(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 30 cities or counties in 11 provinces. In this report, 31 practitioners were subjected to brutal mistreatment during their detention and at least 57 practitioners were illegally arrested.

On April 20, 2006, Mr. Wang Bin was arrested while he was distributing truth-clarification materials and sentenced to two years of forced labor. On April 20, 2008, when Mr. Wang's family members went to the forced labor camp to take him home, camp officials extended Mr. Wang's term for an additional 210 days for no justifiable reason. At present, Mr. Wang is exhibiting symptoms of heart disease and passed out several days ago. On April 28, when his family members came to request his release, the forced labor camp refused to comply.

A practitioner from the No. 5 Division of the Dalian City Detention Center is on hunger strike to protest the persecution. Consequently, he is being confined in a "small cell" (1).

Mr. Wang Zhongliang from Dalian/Zhuanghe City and another practitioner from Wafangdian City were transferred to the No. 8 Division of the Dalian City Detention Center on April 18 and April 24 respectively. Both practitioners have been subjected to persecution by inmates who watch them individually. Mr. Wang was diagnosed with a lumbar disc hernia as well as hyperplasia. He experiences difficulty getting around and needs others to take care of him.

In 2001, Ms. Ji Yunzhi from Bairin Zuoqi Prefecture, Chifeng City, became disabled after being tortured in the Xing'an League Tumuji Town Forced Labor Camp. Her ribs were broken during a beating, and she suffered from muscular atrophy and neuropathy, leading to heart disease. She was near death when she was taken home by her family. She still has not fully recovered.

On the evening of April 25, 2008, Ms. Ji was on her way back from shopping when she was arrested by eight police officers from the Lindong Town Police Station. She was illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor. She is currently being held in the Hohhot City Women's Forced Labor Camp. Reportedly, Ms. Ji Yunzhi was tortured by the police officers until she passed out before she was carried into the police car.

Staff member of the 610 Office Gao Yanguo (male): 86-476-7860027, 86-476-7885202, 86-13948767707 (Cell)
Director of the police department Lin Yuhua (male): 86-476-7882494, 86-13804760360 (Cell)
Deputy director of the police department Zhang Guozhi (male): 86-476-7882015, 86-476-7880820, 86-13804766680 (Cell)

On the morning of April 29, 2008, Ms. Mao Heyan was arrested by the Beigandao Regional Police Station of Longquanyi District while she was clarifying the truth about Falun Dafa in the Weilanhuacheng Area of Longquanyi District, Chengdu City.

At around 12:00 a.m. on the evening of April 29, 50 police officers from the Chengdu City Police Department, the State Security Division, the Longquanyi District Police Department and 610 Office, and others ransacked the home of Mr. Li Changli. Mr. Li used to work at the Liaoyuan Wireless Electricity Factory of the Seventh Research Institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Incorporation. Mr. Li and his wife's home is located at the Tiansheng Garden in Longquanyi District. Mr. Li and his wife had to leave their home to avoid being arrested.

Longquanyi District 610 Office: 86-28-84858196, 86-28-84869610
Beigandao Regional Police Station: 86-28-84853141, 86-28-84853136

Police officers from the Jingjiang City 610 Office and from the Dongxing Town Police Station in Jingjiang City ransacked the homes of many practitioners living in Dongxing Town on April 20, 2008. Despite not finding any evidence, they still arrested Ms. Xu Huifang and Ms. Wang Yuqin, whose whereabouts are now unknown.

Jingjiang City 610 Office: 86-523-84812610
Staff member of the Jingjiang City 610 Office, Du Xingcai (male): 86-13651288155 (Cell)
Dongxing Town Police Station: 86-523-84681046

Reportedly, a practitioner unlawfully held in the Tailai County Prison has been subjected to torture and now is suffering from mental disorder. During the time of the practitioner's imprisonment, the prison gave him/her unknown drugs that damage the central nervous system.

Around April 19, practitioner Mr. Sun Weimin, who lived in Zhangdian District, Zibo City, was arrested at his own home by police officers from the Criminal Police Division of Zhangdian District. Mr. Sun Weimin had been repeatedly arrested and held since the beginning of the persecution and was admitted to mental institutions as well. He was forced to leave home for many years in order to avoid being arrested again. He had recently returned home.

On April 23, Mr. Wang Zengwu from Shuangliao City was arrested, and his home ransacked by the local 610 Office and the Shuangliao City Electricity Power Plant Police Station.

