(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 24 cities and counties in 12 provinces. In this report, 22 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 25 practitioners were illegally arrested.

Ms. Han Yuguang was the director at the Teaching and Research Office of the Construction Engineering Department, Daqing Petroleum Institute, Qinhuangdao Campus. Since the persecution of Ms. Han's elder sister, Ms. Han Yuheng, at a forced labor camp was exposed, the Beijing police told various people at Ms. Han's work unit to put pressure on her. These people included: Yu Weihua, Party Secretary; Fun Junlin, Head of the Security Department; Zhao Shichang, Head of the Construction Engineering Departmen;t and Zhou Guojun, Party Secretary of the Department. They exerted pressure on her, threatened, and tried to force her to write the so-called Guarantee Statement. But Ms. Han Yuguang refused and was therefore fired on May 7, 2009.

Daqing Petroleum Institute: 86-459-6503662, 86-459-6503917, 86-4596504110

Liu Yang, Head of the institute and the main person responsible for the persecution of Ms. Han Yuguang: 86-459-459-6506000, 86-335-8065789, 86-13903350557

Sun Yanbin, Party Secretary of the institute's Party Committee: 86-459-6506001

The Secretariat's Office: 86-459-6504764, 86-459-6504755

In the evening on May 12, 2009, Ms. Liu Dongmei, Ms. Zhou Lirong, Ms. Zhang Shumei, and Ms. Yang Deqin were arrested while clarifying the truth. Now they are being held at the Xingcheng City's Detention Center.

Xingcheng City's Detention Center, Liaoning Province: 86-429- 5152226

The National Security Division: 86-429-5124836, 86-429-5153263

At around 2:30 pm on May 13, 2009, Mr. Li Zhongwei from Dalian City was arrested at home by officers from the Xinggong Street Police Station, Shahekou District, Dalian City.

Xinggong Street Police Station: 86-411-84641628, 86-411-83796166, 86-411-88056166

Ms. Zhong Li was arrested at around 5 a.m. on May 14, 2009.

In the evening of May 13, Ms. Chou Shufeng, Ms. Xiaguizhen and Ms. Zhang Shurong from Xinyi Village, Zhengjia Group, Jidong County were arrested while distributing truth-clarification materials at surrounding villages.

Ms. Zhang Zhangqun was arrested from home on May 13, 2009.

At around 5:30 p.m. on May 13, 2009, police officers Wang Weijing, Xiao Zhongying, and others collaborated with officers from the Lijia Township Police Station and forced their way into Mr. Liu Wenjia's home. They arrested him and his wife, Ms. Liu Xiuzhi, and confiscated Falun Dafa books. They then took the couple to the Heishan Detention Center.

Wang Weijing, Head of the National Security Division, Heishan County Police Department: 86-416-5538118, 86-416-5512076

Xiao Zhongying, Deputy Head of the National Security Division, Heishan County Police Department: 86-416-5565833, 86-416-5522800, 86-13941692815

Ms. Yang Shihua, Ms. Wang Shuqing, and Ms. Zhang Guizhi from Hegang City were reported and then arrested by the Guangming Police Station, Xiangyang Police Department, at around 2 p.m. on May 11, 2009. while they were clarifying the facts.

Sun Xuemei, Head of the Shengli Police Station, Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province: 86-468-6667285

Xias Weiran, Deputy Head of the Shengli Police Station, Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province: 86-13946741236

Ms. Zhang Jie from the Jinhe Residential Area of Baishan City was reported while distributing truth-clarification VCDs in March 2009. Officers from the Hongqi Police Department broke into her home and arrested her. Now she is being held at the Baishan Detention Center.

During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, officers from Haisheng City's Police Department and the National Security Division wantonly arrested more than 20 practitioners. Some were illegally sentenced. Most of these practitioners were sentenced to varying prison terms and taken to Dalian Prison. Some were taken to the notorious Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Lulu and her mother from Nantai were sentenced to four years each and were taken to the Provincial Women's Prison.

Ms. Wang Qingfang is over 50 years old and from the Zhangdian District. She was arrested at around 5 p.m. on May 12, 2009.

Mr. Fan Qingqing, an employee of the Shandong Hailong Co. Ltd, was sentenced to one year of forced labor and is now being held at the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp.

Ms. Yang Mingzhen an employee from the Hanting District's Highway Bureau was sentenced to forced labor.

Ms. Xue Fuying from Chengde City was arrested on April 24, 2009, and her home was ransacked.

Ms. Han Yuheng from Qinhuangdao City was taken to the Beijing Dispatching Center on April 1, 2009. She was then escorted to the No. 2 Division of the Luquan Forced Labor Camp in Hebei Province.

No. 2 Division, Luquan Women's Forced Labor Camp, Hebei Province: 86-311-83939106

Mr. Zheng Zhixian was arrested by Ha Fulong and two other police officers in the afternoon of May 11, 2009.

On April 30, 2009, Ms. Liang Meihua and six other practitioners from Nanchang City were arrested by officers from the police department, the National Security Division, and local police stations in a joint action. Two more practitioners, Ms. Zhang Li and Mr. Chen Yong, were also arrested. Although Mr. Chen was released, he is under constant surveillance and followed wherever he goes.

In another development, the evildoers ransacked the homes of practitioner Granny Liu and Mr. Du Yuanfu, a retired teacher from the Nanchang No. 12 High School. Currently, Mr. Du is under constant surveillance and followed wherever he goes.

On April 30, 2009, when police officers ransacked Ms. Liang Meihua's home, they confiscated all of her equipment, including cell phones and MP3 players. They also took ten thousand yuan in cash from Ms. Gong Xiaohong.

