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Latest News from China - July 29, 2004

August 20, 2004 |  

(Clearwisdom.net)

  • [Qinyuan City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Gao Shumei and He Naigui Are Arrested and Held in a Brainwashing Center
  • [Yingchen City, Hubei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Tian Donling Is Arrested While Distributing Truth Clarification Materials
  • [Hanchuan City, Hubei Province] Two Practitioners Are Arrested for Distributing Dafa Truth Clarification Materials
  • [Chongqin City] The Situation of Arrested and Detained Falun Dafa Practitioners in Nanchuan District
  • [Nanning City, Guanxi Province] Practitioner Zhen Liofeng Is Followed and Arrested While Distributing Truth Clarification Materials
  • [Jiotai, Jiling Province] The Lui Family's Whereabouts Remain Unknown After Being Arrested

1. [Qinyuan City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Gao Shumei and He Naigui Are Arrested and Held in a Brainwashing Center

Both Gao Shumei, a Falun Dafa practitioner who lives at Shipaidi Village in Nankoqian Township, and He Niaigui, a 65-year-old practitioner who lives at Hongtoshan Township, were forcibly arrested from their home by local police and government officials on July 26, 2004. They were then directly sent to Luotai Hills Brainwashing Center in Fushun City. When they were arrested, they both shouted out loud, "Falun Dafa is good," and clarified the truth about Falun Dafa to bystanders.

2. [Yingchen City, Hubei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Tian Donling Is Arrested While Distributing Truth Clarification Materials

On July 20, 2004 Mr. Tian Dongling was arrested while distributing materials about Falun Gong. Currently, he is detained at the Second Detention Center in Yingchen City. Below are contact numbers of people responsible for his illegal arrest and detainment:

The Second Detention Center in Yingchen City, Han Bing: 86-712-3232848 (Home), 86-712-3244300(Office), 86-13707293659 (Cell)

Police Burea of Yingchen City, Operator: 86-712-3222123, 3222426
Chief of Police Bureau in Yingchen City, Zhou Shanzhi: 86-1387291888(Cell)
Deputy Chief, Cheng Junjie: 86-712-3228426, 86-712-2306635(Home)
The "610 Office" of Yingchen City: 86-712-3246610

3. [Hanchuan City, Hubei Province] Two Practitioners Are Arrested for Distributing Dafa Truth Clarification Materials

Two practitioners were arrested while distributing truth clarification materials. They are currently being detained in the Second Detention Center in Hanchuan City. They are on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Contact numbers of responsible persons:

Mahe Police Station Service: 86-712-8840110
Deputy Chief of Mahe Police Station, Chang Yangxiong
Director of the "610 Office": 86-427-754-8988(Home), 86-427-754-8907(Work)
Secretary, Chang Hong: 86-427-754-3968, 86-427-754-8905(Work)
Political Committee member and Director of the Safety Division: +86 427-754-0388 (Work)

4. [Chongqin City] The Situation of Arrested and Detained Falun Dafa Practitioners in Nanchuan District

In October of 2000, Nanchuan Police Bureau arrested 11 Falun Dafa practitioners. Nanchuan Court sentenced all of the practitioners to forced labor; 5 practitioners were sentenced 1-3 years and sent to Chongqin, while the other 6 were sent to Dianjian for 2-6 years. Falun Dafa practitioner Cao Yang died while in jail. More detailed information about the case is to be confirmed.

In the beginning of April 2004, Nanchuan Police Bureau arrested 5 practitioners and confiscated their belongings. Four of the arrested practitioners were Ms. Xia Minyin, Ms. Zhou Baorong, Ms. Hu Heju, and Ms. Gu Xuejen. The fifth practitioner's identity is currently unknown. They were all sent to Chongqin and sentenced to 1-2.5 years.

5. [Nanning City, Guangxi Province] Practitioner Zhen Liofeng Is Followed and Arrested While Distributing Truth Clarification Materials

Practitioner Ms. Zhen Liofeng, over 40 years of age, was recently followed while distributing Falun Dafa truth clarification materials with her daughter in Nanning City. Immediately after she arrived home, she was arrested by personnel from the security bureau, the Political and Law Committee and the Chanling Police Station. Even her 13-year-old daughter was arrested and questioned. Ms. Zhen is now detained at the Second Detention Center in Nanning City. She has been on a hunger strike to protest her illegal detention.

Also, according to a reliable source, recently when Guangxi Province experienced a record-high heat wave, practitioners detained in Guangxi Women's Forced Labor Camp, which included Ma Shaofong, Xu Chunling, and He Yuying, were forced to stand under the hot sun all day in the field and then tied up at night.

6. [Jiotai, Jiling Province] The Lui Family's Whereabouts Remain Unknown After Being Arrested

Mr. Lui, (first name unknown) is a practitioner from Jiutai. In 2002, he escaped while still handcuffed from a detention center. Both his parents and older brother also practice Falun Dafa and were forced into homelessness. They went from Jiutai to Changchun. In June of 2004, after Lui went to deliver materials to fellow practitioners in Jiutai, the police followed him back to Changchun and arrested him and his entire family. The police also confiscated all of their money (about 3,000 yuan(1)) and fined their landlord 1,000 yuan. Currently the family's whereabouts and situation are unknown.

(1)yuan - Chinese currency, the monthly salary for an average Chinese urban worker is about 500 yuan.

2004-7-29