(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 11 cities or counties in 7 provinces. In this report, 18 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 23 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Liaoyang County, Liaoning Province] Mr. Li Mingyun Paralyzed Due to Mistreatment
Mr. Li Mingyun, from Liaoyang County, has been detained in the No. 13 Ward of the First Prison of Masanjia Prison in Shenyang City. Due to abuse sustained in detention, Mr. Li is paralyzed, bedridden, and unable to speak. His family is prohibited from seeing him.
2. [Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhang Yinglin Suffers Mistreatment at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp
On December 25, 2008, Zhang Chunguang, director of Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, twisted Ms. Zhang Yinglin's hands behind her back when she refused to sign her name and wear a badge. As a result, Ms. Zhang Yinglin's wrists were fractured.
3. [Beijing City] Ms. Wu Xiayu Arrested
Ms. Wu Xiayu, around 37 years old, lives on Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing City. She was arrested around the lunar new year and has been detained in a detention center. She has a child who is around four years old. Her husband is not a practitioner.
4. [Beipiao City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Tian Fengjiang Arrested
5. [Beijing City] Mr. Sun Shujie Arrested
In December 2008, Mr. Sun Shujie, from Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province, went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa. Consequently, he was arrested by police officers on Tiananmen Square.
6. [Tianjin City] Information on the Situation of Several Practitioners
Ms. Chen Xueqi from Hexi District has been detained in the Wushuidao Detention Center, Hexi District. The whereabouts of her husband Mr. Yang Xuejun are unclear.
Ms. Chen Xuehui from Hexi District and Mr. Dong Hanzhan are detained in the Hedong Detention Center. The whereabouts of Ms. Chen Xueying, from Nankai District, are unknown.
7. [Tianjin City] Supplementary Information on the Persecution of Ms. Lu Shuying and Ms. Gao Jianling
Ms. Lu Shuying developed mental problems due to the mistreatment she suffered in the Tianjin City Women's Forced Labor Camp. She showed symptoms of hallucination. Ms. Gao Jianling showed symptoms of hypertension and heart disease.
8. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Wrongdoings of Police Officers from Jiazhen Township Police Station
At about 10:00 a.m. on February 4, 2009, police officers from the Jiazhen Township Police Station went to Yulintou Village and Jinglou Village. They broke into local practitioners' homes and ransacked the homes. Mr. Yu Guangshan, from Yulintou Village, and Ms. Wu Chunlan, from Jinglou Village, were arrested.
Jiazhen Township Police Station: 86-635-5810010
9. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Arrested
On the afternoon of February 2, 2009, Ms. Wu Shufen and her husband Mr. Zhang Fengchao, from Wangyeling Village, Xingwangzhao Township, Zunhua City, Tangshan City, went to an electronics market in Zunhua City to buy an MP3 player. While they were talking to Mr. Liu Chengjun, a practitioner selling electronics at the market, police officers from the Zunhua City State Security Division suddenly arrested Mr. Liu and Ms. Wu. When Mr. Zhang arrived at home that afternoon, police officers from the Zunhua City State Security Division and the Xingwangzhai Township Police Station were ransacking his home. Mr. Zhang was also arrested.
Cao Yanze, chief of Zunhua City 610 Office: 86-315-6659879 (Office), 86-315-6629220 (Home), 86-13785575117 (Cell)
Zhang Xiucheng, chief of Zunhua City 610 Office: 86-315-6659879 (Office), 86-315-6681078 (Home), 86-13603376555 (Cell)
Wang Kunyuan, Zunhua City State Security Division: 86-315-6614261-36336 (Office), 86-13832985801 (Cell), 86-13933425908 (Cell)
10. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Authorities at Kaiping Women's Forced Labor Camp Mistreat Practitioners
There are several dozen practitioners detained in the Kaiping Women's Forced Labor Camp. On July 12, 2008, guard Wang Wenping handcuffed Ms. Liu Shuge to a big chair with one hand up and another hand down for 24 hours and turned on an electric fan to blow on her. As a result, she feels chronic pain in her back, shoulders, and arms.
Kaiping Women 's Forced Labor Camp: 86-315-3375878
11. [Luoyang City, Henan Province] Mr. Guo Zhansheng Taken to Jiyuan City
In December 2008, Mr. Guo Zhansheng was taken to Jiyuan City by agents from the Jiyuan City 610 Office. He has been detained for two months.
