(Clearwisdom.net)

On August 22, banners saying "Falun Dafa Is Great," "Falun Dafa Is the Righteous Law," and "Stop the Persecution" were hung from high voltage power lines outside the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.

On the morning of August 20, 2003, a city police department held a meeting at the city employees club. The agenda was a push to mobilize subordinates to capture and persecute Falun Dafa practitioners for the next one hundred days. While the meeting was in progress, many Falun Dafa practitioners in the city gathered nearby, sending righteous thoughts in order to eliminate the old forces and evil elements in other dimensions. Meanwhile, other practitioners hung banners at the railroad station and from the roofs of commercial buildings in the downtown business district. The banners read "Falun Dafa Is Great" and "Put Jiang Zemin on Public Trial around the World." Colorful banners billowed in wind, strongly encouraging the public while shocking the evil regime.

Mr. Wei Chenghe, 45, is a worker at the No. 2 Branch of the Pingdingshan City Public Transportation Company. He began cultivating Falun Dafa in 1997. On December 31, 1999, he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was illegally detained for fifteen days by the Weidong District Police Department. On May 14, 2003, the police illegally captured Mr. Wei again while he was nailing a Falun Gong truth-clarifying poster to a tree along Kuanggong Road in Pingdingshan City. His home was later ransacked. At the end of June, the Weidong District Court in Pingdingshan City illegally sentenced Mr. Wei to four and a half years in prison.

On May 29, 2003, the Fushun City Police located a site in Xintun where Falun Gong materials were being stored, and arrested Ms. Wang Xiuxia, Ms. Zhang Shouhui, and Mr. Kang Xiaosheng. Using righteous thoughts, Mr. Kang was later able to unlock the handcuffs and walk out of the police station. Since then, a warrant was issued for his arrest. On June 15, Ms. Wang Xiuxia died as a result of the persecution.

On August 21, 2003, the Fushun City Police sabotaged another site in the Yanwu area where Falun Gong materials had been stored, and practitioner Kang Xiaosheng was illegally arrested. It is not clear whether other practitioners were also placed under arrest.

On July 26, Mr. Wu Zhiyun and Ms. Zhou Qixiu went to the Hengyang County Detention Center to visit Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhou Baoguo, who is illegally held in custody by the "610 Office." Mr. Wu and Ms. Zhou told people in the detention center the facts about the "610 Office" persecution of Falun Gong. [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.] "610 Office" agents in the Hengyang County Detention Center then illegally arrested them. Mr. Wu and Ms. Zhou immediately went on a hunger strike to protest the police brutality. Twenty days later, authorities of the detention center unconditionally released Mr. Wu and Ms. Zhou for fear that the two elderly practitioners might die while in custody. Mr. Wu and Ms. Zhou returned home but remain in critical condition.

Gaopaidian Police illegally arrested Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Hongru for distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials.

On July 27, 2003, Mr. Sun Hongda, of Dalianhe Town, went to Fangzheng County to distribute truth-clarifying materials. Officers from the State Security Brigade at the Fangzheng County Police Department followed and arrested him. Mr. Sun is being illegally held at the Fangzheng County Detention Center.

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Jiang Pai was illegally arrested around August 19, 2003.

Mr. Yu Zhiqiang and Mr. Zhang Guanghong were recently arrested by the Tiexi Division Police Department. They were sent to the Anshan City No. 2 Detention Center for several days and nights of torture. Mr. Yu Zhiqing was then transferred to the Haicheng Police Department. Mr. Zhang Guanghong was handcuffed and shackled for further abuse.

Anshan City No.2 Detention Center: 86-412-2611873.
Political Security Section of the Tiexi Division Police Department: 86-412-8830187.

August 22, 2003