Latest News from China - 01/8/2003
(Clearwisdom.net) [Wanyuan City, Sichuan Province] Righteous Dafa Practitioner Ms. Sun Yu
Illegally Sentenced in a Public Trial At about 2:30 p.m. on December 31, 2002, a so-called public trial was held at
Wanyuan City's Stadium in Sichuan Province. When the official sentenced Dafa
practitioner Ms. Sun Yu to one and a half years of imprisonment without any
legal procedure, she shouted, "Falun Dafa is Good! Falun Dafa is the orthodox Fa"
to the over 10,000 audience members present. The frightened policemen slapped
her face, threw away her glasses and then covered her mouth. But Sun Yu, the
young practitioner, loosened the policeman's hands with her handcuffed hands,
and continued to shout, "Restore my Teacher's reputation!" Another policeman
rushed to beat her. All attendees were shocked. A group of students were angry
at the violence and shouted together, "Falun Gong practitioners are good
people." Facing the people's justice, the lawless officials had no choice but
dismiss the meeting in haste. [Xingyang City, Henan Province] Arrest of Many Dafa Practitioners into the
Sanlizhuang Detention Center On the afternoon of January 1, 2003, lawless policemen from Xingyang City's
Police Department and Gaocun Village's Police Precinct in Henan Province broke
into and ransacked the house of Dafa practitioner Mr. Ma Baogui, from Mazhai
Village, Gaocun Township. They confiscated Dafa books, truth-clarifying
materials and over 1,300 Yuan of their personal savings [200 Yuan is the
average monthly income in rural areas of China, in urban areas it is 500 Yuan].
Ma Baogui was forcibly sent to the Sanlizhuang Detention Center. The other three
Dafa practitioners who were sent to the Sanlizhuang Detention Center are Liu
from Muzhai Village and two Dafa practitioners from Gaocun Township. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Dafa Practitioners Zheng Guocheng, Shao
Hongying and Liu Jing are Detained at Zhengzhou City's No.1 Detention Center On Sunday, December 29, 2002, policeman Yan Baixi stalked and arrested Dafa
practitioners Mr. Zheng Guocheng, Ms. Shao Hongying and Ms. Liu Jing, from
Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, when they were making truth-clarifying
materials. Now they are detained at Zhengzhou City's No.1 Detention Center. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Wang Jun Escapes from
Police Arrest Ma Bin, from the Lingkong Community, together with lawless policemen from
Tiexi District's Political and Judiciary Committee and the Lingkong Police
Precinct in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province broke into Dafa practitioner Wang
Jun's house to arrest him/her, but Wang Jun resisted the evil and successfully
escaped. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Police Rampantly Arrest Dafa Practitioners One month prior to the 16th National Party Congress, the
authorities became extremely agitated and began a mass arrest of Dafa
practitioners after tapping their telephones, following them and getting
information from collaborators. [Collaborators are former Falun Gong
practitioners who have gone astray due to brainwashing and torture] On
October 8, several practitioners including Jia Naizhi were arrested when some
collaborators turned them in. On October 9, officers from No.1 Section of the Police Department and
Zhanqian Police Station waited at Jia Naizhi's place in order to arrest other
practitioners. They arrested all the practitioners who went there. Many
practitioners were caught and the resulting damage to material and equipment was
huge. A computer, truth-clarifying materials, Dafa books, cell phones, personal
savings and pagers were all confiscated. The practitioners being caught this
time were all put into handcuffs and shackles. The police tortured using painful
methods and sentenced them to long forced labor or prison terms. The National
Security Bureau also participated in this round of arrests. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiaoyan from the
Jianghan District is Taken to Jianghan District's Brainwashing Class On Monday January 6, 2003, four people suddenly arrested Dafa practitioner
Zhang Xiaoyan from Jianghan District at the shop she owned and took her to the
notorious, cruel Jianghan District Brainwashing Class. The police claimed that Wuhan City's Political & Judiciary Committee and
authorities from the "610 Office" had issued an order to all districts'
Political and Juridiciary Committees to keep a close eye on Falun Gong
practitioners and prohibit them from going to Beijing to appeal, otherwise the
director will be dismissed. They also claimed that preventing practitioners from
appealing takes precedence over anything else. We appeal to international human right organizations to pay attention to
these matters and send staff here to investigate these accounts of persecution.
[Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Criminal Records of Policeman Wu Wei from
the Wujiabao Forced Labor Camp [Wanyuan City, Sichuan Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Tang Maolin is
Sentenced to Two Years of Forced Labor On December 30, 2002, some policemen, including Wang Qiang, duped Dafa
practitioner Mr. Tang Maolin from Wanyuan City, who had just been released after
staging a hunger strike to protest the illegal persecution, into going outside
of his house and then took him to a detention center. Tang Maolin was secretly
sentenced to two years forced labor. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Arrest of Dafa Practitioners Liu Hailong, Wu
Bilin and Yang Zhenwu On August 2, 2002, Dafa practitioners Mr. Liu Hailong from Wuhan City escaped
from court with righteous thoughts. He has since been living in exile. On the
evening of January 2, 2003, he went missing when sending Teacher's new articles
to some fellow practitioners. His whereabouts are unknown. Ms. Wu Bilin had been living in exile. On December 31, 2002, police arrested
her when she was fetching something from her residence. Mr. Yang Zhenwu was sentenced to three years forced labor and had been living
in exile after he got released. At the end of December 2002 police arrested him
when he went back home. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Personnel from the Street Administrative
Committee of the Paoya Residence Area in Ganjingzi District Induce People to
Commit Crime A little while back, personnel from the street administrative committee of
the Paoya Residential Area in the Ganjingzi District went to some people's
houses to ask whether they know of any Dafa practitioners and promised to give
them 1,000 Yuan once they report a practitioner. They are inducing people to
commit crimes against Dafa.
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