(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 28 cities or counties in 12 provinces. In this report, 44 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 38 practitioners were illegally arrested.

  1. [Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Xu Shufen Arrested in the Afternoon on July 24 While Clarifying the Truth
  2. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Yulan Persecuted
  3. [Jianou City, Fujian Province] Mr. Ye Guohua Sentenced
  4. [Jianping County, Liaoning Province] Ms. Feng Jingying Arrested and Taken to a Detention Center
  5. [Zunhua City, Hebei Province] Mr. Wu Shumeng Persecuted
  6. [Xuchang City, Henan Province] Ms. Shu Hua and Ms. Cao Fengyue Arrested and Taken to Xuchang City Detention Center
  7. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] Ms. Wang Xiufang Grossly Mistreated
  8. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Chai Wensu Mistreated in the Shitonglu Women's Forced Labor Camp of Shijiazhuang City on June 25, 2009
  9. [Chongqing] Ms. Mei Yinghong Arrested
  10. [Taigu County, Shanxi Province] Mr. Li Shihe and Ms. Yang Meiqin Arrested
  11. [Hulunbeier City, Inner Mongolia] Over A Dozen Practitioners Arrested
  12. [Yueyang City, Hunan Province] Ms. Jiang Yi and Another Practitioner Arrested
  13. [Changde City, Hunan Province] Ms. Huang Guihua and Ms. Xiong Yuzhen Arrested and Homes Ransacked
  14. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Shi Shaoan and Ms. Zhang Yonghong Arrested
  15. [Shanghai] Mr. Wang Lei Arrested
  16. [Changle City, Shangdong Province] The Mr. Liu Anjie and Ms. Liu Meirong Couple Arrested
  17. [Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province] Ms. Yu Yingzhu's Home Ransacked; Family Harassed
  18. [Beijing] Mr. Bai Rongchun from Qinghua University Grossly Mistreated
  19. [Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Liang Yu Arrested
  20. [Tangshan, Hebei Province] 70-year-old Practitioner Ms. Li Yafang Arrested
  21. [Xingning City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Luo Lizhen, Ms. Wu Fangping, and Ms. Liu Xiaoying Arrested on July 24
  22. [Beijing] Ms. Liu Xinru Deprived of Freedom
  23. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhang Zhiying Arrested and Taken to the Chengdu Majiasi Brainwashing Center
  24. [Nongan County, Jilin Province] Ms. Tang Muoqiu Persecuted
  25. [Changle, Shandong] Eight Practitioners Including Mr. Du Changwen Facing Unconstitutional Trial
  26. [Xiantao City, Hubei Province] Three Practitioners including Mr. Liu Xiong Captured and Taken to a Brainwashing Center
  27. [Yi County, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Shihui Arrested
  28. [Chongqing] Mr. Li Liangduan Decides to Leave Home to Avoid Further Persecution
  29. [Zhucheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Xiangying Arrested
  30. [Beijing] Ms. Geng Huimei Arrested
  31. [Pingdingshan, Henan Province] Ms. Tian Congling Arrested
  32. [Chongqing] Ms. Yang Chunyuan Captured from Her Home. Her Cell Phone Was Taken
  33. [Liaoning Province] Three Practitioners including Ms. Gu Chunying Facing Illegal Sentence
  34. [Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Cui Yumin Arrested
  35. [Yichang City, Hubei Province] Additional Information about the Persecution of Mr. Zhao Xun and Others
  36. [Caidian, Hubei Province] Ms. Yu Zaorong and Xiao Liu Arrested
  37. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Cui Youying Arrested
  38. [Guangdong Province] Practitioners Who are Locked up in the Sihui Prison
  39. [Huanggang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Du Jinxiang Arrested and Taken to the Huanggang City Second Detention Center

1. [Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Xu Shufen Arrested in the Afternoon on July 24 While Clarifying the Truth

Zhuanghe Police Station: 86-411-89824846

2. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Yulan Persecuted

On the morning of July 23, 2009, Yantai City Muping District Gaoling Township Police Station head and two policemen led by village security officers broke into the home of Mr. Sun Xuejin and Ms. Sun Yulan in Xiayu Village and arrested them. The police ransacked the house and and took the couple to Gaoling Police Station. Then they took Mr. Sun back to his home and ransacked it again. When he was taken back to the police station, his wife was no longer there. Mr. Sun was not released until later that night.

3. [Jianou City, Fujian Province] Mr. Ye Guohua Sentenced

Mr. Ye Guohua from Jianou City was sentenced five years and a half in prison in June 2009.

