(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 25 cities or counties in 10 provinces. In this report, 39 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 31 practitioners were illegally arrested.

Ms. Liu Jinlian, 71, is a retired worker who lives in the Xinle Residential Community in Daowai District in Harbin City. Shortly after she started practicing Falun Dafa on May 3, 1999, all her illnesses disappeared. At the end of 1999, she went to Beijing to present the facts about Falun Dafa, and she was taken back by officers from the local police station. She was detained for 16 days. In 2002 and 2003, she was arrested twice for exposing the persecution. The police have searched her home numerous times in the past ten years, and she live under surveillance. On February 3, 2009, three officers from the Xinle Police Station and three community security guards stopped her when she stepped outside her home and took her to the police station. The police body-searched her and found a copy of Zhuan Falun, a few DVDs of Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, and some brochures. She has been held at the No. 203 Cell in the Yaziquan Detention Center, and the police at the Daowai District Police Department have held an unlawfully interrogation.

On March 10, 2009 Mr. Fei Jinrong and Ms. Dai Yarong were unlawfully sentenced to prison by the Suibin County Court in Hegang City for giving out handouts exposing the persecution in Yongle Village of Suibin County. Mr. Fei was sentenced to four years in prison, and Ms. Dai was sentenced to two years. Ms. Dai has been released on parole due to severe symptoms of illness, and she has returned home. Mr. Fei has appealed the sentencing.

Mr. Yang Zhongwen, 51, was taken into custody by the Domestic Security Division of the Liaoyang County Police Department on the evening of June 8, 2008. He was secretly sentenced to five years in prison. The police took him to the Dabei Prison without notifying his family. He was severely abused in the prison. His face had severe swelling, and sometimes he could not think clearly. He was forced to give in to police demands. He has been transferred to the Xihu Prison in Benxi City, Liaoning Province.

Ms. Gao Shuzhen, 67, lives in the Gaoxinzhuang area in Tanggu District, Tianjin. She was taken into custody by the Xinhe Police Station in Tanggu District. She is being held at the Tanggu District Detention Center.

Zhang Wenli, 610 Office: 86-13802171819 (Cell)
Han Yong, 610 Office: 86-22-66889082

Ms. Xing Jinying, 49, lives in Xigouzi Village, Biguo Town, Zhaoyuan City. At around 1:30 p.m. on March 10, 2009, she was doing housework when a group of people from the Biguo Town 610 Office broke in. They dragged her into a police vehicle and took her to the Zhaoyuan City Legal Training Center. Her mother-in-law, in her eighties, was the only other person at home at the time. She started crying as a result of being terrified.

Chief of Biguo Town Police Department: 86-535-8475338, 86-535-8475002
610 Office: 86-535-8258610

Over 300 practitioners are being held in the Shandong Province No. 2 Forced Labor Camp. Most practitioners are being held in the No. 7 and No. 8 Divisions. A few others were held in other divisions under special supervision. Some inmates, who had committed crimes in various parts of the country, have been selected to "monitor and supervise" in the No. 7 and No. 8 Divisions. These inmates have brutally beaten practitioners under the instigation of the labor camp guards.

Mr. Su Kuixun, a practitioner from Qingdao City, has not had a meal since he was taken to the labor camp in July 2008. He has been fed fluid made with bean powder. He remains in the labor camp.

On February 28, several officers from the Longchi Town Police Station went to harass practitioners in their homes in Qixi Village, Waxi Village, Daiqiu Village, Weixi Village, and Guotuan Village. The officers confiscated some Falun Dafa books and printouts. Ms. Wen Huiqin, who lives in Weixi Village, was taken into custody. Her whereabouts are unknown.

Changyi City 610 Office: 86-536-7226536

Ms. Sun Yufen, 48, lives in the family quarters of the Anqiu Flour Factory. She has been forced to leave town with nowhere to live for a long time. On or around March 10, 2009, she was caught by the Anqiu City police while visiting her sister's business. She is being held at a brainwashing center operated by the Anqiu City 610 Office.

Since March 17, 2009, numerous practitioners have been taken into custody or otherwise harassed by members of the Mengyin County 610 Office. Ms. Fu Jiafeng, a practitioner at the county textile factory, was taken into custody. Several others were harassed. Mr. Zhang Yifang in Gaodu Town, Mr. Zhang Zongzhu in Tanbu Town, Mr. Liu Chirong at the Mengyin Electric Supply Department, Mr. Zhao Huichang in Mengyin County, Ms. Zhao Yuying in Jiuzhai Township and two other practitioners whose names are unknown were taken into custody. Several more practitioners have been forced to stay away from their homes.

