(Clearwisdom.net) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 18 cities or counties in 10 provinces. In this report, 13 practitioners were subjected to brutal mistreatment during their detention and at least 11 practitioners were illegally arrested.

Mr. Liu Deyu is a staff member of the Sanitary Supervision Bureau in Jinmen City. On June 23, 2009, he was arrested by Xu Yuedai and others from the Jinmen City Police Department. After Liu was taken to the detention center, the guards tortured him. His head was injured and bleeding and he was not able to move. Currently, he is on the brink of death.

At around 10 p.m. on May 31, 2009, Ms. Hu Guizhen and Ms. Li Lei (mother and daughter) from Dengta City were arrested in a park in Shenyang City by officers from the Zhengyang Police Station of the Shenyang City Police Department. They are now in the No. 1 Detention Center in Shenyang City.

Three practitioners from the Yaojia area of Ganjinzi District, including Mr. Yan Hexu, were arrested while they were clarifying the truth.

Ms. Sun Yuping was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor after she was arrested.

In April 2009, Ms. Yang Tinglu was arrested and detained.

In the middle of June 2009, Ms. Xie Renling was arrested by 610 Office personnel. She is detained in the Tancheng Detention Center.

On the morning of June 24, 2009, Ms. Shen Rongxiang was arrested while she was clarifying the truth in the Huimin Plot. Her home was also ransacked and the police took away pictures of Teacher. Ms. Shen is being held in the Jiujiang City Detention Center.

On June 25, 2009, Ms. Cai Wensu from the Xuanhua District was arrested by officers from the Nandajie Police Station.

Wang Shoucheng, Director of the Xuanhua District Police Department: 86-313-3049001, 86-313-3173456, 86-13393134444

On the morning of June 18, 2008, Mr. Gao Jianjun and Ms. Dong Zailing were arrested.

Ms. Chen Danhua, about 58 years old, is a retired nurse from the Chinese Medicine Hospital in the Wuyi District of Jiangmen City. Ms. Tang Yuelan is about 60 years old. She is a retired official from the Bureau of Aquatic Products in Jiangmen City. At around 10 a.m. on June 17, 2009, they were arrested at home and have not returned.

At around 9 a.m. on June 12, 2009, Ms. Li Yuqiong and Ms. Liu Ke from the Nanping District of Chongqing City were arrested by plainclothes police while the two women were clarifying the facts and distributing DVDs on Nanbin Road. Their homes were ransacked. Ms. Liu successfully escaped with righteous thoughts after she was detained in the Wuyuan Rehabilitation Station in the Nan'an District for five days. The whereabouts of Ms. Li are currently unknown.

On the night of June 22, 2009, Mr. Deng Chengkai was arrested.

On June 24, 2009, Mr. Zhang Xiangming from Gaozhou City was arrested while he was clarifying the truth and distributing materials. He is currently in the No. 2 Detention Center in Gaozhou City.

Ms. Liang Xiaoying from Kaiping City was arrested in April 2003 by local police officers. Later, she was sentenced and is detained in Sihui Prison.

In June 2008, Mr. Li Xiangyu from Chifeng City was arrested in Tongliao City. Later, he was detained in Hexi Detention Center in Tongliao City. In June 2008, he was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor. He is now in Tumuji Forced Labor Camp and being tortured.

When Mr. Li held a hunger strike to protest this maltreatment, he was brutally force-fed by guards under orders from Shan Jun. One time the guards violently force-fed him, Mr. Li almost died from suffocation. He lost consciousness and only recovered four to five days later.

On June 15, 2009, Ms. Zheng Shulan from the Shimiaozi Ttownship, Youyan County, Anshan City, was reported to the police while she was distributing truth clarification materials in the Qingchengzi District, Fengcheng City. She is being detained in Fengcheng City and her family is not allowed to visit her.

At around 9 p.m. on June 25, 2009, Ms. Wang Liying, her sister, and Ms. Zhang Yongqing were reported and followed by police officers while the three women were clarifying the truth in public. They are now in the Yanhu District Detention Center in Yuncheng City.

On June 27, 2009, the Shishou City Court sentenced Ms. Liu Qiong from Xinchang Township to a five-year jail term.

June 27, 2009