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Additional Persecution News from China - May 21, 2007 (25 Reports)
(Clearwisdom.net) 1. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Several Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested Several Falun Gong practitioners from the Shuangyang District in Changchun
City were arrested in January 2007. After police arrested Falun Gong
practitioner Ms. Li Li, they body-searched her, forcibly took her house key and
then ransacked her home. Ms. Li is still being held at the district's Sheling
Detention Center. Her family visits were forbidden. Ms. Li's family tried to
send in some heavy winter clothes for her, but the police refused their request. 2. [Jingshan County, Hubei Province] Practitioner Ruan Guangtao Facing
Illegal Trial Six practitioners from Jingshan County, Hubei Province were arrested in
November 2006. They are still being held at the county's detention center. A
practitioner exhibited some symptoms of disease and was hospitalized. Personnel from the Luojiang District National Security Team in Quanzhou City
arrested practitioner Mr. Ruan Guangtao in the middle of October 2006. The
arrest happened when Mr. Ruan was visiting the Minghui website in an Internet
café in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. He has been held at the city's Nan'an
Detention Center since then. Police had charged him with "hampering
implementation of the law through membership in an undesirable cult" on May
15, 2007 and plotted to sentence him, but the hearing still has not commenced. Chen Sisheng, Quanzhou City Luojiang District Procuratorate:
86-595-22631636 (Office) 3. [Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Couple Arrested Five agents from the National Security Bureau waiting outside of practitioner
Mr. Cong's home arrested him at 4:00 p.m. on May 19, 2007. Then the agents
called Mr. Cui Zhenjiang, the brother of Mr. Cong's wife Ms. Cui Shengyun, and
asked him to pick up Ms. Cui's child. Mr. Cui Zhenjiang is the owner of a used
computer shop on the fourth floor of the Xinshiji Computer Center. Practitioner
Ms. Cui Shengyun has been arrested. 4. [China] Practitioner Zhao Yingjie Tortured to Semi-paralysis Policemen Du Xingze and Di Shigang tortured practitioner Ms. Zhao Yingjie to
semi-paralysis. Ms. Zhao is still staging a hunger strike in protest. Practitioner Mr. Yao Binghua disappeared 13 days ago when she was
distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. We suspect that
he was arrested. 5. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Personnel from the 610 Office Persecute
Practitioners Personnel from the Weifang City 610 Office have arrested more
than 30 practitioners since April 2007. Many practitioners' families were broken
up or separated. Police have extorted enormous amounts of money from the
practitioners' families. 6. [Chongqing] Practitioner Wu Zongrong Secretly Sentenced Policeman Liu Jun and others from the Jiangjin District National Security
Division arrested practitioner Mr. Wu Zongrong from his home on October 18,
2006. They put him into the district's Langshan Detention Center. Police denied
his family's visits. The family later found that Mr. Wu had been charged and his
case had been transferred to the Chongqing Court. Later on, they discovered that
Mr. Wu was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in late April of 2007. Practitioner Mr. Chen Fu will be sentenced to four years of imprisonment
soon. He is still being held at the Langshan Detention Center. They also
arrested practitioner Ms. Zhang Huanqing. 7. [Hubei Province] Disappearance of Practitioner Ms. Zhao Guoqin, a Doctor
from the Wuhan City Steel Company's No. 2 Hospital, Suspected to be Held at the
Tangxunhu Brainwashing Center 8. [Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province] Practitioner Ms. Zhou Zhengfeng
Arrested on a Train on Her Way Back to Her Hometown During the May 1 Holiday -
She is Being Held at Xichang City 9. [Bazhong City, Sichuan Province] Recent Information Regarding Arrested
Practitioners Police from Bazhong City, Sichuan Province recently arrested 32
practitioners. It is likely that practitioners Mr. Wang Yi and Ms. Yue Yincui
will be sentenced. Practitioner Wang Yi is still being held at the city's detention center. No
family visit has been permitted. Mr. Wang graduated from Sichuan University and
previously worked at the city's bank. He was arrested several times and
dismissed from work. His wife and child were left at home without any financial
support, and his wife currently does not have a job. Practitioner Ms. Yue Yincui, a widow in her fifties, is a retired teacher
from the Jiangbei Middle School. Her two daughters work in another city. Ms. Yue
is presently being held at Pingchang County in Bazhong City. 10. [Xichang City, Sichuan Province] Practitioner Li Dezao Illegally Arrested Policemen Tai Gangyi, Sha Hongtie and a policewoman from the Xichang City
National Security Division colluded with the Liangshan State Electricity Bureau
party secretary. They ransacked practitioner Mr. Li Dezao's home at 2:00 p.m. on
May 16, 2007. They confiscated a copy of Zhuan Falun.
