Latest News from China - January 13, 2004
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Yangyuan Brainwashing Center Force-Feeds
Falun Dafa Practitioners With Hallucinogen-Laced Food Falun Dafa practitioner Qian Youyun is from the Jiangxia District of Wuhan
City. On December 19, 2003, Qian was abducted while distributing Falun Gong
truth clarifying materials, and is probably being held at the Yangyuan
Brainwashing Center. Falun Dafa practitioner Wu Mei from Jiangxia District was
also abducted and sent to the Yangyuan Brainwashing Center for distributing
Falun Gong truth clarifying materials. Staff members of the brainwashing center have been mixing vinegar and
hallucinogenic drugs into the food that is force-fed to Falun Dafa
practitioners. Practitioners appear agitated after being force-fed, and the
suffering they have endured is beyond description. 2. [Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province] Seventeen-Year-Old Falun Dafa Practitioner
Ou Yan Unlawfully Sentenced to Four Years in Prison Seventeen-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Ou Yan was prosecuted by the
Changzhou Procuratorate in Wuzhou City for refusing to renounce Falun Dafa, and
has been unlawfully sentenced to four years in prison. The prosecuting attorney
was Liu Yanhui, a female in her twenties. 3. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Orders Given to Neighborhood Administration
Offices in Wuhan City to Round Up Falun Dafa Practitioners According to a Neighborhood Administration office cadre in Wuhan City, higher
authorities have ordered them to visit the homes of Falun Dafa practitioners.
Whenever Falun Gong books or materials are spotted, they are supposed to call in
people to round up the practitioners and send them to a brainwashing center. The
cadre complained that he did not want to carry out such orders, especially
during the Chinese New Year holiday season. 4. [Beijing] Secret Prison Unlawfully Set Up in the Daxing District to
Indefinitely Detain Falun Dafa Practitioners According to reliable sources, a so-called "Beijing Legal Training
Center" in the Daxing District of Beijing has been dedicated to the
persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners. Most of those practitioners within the
facility, who are held in isolation and surrounded by armed police officers,
were transferred there from out of town. They are brainwashed daily either by
police officers or collaborators [former Falun Dafa practitioners who have
gone astray due to brainwashing and torture.] Practitioners held there have
completely lost all personal freedom. As long as they refuse to give up their
belief, they face indefinite imprisonment. 5. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Mr. Hu Shaolin
and Wife Rao Chunmei Are Secretly Sentenced to Forced Labor Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Rao Chunmei and her husband, Hu Shaolin, both in
their thirties, used to work odd jobs in Chengdu City. Ms. Rao is from Da
County, while Mr. Hu is from Pi County, both in Sichuan Province. In March 1998,
Ms. Rao began learning Falun Gong, and in May 1998, returned to Da County to
establish the first Falun Gong practice site there. Within two weeks, over
thirty people began practicing Falun Gong with her, and the number of
practitioners continued to grow. Following July 20, 1999, she was among the very
first of those who went to Beijing to validate Falun Dafa. In May 2001, she and
other practitioners from her hometown again went to Beijing to validate Falun
Dafa. She was pregnant by then and endured much hardship. Her husband, Hu, often
rode a motorcycle there to join other practitioners in the exercises. Sometime
after July 20, 1999, he was unlawfully arrested for going to Beijing to validate
Falun Dafa. He was released in August 2000. In July 2001, the couple attended a Falun Dafa conference in Pi County, where
they were both arrested. Mr. Hu Shaolin was secretly sentenced to five years of
forced labor at the Xinhua Forced Labor Camp in Mianyang City. Despite her
pregnancy, the authorities secretly sentenced Ms. Rao to four years of forced
labor at an unspecified facility in Jianyang City. 6. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Guan Shuyun
Abducted Shenyang City Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Guan Shuyun was arrested around
December 29, 2003. She has most likely been transferred to a brainwashing
facility. Further details are still pending investigation. 7. [Beining City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Pang Yukun and
Lu Sujie Are on a Hunger Strike to Protest the Persecution On December 30, 2003, officers from the Liaotun Township Police Station in
Beining City unlawfully arrested Falun Dafa practitioners Pang Yukun and Lu
Sujie. At the time of this writing, both practitioners had already been on a
hunger strike for six days. 8. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Tian Suhua
Abducted to a Brainwashing Center for Distributing Falun Gong Truth Clarifying
Materials On the morning of November 6, 2003, several plainclothes officers caught
Chengdu City Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Tian Suhua while she was distributing
Falun Gong truth clarifying materials, and took her to the Niushikou Police
Station. At around 3:00 p.m. the police ransacked her home. She was held in the
Pi County Detention Center for fifteen days, before being transferred to a
brainwashing center, where she still remains. Staff members conducting the
brainwashing class feigned politeness toward her and called in her family to
persuade her to write statements renouncing Falun Gong. They also threatened
that if she refused to comply, she would be transferred to the Xinjin
Brainwashing Center for further persecution. Two people have been assigned to
watch and harass her around the clock. Her family has had 500 yuan extorted from
them by the authorities who used an excuse it was for "living
expenses." [The average monthly income of an urban worker is around 500
yuan.] Ms. Tian adamantly refused to write any such statements, and has
continued to practice Falun Gong exercises, even while in the detention center.
