(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 21 cities or counties in 9 provinces. In this report, 19 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 44 practitioners were illegally arrested.

In March 2009, Mr. Li Manting, 66, was secretly sentenced to five years in prison. He was taken to the Shiling Prison in Siping City. Mr. Li was arrested by officers from the Yujia Police Station while distributing truth-clarifying brochures on the evening of September 3, 2008. He was held at the Yushu City Detention Center before the unlawful sentencing. The authorities didn't allow his family to visit him.

In 2000 and 2002 Mr. Li was unlawfully detained twice. He was later sentenced to one year of forced labor. While the Political Security Division of the Yushu City Police Department was interrogating him, he was tortured to near death. In the labor camp, the guards again brutally tortured him.

Ms. Zhu Mei, 37, is an employee of a unit affiliated with the Dalian Chemistry Institute. At around 2:30 p.m. on March 29, officers from the Dalian City Police Department took her from her home and searched it. They confiscated a computer and a DVD burner. Ms. Zhu's whereabouts are unknown.

Mr. Xue Jiacheng, in his fifties, lives in Haiyang Village in Nankouqian Town, Qingyuan County, Fushun City. He was arrested on April 2, 2009.

Ms. Cai Xiangyun, 45, lives Mozi Village in Zhanzi Township, Qian'an County. She was arrested by officers from the Yuzhou Road Police Station in Qian'an County for distributing brochures on the afternoon of March 31. Her home was searched.

Zhou Tieming, director of the Yuzhou Road Police Station: 86-13904388330 (Cell)
Liu Jiajun: 86-438-8923350

At around 9:00 p.m. on March 31, 2009, officers from the Daliutun Town Police Station arrested Ms. Cheng Qingxia, Mr. Wang Xuerong, and Mr. Yang Min. The three practitioners had painted a message that exposed the persecution. The practitioners are being held at the Zaohua Detention Center in Shenyang City.

Daliutun Town Police Station in Xinmin City: 86-24-87550019
Zaohua Detention Center in Shenyang City: 86-24-89241894 ext. 8084, 86-24-89248084

From noon on April 1 to the evening of April 2, Mr. Sun Xing, Mr. Sun Dianbing and six practitioners in Division No. 7 of the Daqing Prison were not allowed to go downstairs to have meals.

At noon on March 31, Ms. Jiang Lianxiang was arrested by plainclothes agents while posting leaflets near the Minle Police Station in Xigang District, Dalian City. She was transferred to the Baiyun Detention Center the same day and taken to the Yaojia Detention Center the next day.

Mr. Ma Chencheng from Jixi City, who works odd jobs in Harbin City, was arrested in Daqing by officers from the State Security Division at 11:00 p.m. March 25, 2009. He is being held at the detention center of the Daowai Police Department in Harbin City.

Zhao Zhenhai, officer in charge of the case: 86-451-87663643
Hou Tingyi, team head of the Daowai Domestic Security Division: 86-451-88570956

Ms. Wang Jiaying, 69, lives on Huaihaizhong Road, Luwan District, Shanghai. She was arrested on March 12 or 13. Her whereabouts are unknown.

On April 2, 2009, Ms. Yang Yucui and Ms. Li Weizhen at the Bohai Oil Fields were reported to the police for telling others the facts about the persecution. Officers from the Tanggu Police Department in Tianjin and the Nanjiang Police Department at the Bohai Oil Fields, along with local residential committee officials, took the two practitioners into custody and searched their homes. The two practitioners' whereabouts are unknown.

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

It has been reported that numerous practitioners in Gaomi City were arrested at around 7:00 a.m. on February 28 by members of the Gaomi City 610 Office, along with officers from the various police stations in Gaomi City. Practitioners arrested include Ms. Zhao Tingxiu, Ms. Song Fang, Mr. Xue Jianxin, Ms. Mao Yongfang, Ms. Mao Yongchun, Ms. Cai Yuzhen, Mr. Guo Hongfa, Ms. Zhao Xiuyun, Mr. Tang Lianhong, Ms. Zhang Guizhi, Mr. Xue Jiagui, Ms. Guo Yulan, Mr. Li Shijie, Mr. Wang Tongtian, Ms. Yan Li, Ms. Jing Xia, Ms. Zhang Cuihua, Mr. Hu Juben, Ms. Xu Yanzhen, Mr. Wang Dehe, and Mr. Wang Tongtian. They were held at the Gaomi City Detention Center. The police confiscated Falun Dafa books, computers, printers, and cars from several practitioners' homes. The police even took possession of a significant amount of cash and cash-equivalent depository receipts.

