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Latest News from China - 04/04/2003

April 09, 2003 |  

(Clearwisdom.net)

  • [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] The Lives of Three Falun Dafa PractitionersAre In Danger From the Torture in Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp
  • [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Xu Jingxian Is Arrested Again
  • [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Anshan Forced Labor Camp Cruelly Tortures Falun Dafa Practitioners.
  • [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Nine Female Falun Dafa Practitioners Are Barbarically Forcefed in Anshan City Detention Center
  • [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Liu Junli Is Arrested
  • [Kaifeng City, Henan Province] Staff From the "610 Office" Illegally Detain Falun Dafa Practitioners Indefinitely
  • [Dehui City, Jilin Province] The Police Forced Entry into a Falun Dafa Practitioner's Home
  • [Yangcheng City, Hunan Province] Staff From Lingji Paper Factory Illegally Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioners
  • [Hengshui City, Hebei Province] Female Falun Dafa Practitioners Zhang Shengqin and Lu Yupeng Are Illegally Detained at Luquan Detention Center
  • [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Tiexi District Court Illegally Tries Female Falun Dafa Practitioners Shan Yuhuan and Qiu Shihui
  • [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhou Licheng Is in Critical Condition
  • [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Tong Yujie Is Illegally Detained at Longshan Forced Labor Camp
  • [Penglai City, Shandong Province] "610 Office" Illegally Arrest Several Falun Dafa Practitioners

[Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] The lives of Three Falun Dafa Practitioners Are In Danger From the Torture in Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp

Female Dafa practitioners Zhang Libin, Cui Xiuyun, and Zhang Guizhen have been brutally tortured in Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp. They are now in critical condition. Yet the authorities continue to detain them.

[Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Xu Jingxian Is Arrested Again

Xu Jingxian, 67 years old, is from Shengousi, Anshan City. Because she continues to practice Falun Gong, she was illegally detained at a detention and a forced labor camp for two years. She was release on December 3, 2002. On February 28, 2003, the "610 Office" [A bureau specifically created by the Chinese government to persecute Falun Gong and it has absolute power over each level of administration in the Party, as well as over the political and judiciary branches.] of Anshan Politics and Law Committee, Anshan Forced Labor Camp and the local police station arrested her again and sent her to a brainwashing center in Anshan Forced Labor Camp. Because Xu would not cooperate, they sent her to the Third Detention Center on March 18.

[Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Anshan Forced Labor Camp Cruelly Tortures Falun Dafa Practitioners.

The police in Anshan Forced Labor Camp applied various methods of torture to persecute more than 20 male practitioners mentally and physically. These practitioners have been in a very difficult situation.

[Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Nine Female Falun Dafa Practitioners Are Barbarically Forcefed in Anshan City Detention Center

The police in Anshan City Detention Center (the First Detention Center) forcefed nine female practitioners. The situation is critical. The responsible people are: Li Shushan, the director and Wang Yushen, a female guard.

[Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Liu Junli Is Arrested

In the middle of March 2003, the police from Pingshan Police Station illegally arrested Liu Junli, female, 44 years old, of Sanhe Street, Pingshan District in Benxi City. Soon after being brought into the station, she was forced to jump out of the third floor. Two police officers dragged her into the station again. We do not know whether she is alive or dead.

[Kaifeng City, Henan Province] The "610 Office" Illegally Detains Falun Dafa Practitioners Indefinitely

On September 26 and 27, 2002 some police in Kaifeng City arrested practitioners and sent them to a detention center or a brainwashing center. Since November 12, "610 Office" has detained these practitioners in the brainwashing center, who refused to write statements renouncing Falun Gong. On November 22, this brainwashing center was moved to Kaifeng City Welfare Institute located in a northern suburb. The 22 practitioners remain in detention. They forced the practitioners to attend "classes" that slander Dafa, to watch slandering videos, and to obey some unreasonable rules and regulations. They confiscated Dafa materials, locked the practitioners in a single cell, and beat them. The evil attempted to destroy the practitioners' minds and force them to give up their belief in Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance.

[Dehui City, Jilin Province] The Police Forced Entry into a Falun Dafa Practitioner's Home

Around 6 p.m. on March 7, 2003, Wang Chengsen, the Vice Chairman of Dehui Police Department, led 40 people including armed police, personnel from the Politics and Security Section, and the police from Xinhuijie Police Station to practitioner Wang Xingxiang's home, surrounding it. The police started to bang on the door. At that time, only Wang's daughter-in-law and a visiting relative with a child were home. They did not know what was going on and were to frightened to open the door. The police then called in the traffic police and a fire truck attempting to break the window and the door. However, considering Wang's husband Cui was the Party Secretary of Heping Village, instead of breaking into the house, the police called Cui at work to come and open the door. The police searched everything in the house yet failed to find anything of interest and finally left.

[Yangcheng City, Hunan Province] Staff from the Lingji Paper Factory Illegally Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioners

On the afternoon of March 3, 2003, Wang Xiang, the President of Lingji Paper Factory (or Yangcheng Linzhi Cooperation), called from Beijing and ordered Huang Yibiao to lead some personnel from the factory including security, the "610 Office", and some other authorities to arrest practitioners. They formed several groups with 5 to a dozen people in each group and used several police cars to break into Dafa practitioners' homes and forcefully arrest the practitioners without cause or warrants. Some practitioners had their clothes torn and some were injured. A female practitioner more than 60 years old was injured and bled constantly, yet they still forcefully dragged her into the car.

[Hengshui City, Hebei Province] Female Falun Dafa Practitioners Zhang Shengqin and Lu Yupeng Are Illegally Detained at Luquan Detention Center

Zhang Shengqin and Lu Yupeng worked at Hengshui City Seasoning Factory and lived in Huailu. At 2 p.m. on February 26, 2003, the police arrested them while they were distributing Dafa materials. They are being tortured at Luquan Detention Center.

[Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Tiexi District Court Illegally Tries Female Falun Dafa Practitioners Shan Yuhuan and Qiu Shihui

Shan Yuhuan had been homeless in order to avoid persecution. On August 13, 2002, the police including Wang Taiquan from Anshan Jiefanglu Police Station arrested her. Qiu Shihui was arrested in August 2002 when she was applying for ID. We heard that Tiexi District Court plan to illegally try them next week.

[Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhou Licheng Is in Critical Condition

Zhou Licheng from Daowai District in Harbin City was tortured at Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp and is in critical condition. He has been sent to a hospital.

[Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Tong Yujie Is Illegally Detained at Longshan Forced Labor Camp

On February 15, 2003, the police illegally arrested Tong Yujie and detained him at the Longshan Forced Labor Camp.

[Penglai City, Shandong Province] "610 Office" Illegally Arrest Several Falun Dafa Practitioners

In 2002, "610 Office" arrest many practitioners including Tang Huixian (female, 42 years old, was in a forced labor camp for one year in October 2000) and Zhou Yumin (female, 42 years old, was in a forced labor camp for two years in August 2000).