Mr. Wang Zengwu previously worked as a technician at the Shuangliao City Electricity Power Plant. He was sentenced to one year of forced labor in 2000, and in 2002 he was sentenced to four years of imprisonment and held in Shilingzi Prison in Siping City. He was dismissed from his job.

Police officers from the Jinjipo District Police Station from Jiujiang City broke into Ms. Bai Hongzhen' home at 9:00 p.m. on April 28. Mr. Liu Yizhi from Shahe Township, Jiujiang County, and another practitioner happened to be at Ms. Bai's home. Police officers arrested these three practitioners and took them to the Xunyang District Police Department in Jiujiang County. They also confiscated computers, printers, and all other equipment with a total value of over 20,000 yuan.

At 7:00 a.m. on April 29, police officers also broke into Mr. Zhu Shenli's rental home. Mr. Zhu Shenli was not at home, so the police officers arrested his wife, a non-practitioner, as a hostage.

At present, these four people are being held in the Shili District Detention Center, Jiujing City, Jiangxi Province.

On April 26, a 71-year-old male practitioner from Zhangqiu City was clarifying the truth about Falun Dafa at the gate of the Xiwanghe Village Elementary School of Wenzhu Town, Zhangqiu City, when he was reported to the police and subsequently arrested by the Wenzhu Town Police Station. He is currently detained at the Zhangqiu City Detention Center. Recently, handicapped practitioner Mr. Li Jiang, 35 years old, from Huangshiliang Village, Caofan Town, went to the Wenzhu Town Police Station to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa. He was unlawfully detained and is being held at the Zhangqiu City Detention Center.

Zhangqiu City Committee 610 Office head Jie Jun (male): 86-531-83233578 (Home), 86-13953125578 (Cell)
Deputy director (in charge of forcing practitioners to give signatures) Huang Fengrui (male): 86-13361019009 (Cell)
Deputy chief of the 610 Office Wang Qi (male): 86-531-83215158 (Home), 86-13361081705 (Cell), 86-13805416118 (Cell)
Zhangqiu City Detention Center: 86-531-83268977

Ms. Chen Baozhen and Ms. Sun Dangyang from Zhanjiang City were arrested by police officers who broke into Ms. Sun Dangyang's home on April 24. Police officers also went to ransack Ms. Chen Baozhen's home and confiscated all of her Falun Dafa books and over 100 yuan in cash. Both practitioners are now being held in the Zhanjiang City Detention Center. Recently, Ms. Chen Baozhen was transferred to the Hainan Province Brainwashing Center.

Qixia City 610 Office head Mou Zhonghua (male): 86-535-5212101 (Office), 86-535-5226110 (Home), 86-535-5230338
Chief of Guandao Town Police Station Fan Qingbo (male): 86-535-5381059 (Home)

Many practitioners have been arrested since March 2008. Over ten practitioners are being held in the No. 1 Detention Center of Yueyang City. On April 15, the Yueyang County Police Department issued warrants to arrest several practitioners, including Mr. Hu Heping and Mr. Sun Pinghua.

Reportedly, Mr. Sun Pinghua is being tortured with the "small cell" (1) at the detention center.

According to inside information, the wife of practitioner Mr. Wuqi, a former lecturer at the Dalian University of Technology, Ms. Liu, was arrested by the Xinzaizi District Police Station of Ganjingzi District. She has been taken to a detention center and is being brutally treated. Police officers and plainclothes police officers stayed at Mr. Wu Qi's home for several days in an attempt to ransack the house but did not manage to do so.

On the morning of April 7, about eight police officers from the Jiangbei District Police Department of Chongqing City unlawfully broke into the home of Ms. Chen Shanju, in her 40s, in Daxing Village, Jiangbei District. They ransacked her home in an attempt to arrest Ms. Chen, who happened to not be at home. Ms. Chen Shanju was forced to leave home to avoid arrest.

At the end of April, the Jiaozhou City Court unlawfully put seven practitioners on trial. Mr. He Kunlin, Ms. He Jian'e, and Ms. Wei Xiuju were sentenced to ten years in custody; Mr. Zhai Yongqiang was sentenced to five years in custody; Ms. Zhou Shenghua and Ms. Li Shiying were both sentenced to four years in custody; Ms. Liu Jinmei was sentenced to three years of custody. These practitioners are appealing their sentences.

