Ukraine: Zaporizhia City Government Website Covers the Story of Organ Harvesting in China (Photos)

(Minghui.org) On October 5, Falun Gong practitioners from the Ukraine attended the City Day event held in Zaporizhia, and exposed the Chinese Communist Party’s organ harvesting to the public. Practitioners also collected signatures against the persecution of Falun Gong. The city government website covered the story.

Demonstrating the exercises

The city government website published videos of practitioners collecting signatures, as well as an article explaining why they collected signatures. The article reviewed some facts of the organ harvesting in China, and pointed out that many organ transplants are from political prisoners and Falun Gong practitioners. At the end of the report, the author referenced the local Falun Gong practitioners’ resolve in continuing to protest in the cold weather.

Many people watched the exercises demonstration and signed on the petition. The brutality of the persecution and organ harvesting shocked many people. They asked how they could help and expressed their support for Falun Gong.

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Partial List of Falun Gong Practitioners Recently Sentenced

(Minghui.org) The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime claimed that it would pull the plug on Chinese labor camps, but the persecution of Falun Gong has gotten worse and prison sentences are taking on new heights.

The following is a partial list of Falun Gong practitioners sentenced to prison during September 10 – 20, 2013.

Mr. Song Yusheng, a farmer of Donglu Village, Tianheng Town, Jimo City, Shandong Province, was arrested on August 11, 2013. A few days later, he was sentenced to a three and a half year prison term by the Jimo City Court. He was taken to the Jinan City Prison on August 28, 2013. It only took 17 days for the entire process.

Six practitioners were tried at the Jiyuan City Court on August 13, 2013. Ms. Hu Rongying was sentenced to a four year prison term, Ms. Li Yuping four years, Ms. Qin Xiaomin three years, Ms. Wang Rui three years with a four year suspension, Mr. Liu Fazhi four years, and Mr. Li Zong three years with a three and a half year suspension.

Practitioners Ms. Rong Aimei, Ms. Yan Qinghua and Ms. Liu Jinming from Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province were sentenced to two or three year prison terms. The local Justice Office demanded 20,000 yuan from each of them to execute the sentence outside of the prison.

Ms. Cui Yuanqing, Ms. Yin Wenqing, two senior practitioners in their seventies, from Youyan County, Anshan City, Liaoning Province, were arrested on September 20, 2012, when they were posting information about Falun Gong in the rural area of Youyan County. They were tried without legal counsel. The verdict was announced almost one year later, in the beginning of September, 2013, by agents of the Youyan County Court. Ms. Cui was sentenced to a three and a half year prison term and Ms. Yin to three years.

Ms. Gao Qinmei was arrested on October 22, 2012, by officers from the Changning District 610 Office. Without notifying her family, she was sentenced to a four year prison term on May 28, 2013 by the Changning District Court, Shanghai. According to a report on Minghui, dated September 19, 2013, Ms. Gao Qinmei appealed to higher courts and the appeal was denied. She was transferred from the Changning District Detention Center, but her present location is unknown.

Ms. Ge Chunling, from Jinzhou City, was stopped when she was distributing truth-clarifying materials about Falun Gong in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province in November 2012. She was sentenced to a five year prison term around August 2013. She appealed to a higher court and the document arrived in the Taiyuan City Middle Court on September 1, 2013.

Mr. Zhang Xinghe, from Beixiyao Village, Wenkou Town, Tai’an City, Shandong Province, was arrested when he was distributing truth-clarifying calendars on December 28, 2012. He was tried at the Daiyue District Court on May 2, 2013. He was sentenced to a four year prison term in July 2013.

Ms. Jiang Shuli, from Kaifeng City, Henan Province, was arrested at home by officers from the Kaifeng City Domestic Security Division on September 8, 2012. Without notifying her family, she was tried and sentenced to a five year prison term in August 2013. She was transferred to the Xinxiang City Women’s Prison.

Mr. Ye Baofu, his wife Ms. Yang Mingqing and daughter Ms. Ye Mao from Kunming City were arrested on the morning of May 4, 2012. They were tried at the Kunming City Middle Court on January 21, 2013. Mr. Ye Baofu was sentenced to a six year prison term and Ms. Yang Mingqing and her daughter to four years each. The attorney of Mr. Ye received the verdict more than seven months later. All three have appealed to the province high court and asked to be released with a not-guilty verdict. They plan to file a lawsuit against Judge Yang Jie and others.

Ms. Guo Yingjie, from Jilin City, was arrested on July 31, 2012, for making phones calls to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to the mayor. She was tortured during interrogation. According to a report on Minghui.org on September 13, 2013, she was sentenced to a five year prison term and taken to the Heizuizi Women’s Prison. The trial date was not released.

Mr. Wang Jian was arrested on July 6, 2012, in Dalian during a mass arrest. He was sentenced to a seven year prison term by the Shahekou District Court.

