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Additional Persecution News from China - May 10, 2007 (34 Reports)
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Bin County, Heilongjiang] Practitioner Mr. Liu Xiangbo Remains in Custody Mr. Liu Xiangbo, a practitioner from Ningyuan Town in Bin County has been
unlawfully held in custody for over 20 days. Mr. Liu has been on hunger strike
protesting the persecution. He has been severely abused both mentally and
physically. Ni Zhongliang, male, head of the Crime Response Division at the Bin County
Police Department: 86-541-57914199, 86-541-57980199 2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] About 40 Practitioners Taken into Custody On May 9, 2007, about 40 practitioners gathered in a residential community on
Beibadao Street in the Erdao District, Changchun City. Plainclothes officers
followed and monitored them. At around 4:00 p.m., the practitioners were taken
into custody one after another. 3. [Jiangsu Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhang Hui Tortured by
Lianyungang City Police; She Becomes Mentally Confused On April 16, 2007, Ms. Zhang Hui from Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, was
unlawfully taken into custody by officers at the Xingfu Road Police Station in
Lianyungang City. She was taken to the Lianyungang City Detention Center, where
she was severely tortured with other practitioners. She was deprived of food and
sleep for six consecutive days. Ms. Zhang has become mentally confused. Ms. Liu
Yan is also unlawfully held at the Lianyungang City Detention Center. In addition, local practitioner Ms. Fan Li has been held at the Donghai
County Detention Center. 4. [Chongqing] Practitioner Ms. Zeng Pengying from Nanchuan District
Unlawfully Held in Team 1 of Division 7 at Xishanping Forced Labor Camp in
Chongqing 5. [Fuzhou City, Fujian Province] Practitioners Ms. Mao Xiaoming and Ms. Xu
Xiaoping Unlawfully Sentenced to Forced Labor Practitioners Ms. Mao Xiaoming and Ms. Xu Xiaoping from Fuzhou City have been
sentenced to 18 months and nine months of forced labor respectively. Ms. Mao is
being held at the Rujiang Forced Labor Camp, and Ms. Xu is being held at the
Fujian Province Women's Forced Labor Camp. It was also learned that prior to Ms. Mao's arrest, she had been followed by
Fuzhou City state security police. The police had also broken into her mother's
home at the retired officials' residences in the Fuzhou Military Zone to
unlawfully search it. The entire search was conducted without Ms. Mao's mother's
awareness. 6. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Practitioner Ms. An Shunlian Unlawfully
Held at Wuhua District Detention Center At noon on April 26, 2007, Ms. An Shunlian from Kunming City was taken into
custody by officers in the Wuhua District. Ms. An is being held at the Wuhua
District Detention Center, which is affiliated with the Wuhua District Police
Department. Wuhua District Detention Center, affiliated with the Wuhua District Police
Department: 86-871-8309871 7. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Police Pried Open a Door and Searched
Practitioner Ms. Wang Jinlan's Home Recently, the police pried open Ms. Wang Jinlan's door and searched her home
when she was not there. Ms. Wang lives on the fifth floor of a building in the
jurisdiction of the Shuguang Road Police Station in the Nanguan District. 8. [Maoming City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Mr. Deng Shaosong Arrested Early in April 2007, Mr. Deng Shaosong from Maoming City was illegally
arrested. He has been sentenced to prison. Mr. Deng had been intercepted on his way back home on the evening of October
25, 2006, by officers from the Xinpo Police Station in Maonan District, Maoming
City. Police officers searched him and broke one of his clavicles when they
brutally beat him. Xinpo Town government: 86-668-2266241, 86-668-2223992 9. [Gaoan County, Jiangxi Province] Mr. Wang Silong and Other Practitioners
Unlawfully Sent to Labor Camp On March 10, practitioners Mr. Wang Silong, Ms. Gao Tongxiu, Mr. Leng
Jingtong, and Mr. Luo Shiliang from Gaoan County left town for Nanchang City to
meet and exchange thoughts with other practitioners. They were followed while in
Bayi Park by the police. On their way back the same day, officers at the Donghu
District Police Department in Nanchang City took them into custody. The officers
took the 2,500 yuan in cash they carried as well as their cellphones,
photocopier, and drivers' licenses. The four practitioners were initially held at the Xinjian County Detention
Center. Crime response police tortured them during interrogation, beamed mining
lights in their eyes, and handcuffed them with their arms twisted to the backs