Practitioners Mr. Li Zhonghua, Mr. Li Dezao and Mr. Guo Bing are presently being
held at the Liangshan State Detention Center. 11. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Supplemental Information Regarding the
Arrest of Practitioner Wu Yueju Two women knocked on the door of practitioner Ms. Wu Yueju's home and claimed
that they were there to collect water fees at 1:00 p.m. on April 10, 2007. As
soon as Ms. Wu opened the door, two men broke in and forced Ms. Wu to attend a
brainwashing session. They ransacked the place and dragged Ms. Wu into a vehicle
that was waiting outside. Policeman Chen Xin and another officer from the Dalian City National Security
Team grabbed Ms. Wu's hair and arm and pushed her to the ground. Another
policeman stomped on her. Later on, they sent her to the Pulandian Detention
Center. Practitioner Ms. Wu staged a hunger strike in protest. Policemen Sun Decheng
and Yan Wei from the detention center ordered criminals to hold Ms. Wu while
they force-fed her. Ms. Wu vomitted a lot of blood and was in critical danger.
In order to shirk their responsibilities, they released Ms. Wu. Personnel involved in the persecution: 12. [Guanghan City, Sichuan Province] Supplemental Information Regarding the
Arrest of Practitioners Lin Jun and Han Ying Personnel from the Shizhong District Police Department and National Security
Department in Neijiang City, Sichuan Province arrested practitioner Mr. Lin Jun
and his wife Ms. Han Ying at their home in Nanxing Town, Guanghan City at 8:00
a.m. on April 12, 2007. The couple defied the policemen, but they held Mr. Lin
on the floor, stepped on him and tied him up with rope. Ms. Han was handcuffed
behind the back. Police then ransacked the place and confiscated some Dafa books
and Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. The couple is still being held at the
Neijiang City Detention Center. 13. [Shandong Province] Detention Term of Practitioner Zhao Shiheng Expired,
but Personnel from the Huaibei Forced Labor Camp Refused to Release Him Personnel from the Shouguang City Police Department arrested practitioner Mr.
Zhao Shiheng in September 2003 when he was clarifying the facts about Falun
Gong. Police sentenced him to four years of imprisonment and held him at the
Huaibei Forced Labor Camp. His term expired on May 18, 2007. Because Mr. Zhao
wrote a Solemn Statement about his continuation in Falun Gong practice during
the imprisonment, the forced labor camp is refusing to release him. 14. [Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province] Practitioner Zhang Luqi Arrested Practitioner Ms. Zhang Luqi, an employee of the Lianyungang City Advanced
Technology School in Jiangsu Province, was arrested and her home was ransacked
on May 10, 2007. Yang Guangwu, former 610 Office head: 86-518-2291622 15. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Zhao Ying Arrested Practitioner Ms. Zhao Ying from the Pingfang District in Harbin City was
arrested on April 23, 2007. After several days of persecution, Ms. Yang's
congenital heart disease relapsed, which had never happened after she practiced
Falun Gong. Her family requested her release several times, but they were
refused each time. Personnel from the district's National Security Team even
ordered the family to turn in medical fees for her. 16. [Miyi County, Sichuan Province] Police Ransack Practitioner Cai Huilian's
Home Practitioner Ms. Cai Huilian went shopping and her husband Mr. Li Jiaming was
working outside at 8:30 a.m. on May 10, 2007. There was no one at home. When Ms.
