Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Falun Gong practitioner Wang Mingduo from Cangzhou, Hebei Province was employed in the Cangzhou Branch of the Construction Bank before he was dismissed because of his practice of Falun Gong. He used to be a strong and healthy person with a kind heart, but he was tortured to death by police officer Liu Kanhua and others within a period of 84 days. His family was shattered.

Wang Mingduo adhered to his belief in Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. Because of this, he was illegally sentenced to three years in prison in 2001. He was incarcerated in the Jidong Prison in Tangshan City, where he was subjected to brutal beatings and was forced to do intensive heavy labor every day. In 2001, police officer Liu Kanhua from the Yunhe Substation, and an individual named Xu Zhao from the Yunhe Court extorted over 10,000 yuan from Wang Mingduo's family, pretending they would help with Mr. Wang's case. Once they got the money, they not only did not lessen their abuse of Mr. Wang, but they also squandered the money.

Wang Mingdao did return to Cangzhou in the second half of 2003. By then, he had lost his job and his wife was also laid off. He did odd jobs to keep his family going, selling books and newspapers, delivering gas and planting trees, and other occasional work. In the second half of 2005, when his family was in an extreme financial difficulties Mr. Wang went to Xu Zhao to ask for his money back. Xu Zhao not only refused to pay back the money, but also came up with trumped-up charges against Wang Mingduo. Xu denied that he had extorted money from the family, and nursed a hatred of Mr. Wang.

On June 20, 2005, agents from the Jindao Police Station in the development zone arrested Wang Mingduo for clarifying the truth to people. He was taken to the No. 1 Detention Center, handcuffed with his hands behind his back and hung up by the handcuffs. They put him in shackles and cruelly force-fed him. The evildoers put a lot of salt in the "food" they force-fed him and made him sleep on the floor every night. The police also incited the inmates to torture Mr. Wang. They sat on his legs and caused him injuries. After 15 days of torture, with strong urgings from family and friends, the police were forced to release Mr. Wang.

After he got home, Wang Mingduo went to see police officer Liu Kanhua in the Yunhe Substation because the police were still withholding his mobile phone, belt and some money. The substation officials said his belongings were at the Jindao Police Station. When Wang Mingduo went to the Jindao Police Station, he was told his belongings were at the substation. Those things were his personal belongings, but the police made all sorts of excuses to refuse to return them to him. To get his things back, Mr. Wang went to see Liu Kanhua again who became very angry with him and threatened, "Watch your back!"

On November 23, 2005, in the evening, Liu Kanhua once again arrested Wang Mingduo. Two days later, on November 25, without due process, Liu Kanhua sent Wang Mingduo to the Kaiping Labor Camp in Tangshan. On the way, Liu fiercely told Wang Mingduo, "Don't expect to get out this time. I just want you to die. I will make you die in the labor camp and you won't even know how you died!"

Wang Mingduo started a hunger strike the day of his arrest in order to protest the illegal detention. He suffered from savage beatings and torture at the labor camp. Two months later, Wang Mingduo was emaciated and was covered with wounds and injuries. He had a lot of fluid in the abdominal cavity and his life was in danger. The labor camp officials then phoned Liu Kanhua many times, urging him to come and pick up Wang Mingduo, but Liu Kanhua refused to discuss the matter. Wang Mingduo's wife also went to ask Liu Kanhua for her husband's release, but still, he stalled.

Kaiping Labor Camp officials did not want to bear the responsibility for Wang Mingduo's death. On January 25, 2006, in freezing weather, they put Wang Mingduo on a truck and sent him home. The trip took almost five hours. Wang Mingduo was not dressed for the weather. They dropped Wang Mingduo off at home and left straight away without saying anything.

People saw that Wang Mingduo was in terrible condition, and his former well-built body had become no more than a skeleton, covered with bruises. He could only lie down and could not eat. His legs, feet and abdomen were badly swollen and he had no control of his bladder. Twenty-three days later, Wang Mingduo died at 8:00 a.m. on February 17, 2006. He was only 44.

From January 27 to February 11, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners illegally detained in Daqing Prison in Heilongjiang Province were on hunger strike for 17 days. Currently, practitioners Zhang Zhi, Guan Zhaoqi, Wang Yudong, Li Ronghong, Zhao Yuan, Zhang Xingye and Pu Fanwei are unable to get out of bed, and they are very weak. Among them, Pu Fanwei is in a coma, and Zhang Zhi is in serious condition.