Mr. Ye was arrested at an Internet bar during the second half of 2008. He has been persecuted for six years already, beginning in 2000.

4. [Jianping County, Liaoning Province] Ms. Feng Jingying Arrested and Taken to a Detention Center

Ms. Feng Jingying, from Dongtai Village, Heishui Town, Jianping County, is in her sixties. Heishui Police Station head Zhang Xiaohu and police officer Ji Zhong broke into her home at 10:00 p.m. on July 21, 2009. They confiscated a picture with Master Li's image and Dafa books and materials.

Zhang Xiaohu, Wang Guoxiang, and Ji Zhong went to harass Ms. Feng again at 10:00 a.m. on July 22, and brought electric batons and handcuffs with them. Officials captured her at 8:00 a.m. on July 23 and took her to the county detention center.

Zhang Xiaohu, police station head: 86-421-7828668 (Home), 86-13898088668
Wang Guoxiang, police officer: 86-421-7833266, 86-13842130044
Ji Zhong: 86-421-7713088, 86-13842149558

5. [Zunhua City, Hebei Province] Mr. Wu Shumeng Persecuted

Mr. Wu Shumeng is from Zunhua City. On July 28, 2007, he and Ms. Lu Suhua from the same village were clarifying the truth to a young girl who reported them. The two were arrested and taken to the Jianming Police Station, where Mr. Wu escaped at 4:00 a.m. Ms. Lu was first taken to the Zunhua Detention Center and then sent to the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp for two years.

After Mr. Wu left the police station he decided to leave home for two and a half months to avoid further persecution. He was arrested on October 10, 2007, when he went home and taken sent to the Zunhua Detention Center. He was sent to a forced labor camp for a year 20 days later and not released until a week after his term had expired.

6. [Xuchang City, Henan Province] Ms. Shu Hua and Ms. Cao Fengyue Arrested and Taken to Xuchang City Detention Center

At night on July 13, 2009, Ms. Shu Hua and Ms. Cao Fengyue from Xuchang City were arrested and taken to the Qilidian Township Police Station for clarifying the truth. They are held in the Xuchang City Detention Center.

7. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] Ms. Wang Xiufang Grossly Mistreated

Ms. Wang Xiufang is from the Yuanbaoshan District, Chifeng City. She was arrested in April 2008. While on a persecution protest hunger strike, detention center guards and officials force-fed her many times. Involved in the force-feeding were detention center head Bai Jie and guards Jin Senlin and Xu Pengjie. The force-feeding with concentrated saline solution distended Ms. Wang Xiufang's stomach and created holes in the lining of her stomach. She vomited stomach tissue. During that period, police officers tied her up on a torture bed for two weeks. Ms. Wang was sentenced to two years in prison and is currently held at the Hohhot Women's Forced Labor Camp in Inner Mongolia.

8. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Chai Wensu Mistreated in the Shitonglu Women's Forced Labor Camp of Shijiazhuang City on June 25, 2009

9. [Chongqing] Ms. Mei Yinghong Arrested

In the afternoon on July 22, 2009, several police officers from the Domestic Security Sub-division in the Jiulongpo District, Chongqing, broke into Ms. Mei Yinghong's home and ransacked it. They arrested and took the 60-year-old practitioner into custody and interrogated her all night long. Officials sent her to Huayan Detention Center in the Jiulongpo District the following day. Her sick husband was left at home unattended.

10. [Taigu County, Shanxi Province] Mr. Li Shihe and Ms. Yang Meiqin Arrested

Seven practitioners from Dongli Village, Xiaobai Township, Taigu County, were studying the Fa together at 2:00 p.m. on July 7, 2009. Taigu Police Department and Xiaobai Township Police Station personnel broke in and arrested them. They confiscated Dafa books and ransacked the seven practitioners' homes. They took away Mr. Li Shihe and Ms. Yang Meiqin's computer and printer. Both practitioners are being held in the Taigu County Detention Center. The three other practitioners--Ms. Wang Bianxiang, Ms. Wang Chenxiang, and Ms. Wang Guixiang--were released the next day.

Qiao Benlin, who reported the practitioners: 86-13485484875
Xiaobai Township Police Station: 86-354-6410110

11. [Hulunbeier City, Inner Mongolia] Over A Dozen Practitioners Arrested

Over a dozen practitioners have been arrested in the Hailaer District recently, details are as follows:

Mr. Wang Zhankun was followed at 9:00 p.m. on June 28, 2009 when he was going to visit another practitioner named Wang. Both practitioners surnamed Wang were arrested and their homes ransacked.

