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Ms. Zhang Shumei and Other Practitioners Arrested in Hainan Autonomous Prefecture of Tibetan Nationality in Qinghai Province
(Clearwisdom.net) At around 10:00 p.m. on September 25, 2007, a
coordinated campaign to arrest Falun Gong practitioners was launched by the
Gonghe County Police Department in Hainan Autonomous Prefecture of Tibetan
Nationality in Qinghai Province. A deputy chief with the surname of Dong led
five plainclothes officers to break into the home of Ms. Zhang Shumei, a
practitioner in her seventies. They were looking for
truth-clarification materials. The police took Ms. Zhang Shumei into
custody after searching for over an hour. In addition, practitioners Ms. Xu Yinglan and her husband Mr. Jia Baoping,
their non-practitioner daughter Ms. Xu Xia, and practitioner Ms. Zhao Xiuhua
were taken into custody by officers of the Gonghe County Police Department at
their homes. The police also confiscated Ms. Xu's computer, printer, and other
accessories, with a total value of over 10,000 yuan. The officers
also took over 20,000 yuan in cash or equivalents, including an 800 hundred yuan
deposit certificate in Ms. Xu Xia's name (her income from odd jobs), a deposit
receipt of over 20,000 yuan (the lump sum payment Mr. Jia Baoping received from
his years of employment when he was laid off), and an unknown amount saved by
Ms. Xu Yinglan from her sewing work. Ms. Xu Yinglan and Ms. Zhao Xiuhua were sentenced to three years and two
years of forced labor in 2001 respectively. Ms. Xu Yinglan suffered pain in one
of her legs and she could hardly walk, yet, the labor camp guards still forced
her to engage in heavy labor. She was also threatened and otherwise abused. A
labor camp physician named Chen Qinghua was especially vicious. Chen received
karmic retribution when he fell while stepping off a bus and fractured his
pelvis. Ms. Zhang Shumei, Ms. Zhao Xiuhua, and Ms. Xu Xia have been sentenced to two
years of forced labor. Ms. Xu Yinglan and her husband, Mr. Jia Baoping, have
been unlawfully placed under arrest. Individuals and organizations responsible for the persecution: Gonghe County Police Department: 86-974-8522982 December 02, 2007 |