Latest News from China - July 13, 2005
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Haicheng City, Liaoning Province] Qu Dazhong in Critical Condition from
Torture in the Fushun City Forced Labor Camp Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qu Dazhong from Haicheng City, Liaoning Province
is currently in critical condition from torture at the Fushun City Forced Labor
Camp. Mr. Qu, only in his twenties, became emaciated. Even his family can't
recognize him. The forced labor camp authorities still refuse to release him. 2. [Meizhou City, Guangdong Province] Five Falun Gong Practitioners Have Been
on a Hunger Strike Over Ten Days Right before February 9, 2005, the Chinese New Year, personnel from the
Meijiang District 610 Office and policemen in Meizhou City arrested
five Falun Gong practitioners including Xie Hanzhu, Ms. Guo Yafen from Meizhou
City and Liu Liping from Chaoshan, and put them into the Meizhou City Qinhuang
Detention Center. They inhumanly tortured practitioners. The five practitioners
have been on a hunger strike to protest the unlawful incarceration and daily
torture for the past dozen days, but detention center police and "610
Office" personnel force-fed them brutally. The situation is critical! Phone number for the Meizhou City Qinhuang Detention Center: 86-753-2290154 3. [Guangxi Autonomous Region] Practitioners Tortured at the Litang Prison The police officers of Ward No. 12 in Litang Prison in the Guangxi Autonomous
Region torture practitioners ruthlessly. In late June, 2005 practitioner Liang Zhong was hung up by the handcuffs for
four days. Officer Chen, deputy head of the prison, shocked practitioner Chen Xiyao with
an electric baton and then officer Lu, deputy head of the prison, beat him up. At 8:00 a.m. on June 29, they took the excuse that practitioner Lin Hongbin
had not finished the forced labor. Officer Wei, a prison director, forced Lin to
squat on a playground while being exposed to the sun. Wei also had two inmates
monitor practitioner Lin to forbid Lin to sit down. At 10:00 a.m., officer Lu,
the deputy head, ordered ten criminals to strip practitioner Lin of his clothes
on the playground in the presence of all prisoners. And then they took away
Lin's nine pieces of clothing from the cell and a copy of an "Appeals
Statement" that Lin had not yet mailed out. The forced labor time in Ward No. 12 is from 6:50 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There is
no time for rest or lunch. Detainees have to go to work right after breakfast,
continuing until it is time for dinner. 4. [Panshi City, Jilin Province] Personnel from Hongqiling Town Police
Station Arrest Practitioner Sun Yan On June 3, 2005, after the deputy chief from the Hongqiling Town Police
Station, Panshi City, and policeman Bian Daoming arrested practitioner Wu Xichun,
they went to practitioner Ms. Ma Yunmei's home. They beat her, forced her to
reveal the source of Falun Gong materials and arrested her. A few days later
they sent her to a forced labor camp. Due to Ma Yunmei's righteous thoughts to
negate all this, she went back home with dignity. At around 6:00 p.m. on June 22, 2005, officers from the Hongqiling Town
Police Station including Liu Yunfeng arrested practitioner Sun Yan. Phone number of responsible persons: Police officer Liu Yunfeng: 86-133415-7490 (cell) Police officer: Bian Daoming: 86-13174726768 (cell) 5. [Yuanping City, Shanxi Province] Nie Xiuying Arrested When Distributing
Falun Gong Truth-Clarifying Materials In February 2005, police arrested practitioner Ms. Nie Xiuying when she was
distributing truth-clarifying materials in Datong City's Xihuayuan No. 70
Institute Residential Community and put her into the City No.1 Detention Center.
She was transferred to Yuanping City Detention Center in March because Nie is
from Yuanping City. Because Nie Xiuying is determined in her Dafa practice and often clarifies
the truth about Falun Gong to everyone, police officers Zhao and Li Jian often
beat her. When Zhao was tired of beating her by hand, Zhao hit her with shoes.
