Latest News from China - February 18, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

Mr. Zhang Guanghong has been sentenced to four years of forced labor at the Xinsheng Farm in Yingkou City, Liaoning Province. Nine inmates have been assigned to "transform" him. In order to force him to give up his belief in Falun Dafa, they have used torture methods such as the Tiger Bench (1), electric shocks applied by multiple electric batons, sleep deprivation, and other brutal tortures. After 96 hours of continuous abuse, Mr. Zhang's diabetes, which had been cured when he started practicing Falun Dafa, resurfaced. He has since been diagnosed with complications of diabetes. He has numbness in all four limbs, has not been able to walk steadily, and has had infections in his fingertips. Mr. Zhang has also become mentally confused and his life is in immediate danger.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86, area code: 417
5106075, 5106074, 5106006, 5106023, 5106026, 5106073

Mr. An Biaosen has been on a hunger strike since his arrest on January 24, 2005. Mr. An is being held at the Longfeng Detention Center in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province. It has been reported that he was handcuffed and shackled, even during the Spring Festival season. He is extremely weak as a result of ongoing abuse.

Since January 2, 2005, the Nancha police in Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province have arrested Ms. Li Guizhi of the Fertilizer Factory, and seven other practitioners.

At 11:00 a.m. on February 4, 2005, officers from the local police station arrested Ms. Zhang Shuhua of Shixian at her home at Zhangxian. They confiscated two Falun Dafa books, a DVD player and some DVDs. On February 5, Ms. Zhang was transferred to Tumen City. When her husband Mr. Zhang Qingjun went to Tumen City to demand her release, he was also arrested.

Mr. Chen Hu, 35, was working in Oushui Town in Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province. On the afternoon of January 7, 2005, members of the 610 Office arrested him at work.

Telephone numbers of the responsible organizations in Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province:

Country code: 86, area code: 577
The 610 Office: 67233273
The section head's office: 671223634
The Chief of the county police department: 67227111
The County Detention Center: 67252128
The Oushui Town Police Station: 67328015

At 8:00 a.m. on December 29, 2004, Wang Yuquan, an officer from the Xugezhuang Police Station led three other officers to break into Li Shengyun's home in Dongtai in the Fengnan area. The officers ransacked the place but did not find anything. They then broke into Mr. Dong Qiang's home and did not find anything there either. On December 30, Wang led other officers to Ms. Wang Junfeng's home at Manzituo. They broke in but did not find anything to confiscate. At 2:00 p.m. on January 6, 2005, three or four officers again made their way into Ms. Wang's home and forcibly took her to the Fengnan Detention Center.

Recently, Ms. Zhang Xiujuan, Ms. Zhang Zhihong, Ms. Yang Yuting and other practitioners went to the Caozhuangzi Brainwashing Center to send forth righteous thoughts. They were followed on their way there by police and subsequently arrested. These practitioners are being held at the Dongli Detention Center in the Hedong District of Tianjin. Ms. Zhang Xiujuan has been on a hunger strike for several days to protest the unlawful arrest and persecution. In addition, Mr. Li Yuanyong is being held at a facility in a northern suburb of Beichen District, where he is being tortured by force-feeding.

(1) For a picture of this torture see: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/11/24/16156.html.

February 18, 2005

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