of chairs. The practitioners were deprived of sleep. The officers also poured
cold water over the tops of their heads and soaked them. After three or four
days of torture, the Donghu District Police Department in Nanchang City
sentenced each of them to two years of forced labor. They were taken to the
Jiangxi Province No. 2 Forced Labor Camp. The labor camp authorities forced them
to work up to 18 hours a day producing colored lights. They only are allowed to
rest for only a little over two hours each day. 10. [Nanping City, Fujian Province] Practitioner Mr. Yang Liansheng Faces
Unlawful Trial It has been learned that Mr. Yang Liansheng, about 35 years old, who works at
the traffic police team in Shunchang County, was taken into custody on November
3, 2006. He was to face an unlawful trial again at the Nanping City Intermediate
Court between 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. on May 10, 2007. 11. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Ms. Jiao Xuemei Illegally
Held in Custody Ms. Jiao Xuemei is rom Tangshan City. On April 30, 2007, her home was
searched. On or around May 3, officers at the Xishandao Police Station in Lubei
District deceived her while she was at work. She was taken away from the
Tangshan City Thermo Dynamics Company to the Changningdao Detention Center in
Tangshan City. She has since been transferred to the Tangshan Detention Center. Xishandao Police Station in the Lubei District, Tangshan City: 86-315-7210561 12. [Jiansanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Mr. Wang Yufeng
Unlawfully Taken into Custody Again Mr. Wang Yufen from Qianshao Farm in Jiansanjiang City was recently released
from prison after his term ended. The 610 Office of Qianshao Farm
took Mr. Wang into custody again in Jiansanjiang City. 13. [Shanghai] Practitioner Mr. Wang Bingke Unlawfully Arrested Mr. Wang Bingke, born in 1976, formerly attended group practice at the
Eastern China Normal University. After his graduation in July 1999, he had been
teaching at Yichuan Middle School in the Putuo District, Shanghai. After
September 20, 1999, Mr. Wang went to Beijing to validate the Fa and was
detained. Later, he was sentenced to two years of forced labor between 2001 and
2003 for distributing truth-clarifying materials. He was inhumanly
tortured in the labor camp. At around 8:00 p.m. on March 14, 2007, Mr. Wang was arrested by officers from
a police station in the Zhabei District for distributing truth-clarifying DVDs.
At around 1:00 a.m. on March 15, the police broke into the rented room Mr. Wang
and his wife lived in and searched the place for about two hours. The materials
confiscated later became "evidence" in the charges brought against
him. As a result of Mr. Wang's arrest, his wife. Ms. Han Xia, lost her job. Ms.
Han is pregnant, and she is experiencing strong pregnancy-induced reactions. She
is not only without the care of her husband, she worries about him all the time. It has been confirmed that among those practitioners who used to regularly
attend group exercises at the China Eastern Normal University, Mr. Li Baifan,
Mr. Li Yuanguang, Mr. Wu Dianhui, and Ms. Dong Xinnan died from persecution
after July 20, 1999. The following are among those who have been expelled by the
school or otherwise dismissed: Ms. Jiang Yun, Ms. Yuan Shunhua, Mr. Zhu Kuihua,
Mr. Wang Bingke, Ms. Zhang Hongying, Ms. Li Xia, Ms. Lin Cuixia, Ms. Zhang Yuxia,
Ms. Zhang Xumei, Mr. Liu Peng (twice sentenced to forced labor), Mr. Lai Xiaohui,
Mr. Jiang Desheng (who has arrived in the U.S.), and Mr. Chen Fu (who remains in
custody). Wang (gender unknown) and Feng (gender unknown), officers from a police
station in Zhabei District: 86-21-63172110-41315 14. [Chongqing] Practitioners Ms. Yang Songli and Ms. Huang Luzhen Taken into
Custody On the morning of May 5, 2007, Ms. Yang Songli and Ms. Huang Luzhen from the
Jiangbei District were clarifying the truth to three children at the Huaxin
Street bus stop. They were taken to the Huaxin Street Police Station. The same
afternoon, officers from the police station and several other state security
officers searched Ms. Yang Songli's home. Ms. Yang and Ms. Huang were
transferred to the Jiangbei District Detention Center the same night. 15. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Zhang Hongkai Taken to
Luotaishanzhuang Brainwashing Center at Forced Labor Term's End On April 30, Mr. Zhang Hongkai's family received a notice from the Shenxin
Forced Labor Camp to take him home at 9:00 a.m. on May 1. When they arrived at
the labor camp, an officer with the last name ov Zhang, Liu Jie (male) of the
Liaohe Agency, and Jia Dianjie (male) of the 610 Office refused to release Mr.
