Latest News from China - 10/14/2003
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Ningjin County, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Yanfang on Continuous Hunger
Strike Since Her Unlawful Arrest Prior to the October 1st National
Day A few days before October 1, Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Yanfang was
arrested by the Political Security Section of the Ningjin County Police
Department in Hebei Province. This wrongful act infuriated the public. When Ms.
Wang's family repeatedly demanded an explanation for the arrest, the police were
too afraid to say anything, but still took her away. Ms. Wang is currently being held in the Ningjin County Detention Center. She
has been on a hunger strike since the first day she was in custody. The police
threatened her family saying that if she stays on hunger strike, they will start
force-feeding her. The Political Security Section of the Ningjin County Police Department's
telephone: 86-319-5887906. 2. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] Police Stations across Jiaozhou City
Receive Secret Orders to Escalate Persecution against Falun Dafa Practitioners
Who Tell the Truth about Falun Gong to the Public It has been reported that various police stations in Jiaozhou City, Shandong
Province received secret orders regarding Falun Dafa practitioners' widespread
efforts in presenting the truth of Falun Gong to the public. According to the
orders, each Falun Dafa practitioner is to be fined 60,000 Yuan* upon their
arrest. The police then have the authority to send the practitioner to a labor
camp for as many years as they see fit. * Yuan is the Chinese currency. The average monthly salary of an urban
worker in China is 500 Yuan. 3. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Pan Jinxiu Held in the Fusong County
Detention Center Falun Dafa practitioner Pan Jinxiu is from Songjianghe in Fusong County,
Baishan City, Jilin Province. On September 23, 2003, while she was distributing
Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials in Xinglong Township, informants turned
her in to the police. She is being held in the Fusong County Detention Center
for persecution. 4. [Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province] Three Falun Dafa Practitioners in
Tuanzishan Township Arrested Zhang Huanyou is the head of the Tuanzishan Police Station in Yilan County,
Heilongjiang Province. Zhang has time and again ordered arrests of Falun Dafa
practitioners. Last May, Falun Dafa practitioners Mr. Mo Zhikui and Mr. Wang
Haifeng were in Xing'an Village for over a month after staging hunger strikes
and being released. Zhang ordered his subordinates to forcibly take the two
practitioners away from their homes. Mr. Mo Zhikui was unlawfully sentenced to
three years of forced labor, and Mr. Wang Haifeng to two years. They are both
being held in the Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp in Harbin City, Jilin Province.
It was reported that Mr. Mo has suffered from inhumane torture in the labor
camp. It was also Zhang who personally sent the two practitioners to the labor
camp last time. Prior to October 1, Zhang Huanyou first took Tuanshanzi Village Falun Dafa
practitioner Ms. Jiang Lianying, who is in her 60s, away from home and conducted
an unlawful search. Some leaflets were found, and Ms. Jiang was then sent to the
Yilan County No. 2 Detention Center. During the October 1 National Day season,
the television station in Yilan County broadcast this event and used it to
spread lies that defame Falun Dafa. Relevant telephone numbers: Yilan County No. 2 Detention Center,
86-451-57281227; Tuanshanzi Township Police Station: 86-451-57242110. Authorities are ready to send Ms. Jiang Lianying to a forced labor camp. We
hope Falun Dafa practitioners overseas will make phone calls to offer support
and assistance to her. 5. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Mr. Wang Hongliang's Whereabouts Remain
Unknown Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Hongliang is from Changchun City, Jilin
Province. He was arrested by police in October 2001 for distributing Falun Gong
truth-clarifying materials in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. He was held in the
Zhengzhou City Prison. The police demanded money from his family, but his family
could not afford to pay. Mr. Wang's whereabouts are unknown at the moment. 6. [Shanghai] Corrupt Officials Plan to Insert Falun Gong Defaming Content
into History Textbooks Officials in Shanghai are taking the opportunity of the second review of the
curriculum to insert content defaming Falun Gong into history textbooks,
targeting all students in elementary, junior, and senior high schools. 7. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Shijiazhuang "610 Office"
Again Starts Surveillance and Coerces Falun Dafa Practitioners to Write
"Statements of Guarantee" Recently, another Falun Gong practitioner from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei
Province was unlawfully arrested for validating Falun Dafa in Beijing. The
Shijiazhuang City "610 Office"* has become panicked by this. Orders
have been issued all the way down to neighborhood administration offices and
residential committees to coerce Falun Dafa practitioners to fill out forms and
write "Guarantee Statements"** denouncing Falun Gong. Surveillance has
also been conducted against some Falun Dafa practitioners whom the authorities
worry about. They use the excuse of needing to register the transient population
in order to arrest Falun Dafa practitioners who were forced out of their homes
and wander from place to place to avoid being persecuted. * "610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute
Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party
and all other political and judiciary systems. ** Guarantee Statement - A statement to declare that he or she is remorseful
for practicing Falun Gong and guarantees not to practice Falun Gong again, not
to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any
Falun Dafa practitioners. 8. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Police Unlawfully Arrest Mr. Li Shidong After 11:00 a.m. on October 13, six or seven police officers went to the
company where Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Shidong works in Suizhong County,
Huludao City, Liaoning Province. Mr. Li was on duty and refused to cooperate
with the police. He was taken away regardless. 9. [Gaoyang City, Hebei Province] Falun Gong Practitioners Are Inhumanely
Tortured in the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp The Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp has been brutally persecuting Falun Gong
practitioners. Police (who are leaders of labor camp brigades) often boast that
their brigades have the highest rate of "transformation" and are
"richest" in coercive approaches in the entire county. The labor camp
is located in a remote suburb. Officers often drag practitioners into the cotton
fields at midnight for torture. Practitioners are buried alive, beaten with
clubs, struck by electric batons, and deprived of sleep for extended periods of
time. Iron rings have been installed in the cells. Practitioners handcuffed to
the rings are made to suffer by being unable to stand straight or crouch down.
Some practitioners have been handcuffed for months for not giving in to the
authorities. Practitioners who go on hunger strikes or practice Falun Gong
exercises have been handcuffed with each arm attached to two separate beds.
Police officers then hit, kick, and apply high voltage shocks to them. Some
practitioners' hands remain numb for months after suffering this torture. Police
officers often relentlessly claim, "If you die, you die in vain, and your
body will be cremated right away." Falun Dafa practitioners in other areas of Hebei Province who have been
steadfast and uncooperative have been transferred to the Gaoyang Forced Labor
Camp for persecution. The most vicious individuals in the No. 5 Brigade of the Gaoyang Forced Labor
Camp are: Yang Zemin (former head of the brigade), Wang Bao (Yang's driver),
Zang Haili, Wang Zhitai, Wang Guoyou, Liang Baoke, Director Li, Director Duan,
Zheng Qi, Zhang Xiaoming, and Hu.
Ningjin County Detention Center's telephone: 86-319-5884949.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/10/14/58839.html
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