Latest News from China - May 8, 2005
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Hong'an County, Hubei Province] Three Falun Gong Practitioners On a Hunger Strike in the First Detention Center On the evening of May 3, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners Peng Xizao, Ma Yumei and Yu Yonghua from Hong'an County, Hubei Province were arrested and
held at the County No.1 Detention Center. At present they are on a hunger strike to protest the arrest. Details need to be investigated. 2. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] A Couple, Ms. Li Ruifen and Mr. Zhang Weiyun, Arrested On May 3, 2005, when practitioner Ms. Li Ruifen's nephew came back from Kaifeng City to his home in Zhengzhou City, he put a VCD of the
"Nine Commentaries" in his luggage. It was discovered at the Zhengzhou Railway Station. When they found it, the police arrested him. On the
evening of May 5, personnel from the Railway Police Station ransacked Ms. Li's home. They also arrested Ms. Li and her husband Mr. Zhang Weiyun. 3. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Liang Zhiku Has Been Held for almost a Year at a Forced Labor Camp At the end of August 2004, practitioner Mr. Liang Zhiku from Houtiantun Village, Cuiyan Town, Linghai County, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province was
arrested and has since been held at Jinzhou City Forced Labor Camp. (Country code: 86, Area code: 416) Li Hongxiang, the Linghai City National Security Division chief: 8130220 (home) 4. [Beijing] The Zuo Changxi and Zhao Xuefeng Couple Arrested The Falun Gong practitioner couple Zuo Changxi and Zhao Xuefeng from You'anmenwai was arrested the other day. They are currently being held at
the No.7 Division at the Beijing Police Department. 5. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] The Jianghan District "610 Office" Arrests Five Practitioners The authorities from the Jianghan District "610 Office" arrested five practitioners including Shang Yuping, Sun Junfang and Peng. 6. [Mianyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wei Jiying Arrested When Distributing Falun Dafa Truth-Clarifying Materials Practitioner Ms. Wei Jiying from Yongxing Town, Mianyang City, 63 years old, started practicing Falun Gong in 1996. In 2000, she went to Beijing to
appeal for justice for Falun Gong and was subsequently held for about a month. Later she was released after the police extorted ten thousand
Yuan from her family. At around 4:00 p.m. on May 1, 2005, the police arrested her when she was distributing Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials at the Yongxing Town
Market in Mianyang City. Then they ransacked her home. At present she is being held at the Mianyang City Detention Center. 7. [Mianyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Song Yuhua Arrested Practitioner Ms. Song Yuhua, in her 60s, is from Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. On May 3, 2005, policemen found her place of residence and
ransacked her home without reason. They found a bag of Falun Dafa books and some materials; then they put her into a detention center. 8. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Policemen from the Tieren Police Station Arrest Practitioner Ms. Cui Hongyan On May 5, 2005, policemen from the Tieren Police Station arrested practitioner Ms. Cui Hongyan who lives at the Ben-2 Community in Daqing City. 9. [Huangshi City, Hubei Province] Practitioners Ms. Zhu Yujiao and Ms. Chen Yuanzhi Arrested In the middle of April 2005, five officers from the Laoxialu Police Station including Li Lin and others from the community office broke into the
house of practitioner Ms. Zhu Yujiao, who is in her 50s. They put her into administrative detention for seven days at the Qingtangwan Detention
Center. After extorting some money from her family, the police transferred her to a brainwashing center. In the middle of April, the police arrested practitioner Ms. Chen Yuanzhi, who lives in the Ergang Residential Building in Xinxialu. Rumor has it
that she is being held in a Wuhan City Brainwashing Center. 10. [Mianyang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Zhang Qizhong Arrested Practitioner Mr. Zhang Qizhong, 59 years old, is an employee of the No. 4 Factory, Jiangyou City Great Wall Special Steel Company. In 2000 he went
to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong and was sentenced to one year of forced labor. In October 2004, personnel from Mianyang City's
National Security Division arrested Mr. Zhang at home. This time he was sentenced to 15 months of forced labor. They also ransacked his home. Responsible personnel: (Country code: 86, area code: 816. Do not dial area code before cell phone numbers.) Feng Bo from the Mianyang City National Security Division: 2360649 and 13308112693; 11. [Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province] Nearly a Hundred Practitioners Arrested Practitioner Ms. Ma Xiaoping has a Dafa materials production center in her home. Her whole family was arrested including three brothers, a
sister-in-law and a nephew. Practitioner Ms. Wang Yimin, over 50 years old, has a Dafa materials production center in her home. Her whole family was arrested including her
son, daughter, son-in-law, and younger brother. They all suffered an excruciating torture called the "Big Hang-up" while in police custody.
