(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 25 cities or counties in 15 provinces. In this report, 36 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 34 practitioners were "illegally arrested".

At 10:00 a.m. on January 6, 2009, three officers from the Zhucheng City Police Department broke into Mr. Liu Yaoqing's home. The officers took Mr. Liu and his wife, Ms. Xu Jianmiao, to the Domestic Security Office of the police department. The officers searched the couple's home and confiscated Falun Dafa books, brochures with exposing the persecution, cell phones, and a camera. At around 12:30 p.m. Mr. Liu managed to escape. He has been forced to leave town and has nowhere to live. His wife remains in custody.

Zhang Xingye, chief of the Zhucheng City Police Department: 86-13605368876 (Cell), 86-536-6328899 (Office), 86-536-8783219 (Home)
Zhao Yude, political head of the police department: 86-13705361169 (Cell)

Ms. Wang Zhilan, 55; Ms. Deng Chunying, 53; and Ms. Wen Liyun, 51, are employed at the Dongjiang Cement Factory in Zixing City in the jurisdiction of Chenzhou City, Hunan Province. On January 2, 2009, the three practitioners were posting self-adhesive labels with "truth clarification" contents at the Liyujiang Railroad Station. The police took them into custody. They are being unlawfully held at the Zixing City Detention Center.

Mr. Chen Jianguo from the Luoding area in Yunfu City, Guangdong Province, was taken into custody in October 2007 without cause. He has been held in custody at the Yunfu City No. 1 Detention Center.

Mr. Ruan Peiji is from the Yun'an area in Yunfu City. He went missing from Guangzhou City in April 2004. There has been no word from him since then.

Mr. Liu Shanzhen from Qushui Village in Tumen City had his leg broken when officers at the Domestic Security Division beat him (he did not break it by jumping out of a window as was rumored by police in a cover-up attempt). Mr. Liu was sentenced to four years in prison without any legal procedures having been followed. He was taken to Heizuizi Prison in Changchun City. The prison authorities refused to admit him due to his leg injury. Mr. Liu remains in custody at the Tumen Detention Center.

Mr. Huang Fushun from Qushui Village in Tumen City was taken to a forced labor camp by the police, but after failing a physical examination, he was not admitted.

At 11:00 p.m. on January 5, 2009, Mr. Liu Zhi from Paifang Village in Beishifo Township, Laiyuan County, went to Zhangjiayu Village to give out brochures exposing the persecution. The police took him into custody.

On the morning of January 7, the Tonghe County Court sentenced Mr. Zhang Wenguang to seven years without notifying his family.

Ms. Yang Shuhua from the Kebao Coal Mine in Yiliang County, Kunming City, was taken into custody by domestic security officers in early August 2008. She has been held at a local detention center. It has been recently reported that the Yiliang County Court is scheduled to hold a hearing on January 10, 2009, to further persecute her.

On December 3, 2008, Su Yong and other officers from the Dongmafang Police Station in Yingcheng City arrived in plainclothes at the employees' hospital of the Shuanghuan Group Company in Hubei Province. They arrested Mr. Xiong Jiwei, who was at work. Mr. Xiong was taken to the Yingcheng City No. 1 Detention Center. On December 10, he was taken to the No. 9 Division of the Shayang Forced Labor Camp in Hubei Province.

Yang Qunle, head of the Yingcheng City Domestic Security Division: 86-13971953288 (Cell), 86-712-3262914 (Office), 86-712-3230601 (Home)
Zhou Weipeng, head of the 610 Office at the Dongmafang Police Station: 86-13807293550 (Cell)
He Zhongping, head of the 610 Office at the Dongmafang Neighborhood Administration Office: 86-13971940799 (Cell), 86-13307299966 (Cell), 86-712-3591790

At around 5:00 p.m. on January 5, 2009, the police infiltrated a Falun Gong materials production site on Qilin Road in the Hanyang District. Mr. Su, Ms. Wang, and two other practitioners were taken into custody. The police confiscated a large number of brochures and printing equipment. The four practitioners are being held in the Dongxihu No. 1 Detention Center in the Hankou area of Wuhan City.

Director of the Wuhan City 610 Office: 86-27-87324127
Deputy director of the 610 Office: 86-278-7324860

On the afternoon of January 5, 2009, Ms. Shu Runguo and three other practitioners in the Qilimiao Residential Community in Hanyang District, Wuhan City, were taken into custody from their homes. The police also illegally confiscated cash, computers, and printers.

At around 7:00 p.m. on January 5, 2009, Mr. Cheng Weizhong was taken into custody by two officers from the Tongxin Police Station at the construction supplies storefront that he operated. As early as August 2008, prior to the Beijing Olympic Games, the police broke into Mr. Cheng's home. They confiscated Falun Dafa books and tried to take him into custody, but Mr.Cheng managed to escape. He has returned to his store every now and then to take care of business. He was taken into custody on his most recent return.