Six practitioners have returned home: Ms. Zhao Tingxiu, Ms. Cai Yuzhen, Ms. Zhang Guizhi, Ms. Guo Yulan, Ms. Gao Sizhen, and Ms. Zhao Xiuyun. Other practitioners remain in custody.

Ms. Li Lanqin, 47, is an employee of the Zhucheng City Industrial and Commercial Bank. On March 31, she was taken from work to a local brainwashing center by Zhucheng City police. Her family has not been allowed to visit her.

Prior to the Beijing Olympics in August 2008, Ms. Li was reported to the police while telling others about the persecution in Rizhao City, Shandong Province. She was arrested and taken to a brainwashing center in Weifang City. She was not released until her life was in imminent danger two months later.

Ms. Zhang Yuzhen, in her sixties, lives in Dazhou Village under the jurisdiction of the Chengyang Neighborhood Administration Office in Chengyang District, Qingdao City. On March 30, she went out to tell others the facts about the persecution. Officers in Chengyang District took her into custody and searched her home.

Sun Daoxian, deputy director of the 610 Office: 86-13969698966 (Cell), 86-532-85027966
Sun Hao, member of the 610 Office: 86-13906485132 (Cell), 86-532-86790057
Li Zhongcheng, member of the 610 Office: 86-13518621038 (Cell)

On the afternoon of April 2, 2009, a group of police officers from the Domestic Security Division of the Pingquan County Police Department and the Qijiadai Township Police Station in Pingquan County suddenly showed up at Mr. Wang Shuwen's home in No. 15 Group, Dudaiyingzi Village, Qijiadai Township. No one was at home, so the police accomplished nothing.

On the afternoon of February 20, 2009, several elderly practitioners were studying the Fa in a fellow practitioner's home in Datongzhuang Hamlet, Fengnan District, Tangshan City. Rong Si, director of the Daxinzhuang Police Station, ordered officers to search the practitioner's home and confiscate Falun Dafa books, portraits of the founder of Falun Gong, and brochures with content on the persecution. Ms. Li Yuejuan was taken to the Daxinzhuang Police Station the following day. She was subsequently taken to the Fengnan Detention Center in Tangshan City, where she was held for over a month. She has been unlawfully sentenced to two years of forced labor and is being held at the Kaiping District Forced Labor Camp in Tangshan City.

Rong Si, director of the Daxinzhuang Police Station: 86-13832988335 (Cell)
Zhang Yongcai, director of the Fengnan District Detention Center: 86-13832984782 (Cell)

At around 11:00 a.m. on April 2, 2009, Mr. Lan Zhixue, an attorney hired by Ms. Sun Cuiqing's family in Haixing Village in the Shilihai area in Tanghai County, went to the Tanghai County Detention Center to meet Ms. Sun. Ding Jianyi, director of the detention center, denied his request to see her.

Mr. Song Jipu, 44, was an official at the Hengshui City Xinhua Bookstore. He started practicing Falun Dafa in 1995. He was forcibly taken to a brainwashing center. He refused to pay the expenses and was dismissed from his job. He has been living in his hometown, Shenzhou City, since 2002. On August 4, 2008, officers from the 610 Offices of Hengshui City and Shenzhou City took him to a detention center. He was later sentenced to one year of forced labor and taken to the Handan Forced Labor Camp.

Ms. Li Yunxia, in her thirties, lives in Linquan Village, Shanbei Township, Yi County. In October 2004, she was unlawfully sentenced to three years of forced labor simply for her belief in Falun Dafa. Tian Guojun, a domestic security officer at the Yi County Police Department, sent her to the Baoding Forced Labor Camp, where she was brutally tortured. In October 2007, she returned home with righteous thoughts in mind. Around August 2008, when the Olympic Games were held in Beijing, officers from the Xishanbei Airport Police Station harassed her numerous times.

