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Additional Persecution News from China - May 7, 2007 (21 Reports)
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Several Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested Personnel from the Zibo City Police Department arrested several Falun Gong
practitioners after arresting a practitioner couple who came to work in Qidu
Town on February 2, 2007. Practitioner Ms. Zhou Meiyu, in her 50s, is a retired employee of the Luhua
Chemical Factory in the Qilu Oil & Chemical Engineering Company. Police
arrested her on April 25, 2007 because she distributed
truth-clarifying materials. She is still being held. Zhou Meiyu's husband suffers from cancer and needs Zhou Meiyu's care. 2. [Shahe City, Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Arrested in Wu'an City Police arrested four practitioners from Xincheng Town, Shahe City on May 2,
2007. They were Mr. Shen Zhensheng, Ms. Yao Shufang and two other women
practitioners. The arrest happened when they were clarifying the facts about
Falun Gong to people in Wu'an City. The practitioners are being held at the
city's detention center. Zhang Lihua, Wu'an City National Security Team chief, participated in the
arrest. His phone numbers are: 86-13931066836 (cell), 86-310-5610822 (Office) 3. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Personnel from the Tieren Police
Station Arrested Seventy-Year-Old Practitioner Hong Baiying at Her Home Personnel from the Tieren Police Station collaborated with personnel from the
community. They arrested 70-year-old practitioner Ms. Hong Baiying, who lives on
Tuanjie Road the morning of April 25, 2007. They confiscated a printer, a
computer and some other possessions. Hong Baiying is presently being held at the
Daqing City Detention Center. 4. [Siping City, Jilin Province] Personnel from the Shiling Prison Prevent
Practitioners' Family Members from Visiting the Detained Practitioners 5. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Personnel from the Xiangyang
Police Station Commit Crimes Against Falun Gong Practitioners Personnel from the Xiangyang Police Station affiliated with the Aimin
District Police Department, Mudanjiang City, have been harassing Falun Gong
practitioners and their family members since July 20, 1999. Practitioner Ms. Tuo
Yuxia, a teacher from the Beifang Middle School, and her family was forced to
separate. They decided to leave their home and live in exile to avoid being
persecuted further. Xiangyang Police Station of the Aimin District's Police Department:
86-453-6540384; 6. [Beijing] Supplemental Information Regarding the Arrest of Practitioners
Liu Yonghui, His Wife Zhai Huiling and His Mother Yang Tiezhen They also broke into practitioner Ms. Zhao Fangqin's home at 11:00 p.m. on
that same day. They woke up the family and claimed to have searched three
practitioners' homes that day. Practitioner Mr. Zhao Erxun from the Majiaxiao District, Jinzhou City was
sentenced to two years of forced labor, to be served at the city's forced labor
camp starting on April 30, 2007. 13. [Dalian City Liaoning Province] Practitioner Zhou Meihua Held at the
Masanjia Forced Labor Camp Practitioner Ms. Zhou Meihua's family in Dalian City went to the Masanjia
Forced Labor Camp to visit her, but police told them that if they did not sign a
statement to give up Falun Gong, their visits would be forbidden. Ms. Zhou's
family reasoned with police and eventually met with her. They found Ms. Zhou's
hands red and swollen. Ms. Zhou is presently being held at the No.1 Team in the
No.3 Division there. 14. [Beijing] Police Arrest Practitioner Ms. An Yurong and Ransack her Home Personnel from the Wanshou Street Police Precinct arrested practitioner Ms.
An Yurong at 3:00 p.m. on May 2, 2007. The arrest happened when Ms. An was
distributing truth-clarifying materials near Wanshou Street. Police then
ransacked her home. Ms. An is presently being held at the Haidian District's
Qinghe Detention Center. 15. [Tianjin] Police from the Hexi District Arrest Practitioner Mr. Di Jiduo
and Have not yet Released Him Police from the Xiaohaidi Area in the Hexi District arrested practitioner Mr.
Di Jinduo at the end of April 2007, when he was distributing truth-clarifying
materials. Police attempted to force him to give up Falun Gong, but failed.
Police have sent him to an undisclosed location. 16. [Binzhou City, Shandong Province] Persecution Incidents Regarding
Practitioner Xu Zhiqiang Practitioner Ms. Xu Zhiqiang, in his 50s, lives at the Piping Bureau
Residential Dorm at No. 513 Huanghesan Street, Binzhou City, Shandong Province.
