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Latest News from China - January 1, 2005
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province] Mr. Jiao Jiagan, Mr. Zhong Chongbin
and Others Sentenced to Imprisonment Since July 2004, the Lianyungang City 610 Office detained several Falun Dafa
practitioners for extended periods of time, and refused to allow them family
visits. Among these practitioners, Mr. Zhong Chonbin, Ms. Du Xiuju, Mr. Liu
Naihe, Mr. Liu Shuye, Mr. Yu Yue and others were each sentenced to terms of
imprisonment of 3 or 4 years. 2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] High School Teacher Ms. Jiang Yanxia
Arrested for Clarifying the Truth about Falun Dafa Ms. Jiang Yanxia is the class teacher of the 5th Class of the 3rd
Grade in the Number 53 High School in Changchun City. She clarified the truth to
all the students in her class and gave each of them a New Year's card (which
contained truth-clarification material). The next day, Ms. Jiang disappeared. It
was later found that officers of the Erdao Police Sub-Bureau of Changchun City
had arrested her. The telephone numbers of the Erdao Police Sub-Bureau: Director of the Sub-Bureau: 86-431-4958188 3. [Jiangsu Province] Practitioners Inhumanly Tortured at the Jiangsu
Provincial Forced Labor Camp The Jiangsu Provincial Women's Forced Labor Camp in Jurong County is an evil
site where Falun Dafa practitioners have been cruelly tortured. More than 600
female practitioners have been detained there and subjected to authoritarian
brainwashing. The practitioners who refused to renounce their practice were subjected to
sleep deprivation and forced to squat while being harassed. Furthermore, they
were beaten by there own "personal cangues" (1). These practitioners
suffered myriad tortures, both mental and physical in nature. For example, in
the freezing cold of winter they would be stripped down to their thin underwear,
then the cangues would douse them with cold water, soaking them from head to
feet. On the Chinese New Year in 2004, as the practitioner Ms. Gao Yulan was
made to endure her third round of brainwashing, the cangues not only poured cold
water all over her but also beat her, severely injuring one of her eyes. The address of the Jiangsu Provincial Women's Forced Labor Camp: No. 242 Letter Box, Jurong County, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of
China, Postal Code 212400 4. [ Hubei Province] Practitioner Wu Zhiqiang in a Weakened Condition from
Torture at the Qinduakou Prison Mr. Wu Zhiqiang from Qiaokou District, Wuhan City has been illegally
incarcerated at the Qinduankou Prison in Hubei Province since June 2004. Because
he refused to give up his belief in the principles of "Truthfulness,
Compassion and Forbearance" he was tortured to the point where he is only
skin and bones and looks very old. He is presently only 40 years old, yet he
appears to be over 60. 5. [Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Xu Jianping Taken to a Brainwashing
Center for Producing Truth-Clarification Materials Ms. Xu Jianping from Pingjiang District, Juzhou City was arrested and taken
to a brainwashing center for producing truth-clarification materials. She has
been held for more than a month. 6. [Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. You Yumei and Ms. Cai Jinlan Arrested
for Distributing Truth-Clarification Materials Ms. You Yumei and Ms. Cai Jinlan were arrested on October 24, 2004 while
handing out truth-clarification materials at the Luozhen Township, Fuzhou Area
in Jiangxi Province. They were held at the Fuzhou Number 1 and Number 2
Detention Centers. Because they refused to give their names, continued to study
the Fa while being held at the detention center, practiced the Falun Gong
exercises, sent forth righteous thoughts, and refused to disclose the source of
the materials, they were handcuffed and shackled for as long as 24 days. Only
when their family members went to visit them on November 17 were their handcuffs
and shackles removed. When their family members saw Ms. You Yumei and Ms Cai
Jinlan, the two of them looked quite unwell, Ms. Cai Jinlan in particular. Her
face was swollen and she had a sallow complexion. 7. [Linqu, Shandong Province] Mr. Lu Hongyue Arrested While Hanging Banners Lu Hongyue was arrested by police officers from the Linqu Police Station and
sent to a detention center early in the morning on December 30, 2004 for putting
up truth- clarifying banners. 8. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Further Information on the Persecution of
Ms. Zhong Shuhua On March 19, a dozen or more policemen who arrived in four police cars
surrounded Ms. Zhong Shuhua's house, took away all her Falun Dafa books and
materials including CD burners and disks worth 5,000 yuan. Ms. Zhong
Shuhua was taken to Pingdu 610 Office. The police from the 610 Office used a
rope made of hand-towels to whip Zhong Shuhua's eyes, forced her to stand still
for a long period of time, forced her to sit on a small stool day and night, and
deprived her of sleep. The torture lasted for nearly 8 months. Ms. Zhong Shuhua was sentenced to three years of forced labor and taken to
Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo City on December 1 by officers of the Pingdu
610 Office because she still refused to give up her belief in the principles of
"Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance." Jiang Tao from the New Era
Commercial Building in Pingdu City was taken to the forced labor camp with Zhong
Shuhua. Zhong Shuhua's husband, Zhong Zhenfu, was forced to leave home on March
19 and became homeless in order to avoid being arrested and persecuted. As a
result, no one was left to take care of his parents, who are nearly 80 years
old. When their son was about to get married before the Chinese New Year, he did
not have his parents there to celebrate with him. A happy family has been broken
up due to the persecution. 9. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Guan Feng Arrested While
Distributing Truth-Clarification Flyers Ms. Guan Feng and another practitioner from the Petroleum Institute of Daqing
whose name is not presently known were arrested on December 30, 2004. It is said
that the patrolling police spotted them while they were handing out
truth-clarification flyers. 10. [Yuxin, Jiangxi Province] Practitioner Mr. Jin Shunsheng Sentenced to One
Year of Forced Labor In early November 2004, policemen from the National Security Division
arrested Jin Shunsheng from Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province. He was taken to Bajing
Forced Labor Camp in Gaoan, Jiangxi Province without proper legal procedures,
where he is required to perform forced labor for a period of one year. 11. [Luanxian County, Hebei Province] Ms. Yang Li and Mr. Zhou Haiwei, a
Married Couple, Arrested for Clarifying the Truth About Falun Dafa Ms. Yang Li from Luanxian County No. 2 High School in Tangshan City told her
students the truth about Falun Dafa and about the greatness of the principle of
"Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance." The school principal and
the Party Secretary reported it to the Cultural and Education Bureau. Ms. Yang's
husband, Zhou Haiwei, has clarified the truth to the principal before. The
school authorities talked to the couple many times, suspending them from
teaching classes, suspended them from their jobs, tried to force them to write a
"Guarantee Statement," and tried to force them leave Luanxian County.
The couple continued to clarify the truth to the school authorities. On October
7, 2004, both of them were arrested and are now being held at the Luanxian
County Detention Center. Zhang Shuangxi, Head of the Luanxian Detention Center Telephone of the center: 86-315-7126046 12. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Huang Jinrong Sentenced to Forced
Labor On October 30, 2004, Ms. Huang Jinrong was arrested by policemen from the
Qianjin Police Station in Ningjiang District, Songyuan City and sentenced to
forced labor. She is now held at the No. 1 Team, No. 6 Division of the Heizuizi
Forced Labor Camp. Currently authorities at the camp are refusing to allow
visits from her family. Note: (1) "Personal cangue" - the name of an instrument of torture, is
now used to indicate the person who was designated to supervise the behavior of
practitioners.
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