Latest News from China - January 16, 2005
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Seventy-Year-Old Practitioner Bai
Suzhen Arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Bai Suzhen was arrested on December 8, 2004.
Later she showed symptoms of high blood pressure and was sent to the First
Hospital in Guangzhou City for a physical examination. Afterwards she was
allowed to go home. The police came to search and ransack her home after she got
home. A few days later Ms. Bai Suzhen was arrested again. She again showed
symptoms of high blood pressure. After she was sent to the hospital, no one on
the outside has since known her whereabouts. Bai Suzhen is in her seventies and was not in good condition after her
arrest. Her work unit staff went to the local 610 Office to demand her release;
but the 610 Office personnel refused their request. 2. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Wang Lihua Arrested While
Distributing Truth-Clarification Materials On December 22, 2004, police arrested Ms. Wang Lihua, a native of Dawa
County, Panjin City, Liaoning Province, when she was distributing Falun Gong
truth-clarification material in the Jinrong residential community in Dawa
Township. She was held at the Dawa County Detention Center. At five o'clock that
same day, eight officers from the Xingshun Police Station went to Wang Lihua's
home to search and confiscate Falun Gong books and truth-clarification material.
One of the policemen is Du Zhonglin. They even took Wang Lihua's husband, Yuan
Shumao, who was not yet a practitioner to Dawa County Detention Center. Their
family members tried to beg higher authorities to release Wang and her husband
by giving them money. Yuan Shumao was released, however Wang Lihua is currently
held at the Third Police Station in Panjin City. The police strictly block
information related to her and forbid her family from visiting her. Related phone numbers: Department of Police of Dawa County, Panjin City: Yang Wanguo, Liu Jingli, Fan Zhexian (86-427-6858508) 3. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Li Zhiling Arrested from Her
Home after Being Tortured Severely in a Labor Camp Ms. Li Zhiling had been incarcerated in the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp from
July 20, 1999 until November 6, 2004. When she was finally released from the
labor camp on November 6, 2004, one of her family members had to carry her on
the back to get her home. She was reduced to a skeleton and was unable to take
care of herself. She had suffered from tremendous physical and mental torture.
Before she was able to recover completely, some thirty people from the 610
Office, the police station and Street Administration Office forcibly took her to
a brainwashing class located at Xinglong Mountain, Changchun City. The
persecutors disregarded the elderly parents' desperate plea and the fact that Li
Zhiling's life is in danger. As of January 16, 2005, Li Zhiling has been on
hunger strike for five days. 4. [Beijing] Practitioner Ms. He Guilan Secretly Sentenced to Five Years of
Imprisonment Practitioner Ms. He Guilan was arrested from her home on April 27, 2004. She
had been incarcerated in a secret brainwashing center in the Fengtai District,
Beijing. In December 2004, they held a secret trial and sentenced her to five
years of imprisonment. She is currently incarcerated in an unknown prison in the
Changping District, Beijing. 5. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Kong Shuzhen Imprisoned
for Distributing Truth-Clarification Material On January 14, 2005, practitioner Kong Shuzhen from Harbin City was
distributing truth-clarification material in the vicinity of Jianguo Park in the
Daoli District. Officers from the Iron Police Station spotted her and arrested
her. She was sent to the Yaziquan Detention Center in Guxiang. 6. [Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province] Two Practitioners Arrested for
Distributing Truth Clarification-Materials Recently, Falun Gong practitioners Ma Xueyan and Yang Wenying from Jiayuguan
City, Gansu Province were arrested and had their homes ransacked by spies from a
local state security organ and staff from the 610 Office for clarifying the
truth and distributing truth-clarification material. 7. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Arrest of Practitioner Zhao Chunying On January 14, 2005, Ms. Zhao Chunying, in her fifties, was clarifying the