In September 2007, officers from the Tongxin Police Station took into custody Ms. Xue Liangyan from her home. The officers also searched her home.

Hou Erming, director of the police station: 86-13700536291 (Cell)
Li Jianping, director of the detention center: 86-13903537019 (Cell)

On January 6, 2009, Ms. Song Xiuyu and Ms. Luo Yongqin from Muling City went to the countryside in the Fulu area to give out brochures. Officers from the Fulu Police Station took them into custody. The two practitioners are being held at the Muling City Detention Center. At noon on January 7, four police officers searched the homes of Ms. Song and Ms. Luo.

Cell number of one of the officers involved: 86-13284960606 (Cell)
Fan Weimin, head of the Muling City 610 Office: 86-13359691169 (Cell), 86-453-3124155 (Home), 86-453-3134469 (Office)

On the evening of January 6, 2009, Mr. Li Huixiang from Shenyang City was turned in to the police while talking to people about the persecution in Chaotai Village in the Masanjia area. Officers from the Masanjia Police Station took him into custody. His family has been denied visits. His whereabouts remain unknown.

On December 26, 2008, several people from the Longping Township Neighborhood Administration Office in Nanqian Town, Suining City, and head of the Nanqiang Town Armed Department broke into Ms. Liang Guilan's home in Group Seven, No. 3 Longping Village. The police confiscated Chinese copies of "Minghui Weekly," amulets(1), and other items. Ms. Liang was handcuffed and taken to the Yongxing Detention Center. It has recently been reported that she faces a forced labor term.

Between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. on January 6, 2009, Lu Guangzong, director of the Bingku Police Station and other officers, took into custody four practitioners in the Binggu area of Miyi County, including Ms. Li Chengfen and Ms. Zhang Kaiqun. The police searched a store owned by Ms. Li. The four practitioners were taken to the Binggu Police Station. They were forced to stand throughout the night. The following day the police took them to the Miyi Detention Center.

Ms. Zhang Guirong works at a senior care facility in the Baili Residential Community in the Pingfang District. On the afternoon of December 31, 2008, seven or eight police officers took her into custody. Ms. Zhang is being held at the Harbin City No. 2 Detention Center.

In April 2008, Mr. Zhong Longhua and Ms. Xiong Meiying from Wanzai County, Yichun City, were taken into custody while giving out copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. Ms. Li Shuixiang and Ms. Yi Chi of Yichun City were taken into custody. The whereabouts of the four practitioners remain unknown even to their families.

Ms. Zhao Guilin, 41, lives in Anjiabao Village, Wanquan County. While cooking at home during the Beijing Olympic Games in August 2008, she was taken to the Wanquan County Detention Center for 15 days. She was subsequently transferred to a brainwashing center in Zhangjiakou City for two months. Around September 22, 2008 Ms. Zhao was released from the brainwashing center. It is not clear if she has returned home.

In 1999, Ms. Zhao walked for four days to validate the goodness of Falun Dafa in Beijing. She was arrested and held in Tangshan Women's Prison. She was later transferred to the Wanquan County Detention Center.

Ms. Yang Lanying from the Malong area in Kunming City was followed by plainclothes officers while she was giving out brochures in the Malong area in March 2008. Plainclothes police followed her when she took a bus to the Qujing area to give out more brochures. When she returned to the Malong area, she was taken into custody by the police who received the report. Ms. Yang was taken to the Dabanqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp (also known as the Yunnan Province No. 1 Women's Forced Labor Camp) in Kunming City to serve a forced labor term.

Ms. Wang Aihua was transferred from the No. 2 Ward to the No. 6 Ward in the Harbin Women's Prison. She has been repeatedly brutally tortured, including going through the torture known as the "Big Hang Up" (with both hands cuffed behind the back and only toes touching the ground, one is hung by a rope that is tied to a metal window frame).

On December 5, 2008, Ms. Liu Guofang and her daughter were taken into custody. The two practitioners are being held in the Zhengzhou City No. 1 Detention Center.

On December 11, 2007 Ms. Wang Yueju was taken into custody from the store she operates in Laiyuan County. by Wei Jinkui, head of the county domestic security group, and other officers. The police stole 7,000 yuan in cash and confiscated a copy of Zhuan Falun.

610 Office: 86-312-7321728
Wei Jinkui, head of the Domestic Security Group of the county police department: 86-13383022388 (Cell), 86-13831295000 (Cell), 86-312-7323520

On the afternoon of January 5, 2009, Mr. Shi, a young practitioner in Daluomi Town, Fangzheng County, was taken to the Fangzheng County Police Department by officers from the county police department and those from the Daluomi Town Police Station.