On January 7, 2009, officers from the Xishanbei Airport Police Station took her from her home. She was held at the Yi County Detention Center.

On January 8, the Legal Section of the Domestic Security Division at the Yi County Police Department secretly sentenced Ms. Li to forced labor for the second time. She was taken to the Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labor Camp.

Tian Guojun, head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-13832205568 (Cell)
Liang Xiaoliu, director of the Xishanbei Airport Police Station in Yi County: 86-13932211968 (Cell)

On March 30-31, officers from the Domestic Security Unit in Hengshui City arrested Mr. Xing Hengze and Mr. Hu Guangshui and searched their homes. They confiscated two computers and a DVD burner in Mr. Hu's home. Mr. Xing has returned home.

Yang Shushan, head of the No. 4 Division of the Domestic Security Unit of the Hengshui City Police Department: 86-15003180258 (Cell), 86-13383388315 (Cell)

On March 31, the Linzhou Court was to try Ms. Feng Junhong and other practitioners, but the trial was called off. A number of practitioners met outside the court to send forth righteous thoughts. The police arrested a dozen practitioners, including Ms. Hou Ruixiang, Ms. Wang Shuqin, and a female practitioner with the given name Wenying.

Zhu Shunqi, director of the 610 Office: 86-372-6895459, 86-372-6895198, 86-13700725666 (Cell)
Cao Qiuzeng, deputy director of the 610 Office: 86-372-6905287, 86-372-6820566, 86-13949503616 (Cell)
Wei Songming, deputy director of the 610 Office: 86-372-6806177, 86-372-6511516, 86-372-13700718316 (Cell)

Ms. Yang Dongyue and Ms. Qiu Qianying in Xinhuang County, Huaihua City were taken to the Zhongzhai Police Station while they were telling others the facts about the persecution in Zhongzhai Town, Xinhuang County on April 2, 2009. The two practitioners were detained that afternoon. Their families have not received notification yet.

Yao Liansheng, Party Secretary of the county Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-13607453346 (Cell)
Yuan Daoxin, director of the county 610 Office: 86-13574592633 (Cell), 86-745-6224085 (Home)

On March 31, Ms. Li Zuying's younger brother was arrested by officers from the Majie Police Station while he was distributing DVDs with Shen Yun Performing Arts content in the Majie area in Kunming City. Ms. Li has retired from the Kunming City government. Her younger brother is currently being held at the Xishan District Detention Center.

Mr. Shui Cai was recently arrested by officers from the Shuanglongqiao Police Station while handing out brochures in the Shuanglongqiao area of Kunming City.

Ms. Huang Haiyan is a villager in No. 11 Division, Guangxing Town, Guanghan City. On November 10, 2008, she was arrested by officers from the Juntun Town Police Station while she was persuading others to quit the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations in Juntun Town, Xindu District, Chengdu City. She is being held at the Damaqiao Detention Center, and her family has been denied the right to visit her. Ms. Huang's mother went to the Xindu District Police Department, Procuratorate, and Court numerous times to demand her unconditional release. The police cursed the elderly lady.

Ms. Wang Taisu, a practitioner in Chengdu City, was held at the Qingbaijiang Detention Center for telling others the facts about the persecution. Her one-month term ended on March 31, but she was transferred directly to the Xinjin Brainwashing Center for continued abuse.

Yu Zhiyi, deputy director of the Haibin Police Station, and three other officers broke into Ms. Huang Xiaoxia's home in the Oil Extraction Residential Community in Dagang District, Tianjin at 9:00 p.m. on March 21, 2009. They arrested Ms. Wu and searched her home. Ms. Wu is being held at the Dagang District Detention Center. Other practitioners held there include Ms. Lu Xiangluan and Ms. Chang Hongshu.

610 Office: 86-22-63378580, 86-22-63378578
Su Jin'an, director of the 610 Office: 86-22-63308960 (Home), 86-13820092336 (Cell)

April 4, 2009