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Additional Persecution News from China - March 29, 2007 (25 Reports)
(Clearwisdom.net)
1. [Tianjin] About 20 Practitioners
Taken into Custody
On March 22, 2007, about 20
practitioners were taken into custody by the North Xianyang Road
Police Station in the Hongqiao District, Tianjin. Their homes were
searched. Eleven practitioners were released the same night, and the
rest remain in custody.
North Xianyang Road Police Station, the
Hongqiao District, Tianjin: 86-22-26371382
2. [Heilongjiang Province] Elderly
Mr. Kang, Former Director of the Mudanjiang City Assistance Center,
Remains Unconscious in Prison
Elderly Mr. Kang, former director of
the Mudanjiang City Falun Gong Assistance Center, has been unlawfully
held in the Mudanjiang Prison. As of January 13, 2007, he was in
critical condition. The prison authorities transferred him to a local
hospital, where he was operated on twice. Mr. Kang has remained in a
state of unconsciousness. It was learned today from other
practitioners in the prison that the prison authorities had agreed to
release Mr. Kang on medical parole, but Mr. Kang's family did not
accept the terms.
3. [Jilin Province] Practitioner Mr.
Wang Qibo in Critical Condition Resulting from Persecution in the No.
6 Ward at Jilin Prison
Mr. Wang Qibo has been in critical
condition as a result of persecution while being held in the No. 6
Ward in Jilin Prison. Mr. Wang is now in the Jilin City No. 2 Central
Hospital (the Railroad Hospital) in Jilin Province.
4. [Hubei Province] Practitioners
Mr. Gao Zhengjia, Mr. Li Hong, and Mr. Huang Xuejun Taken into
Custody
In March 2007, practitioner Mr. Gao
Zhengjia from Gaozhai Village in Lidian Town was taken into custody
by Yunmeng police while he was distributing truth-clarifying
materials in Yunmeng County. Mr. Gao remains in custody.
On March 19, 2007, the Anlu City
Agriculture Bank, colluding with the Anlu City 610 Office,
forcibly took practitioner Mr. Li Hong into custody. Mr. Li has
subsequently been sent to the provincial brainwashing center for
persecution. Thr Anlu City Agriculture Bank had put him on probation
and suspended his salary.
On March 22, practitioner Mr. Huang
Xuejun was taken into custody by police from Yunmeng County, Xiaogan
City, and Anlu City. Mr. Huang is being held in Yunmeng Detention
Center.
5. [Jilin Province] Plainclothes
Officers and Jobless People Set Traps to Catch Practitioners
Since March 2007, state security
officers in urban areas of Jilin City, Jilin Province have all been
in plainclothes. The authorities recruited jobless people, put them
on the payroll, and sent them out on the streets. These people are
stationed in farm markets and other crowded places in order to spot
practitioners who are clarifying the truth and then follow and
apprehend the practitioners.
6. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong
Province] Practitioner Mr. Li Fulin's Case Transferred to Futian
Procuratorate
On February 27, 2007, Mr. Li Fulin was
taken into custody by officers at the Futian Police Station in the
Futian District, Shenzhen City. Mr. Li is being held in the Futian
Detention Center. It has been learned that his case has been
transferred to the Futian Procuratorate. Lacking
evidence, the Procuratorate must decide whether to release him or
place him under arrest by March 30, when his time detention reaches
the maximum of 30 days.
7. [Anhua County, Hunan Province]
Practitioner Mr. Li Mengxian Taken into Custody
On the afternoon of March 27, 2007,
officers at the Xianxi Town Police Station in Anhua County, Hunan
Province, broke into practitioner Mr. Li Mengxian's home. They
unlawfully searched Mr. Li's home and confiscated a copy of Zhuan
Falun and several
Falun Dafa cassette tapes. The officers then took Mr. Li to the
police station.
Mr. Li Mengxian, 44, is a teacher at
Jiulong Middle School in Xianxi Town, Anhua County, Hunan Province.
He started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. In 2000, he went to Beijing
to validate the Fa; he was arrested and sent to the Xinkaipu Forced
Labor Camp for one year of forced labor.
Members of the Anhua County 610
Office:
8. [Guanghan City, Sichuan Province]
Police Launch Coordinated Campaign to Harass Practitioners
On the evening of March 16, 2007,
police in Guanghan City in the Deyang area of Sichuan Province took
coordinated action to harass practitioners in the city's 24 townships
and towns as the officers attempted to search practitioners' homes.
