(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 17 cities or counties in 11 provinces. In this report, 41 Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 24 practitioners were illegally arrested.

Mr. Li Hongzhen was arrested again on December 8, 2008, and as of February 4, 2009 has been held more than 59 days. He has severe illnesses and has been hospitalized several times. Mr. Li has difficulty urinating and shows blood in the urine.

Liu Zhenming, Police Department Domestic Security Division chief: 86-13931781316
Ma Ruicai, 610 Office head: 86-13930729886, 86-317-6221965 (Home)

Lu Weibin, a Office head, led five policemen and ransacked 56-year-old Ms. Wang Xueyun's home at the No.857 Farm in Heilongjiang Province at 8:00 p.m. on April 5, 2002. Police confiscated more than 10 Falun Dafa books, a picture with Master's image, two sets of Master's lecture tapes, and some truth-clarifying materials. Ms. Wang was held in the Hongqi Mine Police Station and then transferred into the 8510 Detention Center. Police extorted 1,120 yuan from her and ordered her workplace officials to fire her.

Personnel from the Xinghaiwan Police Station arrested Mr. Wang Youjun, Ms. Jiang Fengqin and Mr. Ding Nan and put them into the Shahekou District Police Department.

Shahekou District Court officials sentenced Mr. Wang to six years in prison, Ms. Jiang to five years, and Mr. Ding to four years. They did not inform the practitioners' families about the trial, and lawyers were not allowed to defend them. The three practitioners have appealed.

Fifty-year-old Ms. Li Zhuorong from Longwei Township, Jintang County has been abused in the Jintang County Detention Center for more than three months.

Ms. Li and two other practitioners were reported on November 10, 2008. Personnel from the Qingquan Police Station in the Qingbaijiang District arrested them and put them into the county's detention center. The police and officers from the county's 610 Office sentenced Ms. Li to two years of forced labor on December 17, 2008. Forced labor camp officials refused her admission because of her high blood pressure. Personnel from the county's detention center still refuse to release her and are holding her in the detention center.

Jintang County Detention Center: 86-28-84936073
Jintang County 610 Office: 86-28-84921610

Personnel from the Qinduankou Police Station arrested Ms. Wang Jiangbo and three practitioners from the Qiaokou District in Wuhan City on January 4, 2009. Her family visited her on February 9, 2009 and heard that she was stripped of her clothes and exposed to the freezing cold winter elements.

Guard Wang Yanhua and others beat 60-year-old Ms. Li Zhimin in the Kaiping Forced Labor Camp in September 2008 until she lost consciousness.

Guard ordered Ms. Li to shout her inmate number on January 7, 2009, but she refused. So, the guards beat her to the ground and tied her to a chair. Guard Lu Haicun brutally beat her until she fell unconscious. She was tied to the chair for 52 hours and was forbidden to use the restroom.

Ms. Li and 18 other practitioners are tortured in the Kaiping Forced Labor Camp in Tangshan City. They were shocked with electric batons, kicked, exposed to freezing temperatures, slapped and handcuffed. They include Ms. Li Zhimin, Ms. Wang Weiyue, Ms. He Yan, Ms. Zhou Shuyin, Ms. Liu Ruilan, Ms. Hou Fang, Ms. Liu Shuge, Ms. Zheng Baohua, Ms. Bai Fengyu, Ms. Liu Xiaojun, Ms. Li Hui, Ms. Wu Shuxian, Ms. Ren Shufen and Ms. Zhang Hongli.

Kaiping Forced Labor Camp Women's Division No. 3 Group: 86-315-3360973

Several practitioners were arrested on January 8, 2009. They included Mr. Zhou Guisen and his wife from Wenzuo Village, Mr. Liu Benshan and his wife, Mr. Yu Junhuai and his wife, and Mr. Wang Yiming from Xiasuoyu Village in Zhuge Town. These practitioners are being held in a detention center and are facing sentencing.

Personnel from the Zhongcun Town Police Station in Longkou City broke into Ms. Li Yufang's home in Yaojia Village, Zhongcun Town on November 11, 2008. They handcuffed Ms. Li and put her into the town's police station. Her current whereabouts are unknown.