Members of the Jiuzhai Township and half a dozen police officers violently took Mr. Gong Peijing in Jiuzhai Township into custody. His son Gong Weiju, who is not a practitioner, tried to stop the police brutality. The policemen sprayed tear gas on the father and son, who had to close their eyes immediately and could not stop crying. The police took the father and son to the Jiuzhai Police Station for two days of torture. One was handcuffed and lifted off the ground on a cement pole. The other was hung from a tree branch. Later Mr. Gong and his son were transferred to the Mengyin County for continued abuse.

Mr. Zhang Xingwu and Ms. Yang Suhua were unlawfully taken into custody. They have been scheduled to attend a court session at the Shizhong District Court in Jinan City at 9:30 a.m. on March 31.

Wang Limin, presiding judge at Shizhong District: 86-531-82567176
Zhang Xiaohui, Procuratorate staff member to appear at the court room: 86-531-8503772
Dong Haitao, Director of the 610 Office of the Jinan City Communist Party Committee: 86-13361083699 (Cell), 86-531-82038134, 86-531-86929982
Liu Guorong, Deputy Director of the 610 Office: 86-531-82038103, 86-531-82868818, 86-13969093610 (Cell)

On June 11, 2008, four practitioners from Tanghai County Ms. Liu Xiaoling, Ms. Qin Pengzhen, Ms. Yang Shulan, Ms. Zhao Yufang, and Mr. Zheng (Ms. Yang's husband, who is not a practitioner) were turned in to the police while they were telling others about the persecution in Luannan County. The police in Luannan County took them into custody. The Luannan County Court held three court sessions. Ms. Zhao was sentenced to three years in prison during the second court session. Ms. Liu, Ms. Qin, and Ms. Yang were sentenced to five years in prison during the third court session.

Ms. Liu Binglan, 40, was taken into custody by officers from the Gaobeidian City Police Department and the Tuanjie Road Police Station on June 17, 2008. On June 24, she was taken to the No. 1 Division in Hebei Women's Forced Labor Camp. Soon after the Chinese New Year's Day on January 28, 2009, she went on hunger strike to protest the persecution.

On the evening of March 16, 2009, Ms. Guo Shuqin was turned in to the police while telling pedestrians about the persecution at Yingcheng Square in Pingdingshan City. Officers from the Guangming Road Police Station and the Xinhua District Domestic Security Division rushed to take her into custody. The police searched her home and confiscate a notebook computer, a printer, and other personal items.

At around 10 a.m. on March 19, 2009, three officers from the Yuguan Police Station came to Mr. Guo Daoyou's home. Mr. Guo has been unlawfully held in custody for several months. The officers deceived his wife into going to the police station with them. On March 20, strangers were seen in her home through the open door. Her children unsuccessfully went to demand their mother's release.

At around 10:00 p.m. on March 19, 2009, several practitioners in Youjia Village, Caoli Township, Fugou County, Zhoukou City, were doing Falun Gong exercises in a fellow practitioner's home when officers from the Caoli Township Police Station broke in. The police took six practitioners into police vehicles. A female practitioner managed to escape. The six practitioners were taken to the township police station the same night. An elderly female practitioner, in her seventies, was released. The other five practitioners were taken to the Fugou County Detention Center.

Mr. Zhang Baichuan, in his fifties, is a worker at the Yanma Electric Factory in Jiaozuo City. On March 11, 2009, he was taken into custody by officials of the factory's security section and officers from the Coal Mine Police Department in Jiaozuo City.

Ms. Li Xuemei, in her sixties, was taken into custody by officers from the Jiefang Police Department in July 2008. The police confiscated a computer and a printer from her home. On February 24, 2009, she was unlawfully sentenced to three years in prison by the Jiaozuo City Court.

Jin Guoxing, head of the Domestic Security Division at the Wenquan Police Department in Xianning City, and members of the 610 Office went to harass a practitioner on the afternoon of March 16. The practitioner was not at home at the time. The officers then went to Ms. Chen Fang's work unit to harass her. They demanded her to write "thought reports" on giving up Falun Gong. They also tried to tell her to go to the Fanjiatai Prison in the Shayang area. Her husband's forced labor term is to end soon. The police intended to have her go there to ask her husband to give up his belief. Ms. Chen rejected all of the police's demands.

The police then went to Mr. Yuan Zhiyong's home the same afternoon. Mr. Yuan was taken into custody in the second half of 2008. The police extorted a large amount of cash before releasing him.