Ms. Wang was handcuffed to a heater pipe for seven days around the clock. They were then separated and each put into a solitary confinement. Ms. Wang's
nine-year-old grandson was also brought to the Zhengyang Police Station. Torture method: "Big Hang Up" The practitioners wear heavy helmets and are suspended by a rope that is tied to their handcuffs. Their feet are tied with a rope that is swung
back and forth. They are verbally abused and beaten at the same time. This lasts a very long time each time. When the practitioners are let down they
cannot move at all. Some practitioners were suspended several times in a row. They all ended up bruised all over the body. At present, it's said that a hundred practitioners have been arrested. So far only six of them have been released. Police Stations participating in the persecution: the Zhengyang Police Station, the Qingyun Street Police Station and the Hubin Police Station. 12. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Kuang Deying and Ms. Wang Ling Held at the Dabanqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp On October 13, 2004, practitioner Ms. Kuang Deying from Kunming City was arrested. After that she was held at the Qiaojia Detention Center in
Dongchuan City. At the end of April 2005, she was transferred to the Dabanqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp for three years of forced labor. The police
threatened Ms. Kuang's mother and forbad her to visit Ms. Kuang in the forced labor camp. Ms. Wang Ling is now held at the Dabanqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp. The police demanded that her mother not visit her. It has been over half a
year that the mother and daughter haven't seen each other. Ms. Wang experienced all-body edema. After seeing her, her family member demanded that
the Kunming City's Drug Rehabilitation Institute let her out for hospitalization. One day at the end of April a guard who wouldn't disclose his
name (telephone: 86-871-3815445) called. The guard claimed Ms. Wang had violated the labor camp rules and thus her meeting with her family was
canceled. He claimed the labor camp would also notify her family about it. Later Ms. Wang called home but her family didn't mention it and the labor
camp didn't notify her family at all. Telephone number of the No. 3 Team where Ms. Wang is held: 86-871-3856415. 13. [Linzhou City, Henan Province] Many Practitioners Arrested On March 5, 2005, police from the Linzhou City National Security Division broke into practitioner Guo Caiyun's and Shen Haifang's homes at
Shenjiabo Village in Linzhou City. They found Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials and then detained the two practitioners. They are currently being
detained at the Linzhou City Detention Center. On April 1, an arrest certificate was issued. Practitioner Mr. Wei Xianrui, 52 years old, is from Wangyangpo Village, Hejian Town, Linzhou City. He was arrested on March 15, 2005, when he went
to Jincheng City in Shanxi Province to distribute truth-clarifying materials. Where he is detained is unknown. On March 16, 2005, practitioner Wang Heying, 54 years old from Wangyangpo Village, was arrested at home. Policemen found Dafa books and some
truth-clarifying banners. 14. [Gong'an County, Hubei Province] Ms. Jiang Hong Arrested Again At about 3:00 p.m. on April 25, 2005, Yuan Danqiang, Yang Jianwen, Ye Chao (jobless) and Xiang Xiaoyang (a policeman from the National Security
Department) from Gong'an County in Hubei Province searched Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jiang Hong's house and arrested her. Ms. Jiang has been
held nine times in detention centers and twice in forced labor camps. 15. [Shenzhou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Yufeng Arrested On the evening of April 19, 2005, the police arrested practitioner Ms. Liu Yufeng from Shenzhou City. She is currently being held at the Shenzhou
City Detention Center. The details are under investigation. 16. [Qinglong County, Hebei Province] Mr. Zhou Kelin Arrested Again Mr. Zhou Kelin, 60 years old, is from Shiziping Village, Louzhangzi Township, Qinglong County, Hebei Province. He began to learn Falun Gong in the
spring in 1998 and has benefited both physically and mentally. Since 1999 when the persecution of Falun Gong in China began, policemen from the
Qinglong County Police Department and the Louzhangzi Police Station have often persecuted him. In the summer of 2000, officer Su and others from the Louzhangzi Police Station forcibly sent Mr. Zhou to the Qinglong Legal System Education
Center for forced brainwashing. After being strongly pressured, Mr. Zhou wrote a guarantee statement. On September 29, 2000, Mr. Zhou was
on his way to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. The police arrested him before he got there and put him in the Qinglong Detention Center
for over six months. His family spent 530 Yuan to bail him out. In the spring of 2001, Mr. Zhou was again sent to a brainwashing center for ten days. In 2005 he announced that all of the things he had said or
done against his will were invalid. At about 3:00 p.m. on April 13, 2995, as soon as he came back home, the police station director, Han Yihua, Jin
Zhaoli and other personnel from the Qinglong Police Station went to his house and searched it. They arrested Mr. Zhou, took him to the police station
and later sent him to the Qinglong County Detention Center. He has not yet been released. May 8, 2005
Liang Zhiku: 86-416-8820890 (Home)
Luo Zhongming, the Cuiyan Town Police Station chief, Linghai City, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province: 8820110 (home)
Zhang Fengqi, the Party Secretary of Houtiantun Village, Linghai City, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province who is personally responsible for the
persecution of Falun Gong: 8820028 (home)
Zhao Yuanling, the Zhaojiatun Village Security chief, Houtiantun Village, Cuiyan Town, Linghai City, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province: 8820046
Xie Yong, Yang Yong, and Zou Shicai from the Jiangyou City National Security Bureau: 6523723;
Luo Benquan from the Jiangyou City National Security Bureau: 13881109498 (Cell);
Li Xiangzhong from the Great Wall Police Station: 3887216 (Home), 3881195 (Office), and 13980132126 (Cell);
Yan Xiaobo from the Great Wall Police Station: 3882043 (Home);
Chen Fuchun from the Great Wall Police Station: 3887554 (Office) and 13981125458(Cell);
The Retired Employee Management Section: 3886696;
The Mianyang City Xinhua Forced Labor Camp: 2830769.
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