As a result, Nie Xiuying's head was swollen and there were bruises all over her
body, which was miserable to see. Once Nie Xiuying went on a six-day hunger
strike to protest the torture, and police in the detention center then brutally
forced fed her. At present, Nie Xiuying is still being held at the Yuanping
Detention Center. 6. [Yuanping City, Shanxi Province] Xiao Meiling Tortured to the Point of a
Mental Breakdown Ms. Xiao Meiling is from Dai County, Yuanping City, Shanxi Province. In
February 2005 she was locked up in the Yuanping City Detention Center for
practicing Falun Gong, and she was sentenced to seven months of imprisonment.
During the detention she was tortured to the point of a mental breakdown. 7. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Jiang Zhimin Held at the Weibei Prison
for Clarifying the Truth about Falun Gong on the Internet On around May 1, 2004, police arrested practitioner Mr. Jiang Zhimin, a young
teacher from the Jimo City Jinkou Middle School in the Qingdao Area because
Jiang had clarified the truth about Falun Gong on the Internet. Jiang is
currently being held at the Weifang City Weibei Prison. During the detention, Jiang Zhimin and another practitioner in the prison
went on a joint hunger strike, and police put them in separate cells. 8. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Two Practitioners Arrested for Posting
"Renouncing Chinese Communist Party" (CCP) Statement On July 9, 2005, personnel from the No.1 Oil Field Construction Company
Police Station arrested practitioners Cui Fengling and Ms. Song from Yuluo area
from Panjin City when the two practitioners were posting Renouncing CCP
statements at the Liaohe Oil Field. Phone number of related personnel: Chen Yan, No.1 Oil Field Construction Company Police Station head:
86-427-7584694 9. [Yunnan] He Meiqiong Sentenced to Two Years of Forced Labor Practitioner He Meiqiong is an employee of the Yunnan Province Metallurgy
Plant. Because she insisted in her belief in
Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, at about 8:10 a.m. on June 1, 2005, police
from her workplace and officers from the Wuhua District Security Division
arrested her when she was working. On July 7, 2005, He was sentenced again to
two years of forced labor in the Dabanqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp. 10. [Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province] Many Practitioners Arrested At the end of May 2005, under the direction of the Zhanjiang City Police
Department, the "610 Office" in Leizhou, Zhanjian City, Guangdong
Province held a large-scale raid of practitioners, especially those who
participated in making truth-clarifying materials. We have heard that more than
ten practitioners were arrested, including Ms. Lian Zhangyan (about 50 years
old), Ms. Chen Xiuying (about 30 years old), Ms. Chen Juan (about 30), and Axia
(from Jilin Province, about 30 years old). Some other practitioners' names are
unknown. 11. [Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province] Police at the Suihua Forced Labor
Camp Torture Practitioners Police from the No.2 Brigade in the Suihua Forced Labor Camp fiendishly
tortured practitioners Mr. An Senbiao and Zhang Bin, transferred there from
Daqing City. An Senbiao has already been on a hunger strike for over four
months. He was force-fed every day. The police still ordered the criminals to
prohibit him from sleeping. One of the methods was to brush his eyes whenever he
closed them. Since practitioners Zhang Bin and Li Shaotie refused to count off and to sing
prison songs, policemen Liu Wei and Zeng Lingjun kicked and beat them. They
often beat practitioners. Zhang Bin's palms and soles were burnt from electric
shocks. Policemen who participated in the persecution include Chen Xinlong, Liu Wei,
Zeng Lingjun and certain officers who just started their jobs. 12. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Teacher Li Yan Arrested and Taken to a
Brainwashing Class Practitioner Ms. Li Yan from Changchun, 37 years old, is a physics teacher
from the middle school affiliated with the Northeastern Normal University. She
made excellent achievements in her many years of work and was once honored as a
"Ten-Merit Teacher in the Subject" in Changchun City. Because she
refused to write the Guarantee Statement, she was reassigned to do
some assistant jobs in the library. In the afternoon of July 8, 2005, middle
school Party Secretary Niu Tieying, leading some staff from the "610
Office" in the Northeastern Normal University together with two policemen,
forcibly arrested Li Yan from the middle school library and sent her into a
brainwashing class. Practitioners Mr. Sun Shibin and Ms. Chan Lixin from the middle school,