Ms. Fei Shuqin and another thirteen practitioners from Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province were arrested on March 29, 2013. These fourteen practitioners were tried during five different trials at the Yilan County Court between July 18, 2013 and August 21, 2013. They were given prison terms ranging from three to thirteen years. Ms. Fei Shuqin was sentenced to thirteen years, Mr. Mo Zhikui and Ms. Zhang Huijuan to twelve years, and Mr. Zuo Zhenqi and Mr. Lu Fengyun to six years. Mr. Sun Wenfu, Mr. Zhang Jinku, Ms. Chen Yan, Ms. Liu Fengcheng, Ms. Meng Fanying and Mr. Duan Shuyan were sentenced to five year terms. Ms. Jiang Lianying, Mr. Xu Feng, and Mr. Li Dapeng were sentenced to three year prison terms.

Ms. Du Qingxiu, an English teacher from Linggang Middle School, was arrested because she sent truth-clarifying messages with her cell phone to agents of the judiciary division. On July 11, 2013, she was tried at the Chaoyang City Middle Court, Liaoning Province on July 11, 2013 and sentenced to a six year prison term.

Ms. Chen Guilan, 61 years old, was tried at the Shuangta Court, Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province on August 9, 2013. Officers could not reply to her attorney’s defense and did not dare to play truth-clarifying DVDs about Falun Gong, which they claimed were evidence. Despite that she was sentenced to a seven year term.

Mr. Su Kun and his wife Ms. Zhang Xiaodan were arrested on the night of May 4, 2012 by officers from the Panlong District Police Department in Kunming City and their home was ransacked. They were tried on January 21, April 7, May 24, July 2 at the Kunming City Middle Court. Mr. Su was sentenced to a six year prison term and Ms. Zhang to a four year term. They appealed to the Yunnan Province High Court.

Mr. Sun Yuqiang, in his seventies, distributed truth-clarifying brochures at Dabaitou Market on December 24, 2013. He was held by Bai Jianhua, instructor of the Cang County Domestic Security Division. Director Pang Liang and Bai Jianhua took his documents to the procurator three days later. Seven days later, the arrest of Mr. Sun Yuqiang was approved. He was sentenced to a three year prison term in May 2013. His appeal to the Cangzhou City Middle Court was rejected in the beginning of June. His attorney was not notified of either trial. While being held at the Cang County Detention Center, Mr. Sun was handcuffed behind his back and force fed. His health deteriorated. However, he was admitted by guards at the Jidong Prison on June 17.

Ms. Hu Rongying, from Jiyuan City, was arrested by officers from the Lilin Community Police Division when she was clarifying the truth and distributing DVDs about Falun Gong at Nanrui Village, Lilin Town, Jiyuan City. She was tried at the Jiyuan City Court on July 18, 2013. Despite her pleading not guilty she was sentenced to a four year prison term on August 13, 2013.

Mr. Chen Xiangren and another nine practitioners from Renshou County, Sichuan Province were arrested on September 1, 2012. Without their family members being notified, the ten practitioners were tried at the Renshou County Court on August 12, 2013. Mr. Chen Xiangren, Mr. Liao Xuekang and Mr. Liu Hancai were sentenced to five year prison terms, Ms. Zhang Guofen and Ms. Huang Xueying to four years, Ms. Liu Dan to two and a half years, and Ms. Zhang Xiaomin and Mr. Liu Shaoming to two years. Ms. Lu Hongqun was sentenced to a three year prison term and a five year suspension. Ms. Peng Yueying was sentenced to two years and given a three year suspension.

According to a report on Minghui.org on September 10, 2013, Mr. Gao Yuanzhuang, from No. 14 Village, Jinhe Township, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, was arrested by officers from the Beilin District Police Department, Suihua City when he was working in the field on October 26, 2012. He was sentenced to a three year prison term in the beginning of September 2013. Li Jianfei and Wang Shubo, police officers of the Beilin District 610 Office, extorted 50,000 yuan from Mr. Gao’s family.

Ms. Mo Huiping, a practitioner from the Ningxia Autonomous Region, was sentenced to a four year prison term in the Litong District, Wuzhong City on September 4, 2013.

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Pingdu Court of Shandong Illegally Tries Ms. Sheng Shuli

October 10, 2013 | By a Minghui correspondent from Shandong Province, China

(Minghui.org) Ms. Sheng Shuli, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Zhugou Town, Pingdu City, Shandong Province, has been imprisoned in the Pudong Detention Center in Jimo since her arrest on May 24, 2013. Judge Hou Jingyu from the Pingdu Court held a secret trial for Ms. Sheng on August 1. Ms. Sheng has a daughter in primary school and a son with cerebral palsy who needs her assistance.

Ms. Sheng Shuli

Ms. Sheng was reported to police for clarifying the truth about Falun Gong on May 24, 2013. Officers from the Jiudian Town Police Station arrested her, and took her to the Pudong Detention Center in Jimo the next day. Jiudian authorities falsified evidence, claiming that officers searched her home and discovered a lot of informational materials.

Actually, several officers went to the store that Ms. Sheng owns on the morning of May 25, attempting to search it. Her husband refused to let them in, so the officers walked away empty handed. They did not even dare to step inside the door.

Ms. Sheng was formally arrested on June 6, 2013, and Ms. Sheng’s case was transferred from the Procuratorate to the court on July 16. Judge Hou Jingyu of the Pingdu Court held secret trial for Ms. Shuli on August 1, without notifying her family.