On the evening of April 23, Ms. He Xiangge was arrested at her home by three police officers from the Wujialing District Police Station of Changsha City. Her home was ransacked. Her family members were absent during the arrest and ransacking. On the evening of April 24, Ms. He was transferred from the Wujialing District Police Station to the Changsha City Detention Center.

Chief of the Wujialing District Police Station Xie Jianming (male): 86-13637407826 (Cell)
Instructor Tang Jianguo (male): 86-13807481792 (Cell)

At around 10:00 a.m. on April 30, following the report of a water-utilities collector from Xikang Village, Baoding City, over 20 police officers from the Beishi District Police Department State Security Division, the Dongjinzhuan Village Police Station, the Xikang Village Committee, and the Yangzhuang Township Division went to Ms. Ma Lili's home and ransacked it. They confiscated her laptop computer, laser printer, tape recorder, and other personal belongings. Around noon, they went to Ms. Ma Lili's workplace, the Hui Ethnicity Cafeteria of Hebei University, where they arrested Ms. Ma. At around 7:00 p.m., she was taken to the Baoding City Detention Center.

Director of the Beishi District Police Department Zhao Wencong (male): 86-312-2023588
Dongjin-Zhuang District Police Station: 86-312-5023512

Ms. Tao Genxiu from Nanchang City was arrested three times between the beginning of the persecution and 2004. Her home was repeatedly ransacked, and she was severely injured. The police extorted over twenty thousand yuan (all of it borrowed) from her family. Under the tremendous stress and extreme sorrow, Ms. Tao Genxiu's body manifested multiple types of cancer (abdominal cancer, liver cancer, and gastric cancer). She also was suffering from congenital heart disease (4^th stage) and hospital treatment proved ineffective. She had no choice but to return home. Later, she recovered from all these conditions through practicing Falun Dafa. However, she has been repeatedly harassed, monitored, and threatened by police officers.

Ms. Gao Shuyu, 54, lived on Weixing Road in Haoyuan District, Changchun City. On the evening of April 22, she was arrested and her home was ransacked. The police officers confiscated her child's desktop computer, laptop computer, laptop-plug, DVD burner, and the family's ink-jet printer.

Around April 25, several practitioners from Jiawang District, Xuzhou City, who had been unlawfully held for as long as a year and three months, were secretly sentenced to imprisonment. Many practitioners are now appealing. While they have been appealing, the local 610 Office has not allowed the practitioners' families to see them.

These practitioners were arrested in February 2007. Around the 2008 Chinese New Year, over ten practitioners were sentenced to from three to eight years of imprisonment. Among them were Ms. Cheng Juying, Ms. Chen Chuxia, Ms. Xu Qihua, Ms. Yuan Ling, Ms. Zhao Liju, and Ms. Li Kaihui.

Ms. Ling Xiangfang, who worked at the Jiuyang Depositor of Lifeng Township, Huachuan County, was taken into custody by the chief of the Donghe Township Police Station, Songzhuo (male); police officer Qiu Chengwu (male); and a driver on the morning of April 28 before she went to work. Her home was also ransacked. Ms. Ling has been unlawfully held in the Huachuan County Detention Center for four days.

Donghe Township Police Station chief Song Zhuo (male): 86-13946462233 (Cell)
Police officer Qiu Chengwu (male): 86-13069751678 (Cell)

Ms. Hu Changyun's home was ransacked by six police officers from the local 610 Office, including Sun Weiguang (male) and Ding Jianping (male). One month later, Ms. Hu was taken to the Baibalong Forced Labor Camp of Zhuzhou City, where she is currently being brutally mistreated.

28. [Beijing] Practitioner Ms. Yao Baoli Held in the Detention Center of Dongcheng District Police Department

Ms. Yao Baoli, 46, lived in Beiyechang Village, Qingyundian Town, Daxing District, Beijing. On April 19, Ms. Yao was arrested by the Dongcheng District Police Department. She is currently being held in the Dongcheng District Police Department Detention Center.

Police officer involved in the arrest of Ms. Yao: 86-13801093556 (Cell)

Ms. Zhang Yuping and Ms. Zhang Qunying (a young girl who was visiting her aunt) from Nanshan District, Shenzhen City, were arrested by someone who does not know the truth about Falun Dafa while they were distributing truth-clarification materials at around 8:00 p.m. on May 1.