truth in the Qianfoshan District, Jinan City. Officers from the Qianfoshan
Police Station arrested her and ransacked her home. 8. [Fuyuan County, Heilongjiang Province] Arrest of Practitioners Cai De'an
and Liu Wenyong Around 3:00 p.m. on January 3, 2005, officers from Fuyuan County's Police
Department and from the Haiqing Police Station in Fuyuan County broke into and
ransacked Cai De'an and Liu Wenyong's homes. Cai De'an and Liu Wenyong were
arrested. They are currently being held at the Fuyuan County Detention Center;
the police plan to sentence them to forced labor. Liu Wenyong's wife is also a
Falun Gong practitioner. The police are searching for her everywhere. The police
are monitoring all of Liu's relatives' houses. 9. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Wang Shiming on Hunger
Strike at the Yaojia Detention Center On the evening of January 13, 2005, practitioner Mr. Wang Shiming, 27 years
old, from Dalian City, Liaoning Province, was arrested by officers from the
Xinzhaizi Police Station in Dalian City. In the morning on January 14, he was
transferred to the Yaojia Detention Center. He is currently on a hunger strike. 10. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Arrest of Practitioner Jiang Shuqin Around 10:00 a.m. on November 17, 2004, officers from the Yufengli Police
Station in the Haigang District, Qinhuangdao City forcibly arrested practitioner
Jiang Shuqin from her home. The police also searched her home and confiscated
Falun Gong books and other things. A few days later, Jiang Shuqin's family
members went to the security division at Jiang's work unit and asked the
personnel there why Jiang was arrested. The personnel at the security division
replied, "It was an order from above. They need to arrest her to meet the
quota." 11. [Shanghai] Practitioner Cong Peixi Sentenced to One Year of Forced Labor
for Clarifying the Truth to Her Colleague Recently, practitioner Ms. Cong Peixi from Yangpu District in Shanghai
clarified the truth to one of her former colleagues and gave him some
truth-clarifying material. Her colleague reported Cong Peixi to the supervisors
and turned in the material. Cong Peoxi was thus arrested again and sentenced to
one year of forced labor for a second time. Cong Peixi had previously endured
two years of forced labor in the Women's Forced Labor Camp of Qingpu District in
Shanghai, between 2001 and 2003. 12. [Tai'an City, Shandong Province] Police from Feicheng City Arrest
Practitioners Zhang Fuxin and Others for Distributing Truth-Clarification
Material On January 5, 2001, four practitioners from Daiyue District, Tai'an City,
Shandong Province, Zhang Fuxin, Xu Xinglu and Zhang Fuxin's son were arrested.
The perpetrators were police from Feicheng City. This happened as the
practitioners were distributing truth-clarification material. They are currently
being held at the Feicheng Detention Center. Related phone numbers: Zhang Jinhua, Feicheng Detention Center Head: 86-538-3300902, 86-538-3301060 13. [Beijing] The Hu Kui Couple Arrested and Sent to Brainwashing Class for
Distributing Truth-Clarification Material On January 9, 2005, practitioners Hu Kui and his wife, an elderly couple from
Wenquan Village, Wenquan Town, Haidian District, Beijing City were distributing
truth-clarification material in the evening. Security staff from the village
reported them to the police. They were held at the Wenquan Police Station for
two days and then released. The next day they were arrested again and sent to
the Nuclear Industry Training Center brainwashing class in Sujiatuo Town, the
Haidian District, Beijing. 14. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Zhang Liantao Arrested
for Distributing Truth-Clarification Material Mr. Zhang Liantao is a practitioner in the Xinchengzi District, Shenyang
City, Liaoning Province. He is a forest ranger for the Magang Forestry Center.
On January 12, 2005, when he was distributing truth clarification material in
the forest park during the daytime, police arrested him. So far, his whereabouts
are unknown.
Xingshun Police Station of Dawa County: 86-427-2684126
Dawa County Detention Center: 86-427-2684162
The Third Police Station of Panjin City: 86-427-2682600
Director of the Third Police Station of Panjin City: 86-427-2682511
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