We urgently appeal to the international community and everyone with a sense of justice to support these illegally detained practitioners in Daqing Prison.

Practitioners are being inhumanely persecuted in Daqing Prison. Since July 1999, at least 46 practitioners have been persecuted to death there. Prison workers are still committing crimes upon crimes. Among these, the new prison director, Wang Yongxiang, who came to the prison in October of last year, is especially cruel and merciless. He personally directs the persecution of practitioners in the prison by guards and other inmates.

On January 26, 2006, Prison Director Wang Yongxiang publicly beat practitioners Mr. Jiang Derong, Mr. Jia Shenghui, Mr. Sun Jianbin, Mr. Wang Yudong, and Mr. Jin Sheng and locked them all in solitary confinement to torture them.

After learning of this ill treatment, other practitioners began a hunger strike on January 27 to protest. Director Wang Yongxiang instigated the prison hospital Chief Gao Qing and Deputy Chief Huang Zhiwei to force-feed these practitioners with concentrated salt solution once a day. He also ordered each ward to send practitioners to the prison hospital for forced intravenous injections.

On February 8, guards and inmates from the first ward sent practitioner Mr. Jin Sheng to the prison hospital. Deputy Chief of the hospital Huang Zhiwei ordered several inmates to strap Mr. Jin down in a bed and thrust a tube in his nose to force-feed him. He did not cooperate with the force-feeding and pointed out that this was just another form of persecution. The inmates brutally force-fed him. Due to the rough insertion of the feeding tube, Mr. Jin's nose was covered in blood and he coughed up blood until the inmates stopped in fear. Mr. Jin continued to try to persuade the perpetrators not to participate in the persecution. Director Huang not only did not listen to Mr. Jin but personally inserted the tubes even more aggressively. He also ordered the inmates to mix salt in the milk powder and fill his stomach with it.

According to internal information, the practitioners who are participating in the hunger strike include: Pu Fanwei, Jin Sheng, Wang Yudong, Zhang Zhi, Guan Zhaoqi, Zhang Zidong, Jiang Derong, Li Ronghong, Zhong Zhaoqin, Zou Guoyan, Wang Junfeng, Deng Qingshan, Yao Bin, Li Chao, Li Zhanbin, Zhai Zhibin, Zhao Yuan, and Zhang Xingye.

Falun Gong practitioner Huang Hongqi, a former PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dalian University of Technology, left his home at noon on January 29, 2006. He never returned. On February 1, Huang Hongqi's work unit in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province telephoned his family, and said that Huang Hongqi had been arrested by the Guangzhou City Railway Police.

Huang Hongqi's father called the Guangzhou City Railway Police Station and was told that Huang Hongqi was detained elsewhere. This was the third time that Huang Hongqi was arrested for his firm belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." In 2003, he was persecuted so much he suffered a mental breakdown at the time of the second arrest.

Mr. Huang Hongqi, 35 years old, is from Huangpo District of Wuhan City, Hubei Province. When the CCP began to persecute Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, he was writing his dissertation at Dalian University of Technology. He was arrested for clarifying the truth, and was illegally detained in Dalian City Forced Labor Camp in December, 1999. Meanwhile, he was struck from the school roster. He was persecuted for two and a half years in Dalian City Forced Labor Camp. His eardrum was ruptured, he had needles inserted into his head and he also suffered savage force-feeding. As a result, he was devastated both physically and mentally.

In July 2003, Huang Hongqi was arrested by the National Security Group for clarifying the truth. During the detention, the perpetrators in the National Security Group intimidated and tempted him to be a spy, explaining that he would receive 100 thousand yuan. He firmly rejected them. After being terribly tortured physically and mentally, Huang Hongqi was released in December 2003. At that time, he was mentally disoriented, emaciated and extremely frightened. He was scared of police vehicles and police, and he often suspected that spies were shadowing and monitoring him. He closely shut the doors and windows of his home. His family members were very puzzled about that. He said that someone from the National Security Group would come to arrest him. Thus an excellent young intellectual, persecuted cruelly by CCP officials, was left a mere shadow of his former self.

