(Clearwisdom.net)
1. [Anhui Province] Chu Zhiyong May Have Been Tortured to Death; Please Help Investigate
Chu Zhiyong was taken to the Lujiang Prison and may have been tortured to death between 2002 and 2003 by the prison guards and Kong, section head of the Anhui Province Prison Administration Bureau. Details are not yet available, and we request help in further investigation. The prison authorities have claimed that Chu Zhiyong committed suicide. Beatings, solitary confinement, deprivation of sleep, and abusive criticism and verbal abuse were common forms of torture applied to practitioners. Practitioners on hunger strikes are inhumanely force-fed.
2. [Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province] Ms. You Guoying and Wang Liguo Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Leaflets and Clarifying the Truth
Ms. You Guoying and Wang Liguo from Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province were arrested in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province while distributing leaflets and clarifying the truth. Both of them were brutally beaten by officers from the 610 Office. Ms. You's eye was bleeding and she passed out twice and had to be resuscitated. Wang Liguo has been sentenced to five years in prison and is being held in Wuxi Prison. Ms. You Guoying has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison and is being held in Ward No. 2 of the Nanjing Women's Prison.
Address of the Nanjing Women's Prison: No. 9 Ningshuang Road, Tiexinqiao Town, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing City, China, Postal code: 210012
Telephone numbers of Ward No. 2 of the Nanjing Women's Prison: 86-25-52353952, 52353942, 52352204
Mao Jun, director of the prison
Wu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the prison
3. [Pinglu County, Shanxi Province] Zhang Wenbing Held at Pinglu County Detention Center
Early April 2005, Zhang Wenbing from Pinglu County, Shanxi Province was arrested by the Pinglu County Police Department while distributing truth-clarifying materials in the vicinity of the Yellow River Bridge. Yuncheng City police were called in to interrogate Zhang. After the interrogations, Zhang Wenbing has since been held in the Pinglu County Detention Center.
Zhang Xueliang, director of the Pinglu County Police Department: 86-359-3528898 (office), 86-13934097288 (cell)
Li Jinping, head of the political security section of the county police department
Yang Weifeng, deputy head of the political security section: 86-359-3527237 (home), 86-13834961299 (cell)
Gu Baoming, director of the detention center: 86-359-3523313 (home)
4. [Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province] Xu Huanqiang Sentenced to One Year of Forced Labor for Distributing Truth-Clarifying Materials
On January 1, 2005, Xu Huanqiang from Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province was taken into custody by Zhongshan Police while distributing truth-clarifying materials in Zhongshan City. After being held in the Zhongshan City Detention Center for over a month, Xu Huanqiang was sentenced to one year of forced labor. Recently the director of the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp, where Xu Huanqiang is being held, called Mr. Xu's family and threatened that he would face extended terms if he refused to give up cultivation of Dafa.
5. [Shanghai] Mr. Song Qiyue Unlawfully Held in Custody for Nearly Half a Year
The police intercepted a personal letter mailed from practitioner Mr. Song Qiyue, which contained truth clarification contents, and without legal cause took him into custody on November 2, 2004. Mr. Song has been held for nearly six months in a detention center operated by the Yangpu District Police Department. The police refused to allow his family to visit him.
6. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Ling Remains in Custody; Her Physical Condition Very Poor
Ms. Liu Ling, 23, is from Hanshan District, Handan City, Hebei Province. On September 23, 2004, two officials from the Yuxinnan Neighborhood Administration Office followed her to a location where Falun Dafa truth clarification materials were being produced. She was arrested by officers called in from the Yuxinnan Police Station. Ms. Liu Ling has been held in the Handan City No. 2 Detention Center for over seven months. Her family has been denied any visits with her. One month after being taken into custody, Hanshan District Procuratorate issued a formal arrest warrant. Later the authorities tried to put her on trial and sentence her to prison.
Ms. Liu went on several hunger strikes while in the detention center, to protest the unlawful detention. She was brutally force-fed by detention center guards. After an extended period of persecution, Ms. Liu has suffered severe physical damage. She remains in a very weakened physical condition.
