A Chinese-Dutch citizen, Guo Ping, was twice kidnapped and interrogated by secret agents when she was conducting tourist groups in China this May. The agents questioned her and forced her to plead guilty for her belief in Falun Gong, a spiritual practice persecuted in China since 1999.
Guo was first kidnapped on May 8 from her hotel room in Beijing. Agents from the Bureau of State Security broke into her room at about 3:30 p.m. and took her by force to another hotel where five agents questioned her for 15 hours. There were no legal procedures.
Upon Guo’s protest, the agents said that she was detained because she was a Falun Gong practitioner. They refused Guo’s demand to contact the Dutch Embassy, and required her to “plead guilty” for her beliefs. The agents also required her to list other Falun Gong practitioners she knew in Holland and China.
The same thing happened again on the night of May 21 when Guo was working in Shanghai. This time she was detained and interrogated for six hours in a hotel room. The agents again required Guo to write a detailed report on what she had said the done during her trip in China and for her to plead guilty. To make her yield, the agents also brought her brother from Beijing to persuade her.
Guo was first kidnapped on May 8 from her hotel room in Beijing. Agents from the Bureau of State Security broke into her room at about 3:30 p.m. and took her by force to another hotel where five agents questioned her for 15 hours. There were no legal procedures.
Upon Guo’s protest, the agents said that she was detained because she was a Falun Gong practitioner. They refused Guo’s demand to contact the Dutch Embassy, and required her to “plead guilty” for her beliefs. The agents also required her to list other Falun Gong practitioners she knew in Holland and China.
The same thing happened again on the night of May 21 when Guo was working in Shanghai. This time she was detained and interrogated for six hours in a hotel room. The agents again required Guo to write a detailed report on what she had said the done during her trip in China and for her to plead guilty. To make her yield, the agents also brought her brother from Beijing to persuade her.