Judge Hou was the same judge who sentenced Pingdu Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Li to four years of prison in 2012. Ms. Li is still suffering persecution in Shangdong Women’s Prison.

Hou Jingyu

Ms. Sheng, 45, began practicing Falun Dafa in 2004. Before she began practicing Falun Gong, her son was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and he lost the ability to take care of himself. Worrying over her disabled son, Ms. Sheng developed severe headaches, which often hurt so much that she could not even open her eyes. Soon after she began cultivating, she experienced the wonderful feeling of being free of disease. Because she persisted in her belief, she was repeatedly persecuted by the Pingdu police.

Officers from Zhugou Police Station and agents from the Pingdu 610 Office detained her in the Pingdu Brainwashing Center for 40 days, beginning on June 2, 2005.

As Ms. Sheng was telling villagers about Falun Dafa in Zhengjia Village, Jiudian Town on December 13, 2007, village security officers took her to the village office. Zheng Quanjun, the village Party secretary, reported her to the Jiudian Police Station. She was arrested by officers from the Jiudian Police Station and later sent to the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp for a year.

This is the third time that Ms. Sheng has been arrested. Her family went to Pingdu Court on August 7, 2013 to inquire about her. When the family asked why they were not notified about the trial, Judge Wang Zhongfu of the Pingdu Court, also a classmate of Ms. Sheng’s younger sister, actually said, “Blame me, I forgot to tell you” and then carelessly added, “I am already on the evildoers list, the last person on the list is me.” Wang Zhongfu falsely sentenced Pingdu Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Youqin to three years in prison in 2012. Ms. Zhang is being detained at Shandong Women’s Prison.

Since the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, judges of Pingdu Court have repeatedly betrayed their conscience, frequently issued illegal sentences, and given harsh sentences to Falun Gong practitioners. In 2012 alone, eight practitioners were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six months to five years. In 2013, besides Sheng Shuli, 70-year-old Ms. Zong Huiqing was sentenced to three years in prison. Ms. Zong is being held in Shandong Women’s Prison.

Falun Gong practitioners still being detained in Pingdu Prison include Zhang Huirong, Wang Yunchong, Wang Guangwei, Sun Suling, Li Li, Wang Xiyu, Sui Guanghua, Li Jihua, Liu Yaqi, Zhang Youqin, Zong Huiqing, Zhang Yaping, and Wang Yuzhen.

Persons involved in this persecution:
Cui Xuwei, director of Jiudian Police Station: +86-13370818885 (Cell)
Zheng Quanjun, Zhengjia Village secretary: +86-13863919712 (Cell)
Yu Naijiang, Party secretary of Pingdu Legal and Political Affairs Committee: +86-532-88315018 (Office), +86-13963949998 (Cell)
Zhang Jinrong, director of Pingdu 610 Office: +86-13953216049 (Cell)
Hou Jiarui, deputy director of Pingdu Police Department (in charge of persecuting Falun Gong): +86-13806395105 (Cell), +86-53266587008 (Office)
Hou Jingyu, Pingdu Court Criminal Tribunal: +86-18853253663 (Cell)
Wang Zhongfu, Pingdu Court Criminal Tribunal: +86-13506394008 (Cell)

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Pingdu Police Falsify Charges to Arrest Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Sheng Shuli

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Finland: Exposing the CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong in China (Photos)

(Minghui.org) On September 27, 2013, Falun Gong practitioners in Finland held a petition drive in Lapland to clarify the truth and to condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) practice of forced organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned under the persecution. Several local Amnesty International volunteers also took part in the event.

Finnish practitioners hold a petition signature drive

Passersby sign the petition calling for an end to the persecution

A practitioner talks to a passerby about Falun Gong and the persecution in China

As the practitioners were setting up an informational booth in the Rovaniemi town center, people hurriedly walked by, bundled up in winter jackets. However, as soon as the practitioners set up their large, eye-catching banners, many people slowed down and stopped to read the banners. People in passing vehicles also stopped to read the information.

“I didn’t know that something as evil and base as forced organ harvesting even existed,” exclaimed a local woman. “I can’t even imagine what Falun Gong practitioners must have endured in those Chinese forced labor camps!”

She signed the petition then said, “I’m very proud of the people who launched this petition drive. I will tell my family and friends about this senseless persecution.”

A mother and son approached the practitioners and asked where the closest Dafa exercise site was. The son had come to know about Falun Gong from the Internet. “I feel that Falun Gong is very good, and I would like to practice it,” he said. After signing the petition, he said that he would like to join the in the group Dafa exercises. As he was leaving, he gave the practitioners the two-thumbs up.

Three students from the University of Lapland stopped to read the practitioners’ banners. When they heard about the Chinese regime’s crimes of forced organ harvesting, they readily signed their names to the petition form. “We’ll tell our friends to come by and sign the petition, too,” said one of the students before leaving.

A retired woman who already knew about the persecution said, “Truth is the most important thing.” As she signed the petition, she added, “I support what you are doing!”

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