Zhang. They took him to the Luotaishanzhuang Brainwashing Center in Fushun City.
Mr. Zhang's work unit was orderd to pay 1,500 yuan to cover initial expenses. 16. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Mr. Chen Qing Taken into
Custody by Boshan District Police Mr. Chen Qing, a deputy commissioner in the Boshan District in Zibo City, was
taken into custody by Boshan District police on May 5, 2007. His home was
unlawfully searched. The officers confiscated his Falun Dafa books. 17. [Tianjin] Practitioner Ms. Yao Shilan Taken into Custody Ms. Yao Shilan from Changtun Village, Jianchang Town, Wuqing District,
Tianjin, was taken into custody again on April 4, 2007. Huang Shouqing, male,
director of the village security office, led officers from the Jianchang Town
Police Station and those from the Wuqing District Police Department to her home.
The officers took away Teacher's portrait, Falun Dafa books, and some
truth-clarifying materials. 18. [Shanghai] Practitioners Mr. Huang Huijun and Wife, Ms. Mei Lanfang,
Taken into Custody Mr. Huang Huijun and Ms. Mei Lanfang from the Jinshan District of Shanghai
were taken away by the police around April 15, 2005. Their whereabouts remain
unknown. Ms. Huang had been unlawfully imprisoned for five years and gone
through severe torture. 19. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Supplementary Information on the
Detention of Mr. Zhang Ke, Ms. Wang Fenghuan, and Other Practitioners At 7:00 a.m. on March 24, 2007, Zhang Wei, male, head of the Tiexi 610
Office; officers from the Tiexi State Security Division; and officers from the
Shi'erlu Police Station were led by Dong Bing, male, director of the police
station, to Mr. Zhang Ke's home. When the door was answered, the officers rushed
in and dragged Mr. Zhang Ke and Ms. Wang Fenghuan to the police vehicle. The
officers then searched the place. Many other police officers and support staff
were outside. Police vehicles and vans were parked behind the building. The
officers confiscated items worth over ten thousand yuan, including a personal
computer, a printer, a DVD burner, and many Falun Dafa materials. At the same time, Li Shuwen, male, head of the Tiexi State Security Division,
and other state security officers were led by Liang Fei, male, deputy director
of the Shi'erlu Police Station, to Ms. Hang Ying's home. The officers claimed to
be reading the water meter. When the door was answered, they rushed in and
unplugged the phone immediately. Four officers dragged Ms. Hang into a police
vehicle. The rest started searching her home. The officers confiscated Falun
Dafa books and Fa-lectures and took them back to the police station. Because the police had taken away a large amount of materials and some
equipment from Mr. Zhang and Ms. Wang's home, they resorted to torture during
their interrogations. Mr. Zhang Ke and his wife refused to cooperate. They were
tortured with a fully-charged electric baton, handcuffed with their arms twisted
behind their backs, and hit in the face. Ms. Wang's artificial teeth fell out.
When the practitioners were taken to the detention center, Ms. Wang was
handcuffed with her arms twisted behind her back, and the handcuffs cut into her
flesh. Ms. Hang Ying was also cut by her handcuffs that were tight on her wrists
with her arms twisted behind her back. The next day, Ms. Shan Xiuying and another practitioner, whose name is
unknown, were also taken into custody. Mr. Zhang Ke is being held at the Shahezi
Detention Center. Ms. Wang Fenghuan, Ms. Shan Xiuying, and the practitioner
whose name is unknown were held at the Shenyang City No. 1 Detention Center. Ms. Shan Xiuying and Ms. Han Ying have returned home with righteous thoughts. 20. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Latest News of Mr. Xu Xiangzhi and Other
Practitioners On the evening of April 6, 2007, Mr. Xu Xiangzhi, Mr. Zhao Yunlong, and Ms.
