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Latest News from China - March 29, 2005
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Baicheng City, Jilin Province] 610 Office Police Arrest Falun Gong
Practitioner Liu Xiaoyong Police from the 610 Office arrested Falun Gong practitioner Mr.
Liu Xiaoyong when he was clarifying the truth of Falun Gong along a pedestrian
street. He was tortured during interrogation and illegally detained for over
nine months. His whereabouts are unknown. Related phone numbers: Tian Xiaoping, 610 Office Police Team leader, 86-436-3252511, 86-436-2813186 2. [Shanghai] Falun Gong Practitioner Xing Miaoxiu Arrested Practitioner Ms. Xing Miaoxiu from the Yangpu District, Shanghai was arrested
and put into the Nanhui Detention Center. 3. [Gansu Province] Torture of Practitioners at the Linxia Prison Practitioners Mr. Yang Xuegui, Mr. Wang Wenke, Mr. Jiao Yunlin, and Mr. Li
Jiankui are being held and tortured at the Linxia Prison. Guards there shock
practitioners with six electric batons. Because Li Jiankui and Jiao Yunlin
shouted "Falun Dafa is great," they were locked up in a small cell and
forced to undergo brainwashing. Usually, eight people monitor Yang Xuegui while
four people monitor Li Jiankui and Jiao Yunlin. (Country code: 86, area code: 930) 4. [Chongqing] Practitioner Zhang Zhishu Arrested During the afternoon of March 18, 2005, practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhishu from
Longshui Town, Dazhu County, Chongqing was followed as he distributed
truth-clarifying materials. Police arrested him afterwards. He may be held in
the Dazhu County Detention Center. 5. [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Personnel from the Guangmin Police Precinct
Arrest Practitioner Liu Min On March 24, 2005, police arrested Ms. Liu Min when she was clarifying the
truth to a person selling fruit in front of the Guangmin Police Precinct in
Tonghua City. Later police put her into the city's Changliu Detention Center. 6. [Rongcheng City, Shandong Province] Wang Renzhi and Other Practitioners
from Shangzhuang Town Arrested March 8, 2005 was a market fair day for Shangzhuang Town. At around 10:00
a.m., two policemen from the Shangzhuang Town Police Precinct, Han Mengfa and
Song Xiujie, broke into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Renzhi's home without
showing any warrant. They arrested Wang Renzhi together with some friends who
were visiting her - Ms. Sun Yongling from Maoliujia Village, Ms. Yu Hongzhen
from Liujiadian Village and Ms. Gao Peirong from Zhongguzhang Village. They sent
them to the Rongcheng City Detention Center. Wang Renzhi's family members
questioned, "Why are you arresting people for no reason?" They said,
"This is assembly!" However, they told the public these people were
arrested because they distributed flyers. These four people are staging a hunger strike at the Rongcheng City Detention
Center to protest their illegal arrest. Two weeks later, at 3 o'clock in the
morning, police sent the four people to the Wangcun Women's Forced Labor Camp in
Zibo City for further persecution. Relevant telephone numbers: 7. [Xinjiang Autonomous Region] Li Yongzheng and Tao Ge Cruelly Tortured On December 18, 2000, police arrested practitioner Mr. Li Yongzheng while he
was distributing truth-clarifying materials. They deprived him of sleep for nine
days and beat him badly. Later they sent him to the Hutubi Detention Center for
five years of imprisonment. At the detention center, police constantly
humiliated, beat, and verbally abused Li Yongzheng, which greatly injured him,
both physically and mentally. Tao Ge was arrested together with Li Yongzheng at home in 2000 and is now
being held at the No. 3 Prison, No. 6 Team, Xiabahu Forced Labor Farm. There are
ten other practitioners currently being held there. 8. [Chongqing] Persecution Account of Li Guangjin from Jiangbei District Ms. Li Guangjin, 46, lives at Unit 7-4, No. 58 Yangheyicun Village, Jiangbei
District, Chongqing. She obtained the Fa in March 1997. On August 30, 1999 she
went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was later arrested by Beijing
police and escorted back to Chongqing. She was detained for 15 days at the
Shapingba Detention Center in Chongqing City. Later her work unit, the No. 2
Company of the Shapingba District Public Transportation Cooperation, detained
her for over 20 days. Before they released Li Guangjin, they forced her family
members to write a so-called guarantee statement, promising she
