Latest News from China -- August 21, 2004
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] The Police from Dadukou Precinct Arrest
Two Practitioners On August 20, 2004, the police from Dadukou Precinct, Chongging City abducted
Dafa practitioners Xiao Li (nickname) and Ms. Qiu Cuixiang from the home of Xiao
Ming (nickname). 2. [Beijing] Dafa Practitioner In Haidian Precinct Ms. Lei Yang Is Arrested,
Her Current Whereabouts Unknown Bejing Dafa practitioner Lei Yang lives in the dormitory of Steel Wire
Factory in Zengquang Road, Haidian Precinct, Beijing. On February 25, 2004, the
police from Haidian Public Security abducted her away from her home. Later, the
police searched her home and found two Dafa books. She was then sentenced to two
and a half years of hard labor. Her whereabouts is still not known. Related phone numbers: 3. [Anshan, Liaoning Province] The Police Abduct Practitioner, Ms. Sun Huibin
On the morning of August 11, 2004, two policemen from Tiexi Xingcheng Police
Station abducted Ms. Sun Huibin while she was on her way to market. She is being
held in the Yuemingshan Secondary Detention Center. 4. [Huichun City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Mr. Zhang Songfan Is Subject
to Illegal Detention and Inhuman Torture Mr. Zhang Songfan, 43, is an employee at Grain Storage in Tumen City, Jilin
Province. On the evening of April 24, 2004, Huichun City Public Security in
Jilin Province abducted him while he was distributing truth-clarification
materials. The National Security Brigade interrogated and tortured him. They
handcuffed his hands behind his back and hook a heavy weight of more than ten
kilograms around his neck. Then they denied Zhang of sleep for three consecutive
days. After the torture knocked him into unconsciousness, the police transferred
him to the Huichun Detention Center on April 26 while he was still conscious.
After one day and one night of torture on April 28, Zhang's body was completely
covered with cuts and bruises. He has become extremely frail. On August 3, he
was transferred to another detention center and is waiting for the verdict from
the court. Related phone no: Director, Huichun City Public Security Bureau: 86-440-751-3212 National Security Brigade: 86-440-751-3552 5. [Anning City, Yunnan Province] Wenquan County Police Station Arrest
Practitioners At about 2:00 PM on August 16, 2004, the police from Wenquan County, Anning
City abducted two female Dafa practitioners (their names are not known); both
are retired employees of Kunming Steel Company in Yunnan Province. 6. [Shanghai] Ms. Zhu Kuihua from Huadong Normal University Is Subject to
Torture Ms. Zhu Kuihua was a graduate student about 30 years old when persecution of
Falun Gong began in 1999. After July 20, 1999, she was illegally detained, being
brainwashed, being deprived of personal freedom and right of studying, because
she refused to write "Guarantee Statement,"(1) kept practicing Falun Gong
exercises in the track field on campus, and appealed for Falun Dafa in Beijing.
She is now subject to cruel mental tortures. 7. [Anhui Province] Mr. Bi Xiaojuan from Huangmei Troupe Is Illegally
Sentenced to Five Years of Prison Bi Xiaohuan is a violinist in his 30's in Huangmei Troupe in Anhui Province.
Because Bi practices Falun Gong, he was arrested several times. To force him to
give up his belief in Falun Dafa, the police once tied him in a chair for more
than seventy days. Not long ago, Bi was sentenced to five years in the prison. Because of his
severe illness, the prison refused to take him. He is now detained in the Hefei
City Detention Center. 8. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Police Abduct Practitioners Ms. Ma Xia
and Mr. Wu Xinyun On the midnight of July 12, 2004, the police from Twenty Seven Branch Station
in Zhengzhou City abducted Dafa practitioner Mr. Wu Xinyun from his home. He was
denied of any family visit. His whereabouts is unknown. Zhengzhou City Public Security Bureau has arrested Dafa practitioner Ms. Ma
Xia, while she was distributing truth-clarification materials. Her blind elderly
mother in her 70's and her child who is now attending middle school were left
home with no one taking care of them. 9. [Wuxue City, Hubei Province] Police Abduct Sixteen Practitioners Since early July 2004, under the directive of Wuxue city's "610 Office,"
Wuxue City Public Security and local police stations have carried out a large
scale of illegally searches of Falun Gong practitioners' homes and confiscated
their personal properties. According to an incomplete statistics, there are about sixteen Falun Gong
practitioners in Wuxue City that have been illegally abducted by the police. Mr.
Xu Xuewen and Xiao Lingtong from the National Security are responsible for these
illegal arrests. Their phone number is 86-713-8964220. 10. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Mianyang City Public Security Bureau
Illegally Sends Dafa Practitioner Yang to Do Forced Hard Labor Dafa practitioner Yang, about 50 to 60 years old, is a spouse of an employee
of Chengdu City Geological Prospecting Bureau in Beizhan Precinct, Chengdu City.
Yang and Yang's son and daughter-in-law went to their hometown in June to
distribute truth-clarification materials. The police arrested them after the
local people reported them. Yang has been sentenced to a year and half of forced
labor. Yang's son, Mr. He Baosen (in his 30's), has been sentenced to one year
and 3 months in the forced labor camp. Yang's daughter-in-law has been also
sentenced to do forced hard labor (sentenced to custody outside prison.) 11. [Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province] Practitioner Mr. Sun Yingchun from
Lianshui County Is Arrested Ms. Sun Yingchun, a Dafa practitioner in Lianshui County, Huai'an City,
Jiangsu Province, was arrested recently and is currently detained in Lianshui
Detention Center. Related telephone number: 12. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Call for Urgent Rescue of Dafa
Practitioners Ms. Li Baojie and Her Husband From Jinzhou Precinct On August 19, 2004, the local police abducted Ms. Li Baojie (30's) and her
husband, Mr. Pan from Panjin City, from their home in Jinzhou Precinct, Dalian
City. The police confiscated a printer, printer papers and printer toner, and
one removable computer hard drive, which is worth over 1,000 yuan. Note: (1) Guarantee Statement - A statement to 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.
Ganjiakou Police Station: 86-10-68317516, 86-10-68311022, and 86-10-68353907
Home Committee: 86-10-68428399.
Lianshui County Public Security Bureau: 86-517-2306001
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