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Additional Persecution News from China - January 11, 2005 (19 Reports)
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhang Ronghua Suffers
Mental Collapse after Rape and Psychological Abuse Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Ronghua from Feicheng, Shandong Province is
26 years old. She was illegally arrested in 2001 for distributing
truth clarification materials and was sentenced to three years in
prison. The officials sent her to the Shandong Women's Prison in 2001. She
persisted in her belief in Falun Dafa. A guard ordered inmates to strip her
naked and raped her. She suffered a mental collapse and was locked in solitary
confinement for a long time. They subjected her to forced injections and
forcibly administered other unknown drugs. She was once a beautiful young woman,
but now she looks destroyed. Ms. Zhang had not recovered at the time of her
release in 2003. Her current condition is unknown. 2. [Jilin Province] Police Torture Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Songfan Practitioner Mr. Zhang Songfan, 43, works at the Tumen City Grain Depot in
Jilin Province. On July 24, 2004, officers from the Huichun City Police
Department arrested him when he was distributing truth clarification materials
in the evening. He was taken to the National Security Division and tortured. The
evildoers hung him up by his hands that were handcuffed behind his back. An
object weighing about 16 pounds was hung from his neck, and he was forbidden to
sleep for three days and two nights. After he lost consciousness on July 26,
they held him at the Huichun Custody Center and tortured him for a whole day on
July 28. Mr. Zhang was covered with injuries and was extremely weak. The
officials transferred him to a detention center on August 3. He is now facing an
illegal trial. Head of the Huichun Police Department: 86-44-7513212 3. [Neimenggu AR] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Ma Qinghai's 72-day Hunger Strike Dafa practitioner Mr. Ma Qinghai has been on a hunger strike for 72 days and
he is at the brink of death. Authorities from the Aohan Police Department
Detention Center refuse to allow his family to meet with him and refuse to
release him. 4. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Liang Chunyong
Arrested - His Whereabouts Unknown Mr. Liang Chunyong is in his 40s and lives at South Yingtaoyuan Village in
Liyuan Street, the Kuiwen District, Weifang City, Shandong Province. On the
morning of November 10, 2005, more than 20 officers from the Kuiwen District
Police Department broke into Liang Yongchun's home. They confiscated his Dafa
books, truth clarification materials and VCDs. On December 14, Hu Bingyou and another officer from South Yingtaoyuan Village
Communist Party Committee Police Department demanded Liang Chunyong to report to
the village Party Committee and write "reports." Liang Chunyong
refused. At around 9 o'clock on December 15, a dozen officers from Kuiwen District
Police Department and from the Liyuan Police Department, along with officials
from the Yingtaoyuan Village Party Committee, arrested Liang Chunyong from his
home while he was working. They did not present any ID or legal documents. Later, Liang Chunyong's family inquired of the village Party Committee and
the police department many times about his whereabouts. The officials at the
village Party Committee were rude and denied knowledge of any information. More
than 20 days later, Liang Chunyong's whereabouts are still unknown and his
family is worried and anxious. Liang Chunyong's wife Han Sufang was detained and subjected to long-term
persecution many times. She opted to stay away from home for the past several
years, to avoid further persecution. Liang Chunyong was living at home with his
school-aged daughter and parents-in-law. Liyuan Police Department: 86-536-8519110 5. [Leshan, Sichuan Province] Dafa Practitioners Chen Yanjun and Zeng Laoliu
Arrested Dafa practitioners Chen Yanjun from Leshan and Zeng Laoliu from Huogu,
Muchuan were secretly attacked and arrested by police at Zeng Laoliu's home on
December 12, 2005. Their current whereabouts are unknown. 6. [Nongan, Jilin Province] Police Arrest Dafa Practitioner Xia Xiulan When
Clarifying the Truth Dafa practitioner Xiang Xiulan, 64, lived in Nongan, Jilin Province. On the
afternoon of January 7, 2006, officer Du Hengzhi from the Nongan National
Security Division arrested her. Xia Xiulan is currently being held at the Nongan
Custody Center. 7. [Hua County, Henan Province] Many Dafa Practitioners Arrested During the 2005 October 1 holiday, the Hua County officials in Henan Province
arrested many Dafa practitioners. They posted and broadcast Dafa-slandering
propaganda. The number of practitioners arrested requires further investigation.
It was learned that practitioner Li Junxian who works as a nanny in Xin Township
and lived in Xianggou Village, Banpodian, Hua County, Henan Province was
arrested on the evening of December 29, 2005. In early January 2006, two home-based Falun Dafa truth clarification
materials production sites were destroyed and five practitioners were arrested. 8. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Dafa Practitioners Tang Yuhua
Arrested by Officers from the Mudanjiang Railroad Police Division On December 25, 2005, officers from the Mudanjiang Railroad Police Department
arrested practitioner Fu Zhaocui from Hailin City, Heilongjiang Province. Her
family took her home on medical parole on December 31, 2005. Officers from the
Mudanjiang Railroad Police Division and the police department often harassed her
at her home. They arrested her mother, also a Dafa practitioner, on January 10,
2006. 9. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Ms. Dong Yanyun Arrested
and Sent to the Weifang Detention Center Practitioner Ms. Dong Yanyun is 54 years old. Agents from the Weifang City
610 Office arrested her in 2001 for clarifying the truth. With
righteous thoughts, she escaped from incarceration but had to stay away from
home to avoid further persecution. On January 6, 2006, officers from the Weicheng Police Department arrested
Dong Yanyun again when she clarified the truth at a Weifang Department Store.