Telephone numbers of individuals and organizations that have taken part in the persecution:
Country code: 86, area code: 310
Cao Zhixia, director of the 610 Office: 7413519 (office), 86-13803101111 (cell), 3158028 (home)
Yuxinnan Police Station in charge of Ms. Liu's case: 3294126
Li Fengming, director of the Yuxinnan Police Station
Ban Weizheng, deputy director of the Yuxinnan Police Station
Yang Wanlin (in charge of Ms. Liu's case) and Qin, officers of the Yuxinnan Police Station
Handan City No. 2 Detention Center: 4157160 (main line), 4156952 (office)
Du Shefeng, director of the Handan City No. 2 Detention Center: 3063226 (home)
7. [Guangdong Province] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners Held at Duanzhou Detention Center after Being Taken into Custody
Practitioner Ms. Feng Yuqiong from Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province was illegally taken into custody on December 16, 2004. She has been held in the Duanzhou Detention Center for over four months. Her family has been denied any visits. It has been reported that she is on a hunger strike in protest.
In December 2004, in addition to Ms. Feng, practitioners Liang Shiqiong and Feng Dijian were also arrested. Their homes were ransacked by the authorities. The homes of other practitioners, including Wang Lizhen from Duanzhou and Wu Rui from Dinghu, were also searched.
8. [Chongqing] Police Officer Broke Ms. Li Zhenghua's Leg
Around July 20, 2004, officers from the Shimahe Police Station in Jiangbei District, Chongqing arrested Ms. Li Zhenghua while she was clarifying the truth near the Shimahe Neighborhood Administration Office. The officers did not find anything after conducting a body search and Ms. Li was released.
Within hours, the officers again took her to the police station. They also searched her home. Later they interrogated Ms. Li but were unable to find out the source of the truth clarification materials. A female officer handcuffed Ms. Li but Ms. Li sat with legs crossed in the lotus position in protest. Another officer who was next to the male officer Liang Shibin pulled Ms. Li's leg down from the lotus position and threatened her, "Others dare not beat you. But I will," and started to slam his foot down on Ms. Li's leg until it was broken. Ms. Li was carried into the Jiangbei District Detention Center in Chongqing.
Also, Liang Shibin led other police to arrest Li Yongying, a Falun Gong student who lives in the Chemical Engineering Institute in Jiangbei District, Chongqing. More details are still under investigation.
9. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Mr. Yu Hongliang Arrested by Police While Distributing Truth Clarification Materials
During the Weifang International Kite Festival, plainclothes police were deployed in all the streets across Weifang City. On April 20, 2005, practitioner Mr. Yu Hongliang, about 60 years old, from Houyangjiaobu Village in Weicheng District went to the downtown area to distribute truth clarification materials. He inadvertently handed some handouts to a plainclothes police officer, who immediately arrested him.
10. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] Ms. Zhang Xiurong Taken into Custody by Officers from Songshan District State Security Division in Chifeng
Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Xiurong is in her sixties. One morning at the end of March 2005, officers from the Songshan District State Security Division forcibly abducted her while she was grocery shopping in the morning farm market. She is being held at the Songshan District Detention Center.
11. [Yueyang City, Hubei Province] Facts of Persecution against Li Ziran
On March 3, 2005, officers from Yueyang County broke into Li Ziran's dorm. They forcibly took Li Ziran to the Yueyang County Detention Center.
On March 21, 2005, the Yueyang County Court put Li Ziran on trial without notifying Mr. Li's family and sentenced Li to four years in prison. Later, the sentence was revoked by the the Yueyang City Intermediate Court on the grounds that the facts were incorrect, evidence was insufficient, and the trial failed to follow the proper legal process. On April 21, the Yueyang County Court again sentenced Li Ziran to four years in prison in a staged a trial. As the charges did not match the facts, Mr. Li refused to sign his name. County court marshals were infuriated by his determination and during the recess they publicly beat Li, stopping only when Li's mother intervened. Later, these same officers again beat Li Ziran in the transport vehicle on the way back to the detention center. Mr. Li is very weak physically. His mother has filed an appeal.
Individuals responsible for the persecution:
Li Xianzhong, of the security department at Sihuajian Valves Plant in Yueyang City
Liu Changpeng and Xiao Zhijun, judges of Yueyang County Court
Gao Jun, Yang Xinbao, He Jiping, Lan Zhengguang, Li Xiong, and Zhou Wangxing, jurors
Yi Ming and Chen Xiongwen, secretaries
Yang Yong, procuratorator of Yueyang County Procuratorate