affiliated with the Northeastern Normal University, practitioner Che Ping from
Jinlin Province Physical Education College, and Mr. Shan Yimin and Ms. Xin Xiuli
from Changchun City No.1 Professional School, all part of the Changchun
educational system, were arrested. Chan Yimin and Xin Xiuli were sentenced to
forced labor. Related people responsible for the arrests: Niu Tieying, Party Secretary of the middle school affiliated with
Northeastern Normal University: 86-431-5664928 (Office), 86-431-5608911 (Office) 13. [Jilin Province] Dong Ming Detained Over Term Mr. Dong Ming is now being held at the No.1 Brigade of the Weizigou Forced
Labor Camp. He is currently very weak, suffering chest pains and having
difficulty walking. He has been held over one month beyond his term. Forced
labor camp head Wang Yanwei claimed to extend his term by six months. After his term in forced labor camp was over on May 27, 2005, Dong Ming was
taken from the Central Hospital of the Jilin Province Prison Administration
Bureau back to the Weizigou Forced Labor Camp. The police put Dong in a small
cell. On July 2, he was released from a small cell after 36 days of detention
there. On June 21 when officers from the Judiciary Ministry inspected the
Weizigou Forced Labor Camp, police once brought Dong Ming to the workshop from
the small cell. When the officers inspected the workshop, the camp police took
Dong to a small room in the back of the workshop and arranged for two criminals
to monitor him to prevent Dong from meeting with the officers. Phones of the related people: Wang Yanwei, Weizigou Forced Labor Camp Head: 86-13844820515 (Cell) Wang Benli, Head of the No.1 Brigade: 86-13844069360 (Cell) 14. [Tianjin] Zou Meilan Sentenced to Fifteen Months of Forced Labor On March 5, 2005, practitioner Zou Meilan from the Heping District, Tianjin
was arrested while distributing truth-clarifying materials and was sentenced to
15 months of forced labor. Zou is currently being held in the Banqiao Women's
Forced Labor Camp located in Dagang District, Tianjin. 15. [Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province] Mao Chun Arrested On July 6, 2005, personnel from the Xiacheng District Police Department,
National Security Bureau and from the Zhaohui Police Station arrested
practitioner Mao Chun from Hangzhou City at his/her work place. They ransacked
her home and confiscated her computer, printer, and many other things. Mao Chun
is now incarcerated in the Xiacheng District Detention Center. 16. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ding Shumei Arrested Because Ms. Ding Shumei's 6-year-old son brought some truth-clarifying
materials to the kindergarten and distributed them to his friends, Dongjun
Kindergarten authorities in Kunming City reported Ding to police. Personnel from
the Guandu District Police Station arrested her when she went to the
kindergarten to fetch her son home on the afternoon of June 10, 2005. Ding
Shumei previously suffered from congenital heart disease and was in a coma for
72 hours after the arrest. Ding Shumei is now still being held. 17. [Guanhan City, Sichuan Province] Yang Hualian Sent to the Hexing
Brainwashing Class On the morning of July 8, 2005, several plainclothes officers arrested
practitioner Ms. Yang Hualian, an employee of the Sichuan Province Guanghan
Agricultural Mechanical Bureau, as she had just arrived at the entrance to the
bureau. Yang is currently being held at the Hexing Brainwashing Class in
Guanghan City. 18. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ren Guizhen and Wang Chang'e Arrested
While Distributing Truth-Clarifying Material During the afternoon on May 25, 2005, local "110" police arrested
practitioners Ms. Ren Guizhen and Ms. Wang Chang'e from the Kuiwen District,
Weifang City while the two practitioners went to Yishui County to distribute the
truth-clarifying materials. At about 8:00 p.m. the same night, police ransacked
their home and put them into the Hanting Detention Center. On May 26, personnel
from the Hanting Police Station notified Wang's family and threatened them with
extortion. Wang Chang'e was sentenced to three years of forced labor and sent to
the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp. Ren Guizhen's whereabouts are still unknown. Wangcun Forced Labor Camp Administrator's office: 86-533-6680058
Bao Xi'er, Police Station Party Secretary: 86-427-5887666, 86-13898719688 (cell)
Address: the middle school affiliated with Northeastern Normal University, 506
Ziyou Road, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China 130021
Wang Jiangang, Reform Head: 86-13514402798 (Cell)
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