In February 2006, Huang Hongqi was arrested by the National Security Group for the third time.

The telephone number of the Guangzhou City Railway Police Station: 86-20-86663186

On January 17, 2006, the Baoding New Urban District Court

conducted a public hearing for Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Zhang Rongjie, Mr. Zhi Zhanmin, Mr. Liu Yongwang and Mr. Wei Haiwu. The hearing lasted form 9:30 in the morning until 1:10 in the afternoon. All four practitioners were brought to the court in the custody of two security police. The most severely persecuted victim was Mr. Zhang Rongjie, who was so weak and feeble that he didn't even have the strength to talk. He was dragged and carried to the courtroom by the police. Practitioner Mr. Liu Yongwang's feet were numb from torture and he couldn't walk, so he was dragged and carried to the fourth floor courtroom. The three male practitioners were elderly and almost all had grey hair. Baoding City's New Urban District examiner Zhang Yuelong acted as the public prosecutor and conducted the entire hearing. The evidence provided was inconclusive. The reading of the charges was incoherent, and the emphasis on the accused was strong on conviction being "legitimate" and "reasonable" but without presentation of actual facts as evidence to support the charges.

In the final stages of the hearing, the attorney representing the accused took a rational stance; he steadfastly and calmly refuted the accusations with solid facts, showing that the charges by the Chinese Communist Party could not be established.

Some examples:

1. The public prosecutor began with the emergency broadcast incident in Tianjin City. In the beginning he stated that the event was of a "Falun Gong 'truth clarification'" nature. He later repeatedly contradicted his statement, saying that it was the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party that was being broadcast. In this regard, since this court's session was held because of an emergency public broadcast and its related incidents, one wonders how and why, all of a sudden, the topic of the hearing came to focus on "reactionary opinion?" Was there any established legal proof by any branch of government that could verify that the Nine Commentaries is harmful to society? If so, which institution is qualified to make such an evaluation? Even if we take a step back to say the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party is harmful to society, then how exactly is it harmful? If it is harmful to the "political party," then what is the nature and degree of this harm? If, however, there is no binding legality on this issue, then the issue of harm to society is non-existent, and harmful behavior cannot be established. If a further step is taken to evaluate the issue, even if the Nine Commentaries is harmful to the Communist Party, the harm is related to a political party, and it has no bearing whatsoever on the case being heard. The "harm" is totally unrelated and irrelevant.

2. From an excerpt of the court attorney's cross-examination of Mr. Zhi Zhanmin: "Your interruption of this broadcast, was it your own personal undertaking and actions or did some organization direct you to do this?" Mr. Zhi responded: "My personal actions and behavior." In light of this information, the attorney stated his view to the judge that since the incident related to personal behavior, the case could not be viewed and discussed as belonging to any group or organization. In this respect, the indictment against Mr. Zhi Zhanmin could not be established. In the end, the attorney wrapped up the session with powerful legal testimony to explain that Mr. Liu Yongwang and Mr. Wei Haiwu had nothing to do with the emergency broadcast event.

In his statement at this public hearing, practitioner Mr. Zhang Rongjie summoned up all his strength to say in a voice enfeebled by torture: "Under all circumstances and situations, Falun Gong practitioners maintain the discipline of forbearing blows when being hit and not talking back when being verbally abused. Our ultimate practice goal is following Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." Mr. Zhi Zhanmin was interrupted several times as he tried to defend Falun Gong, and he was arbitrarily silenced by the presiding judge. In his personal defense statement he said he wanted to "expose the lies and rumors and clarify the truth." Before he got a chance to say more, he was silenced by the judge. Practitioner Mr. Liu Yongwang said in his defense statement: "Through the court's investigation and hearing, Mr. Zhang Rongjie and Mr. Zhi Zhanmin have testified that I had nothing to do with the two emergency broadcasts. I further affirmed that I did not participate in and had nothing to do with the broadcast incidents. It's quite obvious that someone is trying to frame me. Whoever is manipulating the facts from behind the scenes against me is liable and guilty." Mr. Liu's statement was interrupted as well, and the judge ultimately silenced him.

In the end the presiding judge pronounced that, on the basis of the public hearing, the legality of court proceedings was being followed and agreed that, through further collective counseling and reviewing, a verdict would be communicated separately.

