(Clearwisdom.net) Since July 1, 2008, more than 50 Falun Dafa practitioners in Guan County, Shandong Province, have been illegally arrested and imprisoned.

Around July 16, Ms. Sun Chun'e from the Economical Technological Cooperation Office of the Party Committee of Guan County, Ms. Lu Qinglan from the County Credit Union, Ms. Zhang Fenghuan from Yuan Village, as well as another female practitioner from Sangqiao Neighborhood, Sang'a Town, were all arrested.

On about July 19, personnel from Guan County and Xinji Township, went to Mr. Zhou Xuelong's home and confiscated his family property. They also went to Yan'er Village and arrested Ms. He Xiujuan's mother and a young male practitioner from Cuiliu Eighth Fortress. The two practitioners were later taken to the Liaocheng City Detention Center.

On July 22, the notorious concentration camp, Forcible Brainwashing Center of Beihuan Road, Guan County, illegally imprisoned 20 practitioners. For more details, please visit: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/8/4/99519.html. The 610 Office plays an active, leading role in influencing villages and towns to send practitioners to this camp.

On July 26, Mr. Wang Hongchao (also known as Li Yixing) from Gantun Township, Guan County, was arrested at his rented home in Linqing City by three plainclothes officers. His whereabouts is unknown.

Recently, Ms. Cui Yuezhi, a practitioner from Guan County and a former Guan County Hospital doctor, was arrested and imprisoned at the Liaocheng City Detention Center. Before her arrest, she was homeless for many year to avoid being persecuted for practicing Falun Gong.

Ms. Wang Yufang, a Fanzhuang Elementary School teacher in Chengguan Town, and Ms. Wang Ruihua, in her 70s, were recently arrested. The police stole their printing equipment, valued at more than 10,000 yuan.

On July 27, Liaocheng City Police Department Director Ren Jianjun (male) traveled to Guan County to supervise the mass arrests of practitioners. On July 29, 20 practitioners were detained and sent to the Forcible Brainwashing Center.

Some of the other practitioners who were arrested in Guan County included: Mr. Xing Yong, Ms. Yu Feng'e, Ms. Sun Chun'e, Ms. Zhang Qiaochun, Mr. Xu Hengchao, and Mr. Jing Zhaowei. Mr. Jing was sentenced to one year of forced labor.

The majority of practitioners arrested in Guan County are imprisoned in the Liaocheng City Dashi Detention Center.