(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 25 cities or counties in 17 provinces. In this report, 23 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 36 practitioners were "illegally arrested."

Ms. Zhong Donglan, 42, is from Wuping County in Fujian Province. On August 15, 2007 she was taken into custody by the Wuping Domestic Security Division. She was subsequently taken to the Taiyu Women's Forced Labor Camp in Fuzhou City. In September 2008, she could not think clearly, and the labor camp guards notified her family to take her home. According to witnesses, labor camp guards had mixed an unspecified drug powder in Ms. Zhong's food. She suffered from loosened teeth, mental confusion, and a lack of strength after eating the food mixed with this drug.

Ms. Zhong Donglan's older brother Mr. Zhong Wensheng and older sister Ms. Zhong Xiaolan remain in custody at the Longyan Prison and the Taiyu Forced Labor Camp respectively.

Mr. Song Jia'en, 57, was arrested in May 2008. He had been held at the Qingkou Detention Center in Ganyu County. In January 2009, he was unlawfully sentenced to four years in prison. He has been taken to the Pukou Prison in Nanjing City.

At 7:00 a.m. on April 25, 2009, Ms. Zhang Tongfeng was taken into custody by the police at her home in Xiaoshitouzhuang Village in Nanshimen Town, Xingtai County. She was taken to a brainwashing center simply for refusing to promise to not practice Falun Gong exercises.

Ms. Wang Jun and her younger sister Ms. Wang Qun were turned in to the police for telling people about the persecution. Officers from the Xiuyue Street Police Station took her to the Luotaishanzhuang Brainwashing Center in Fushun City in April.

In July 2008, Ms. Wang Xiurong was taken into police custody for distributing 'truth-clarification" brochures. The Luyuan District Court later sentenced her to three years in prison. She was taken to the Jilin Provincial Women's Prison. When her family went to visit her, the guards made up various excuses to order to prevent the family from seeing her. Upon her family members insistence, Ms. Wang was allowed to come to the meeting room, held up by two inmates. The two inmates, who are serving terms on criminal charges, have been assigned to monitor her around the clock. Ms. Wang was not able to walk on her own. Her eyes appeared dull.

Ms. Fan Qifan is a retired teacher from the Hainan Normal Institute. In March 2009, the police took her into custody while she was shopping. Ms. Fan was placed under detention at the Haikou No. 2 Detention Center. In April, she was held in a brainwashing center operated by the 610 Office in the Jinken Guest House.

In the first half of 2000, Ms. Fan was unlawfully taken into custody. She was later sentenced to three years of forced labor and held at the Hainan Province Women's Forced Labor Camp.

Ms. Xiao Hong, approximately 40 years old, works at the Rongchang County Family Planning Office in Chongqing. On April 12, 2009, she and another practitioner, who is from out of town, were turned in to the police while exposing the persecution. Lei Tianming, at the No. 1 Section of the Rongchang County Police Department, intercepted, and took the two practitioners to the Rongchang County Detention Center while they were on a bus heading home. The police also confiscated the computer Ms. Xiao uses for work.

The Rongchang County 610 Office has recently sentenced Ms. Zeng Shuizhi from Neijiang City, Ms. Xiao Hong, and another unknown practitioner to two years of forced labor. The three practitioners were take to the Chongqing Women's Forced Labor Camp on May 5.

On May 6, 2009, Ms. Wang Xiangzhu in Leshan City was arrested. The police confiscated DVDs and brochures with contents exposing the persecution.

Ms. Xue Zhiqing, 71, is a senior accountant retired from the Shandong Province Academy of Science. At around 8:00 p.m. on May 1, she was turned in to the police while distributing brochures in a residential community near the crossroads of Jingshi Road and East Jinan Road. The police body-searched her and got the keys to her home while taking Ms. Xue into custody. At around midnight, the officers broke into her home. They unlawfully searched her home while no one was there. The officers confiscated Falun Dafa books, DVDs, and brochures. Ms. Xue is being held at the Jinan City Detention Center.

In 2000, Ms. Xue was taken into custody when she went to Beijing to validate the Fa. She was released after staying on a hunger strike.

Academy of Science Road Police Station in Jinan City, Shandong Province: 86-531-85084452

Mr. Liu Hongbin, from the Jingshan area in Jingmen City, has been forced to stay out of town with nowhere to live. Recently, the state security agents followed him and took him into custody on May 3.