Cai went back, she found that her home was in a mess. She later found out that
policeman Yang Zihua from the Miyi County Police Department led a group of thugs
to come to Ms. Cai's home in three police cars. They broke into and confiscated
some Dafa materials, books, a recorder, a VCD player, and some tapes. They even
took away a learning tool used by Ms. Cai's son and also confiscated some cash. Ms. Cai's family has chosen to live in exile to avoid further persecution. 17. [Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Practitioner Wang Xingfei Is Arrested and
His Family Chooses to Live in Exile Policeman Chen Weiyi from the Gupi Town Police Department led personnel from
the Huining County National Security Division and arrested practitioner Mr. Wang
Xingfei from the No.6 Team in Jiuzhou Village, Gupi Town, Huining County, Xuzhou
City, Jiangsu Province the morning of April 18, 2007. They put him first at the
National Security Division and then transferred him to the county's Xiguan
Detention Center. His family' visits have been prohibited. Jiuzhou Village No.6 Team chief Liu Peigen and No.5 Team chief Liu Rongshan
led personnel from the National Security Team. They broke into Mr. Wang's home
without the presence of Wang's family. They confiscated a computer, a printer,
and a motorcycle. The two officers then led policemen to ransack other
practitioners' homes. They confiscated some Dafa books and lecture tapes. Police tortured Ms. Wang during the interrogation and then searched for his
family. Thus his family chose to live in exile. Liu Rongshan, No. 5 Team chief: 86-516-88442860 18. [Beijing] Police Arrest Practitioner Ms. Zhang Fengyun and Her Child at
the Xiaoguan Area in the Chaoyang District 19. [Zhangqiu City, Shandong Province] Police from the 610 Office Attempt to
Arrest Practitioner You Yong Policeman Yu Baoqian and others from the Zhangqiu City 610 Office attempted
to arrest practitioner Mr. You Yong when he went to work the morning of May 15,
2007. Fortunately, Mr. You successfully escaped. Policemen Yu Baoqian and Tian Baojun went to Mr. You's home on May 18, 2007.
They failed to dupe Mr. You's family into opening the door, so they went to the
city's No.2 Experimental School, where Mr. You's son studied. They asked Mr.
You's home phone number from the school principal and the son's teacher. Then
they had someone call Mr. You's family to open the door, but Mr. You's family
refused. Mr. You presently cannot go home and lives in exile to avoid further
persecution. Yu Baoqian, 86-531-83231708 (Home), 86-13176019208 (Cell) 20. [Shifang City, Sichuan Province] Practitioner Ms. Yang Xiaoxia and Mr. Mu
Shiru Arrested Phone number from the detention center: 86-838-8281354 21. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Xu Liyan Arrested Personnel from the Changchun City Police Department's Internet Surveillance
Team and from the Qingnian Street Police Precinct arrested practitioner Mr. Xu
Liyan at the Lanniao Internet Café on April 18, 2007. Personnel from the Internet Surveillance Team arrested practitioner Ms. Liu
Min on May 12, 2007. 22. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Wang Linkai's Detention
Term Expires Practitioner Mr. Wang Linkai's term at the Dalian City Forced Labor Camp
expired, but it's likely that personnel from the forced labor camp are planning
to send him to Shenyang City for further persecution. 23. [Heilongjiang Province] Personnel from the No. 597 Farm Arrest
Practitioner Ms. Zhao Yan on May 17, 2007 24. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Practitioner Chen Liping Held at the
Dongxihu Erzhigou Detention Center Practitioner Ms. Chen Liping from Wuhan City has been held at the Dongxihu's
Erzhigou Detention Center since October 2006. Someone from the detention center
said that Ms. Chen was hung up for seven days. His family's visit was refused. 25. [Anyi County, Jiangxi Province] Practitioners Yu Meilan and Yu Shuimei
Arrested Practitioners Ms. Yu Meilan and Ms. Yu Shuimei from Anyi County were arrested
when they were distributing Falun Gong materials at Jing'an County. They are
presently being held at Fengxin County. Anyi County Committee party secretary: 86-791-3421388, 3411898, 3422137
(Office) May 20, 2007 Posting date: 6/5/2007
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