She maintains a peaceful and quiet attitude toward the brainwashing staff,
allowing no unwelcome opportunities for the evil forces. Individuals in charge of persecution: Hei Xiaofeng, Party Secretary of the Jinjiang District Brainwashing Center. 9. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Yao Shuxia
Is Abducted At around 7:00 p.m. on November 26, 2003, police officers patrolling on Wenyi
Road abducted Shenyang City Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yao Shuxia, a
48-year-old resident of the Shenhe District's Fenfang Residential Complex. She
had been posting leaflets exposing the facts of the persecution against Falun
Dafa. Ms. Yao is currently being held in the Zhangshi Brainwashing Center. 10. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Lawless Officials in Benxi City Plan to
Abduct Falun Dafa Practitioners to a Brainwashing Center Authorities in Benxi City, planned to abduct Falun Dafa practitioners to a
brainwashing center before the Chinese New Year's Day (January 22, 2004) and
hold them there without letting them spend the holiday season at home.
Management at the Beitai Iron and Steel Factory has begun coercing Falun Dafa
practitioners in subordinate factories to write so-called "statements of
guarantee." ["Guarantee statements" 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.] Those who have been brainwashed in the
past will have to rewrite their statements. Anyone who refuses to comply will be
sent to the brainwashing center. Factory workers laid off in 1996 have never
received any benefits since that layoff, yet their former employer is still
coercing them to write "guarantee statements." 11. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Shuangtaizi District Police Hire Jobless
People to Capture Falun Dafa Practitioners The Shuangtaizi District Branch of the Panjin City Police Department recently
hired a group of laid off factory workers at a monthly compensation of 300 Yuan
each, to form a brigade to patrol the various residential areas in the
Shuangtaizi District around the clock. Chen Yongping, the Shuangtaizi District
Branch assistant police chief, called a meeting of everyone in the branch and
issued them two tasks: One is to arrest any Falun Gong practitioner who
distributes truth clarifying materials; and the other is to remove any Falun
Gong posts that disseminate the facts of the persecution against Falun Gong. One member of the new brigade said, "I'm not going to arrest anyone, but
since I am collecting wages, I should at least remove any Falun Gong truth
clarifying notices." Thus, in order to make a living, otherwise unemployable people have been
forced to carry out the police department's evil deeds. The new brigade has
arrested Chen Chuanli and another Falun Dafa practitioner while distributing
leaflets exposing the facts of the persecution against Falun Gong. The
practitioners are being held at the Panjin City Detention Center. Telephone numbers of the Shuangtaizi District Branch of the Panjin Police
Department: Country code 86; city code 427 12. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Piao
Wansheng, Wang Shumin and Zu Lihong Are Unlawfully Arrested At around 11:00 a.m. on January 9, 2004, officers from the Harbin City Police
Department, the Nangang Branch Police Department and the Hongqi Township Police
Station broke into a Falun Dafa practitioner's Mingxing Village home and
arrested Falun Dafa practitioners Piao Wansheng and Wang Shumin. The officers
also confiscated Falun Dafa books and a video player. Immediately afterwards the
police went to Falun Dafa practitioner Zu Lihong's home to place Zu under arrest
as well. Hongqi Township Police Department: 86-451-86891110. 13. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Tian Yuqiang Is
Unlawfully Arrested and Inhumanely Tortured On the evening of January 6, 2004, officers from the Liyuan Police Station
arrested Weifang City Falun Dafa practitioner Tian Yuqiang, who was distributing
Falun Gong truth clarifying materials. The next afternoon, the Kuiwen Branch of
the Weifang Police Department broke into Tian's home and conducted an unlawful
search. It has been reported that Tian is being inhumanely tortured, and that
Tian's family members have been denied visitation. Kuiwen Branch of the Weifang Police Department: 86-536-8878517. 14. [Nong'an County, Jilin Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Sun Shiying
Is Placed under Unlawful Arrest Ms. Sun Shiying is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Niuweishan Village, in
Yangshulin Township, Nong'an County, Jilin Province. On the evening of November
12, 2003, Zhang Yaming and several other officers from the Yangshulin Township
Police Station broke into Sun's home to unlawfully place her under arrest. Ms.
