On May 8, 2003, the police illegally arrested Zuo Guooqing. He was tortured to the point that he developed a kidney problem. The police took him to the People's Hospital and said that they would continue to persecute him after he had a physical examination. The police also arrested practitioners Li Baozhu and Bai Xuchang.

The 610 Office [a bureau specifically created by the Chinese government to persecute Falun Gong. It has absolute power over each level of administration in the Party, as well as over the political and judiciary branches] was shocked by the lawsuits against Jiang Zemin filed overseas and became terrified. They spread a rumor that Falun Gong intended to murder the state leaders and use this as an excuse to start registering all practitioners and temporary tenants and investigating whose house has computers, who could use the Internet, and who has yellow cloth that can be used to make Dafa banners. They are planning another round of persecution.

On the afternoon of April 18, the police arrested Zhang Yongkui and has been holding him at Wu Jiawa Detention Center.

Around 6:30 a.m. on March 27, 2003, Mao Yongchun distributed Dafa materials outside Lingyuan Prison. He was illegally arrested by a guard. Police officer Dong Gang sent him to Mohudian Police Station in Lingyuan and then to Lingyuan Detention Center. Six days later Mao had a heart attack and was released. On April 18, police officers Dong Gang, Chen Guojun, Jing Jinlong, and Wei Qiang from Mohudian Police Station again illegally took him to the Lingyuan Police Department. On the morning of April 21, they sent him to Xidayingzi Forced Labor Camp in Chaoyang City.

Wang Houling, male, 38 years old, of Duojuguanzhuang Village in the town of Dadian, Junan County, was arrested on May 26, 2003, when he was telling the truth about Falun Gong.

From November 17 to December 2001, the head of the number six squad Li Tong, the vice-head Zhu Dan, and instructor Zhang Tao at the first subsquad tortured practitioners including Chen Hongyu, Lu Jianjie, Gao Cuiping, and Wang Xiulan. They forced the practitioners to write statements renouncing Falun Gong by means including electric shock and the "dead person's bed" [The four limbs of the practitioner are stretched out and tied to the four corners of an icy-cold metal bed. The practitioner cannot move at all. Neither is he allowed to get up to eat, drink, or go to the bathroom. This treatment could last from several hours up to more than a dozen days. This type of cruel torture causes severe damage to the practitioner both mentally and physically.].

On March 3, 2003, the officers from Chaoyang Police Branch arrested Qiu Ying, female, 30 years old, of Nanguan District in Changchun City, and sent her to Shuangyang Detention Center. They sentenced her to one year in Jilin Province Female Forced Labor Camp. She left a less than two-year-old daughter at home. During her detention, she went on a hunger strike to protest the illegal persecution. We do not her current situation.

Tangshan City TV Station reported that the police illegally arrested more than 50 practitioners.

On the afternoon of June 3, 2003, Gao Yonghui was illegally arrested at Caotangsi in Chengdu City. Around 4 p.m. on June 4, more than a dozen police officers from Qingyang Police Branch Illegally confiscated Gao's home.

Fuqin Police Station (in charge of the area of Gao Yonghui's residence): 86-28-87784291, belongs to Jinniu Police Branch 86-28-86406210, 86-28-83331495 Qingyang Police BranchüF86-28-86250110, 86-28-86241946

On June 1, 2003, the Security Section of Dongcheng District Education Committee sent a memo to all schools requesting them to "enhance the monitoring and control of certian personnel including Falun Gong practitioners. Actively accquire their information and promptly report any problems to the Superior agencies." The Dongcheng Police Station is also investigating the security situations in different work units. It has sent many forms to all schools for them to fill out.

Dongcheng District Education Committee: 86-10-65253631 information: 86-10-64078490

Yao Yanhui was sent to the detention center after being held in a temporary detention center for two days.

The detention center: on-call room: 86-429-3960813; the office of the Political Commissar: 86-429-3960806

The temporary detention center: 86-429-3960823; 86-429-3960820

Liaoning Province Judical Buearu: the chief Yu Fengsheng: 86-24-86898688

Liaoning Province Hulutao City 610 Offices: Director Chen Pizhi: 86-429-3122622 (o), 86-429-3129936 (h), 86-13504299713 (cell); the Assistant Directors: Liang Chengdong (extremely evil): 86-429-8231192 (o), 86-429-3112662 (h); Li Wenge 86-429-3122622 (o); other personnel: Chen Weizhi: 86-429-3160182, 86-13009299719 (cell); Your Shujuan: 86-429-3123188

Several days ago, three police officers from Liaohe Oil and Well Company Security Section (Police Station) arrested two female practitioners who were distributing Dafa materials in the residential district. They also arrested three other unidentified people.

Liaohe Oil and Well Company Security Section Office: 86-10-7813306; Director: (o) 86-10-7811947, (h) 86-10-7813375; Vice-director: (o) 86-10-7811742, (h) 86-10-7811221; the Crime Investigation Group: 86-10-7811615.