At 3:00 a.m. on June 29, Mr. Jin Huaixing's home was ransacked, too.
At 8:00 a.m. on June 29, Mr. Yu Guohua was arrested.
At 8:00 a.m. on July 21, Ms. Sun Mingzhi was arrested.
Additional arrests: Mr. Wang Ruichang, Ms. Wang Fumei, and Lao Sui

12. [Yueyang City, Hunan Province] Ms. Jiang Yi and Another Practitioner Arrested

Yueyang City practitioner Ms. Jiang Yi and another practitioner were reported while they wre clarifying the truth at 3:00 p.m. on June 25, 2009, at Tianyueshan in Yueyang City. Several officers from the Luxianting Police Station arrested them. They are now in the Hubin Detention Center in Yueyang City.

13. [Changde City, Hunan Province] Ms. Huang Guihua and Ms. Xiong Yuzhen Arrested and Homes Ransacked

Officer Zhu Qingwu from the Chengbei Police Station arrested Ms. Huang Guihua and Ms. Xiong Yuzhen from Changde City. The arrests took place at 7:00 p.m. on July 20, 2009, while the practitioners clarified the facts in the Chengbei area. Their homes were ransacked the next day. Police found several truth clarification materials in Ms. Huang's home. Both women are being held at the Changde City Detention Center. Their families are forbidden from visiting them.

Zhu Qingwu, Chengbei Police Station: 86-13807369365

14. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Shi Shaoan and Ms. Zhang Yonghong Arrested

Ms. Shi Shaoan and Ms. Zhang Yonghong from Cangzhou City were arrested while posting truth clarification materials in the evening on July 25, 2009. Currently, Ms. Zhang is in at the Yunhe Police Station. Ms. Shi is being held at the Xinhua Police Station. Police ransacked the two practitioners' homes on July 26, 2009, in the morning. They confiscated several books from Ms. Shi's home but did not find anything at Ms. Zhang's. Ms. Shi Shaoan's four-year-old daughter has been crying for her mother every day.

Liu Kanhua, Domestic Security Division team leader: 86-317-5523758 (Office), 86-317-2089265 (Home), 86-13930711999
Huo Zhigang, Cangzhou City Xinhua Police Station deputy head: 86-13930751606

15. [Shanghai] Mr. Wang Lei Arrested

Mr. Wang Lei is 30 years old and is from Anhui Province. He works temporary jobs in the Pudong District, Shanghai. More than a dozen officers from the Pudong Huanggang Police Station broke into his home at 6:00 a.m. on July 14, 2009 and ransacked it. Mr. Wang is currently in the Pudong Zhangjiang Detention Center.

More than a dozen of Mr. Wang Lei's relatives' homes in Anhui Province were later on ransacked without valid reasons.

Mr. Wang and his wife make a living in Shanghai by doing temporary jobs. They have three-year-old and five-year-old daughters.

16. [Changle City, Shangdong Province] The Mr. Liu Anjie and Ms. Liu Meirong Couple Arrested

A dozen agents from the Changle Domestic Security Division, the Raogou Town Police Station, went to Beihao Village the morning of July 23, 2009, and arrested Mr. Liu Anjie and Ms. Liu Meirong. Their home was ransacked. The couple was still being held as of July 24 and persecuted at the police station.

Chang Quanbin, Domestic Security Division head: 86-536-6299204 (Home)
Zhao Shisheng, Deputy group leader: 86-536-6299255 (Home)

17. [Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province] Ms. Yu Yingzhu's Home Ransacked; Family Harassed

Three police officers from the Zhuzhou City Qingshuitang Police Station broke into Ms. Yu Yingzhu's home at 11:00 p.m. on June 30, 2009, in her absence. Realizing Ms. Yu was not at home they called the local 610 Office, residential committee agents, and her employer and gathered more than ten people to ransack her home. They confiscated two pictures with Master's image, all her Dafa books, and a cell phone. They harassed the family about her whereabouts and did not leave until noon the next day.

18. [Beijing] Mr. Bai Rongchun from Qinghua University Grossly Mistreated

Mr. Bai Rongchun was a computer engineer and project manager at the Qinghua Tongfang Company who was unlawfully sentenced to 13 years in prison in September 2002. He is currently incarcerated at Panjin Prison in Liaoning Province. His captors shocked Mr. Bai with an electric baton at the end of February and March 2009 in the Sixth Prison Ward. His family is barred from contacting or visiting him.

