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Latest News from China - March 21, 2005
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Xu Baowen
Tortured to the Brink of Death Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Xu Baowen was arrested in Panjin City. He is
currently being held at the Tieling Prison Hospital; the doctor told his family
he is in critical condition. On March 21, his family went to the prison and
asked for him. 2. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Gao Rongrong Tortured in a Forced
Brainwashing Center; Others in Solitary Confinement Ms. Gao Rongrong is currently being held at the Zhangshi Brainwashing Center. Practitioners Zhang Lirong and Dong Jingzhe are being held in solitary
confinement in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp where they are being tortured and
brainwashed. On March 17, Ma Yuping, Sun Shiyou, and Liu Qingming were transferred from
the Zhangshi Brainwashing Center to a new Center in Shenxin to receive
"education of the mind." Their families are charged a food fee
whenever they visit. 3. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Ms. Hu Huiqiu Tortured to
the Brink of Death Practitioner Ms. Hu Huiqiu, in her 40s, lives in Changchun City. Around March
10, the police, who waited outside a car factory, arrested her. She is currently
being held at the Shuangyang Detention Center, also called the No. 3 Detention
Center in Changchun City. She has been on a hunger strike since her arrest and,
due to the torture, is in critical condition. The detention center authorities
have notified her family. 4. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Police Officers in Liuting Town Recently
Arrested Three Practitioners On the evening of March 14, practitioner Ms. Wang Dunhua, in her 50s, from
Zhaogezhuang Village, Liuting Town, Chengyang District, Qingdao City was
arrested for distributing truth clarification materials. The police
also ransacked her home. At around 6:00 a.m. on March 16, the police also arrested practitioner Mr. Ji
Shangyong, around 58 years of age, and his wife. They arrested practitioner Ms.
Liu Di in Nanqu, the Licang District, and ransacked her home. On March 17, they
transferred Mr. Ji Shangyong's wife and Ms. Liu Di to the Dashan Detention
Center in Qingdao City. Ms. Liu was not accepted because of her poor health; she
is now serving her detention under house arrest. 5. [Shandong Province] Practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhongli, Employed at the
Zoucheng Petroleum Transporting Administration Bureau, Forced into Homelessness On February 14 and February 15, 2005, the police tailed practitioner Mr.
Zhang Zhongli from Zoucheng City, Shandong Province when he distributed truth
clarification materials. Officers from the Xuzhou Police Department ransacked
his home and later arrested him. Mr. Zhang went on a hunger strike to protest
the illegal detention. Eight days later he was sent to a hospital. He escaped
from the hospital with the power of his righteous thoughts and is staying away
from home to avoid recapture. Mr. Zhang was illegally sentenced to three years of forced labor in October
2000. He was held at the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp where he succumbed to the
torture and brainwashing and renounced Falun Dafa. After he was released in
early 2002, Teacher prompted him, and fellow practitioners helped him. He
returned to Dafa practice around October 2003. He has since actively
participated in validating Dafa and offering people salvation. 6. [Tianjin] Practitioner Ms. Yue Huaifang Arrested in the Baodi District,
Tianjin On March 19, practitioner Ms. Yue Huaifang was arrested when distributing
truth clarification flyers in the Baodi District, Tianjin . She is currently
being held at the Baodi District Detention Center. Related phone numbers: The Baodi Police Department: 86-22- 29242614 7. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Practitioner Mr. Ran Zailin Arrested for
the Second Time Practitioner Mr. Ran Zailin, a former employee of the Sanxiang Coach
Corporation Ltd. in Hunan Province lived in the Sanxiang District, Changsha
City, Hunan Province. He was recently arrested for the second time when
distributing Falun Dafa truth clarification materials. 8. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Practitioners Ms. Hu Huiqiu and Mr. Wang
Peng Arrested The police arrested practitioner Mr. Wang Peng from Changchun City around
March 7. His current whereabouts are unknown. Half a month ago, the Changchun police secretly arrested practitioner Ms. Hu