Xu Xiuchun, practitioners from Dafenggu Village in Yuehe Township, the Kaiping
District, Tangshan City, were detained by officers led by Chen Yong Wen, male,
head of the State Security Division at the Kaiping Police Department, and Fu
Huaili, male, chief officer at the Yuehe Township Police Station. The
practitioners were initially held at the Kaiping Police Department and
subsequently transferred to the Tangshan City No. 1 Detention Center. It has been learned that the three practitioners have each been sentenced to
two years of forced labor. On May 1, Mr. Xu Xiangzhi and Mr. Zhao Yunlong were
taken to the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp. On May 5, Ms. Xu Xiuchun was taken
to the Kaiping Women's Forced Labor Camp. 21. [Huangshi City, Hubei Province] A Dozen Practitioners Arrested; Their
Whereabouts Unknown Around April 11, 2007, a large number of police officers from the Xialu
District Police Department, the Laoxia District Police Station, Xinxialu Police
Station, and the Shiliaoshan Police Station in the Xisaishan District, engaged
in an all-out campaign and sabotaged several Falun Gong truth-clarifying
material production sites. Over a dozen practitioners were arrested. Their
whereabouts remain unknown. It has been learned that these practitioners were arrested: Ms. Luo Wen, Ms.
Chen Shun, Ms. Liu Xiaolian, Ms. Yang Yunxia, Ms. He Guoping, Ms. Xie Xiuqin,
and Ms. Xie's aunt. The police have searched the homes of all the practitioners
under arrest. 22. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Practitioner Ms. Zhang Qinfang Taken
into Custody On the morning of May 9, 2007, Ms. Zhang Qinfang from Pengzhou City made a
public phone call with a one yuan bill. Minutes after she left, the owner of the
phone booth, who had taken the payment, called in the police from the local
police station. The officers arrived and took Ms. Zhang into custody. She is
being held at the Guihua Police Station. 23. [Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Ou Caihuan
Persecuted for Clarifying the Truth 24. [Beijing] Officials at the China Carrier Rocket Research Institute
Continue Persecution China Carrier Rocket Research Institute is located in the Donggaodi Area in
the Fengtai District, Beijing. Officials of the institute have continued to hold
exhibitions slandering Falun Dafa in its affiliated institutes and factories.
Since 2004, the institute has been financing and staffing a brainwashing
facility at Guangfeng Hotel on Fengtai Road. Over a hundred practitioners have
been persecuted in the brainwashing center. Some were subsequently taken to
labor camps, some suffered physical deterioration, and some even died. Ohers
have had their salaries suspended or have been forced to leave town in order
avoid harassment. 25. [Beijing] Several Practitioners Taken into Custody in the Daxing District On the afternoon of May 8, officers from the Daxing District 610 Office took
into custody practitioners in Lixian Town, including Mr. Zhang Chengzu (from
Xilihe Village), Ms. Wang Yinlian, Mr. Wang Yinshuang, Ms. Yin Shuangjie, Mr. Ge
Jun, Ms. Jiao, and Ms. Zhang (from Pingdi Village). The whereabouts of these
practitioners are unknown. 26. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Fifteen Practitioners Held at Anshan No.
3 Detention Center On May 4, 2007, fifteen practitioners from Fuxin City were unlawfully taken
into custody at Wuliang Monastery in the Qianshan area in Anshan City. The
practitioners are being held at the Anshan No. 3 Detention Center. 27. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Gao Chunzi and Two Other Elderly
Fellow Practitioners Detained On the evening of May 8, 2007, three elderly practitioners--Ms. Gao Chunzi,
66; Ms. Yan Xiuyun, 67; and Ms. Wang Xiuzhi, 71--from the Jidianqi Residential
Community in the Acheng District, Harbin City, went to Liaodian Township in the
Acheng area to distribute truth-clarifying materials. They were taken into
custody and held at the Acheng Detention Center. Zhang Yabin, male, chief of Acheng Police Department: 86-451-53778889
(office) 28. [Ninxia Autonomous Region] Practitioners at Qingtongxia Aluminum Factory
under Persecution It has been learned that two practitioners (father and son) at the
Qingtongxia Aluminum Factory were recently taken into custody. The father has
been released. The son's whereabouts remain unknown. 29. [Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Huang Xingyao
Detained by Police On the evening of May 4, 2007, Ms. Huang Xingyao, 44, and her son were
distributing truth-clarifying materials to residents in the urban Shiqi area.