Cao Chengzhang, state security agent in Jingmen City: 86-13308691100 (Cell), 86-13908692288 (Cell)

On the afternoon of May 3, Mr. He Chongfu was turned in to the police while telling others about Falun Dafa at the Jinsha Ruins. Officers from the Jinsha Police Station took him into custody. It has been reported that Mr. He has been taken to the Chengdu City Detention Center.

The Urumqi City Intermediate Court and Procuratorate in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region are planning to hold a trial for Mr. Cao Hongqi, Mr. Zou Kewen, Mr. Zhu Kui (on parole), and Mr. Ma Chunwang (on parole).

On the morning of April 23, Ms. Chen Wenying and Ms. Guo Jinglan, who work at the Fuyang City Silk Factory, were arrested at a farm market by officers from the Yingxi Town Police Station in Fuyang City. Officers from the Wenfeng Police Station searched the two practitioners' homes the same day.

Yingxi Town Police Station in Fuyang City: 86-558-2562782
Wenfeng Police Station: 86-558-2231106

On May 2, two practitioners from out of town were arrested in Linxia City. They were later held at the Linxia City Detention Center. The female practitioner, in her thirties, went on a hunger strike protesting the unlawful custody. At around 2:00 a.m. on May 6, she was transferred to a hotel in Lanzhou City. The male practitioner remains at the Linxia City Detention Center. People saw him tortured during interrogation. His legs were injured. He could not walk and had to be supported by two inmates when he returned to the cell.

On April 26, Mr. Guo Zhonghua was arrested by police while traveling from his hometown in Kangbao County, Zhangjiakou City to Shijiazhuang City. The police had received reports from informants. Mr. Guo is being held at the detention center affiliated with the No. 2 Prison.

On the afternoon of April 26, 2009, Mr. Su Guoyi was forcibly carried into a police vehicle by several police officers on Yongfeng Road. He was taken to the Fangcao Street Police Station. Later the police notified his family that Mr. Guo had been transferred to the Pi County Detention Center.

Fangcao Street Police Station: 86-28-85178288
Zheng Guoping, director of the police station

Mr. Meng Fanqing, who lives in Puyang City, has been arrested. He is being held at a detention center.

At 9:00 a.m. on April 19, Ms. Li Guixia was arrested at her home in Longhua Town, Longhua County by Wang Shumin, head of the Longhua County Domestic Security Division, and several police officers. The police also searched Ms. Li's home.

Wang Shumin, head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-13722360665 (Cell)
Wang Hui, deputy head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-13483872999 (Cell)

Mr. Zhang Hongzhang works at the Wuyishan City Eduation Department. On the morning of April 30 he was on his way to work after leaving home, when officers from the Nanping City 610 Office, the Jiangyang City 610 Office and the local 610 Office jointly took him into custody. The officers then searched his home and took a large number of personal items.

At around 9:00 a.m. on April 25, 2009, seven police officers broke into Ms. Qian Yuhua's home in the No. 3 Bao Steel Residential Community in Baoshan District, Shanghai. The officers searched her home and took her into custody. Ms. Qian was soon taken to the Baoshan Detention Center.

On April 25, Mr. Ying Zhiming, Ms. Zhang Xiufang and Mr. Ying Yeqi's entire family lost contact with their relatives and friends. Members of the Yanghang Town 610 Office in Baoshan District have threatened numerous times to arrest these practitioners.

Ms. Zhang Jie, 44, lives in Jiangbei District, Chongqing. On the evening of May 4, she was telling others about the persecution at the Guanyinqiao Pedestrian Street in Jiangbei District. On the evening of May 5 the police searched her home, confiscated a large number of brochures, and two Falun Dafa books. Ms. Zhang is being held at the Fusheng Detention Center in Jiangbei District.

At around 10:00 p.m. on May 3, Mr. Lu Yeju, 53, from Gong'an County and an elderly female practitioner, in her sixties, went to distribute brochures in Zhuangpu Town in Gong'an County. Officers from the Zhuangpu Town Police Station followed them and took the two practitioners into custody.

It has been reported that on the morning of May 4, the two practitioners were taken to the Gong'an County No. 1 Detention Center. At around 5:00 p.m. officers from the local police station forced Mr. Lu's wife to sign a detention warrant.

Ms. Han Shufen, in her thirties, is an employee at a steel company in Tangshan City. In the fall of 2008, she went back to her hometown Shaoguanying Village to help harvest peanuts. She was arrested for delivering brochures with persecution facts to the Yejituo Police Station in Qian'an City. She was taken to the Qian'an City Detention Center. Two weeks later, she was unlawfully sentenced to two years of forced labor. Ms. Han is being held at the Kaiping Forced Labor Camp in Tangshan City.