On March 5, 2009, Ms. Yan Xiuping was taken to a brainwashing center in Wuhan City by officials from the local residential committee in Shiyan City and the 610 Office. It was reported that she was to face a trial in May. In November 2008, the police searched her home. Her husband Mr. Luo Qihua was arrested, and he remains in custody at the Yun County Detention Center in Shiyan City

Ms. Wu Feizhen from Shantou City has been sentenced to five years in prison. She was taken to the Guangdong Women's Prison in mid-January. Her family was not notified.

Xiao Xianghong, a guard at the No. 2 Division of No. 2 Ward in Wuhan City Women's Prison, coerced Ms. Pang Lijuan into signing the Three Statements. When Ms. Pang realized her mistake, she solemnly declared that the "Three Statements" she wrote under threat and coercion were null and void. She remains under persecution at the prison.

Office of No. 2 Division of No. 2 Ward in the Wuhan City Women's Prison: 86-27-68831058
Wu Hua, guard at the No. 1 Division of the No. 2 Ward: 86-13986051645 (Cell)

On the morning of March 18, 2009, Ms. Li Jihui was unlawfully sentenced to ten years in prison at the Pengzhou City Court. Only five members of Ms. Li's family were allowed to enter the courtroom. Ms. Li lives in Longfeng Town, Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province. Her husband died a few years ago, her 17-year-old daughter has to be taken care of by Ms. Li's brother.

Ms. Deng Liqun and Ms. Zou Jilian in Qijiang County were taken to a courtroom at the Criminal Qijiang Court on March 16 and March 17.

Mu Mingjiang, Party Secretary of the Qijiang County Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-13709409388 (Cell)
Cheng Quan, procurator of the Qijiang County Procuratorate: 86-13808361079 (Cell)
Liu Yang, deputy director of the Criminal Tribunal at the Qijiang Court: 86-13908362611 (Cell)

Mr. Dong Qikun, 57, is a laid-off worker in Kunming City. In October 2007, he was taken into custody by the Wuhua Domestic Security Division in Kunming City, and the police searched his home. He had been unlawfully held at the Wuhua Detention Center for over a year. Early 2009, he was unlawfully sentenced to three years in prison. In January 2009, he was taken to the Yunnan Province No. 1 Prison. His family has been denied the right to visit him.

On March 10, 2009, Mr. Weng Zemin was taken from home by members of the New and High Tech District 610 Office and Cao Bing and other officers from the Erlong Police Station. His whereabouts have been unknown for days. His home has been placed under police surveillance.

Cao Bing, residential police officer at the Erlang Police Station: 86-13098669260 (Cell)

On March 15, 2009, Ms. Ding Lu was taken into custody by officers from the Minyun Police Station and the People's Square Police Station. The police confiscated a computer and 4,000 yuan in cash. Ms. Ding is being held at the Yaojia Detention Center in Dalian City, Liaoning Province.

Mr. Liao Shengjun, a practitioner in Jianshi County, was detained on criminal charges on March 13, 2009. He remains in custody at the Jianshi County Detention Center. His family has not been allowed to visit him.

At around 9:00 a.m. on March 19, four practitioners were unlawfully placed on trial at the Xinchong Courtroom of the Xinzhou District Court in Wuhan City: Ms. Zhou Hongmei, Ms. Liu Yuhong, Ms. Fan Changying and Ms. Zhu Youshan.

Before the court session, officers from the No. 1 Division of the Wuhan City Police Department and officials at the Cangbu Neighborhood Administration Office took orders from the Wuhan City 610 Office to break into Ms. Tao Jiaping's home on Cangbu Street. They brought camcorders and tried to coerce Ms. Tao to make a false testimony. Ms. Tao refused, and the police kept threatening her. She was forced to leave home and has nowhere to live.

Xinzhou District 610 Office: 86-27-86925610
Liu Junshun, head of the 610 Office: 86-27-86925760 (Home), 86-13018032266 (Cell)
Ding Xiaoguang, head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-13317167667 (Cell)

Mr. Li Longshi and Ms. Zhao Guizhi were being held at the Nangou Detention Center in Fushun City. Yang Dawei, director of the Qiandian Police Station, and Tang Shaohua, deputy director of the police station, threatened to take the two practitioners to the forced labor camp. As of this evening, Mr. Li and Ms. Zhao have returned home.

Li Baoyuan, director of the Mengyin County 610 Office: 86-539-4811681, 86-13953958936 (Cell)
Sun Shu'ai, deputy director of the 610 Office: 86-539-4811681, 86-13173095056 (Cell)
Zhang Yong, member of the 610 Office: 86-13953906866 (Cell)