Latest News from China - January 16, 2004
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Liaoning Province] Rescue Dafa Practitioners Detained in Masanjia Forced
Labor Camp Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Hong is from Jinzhou City, Liaoning
Province. She works at Nuerhe Textile Factory. Ms. Wang went to Beijing to
validate Dafa on Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Wenjuan is from Jinzhou City, Liaoning
Province. Ms. Wang was abducted and sent to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp for a
term of 3 years. Her term will be completed on January 18, 2004. Ms. Wang also
remains firm in her belief. 2. [China] Six Cases of Persecution Mr. Huang Kui is a graduate student at the School of Delicate Instruments and
Mechanical Devices at Tsinghua University (He studies in the same department as
Wang Weiyu, another Dafa practitioner.). In mid-December 2000, Huang, 4 male
practitioners, and 1 female practitioner were arrested in Zhuhai City, Guangdong
Province. The female practitioner was sentenced to 3 and half years in jail and
the five male practitioners were each sentenced to 5 years in jail. They are
currently detained in Sihui City, Guangdong Province, where they are forced to
do hard physical labor every day. Ms. Li Aihua is an English Teacher at Huanbei Petroleum Technical Institute.
Because she firmly cultivates Dafa, she was arrested and will soon be sentenced
to jail. Ms. Guo Yongzhen works at a company in Huanbei Oil Field. She is being
detained in Renqiu Detention Center (Hebei Province), where the staff is trying
to force her to give up her beliefs. Ms. Qin Sue works at Huanbei Oil Field. She is currently under detention at
an unknown location. Mr. Li Chunguang is a lecturer and an Associate Professor at Beijing's
Central Ethnic Institute. He was detained and inhumanely tortured in Tuanhe
Forced Labor Camp in Beijing. Mr. Zhao Xianming has a Master's Degree from a university in Canada. He was
detained in Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp in Beijing, where he was badly tortured. 3. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Fifteen Dafa Practitioners in Dongli
District Were Abducted On January 9, 2004, the police destroyed several sites in Dongli District,
Harbin City that produce truth-clarifying materials. At the same time, 15
practitioners were arrested: Zhang Guiying (63 years old, Quxian street), Xu
Guanzhi (58, Sandao Street, Hexing District), Li Guilan (54, Spring Factory
family quarters), Yin Meijing (49, Measuring Instrument Factory), Kong Qingzhi
(46, Wenduan Street), Kong Huifen (63, Measuring Instrument Factory), Luo Jianbo
(30, Minsheng Road), Zhou Fumei (62, Bile Street), Zhou Fujun (58, Wenhua
Street), Jing Shaohua (62, Zhenxing Street), Chu Xiujing (56, Pinggong Street),
Piao Wansheng (38), Wang Shumin (40), Zu Lihong (45), and Yang Jun (48, Daxing
Street). The agencies responsible for the arrests are the following: State Security
Group in Dongli District, Jinxiang Street Police Station, Daqing Road Police
Station, Liming Town Police Station, Minsheng Road Police Station. 4. [Anqiu City, Shandong Province] Over 50 Dafa Practitioners Are Illegally
Sentenced Since July 20, 1999, many practitioners in Anqiu City have been seriously
persecuted: they have been illegally detained, their homes have been ransacked,
and they have had to pay huge amounts of money in fines (up to 30, 000 yuan) [500
yuan is the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.] Over 50
Dafa practitioners have been sentenced to jail or forced labor camps. Practitioners sent to forced labor camps include: Zhao Yonghong, Liu Xiaoyan,
Gui Rong, Tang Zengyan, Li Huanwu, Zhao Fengmei, Du Tiening, Wang Yongmei, Song
Tingshan, Ma Aiyu, Song Xiumei, Li Rendong, Yang Jinbo, Sun Guoming, Wang
Jinquan, Wei Guoqing, Sun Yezhi, Sun Yefeng, Lu Hongxin, Wang Jinyi, Zhang Xi,
daughter of Lou Guoyun (Shasha), Zhang Xia, Sun Jianfang, Zhang Xiuqin, Xu
Jingping, Wang Peizhi, Su Baoyun, Su Xiaoyou, Xu Jinying (sent to a forced labor
camp twice), Sun Xijian, Dai Zongqiu, Wang Guixiu, Xin Dongsheng, Mo Jianzhen,
Wang He, Wang Xueyun, Zhang Yuelan, Wang Tiancai, Li Xiuwen (sent to a forced
labor camp twice), Liu Xiumei, Shi Guilan, Li Wencai, Mr./Ms. Zhong (first name