At around 3:00 p.m., on March 15, Mr. Yang Yonggui from Huoshui Township, Zhongfang County, Huaihua City, was working up on a mountain when six people from Huoshui Township, including the CCP cadre Ding Kehui (male), broke into his home to ransack it and also confiscated his Falun Dafa books. On the morning of April 8, Ding Kehui and the Chief of the County Criminal Police Department Xiao Longcai (male) arrested Mr. Yang without any paperwork. Mr. Yang's whereabouts are unknown at present.

Mr. Yang is 51 years old. In December 1999, he went to Beijing with nine practitioners to appeal for Falun Dafa and was consequently arrested and taken back to Huaihua City by police officer Xiao Longcai. He was then held for 15 days. His family members had two thousand yuan in cash extorted from them by the local township CCP cadres. In June 2006, Mr. Yang went with fellow practitioners from Jinqi Township to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa again and was taken back by the CCP cadre from Xinluhe Township, Zhongfang County, again. He was held for 15 days and later transferred by the police department to Huaihua Detention Center, where he was held for one month. His family paid five hundred yuan for his release. In the spring of 2001, on February 21, he and five fellow practitioners from Jinqi Township were taken to the Huaihua Detention Center by the Tiepo Police Station and held there for 15 days.

On the evening of May 1, Mr. Wang Xincheng and Ms. Xiang Qing from Guangshan County, Henan Province, were reported to the police when they were distributing truth-clarification materials in Luochen Township, Guanshan County, and were subsequently arrested by Luochen Township Police Station officers. By the time this article was published on May 2, the exact whereabouts of these two practitioners were still unknown.

It is known at present that nine practitioners from the Tanggu District of Tianjin were arrested on February 28. Among them, Mr. Xu Guoqiang was released the following day due to high blood pressure and his residence is now being monitored. Ms. Tong Demei and Ms. Lu were released 15 days later after having money and goods extorted from them. The rest of the practitioners, including Ms. Xu Guomin (age 43), Mr. Qi Changrong, Mr. Bai Hong (age 30), Ms. Song Hongcui, Ms. Liu Shanmin (age 62), and Mr. Bai Wenlong have been held in the detention center for about two months.

Mr. Li Changli from the Chengdu City Aerospace Arsenal, his wife, Ms. Liu, and their four-year-old child were arrested by over 30 people who broke into their home at around 12:00 a.m. on April 30.

Mr. Yuan Yingjiang from Qijiang County, Chongqing City, was arrested on March 3. After being held unlawfully in his hometown for one month, he was taken to Xishanping Forced Labor Camp of Chongqing City on April 10 and will be held there for one year.

On the evening of April 28, Mr. Guo Guanghui from Shouguang City was arrested by the Yangkou District Police Department. On April 29, Ms. Li Xiu'e was also arrested, and her computer and Falun Dafa books were confiscated. The location where they are currently being held is unknown.

Mr. Liu Shengzhi was forced to leave home in order to avoid being arrested after he walked away from the Beijing Liaison Office. He was being held after he was arrested in 1999 when he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. He was arrested again on April 13 and is currently being held at the Li County Detention Center, where he is being mistreated. His family members and friends have been prevented from visiting him.

Mr. Liang Yuhua was arrested on April 28 while he was clarifying the truth about Falun Dafa. At 8:00 p.m., his wife received a phone call informing her that Mr. Liang had been detained. When his wife asked the caller's phone number and Mr. Liang's location, the caller refused to answer. When she asked to visit Mr. Liang, her request was denied. The location of where Mr. Liang is currently being held is unknown.

Guodian Town Police Station: 86-531-88991013

41. [Guangxi Province] Mr. Huang Junhui Subjected to Unlawful Prosecution by the Haicheng District "Procuratorate" of Beihai City in Late April

42. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Four Practitioners from the Futian District, Shenzhen City Arrested

On April 26, elderly practitioners Ms. Li and Mr. Zhang and his wife, as well as their daughter (a non-practitioner), from Futian District, Shenzhen City, were arrested and taken to the Meilin Police Station. Their homes were ransacked. In addition, practitioner Ms. Wang from the Jingtianbei District was arrested by Xiangmihu District Police Station officers, and her home was ransacked. Both Ms. Li and Ms. Wang have been released.