According to reliable sources, five practitioners are facing sentencing. They are Ms. Shao Yuling, Ms. Xie Hongwen, Mr. Wang Haimin, Ms. Yuan Junlan and Mr. Wang Xinghua.

Ms. Su Honghua from Jiudian Village, Jiudian Town, Pingdu City was arrested on February 8, 2009 for explaining the facts about Falun Gong. She was put into the city's police department.

Personnel from the Cangshan Town Police Station arrested 70-year-old Ms. Lu Xiuying and 30-year-old Ms. Tian Shixiu from Longhuai Township, Cangshan Town, Zhongjiang County in May 2008. They are still being held in the county's detention center, and family visits are being denied.

Personnel from the Changle City Police Department arrested Mr. Wang Minhui from Shazhu Village, Changle City at 3:00 p.m. on February 7, 2009. He is being held in the police department's detention center.

Ms. Xiong Shuxiang was sentenced to seven years in prison, and is being held in the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. She has hepatitis and is now hospitalized.

Mr. Lu Hewen from Zhangwu County was sentenced to four years in prison, and is being held in the Panjin City Prison's No. 6 Ward.

Policeman Wu, a guard in the No. 6 Group: 86-13942789330

Mr. Li Liang, from Tianjin but working in Chongqing, was arrested again on December 31, 2008. He is held in the Hedong Detention Center now.

Mr. Guo Jian, Ms. Gu Chunying and Mr. Gao will be put on trial on February 13, 2009.

Police arrested eleven practitioners on the night of August 15, 2008. They include Mr. Mo Hongmin, Ms. Wang Jing, Mr. Tang Ning, Mr. Wei Yiheng, Mr. Huang Siqiang, Ms. Luo Meilan, Ms. Lu Xinjing and Mr. Shu Zhenghong. Mr. Mo, Mr. Huang, Mr. Shu and four other practitioners are still being held in the Nanning City No. 1 or No. 2 Detention Centers.

Police also ransacked those practitioners' homes and confiscated some Dafa books, truth-clarifying materials, computers, printers and copiers. The police also confiscated Mr. Mo's car.

Police arrested Ms. Tang Guiying and her husband Mr. Su Pei from Suining City the morning of January 12, 2009. The arrest happened as they distributed Falun Gong flyers in Nanjiawan Village, Xining Township. The couple is being held in the Yongxing Detention Center.

Personnel from the Chengfengzhuang Police Station arrested 48-year-old Ms. Yao Guirong from her home in the Chengxin No. 2 Community in Daqing City on February 9, 2009. Her neighbor, 70-year-old Ms. Zhang Qilan, a practitioner, was also arrested and her home was ransacked. She has been released, but Ms. Yao's whereabouts are unknown.

Officials from the Nongken Court in Mudanjiang City sentenced Mr. Zhao Bixu, an employee from the No. 854 Farm in the Nongken Bureau, and Mr. Yao Tiebin and his wife Ms. Zhang Fengrong on November 20 and 21, 2008. They have appealed on January 16, 2009, and their cases were submitted to the Nongken Intermediate Court.

Intermediate Court director: 86-451-55198667
Wei Dongling, Intermediate Court judge: 86-451-55193142 (Office), 86-13936437948

Forty-year-old Ms. Fan Ying is a laid-off employee from the Gear Company's No.4 Factory in Sichuan Province. She has been arrested for four times and was sentenced to five and a half years of forced labor on October 8, 2003.

After her forced-labor term expired, she went to visit her mother in October 2008, who was tortured to the verge of death in the Wenjiang Detention Center. Police arrested Ms. Fan again and put her into the Xinjin Brainwashing Center in Chengdu City. She is in critical condition now.

Ms. Fan's father could not take of himself, and his whereabouts are unknown. Ms. Fan's mother was sentenced to four years in prison on December 8, 2008, though she was in extremely poor health. She might be held in the Yangma Forced Labor Camp in Jianyang City.

Ms. Fan's husband divorced her because of fear of persecution. Her daughter currently lives with her husband.

Zhang Hao, Shuangliu County 610 Office deputy head: 86-28-5831911, 86-13881919836