Latest News from China - 3/17/2002
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Jilin Province] Massive Police Raids Round Up Practitioners in Jilin City
Since a Changchun cable television network aired truth-clarification
videotapes on March 5, 2002, more and more people realize the nature of evil and
understand the truth about Falun Gong, while at the same time, the evil forces
become more frightened. On March 11, the forces in Jilin City sent out an
emergency order to all businesses and institutions requiring that each workplace
be fully responsible that it's employees not conduct any activity related to
Falun Gong. Every neighborhood committee is to be fully responsible for its
residents. Policemen from all stations are to patrol the streets in plainclothes
to apprehend Falun Gong practitioners who distribute or post Dafa materials. It
was reported that the Department of Public Security has given the order for
police to search the homes of all Falun Gong practitioners on the blacklists
prepared by neighborhood committees and local police stations. They are to
arrest the practitioners if they find Falun Gong books, CDs or materials in
their homes. They are to question all whether they still practice Falun Gong. If
the answer is yes, they are to be arrested, detained or sentenced to prison or
forced labor camp. It was also reported that the "resolution" of the
Falun Gong "issue" and the vast campaigns of arrest will go on for
quite a while. Many practitioners have no choice but to leave their homes if
they are to avoid being illegally arrested. Many had already been arrested prior
to this latest order.
Local police stations assigned quotas of Falun Gong practitioners to be
arrested to each policeman. All police are required to take part in the
persecution, whether they want to or not. The neighborhood committees assign
committee members to search every resident's home and to follow and watch
practitioners living in their neighborhood. All directors of the neighborhood
committees are required to participate in the persecution.
Police vehicles and patrol vehicles haunt the streets and alleys day and
night in Jilin City. They watch for Falun Gong practitioners distributing or
posting Dafa materials. The massive arrest campaign is planned for the period of
March 13 to March 28. We hope that all practitioners in Jilin City pay attention
to their safety, that they take very seriously the sending forth of righteous
thoughts, and that they continue to use their wisdom as they clarify the truth
and offer salvation to people.
2. [Beijing] False News Reports? "That's No Secret!"
A few days ago, I met a friend who works at the Chinese Central Television
Station. I told him the true facts about the staging of the Tiananmen immolation
case. After listening, he smiled and said: "Everyone who works at the CCTV
station knows that if a piece of news about Falun Gong is to be broadcast, the
authorities first always find and coach an appropriate person and have him wait
at the appointed place for the reporter. The interviewee simply recites his
prepared lines and is then well rewarded. That's no secret at CCTV!" If
even CCTV behaves like this, one can imagine how local media fake the news as
well.
3. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Police Conduct Massive Raids While
Loudspeakers Clarifying the Truth Are Hung at a Police Station.
As instructed by the "Supervision and Guidance Team" in Changchun,
the police in Dehui City, Jilin Province schemed the following action. Starting
from March 6, wearing steel helmets and carrying submachine guns, the police
wantonly raid the homes of Dafa practitioners and arrest them. They ransack the
homes of practitioners they consider "important." By March 13, over 20
practitioners had been arrested, 11 of them from Yangshu Town. Details are under
investigation.
The "Supervision and Guidance Team" dispatched by Jiang's political
gang came to Dehui City. They even forced police who didn't want to go against
Dafa to persecute Dafa practitioners. Heaven and earth can barely tolerate this.
Humans and gods are angered by such behavior.
It's reported that on the evening of March 6 when the police started their
raids that suddenly a windstorm began. It darkened the sky and obscured
everything. The same night, two murders occurred as well as 6 or 7 serious
criminal cases. The police did not go after the criminals but instead seized the
good people. This undoubtedly makes it convenient for real criminals to commit
crimes.
On the morning of March 12, loudspeakers were hung at 3 places including the
Dehui Municipal Department of Public Security, broadcasting Dafa
truth-clarification messages, effectively suffocating the evil. The vicious
persecution continues, however. We hereby call all practitioners and kind-heated
people worldwide to express righteous support.
Below is a partial list of the people responsible:
Guo Guangtian, the director of the Dehui Municipal Department of Public
Security, office phone numbers are: 86-431-7222192,
86-431-7222342,
86-431-7238208.
Zhao, the section chief of the Dehui Municipal Politics and Security Section:
office phone number is: 86-431-7222053.
Zhang Qingchun, the associate section chief of the Dehui Municipal Politics
and Security Section, office phone number is: 86-431-7222053.
