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Practitioner Mr. Cao Baoyu Once Again Arrested and Persecuted in Langfang City, Hebei Province
(Clearwisdom.net) On February 13, 2006, Langfang City's Guangyang District Police Station
police released practitioner Mr. Cao Baoyu from Dachang Detention Center and
sent him home. At about 7 a.m. on February 19, six people from the Guangyang
Police Station and the Beiwang Town Police Station illegally
arrested him again. Mr. Cao has not yet been released. When the six police officers arrived at Mr. Cao's home, Beiwang Town Police
Station Chief Zhao and an officer from the Guangyang Police Station entered the
yard by climbing over the fence, since the gate was closed. They did not show
any ID or documents, but ordered Mr. Cao to go with them. A policeman from the
Guangyang Police Station said it would not take long. Mr. Cao said, "I will
not go there. We can talk here." The police then arrested him by force. Mr.
Cao's wife went up to ask about her husband, but the police grabbed and held
her. They claimed she was "interfering with law enforcement." Although
Mr. Cao was still physically weak, four policemen forced him into a police car
and sent him to a brainwashing center, where he remains. On February 5, Mr. Cao and several other practitioners went to the Xianghe
Police Station and the county government to appeal the arrest of Langfang
practitioner Wang Shaoqiu. At about 2 p.m., the Dachang police arrived. They
beat him, kicked him, arrested him, and took him to the Dachang Police Station.
That evening, a thin, tall police chief asked him to take off all his clothes,
even underwear. Mr. Cao refused and was brutally beaten. The chief said,
"So, you do not want to take off your clothes?!" Mr. Cao said,
"No, I do not, since I am not a prisoner, nor have I committed
crimes." The chief told several policemen to search Mr. Cao's clothes and
even pulled off the zippers. He then brought Mr. Cao to the hallway, where he
beat him, kicked him, and slapped him. Finally, he tied Mr. Cao to an iron
chair. Mr. Cao's nose was injured and still bleeding after one week. Two teeth in
his upper jaw were loosened during the beating, and he was unable to chew food
for more than 10 days. The beating also impaired his hearing. Mr. Cao and other
practitioners went on hunger strike to protest the persecution. He was released
on February 13 and then arrested once again on February 19. Related phone numbers: Xianghe Police Station: 86-316-8321236, 86-316-8321500 March 1, 2006 Posting date: 3/25/2006 |