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Latest News from China - November 1, 2003
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Liu Quan and Other Falun Dafa
Practitioners Unlawfully Sentenced to Prison In July 2003, a storage site for Falun Gong materials was sabotaged. Benxi
City Falun Dafa practitioners Mr. Liu Quan, Mr. Zhou Zhi, Zhang, and Ms. Ren
Guifen were unlawfully arrested. Recently, Liu Quan has been unlawfully
sentenced to twelve years in prison, Zhang seven years in prison, and Ms. Ren
Guifen three years of forced labor. Falun Dafa practitioner Zhou Zhi went on a
hunger strike in the detention center protesting the unlawful persecution.
Information about Zhou has been tightly blocked, and it is not clear whether he
is alive or not. Liu Quan is in the process of appealing the verdict. 2. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Anshan Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhang Peng
Unlawfully Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison Mr. Zhang Peng is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Anshan City, Liaoning
Province. On August 16, 2002, the police in the Liaoyang area unlawfully
arrested him. He was then unlawfully sentenced to seven years in prison. On
August 24, 2003, Mr. Zhang was sent to the Yingkou Prison for over twenty days
before being transferred to the Dong Ling Prison in Shenyang City for two days.
He was then sent to Dabei Prison, and denied visits from family members. Telephone number of the Yingkou Prison: 86-417-2700000. 3. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] 67-Year-Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Jin
Chengqin Unlawfully Sent to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp Ms. Jin Chengqin, 67, is from Anshan City, Liaoning Province. On August 8,
2003, officers from the Changdian Police Station called in two 110 [police
emergency number] police vehicles and broke into Ms. Jin's home to
unlawfully arrest her. She was sent to the Anshan No. 3 Detention Center for
half a month, then transferred to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, where she
remains today. Changdian Police Station: 86-412-5533019. 4. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] TV Station at the Yinchuan Branch of the
Lanzhou Railroad Bureau Airs Programs Defaming Falun Dafa A TV series defaming Falun Dafa was aired at 10:30 p.m. on October 30 and
October 31, 2003 by the TV station at the Yinchuan Branch of the Lanzhou
Railroad Bureau. This series continues to air, in attempt to corrupt public
opinion of Dafa. Below are relevant telephone numbers of the Yinchuan Branch Bureau TV
Station. Director of the TV station: 86-951-3923679 (office), 86-951-3922979 (home). 5. [Jingmen City, Hubei Province] Hubei Falun Dafa Practitioner Shang Qifeng
Abducted to a Brainwashing Center Ms. Shang Qifeng is from Jingshan County in Jingmen City, Hubei Province. At
the end of October 2003,the police were alerted that she was clarifying the
truth to the public, and she was sent to the Jingmen Brainwashing Center
immediately following her unlawful arrest. She remains in custody, but the exact
location is unknown. 6. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Various Expenses at the Qingdao
Brainwashing Center Exceed 1 Million Yuan Geng Shixiang, deputy director of the Qingdao "610 Office,"
threatened over and over again during brainwashing sessions, "If you cannot
be transformed in the Qingdao '610 Office,' we will send you to the provincial
brainwashing center in Jinan City or the Wangcun Brainwashing Center in Zibo
City. If that's not enough, we have forced labor camps lined up. You will remain
there until transformed. Then there are prisons. After being transformed, if you
ever change your mind, we will lock you back up. All the '610 Offices' across
the country are all doing it this way. If you go on a hunger strike, we
force-feed you to your last breath." [The "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.] Jiang's regime has spent a tremendous portion of public funds in establishing
brainwashing bases affiliated with the "610 Offices," although they
are not publicly identified as such. Instead, the plaque on the door reads,
"Qingdao Certification Institute of Massage." To date, the expenses
for this brainwashing center run by the Qingdao "610 Office" have
exceeded 1 million Yuan [500 Yuan being the average monthly income for an
urban worker in China]. Innocent Falun Dafa practitioners have been abducted
to the center, and many families torn apart, and yet the "610 Office"
officials claim that Falun Gong is to blame for breaking up practitioners'
families. Telephone number of the Qingdao "610 Office": 86-532-3653171. 7. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Whereabouts Unknown for Falun Dafa
Practitioner Zhu Limin, of Panjin City Falun Dafa practitioner Zhu Limin is from Panjin City, Liaoning Province. Zhu
was unlawfully sentenced to prison in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province in 2000, and
there is no information about Zhu's situation or whereabouts. 8. [Shandong Province] Evil Deeds of Wu Guanzheng, Former Party Secretary of
Shandong Province In mid-June 1998, Qilu Evening Paper, the most widely circulated
newspaper in Shandong Province, published an article attacking Falun Dafa. On
June 22, thousands of Falun Dafa practitioners peacefully clarified the truth to
the leaders of the evening paper. After knowing the facts about Falun Gong, the
leaders of the evening paper promised the practitioners that a full page would
be reserved to clarify the truth and introduce Falun Dafa to the public in a
positive light. When Wu Guanzheng, then Party Secretary of Shandong Province
heard about this, he issued strict orders to prevent the evening paper from
fulfilling that promise. In the end, Qilu Evening Paper gave in to Wu's
pressure and only published a short article in an inconspicuous corner admitting
errors and omissions in its previous report. In 2000, Wu Guanzheng went to "inspect" the Women's Forced Labor
Camp in Jinan City, Shandong Province. This directly contributed to the
escalation of abuse and torture of Falun Dafa practitioners in the labor camp. Wu Guanzheng paved his way for promotion in the Party ranks with the blood of
Falun Dafa practitioners. From 1999 to 2002, during his tenure as the Party
secretary of Shandong Province, the death cases in Shandong Province reported by
clearwisdom.net website ranked the most severe in China. October 31, 2003
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