While Ms. Han was held at the Qian'an City Detention Center, the guards handcuffed and shackled her. Her ankles were bruised and infected as a result. A guard with the surname Yang lifted her off the floor, and her entire body weight was hanging from one of her hands tied with a rope. Yang then whipped her with a leather belt. Her shackles remained on her bleeding ankles. Ms. Han passed out. The guards had to press the Renzhong acupuncture spot on her face before she regained consciousness. Ms. Han served two years of forced labor in the past for her belief in Falun Dafa.

Mr. Mi Tiekui was arrested on May 6, 2003, by officers from the Domestic Security Division of the local police department. He was taken to the Jidong Prison in the Yanchang area in Tangshan City to serve a five-year term. On May 8, 2008, he returned home. He was emaciated, and even his family members did not recognize him at first. Not quite a year after his release, Mr. Mi was again arrested at his home on April 24, 2009. His whereabouts are unknown.

On April 10, Ms. Zhang Ya, from the Tongnan area, was taken from her home for no reason. She was detained for fifteen days before returning home. Also on April 10, Ms. Zhang Yingqiong was taken from her home. She has been secretly sentenced to 18 months of forced labor, and is being held at the Tongnan Detention Center.

At around 4:00 p.m. on May 5, 2009, a group of unidentified people cut the lock with an electric saw and broke into Ms. Sun Xiufen's home in Nangang District, Harbin City. Ms. Sun's whereabouts are unknown at the moment.

Mr. Liu Guoliang and his wife Ms. Wang Fenglan, who live in the Jiangbei area in Harbin City, were arrested in 2008. Guards at the Jiangbei Brainwashing Center brutally tortured the couple. In February 2009, Mr. Liu was sentenced to four years in prison. He is being held in the "concentration division" at the Hulan Prison. Ms. Wang Fenglan has been sentenced to three years in prison. She is being held at the Yaziquan Prison.

Ms. Liu Ying works at the Xiaohe Mining Machinery Factory in Guizhou Province. She was arrested on May 4, 2009. The police searched her home on May 5.

At around 10:00 a.m. on May 2, Ms. Jiao, in her thirties, Mr. Zhao, in his fifties, and another practitioner were having a meal at a restaurant in Linxia City, Linxia Autonomous Prefecture of Hui Nationality. A group of police officers rushed in and arrested the three practitioners before they finished eating. The whereabouts of the three practitioners are unknown.

On May 23, 2008, Ms. Lu Ya from Renqiu City went to Anxin County in Hebei Province and was turned in to the police while telling others about the persecution. Officers from the Liulizhuang Police Station in Anxin County, Baoding City took her to the Anxin County Detention Center. In July, the Anxin County Court sentenced her to 18 months of forced labor. Ms. Lu is being held at the Shijiazhuang Women's Forced Labor Camp.

On May 2, 2009, Ms. Feng Xiaomei was taken from the Gaocheng City Detention Center to the Hebei Province Legal Training Center (a brainwashing center) by members of the Yuhua District 610 Office in Shijiazhuang City.

Liu and Gao, directors of the Yuhua District 610 Office in Shijiazhuang City: 86-311-86578937, 86-311-86578939, 86-311-86578582
Liang Jianbin, director of the Shijiazhuang City 610 Office: 86-311-86686716 (Office), 86-311-85804135 (Home), 86-13653312118 (Cell)
Yuan Shuqian, director of the Hebei Province Legal Training Center: 86-13931191050 (Cell)

Mr. Cheng Zipeng from Anlu City was secretly taken to the Shayang Forced Labor Camp on March 29. Mr. Cheng is being held at the No. 2 Division of the No. 4 Ward, Fanjiatai Prison, Shayang County, Hubei Province.

Mr. Zeng Xiyin, in his sixties, who lives in Zhuzhou City, was taken to a police station in Hetang District, Zhuzhou City. The officers slapped his face. At least one of his teeth was knocked out.

Ms. Liu Baiying was suspended off the ground by her handcuffs in a police station in Hetang District.

Ms. Zhang Yali, in her fifties, who lives in Changsha City, was also suspended by her handcuffs. Her fingers stayed numb for over half a year.

Ms. Bao Yumin, in her fifties, was also suspended by her handcuffs. Her legs were also brutally stretched.

May 7, 2009