unknown), and three other practitioners whose names are unknown. Practitioners sentenced to jail terms include: Li Cuiping (5 years), Li
Airong (10 years), Li Mingwei (7 years, [he/she was only 18 years old at the
time]), Lou Guoyun (2 years), Zhang Zhenfang (5 years), Gao Hongjie (10 years),
Li Xiuzhen (7 years), Liu Qingmei (12 years). 5. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Over 10 Dafa Practitioners Were Sent to
Yantai Brainwashing Center Recently, over 10 practitioners were sent to Yantai Brainwashing Center. The
local "610 Office" [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] arrested a number of practitioners
and tried to extort 2,000 yuan from each of them. 6. [Beijing] Bureau of Forced Labor in Beijing Forces Inmates and
Practitioners to Produce Disposable Chopsticks I was detained for firmly cultivating Dafa. One morning, I, and other
practitioners were taken to the Dispatching Office of the Forced Labor
Re-education Bureau in Beijing, where fully armed police officers lined up in
formation to "welcome" us. First, we were told the "rules:" all inmates must
keep their head down at all times, while walking, standing, sitting, or
squatting. Whenever one raises his head a little, the police immediately hit and
curse that person. As a result of this "rule," many inmates have never seen the
guard's faces. A strip-check comes next. I could hear frequent sounds of
beating, cursing, and the buzzing of electric batons. I also heard the sudden,
horrible cries of the practitioners being shocked by electric batons. An
atmosphere of terror surrounded everyone. While all inmates stood in formation,
the persecutors loudly asked Dafa practitioners to step forward. Once a
practitioner stepped forward, five or six guards closed in on the practitioner
and forced him to a stool on the side, where there were some papers and a pen.
"Write what we tell you to!" The guards shouted, trying to force the
practitioner to write a "guarantee letter" against Dafa. When a practitioner
refused, he was beaten and shocked with electric clubs. After that, if the
practitioner still refused to cooperate with them, the persecutors forced him to
stand outside in the freezing cold (between - 10o
C and - 20o C, or around 0
degrees Fahrenheit) from morning until midnight. As a result, many
practitioners' extremities were injured by frostbite. The Dispatch Office forces the practitioners to produce disposable chopsticks
from early morning until 9 at night. The persecutors do not dare to let people
outside the labor camp know this, as they know such activities violate the
international rules of the WTO (World Trade Organization). Moreover, the
chopsticks are not hygienic at all: between 10 and 20 people work in a small
room, and the chopsticks are piled on the filthy floor, where they are sometimes
walked on before being packaged. All the inmates do is put the chopsticks into
envelopes and pack them into paper bags printed with "hygienic chopsticks" and
permits from the Hygienic Guard Bureau. The inmate-workers do not disinfect
their hands, even though some of them have skin diseases. Some inmates who work
on the chopsticks are drug addicts. There are even inmates who rub the
chopsticks on their feet on purpose. When Dafa practitioners reported the
situation to the Bureau of Forced Labor Through Re-education, their warnings
were ignored and told that they were "disturbing order." 7. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] A Follow-up Report on The Eight
Practitioners on a Hunger Strike in Dalian Prison On January 14, 2004, Minghui reported that 8 practitioners were on a hunger
strike in Dalian Prison. After the prison received some phone calls from Dafa
practitioners overseas, practitioners were allowed to see their visitors, and
the hunger strike ended. The phone calls from our fellow practitioners overseas
have had a great effect.
January 8, 2001 and was arrested. She was sent to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp for
a term of 3 years. Wang remains firm in her belief in Falun Dafa. She is still
being held in the labor camp, although her 3-year term has already passed.
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/1/16/65051.html
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