Mr. Chen Xibu, male, is a resident of Dashizhuang Village, Xinji City, Hebei Province. He was a leather jacket salesman of a wealthy family. From 2001 to 2002, because he practiced Falun Gong, Mr. Chen was held in a detention center, where he was beaten and tortured so brutally that he had several heart attacks. One of them was so severe that he had to be sent to a hospital for treatment. Because of the extremely high expenses in the hospital, Mr. Chen had to go back home. He lost control of his bowels and urine, became unconscious and was too weak to walk. Even then, the local police still went to his home very often to ransack his home, harass him, and attempt to kidnap him. He had to pay large fines many times to avoid being taken back to the detention center.

At the end of 2002, hearing that Mr. Chen’s daughter, Ms. Chen Su, was going to get married, the policemen of the local police bureau, the “610” office, and a city government group in charge of Falun Gong issues went to ransack their home. They stole Ms. Chen’s ring and also tried to kidnap her and her father.  Mr. Chen had a heart attack right then, and his family called an ambulance. But the police didn’t allow Mr. Chen to be treated, and escorted both of them to the Xinji City Detention Center. The police forced Mr. Chen to admit that he had distributed Falun Gong flyers in 2002, which was impossible because he was detained at that time. Then Mr. Chen was sentenced to 8 years in jail and sent to Fengnan District Prison in Tangshan City, Hebei Province. Ms. Chen Su was detained in the No. 4 Team in Shijiazhuang City Labor Camp, Hebei Province.