Sun's sister-in-law, a non-practitioner, tried to stop the police from taking
Ms. Sun away, but officers drew their service revolvers and threatened to shoot.
The next day, Ms. Sun Shiying was sentenced to one year at Heizuizi Forced Labor
Camp in Changchun City. Zhang Yaming, the police officer who is mainly responsible for this
persecution, may be reached at 86-431-3122278. 15. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Tang Xifu Is
Unlawfully Arrested Tang Xifu is a Falun Dafa practitioner from the Hongguang Farm in Qianguo,
Songyuan City. On December 15, 2003, Wu Mingli and other police officers from
the Hongguang Police Station arrested Tang for practicing Falun Dafa. Individuals responsible for this persecution: Wu Mingli, head of the Hongguang Police Station: 86-438-25222032 (office). 16. [Feicheng City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Gao Changyin,
Zhai Shenlan, Qi Guiyun and Zhang Lianzhen Are Unlawfully Sentenced to Prison In July 2003, some villagers informed on a group of practitioners from
Feicheng City that was distributing Falun Gong truth clarifying materials in
Xilicun Village, which is located in Taoyuan Town, Feicheng City. Consequently,
seven of the practitioners were unlawfully arrested. On October 27, 2003, the
Feicheng City Court unlawfully sentenced Zhang Lianzhen and Qi Guiyun to two and
a half years each, while Gao Changyin and Zhai Shenlan were both sentenced to
three years in prison. 17. [Leihe City, Henan Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Abducted to
Brainwashing Center by Police and Members of the "610 Office" On November 25, 2003, agents of the Leihe City "610 Office" and
officers from the Leihe City Police Department arrested Tang Sizhi, Yan Yinfeng
and twenty-four other Leihe area Falun Dafa practitioners at their homes. ["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.] The practitioners are all being held
against their will at the Party's training school of Yancheng County, where
videotapes defaming Falun Dafa and its founder are shown on a daily basis. Each
Falun Dafa practitioner is kept in isolation, monitored around the clock and
brainwashed by an assigned team of four people. Collaborator Zhao Guohuan [a
former practitioner who has betrayed his belief due to brainwashing and torture]
leads others in taking turns at brainwashing the practitioners, day and night.
