(Clearwisdom.net) Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the minghui.ca website, the Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net.

On June 1, 2006, five Falun Falun Dafa practitioners from Xuchang City, in southern Henan Province, were illegally arrested and their homes were searched, and they had property confiscated. Among those arrested were Zhang Ronghuan, Li Yuzhen, and Li Xiuhua. Further details are not known.

On the afternoon of May 24, officers from the Wuyi Road Police Station and agents from the Xuchang City 610 Office arrested practitioner Ms. Li Yuzhen. They are illegally holding her at the Xuchang Administrative Detention Center.

In May 2006, Xuchang City 610 Office agents, led by Miao Zhongkai, sentenced practitioner Wang Hongchang from Yanling County, Xuchang City to three years of forced labor. He is imprisoned at the Third Forced Labor Camp, which is on the outskirts of Xuchang City.

On March 31, Ding Shuguang, Captain of the county public security brigade, and policeman Ma Fei, arrested Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Xiuzhi in her home. She was sent to the Xuchang Forced Labor Camp where she is being persecuted.