It has been learned that four or five practitioners in each township
or town have been harassed. A small number of practitioners' homes
were unlawfully searched. The police confiscated Falun Dafa books and
materials. They also demanded that practitioners whose homes were
searched go to the police station to sign the Three
Statements.
9. [Yiyuan County, Shandong
Province] Follow-up Report on the Persecution of Mr. Zhang Lizeng and
Mr. Wang Deqing
Mr. Zhang Lizeng is a practitioner from
Miaojiahexi Village in Zhongzhuang Town, Yiyuan County. In November
2006, officers from the county's state security division, the crime
response squad, and the Zhongzhuang Police Station jointly arrested
him.
Mr. Wang Deqing is a practitioner from
Nuanshuihe Village in Wujing Town, Linqu County. In January 2007,
officers from the Yiyuan County State Security Division and those
from the Wujing Town Police Station in Linqu County jointly arrested
him.
The two practitioners have been held in
the Yiyuan County Detention Center. When their family members went to
demand their release, state security officers claimed that the cases
were turned in to the Yiyuan County Court, and they were no longer in
charge of these cases.
10. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang
Province] Mr. Wang Lianquan Taken into Custody While Clarifying the
Truth
On the morning of March 27, 2007, Mr.
Wang Lianquan, a practitioner from Bin County in Harbin City, was
turned in to the police while he was clarifying the truth on Beihuan
Road in Binzhou Town. Officers from the Fendou Police Station went to
Mr. Wang's home to unlawfully search it and took him to the Bin
County Police Department.
Officers on duty at the Bin County
Police Department: 86-451-57982622
11. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning
Province] Taihe District Police Department and Taihe District
Political and Judiciary Committee Attempt to Sentence Practitioner
Mr. Liu Litao to Prison
Individuals in charge of the
persecution:
12. [Yanggu County, Shandong
Province] Practitioner Mr. Meng Huanlong Taken into Custody by Police
- His Whereabouts Unknown
Mr. Meng Huanlong, about 42 years old,
is a practitioner from Dakengwang Village in Dingshui Town, Yangu
county. On March 25, 2007, he went to the farm market in Shifo Town
and was turned in to the police. Officers from the Shifo Police
Station took him into custody. Mr. Meng's whereabouts remain unknown.
13. [Tianjin] Mr. Wu Guirong and
Several Other Practitioners Taken into Custody
In the early morning on March 26, 2007,
officers at the Dongpuwa Police Station in the Wuqing District,
Tianjin, took into custody Mr. Wu Guirong, a practitioner from
Dawuchang Village in Dongpuwa Township. Mr. Wu was sent directly to
the Wuqing Detention Center. Officers at the Quanzhou Road Police
Station in Yangcun Town took practitioner Ms. Xu Xaingfeng into
custody. The officers also besieged the home of Ms. Liu Lixin.
In addition, officers at the
Huanghuadian Township Police Station besieged practitioner Mr. Yang
Yuyong's home.
Ms. Liu Lixin and Mr. Yang Yuyong
managed to escape with righteous thoughts in mind.
14. [Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous
Region] Practitioners Mr. Zhang Mingwen and Wife Ms. Tao Ying Taken
into Custody While on the Internet at Work in Jinghe County, Bole
City
15. [Neijiang City, Sichuan
Province] Practitioner Wang Zhangkun (Gender Unknown) Remains in
Custody in an Undisclosed Place after Maximum Number of Days Legally
Allowed
16. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong
Province] Practitioner Ms. Lin Bingju Unlawfully Held at Chatou
Forced Labor Camp
Ms. Lin Bingju, a practitioner from
Guangzhou City, was arrested on March 6, 2007, while distributing
truth-clarifying materials. After 15 days of detention, she was
secretly sentenced to one year of forced labor. She is being held at
the Chatou Forced Labor Camp in Guangzhou City. Her family has not
received any notification.
17. [Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province]
Several Practitioners Unlawfully Sentenced to Prison or Otherwise
Persecuted
A practitioner with the surname of Hu
in the Pukou area in Nanjing City was arrested and subsequently
sentenced to 18 months in prison. Two other practitioners arrested
were Ms. Ma Peihua and Ms. Zhou Li.
Police arrested Ms. Shi Ming, a
practitioner from the Maigaoqiao Neighborhood in the Qixia District,
on the grounds that she was carrying an MP3 player with Falun Dafa
contents. Ms. Shi's father has been forced to leave home since
neighbors have been ordered to keep an eye on him. Mr. Cao Ziyin, a practitioner from
Huajiaqiao in the Xiaguan District, has been heavily sentenced to ten
years in prison. Mr. Cao has been sent to Suzhou Prison together with
Mr. Zhang Xuefeng and Mr. Ma Zhenyu.
