young person.

Mr. Li Liang's Parents Mr. Li has two older sisters, Li Hong and Li Ying. Everyone in his family began to practice Falun Gong.

Li Liang's eldest sister Li Hong (left) and second sister Li Ying (right) After the communist regime started its persecution of Falun Gong 13 years ago, this family of five has suffered inhumane persecution. Please read the full story: “A Family Tragedy (Photos)” http://en.minghui.org/emh/articles/2004/10/11/53351.html#.UAL1lfXuhac Related article: “Calling on People from All Walks of Life to Stage an Urgent Rescue Effort for Falun Dafa Practitioner Li Liang in Tianjin City” http://en.minghui.org/emh/articles/2003/1/12/30803.html#.UALwAPXuhac

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