won't go to Beijing again. On November 4, 2000, Chongqing Police arrested her
again and sentenced her to one year of forced labor. At the forced labor camp, Li Guangjin was forced to stand for over ten hours
each day. One time police ordered inmates to beat practitioners who were
reciting Teacher's writings. She was beaten so badly that she couldn't get into
bed, couldn't sit up, and needed help to get into bed for over a month
afterward. In October 2001, Li Guangjin's work unit fired her. In October 2003,
Suining City Police arrested Li Guangjin again. She has been detained at the
Suining City Detention Center ever since. She was sentenced to seven years of
imprisonment. 9. [Chongqing] Tang Bing from Guojiatuo, Jiangbei District Arrested and His
Home Ransacked At around 11:00 a.m. on March 18, 2005, personnel from the Guojiatuo Police
Station arrested practitioner Tang Bing from Guojiatuo, Jiangbei District and
ransacked his/her home. Relevant telephone numbers: 10. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Li Suqiu and Others Arrested On March 27, 2005, practitioners from the Anju District, Jinzhou City
gathered at Ms. Li Suqiu's home for an experience-sharing meeting. Yang Guang,
the Baigu Police Station chief, led seven policemen to arrest them. They broke
in through a window on the second floor and arrested 20 practitioners. Later, a
practitioner managed to escape. The arrested practitioners are being held at the
Jinzhou City No. 2 Detention Center. 11. [Jiaonan City, Shandong Province] Du Funuan and Meng Yingge Arrested Practitioners Du Funuan and Meng Yingge of Jiaonan City, Shandong Province
were arrested. Du Funuan currently is in the 610 Office Brainwashing Class in
Qingdao City, and Meng Yingge is being held at the Jiaonan City Detention
Center. 12. [Tanshan City, Hebei Province] Zhou Yinxiang Sisters from the Fengrun
District Arrested On March 6, 2005, several policemen broke into and ransacked the home of
practitioner Ms. Zhou Yinxiang from Wulixuan Village, Yanzihe Township, Fengrun
District, Tangshan City. Her elder sister, Ms. Zhou Yinping, went to Beijing to
appeal for her but was also arrested. Now the two sisters are being illegally
held at the Fengrun District Detention Center. Wang Chunye, Yanzihe Township Police Precinct chief: 86-315-5431110 13. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Recently Arrested Practitioners from the
Zichuan Area On March 17, 2005, personnel from a local police precinct entrapped
practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiufen by deceiving her into coming to the precinct in
the name of "having a talk." They then put her into the Zibo City
Legal Institutional Education Center" for torture (a brainwashing class
administered by the 610 Office). On February 22, 2005, someone reported practitioner Shen Qirong and Ms. Li
Jinying, a retired physician from the Zichuan District No.1 Middle School to
police when they were clarifying the truth. Shen Qirong walked away with the
power of righteous thoughts, but eventually she was forcibly sent into the Zibo
City Legal Institutional Education Center for brainwashing and persecution. Li
Jinying is now being held at the Zibo City Detention Center. On March 21, 2005, more than 20 officers from the National Security Team in
the Zibo City Police Department arrested practitioner Mr. Gao Wenqi, an arts
teacher at the Shuanggou Middle School in the Zichuan District. Afterwards they
ransacked his home. Now Gao is being tortured at the "Zibo Legal
Institutional Center." His wife was left alone at home to take care of
their three month-old baby. Related phone numbers for the Zichuan District No.1 Middle School (Country
code: 86, area code 533. Do not dial area code before a cell phone
number): Shuanggou Middle School: 5334737 14. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Recent Information about Li Qiong
and Others In October 2004, practitioner Ms. Li Qiong from Guangzhou City was sentenced
to four years of imprisonment and was sent to a women's prison on January 25,
2005. Ms. Wu Yanna was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment. The Ms. Chen Chunli and her husband Mr. Gao Dandi were arrested in 2004 and
are being held in the Tianhe Detention Center. Zhang Shunying was illegally sentenced to seven years of imprisonment by the
People's Intermediate Court in Guangzhou City. After a year of physical and
mental tortures, Zhang Shunying' hair turned gray and she became emaciated.