Huiqiu. She is currently being held at the No. 3 Detention Center in Changchun
City. She went a hunger strike at the detention center and is on the brink of
death. As a form of torture, the perpetrators at the detention center hammered
steel needles under Ms. Hu's fingernails. 9. [Chongqing] Practitioners Mr. Chen Changjun and Ms. Yan Guangbin Arrested On the afternoon of March 15, 2005, practitioners Mr. Chen Guangjun and his
wife Ms. Yan Guangbi were arrested. More than ten uniformed police offices and
plainclothes policemen participated in the arrest. They were on their way to
visit their parents in Gailanxi. Their current whereabouts are unknown. 10. [Maoming City, Guangzhou City] Practitioners Ms. Lin Yanmei and Ms. Yang
Zhifang Sent to the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp On January 30, 2005, practitioners Ms. Lin Yanmei and Ms. Yang Zhifang in
Maoming City, Guangdong Province were arrested and sent directly to the Sanshui
Forced Labor Camp, in violation of the Chinese constitution. Ms. Lin was
sentenced to three years of forced labor and Ms. Yang was sentenced to one year
of forced labor. 11. [Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Jiang Has Been
on a Hunger Strike for Seven Days to Protest Illegal Arrest A week ago, personnel from the Aihui District Police Precinct arrested
practitioner Jiang because Jiang was reported when he/she was distributing
truth-clarifying materials. As of March 21, Jiang had been on a hunger strike
for seven days. Related phone numbers for the Aihui District Police Precinct: The Chief: 86-456-8275201 (Office) 12. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Shi Yongshun
Disappeared and Has Been Missing Since Last September Practitioner Mr. Shi Yongshun, in his 50s, from Anshan City, Liaoning
Province, is an engineer. He started to practice Falun Gong in 1996. On
September 26, 2004, he went out to clarify the truth. No one has seen him since
then and his whereabouts are unknown. 13. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Ms. Li Lianjie Arrested At about 4:00 p.m. on March 15, 2005, the police arrested practitioner Ms. Li
Lianjie from her booth in a market. The police also ransacked her home. 14. [Xilinhaote City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Practitioners Ms. Liu
Jianhua and Ms. Cao Weijun Arrested In February 2005, the police arrested practitioners Ms. Liu Jianhua and Ms.
Cao Weijun. Both are in their 40s, and are from the Nan Coal Mine in Xilinhaote
City, Inner Mongolia AR. The police arrested them because the practitioners
distributed Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. Later, the police ransacked
more than 20 practitioners' houses. 15. [Shahe City, Hebei Province] Two Practitioners from Wanggang Village
Arrested On around March 13, 2005, personnel from the Shiliting Town Police Precinct
in Shahe City arrested two practitioners from Wanggang Village and ransacked
their homes. On February 23, 2005, Ms. Fengzhen and another female practitioner from Shahe
Town were arrested. Related phone numbers (Country code: 86, area code: 319, Do not dial
area code before a cellular phone number): Wang Long, Shahe City Police Department: 8929666 (Office), 13903193601 (Cell) 16. [Yongji County, Jilin Province] Police Arrest Practitioners Ms. Guo
Yingjie and Mr. Yang Chunman During the evening on February 3, 2005, personnel from Jilin City's National
Security Team arrested Ms. Guo Yingjie and confiscated several machines used to
make Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. More than 20 police officers broke
into the room. The whole room was messed up. Ms. Guo is currently being held at
the No.1 Detention Center in Jilin City. At 10:00 a.m. on March 18, several officers from the Yongji County Police
Department broke into Mr. Yang Chunman's home without any reason and took him
away. At 2:00 p.m. they ransacked Mr. Yang's home. Mr. Yang is being held at the
Yongji County Detention Center in Jilin Province. Related phone numbers: Office of the Yongji County Police Department Chief: 86-432-4231266 The Detention Center: 86-432-4222713 The Chengnan Police Precinct: 86-432-4314448, 86-432-4239906 17. [Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region] Cai Junping, Ms. Liang Biyan
and Liang Shenping Unlawfully Sentenced to Three Years in Prison Practitioners Cai Junping, Ms. Liang Biyan and Liang Shenping from Nanning
City, Guangxi AR were sentenced to three years in prison (Liang Biyan was
allowed to temporarily serve her term under house arrest due to her extremely
poor health after a hunger strike). When the Chengbei District Court in Nanning