Officials from various towns and townships in the three counties and lone
district in the Leihe area have also participated in the persecution. 18. [Yancheng County, Henan Province] Police Abduct Falun Dafa Practitioner
Ms. Sun Qiuju On the afternoon of December 25, 2003, officers from the Yancheng County
Police Department arrested Leihe City Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Sun Qiuju at
the flourmill where she was working. She is currently being held at the Yancheng
County Detention Center. 19. [Henan Province] Henan Agricultural University Officials Send Falun Dafa
Practitioner Ms. Zhao Xilian to Forced Labor Camp and Mental Hospital In 2002, some Henan Agricultural University officials used their connections
to unlawfully send a university employee, Ms. Zhao Xilian, to the Shibalihe
Women's Forced Labor Camp in Zhengzhou City. Ms. Zhao endured all sorts of
mental and physical torture there before the forced labor camp authorities
notified the university officials that she was being returned to them. Since
then, however, the university officials have sent Ms. Zhao to the Xinxiang
Mental Hospital, where she remains illegally imprisoned. 20. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Huang
Xiangwei on 45-Day Hunger Strike at Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp Harbin City Falun Dafa practitioner Huang Xiangwei is being held in the
Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp. Huang's health is in critical condition after
having been on a 45-day hunger strike. Huang's family has demanded his release
on several occasions. The forced labor camp authorities had initiated the
medical parole process, but later said that it had been denied. The local
"610 Office" has also agreed to take him home, but the Changlinzi
Forced Labor Camp still refuses to release Huang Xiangwei. 21. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Xu
Hongyan and Ms. Meng Donghua Are Abducted 1. Shenzhen City Falun Dafa practitioner Meng Donghua was abducted to a
brainwashing center on December 24, 2003. 2. Falun Dafa practitioner Xu Hongyan, also from Shenzhen City,was abducted
to the Longgang Detention Center on January 5, 2004. 22. [Chongqing] Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. He Zhiyong Is Abducted to a
Brainwashing Center In early October 2003, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. He Zhiyong, a 37-year-old
employee of the Chongqing Branch Railroad Bureau, was abducted to the Jingkou
Brainwashing Center. 23. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Zhang Ying and
Sun Guiqing Unlawfully Detained Falun Dafa practitioners Zhang Ying and Sun Guiqing are from Duanjia Village,
Dengshahe Town, Jinzhou, Dalian City, Liaoning Province. Around 6:00 p.m. on
January 8, 2004, informants called the police while the two practitioners were
distributing Falun Gong truth clarifying leaflets and unfurling banners. They
were arrested and have been held at the Sanli Detention Center in Jinzhou. 24. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Yan Changjun
and Kan Guihong Are Unlawfully Arrested Falun Dafa practitioners Yan Changjun and Kan Guihong are from Huanxiling
Ridge, in Panjin City. While they were distributing Falun Gong truth clarifying
materials, recently, some Nanjing Border Patrol Police Station officers arrested
them. The police station telephone number is 86-427-7548751. 25. [Heze City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Zhang Yu'e
and Ms. Zhang Fenglan Unlawfully Arrested Two Heze City sisters, Ms. Zhang Yu'e and Ms. Zhang Fenglan are Falun Dafa
practitioners who respectively reside in Zhangjie Village, Datun Township,
Dongming County; and in Xianghuzhai Village, Hecao County. In late May 2003, a
joint police force from the Political and Security Section of the Heze City
Police Department, the Dongming County Police Department and the Datun Township
Police Station searched their homes and placed them under arrest. The sisters
were taken to the Dongming County Detention Center and have remained there ever
since. Their family members have rarely been granted visitation. Their children
and mother, who is in her 70's, have been left unattended. Zhang Yu'e was in the
lumber business and had over 10,000 yuan of her personal savings in her closet [Note:
In China it is very common for people to keep their personal savings at home
instead of in the banks which are notoriously unreliable and corruption is
rampant]. While the police were conducting their illegal search, the
officers dumped the cash on the floor. After the police left, Zhang's family
discovered that over 5,000 yuan of her savings was stolen. The Zhang family has
spent tens of thousands of yuan to get the sisters out of jail, but to no avail.
It is reported that the sisters will soon be put on trial. Some Heze City "610 Office" telephone numbers: January 12, 2004
Hong Ruipeng, Party Secretary of the Niushikou Neighborhood Administration
Office.
Zhang Shuli, Director of the Niushikou Neighborhood Administration Office.
Zhong Yi, criminal investigation officer from the Shizishan Police Station, who
is responsible for persecution. Telephone 86-28-89016557.
Office of the Bureau Chief: 3811518.
Political Commissar: 3835535.
Office of the Disciplinary Commission: 3835973.
Liyuan Police Station in Weifang City: 86-536-8519110.
Wu Feng, police officer at the Hongguang station.
Heze City "610 Office": 86-530-5310805.
Zhou, Director of the "610 Office": 86-530-5961003.
Wang Guilin, Director of the Mudan District "610 Office" in Heze City:
86-13953007893 (cellular).
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