Four plainclothes officers followed her and took both her and her son to the
Qijiang Police Station. The police station refused to take the two
practitioners. In the end, they were taken to the Yuelainan Police Station. At
around 10:00 p.m. that night, He Guoyou, male, of the Chengqu Police Department;
Xie Guanwen, male, of the Yuelainan Police Station; and a dozen other police
officers broke into Ms. Huang's home for an unlawful search. Police officers
confiscated a large number of Falun Dafa books and DVDs among other materials.
Two officers returned in a police vehicle after they left and took away the
personal computer and printer Ms. Huang's son used for school. They also held
Ms. Huang's moped. Ms. Huang has been unlawfully detained with criminal charges
and held at the local detention center 30. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Gao Zongxiang, 60,
Taken into Custody at His Home at 3:00 p.m. on May 9, 2007 31. [Yishui County, Shandong Province] Facts of the Persecution against Mr.
Yan Wencheng and His Family Mr. Yan Wencheng, 52, is from Wujiawa Village, Yishui County. Since July 20,
1999, his family members have had been unlawfully arrested, taken to the
brainwashing center, and fined. His home has been unlawfully searched, and his
second daughter, who is still an adolescent, was sent to forced labor camp. On September 4, 2005, officers from the Yishui County Political and Judiciary
Committee, the 610 Office, the state security division, and officials from the
Wujiawa Neighborhood Administrations Office took away a personal computer, VCD,
television set, and over 30,000 yuan in cash from Mr. Yan's home. Their second
daughter, who was still a juvenile, was unlawfully sentenced to forced labor.
Their son, who was in junior high, was forced to drop out of school. Mr. Yan and
his wife were forced to leave town. On the morning of May 2, 2007, Li Yuyou, male, of the state security division
and a dozen or so other people waited outside Mr. Yan's home. Mr. Yan away, who
had just returned home after being forced to leave town without a place to stay,
was then taken away. They also beat Mr. Yan's second daughter, taking away her
cellphone. The police confiscated two personal computers, a printer, MP3
players, 600 yuan in cash, Falun Dafa books, and other items. On May 3, Xie
Fugui, male; Li Yuyou, male; and other officers from the State Security Division
brutally beat Mr. Yan during his interrogation. Mr. Yan passed out right away.
He did not regain consciousness three hours after being resuscitated in the
county hospital when he was immediately taken away by the police. Mr. Yan's
mother died in recent days out of constant fear. 32. [Xichang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Li Zhonghua and Other Practitioners
Taken into Custody On the afternoon of May 9, 2007, practitioners Mr. Li Zhonghua, Ms. Le Dezao,
and Ms. Guo Bing and her sister were installing a satellite dish in Daxing
Township, Xichang City. They were turned in to the authorities. Over 20 people
were sent by the Daxing Township Government. Zhou Ming, male, and three other
officers from the Chuanxing Police Station, Luo Yi, male; Tai Yigang, male; and
five other officers from the Xichang City State Security Division arrested the
four practitioners at the home of Ms. Li Xiuying, a practitioner who lives in
the Chuanxing area. Chuanxing Police Station in Xichang City: 86-834-3782047 33. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Practitioners Arrested by Boshan District
Police At around 11:00 a.m. on May 9, 2007, practitioners Mr. Qiao Xifu and Mr. and
Ms. Yang were taken into custody at home by officers from the Boshan District
610 Office and the police department. The police also confiscated Falun Dafa
books and truth-clarifying materials. It has been learned that around April 25, the Zibo City 610 Office and the
city's State Security Division arrested a dozen or so practitioners. Main switchboard at the Boshan District Police Department: 86-533-4182137,
86-533-4183061 34. [Shangzhi City, Heilongjiang Province] Another Practitioner Taken into
Custody for Clarifying the Truth On May 5, 2007, practitioner Mr. Huang Zijian, a motorized tricycle taxi
driver, was turned in to the police for clarifying the truth. Mr. Huang is being
held at the Shangzhi City Detention Center. May 9, 2007 Posting date: 5/27/2007
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