He began to practice Falun Gong in 1997. Personnel from the Binzhou City Police Department arrested him at the Piping
Bureau Residential Dorm the morning of July 20, 1999. Four people from his work
place and four policemen monitored him every day for five days and then held him
at the Shizhong Police Station for more than a month. Personnel from the city's police department and from the Shixi Police Station
harassed him during the Communist Party's Two Conferences in March 2000. Police
attempted to arrest him, but Mr. Xu became aware of their intent and asked for a
leave of absence to visit his parents in Langfang City. Police feared he would
go to appeal in Beijing. The police officials divided officers into three groups
and sent them to Beijing, Bazhou City and Langfang City to try to arrest him.
They eventually succeeded and put him into the Piping Bureau Residential Dorm
for a month. They also forced his family to pay them 2,000 Yuan as an
"accommodation fee." Personnel from the city's Shixi Police Station duped Mr. Xu into coming to
the police station and arrested him on July 20, 2000. Mr. Xu reasoned with
police and clarified the facts about Falun Gong to police station chief Zhang
Haibin. They held him for a month. Later on, they extended his detention by two
weeks, but Mr. Xu went on a hunger strike in protest and was eventually released
four days later. Mr. Xu and another practitioner went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun
Gong in the middle of November 2000. Personnel from the Beijing Tiananmen Police
Station arrested him and was about to transfer him to the Binzhou City. He
successfully escaped, but he could not go back to work, because his work unit
fired him. Personnel from the city's Shixi Police Station canceled his household
registration and deprived him of his rights as a citizen. He is presently living
in exile and cannot see his family. 17. [Tancheng County, Shandong Province] Practitioner Wang Mingcai Arrested Practitioner Mr. Wang Mingcai, 59 years old, is from Xizhong Village, Honghua
Village, Tancheng County, Shandong Province. He was reported when playing a
Falun Gong video-disc at a photocopy store in Zangyu Village, Xinyi City,
Jiangsu Province the afternoon of April 2, 2007. Personnel from the Xinbei
Police Station broke into his home and ransacked the place. They confiscated
some Dafa books, Falun Dafa lecture tapes, some truth-clarifying materials and a
VCD player. Mr. Wang's relatives went to the city's Hedong Detention Center to
visit him, but their requests were denied. Wang Mingcai's family consists of five members. Two daughters are married.
Mr. Wang's wife is mentally ill. Personnel from the Xinyi City Chengguan Police
Station arrested his 27-year-old son, Mr. Wang Liang, from his home on November
10, 2003 because he put up posters exposing the persecution. The persecutors
sentenced Mr. Wang Liang to seven years of imprisonment. Three other
practitioners were also arrested and sentenced at the same time: Mr. Du
Shaoguang (eight years of imprisonment), Mr. Xie Zhaoyuan (seven years of
imprisonment) from Xizhong Village, Honghua Township, and practitioner Mr. Ding
Chuangao (nine years of imprisonment) from Zhong Village, Honghua Township. They
are presently being held at the Hongzehu Prison. 18. [Zhejiang Province] Personnel from the "610 Office" Persecute
Practitioners Relentlessly Personnel from the Zhejiang Province "610 Office" secretly arrested
several practitioners from Yuhuan County, Wenling City on April 10, 2007. Five
of them are Mr. Gan Ping, Xiao Bing, Ms. Wang Lijun, Mr. Guo Xiaobo, and Xiao
Lin. Several materials-production centers were destroyed, and equipment worth
10,000 Yuan was confiscated. 19. [Pingdingshan City, Henan Province] Practitioner Mr. Li Yanfeng Sentenced
to Four Years of Imprisonment 20. [Wugong County, Shannxi Province] Practitioner Wang Pingchuang Arrested Personnel from the Wugong County Police Department arrested practitioner Mr.
Wang Pingchuang from Wugong County, Shannxi Province at 7:00 p.m. on May 2,
2007. 21. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Practitioner Lei Guoting Persecuted
Again Mr. Lei Guoting worked for the Baiyun District Political and Judiciary
Committee in Guiyang City. Because he exposed the persecution, he was sent to
the city's Zhongba Farm for two years of forced labor in March 2005. He was
released in March this year. However, his work unit officials immediately sent
him to the Lannigou Brainwashing Center for further persecution because he
decided to continue to practice Falun Gong. May 06, 2007 Posting date: 5/28/2007
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