She was later held at the Weifang Detention Center. Organizations and police responsible for persecution: 10. [Gejiu City, Yunnan Province] 72-year-old Dafa practitioner Ms. Yin
Xiusheng Arrested Dafa practitioner Ms. Yin Xiusheng from Gejiu City, Honghe State, Yunnan
Province is 72 years old. She was arrested on the evening of January 6, 2006 at
Century Square while clarifying the truth. The police subsequently ransacked her
home. When her family demanded to know her whereabouts at the Gejiu City Police
Department, the authorities said they didn't know anything. 11. [Beijing] Feng Lianyou Tortured at the Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp Practitioner Mr. Feng Lianyou, 39, is a resident from Henanzai Village, Miyun
County, Beijing. In 2005 he was arrested and sentenced to two years of forced
labor for clarifying the truth. He is currently being held at the No. 1 Brigade
in Beijing's Tuanhe Forced Labor Camp. Several days ago, he and some
practitioners shouted, "Falun Dafa is great" at a flag-raising
ceremony in the forced labor camp. They were severely tortured. 12. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Rong Fulong Arrested On December 28, 2005, police arrested practitioner Rong Fulong. His
whereabouts are unknown. 13. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Liu Yuzhen Arrested On December 24, 2005, policemen from the Agriculture University arrested
36-year-old practitioner Liu Yuzhen from Qinjian Village, Yutan Town, Changchun
City and sent her to the Daguang Detention Center. 14. [Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province] Two Practitioners Sentenced to Four
and a Half Years of Imprisonment During the evening of September 14, 2005, personnel from the Qianjin Township
Police Station in Songyuan City, Jilin Province arrested practitioners Ms. Zhang
Shuhua and Ms. Liu Yanli from Gongzhuling City, and sent them to the Changling
County Detention Center. The police denied practitioners' family visits for a
few months. Recently, it was heard that in December Ms. Zhang and Ms. Liu were
sentenced to four and four and a half years of imprisonment respectively at
Changling County Court. 15. [Liaoning Province] Practitioners Tortured and Forced to Do Slave Labor
in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison Practitioners held in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison are forced to do
overtime work from 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., consisting mostly of manual labor. If
a practitioner makes an error in her work she is be fined 30-50 yuan.
Wardens in the prison ordered two criminals to monitor each determined
practitioner, even when the practitioners went to the restroom. But if either of
the criminals did not need or want to use the restroom, the practitioner was
denied use of the restroom. 16. [Chongqing] Primary School Teacher Yao Xiaotong Sentenced to One Year of
Forced Labor Dafa practitioner Yao Xiaotong is an excellent teacher at the Zhongsilu
Primary School in Chongqing. She was arrested prior to the Asia Mayor's
Conference. Ms. Yao is currently being deprived of freedom at the Maojiashan
Women's Forced Labor Camp, under a one-year sentence. 17. [Chongqing] Wei Hua Severely Tortured at a Brainwashing Class and Mental
Hospital Ms. Wei Hua, 57, lives at No. 2 Wenhua Village in the Xiejiawan District,
Chongqing. On September 6, 2005, lawless officers from the Xiejiawan Street
Police Station and personnel from the Street Committee went to her home,
arrested her, and took her to a brainwashing center. Wei Hua went on a hunger
strike to protest the illegal detention. On October 18, the officials sent Wei
Hua to the Shipingqiao Branch of the Jiulongpo District Mental Hospital, the
former Mine Machine Factory Employee Hospital. In late November Wei Hua
experienced vomiting and diarrhea and showed symptoms of confusion and mental
impairment. She could not recognize anyone and could not speak or move her right
hand or leg. She lost bowel and bladder control and had a fever. The hospital
issued a critically ill notice and requested that Ms. Wei be transferred to
another hospital. The Chongqing Medical University Emergency Team refused to
accept her. Ms. Wei was then taken home. 18. [Xinjiang Autonomous Region] Practitioner Liu Hanrong Still Detained
After Her Detention Term Expired Police arrested practitioner Ms. Liu Hanrong, about 50 years old, from the
Xinjiang Autonomous Region. She was supposed to be released in July 2005, but so
far she is still being detained. 19. [Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province] Wang Shumin Arrested for Posting
Truth-clarifying Materials During the afternoon of January 9, 2006 when practitioner Ms. Wang Shumin was
posting truth-clarifying materials, personnel from the Zhuozhou City Police
Department arrested her. January 11, 2006 |