4. [Jilin Province] Drawing in a Great Many People Based on a Suspicion.
Around 1:00pm on March 11, every street corner in the Dahua area of Yushu
City was guarded by police. Lots of police vehicles and official cars with
Changchun license plates were parked on streets nearby. Many people surrounded
the main entrances to the residential area, including a large group of
policemen, plainclothes officers and uniformed personnel from the Bureau of
Security. A crowd of people had gathered to see what was going on. A group of
policemen, plainclothes officers and representatives from the neighborhood
committee were conducting door to door searches of all residences in the area.
The townspeople said that they were trying to apprehend a Falun Gong
practitioner from Changchun who was suspected to have something to do with the
Changchun cable television network airing Falun Dafa truth-clarification videos.
Police and plainclothes were stationed at all city exits until late in the
night. Even little alleys leading to suburban fields were guarded by police
vehicles watching for practitioners.
According to insiders, this illegal raid was caused by a practitioner's cell
phone conversation that was monitored and traced to this location.
5. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Practitioners in Wujiabao Forced Labor
Camp Have Been on Hunger Strike for Over 40 days
The Wujiabao Forced Labor Camp is extremely vicious. Falun Gong practitioners
detained there are enduring inhumane torture everyday. With no other means of
appeal available to them, the practitioners went on hunger strike to oppose
their illegal detention and physical and mental torture. The camp warden and the
guards show no restraint in their brutal persecution of Dafa practitioners.
Instead, they employ cruel and ruthless means such as force-feeding to torture
the practitioners. Many practitioners have been tortured to their last gasp.
Practitioners Wang Dejun, Wang Zhongyuan, Yan Bin and Yao Yanhui started a
hunger strike on February 4. Their hunger strike has lasted over 40 days now.
They become very weak and are in a desperate situation. We sincerely ask all
governments worldwide and international organizations who love peace and respect
human rights as well as all kind-hearted people to pay attention to this and
give your support and help. Practitioners from China and all countries overseas
who read this piece of news, please send forth righteous thoughts to help.
Phone numbers of the Wujiabao Forced Labor Camp in Fushun City, Liaoning
Province:
Office of the brigade: 86-0413-4658464.
Office of the male brigade: 86-413-4657774
Evil police: Wu Wei: head of the 4th brigade, Jiang Yongfeng:
captain of the brigade.
Zeng Yan: head of the female brigade, Sun Fengjuan: warden of the female
brigade.
6. [Beian City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Zhang Zhihua Was
Illegally Arrested.
On the evening of March 2, 2002, 6 or 7 policemen forcibly arrested
practitioner Zhang Zhihua from her home. The police would not even let go of the
two guests who were visiting. The two guests were taken to the police station
and interrogated before they were set free. Zhang Zhihua was sent to a detention
center where she remains illegally detained. Zhang did not cooperate with the
evil police. She went on hunger strike and practiced Falun Gong as usual. The
police thus handcuffed her, shackled her and force-fed her.
7. [Beijing] For Clarifying the Truth at their Wedding, Bride and Groom Are
Sentenced to Forced Labor Camp for 18 Months.
It was reported that practitioners Han Yong and Liu Yun distributed Dafa
truth-clarification CDs to their former teachers and classmates at their wedding
party. They were reported by a classmate and consequently arrested by Beijing
police (reported on Minghui Net). A few days before, they were illegally
sentenced to forced labor camp for 18 months. Han is detained at the Beijing
Xinan Female Forced Labor Camp and Liu is in the dispatch department of
Beijing's Daxingtuanhe Forced Labor Camp. There, they endure various physical
and mental tortures including sleep deprivation.
8. [South China] Breaking News: "Falun Dafa Day" Declared in a
Southern City.
On January 25, 2002, Falun Gong practitioners from a southern city solemnly
proposed to set February 4, 2002, the day when spring begins (in the Chinese
lunar calendar) as "Falun Dafa Day" there. To celebrate "Falun
Dafa Day," practitioners used activities to validate Dafa and eliminate the
evil. In the early morning, practitioners went out to hang Dafa banners, put up
Dafa posters, distributed Dafa flyers into mailboxes, etc.
On February 3, many big Dafa banners were hung at busy areas in the city, on
major streets and avenues, as well as in residential areas. Until 9:00am, Dafa
banners could still be found on major streets.
Before and after that, truth-clarification posters, flyers and CDs were
distributed all over the city, which manifested the power of Dafa.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2002/3/17/26829.html
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