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Latest News from China -- May 24, 2004
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Two Dafa Practitioners are Sentenced to
Over Four Years in Prison In 2003, chief Zhang Mingjiang of Xi'an Town's Police Station led a group of
people to arrest practitioner Ye Ximing from Xi'an Town, Dawa County and put him
into a brainwashing program. Ye Ximing staged a hunger strike and was released
seven days later. On February 13, 2004, Police arrested Ye Ximing while he was painting a sign
in public, "Falun Dafa is Good." He was released when he was near death after
being persecuted by the police. After returning home he was again arrested for
painting signs that explained the facts of the persecution. At present, Ye
Ximing has been sentenced to six years in Jinzhou City's Prison. On February 14, official Zhang Mingjiang assigned policeman Ye Litie to stake
out a certain place and arrest practitioner Mr. Xiao Zhijun from Xi'an Town,
Dawa County while he was distributing truth-clarifying materials. Xiao Zhijun is
now being held at Dawa County's Detention Center and has been sentenced to 4.5
years in prison at Jinzhou City's Prison. 2. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Accounts of Several Dafa Practitioners
Being Tortured On April 2, 2004, personnel from the Longcheng Police Department arrested
practitioner Zhao Hongli from the Jianping District, Chaoyang City and held him
at the Wujiawa Detention Center. Zhao Hongli was tortured so severely that his
life was in extreme danger. On May 13, Zhao Hongli was sent to a hospital for
emergency treatment. Later on he was sent back to the detention center for
further persecution. On May 21, 2004, practitioners Xie Baofeng and Jiang Wei, detained at the
Shijiahetao Detention Center, became critically ill after staging a hunger
strike for a long time. They were sent to the No. 234 Hospital for emergency
care. 3. [Tianshui City, Gansu Province] Arrest of Two Dafa Practitioners During the night of May 12, 2004, policemen headed by chief Shi Juping from
Tianshui City's Police Department arrested practitioners Ms. Zhao Jin'e and Ms.
Zhang Zhiling while the practitioners were posting truth-clarifying signs in the
streets. They are now being held at Qincheng District's Lu'ergou Detention
Center. Relevant phone numbers: Shi Juping: 86-938-8293318 (Home), and 86-13309386180 (Cell); 4. [Jidong County, Heilongjiang Province] Arrest of Five Dafa Practitioners
During the night of May 13, 2004, police arrested five practitioners from
Jidong County. They are Ms. Xing Hua, Ms. Liu Yufang, Ms. Xu Guirong and two
other practitioners with unknown names who were distributing truth-clarifying
brochures. 5. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Police from Jinzhou District Raid Dafa
Practitioners' Residences At around 5:00 p.m. on May 13, 2004, seven policemen from Ershilipu Town's
Police Station, Jinzhou District arrested practitioner Han Shengjin at work.
Later on at around 7:00 p.m., many policemen went to ransack practitioners'
homes and confiscate everything related to Dafa. Han Shengjin is now being held
at Jinzhou District's Detention Center. 6. [Yunnan Province] Zheng Cuilan On an Extended Hunger
Strike to Protest Her Unconstitutional Forced Labor Sentence Practitioner Ms. Zheng Cuilan of Kunming City, Yunnan
Province, 54 years old, went shopping at a vegetable market on April 21 2004.
She told some vendors to be righteous and not to do bad things against their own
conscience as she saw some of them cheating on the amount of foods they were
selling. A patrol guard overheard her asking the vendors not to cheat and
claimed that she was promoting Falun Gong. He arrested her and took her to a
police precinct. Then personnel from the Guandu Branch of Kunming City's Police
Department ransacked her home and held her in a detention center for over 20
days. Following that they sentenced her to three years of forced labor claiming
they had found 21 pieces of truth-clarifying materials at her home and that she
had given a CD to someone on some day. Now she is being held in Yunnan
Province's Female Forced Labor Camp. Zheng Cuilan has been on a hunger strike to
protest this persecution since May 12. 7. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Zhao Enfa Practitioner Mr. Zhao Enfa of Huludao City, Liaoning Province
was working in Xingshan Village of Jinzhou City's Development District. On May
12, 2004, personnel from the Xingshan Police Precinct arrested him without
charge. Wang Xueling, a policeman involved in the persecution: 86-416-3535552,
3535008 8. [Suibin County, Heilongjiang Province] Illegal Holding of
Zhang Jingdong from Suibin County On May 20, 2004, practitioner Mr. Zhang Jingdong from Xinfu
Township, Suibin County, Heilongjiang Province, former Xinfu High School
principal, rode a newly bought motorcycle to apply for a vehicle license plate
in the county. Police stopped him and subjected him to a body search. After
finding one truth-clarifying CD and one piece of truth-clarifying material with
him, they detained him, searched his home and looted Zhang's personal computer,
printer, electronic book and other belongings. Related telephone numbers (Country code: 86, area code: 468): 9. [Jiangxi Province] Unconstitutional One Year Prison
Sentence of Practitioner Huang Chaowu from Ruichang Pier Since 2000 practitioner Mr. Huang Chaowu has been held in
detention centers five times due to his belief in Falun Dafa and the principle
of Truth-Compassion-Tolerance. During detention he was maltreated, both mentally
and physically. After he lost his job, in order to make a living, he had worked
as a pier carrier, odd-job man or helped others fill gas tanks. At the end of
2003, police found him distributing truth-clarifying fliers, so police deceived
Hang into going to the police precinct and arrested him. Afterwards, police
sentenced him to one year of forced labor. 10. [Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province] Detention at a
Brainwashing Class Practitioner Dr. Chen Junhui is a pediatric doctor in
Jiangmen City's General Hospital. On May 9, 2004, Jiangmen City's "610"
personnel colluded with about 20 officers from the city's Tidong Police
Precinct, arrested Dr. Chen and put him into the Sanshui Brainwashing Center.