In early 2008, 20 practitioners were taken into custody by the Jiawang District Police Department and the Jiawang District 610 Office. They were: Mr. Wei Xingshe, his wife, Ms. Lu Shouhua, and their son; Mr. Wei Feng; Mr. Wang Qingli and his wife, Ms. He Peixiu; Mr. Kong Lingzhong and his wife, Ms. Chen Jiying; Mr. Sun Jingfu and his wife, Ms. Gao Chuanyin; Ms. Liu Cuixia and her daughter; Ms. Niu Shuxia; Ms. Zhao Lansheng; Ms. Deng Yuping; Mr. Zhao Zhongliang; Mr. Huang Zhili; Mr. Meng Qingquan; Ms. Wang Guangping; Mr. Zhang Changjin; and Mr. Lu Binglin. All of the practitioners were framed by the Jiawang District Procuratorate and unlawfully sentenced to prison by the Jiawang District Court. They were taken to different prisons in Nantong City, Zhenjiang City, and the Hongzehu area of Jiangsu Province between July and August 2008.

Ms. Lu Shouhua was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. Ms. Li Cuixia's daughter, Mr. Sun Jingfu, and Mr. Meng Qingquan were each sentenced to five years in prison. Ms. He Peixiu was sentenced to three and a half years. Mr. Wei Feng and Mr. Kong Lingzhong were sentenced to three years with a suspension of three years. Ms. Gao Chuanyin was sentenced to three years with a four-year suspension. The other 12 practitioners were each sentenced to three years in prison.

At around 9:30 a.m. on January 5, 2009, Liu Jishan and two other officers from the Shixian Police Station in Tumen City suddenly showed up at Ms. Liu Xiaohua's home for a residential status inquiry. Thirty minutes later, a dozen police officers arrived, led by Wang Yuansheng, head of the Tumen City Domestic Security Division. The police tried to take Ms. Liu into custody. She managed to jump out of a window and escape. The police took her husband, Mr. Fu Lijun, and three other non-practitioners present at their home into custody. The officers conducted an unlawful search. They took a deposit receipt valued at over 8,000 yuan, a computer, a memory stick, identification cards, and DVDs. Mr. Fu and the three visitors were released at around 2:30 p.m. that afternoon.

Ms. Zhang Lanying and her husband, Mr. Gou Changzhang, from Miyun County, were taken into custody while the Olympic Games were being held in Beijing in August 2008. Later Mr. Gou was sentenced to forced labor. Ms. Zhang was taken to Shanxi Forced Labor Camp.

Mr. Gou was denied admission to the forced labor camp the first time because he could not see. He was taken back and ordered to write a statement renouncing Falun Gong, which he refused to do. As a result he was again taken to the labor camp. He has been released on medical parole.

On January 2, 2009, four practitioners from the neighboring Qing County were taken into custody while telling others the facts about the persecution in Dacheng County in the Langfang area. The practitioners are being held in the Dacheng County Detention Center.

Xue, deputy chief of the Dacheng County Police Department (in charge of the case): 86-13831658666 (Cell)
Ye Shunli, head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-13803168480 (Cell)
Liang Zhongjie, director of the detention center: 86-13363603390 (Cell)

Ms. Li Shuyu, 62, was taken into custody by the Fangcao Street Police Station in January 2008, while she was distributing information on Fangcao Street. It was reported that she had been held at the Pi County Detention Center. Her whereabouts remain unknown.

Months after Ms. Liu Yu from Harbin City went missing, it was learned that she was being held in Qianjin Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Liu was taken into custody on August 23, 2008, in the Nangang District. She was taken to the No. 2 Detention Center and sentenced to one year of forced labor on November 18. When her family saw her at the labor camp, Ms. Liu was being held up by two guards. She had lost the sight in both of her eyes. She was also throwing up blood.

Ms. Zhu Yumei and Ms. Wang Kun, both from the Acheng District, Harbin City, were taken into custody on July 28. On December 23, a court was convened at the Daoli District Court in Harbin City. Two attorneys defended the innocence of Ms. Zhu and Ms. Wang. Ms. Zhu made a statement in the courtroom telling others the facts surrounding the persecution. She pointed out that religious freedom is a basic human right and cannot be taken away from people.

Ms. Xie Guifang, 50, lives at No. 404 Base in the nuclear development area of Jiayuguan City. At around 7:30 p.m. on November 28, 2008, she was taken into custody by security guards while distributing brochures in Biboyuan Villa. Officers from the No. 404 Police Department searched her home. She was detained for 15 days at the No. 404 Factory Detention Center and fined 1,000 yuan. She was released on December 14.

Qin Jingjian, director of the 610 Office: 86-937-6785137
Wang Xianfu, leading official at the 610 Office: 86-13993766129 (Cell)

Ms. Zhao Yan, around 36 years old, was taken into custody in mid-December while she was giving out Falun Gong brochures. She is being held at the Changping District Detention Center. She refused to sign a "transformation" statement and faces two years of unlawful custody at the Shunyi District Women's Detention Center in Beijing.

Note:

(1) Amulets -- In China, practitioners sometimes clarify the truth by giving people something small to wear or cherish, bearing a few words reminding them of the goodness of Dafa.

January 8, 2009