Though she could not eat because of stomachache and other illnesses, and she
still has not received medical treatment. She often knocks her head against a
wall to release some pain. Those who are involved in the tortures include
personnel from the National Security Section, the Branch Police Department in
the Tianhe District, and Liu Tingxian, the Security Section chief of the
Guangdong Province Postal and Communication Equipment Factory, which was Zhang
Shunying's former work unit. 15. [Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province] Yu Wanlan Faces Sentencing In October 2004, police arrested practitioner Ms. Yu Wanlan in Beijing. She
has been held in a detention center for the past four months. Her family is not
allowed to visit. Yu Wanlan had been sentenced to three years of forced labor,
but after a year of detention her family bailed her out for medical treatment.
This arrest is still under the term of the last sentence. Now, Yu Wanlan is so weak that she needs daily nursing help. It is said that
her family has found a lawyer for her. The authorities from the procurator's
office intended to put her on trial. 16. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Zhao Bo Tortured at the City
Prison Practitioner Mr. Zhao Bo, 34, is being held in the No. 9 Division of the
Mudanjiang City Prison in Heilongjiang Province. On March 21, 2005, Jiang
Weidong, the division chief, and Yi Yongxiang, a division officer, shocked Zhao
with a high voltage police baton for about an hour because Zhao refused to do
forced labor. The electric shock injured Zhao's face. The extent of the damage
is as yet unclear. Afterwards, Zhao Bo was held in a small cell for additional
torture. The prison authorities denied Zhao's family visitation rights. 17. [Shanghai] Yang Manyi's Detention Term Extended at the Songjiang Women's
Prison Ms. Yang Manyi, a resident at the Ganquanxin Village in the Putuo District
was arrested in 2000 for distributing Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials. She
was sentenced to four years of imprisonment, which would have ended in January
2005, but she is still being held. Yang Manyi has suffered all kinds of tortures in the Shanghai Songjiang
Women's Prison. She was assigned to the No. 4 Division where murderers and
violent criminals are kept. Prisoners in that group have to work over ten hours
a day, sometimes over 20 hours, to make clothes or knit sweaters. Yang Manyi was
handcuffed and confined in a solitary compartment for a long time. Because she
kept reciting Falun Gong teachings, police either taped her mouth closed, or had
criminal inmates gag her with dirty rags. They tied her up to a chair and
shocked her with electric batons. In order to protest these tortures she held a
hunger strike. Yang Manyi's knee was broken from torture, so she had to have
surgery and a metal plate implanted. 18. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Wang Caifeng Died in 2002 Ms. Wang Caifeng, 60, from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, started to
practice Falun Gong in July 1997. Her cholelithiasis (gallstones) from which she
had suffered for many years disappeared after beginning the practice. On July
20, 1999, Wang Caifeng wrote a letter to the Appeals Office of the State Council
of China to report the true story of Falun Gong and her recovery after Falun
Gong practice. She also tried to go to Beijing to appeal, but each time
personnel from the local police precinct prevented her. Authorities from the
police department and precinct monitored her and confiscated her ID, in addition
to subjecting her to many interrogations. They ransacked her home three times
and tapped her home phone. They also forced her not to practice Falun Gong. Due
to this lack of freedom, she suffered physically and mentally. Her
cholelithiasis (gallstone) recurred and she died in February 2002. |