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Latest News from China - November 3, 2004

November 15, 2004 |  

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  • [Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Jiang Shuhua Taken to Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison
  • [Dandong City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Gao Tianhong Arrested
  • [Handan City, Hebei Province] Ms. He Haixiang Arrested
  • [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Information About Family Members of Murdered
  • Falun Dafa Practitioners From Shulan
  • [Guanghan City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Zhang Tianlong Unlawfully Taken Away
  • [Yanshan County, Hebei Province] Police Unlawfully Arrest Ms. Cheng Jinqin
  • [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Ma Ling Sentenced to Three Years of Forced Labor
  • [Baihe, Jilin Province] Police Arrest Four Falun Dafa Students at the Baihe Forestry Bureau
  • [Huadian City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Guofang Sent to Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City
  • [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Cuihua and Ms. Wu Yuxia Arrested
  • [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Police Arrest Mr. Hua Zhikai and His Wife, Li Xueying
  • [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhao Deqing and Two Other Falun Dafa Practitioners Arrested
  • [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhang Cuirong Remains Missing after Her Arrest in 2000
  • [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Mr. Zhang Xixian and His Wife, Liu Yueju, Arrested
  • [Rizhao City, Shandong Province] Mr. Zhou Degang Arrested
  • [Yichang City, Hubei Province] Officials at No. 5 Company's Machine Factory of Gezhouba Dam Illegally Harass Employee
  • [Luzhou City, Sichuan Province] Whereabouts of Retired Teacher Zhao Zhaoquan Unknown Following Her Arrest
  • [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Five Falun Dafa Practitioners Arrested

1. [Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Jiang Shuhua Taken to Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison

Ms. Jiang Shuhua, 54, graduated from Beijing University. She was a judge at the Heilongjiang Province Superior Court. On July 20, 1999 Ms. Jiang was unlawfully taken into custody for going to the provincial government to raise public awareness about Falun Gong. Subsequently, she also went to Beijing to validate Falun Dafa and was unlawfully held at the Heilongjiang Drug Rehabilitation Center.

On May 17, 2003, police officers who staked out a practitioner's home arrested the practitioner and Ms. Jiang. Ms. Jiang was unlawfully sentenced to two years of forced labor. She was initially held at Harbin City Detention Center (also known locally as Yaziquan) for quite some time. In July 2004, Falun Dafa practitioners previously detained at various different men's detention centers were suddenly transferred to prisons out of town. Around the same time, Ms. Jiang was transferred to the Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison. She has since been unlawfully held in an intensively controlled unit because of her firm belief in Falun Dafa. Her family has been denied permission to pay her visits.

2. [Dandong City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Gao Tianhong Arrested

On August 1, 2004, Dandong City Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Gao Tianhong, 52, and another elderly woman practitioner in her seventies were arrested while they were distributing truth-clarifying materials. The police then ransacked the practitioners' homes. Ms. Gao Tianhong is being unlawfully held at Dandong Detention Center.

On November 4, the Dandong City Court plans to stage a trial of several Falun Dafa practitioners unlawfully held in custody.

3. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Ms. He Haixiang Arrested

Late in the evening on October 27, officers from Congdong Police Station in Handan City, Hebei Province arrested Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. He Haixiang at her home.

Relevant telephone number:

Congdong Police Station in Handan City: 86-310-3011011.

4. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Information About Family Members of Murdered Falun Dafa Practitioners From Shulan

Mr. Wang Guoping: His daughter, Wang Lijun, 22, is a student at Beihua University in Jilin City. His wife, Fan Guolan has remarried after his death.

Miss Chu Congrui.

Mr. Wang Shuquan: Mr. Wang did not have children. His wife remarried after his death.

Mr. Liu Lianpu: Mr. Liu is survived by his wife, Sun Guifang, 48, who has no source of income.

Mr. Sun Jianhua: His divorced wife has remarried. His daughter now lives with her mother.

Mr. Tong Zhentian.

Ms. Kong Fanrong: Ms. Kong's husband, Mr. Bian Hongxian, who is also a Falun Dafa practitioner, has been forced to leave town and become homeless. Mr. Bian's 89-year-old mother lives with his daughter Ms. Bian Lingyun (who is married).

Mr. Chen Yongzhe: Mr. Chen's father, who is in his seventies, suffers from chronic illness and cannot take care of himself.