19. [Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Liang Yu Arrested

Ms. Liang Yu is 30 years old. Twenty Hangzhou City 610 Office personnel broke into her home and ransacked it on July 11, 2009. They confiscated some of her belongings, including a bank deposit card. She is currently in the Hangzhou City Detention Center.

Hangzhou City Binjiang District Puyan Police Station: 86-571-86618044, 86-571-86616586
Shen, Police Officer: 86-13588814134

20. [Tangshan, Hebei Province] 70-year-old Practitioner Ms. Li Yafang Arrested

Ms. Li Yafang was arrested and taken to the Tangshan City Detention Center; officers from the Qiaotun Police Station participated in her arrest on July 21, 2009.

21. [Xingning City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Luo Lizhen, Ms. Wu Fangping, and Ms. Liu Xiaoying Arrested on July 24

Luo Xinrong, Xingning City 610 Office head: 86-753-3390831, 86-13826698588
Chen Hanxiong, 610 Office deputy head: 86-753-3383320
Zhang Yunhui, 610 Office deputy head: 86-753-3255668, 86-13802365787

22. [Beijing] Ms. Liu Xinru Deprived of Freedom

Ms. Liu Xinru was captured and taken to the Fengtai District Detention Center the evening of July 16, 2009, and is being held at the Interrogation Office.

Fengtai District Detention Center: 86-10- 63810311

23. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhang Zhiying Arrested and Taken to the Chengdu Majiasi Brainwashing Center

Ms. Zhang Zhiying, Mr. Li Zhongwei, and Ms. Chen Sufen from Chengdu City were arrested the morning of July 22, 2009, while they were clarifying the truth at Chengdu People's Park. Their homes were ransacked. They are currently held at the Majiasi Brainwashing Center.

Pu Zhihua, Chengdu Hongpailou police officer: 86-13908013809
Fu Junping, Chengdu Hongpailou police officer: 86-13881856898

24. [Nongan County, Jilin Province] Ms. Tang Muoqiu Persecuted

Ms. Tang Muoqiu from Puerdun, Sanbao Township, Nongan County, is unlawfully held at the Wugongli Detention Center. Recently, Nongan County Court officials attempted to sentence her. The family requested a lawyer, but the court denied the request.

25. [Changle, Shandong] Eight Practitioners Including Mr. Du Changwen Facing Unconstitutional Trial

Changle 610 Office and Changle Court officials plan to try Mr. Du Changwen, Mr. Zhao Yancheng, Mr. Chu Daoan, Mr. Liu Yongchun, Mr. Yu Xinshan, Mr. Wang Deqin, and Mr. Li Xingkong on July 29, 2009.

26. [Xiantao City, Hubei Province] Three Practitioners including Mr. Liu Xiong Captured and Taken to a Brainwashing Center

Xiantao City Domestic Security Division agents arrested Mr. Liu Xiong, Mr. Mao Yixiang, and Ms. Liu Qiuyan. They are now in the Liluban Village Brainwashing Center in Wuchang City.

Xiao, Xiantao City 610 Office member: 86-15926099199

27. [Yi County, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Shihui Arrested

Village leaders and officers from the Nanchengsi Police Station arrested Ms. Liu Shihui from Shangzhuang Village, Yi County, on July 24, 2009. Her home was ransacked. Her personal belongings such as a television, satellite dish and truth clarification materials were confiscated. Ms. Liu is being held at the Yi County Detention Center.

28. [Chongqing] Mr. Li Liangduan Decides to Leave Home to Avoid Further Persecution

Gu Minghua (86-13709428213) and Shi Weiqing from the Huashijie Police Station, Longshui Township, Dazu County, Chongqing, harassed Mr. Li Liangduan many times. Mr. Li recently left home to avoid further persecution.

29. [Zhucheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Xiangying Arrested

Ms. Liu Xiangying from Tanjiazhuang Village, Lubiaozhen, Zhucheng City, was arrested from her home on July 14. No one knows her whereabouts.

30. [Beijing] Ms. Geng Huimei Arrested

Ms. Geng Huimei from Jiuxian Village in Yanqing County was reported and arrested while clarifying the truth the afternoon of July 21. Her home was ransacked. Her computer and color printer were confiscated.

31. [Pingdingshan, Henan Province] Ms. Tian Congling Arrested

Early in the morning on July 14, 2009, Ms. Tian Congling, 52 years old, from Rangxi Village, Ranghe Township, was arrested from her home and handcuffed. Four police officers including team leader Li Haitao from the Lushan County Domestic Security Division participated in the capture. Her home was ransacked.

