Latest News from China - February 16, 2005

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Mr. Zhai Shanyong was hospitalized after being tortured by labor camp guards at the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Shandong Province. On January 30, 2005, the guards called her family to accompany her at the hospital.

On the afternoon of January 21, 2005, approximately eight officers broke into practitioner Ms. Qu's home near the Heating and Electric Factory in the Dongli District of Harbin City. Ms. Qu, who is in her 50s, was taken into custody.

On January 25, 2005, Ms. Xu Chunhua, from the Xiangfang District of Harbin City, was body-searched without cause by officers from the district's Liushun Street Police Station, and officials from the local Neighborhood Administration Office. The officers arrested her afterwards. Ms. Xu is being held at the Harbin City Police Department. The police refused to grant permission for her family to visit her. No further information is available.

At 1:00 p.m. on January 19, 2005, Ms. Zhang Wenxin left home to go to Dr. Wang's home on foot. Dr. Wang is a retired physician from the provincial hospital. Dr. Wang's husband reported Ms. Zhang to the police. At 11:00 p.m. the same night, officers arrested Ms. Wang and sent her to the Yaziquan Detention Center, where she was tortured. Police officers from the Nangang District Police Department ransacked Ms. Zhang's home. They confiscated Falun Dafa books, portraits of Teacher, cassette tapes and other items. Ms. Zhang's family has been denied visitation.

Relevant Telephone Number:
Yin Songyang, person in charge of Ms. Zhang Wenxin's case: 86-13845080551 (cellular)

Ms. Yang Fang, who worked away from her hometown in Yunnan Province, returned home to spend the Spring Festival on February 9, 2005. She was arrested on February 11, 2005, and immediately transferred to Shanghai, where she was interrogated and tortured the following day.

Ms. Mai Weilian, from Dianbai County, Guangdong Province, was arrested by police in March 2003 for her steadfast belief in Falun Dafa. At the time of her unlawful arrest, her husband was working on odd jobs in another county, and her eldest daughter in elementary school was sick. She was forcibly taken away from her home and subsequently sentenced to two years in prison. Her four young children, father and father-in-law, both in their eighties, have been left unattended at home.

It has been verified that Ms. Chen Changlan and Ms. Ren Xiaoling from the Jiangbei District in Chongqing were arrested by the Jiangjin City State Security Police while they clarified the truth in Jiangjin City. They each have been sentenced to one year of forced labor and sent to the Maojiashan Women's Forced Labor Camp, where they are abused and tortured.

In early December 2004, Ms. Liu Xinyu was arrested by police officers from the state security branch unit of the Fuling Police Department because they clarified the truth to people in the Fuling area in Chongqing. The police have since injected Ms. Liu with large amounts of drugs, which damaged her central neural system and caused her to lose consciousness. On January 20, 2005, the Fuling Procuratorate authorized the arrest of Ms. Liu. They are preparing to file trumped up charges against Ms. Liu in the Fuling area court.

It has been reported that Ms. Liu's daughter, who is just over 1-year-old, is being taken care of by her 82-year-old mother-in-law. Ms. Liu's husband, Mr. Han Yiming, is a teacher at the Southwestern Normal University. He has been persecuted for his steadfast belief in Falun Dafa, and has been suspended from his job. His salary has also been suspended. He is actively involved in the rescue of his wife.

Mr. Xie Hanzhu and five other Falun Dafa practitioners from Meizhou City, Guangdong Province were arrested on February 3, 2005. It has been reported that nine police officers, including officers from the Jiangnan Police Station and the Meijiang District Police Department, broke into the homes of Ms. Zhong Suyun and Mr. Zhong Hanxiang. Xue Qingwen, Huang Ruizhang and Liu Zhengdao of the state security group of the district police department led the police to ransack the homes of the two practitioners and arrested them without presenting any legal documents.

February 16, 2005

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/2/17/95663.html

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