5. [Guanghan City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Zhang Tianlong Unlawfully Taken Away

On October 18, 2004, four police officers from the Xiaohan Town Police Station showed up at Mr. Zhang Tianlong's home in Xiaohan Town, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province. They demanded that he sign his name to a written statement renouncing Falun Gong. Mr. Zhang refused to do so and was unlawfully taken into custody. He is being held at a brainwashing unit in Guanghan City. His family went there for a visit but was not allowed to meet him.

6. [Yanshan County, Hebei Province] Police Unlawfully Arrest Ms. Cheng Jinqin

Just past 5:00 a.m. on October 29, 2004, a group of policemen led by Zhang Xinping, an officer at the Political Security Section of the Yanshan County Police Department, broke into Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Cheng Jinqin's home. Ms. Chen lives at Dongliu Village in Chengguan Town, Yanshan County. Ms. Chen refused to give the police permission for the search. The police proceeded to handcuff her and unlawfully took her into custody at the Yanshan County Detention Center.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Zhang Xinping, police officer: home, 86-317-6226559; cellular, 86-13603336958;
Yang Jianjun, chief of police department: home, 86-317-6225106.

7. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Ma Ling Sentenced to Three Years of Forced Labor

The Kunming City Forced Labor Administrations Committee has sentenced Ms. Ma Ling, of the Yunnan University Library, to three years of forced labor. Her term is from September 21, 2004 to September 20, 2007. Her family received a photocopy of the forced labor notification on November 1, 2004. The date of sentencing noted on the document is October 19, 2004.

8. [Baihe, Jilin Province] Police Arrest Four Falun Dafa Students at The Baihe Forestry Bureau

Four Falun Dafa practitioners at the Baihe Forestry Bureau in Jilin Province were arrested by officials from the Erdao Branch Police Department in Antu County. The practitioners, Ms. Lin Yufang, Quan Li, Ms. Ma Guimin and Ms. Wang Jingxia, are being held at the Antu County Detention Center.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; city code: 433;
Li Yongxue, chief of the police department: Office, 5822695; home, 5838233; cellular, 86-13904476100;
Office of the Chief of the Erdao Branch Police Department: 5712366;
Li Jidong, deputy chief of the Erdao Branch Police Department: Office, 5714110; home, 5831958; cellular, 86-13904469033.

9. [Huadian City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Guofang Sent to Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City

Ms. Wang Guofang, from Huadian City, Jilin Province, was taken to Unit No. 1 of the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City, Jilin Province in October 2004. Ms. Wang was deprived of sleep for several days because she could not be dissuaded from continuing to practice Falun Dafa.

Telephone number of Unit No. 1 of the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City: 86-431-5384312, extension 5103.

10. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Cuihua and Ms. Wu Yuxia Arrested

On September 1, 2004, Ms. Wang Cuihua was reported to the police while she was distributing informational materials about Falun Gong in Chenglizhuang. On her way back, she was arrested by officers from the Zhucaoying Police Station and taken into custody at the Funing County Detention Center.

On September 8, 2004, Ms. Wu Yuxia from Shimenzhai was reported to the police while distributing Dafa truth-clarification materials. Shimenzhai police arrested her and unlawfully sent her to the Funing County Detention Center.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; city code: 335;
Pan Weixing (a.k.a. Pan Qiang), head of Zhucaoying Town Police Station: office, 6090024;
Funing County Detention Center: 6017970;
Shimenzhai Police Station in Funing County: 6098360.

11. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Police Arrest Mr. Hua Zhikai and His Wife Li Xueying

On September 18, 2004, Mr. Hua Zhikai, of the Qinhuangdao City Labor and Technology School, and his wife Li Xueying, of the Qinhuangdao City Lightweight Machine Factory, were arrested by officers from the Hongqi Road Police Station in the Haigang District of Qinhuangdao City while distributing Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials. The two practitioners are being unlawfully held at the Qinhuangdao No. 2 Detention Center. A personal computer and other items were confiscated from their home.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; city code: 335;
Main line of Hongqi Road Police Station in Qinhuangdao City: 3063032;
Zhang Xueyou, head of Hongqi Road Police Station: 3063032, 3063021;
Qinhuangdao No. 2 Detention Center: 3064697.

12. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhao Deqing and Two Other Falun Dafa Practitioners Arrested

On September 29, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhao Deqing, 58, of the Deyang City No. 2 Heavy Machine Factory was arrested by officers from the Yanting County Police Department in Nanchong City, Sichuan Province. It has been reported that two other Falun Dafa practitioners have also been arrested. The whereabouts of the three practitioners are unknown.

13. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhang Cuirong Remains Missing after Her Arrest in 2000

My mother, Zhang Cuirong, was born on July 19, 1935. On December 13, 2000, she went to Tiananmen Square in Beijing to validate Falun Dafa and was taken into custody at the Tiananmen Police Station. She acknowledged that she was from Erdaohezi in Changchun City, Jilin Province and was taken away by some officials. She has since remained missing. My siblings and I have looked for her in many places. We went to Beijing, Tianjin, Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City and other places where Falun Dafa practitioners are held in custody. We have never received any information about her whereabouts.

14. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Mr. Zhang Xixian and His Wife Liu Yueju Arrested

On November 1, 2004, Mr. Zhang Xixian and his wife, Liu Yueju, from Jinan City, Shandong Province, went to the downtown area of Jinan City to raise public awareness about the persecution of Falun Dafa. They were arrested by police officers in the Lixia District of Jinan City. The officers also ransacked their home and confiscated a personal computer, a printer, other accessories, Falun Dafa books and materials, and address and phone books. Mr. Zhang and his wife are being held at the Lixia District Branch Police Department.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; city code: 531;
Li Dongfang of the Jinan City "610 Office": Office, 6962232;
Xiao Anquan of the Jinan City Police Department: Office, 5083003; cellular, 86-13361088909; home, 2922869; cellular, 86-13335176819;
Wang Kequan, chief of the Lixia District Branch Police Department: Office, 5083001; cellular, 86-13305317966.

15. [Rizhao City, Shandong Province] Mr. Zhou Degang Arrested

On October 20, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhou Degang was again arrested by the Rizhao City police.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; city code: 633;
Zhao Xiupin of the "610 Office" at the Rizhao City Police Department: Office, 8788366; home, 8223109; cellular, 86-13306335777;
Xu Yanping, of the "610 Office" at the Rizhao City Police Department: Office, 8781700 extension 7021; home, 3280832; cellular, 86-13963306082.

16. [Yichang City, Hubei Province] Officials at No. 5 Company's Machine Factory of Gezhouba Dam Illegally Harass Employee

Ms. Fan Changhua is a teacher at the kindergarten of No. 5 Company's Machine Factory of Gezhouba Dam in Yichang City, Hubei Province. In September 2003, Ms. Fan was taken to the Yichang City No. 1 Detention Center because she practices Falun Gong. Officials of her work unit assisted Zhou Xiangdong, head of Yiling Branch Police Department's State Security Unit, and He, member of the state security unit, in carrying out the arrest. Ms. Fan was unlawfully sentenced to forced labor and taken to Unit 9 in Qilihu Women's Forced Labor Camp in Shayang. At this time, her forced labor term has ended but officials at the labor camp refused to release her on the grounds that she had affirmed her commitment to continue practicing Falun Dafa in writing while at the labor camp.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; city code: 717;
Security Department of the Machine Factory of No. 5 Company of Gezhouba Dam: 6712623;
Party Secretary's Office the of the Machine Factory of No. 5 Company of Gezhouba Dam: 6722649, 6712620;
Liu Zhengnan, Commissar of Yiling Branch Police Department in Gezhouba Dam: Home, 6728776; cellular, 86-13607205759;
Mei Yuanchao, former head of Yiling Branch Police Department in Gezhouba Dam: Home, 6728616; cellular, 86-13972601508.

17. [Luzhou City, Sichuan Province] Whereabouts of Retired Teacher Zhao Zhaoquan's Unknown Following Her Arrest

Zhao Zhaoquan is a retired teacher from Texing Town in the Longmatan District of Luzhou City, Sichuan Province. In September 2004, Zhao made explicit statements in a letter addressed to various public security departments and has since incurred retaliation. On September 27, officers from Luzhou City Police Department arrested Zhao Zhaoquan, whose whereabouts remain unknown.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; city code: 830;
Lei Xuewu, of the Texing Police Station: 2750167;
"610 Office" of the Texing Town Government: 2750041;
Party Secretary and Head of the Texing Town Government: 2750530.

18. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Five Falun Dafa Practitioners Arrested

On September 28, police officers lying in wait at the Dongfeng Road jurisdiction of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province arrested five Falun Dafa practitioners. One practitioner was released after fifteen days. Of the other four practitioners, Ms. Wang Yanling, Wan Zhong and Xiaohui (pseudonym) were transferred to Xinbake in Dongqu, Zhengzhou City. Lastly, Ms. Zhu Xianzhi, was transferred to Luoyang City, Henan Province.

November 3, 2004