12. [Chongqing City] Information on the Persecution of Practitioners in Liangping County
Ms. Qiu Zhengshu, nearly 70 years old, is a retired teacher from Liangshan Town, Liangping County, Chongqing City. She has been arrested for practicing Falun Gong. In November 2001, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was arrested as a result. She was taken back to the Liangping County Police Department and subjected to mistreatment. Afterwards, she was sentenced to one year of forced labor. In March 2008, she was arrested by a police officer from the Liangshan Town Police Station while she was promoting Falun Gong and exposing the persecution. She was sentenced to one year of forced labor again. Presently, she is detained in the Chongqing City Women's Forced Labor Camp, where she has been locked in single cell and forced to sleep on the cement ground. Her family is prohibited from seeing her.
On August 26, 2001, Ms. Xiang Yanxin was arrested by police officers from the Fulu Police Station in Liangping County for distributing Falun Gong flyers. She was tortured during an interrogation and sentenced to four years of imprisonment.
On May 23, 2008, Ms. Xiang Yanxin, Ms. Yu Yuqing and Ms. Hu Liangjie were reported to police and arrested while they were promoting Falun Gong in Gaofeng Village, Ansheng Township, Liangping County. They were sentenced to forced labor, and their homes were searched. Ms. Xiang was sentenced to two years of forced labor, and Ms. Yu and Ms. Hu were sentenced to one and a half years each. They are now detained in the Chongqing City Women's Forced Labor Camp and subjected to mistreatment.
Fulu Police Station in Liangping County: 86-23-53312161
Yingbin Road Police Station in Liangshan Town, Liangping County: 86-23-53366941
Fourth division of Chongqing City Women Forced Labor Camp: 86-23-67549184
13. [Luzhou City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wang Guocai and Ms. Shi Go Missing on Lunar New Year
Mr. Wang Guocai, more than 60 years old, and Mr. Shi, 30 years old, are practitioners from Naxi District, Luzhou City. They went outside together on the lunar new year of 2009. Since then, their whereabouts have been unknown.
14. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Several Practitioners from Badaohe Township, Qinglong County Arrested
Ms. Chen Yanfeng, Ms. Zhang Qingshu, Ms. Ning Yuying, Ms. Li Lili, Ms. Zhao Xiaolian, and Mr. Zhang Xi, practitioners from Badaohe Township, Qinglong County, were arrested by police officers from the Xiaoyingzi Police Station while they were promoting Falun Gong. Presently, they are detained in the Qinglong County Detention Center.
Xiaoyingzi Police Station: 86-335-7770009
Hu Liang, director of Xiaoyingzi Police Station
Qinglong County Detention Center: 86-335-7865794
15. [Zunhua City, Hebei Province] Police Officers Arrest Several Practitioners
On the morning of February 2, 2009, police officers from the State Security Division under the Zunhua City Police Department arrested Mr. Zhang Fengchao and his wife Ms. Wu Shufen. In the afternoon, the police officers searched their home in Wangyeling Village and seized two laptop computers and a printer.
At noon on February 2, 2009, Mr. Liu Chengjun from Zunhua City was arrested.
On the morning of February 3, 2009, Ms. Li Shufen and her husband, both from Xixiaying Village, were arrested.
16. [Miyi County, Sichuan Province] Supplementary Information on the Persecution of Ms. Tang Xingrong
At around 9:00 a.m. on January 9, 2009, the Miyi County Court opened a court session to try Ms. Tang Xingrong. Ms. Tang asked, "As a Falun Gong practitioner, I am just trying to be a good person. Is that violating the law? When Yang Zihua and Zhou Lin interrogated me, they hung me up and beat me, and burned my face with cigarettes; didn't they violate the law?" The judge could not answer. The trial hastily finished in 10 minutes. More than ten days later, Ms. Tang was sentenced to five years of imprisonment.
Around January 18, 2009, because Ms. Tang Xingrong refused to wear the prison uniform, the guards tortured her with the Tiger Bench and Dead Person's Bed.
17. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Recent Cases of Persecution
Mr. Cui Bin, in his thirties, was sentenced to six years of imprisonment. He is detained in the Dongling Prison in Shenyang City.
Ms. Yan Chunjiao, in her thirties, and her mother Ms. Wu Qingxia, over 50 years old, were both sentenced to two and a half years of forced labor. They were detained in Beijing for half a year, and they are now detained in the Huhhot City Women's Forced Labor Camp in Inner Mongolia.
Ms. Wang Xiuyan was sentenced to one year of forced labor, and she is detained in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.