Currently, three other practitioners are being persecuted at the Sanshui
Brainwashing Center including Li Aiqun, the city's Falun Gong volunteer contact
person, Lin Rongtong, a technician in the city's Nitrogen Fertilizer Company and
Chen Junhui. Relevant phone numbers (Country code: 86, area code: 750, It
is not necessary to dial the area code before a cell phone number.): 11. [Jiangyuan County, Jilin Province] Arrest of Tang Jun
from Wangou Town's Forestry Bureau On May 13, 2004, Yu Yongsheng, chief of the Political and
Security Section from Wangou Town's Forestry Bureau and Wang Weidong, an
employee of the section arrested practitioner Tang Jun from home when s/he was
reading Dafa books. They ransacked his house and confiscated Dafa books and
tapes. Tang Jun is currently being held at Jiangyuan County's Detention Center. Yu Yongsheng: 86-439-3613197(Home) 12. [Nantong City, Jiangsu Province] The Persecution Suffered
by Song Weijuan Toward the end of 2000, Dafa practitioner Ms. Song Weijuan,
44 years old, from Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, was sentenced to one year of
forced labor for explaining the facts about the persecution of Falun Dafa. After
being released she was directly sent to a brainwashing center because she
refused to give up practicing Falun Dafa. Later, she was detained at Nanjing
City's Female Prison where she had been hung up and beaten for nine days until
she was in a coma. Finally, because she was steadfast in her belief, she was
illegally sentenced to ten years and six months in prison. When her family went
to visit her, they found Song had been tortured severely until her physical
condition was extremely weak. 13. [Tianjing City] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Yang Lihua When Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Lihua, who is 53 years old
and lives in Hebei District, was out in Jing County on May 23, 2004, lawless
policemen arrested her. 14. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Arrest of Dafa
Practitioner Wang Qian At 4:00 p.m. on April 29, police in Shouguang City broke into
Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Qian's house and forcibly arrested her. Wang Qian is
an employee of the Shouguang City Food Company. 15. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Arrest of Dafa
Practitioner Lin Mei During the afternoon on May 21, 2004, police officers took
Dafa practitioner Lin Mei from the Longquanyi District from her work unit.
Currently Li Mei's whereabouts are unknown. 16. [Wu'an City, Hebei Province] Police Arrest Practitioner
Jiang Wenjun Ms. Jiang Wenjun is a Dafa practitioner from Kangdong
Village, Kang'ercheng Town, Wu'an City, Hebei Province. At 9:00 p.m. on May 19,
2004, officers from the No.1 section of Wu'an City's Police Department and
Kang'ercheng Town's Police Precinct arrested her. 17. [Beining City, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Three Dafa
Practitioners On May 12, policeman Li Qinghu, head of the Kulongtai
Township Police Precinct and two other policemen arrested Dafa practitioner Li
Yan from Kulongtai Township, Beining City, Liaoning Province. They sent the
practitioner to a detention center. The reason for the arrest was that Li Yang
had written a "Solemn Statement" which declared that his/her words and deeds
under forced brainwashing were null and void. But someone found the statement's
manuscript and thus police took this as an excuse to arrest him/her. Dafa practitioners Dong Xiaofeng and Chang Yaoqing are from
Guangning Township, Beining City. On May 18, policeman Bian Zhengjian from the
Guangning Township Precinct duped them with a summons, to appear at the National
Security Team in Guangning Township. Once they got there, they were arrested.
They are being detained at Beining City's Detention Center. |