(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 14 cities or counties in 9 provinces. In this report, 8 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 15 practitioners were illegally arrested.

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Xiang Shulan and her husband, Mr. Zhang Junhe, a non-practitioner, from Laishan District, Yantai City, were released on a 10,000 yuan bail bond put up by their children.

Ms. Xiang and Mr. Zhang was arrested on the afternoon of December 7, 2007. Laishan police officers first cut off the power to their condominium. The elderly couple did not realize it was a trap and called the management company. The latter replied that they would dispatch an electrician. When the electrician came and the couple opened the door, several police officers rushed in from where they were hiding near the corner of the stairs. They handcuffed and arrested the pair and took them to the Yantai City Detention Center after 9 p.m.. The detention center director-on-duty noticed that Mr. Zhang was near his 70s and walked very slowly. He refused to admit them after he was informed that the couple had been admitted to hospital twice for strokes. The Laishan police officers had to release them. When they made the arrests, the police ransacked the couple's condo and seized a computer, a printer, books, and other property worth 20,000 yuan.

In the middle of November 2007, officers from the Dongliao County Police Department, officer An Chunfa (male), and others from Anshu Police Station broke into the home of practitioner Ms. Yu Dianfan. Their intention was to arrest Ms. Yu's husband, who is also a practitioner. He happened to be away from home that day. The officers lost their target, so they then arrested Ms. Yu. They took her to the Liaoyuan City Detention Center. She was sentenced to one year of forced labor and has been imprisoned since November 30, 2007 at the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Jilin Province. Since her arrest, police officers have repeatedly harassed Ms. Yu's family and searched for her husband. They extorted 7000 yuan from her family in "guarantee" money.

Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp: 86-437-85384318, ext.7001

At around 11 a.m. on December 25, 2007, Ms. Sun Xiufang, a resident of Jinzhou District in Dalian City, was reported distributing truth clarification materials. Police officers from the Guangming Police Station in Jinzhou District arrested Ms. Sun and detained her the next day in the Jinnanlu Detention Center in Dalian City.

Guangming Police Station in Jinzhou District, Dalian City: 86-411-87693234
Guo Xin (male), director of Guangming Police Station: 86-13898622277 (Cell), 86-411-87692598 (Home)
Jinnanlu Detention Center in Dalian City: 86-411-86585534
Meng Fanyu (male), director of Jinnanlu Detention Center: 86-411-86557999

On December 26, 2007, officers from Xing'an League Domestic Security Division and Police Station raided local practitioners' homes. Practitioner Ms. Zhao Hongyan was arrested.

Practitioner Mr. Dong Linyuan, 30, is a resident of Dongceshang Village in Hebei Province. He worked as a technician in the second development section of the Changgouyu Coal Mine operated by the Beijing Haohua Energy Resource Co. Ltd. Mr. Dong was arrested on June 8, 2007, for publishing on the Internet his "Open Letter to Wang Yufeng, the Director of the Mine." The police officers seized his notebook computer, printer, removable hard disk, and other property worth more than 10,000 yuan.

Beijing Fangshan District Court heard his case on November 12, 2007, and sentenced Mr. Dong to four years in prison on December 7, 2007.

On March 17, 2007, all of police officers from the Bazhong City Police Department engaged in ransacking homes for truth clarification materials and copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. They targeted more than 3,000 practitioners in Bazhong City and its affiliated district and three counties. They seized many computers, printers, copiers, and Falun Dafa materials and arrested more than 100 practitioners.

More than a dozen practitioners, including Mr. Wang Xiaoyi, were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to eight years. Others were released on 20,000 yuan bails. Some practitioners were forced to flee their homes to avoid arrest.

When she was working for the Taijinbao Company, Ms. Liu Li taught a girl the Falun Dafa exercises. The girl was arrested one day while she was practicing the exercises outdoors. Ms. Liu was subsequently arrested. Besides Ms. Liu, two other practitioners were arrested on different occasions while they were working for the company.

Taijinbao Company CEO Jiang Xiaoqin (male) 86-512-63407000 (Office), ext. 26021

Hanzhong City practitioners Ms. Zheng Cuiping and Ms. Xu Caifeng were arrested on December 29, 2007, while distributing truth clarification materials in a bus station. Ms. Zheng works for the Hanzhong City Power Supply Bureau. Ms. Xu works for an automobile company.

Hanzhong City 610 Office: 86-916-2626610
Ren Yuping, director of Hanzhong City 610 Office: 86-916-2626511, 86-13309161169 (Cell)
Ma Pingan, director of Hanzhong City Hantai District State Security Office: 86-13891600666 (Cell)

On the evening of December 28, 2007, officers from the Laizhou City 610 Office and the Tushan Town Police Station raided Mr. Sun Shouyu's home. Mr. Sun was not at home. The police officers arrested Ms. Sun Pili, Mr. Sun's wife (name unknown), and another practitioner (name unknown), and imprisoned them at the Laizhou Detention Center.