In the early morning on May 8, 2009, authorities of the Weibing Detention Center in Baoji City took Mr. Duan Baojun to Weinan Prison to serve an eight-year term. Ms. Song Xianlan and Qing Lijie were sentenced to eight years in prison, and Ms. Zhao Baoqin to three years. All of them are being held in the Shaanxi Women's Prison.

At around 3 p.m. on May 13, 2009, Mr. Yang Xinyu from Suining City was arrested while he was putting up truth-clarification materials. His current whereabouts is still unknown.

Ms. Chen Xuyun and her husband, Mr. Wu Mingjin, from Shiyan City were arrested in July 2008 and have been detained at the Shiyan Detention Center ever since.

At around 10 p.m. on May 3, 2009, Mr. Lu Yeju from Gongan County was arrested by officer Zou Heng from the Zhangzhuangpu Township Police Station. Mr. Lu had been distributing truth-clarification materials in the township in Gongan County. He was detained at the No. 1 Detention Center. The police also withheld Mr. Lu's car and some other personal items.

Lu Yeju, 53 years old, was the Deputy Director of the Trade Union Office of Gongan County. He was sentenced to three years of forced labor in 2000, simply because he went to Beijing to speak out on behalf of Falun Gong. He was released after his family had 3000 yuan extorted from them. His employer demoted him and confiscated his driver's license. Thereafter, he was detained and forced to undergo brainwashing several times.

Zhang Bo, Deputy Head of the Zhangzhuangpu Township Police Station: 86-13508615888
Zou Dunheng: 86-13886558048
Liao Xuesheng, Head of the National Security Devision: 86-716-5240856, 86-13607216854
Liu Hanping, Head of the Police Department: 86-13807218499

Mr. Qing Changyi was arrested by the Yongchuan local police on the evening of May 13, 2009.

Ms. Zhao Shulan, a teacher from the Yuanbaoshan District's Mine Primary School, was arrested and is now being held at the Lingshang Detention Center, Yuanbaoshan.

Ms. Li Yurong, 58 years old, from Suining City was arrested on her way home on the morning of May 11, 2009. Her home was ransacked and Falun Dafa books were confiscated.

Ms. Sun Xiuhua and Mr. Hou Zhenlan were arrested on May 4, 2009. Ms. Sun is being held at Wujiawa Detention Center and Mr. Hou Zhenlan at the Chaoyang County Detention Center.

Ms. Bo Limei was arrested at work on April 23, 2009.

In the afternoon on April 24, 2009, Mr. Li Dongman from Tianjin was reported and then arrested at work by officers from the Tianta Police Station in the Hexi District. His home was ransacked. The police took away a computer, a printer, VCDs, and over 500 informational flyers. The police did not allow his family to visit him.

Mr. Li was transferred to the Hexi Detention Center the following day.

On January 26, 2008, Ms. Jing Fengli was arrested. After one month of inhuman torture at the Hefei Road Police Station, she was taken to the Dashan Detention Center in Qingdao City and was held in the No. 105 Cell. She was confined in the toilet of this this cell. Currently, she is extremely weak and she is covered with cuts and bruises.

Ms. Jing Fengli was later sentenced to seven years in prison and transferred to the Jinan Prison on April 23, 2009.

On April 14, 2009, Mr. Kuang Fujiang and Ms. Kuang Youlian from Matian Township, Yongxing County, Chenzhou City, as well as a retired teacher whose name is not known, were arrested.

Yin Shuiping, Head of the 610 Office: 86-13973538472, 86-735-5566099

Zeng Yigang, Deputy Head of the 610 Office: 86-13087256676, 86-735-5523599, 86-735-5566099

Guang Haigang, Director-general: 86-13875563702, 86-735-5566099

Mr. Li Chaoyang and Ms. Li Caiyun from Heshui County, Qingyang City, were arrested while they were distributing truth-clarification materials on February 20, 2009. Their homes were ransacked. These two practitioners are being held at the Heshui County Detention Center and are not allowed to have any visitors.

Mr. Li Chaoyang suffered from the inhuman torture method "Stewing the Eagle." Mr. Li went on a hunger strike to protest this mistreatment.

Ms. Yue Chunhua from the Shapingba District in Chongqing City was reported while clarifying the truth in Xuxi Township, Rongchang County, Chongqing City, on April 12, 2009. She was then arrested by Lei Tianming and other officers from the First Section of Rongchang County's police station and taken to the county detention center. On May 5, she was transferred to the Chongqing Women's Forced Labor Camp. She went on a hunger strike for several days to protest her detention and her condition critical. Even at a time like that, personnel of the forced labor camp still threatened her family, saying that they needed to pay 2,000 yuan.

Ms. Yue Chunhua, 50 years old, was the Chairman of the Trade Union and Leader at the Labor Section of the Chongqing Equipment Manufacturing Factory. Between April 25 and July 20, 1999, she was arrested and taken to the Xinqiao Neighborhood Office in the Shapingba District, Chongqing City. She was also detained at a brainwashing center at Keleshan for one week.

In October 1999, she went to Tienanmen Square in Beijing to validate the Fa and was arrested. Police from Chongqing City escorted her to the Songbao Brainwashing Center in Shapingba and then detained her in the Baihelin Detention Center for 20 days.

At the end of 1999, Ms. Yue went to Beijing a second time. She was arrested on the train and sent back to Chongqing. On December 19, 1999 she was detained in the Baihelin Detention Center. One month later, she was sent to Maojiashan Women's Forced Labor Camp. During her one year of forced labor, she did not cooperate with those in charge and refused to wear the labor camp uniform. Therefore she was detained in a small cell, where she was beaten and forced to stand still for long periods of time. A lot of her hair was pulled our, and her term at the forced labor camp was extended by one month. When her term expired, she was immediately re-arrested and taken to the Gelesahn Brainwashing Center in the Shapingba District.