(Clearwisdom.net) Today's report relates persecution incidents that took place in 10 cities or counties in six provinces. Sixteen Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to brutal mistreatment during detention, and at least 10 practitioners were arrested.

  1. [Hebei Province] Mr. Liu Yujian Has Been on a Hunger Strike in the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp for a Month
  2. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ten Practitioners to Be Sentenced in Zhongyuan District Court
  3. [Nongan County, Jilin Province] Mr. Yang Wanchun, Ms. Zhang Guizhi and Mr. Gu Zhongjun Arrested
  4. [Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Qiaozhen's Forced Labor Term Extended by a Month
  5. [Jiaohe City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhang Wei Arrested on March 9, 2009
  6. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Zhu Ming and Ms. Luo Sujuan Arrested from Their Booth in a Vegetable Market at Noon on March 9, 2009
  7. [Tongling County, Anhui Province] Ms. Chen Guiguo Held in a Brainwashing Center
  8. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Mr. Wang Hongchao and Ms. Cui Yuezhi Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison on March 4, 2009
  9. [Hebei Province] Officer Gu Liqiang from the Huaidi Police Station of the Yuhua Police Department Arrest Ms. Zhao Lirong
  10. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] Police Arrest Mr. Hu Juben
  11. [Beijing] Mr. Li Jinpeng Sentenced
  12. [Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province] Mr. He Mingrong and Ms. Dong Shuhua Arrested

1. [Hebei Province] Mr. Liu Yujian Has Been on a Hunger Strike in the Gaoyang Forced Labor Camp for a Month

2. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ten Practitioners to Be Sentenced in Zhongyuan District Court

Zhongyuan District Court officials plan to sentence ten practitioners on March 15, 2009. They include Ms. Wang Baoxia, Mr. Zhu Yunlong, Ms. Yang Lijun, Ms. Yu Ping, Ms. Guo Guihua, Ms. Li Ruiling and Mr. Zhang Chong. Mr. Li Leming and Mr. Wang Liwei will be tried separately. The above mentioned practitioners were arrested in 2008.

Geng Hongli, Zhongyuan District Court chief: 86-15838266566, 86-371-67521357 (Office)
Criminal Court judge: 86-371-67551089

3. [Nongan County, Jilin Province] Mr. Yang Wanchun, Ms. Zhang Guizhi and Mr. Gu Zhongjun Arrested

Qiangang Township Police chief Zhu Li and personnel from the Nongan County Domestic Security Division arrested Mr. Yang Wanchun at 7:00 p.m. on March 7, 2009. On March 8, 2009, they arrested Ms. Zhang Guizhi from Qiangang Township and Mr. Gu Zhongjun from Baojia Township at 6:00 a.m. The police beat practitioners so brutally that Mr. Gu could not walk. Mr. Yang is being held in a detention center.

Qiangang Township Police Station: 86-431-83412315

4. [Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Qiaozhen's Forced Labor Term Extended by a Month

Ms. Liu Qiaozhen from Wangdu County, Hebei Province was sentenced to one year of forced labor in 2002. She was again sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor in 2007 and held in the Shijiazhuang City Women's Forced Labor Camp. The term should have expired on February 27, 2009, but camp officials refused to release her. They extended Ms. Liu's term by a month.

5. [Jiaohe City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhang Wei Arrested on March 9, 2009

6. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Zhu Ming and Ms. Luo Sujuan Arrested from Their Booth in a Vegetable Market at Noon on March 9, 2009

7. [Tongling County, Anhui Province] Ms. Chen Guiguo Held in a Brainwashing Center

Tongling County 610 Office head Hong Wei and other officials have held brainwashing sessions in the basement of the Bole Hotel for five years to persecute practitioners. Fifty-year-old Ms. Chen Guiguo is presently being held there.

Hong Wei: 86-562-8811322 (Home), 86-562-8815040 (Office); 86-562-8827678

8. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Mr. Wang Hongchao and Ms. Cui Yuezhi Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison on March 4, 2009

Zhang Jianjun, Guan County Court chief: 86-13963575017

9. [Hebei Province] Officer Gu Liqiang from the Huaidi Police Station of the Yuhua Police Department Arrest Ms. Zhao Lirong

Gu Liqiang: 86-13831173709 (Cell); 86-311-89626000

10. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] Police Arrest Mr. Hu Juben

Personnel from the Juchenghe Town Police Station in Gaomi City arrested Mr. Hu Juben from his home in Wangjiatun Village the morning of February 28, 2009. He is being held in the city's detention center.

Lu Qinyi, Juchenghe Town Police Station chief: 86-13906463377, 86-536-2593606 (Office), 86-536-2318688 (Home)
Wang Chuanpu, Domestic Security Division chief: 86-13963606738 (Cell), 86-536-2593670 (Office), 86-536-2331223 (Home)

11. [Beijing] Mr. Li Jinpeng Sentenced

Mr. Li Jinpeng from the Haidian District in Beijing is being held in the district detention center. He was sentenced to five years in prison on February 11, 2009. Mr. Li had been held for one year and four months prior to sentencing. Beijing Intermediate Court rejected his appeal and upheld the original verdict on March 10, 2009.

12. [Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province] Mr. He Mingrong and Ms. Dong Shuhua Arrested

Personnel from the Yangshuwan Police Station arrested Mr. He Mingrong and Ms. Dong Shuhua from Yangshuwan Township, Chaoyang County on March 7, 2009.

Yangshuwan Township Police Station: 86-421-8341500
Wang Wenshan, Chaoyang County Police Station chief: 86-13904212033
Han Yiran, deputy chief: 86-13942148989, 86-421-292173
Zhao Qiang, Domestic Security Division chief: 86-421-2929382, 86-13942138899

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Category: Accounts of Persecution