(Clearwisdom.net) At 8:15 a.m. on February 16, 2006, Falun Dafa practitioners Ou Suhong and Ruan Guihuan from Yunfu City, Guangdong Province were tried in illegal court proceedings. Public prosecutor Xie Yueke listed so-called charges and evidence and requested the judge to levy heavy sentences.

Ou Suhong and Ruan Guihuan defended their innocence, as did their lawyers. A lawyer from the Gangyi Attorneys' Office in Yunfu City defended Ruan Guihuan and stated that the evidence is insufficient and the amount of [Falun Dafa truth clarification] materials [Ruan Guihuan had with her] was not enough to incriminate her. The lawyer asked the public prosecutor to present the evidence. The public prosecutor merely had a book of photos.

The trial lasted from 8:15 a.m. until past 10:00 a.m. The unlawful verdict was not handed down until one week later. Ruan Guihuan's family asked the head of the district court that they be permitted to defend her in court but the head court officials denied their right, citing "disruptive argument" and lack of time.

610 Office agents arrested Ruan Guihuan in the street on September 29, 2005. Her home was ransacked and her computer, printer and some truth clarification materials were confiscated.

Ou Suhong was arrested in October 2005 when distributing truth clarification materials.

Since the trial began, more than 300 police officers, plainclothes police, National Security Bureau agents dressed in civilian clothes in about 40 police cars from Yunfu City filled the area surrounding of the court. National Security Bureau agents walked back and forth, and plainclothes police officers on motorcycles talking on walkie-talkies zoomed in and out of the crowd. There were also some people holding video cameras and appeared as if they were taping. The persecutors showed unprecedented alarm. People said, "They've already arrested the practitioners and yet they sent so many officers, as if enforcing martial law. Are they afraid the practitioners might escape?"

Other than the practitioners' families who were permitted to audit the trial, no others were allowed in the courtroom, which was heavily guarded by "610 Office" agents. Women police officers videotaped the trial. The practitioners' families had to register their ID cards upon entering the courtroom, and even had to repeatedly ask officials for permission to sit in on the trial. Other Falun Gong practitioners were denied entry. Practitioner Chen Shuishi took her ID card and tried to get an audit permit. Zhang Weiqiang from the "610 Office" ordered people to shove her out. Several people put her in a vehicle and took her to the Yuncheng Police Department. They interrogated Chen Shuishi and demanded to know who told her to audit the trial. She was not released until the trial had concluded. '

In September 2004, Chen Shuishi's husband Lai Jiawen audited the trial of five Falun Gong practitioners including the one of Xu Shuhua. After the trial they sent him directly to Sanshui brainwashing center where he was held for more than six months. He contracted hepatitis there. His condition improved after he returned home in April 2005. He was arrested again on September 29, 2005 and was sentenced to two years of forced labor. He suffered a relapse of hepatitis, which is causing pain in his liver and stomach. The Sanshui Labor Camp officials are ignoring his illness.

Another Falun Gong practitioner also tried to audit the trial but was pushed outside.

Posting date: 3/1/2006
Original article date: 2/28/2006
Category: Eyewitness Accounts
Translated on 2/22/2006
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/2/18/121112.html

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