18. [Wu'an City, Hebei Province]
Current Situations of Practitioners Taken into Custody
Of the practitioners taken into custody
on March 21, 2007, by the Wu'an City Police Department, one is on
hunger strike.
The persecution has been carried out by
Section No. 1 of the city's police department. Zhang Lihua (male), head of section was
primarily responsible for the crimes: 86-13931066836 (cell),
86-310-5655565 (home), 86-310-5610822 (office)
19. [Hubei Province] Follow-up
Report on the Trial of Ms. Yang Yunhua
On March 20, 2007, the Xishui Court in
Hubei Province called for a trial. However, Mr. Guo Chunliu, who was
to be the "witness," ran away. The trial was aborted.
On the evening of March 26, 2007, Mr,
Guo was arrested upon returning home. His son was also taken into
custody. On March 27, the Xishui Court unlawfully put Ms. Yang
Yunhua; Mr. Li Zhengwen; Ms. Zhou Qi and her husband, Mr. Guo
Chunliu; and a practitioner with the surname of Fan on trial . Each
family was allowed to have one person to attend the trial. The
attendees had to agree to be body-searched. The six people are being
held at the county's No. 1 Detention Center.
20. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province]
Huanren County Police Break into Civilian's Home
On March 22 and March 27, 2007, four
police officers from the Xiangyang Township Police Station in Huanren
Town, led by Zhang Qi (male), director of the police station, broke
into the home of Mr. Fu, who lives in Baicha Village, Xiangyang
Township. The police were looking for Falun Gong truth-clarifying
materials, but they did not find any.
Xiangyang Township Police Station:
86-414-8142370
21. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province]
Practitioners Mr. Yu Qiye and Wife Taken into Custody at Their Home
Recently, Mr. Yu Qi and his wife, Ms.
Wang Shaojuan, practitioners from Yujia Village, Tieshan Town in the
Lushunkou District, Dalian City, were taken into custody at their
home. The police also confiscated two personal computers and a
printer.
Beilin District 610 Office in Suihua
City:
22. [Zhangshan City, Guangdong
Province] Elderly Practitioner Mr. Huang Liande Taken into Custody
Again - His Home Unlawfully Searched
Mr. Huang Liande, 73, is a practitioner
from Zhongshan City. On the morning of March 19, 2007, he was taken
into custody while distributing truth-clarifying materials to
residential homes in the Shiqicheng District by police who were
staked out there. Mr. Huang was subsequently sent to the Qijiang
Police Station. On the same afternoon, a dozen or so officers from
the district police department, the Qijaing and Yuelainan police
stations, and the Nanxia Street Administration Region broke into Mr.
Huang Liande's home. The officers confiscated some Falun Dafa
materials.
When Mr. Huang was held in custody, he
clarified the truth to the police and other staff and told them that
good deeds would be rewarded and evil acts would meet with
retribution. On the same afternoon, he left the police station and
returned home with righteous thoughts in mind.
23. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province]
Practitioner Ms. Tian Xi'e Taken into Custody Outside the Building
Where She Lives at Noon on March 19, 2007
24. [Wafangdian City, Liaoning
Province] Practitioner Ms. Pan Jianli Taken into Custody
At around 2:00 p.m. on March 23, 2007,
several officers from the patrolling unit in Wafangdian City broke
into practitioner Ms. Pan Jianli's home in the foothills of the
Lingxia District. The officers unlawfully searched her home and took
into possession her valuables, including a personal computer. They
also took her into custody on criminal charges and held her in the
detention center.
Patrolling unit: 86-411-85611972,
86-411-85612612, 86-411-85624737
25. [Tianjin] Another Practitioner
Taken into Custody
Young practitioner Fang (gender
unknown, given name unkown) lives on Tianta Street in the Hexi
District, Tianjin City. On March 26, officers at the Tiyuanbei Police
Station took Fang into custody. Fang's whereabouts remain unknown.
Practitioner Mr. Sun, 37, has been
unlawfully sentenced to seven years in prison. Mr. Sun is being held
in the No. 2 Ward at the Gangbei Prison in Tianjin City. Due to
police abuse, Mr. Sun has developed symptoms of vasculitis and
diabetes. His legs have turned black. His mother is trying to get all
the paper work ready for his medical parole. However, the Gangbei
Prison authorities have refused to release Mr. Sun. Zhang Shilin,
male, a division head, has refused to meet Mr. Sun's family. Mr.
Sun's condition is not clear.
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