City unlawfully tried the case in early January 2005, the judge did not declare
the sentence because of a successful defense presented by the practitioners'
lawyer. Afterwards personnel from the court threatened the lawyer with
consequences for being disloyal to the Communist Party. In late March they
secretly sentenced all three practitioners to three years in prison. 18. [Chongqing] Ms. Yu Shuhua from the Shapingba District Arrested On March 8, 2005, Ms. Yu Suhua from Ciqikou Town, Shapingba District,
Chongqing was arrested at her home; her whereabouts are currently unknown. 19. [Sichuan Province] Ms. Hu Xiaozhen from Wuhan City Arrested in Sichuan
Province Practitioner Ms. Hu Xiaozhen is from the Dongxihu District in Wuhan City. She
went to Sichuan Province for temporary work on around March 10, 2005. Police in
the province arrested her when she clarified the truth about Falun Gong. The
police are going to send her back to the Dongxihu District. Her family members
went to the province to pick her up on March 18. Related phone numbers: Luo Guangzhan, the newly-assigned secretary of the Dongxihu District
"610 Office" Wuhan City: 86-27-83893362 (home) 20. [Tianyang County, the Guangxi Autonomous Region (Guangxi ZAR)] Mr. He
Qiang Sentenced to Two Years in Prison Practitioner Mr. He Qiang, a teacher of the Tianyang County Nationalities
Middle School in the Guangxi AR, was sentenced to two years in prison and his
home was ransacked. Related phone numbers (Country code: 86, area code: 776): The Tianyang County Committee of the Chinese Communist Party: 3212420 21. [Beijing] Ms. Gao Guiqin from the Chaoyang District Tortured to the Brink
of Death Practitioner Ms. Gao Guiqin, in her 60s, from Beijing's Chaoyang District was
arrested for distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials in the Chaoyang
District during the period of the SARS epidemic in 2003. Afterwards, she was
sentenced to two years of forced labor. After a few months of inhuman torture,
her physical condition deteriorated to the point that she was on the verge of
death. The authorities allowed her to be bailed out for medical treatment.
Currently she is in danger of losing her life. 22. [Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province] Practitioners Ms. Wang Jiali, Ms. Sun
Dejun and Ms. Zhang Jie Arrested Again At around 12:00 p.m. on March 9, 2005, personnel from the Beilin District
Police Precinct suddenly went to practitioner Ms. Zhang Jie's home for an
illegal search. At the time Ms. Wang Jiali from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Ms.
Sun Dejun from Beiguan and Ms. Zhang Jie were there. The practitioners at first
didn't open the door but policemen broke in and forcibly took them away. During the 2001 New Year, Ms. Zhang was sentenced to two years of forced
labor for appealing in Beijing for the right to practice Falun Gong. A month
after being released she was arrested and sent to a forced brainwashing center.
In October 2003 she was arrested again and taken to a forced brainwashing center
where she was tortured for over half a year. In 2000, practitioner Ms. Wang Jiali was held in a detention center for
several months for appealing in Beijing. In 2003 she was arrested and put into a
forced brainwashing center. She has often been harassed. Practitioner Ms. Sun Dejun lived in exile for nearly two years. Ms. Sun had
appealed in Beijing and wanted to avoid arrest. Nevertheless, the police
arrested when they found her at Ms. Zhang Jie's home and put her in a detention
center for several months. Afterwards she was incarcerated in a forced
brainwashing center so they could torture her. 23. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Huo Junmei Arrested In the middle of February 2005, Ms. Huo Junmei from Shijiazhuang City went
back to Quzhou County in Hebei Province, her hometown, to clarify the truth
about Falun Gong. Personnel from the county police department arrested her and
put her into detention. All attempts by her family to visit her have been
denied. Related phone numbers (Country code: 86, area code: 310. Do not dial
area code before a cellular phone number): The Quzhou County Police Department: 8899188 24. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Jia Yuxia and Ms. Fan Honglian from
Changling County Arrested On March 17, 2005, practitioner Ms. Jia Yuxia from Heituozi Tun in Zuoke
Village, Jubaoshan Town, Changling County, Songyuan City, Jilin Province was
arrested. On March 21, Ms. Fan Honglian from Liujiadian Tun in Shaolihu Village
was arrested. 25. [Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province] Practitioners Ms. Wang Qiumei and Ms.