The writer hereby requests all practitioners who know about this trial to continue to send forth righteous thoughts, be diligent, not to get discouraged, and continually uphold your positive attitude. From what we could see, the evil is lacking the ability to do what it likes. More and more people with righteous thoughts and positive thinking are stepping forward publicly. With the pace of Fa-ractification advancing rapidly, the evil is predestined to be extinguished.

The 610 Office agents of Henan Province did not succeed in "illegally arresting" practitioner Mr. Zhang Daoqing, so they arrested and detained Mr. Zhang's mother, wife, and uncle instead.

Around 9 a.m. on February 17, 2006, Li Shengjun, head of the security team of Bianmin Village, guided personnel from the Zhengyang 610 Office and the police from the Wangwuqiao Township Police Station to the doorway of practitioner Mr. Zhang Daoqing's home. Mr. Zhang and his family were shelling peanuts. The police took out a search warrant and said: "Zhang Daoqing, the police department is about to search your home. You should cooperate."

They rummaged through Mr. Zhang Daoqing's home for about 20 minutes. Mr. Zhang refused to sign his name on the warrant. Because they found some Falun Gong books and truth-clarifying materials, three policemen wanted to force Mr. Zhang to go to the police station with them. They said that Mr. Zhang could go home after telling them what they wanted.

Mr. Zhang Daoqing thought: "I definitely will not cooperate with the evil. They are true rascals--not people who execute the law but people who violate the law. I am a Falun Gong practitioner. I am saving people. I cannot cooperate with them and let them take me away." So Mr. Zhang struggled and resisted. He also queried the police: "Falun Gong requires people to be good. Any person who believes 'Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance' is a good person. Why do you want to take me away? You are obviously brigands. Even in the light of day, you arrest good people. If it is wrong to believe 'Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance' and one is arrested because of that, then society would be very horrible. Can such a thing be allowed to proceed? You would get karmic retribution."

The three officers tried to handcuff Mr. Zhang Daoqing, but they did not succeed. At that time, Mr. Zhang had very strong righteous thoughts and shouted the Fa-rectification phrases three times. This startled and alarmed the policemen and the personnel from the 610 Office. Mr. Zhang also freed his hand from the handcuffs. The police dragged Mr. Zhang from his home to the road and tried to push him into the vehicle. Mr. Zhang did not cooperate at all and exhausted the three policemen.

Mr. Zhang Daoqing's elderly parents, wife, young brother, and uncle also helped him resist the police, so the three policemen could not catch Mr. Zhang. Finally, when only one policeman was pestering him, Mr. Zhang threw off the policeman's grasp and quickly left. The police could do nothing but watch Mr. Zhang leave.

Later, the police called for more manpower from the police department and illegally searched the homes of the folks who live in the same village, but they did not find Mr. Zhang. They confiscated Mr. Zhang's copy machine, books, and truth-clarifying materials. Then they took away Mr. Zhang's mother, who is in her 60s; his wife; and his uncle. At this time they are still in detention in the Zhengyang County Detention Center.

Note: The following is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the minghui.ca website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).

On January 26, 2006, Falun Gong practitioner Dong Enhao and his father Dong Hua were abducted by police from Fusong County, Jilin Province. Zhang Aimin, director of the political and security section of the police station, ordered police to interrogate and torture Dong Enhao and Dong Hua day and night. Police barred the news from getting out and refused to allow family members to visit.

Falun Gong practitioner Wang Weizhi from Linjiang City was illegally detained in the Fusong County Detention Center for more than a year. She suffered brutal persecution. The director of the political and security section of the police station ordered the deprivation of all visits to Falun Gong practitioners in an attempt to prevent police crimes from being exposed to the world. Wang's mother was refused permission to visit last year.

Falun Gong practitioner Liu Jingmin from Quanyang was abducted in October 2005. He is being illegally detained without any evidence of wrongdoing. It was reported that Liu Jingmin would be sent to a forced labor camp.

Ms. Li Jinxiu from Fengjiazhuang, Xuzhuang Town, Jizhou City, Hebei Province, passed away as a result of the unlawful, long-term persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On June 23, 2005, Mr. Xia Shige was detained and is now facing an illegal trial.

