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Police in Xiangfan City, Hubei Province Arrest Practitioners in New Round of Persecution
(Clearwisdom.net) Since March 2008, policemen from Xiangfan City, Hubei
Province have illegally arrested a number of Falun Gong
practitioners including Jiang Donglin, Zhu Guangyuan, Li Jingping and Hu Gaoying. Since March 3, personnel from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), from the
Xiangfan City 610 Office, from the Domestic Security Team of the
Xiangfan City Police Department, as well as officers from the police station and
the Neighborhood Committee, have committed criminal acts against Falun Gong
practitioners. They went to practitioners' residences to harass them, searched
their homes, and arrested them. Zhongyuan Road Police Station officials even
used master keys to open practitioners' doors when practitioners were not home,
and stole computers, cash and other personal belongings. Seeing that his computer, cash and other items were stolen, practitioner Zhu
Guangyuan went to the Zhongyuan Road Police Station to report the theft. Instead
of receiving justice, Mr. Zhu was detained there and later held in the Xiangfan
City Detention Center. Forty-six-year-old practitioner Ms. Li Jingping works at the Power
Transmission Branch Division of the Xiangfan City Power Cooperation. At around
9:30 a.m. on March 17, she was arrested at work. Participating in the arrest
were agents from the Xiangfan 610 Office, along with the corporation's general
CCP Party Secretary Li Shengli and Construction Section Party Secretary Wang
Zhiyong. Ms. Li was held in a brainwashing center. At 8:00 p.m. on March 17, Renmin Road Police Station officers arrested
practitioner Ms. Hu Gaoying at home. She is a former employee of the Cotton
Spinning Factory. Her current whereabouts are unknown. In the morning of March 12, Domestic Security Team head Deng Shaobo from the
Xiangfan City Police Department led a number police officers, including some
from the Qinghekou Police Station. They gathered an additional 20 to 30 people
from Xiangfan City Power Station, as well as employees from Mr. Jiang Donglin's
wife's employer, the former Cheqiao Factory. These persecutors threatened Mr.
Jiang's wife, telling her that if did not open the door they would pry the door
open and break in. Jiang's wife had to open the door. The policemen barged into their residence
and confiscated the TV satellite receiver and dish as well as other personal
belongings. At around 9:00 a.m. on March 18, Jiang Donglin was arrested while shopping at
a vegetable market. Officers from the Qinghe Police Station were involved. He
was later held at the Xiangfan City Detention Center. Agencies and personnel involved in these latest rounds of arrests include: March 22, 2008
Posting date: 4/6/2008 |