Latest News from China - 3/16/2003
March 15, 2003 (Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] The Jilin City Intermediate Court Illegally
Sentences Four Dafa Practitioners Four Dafa practitioners who were actively clarifying the truth of Dafa to
people were secretly sentenced to prison. Details as follows: Wang Shiming, 12 years, stripped of
party rights for two years. Pan Zhaotian, 9 years, stripped of
party rights for one year. Liu Fenfrong, stripped of party
rights for two years. Qu Xiaodong, 5 years imprisonment. The officials involved in the court trial include: Presiding judge: Guan Xuying Judge: Lu Xuewen Representative judge: Gao Xueqing Court clerk: Liang Jianzhong 2. [Jingyuan County, Gansu Province] Dafa Practitioner Song Guoli Illegally
Arrested and Sent to the Pingantai Forced Labor Camp Minghui Net (Chinese Version of Clearwisdom Net) reported that policemen Pan
Qianrui and Ding Shanghe arrested Dafa practitioner Song Guoli. The policemen
did not allow anyone including Song's family to visit him. Now according to a
reliable source, Song Guoli had been sent to the first forced labor camp of
Gansu Province, and Song's family was not even informed. 3. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Several Dafa Truth Clarification
Material Sites Destroyed by Police At the end of February 2003, Dafa practitioner Zhang Ce was arrested. In the
past few days, the police destroyed six Dafa truth clarification material sites
related to him. Among the six sites, the one at Jiangbei was searched and
damaged, where Dafa practitioner Xiaojun was illegally arrested, his wife and
another Dafa practitioner Lei Ming jumped out of the building to avoid being
arrest, one died, and one was injured. Several machines were taken away. The
Huayuan Street site was damaged. Dafa practitioner Kong Fanzhe jumped out of the
building to avoid being arrested, and died. Another two Dafa practitioners were
illegally arrested, and the equipment was taken away. At about 4 p.m. on March
10, 2003, Dafa practitioner Yu Zhongqiu from the Xiangfang District was
arrested. On the evening of March 13, 2003, two Dafa practitioners were arrested
when they met with each other. Several other sites with which Zhang Ce had
relationships were also destroyed one after another. 4. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Female Dafa Practitioners Lu Yazhen
and Feng Meichao Are Arrested On March 28, 2003, policemen arrested Lu Yazhen and Feng Meichao when they
were out clarifying the truth of Dafa to people. Their homes were also searched. 5. [Beijing] Internet Bars Strictly Supervised by TV Monitors Recently, Internet bars in Beijing are being controlled more and more
tightly. Mangers in the bars register the customers' IDs. At the same time, TV
monitors were on at both the counter and the doors. Internet surfers are
videotaped automatically. The "internet guard" patrols back and forth, and
checks what the surfers are doing. When a surfer is allocated to a machine, his
or her name is registered again. The purpose is to check if the ID is real, and
to record the details of what one has done on a certain computer. By chatting
with the owner of internet bars, we got to know that all the machines in the
bars now have key word blocking software, if any sensitive words are found, the
software would give a warning automatically, but not all bars have key word
blocking software. 6. [Mianyang City, Sichuan Province] Dafa Practitioners Congratulate the
Founding of Overseas Falun Dafa Associations Dafa practitioners in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province congratulate the
founding of the Moscow City Falun Dafa Association, Rybinsk City Falun Dafa
Association in Yaraslafli, Russia, St. Petersburg Branch of the Rybinsk City
Falun Dafa Association, and the Philippine Falun Dafa Association! March 15, 2003, all Dafa practitioners in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province 7. [Northeast China] Dafa Practitioners Mature With Determination On March 10, 2003, about 70 Dafa practitioners successfully held an
experience sharing conference at a place in Northeast China. During the
conference period, Dafa practitioners were tailed and checked. Police cars
parked close to the conference site. Dafa practitioners negated the arrangements
made by the old forces with their righteous thoughts. 8. [Heshui County, Gansu Province] Dafa Practitioners Xu Feng and Ma Yuling
Detained at Heshui County Forced Labor Camp Last October, Clearwisdom Net reported the news that Xu Feng and Ma Yuling
were illegally detained. They are still being held at the Heshui County Forced
Labor Camp, Qinyang Administrative Prefecture, Gansu Province. Fellow overseas
Dafa practitioners, please write letters and make phone calls to help get them
released. Phone of the Heshui County Public Security Bureau: 86-934-5521212, Zip Code:
745000 9. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Authorities Secretly Coerce Taxi Drivers to
Report Dafa Practitioners Recently, the Jinlin City "610 Office" [a bureau specifically created by
the Chinese government to persecute Falun Gong. It has absolute power over each
level of administration in the Party, as well as over the political and
judiciary branches], Public Security Bureau, and the State Security Bureau
secretly ordered all taxi drivers and the bus company to report any Dafa
practitioners clarifying the truth of Dafa in a taxi or on a bus with Dafa truth
materials, if they report these practitioners to the police, and they would
receive a reward.
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http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/3/16/46565.html
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