Ms. Li Jinxiu, 60 years old, started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. Before she started practicing, she had heart disease, arthritis, and various other diseases. After she began to practice, her health significantly improved. In May 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal to the government on behalf of Falun Gong. On July 20, she was illegally sentenced and sent to a forced labor camp for three years. Because she was diagnosed with disease, the forced labor camp refused to admit her. After she returned home, her younger daughter went to appeal to the government to clarify the truth of Falun Gong. Because her elder daughter was producing "truth-clarification" materials, she was also detained. This daughter was arrested and sent to a brainwashing center and detention for about six months. Due to the continual harassment and persecution by Xuzhuang Township Police Station officers in Jizhou City, Ms. Li Jinxiu passed away on December 13, 2005.

Last year, practitioner Mr. Xia Shige accompanied an elderly lady of 85, a resident of Xuzhuang Town, to the Hengshui City Municipal Committee to demand the release of her two sons, Kang Yanshu and Kang Yanxiang, who were detained illegally. On June 23, 2005, Mr. Xia was arrested and beaten. Zhanghuai Police Station personnel, including Wang Zehui and police officers Li Peihong and Wang Qiyang, were responsible. As a result, the nail of one of Mr. Xia's big toes was torn off, he limped, and his leg swelled for a month. He is currently detained at Jizhou Detention Center. The authorities intend to subject Mr. Xia to an illegal and unfair trial, and he is on a hunger strike to resist the persecution.

Mr. Xia's case is reportedly being overseen by Xia Qizeng, who is the Vice President of Jizhou City Court. When several people tried to speak to Xia Qizeng in order to "clarify the truth" to him, he hid from them. He claimed that this case had been transferred to the provincial court and that Mr. Xia was the one chiefly responsible for distributing the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party.

Xuzhuang Township Police Station personnel persecute practitioners mostly severely in Jizhou City. From the police chief to regular officers--all have beaten practitioners brutally, illegally ransacked their homes, fined them, detained them at home, and tortured them frequently. Guo Shuangnian ganged up with Gao Shufan, Township Communist Party Committee Secretary Li Yinghao, and others to cruelly beat and shock a three-year-old child's mother, Xia Chunying, with electric batons. The child was so terrified that he was mentally disordered for two years. They once beat practitioner Mr. Xia Shige so severely that he lost consciousness. They shocked practitioner Ms. Qiao Changrong, who is nearly 60 years old, with electric batons, causing blisters all over her back. Even though practitioners try very hard to clarify the truth to these people, and they know that practitioners are good people, they still carry out the evil Communist Party's evil commands.

1. [Shandong Province] The Women's Prison in Shandong Province Establishes a "Prison Within a Prison" to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners

Since July 20, 1999, more than three hundred Falun Gong practitioners have been held in the Women's Prison in Shandong Province. They have suffered severe beatings, long-term sleep deprivation, and long hours of forced labor and solitary confinement. Insider information has revealed that the prison officials there have set up a "prison within a prison." An intensive brainwashing center, where Falun Gong practitioners are tortured, has been in operation there since 2004. Ms. Zhou Jingchun was beaten severely with a bamboo stick. Ms. Cui Ling had several wounds on her head that required stitches.

2. [Liaoning Province] The Eighth Group at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison Brutally Tortures Falun Gong Practitioners

The eighth battalion at the Women's Prison in Liaoning Province has special rooms set aside for torturing Falun Gong practitioners. The perpetrators use several electric batons at the same time, seal Falun Gong practitioners' mouths with tape, beat them with metal sticks, and prick them all over their bodies with needles. They strip Falun Gong practitioner's clothes off in the bitter cold of winter, drag them to the water house, and then pour cold water all over them. The guards tie the practitioners with their legs spread apart and then kick and beat their genitals using various objects, such as beer bottles. Ms. Wang Jinping and Ms. Liu Junlu are still suffering this type of torture.

3. [Shenyang, Liaoning Province] Ms. Yao Shuzhen Tortured at the Masanjia Labor Camp

On January 12, 2006, Ms. Yao Shuzhen, age fifty, was arrested while clarifying the truth at a park near Donghu Market, Yuhong District, Shenyang City. The police from Huanghai  Police Station arrested her and sent her to the Shenyang Detention Center and later sentenced her to one year and three months in a labor camp. Officials at the Masanjia Labor Camp refused to take her because of her hypertension. The police ordered a second physical exam on her and again sent her to Masanjia Labor Camp on February 17, 2006.