Huang Jinrong Arrested On February 21, 2005, police from the Qingyuan City "610 Office"
arrested practitioner Ms. Wang Qiumei at her home. At present her whereabouts
are unknown. On the morning of March 13, 2005, personnel from the Huangkeng Police
Precinct in Qingxin County, Qingyuan City arrested practitioner Ms. Huang
Jinrong when she clarified the truth about Falun Gong to local people in a
vegetable market. She is currently being held at the county's Zhoutian Detention
Center. 26. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Personnel from the Qinglong Police
Station Broke into a Practitioner's House On November 19, 2004, three personnel from the Qinglong Police Station, the
Chenghua Police Department broke into Ms. Mao Suhua's home in the Shahexinju
Residential Area and took her to the police station. When interrogating Ms. Mao,
they told her that she had to write a Guarantee Statement. If she
refused, they would not release her, but would instead send her to a forced
labor camp. Because of such coercion, one of Ms. Mao's family members wrote the
"Guarantee Statement" for her, after which Mr. Mao was released. Units and personnel who participated: 27. [Xingtai City, Hebei Province] Mr. Zhao Baosheng and Wife Lin Xiuzhi
Arrested After 8:00 p.m. on February 22, 2005, a perpetrator named Zhao from the
Xingtai District collaborated with Chen Shuyuan from the Qinghe County Police
Department and led a dozen people to break into practitioner Mr. Zhao Baosheng's
home. They confiscated his telephone, his son's cell phone and some Dafa books.
They took Mr. Zhao and his wife, Ms. Lin Xiuzhi, to the police department.
Currently, Mr. Zhao Baosheng's whereabouts are unknown. Relevant telephone numbers: (Country code: 86, area code: 319. Do not dial area code before a cell
phone number.) The Qinghe County Police Department Office: 8281900; 28. [Nanyang City, Henan Province] Practitioner Mr. Fan Jinping Arrested In the fall of 2004, policemen Guo Wanru, Li Youxue and others from the
Security Team of the Wolong District Police Precinct arrested practitioner Mr.
Fan Jinping from Nanyang City and put him into a forced brainwashing center in
the Nanyang Political & Legal Cadres School in order to persecute him. Later
they transferred Mr. Fan to the Shangzhuang Detention Center. The Wolong
District Procurator's Office approved of Mr. Fan's arrest. 29. [Beijing] Two Practitioners Arrested in Zhongguancun We have heard that on March 9, 2005, two Falun Dafa practitioners were
arrested in Zhongguancun. Shortly afterwards, the Zhongguancun Police Station
personnel ransacked Mr. Shen Shengying's home in the south residential area.
They confiscated some Dafa books and a computer and printer. They arrested Mr.
Shen and then released him the next day because of his poor health. Mr. Shen is a retired professor from Beijing University. Personnel from the
Haidian District National Security Team have been monitoring him for a long
term. Police also constantly harass Mr. Shen and his family. Telephone number of the Zhongguancun Police Station: 86-10-82628107. 30. [Zhenping County, Henan Province] Doctor Wang Arrested at Home On March 15, 2005, Wang Feng from Zhenping County's "610 Office"
collaborated with some policemen from the Political & Security Team in
Chengguan Town. They broke into practitioner Dr. Wang's home, ransacked the
place and confiscated some of his belongings. They even put Dr. Wang in the
County Detention Center. To date they have not released him. 31. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] The Persecution of Ms. Huo Ruizhi, Ms.
Wang Yanling and Wan Zhong Practitioner Ms. Huo Ruizhi, over 50 years old, from the Er'qi District was
arrested while clarifying the facts about Dafa to people and distributing
truth-clarifying materials in the street. She was tortured so severely at the
Er'qi District Detention Center that she became disabled. She was sent to an
orthopedic hospital but was later sent back home; she was unable to take care of
herself. In spite of her disability, she is still under surveillance around the
clock. Practitioner Ms. Wang Yanling and Wan Zhong are still being held at the newly
built Zhengzhou City Detention Center. Ms. Wang Yanling is still on a hunger
strike. 32. [Xianning City, Hubei Province] Ms. Wang Xia Arrested After 9:00 a.m. on March 10, 2005, personnel from Xianning City "610
Office," the City Police Department, the City National Security Team and
from the Yihaoqiao Police Station collaborated with personnel from the Security
Section in Xianning City People's Central Hospital. They arrested practitioner
Ms. Wang Xia, a nurse from the hospital's Contagious Diseases Section. They even
ransacked her home, confiscated a computer, two printers and lots of
truth-clarifying materials. At present, Wang Xia is being held at the City Detention Center for torture.
Her teenage son is left at home without care. Responsible units and personnel: (Country code: 86, area code: 715. Do not dial area code before a cell
phone number.) Xiang, director of the Xianning City "610 Office:" 8126026(Office); March 22, 2005 Posting date: 4/4/2005
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