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Latest News from China - August 26, 2005

September 13, 2005 |  

(Clearwisdom.net)

  1. [Qingdao, Shandong Province] Ren Dechun Secretly Sentenced to a Prison Term
  2. [Chifeng, Inner Mongolia] Wang Zhanxiang Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
  3. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Chen Jiaxiu Detained in Brainwashing Class
  4. [Taian City, Shandong Province] Feng Aimin and Liu Faling Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
  5. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Eight Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Taken to a Brainwashing Class
  6. [Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province] Multiple Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Taken to a Brainwashing Center
  7. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Qu Hongxiang and Li Zhongsheng Arrested
  8. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Husband and Wife, Zhao Xinhua and Zhang Yonghong, Sentenced to a Prison Term
  9. [Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] Lin Shanchun Arrested Again and Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison
  10. [Leqing City, Zhejiang Province] Chen Wenying Arrested and Taken to a Brainwashing Center
  11. [Zigong City, Sichuan Province] Yan Xiang and Yao Liangquan's Whereabouts are Unknown after One Year in Prison
  12. [Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province] Wang Shubao Arrested and Taken to the Zhanjiang City Brainwashing Center
  13. [Donggang City, Liaoning Province] Multiple Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Taken to Detention Centers
  14. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] Wang Shuyun and Feng Guifen Arrested

1. [Qingdao, Shandong Province] Ren Dechun Secretly Sentenced to a Prison Term

Staff from the Chengyang Police Station arrested Mr. Ren Dechun, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jingkou Village of Chengyang County, Chengyang District, Qingdao City, Shandoing Province, on February 1, 2005, for clarifying the truth. Once he was in their custody, the police tortured him. Insiders tell us that two of Ren Dechun's ribs were broken and that he had lost the ability to use his wrist or to pick things up. Police from the Chengyang Police Station ransacked Mr. Ren's home and confiscated an exercise tape. They also transferred Ren Dechun to Chengyang Li Village Detention Center and detained him for close to half a year. Ren Dechun was secretly sentenced on July 15, 2005, and was transferred to another prison. Now his whereabouts are unknown.

Ren Dechun's family members, under pressure from the local government and the 610 Office, were too afraid to tell anybody what happened to him. After Ren Dechun's persecution was exposed, the local government and 610 Office visited his family and threatened them.

2. [Chifeng, Inner Mongolia] Wang Zhanxiang Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

Wang Zhanxiang has been on hunger strike since he was taken into custody on July 22, 2005. Now he is suffering from partially paralysis. The authorities disregarded Wang's family members as well as other people's requests to allow Mr. Wang medical parole and transferred him to the Wuyuan County Forced Labor Camp in Ba League, Inner Mongolia on August 12.

When his family members tried to visit on August 12, the police kept Wang Zhanxiang's transfer a secret. Wang's family members visited again on August 15. At that time, police told them that Wang Zhanxiang had been transferred to Ba League. They also lied about the term Wang Zhanxiang was given. They told his family that he was given a one and half year sentence in the Forced Labor Camp. They gave no legal documentation or other proof to his family.

3. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Chen Jiaxiu Detained in Brainwashing Center

Cheng Jiaxiu, a Falun Gong practitioner employed at the Suining City Star Electric Power Company, was arrested around July 26, 2005. He is currently detained in the brainwashing center of the Chengbei Detention Center.

4. [Taian City, Shandong Province] Feng Aimin and Liu Faling Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

On July 20, 2005, Laiwu police arrested Feng Aimin and Liu Faling, Falun Gong practitioners from Taian City. They were detained in the Laiwu Beibu Detention Center. Insiders tell us that Feng Aimin and Liu Faling were sentenced to 3 years in prison and are currently imprisoned at Wangcun Forced Labor Camp.

5. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Eight Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Taken to a Brainwashing Center

Around August 23, 2005, the 610 Office ordered Jilin City Changyi Police Sub-Department, subordinate police stations, district offices, resident committees, and companies, to arrest Falun Gong practitioners. As of now, eight practitioners have been arrested and taken to a brainwashing center located at Longtan Village, Jilin City.

The following are the names of the arrested Falun Gong practitioners

Ms. Yang X Juan, arrested by police from the Democratic Police Station, 'phone: 86-432-2552473 2563286

Ms Ni Yanping, arrested by police from the Yanan Police Station, 'phone: 86-432-2409554

Mr Gao Pengsui, details unknown

Mr Guo Zhande, arrested by police from the Beiningli Police Station

Ms Qi Shifan, arrested by police from the Weichang Police Station, 'phone, 86-432-2409514

Li Jifeng, Head of the Weichang Police Station

Ms. Sun Yan, a teacher from the Changyi Educational Bureau, arrested by police from the Dongjuzi Police Station, 'phone: 86-432-2409537 / 2454429 (Han Dongfei is the Head of Dongjuzi Police Station)

Mr Liu Fengchun, a teacher of Changyi Lianhua Elementary School, arrested by police from the Lotus Police Station, 'phone: 86-432-2775269 / 2776877

6. [Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province] Multiple Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Taken to a Brainwashing Center

Qingyuan City of Guangdong Province established a brainwashing center beginning on August 15, 2005, at Longtan Baijia in Qingyuan City. The following are Falun Gong practitioners that were arrested and taken to the brainwashing center: Wen Xingnv from Longtang, He Chunying from Chengqu and Li Gengmei from Zhouxin County. It is rumored that there are many people detained on all four floors of the building who are not known to people on the outside.

7. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Qu Hongxiang and Li Zhongsheng Arrested

Before noon of August 24, 2005, staff from the Shulan City State Security Division and the Shilan City Lianhua Police Station, and around seven to eight police officers acting under the command of police station head Du Yuzhuo, arrested Nanlian Village Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qu Hongxiang, after he had just been released from Changchun Tiebei Prison less than 2 months earlier. His home was also ransacked.

The same perpetrators went to Lianhua Village and arrested Falun Gong practitioner Li Zhongsheng. They alleged that they had found one lecture tape and some truth clarification material in his home this spring. Then they harassed practitioner Wang Yujie's family in Lianhua Village, and Xu Shikun's family in BeiLian Village.

Lianhua Village Police Station: 86-432-8932275 (office)

8. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Husband and Wife, Zhao Xinhua and Zhang Yonghong, Sentenced to a Prison Term

Falun Gong practitioners Zhao Xinhua and Zhang Yonghong, husband and wife, were sentenced by Cangzhou Yunhe Police Sub-department to serve a prison term. Zhao Xinhua was sentenced to 2 years and Zhang Yonghong to one year. In early August of 2005 they were transferred to Tangshan City Kaiping Forced Labor Camp. Currently Zhao Xinhua is still not allowed to receive visitors.

9. [Chongqing City] Lin Shanchun Arrested Again and Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison

Mr. Lin Shanchun, a retired employee of the Chongqing Grinder Factory in Jingkou County, Shapingbei District, Chongqing City, was arrested again in late July 2005. He was sentenced to 2 years in prison and detained in Xishanping Forced Labor Camp.

10. [Leqing City, Zhejiang Province] Chen Wenying Arrested and Taken to a Brainwashing Center

On the night of August 23, 2005, a group of police arrested Chen Wenying at home. The same night, another group of police ransacked her home. According to the local 610 Office staff, Chen Wenying was sent to Wenzhou City's brainwashing center.

Relevant phone numbers:

Leqing City 610 Office, Zhejiang Province: 86-577-62521354, 62550896

Leqing City Political and Judiciary Committee Office, Zhejiang Province: 86-577-62523110, 62522709

11. [Zigong City, Sichuan Province] Yan Xiang and Yao Liangquan's Whereabouts are Unknown after One Year in Prison

On May 2, 2004, a group of plain-clothes police from the Zigong City Police Department and Daan Police Sub-department broke into several homes. Yan Xiang andYao Liangquan's electrical appliances were stolen and they were arrested and detained in Wufang Village Detention Center in Zigong City for one year. The practitioners' family members were forbidden to visit. In April 2005, Zigong City Daqu Court rendered a prison sentence. No one knows where police detained them. Currently their whereabouts are unknown.

12. [Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province] Wang Shubao Arrested and Taken to the Zhanjiang City Brainwashing Center

On August 23, 2005, staff from Zhanjiang City's 610 Office, in collaboration with the police, arrested Wang Shubao, a Falun Gong practitioner from Xiashan in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province. Pretending to be checking ID cards, police broke into Wang's home and ransacked it for 2 to 3 hours. They confiscated 20,000 yuan, one computer and some Falun Gong material. Wang Shubao is detained in the Zhanjiang City brainwashing center.

13. [Donggang City, Liaoning Province] Multiple Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Taken to Detention Centers

From the night of August 23, 2005, to noon the next day, police from the State Security Division of Donggang Police Department, under the command of Wang Runlong, arrested many practitioners, including Pan Changxin and Sun Shuying. The practitioners were from Gushan County and Haiyanghong Village in Pusamiao County. The police detained the practitioners in Donggang Detention Center.

14. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] Wang Shuyun and Feng Guifen Arrested

Around noon on August 22, 2005, police officer Wang Zhancheng from Ningcheng County Police Department, and another policeman, came to Falun Gong practitioner Wang Shuyun's home and asked, "Do you still practice Falun Gong?" Wang Shuyun answered, "Yes." They said, "Then practice at home, do not go outside," and left. At noontime on August 24, 2005, police suddenly broke into Wang Shuyun's home, ransacked his home, confiscated Falun Gong material and arrested him.

It is rumored that a few days ago police from Ningcheng County arrested Falun Gong practitioner Feng Guifen from Mangnong Town in Ningcheng County, Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province. The county 610 Office is responsible for holding her in a brainwashing center.

The related phone numbers

Ningcheng County 610 Office: 86-476-4230630
Wang Zhancheng, police officer: 86-476-4222869 (Home)
Yu Haijun, police officer: 86-476-4260633 (Home)