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Cases of Persecution Against Falun Gong Practitioners in Daqing City's Xinhua Electric Power Plant, Heilongjiang Province Written by a Falun Dafa practitioner in Daqing City
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Deng Jianmei is 36 years old. She started
practicing Falun Dafa in 1995. In October 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal
for Falun Gong but was illegally arrested and detained at Daqing City's Datong
Detention Center for a month. After her release, the lawless officials at her
workplace dismissed her from her job. In May 2001, the Plant Party Secretary,
Liu Wenhua, had a private talk with her. The specific subject of the talk was
unknown, but Ms. Deng was forced to leave home the next day in order to avoid
further persecution. In 2003, she was illegally arrested at a Dafa materials
production site in Longnan, Daqing City, and was sentenced to seven years in
prison. Ms. Deng Jianmei is now imprisoned at the Heilongjiang Province's Woman
Prison. Mr. Wang Hongde is 54 years old. He started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. In
March 2000, he was illegally arrested at his home by policeman Liu Dianzheng for
no reason, and was illegally detained for 15 days. In February 2001, near the
time of the Chinese Spring Festival, Liu Dianzheng phoned him and asked him if
he was planning any trips. Mr. Wang said he was going to Beijing to pick up his
son and take him home. Liu Dianzheng then illegally arrested him again because
of his answer (he thought Mr. Wang Dehong was going to Beijing to appeal for
Falun Gong.) Later, Mr. Wang Dehong had to leave home and become homeless to
avoid further persecution. On April 26, 2002, because he had written letters on
behalf of Falun Gong to the Hebei Provincial Party Committee Secretary, the
Military Region Commander and the Mayor of Tianjin City, he was again illegally
arrested by the police from Yutian County, Hebei Province and was sentenced to
five years in prison. When Mr. Wang Hongde was in Hebei Province, he invested in a business of
planting seedlings, and had signed a contract. But the Yutian County Police
Department denied his family members the right to live there and manage the
business, even though they had a signed contract, simply because they had a
family member practicing Falun Gong. As a result, the family lost over a hundred
thousand Yuan (1). Mr. Wang Hongde signed a contract with a health food company in Beijing to
recycle potted plants, and rented a greenhouse in Hebei Province to plant
cactus. But because he practices Falun Gong, the company wouldn't fulfill the
contract, and refused to accept the recycled goods. After he was forced to
transfer the business to another person's name, the company still refused to
accept the goods. His losses totaled over 20,000 Yuan. When Mr. Wang and his wife were illegally arrested, the police from the
Yutian Police Department confiscated all of their personal savings, totaling
over 11,000 Yuan, found in his home [due to the unstable banking system in
China it is quite common for families to keep their personal savings at home].
When he refused to sign the paper handing over the money, Mr. Wang was beaten up
by the police. Ms. Guo Yuling was 47 years old. She was a retired worker from Daqing City's
Xinhua Electric Power Plant. She used to have high blood pressure, heart
disease, diabetes and many other illnesses. Since she started practicing Falun
Gong in 1998, she became very healthy and never received any medical treatment
or took any medicine. She was illegally arrested on May 26, 2002, and was
illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor. Because she showed symptoms of
high blood pressure at that time, the Harbin City Drug Control Center refused to
accept her. Ms. Guo sent forth righteous thoughts and broke out of the evil den
and returned home safely. However, Ms. Guo faced a new round of persecution at home. The plant
announced "File 58," demanding that all those who practice or have
practiced Falun Gong must write a so-called "Three Statements," which
are Guarantee Statements to promise not to practice Falun Gong anymore.
Employees were supposed to write the statements before they were allowed to go
back to work. Those who refused would not only be dismissed from their jobs, but
their relatives would be dismissed too and have to stay home to "help"
them. The plant authorities withheld Ms. Guo's retirement pension completely.
Her child had to quit school because of illness. Her husband was forced to quit
his job because she wouldn't write the "statements." Her husband was
very angry with her, and strictly monitored her at home and did not let her
study the Falun Dafa teachings or practice the exercises. He also beat her and
threatened her if he found her studying or practicing the exercises. In July
2002, Ms. Guo was hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage and died on May 4,
2004. Mr. Zhou Guangchun is 49 years old. He started practicing Falun Dafa in April
1996. On July 20, 1999, he was illegally arrested by the police, and was
illegally detained for one day. On March 8, 2000, he was illegally arrested
again and was illegally detained for 38 days. On October 1, 2002, Mr. Zhou was
illegally detained for the third time in 15 days. He was dismissed from his job.
On April 12, 2002, Zhou Guangchun was illegally arrested for the fourth time.
After his release, he had to leave home and become homeless to avoid further
persecution. He was illegally arrested for the fifth time on April 26 in Yutian,
Hebei Province, and was unlawfully sentenced to two years of forced labor. Mr. Meng Zhaohua is 70 years old. He started practicing Falun gong in 1995.
The plant issued "File 58" to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. He
did not cooperate with the evil persecution and refused to write the so-called
"Three Statements," and refused to give up practicing Falun Dafa. His
relatives blamed him and attacked him. His only daughter-in-law was laid off of
work, and three months of her salary was withheld by her workplace. The director
of the plant had private talks with Mr. Meng Zhaohua, and threatened to send him
to a brainwashing center. Ms. Su Changxia's son was denied entrance into the military and lost the
opportunity of landing a permanent job because Ms. Su practices Falun Gong. She
was transferred from her previous position as an accountant and forced to work
in the company as a cleaning woman. Her daily job was cleaning the bathrooms and
draining the sewer. Later on she was transferred to the cafeteria to cook for
her former co-workers. Ms. Li Shuhua's son-in-law was not allowed to join the Party or be promoted
in his job because Ms. Li practices Falun Gong. Note (1) Yuan is the Chinese currency; 500 Yuan is equal to the average monthly
income for an urban worker in China. June 19, 2004 Posting date: 7/11/2004 |