When Ms. Tian's sister and others arrived, they noticed the door was locked from the inside but heard Ms. Tian shouting, "They are beating me!" The handcuffed Ms. Tian Congling emerged a moment later.

Li Haitao Lushan County Domestic Security Division head: 86-13737541101
Ma Guocan, the leading police officer who participated in this incident: 86-13781812652

32. [Chongqing] Ms. Yang Chunyuan Captured from Her Home. Her Cell Phone Was Taken

33. [Liaoning Province] Three Practitioners including Ms. Gu Chunying Facing Illegal Sentence

Ms. Gu Chunying, Mr. Guo Jian and Mr. Gao Shubin's second trial is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. on July 31, 2009.

34. [Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Cui Yumin Arrested

Ms. Cui Yumin from Shandong Province escaped on July 13, 2009, after she was arrested in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. She was arrested the evening of July 16 in Shandong at the hands of Hangzhou police. She has been held at a Hangzhou City detention center since July 19, 2009.

Ms. Cui is a college student at Jiangsu University. While using a computer and accessing a Falun Gong website at her non-practitioner sister's home at 8:00 p.m. on July 16, the police monitored her and eventually found truth clarification materials in her pocket. She is being currently held at the Hangzhou City Detention Center.

35. [Yichang City, Hubei Province] Additional Information about the Persecution of Mr. Zhao Xun and Others

During the past ten years' of persecution, more than 30 practitioners were subjected to forced labor terms. Those illegally sentenced to prison are: Mr. Zhao Xun, Mr. Li Dan, Mr. Zhang Ke, Ms. Zhang Yonghong, Ms. He Jingyan, Ms. Wang Qiong, Ms. Jiang Guofang, and Ms. Fan Changhua.

Jiangsu Province police from Yixing City broke into Gezhouba retired employee Ms. Sun Yong's home on June 5, 2009, and took her to the Yixing Detention Center. Family visits are banned.

36. [Caidian, Hubei Province] Ms. Yu Zaorong and Xiao Liu Arrested

Ms. Yu Zaorong and Ms. Xiao Liu from Caidian were arrested on July 15, 2009, and are being held at the Women's First Detention Center.

37. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Cui Youying Arrested

Ms. Cui Youying, retired from Jinan City's Zhonggong Company, is in her 50s. For her belief in Falun Dafa, in 2001 and 2008, she was arrested twice and had to endure the following:

She was unlawfully arrested while distributing flyers about the "Tiananmen Self-immolation Incident" in March 2001and held for three months at the Shandong Province Women's Forced Labor Camp. Once her family paid 4,000 yuan in extortion, officials released her. Her non-practitioner husband beat her so severely several times that she unable to go to work.

Her employer deceived her on July 26, 2008m and had her taken to the Jinan City Legal System Center, a brainwashing center, where she was held for 37 days. Every practitioner held there was monitored 24 hours and forced to watch CDs slandering Dafa.

38. [Guangdong Province] Practitioners Who are Locked up in the Sihui Prison

The following practitioners are incarcerated in Sihui Prison:

Mr. Luo Xufeng is being held in the Third Prison Ward, and Mr. Zhou Lei in the Fourth Prison Ward.
Mr. Chen Minqing is in the Seventh Prison Ward, as are the following practitioners:
Mr. Li Xiongxiang is in his 50s and is compelled to do overtime every day. If he can't finish his quota, he must run and go through military training at night.
Mr. Cao Jingyu is forbidden to buy daily necessities. All his remaining supplies are leftovers from the time he first arrived. He is forced to work overtime daily and is physically abused at night.
Mr. Zhang Wenxue has to work overtime daily and is physically abused.
Mr. Liao Nuli has been beaten many times and lost consciousness from a beating in 2006.
Mr. Chen Minqing is a recent arrival at the prison. He is forced to work overtime every day and is physically abused. He is banned from buying basic necessities.

Sihui Prison 610 Office: 86-758-3302360

Lin Liezhou, 610 Office head: 86-13822681120

39. [Huanggang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Du Jinxiang Arrested and Taken to the Huanggang City Second Detention Center

Ms. Du Jinxiang from Huanggang City was arrested and taken to the Huanggang City Second Detention Center on July 22, 2009.

More than 20 people from the Huanggang Police Department, from the National Security Division and from the Daxiu Factory broke into Ms. Wang's home and ransacked it on July 15, 2009, in the afternoon. They took away materials and 2,000 yuan in cash.

July 26, 2009