Yu Zhibin (male), Yang Xuandi (male), officers of Laizhou City 610 Office: 86-535-2252610
Li Guobin (male), director of Laizhou Detention Center: 86-535-2289351(Home)

Many practitioners are imprisoned in Bao'anzhao Prison. The guards beat and torture the steadfast practitioners and deny their family visitations.

Mr. Yang Jitang from Hailar City was sentenced to three years in prison for having a copy of the Nine Commentaries. The prison administration denied his family the right to visit him on many occasions.

On December 17, 2007, practitioner Mr. Liu Guiqing, a resident of the No. 11 Group in Jiangjiadian Village, Dafangshen Town in Dehui City, was arrested by Liu Jiping (male, Dafangshen Town Police Station Director) and other police officers. Later, he was taken to the Dehui City Detention Center and held there. Reportedly, Mr. Liu was sentenced to one year of forced labor on December 28, 2007. He was transferred to Yinmahe Forced Labor Camp in Jiutai City and tortured.

Personnel in charge of the case: 86-431-87560010
Dafangshen Town Police Station Director Liu Jiping: 86-15904414485 (Cell)

Practitioner Mr. Xu Mingxiong has been detained in the Chaozhou City Detention Center for over half a year. His family was not allowed to visit him. Reportedly, Mr. Xu was secretly tried and sentenced to three years in prison. He was taken to the Mei County Prison in Guangdong Province and tortured.

In April 2007, Mr. Xu went to downtown Chaozhou City to put up truth-clarifying materials, and a police officer took photos of him. The police from the Chaozhou City 610 Office broke into his house and arrested him. Mr. Xu has been sentenced to forced labor once before.

On the afternoon of December 26, 2007, Ms. Ju Zhiqin, a resident of Jinzhou City, was reported when she was clarifying the truth and was arrested by police from the Liuhua Station. She is being held in the Jinzhou City Second Detention Center.

Liuhua Police Station, Linghe District Police Department, Jinzhou City: 86-416-2813400
Liuhua Police Station Director Zhang Juguang (male): 86-13904160808 (Cell)
Chief of the 610 Office, Liu Tieli (male): 86-416-3184001, 86-416-2938080 (Home), 86-13804165095 (Cell)

At around 4:00 p.m on December 24, 2007, police officer Cui (male), together with five other officers from the Liyuan Station in Pingdu City, went into practitioner Mr. Zhang Anxi's house and arrested him. A satellite dish, a cable and a television, truth-clarifying DVDs, and brochures were confiscated. Mr. Zhang had 1000 yuan extorted from him. He was released at 10:00 p.m.

On December 27, 2007, Ms. Lei Chuanqing, Ms. Sui Yuhua and Ms. Ma Zuoying, residents of Xingkai Township, Mishan City, were reported when they talked to others near the railway station about their experiences of being mistreated because they practice Falun Gong. Later they were arrested by police from the Xingkai Township Police Station.

At night on the same day, Ms. Zhou Yurong and Ms. Xu Cuihong, residents of Mishan City, were arrested by the police when they went to Liumao Township, Mishan City, to clarify the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong to the local people. They were taken to the local police station.

Later, these five practitioners were taken to the Domestic Security Division of the Mishan City Police Department. They were taken to the detention center.

Wang Yaoguang (male) Domestic Security Division Leader, Mishan City Police Station: 86-467-5212737-2055 (Office), 86-13945822917 (Cell), 86-467-5178676 (Home)
Li Gang, the head of the unit: 86-467-5220366--2059 (Office), 86-13946866333(Cell), 86-467-5229088 (Home)
Police officer Gao Shitong (male): 86-467-5220366-2059 (Office), 86-13836546911(Cell), 86-467-5240908 (Home)

At night on December 27, 2007, Mr. Chu Jingcai, a resident of Zhaoyangshan Village, Chalukou in Dehui City was reported while he was distributing truth-clarifying materials. He was arrested by police officers Lin Yingqi (male) and Fei Changjun (male) from the Chalukou Station and taken to the station. At 10:00 p.m the same night, the police went to Mr. Chu's house and ransacked it. On the morning of December 28, 2007, Mr. Chu was taken to the Dehui City Detention Center.

Reportedly, police from the Baoshan Police Department of the Jinan Steel Co., Jinan City, hired some unemployed people from the rural area to track and watch Falun Gong practitioners. Recently, at dusk, there were some people at the Jinan Steel Corp Family housing, led by people sitting in a vehicle in plainclothes, watching and tracking practitioners.

Baoshan Police Department Director: 86-531-88865066
Deputy Head of Baoshan Police Department: 86-531-88868309, 86-531-88866801