Recently, Panshi City's 610 Office, the State Security Division, and the local police station have begun to go to practitioners' homes to harass and arrest them. On April 23, the authorities ransacked practitioners' homes in Mingcheng Town, Yantongshan Town, Qucaihe Town, etc. In addition, they arrested practitioner Mr. Qu Gui, a doctor at the Mingcheng Town Hospital; his younger sister who happened to be visiting him; as well as practitioner Mr. Liu Hanzhang from Dongkou Village. These three practitioners are being held in the Panshi City Detention Center.

At 4:30 a.m. on April 28, the head of the local 610 Office and over 20 plainclothes police officers went to Fugui Village, Hulan Town, to arrest practitioner Ms. Liu Xia, who is a former teacher at the No. 4 Middle School, and practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuxian, who is the wife of Ms. Liu Xia's younger brother. They used kitchen knives to break open the window, then unlocked Ms. Liu Xia's younger brother's house and ransacked it. They confiscated a DVD player and several DVD discs. When they were leaving, they threatened practitioners' family members and neighbors, then went to ransack Ms. Zhang Yuxian's home.

Recently, the relevant departments and offices from Lanzhou City handed down documents ordering the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in order to "assure the successful organization of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the Torch Relay" on June 30 in Lanzhou City. About ten practitioners have been recently arrested.

Mr. Wang Hongliang from Nanzhujie Village, Zhucheng City, was arrested by police at around 6:00 p.m. on April 25 and was taken to Zhucheng City at 8:00 p.m. the same day. His whereabouts are unknown.

Police officers from Yian County colluded with police officers from Xianfeng Township to arrest practitioner Mr. Nie Guangwen; his son, practitioner Mr. Gao Yaqin; as well as two elderly practitioners from other towns.

Reportedly, a practitioner was taped by the monitoring camera when he or she was distributing truth-clarification materials. Consequently Xianfeng Township Police Station and Yian County Police Department officers went to this practitioner's home to ransack it and also arrested this practitioner. This practitioner is currently being held in the Xianfeng Township Police Station. Police confiscated truth-clarification materials, DVD/CD discs, a computer, and a printer. Police handcuffed, shackled, and interrogated this practitioner. This practitioner is currently being held in the Yian County Detention Center.

Yian County Police Department switchboard: 86-452-7023567, 86-452-7023924
Director's office: ext. 3101
Chief of the Yian County Detention Center, office: 86-452-7028654

Mr. Liu Guoliang and his wife, Ms. Wang Fenglan, were arrested and have been held in custody for over a month. The police have been preventing anyone from visiting them. Mr. Liu was subjected to repeated persecution and held in Hulan Prison for five years. Ms. Wang was forced to leave home to avoid arrest for five years. Their three children have suffered a lot. The eldest child has been shouldering the responsibility of supporting his younger brother to go to college while the youngest child is now doing part-time jobs to support himself. Only several months after Mr. Liu was released upon completing his five-year-term of imprisonment and reunited with his family, the police officers from the Daoli District Police Department broke into their home and arrested Mr. Liu and his wife again.

Harbin City Committee Office for Persecuting Falun Gong: 86-451-84696359
Daoli District Police Department of Harbin City: 86-451-87663190; 86-451-88610800

Since April, Wuhan City police departments and 610 Office have colluded with the local police, local 610 Offices, and local police stations and police departments to ransack practitioners' homes and arrest them. Ms. Zhou Hongmei was arrested at her home and taken away; police officers confiscated a lot of private property. Mr. Zhu Youshan was arrested and taken away from his shop, and his computer and flash memory card were confiscated. Ms. Zeng Yuhong was arrested at the gate of her workplace when she was going home. A practitioner who operates a three-wheel cart was arrested at the gate of a supermarket. Mr. Tao, who does electronics work for a family business, was unlawfully arrested at his shop.

Mr. Wu, who is in his 70s, was unlawfully taken to the Xinzhou District Brainwashing Center. Six people surrounded him, and they caused him to become very restless.

Note:

(1) Small cell - The detainee is locked up in a very small cell individually. The guards handcuff practitioners behind their backs in a fixed position, in which the practitioners can neither move nor lie down. The small cell is very damp and no sunshine comes in. Detainees have to urinate and defecate in the cell. Only half of a regular meal is served to detainees locked up in a small cell during the daytime. During the night the rats run about. The stench in the small cell is so bad that it is difficult to breathe.

Posting date: 5/15/2008
Original article date: 5/15/2008
Category: Latest News from China
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/5/3/177710.html