4. [Yongnian County, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Zhenzhong Has Been on a Hunger Strike for More Than Two Months

Mr. Li Zhenzhong is from Yongnian County, Hebei Province. He was illegally sentenced to nine months. After his sentence was served, instead of releasing him, officers from the County 610 Office and the police department took him to a brainwashing center to continue the persecution. He began a hunger strike on December 9, 2005. When his condition became critical the authorities sent him to the Handan Center Hospital, then brought him back to the brainwashing center. The second time he was in critical condition, the director of the brainwashing center drove him back to Yongning County. The officials at the County 610 Office and the police department refused to release him, but took him to County Chinese Hospital, where they continued to persecute him.

5. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] The Town Police Arrested Mr. Jiao Shoutong

Mr. Jiao Shoutong is from Yangmu Village, Qingshan Town, Yushu City. On January 20, 2006 Li Fengchao, the CCP secretary of Yangmu Village, reported Mr. Jiao. Zhang Dezhi, Director of the County Police, arrested him when he was on his way to the market and took him to Yushu Detention Center.

6. [Boli County, Heilongjiang Province] More than Twenty Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested

On December 20, 2005 more than twenty Falun Gong practitioners from Boli County, Heilongjiang Province, were arrested.

7. [Hebei Province] Five Falun Gong practitioners Held in Sanhe City

There are five Falun Gong practitioners being held by the authorities in Sanhe City, one practitioner in Langfang, the other four at Gaogezhuang Detention Center. Ms. Tang Suhua has already been in custody for more than half a month.

8. [Guangzhou, Guangdong Province] Newspaper Articles Slandering Falun Gong Hang on a Wall Near the Shahe Elementary School

9. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Unidentified People Abducted Zhang Fengde and Other Practitioners

Unidentified individuals took Mr. Zhang Fengde from his home on February 19, 2006. Several days before the incident he had gone to the Xianghe Police Station of Langfang City to demand the release of fellow practitioners, but was instead held there for two days.

On February 19, 2006, Ms. Zhou Xiuzhen from the Second Division of the Pipe Bureau and Ms. Cao Baoyu from Xugezhuang Village, Beishiwu were arrested at their homes.

Police from the Guangyang District Police Department and the Xinkai Road Police Station besieged Mr. Liu Yajie from the Third Division of the Pipe Bureau in his home on February 19, 2006, and attempted to arrest him.

Police from the Guangyan District Police Department and the Jianta Town Police Station besieged Ms. Wei Wenchun, Mr. Wang Shaoqiu's mother-in-law, in her home, and attempted to arrest her.

Four days ago, these four Falun Gong practitioners walked out with their righteous thoughts.

10. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Yang Jianbo Detained

On February 13 and 14, 2006, officers from the Guangyang District Police Department detained Mr. Yang Jianbo and attempted to send him to Kaiping Labor Camp in Tangshan City. The labor camp refused to take him due to his physical condition. Authorities next sent him to the Shijiazhuang Labor Camp, where he was again rejected due to poor health. Still the officers of Guangyang Police Department and the Beimenwai Police Station refused to release him. For half a month, Mr. Yang Jianbo has been on a hunger strike to protest the arrest.

11. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Articles Slandering Falun Gong and Teacher Li Appear on the Bulletin Boards at the Yanshan Middle School

12. [Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhang Shuhua and Ms. Liu Yanli Arrested

On September 14, 2005 police from the Qianjin Town Police Station in Changling County, Songyuan City, Jilin Province, arrested Ms. Zhang Shuhua and Ms. Liu Yanli while they were distributing truth clarification materials. The court in Changling County sentenced them to four and half years each. They've already appealed to the Middle Court in Songyuan City.

13. [Dazhou City, Sichuan Province] Officers from the Ankang Railroad Secret Police Bureau Arrested Ms. He Xiaoying and Other Falun Gong Practitioners

On February 9, 2006, police officers from the Xi'an Railroad Bureau Ankang Subdivision, the police department and the 610 Office went to the railroad station in Dazhou City and arrested Ms. He Xiaoying. On February 16, they arrested several more Falun Gong practitioners in Dazhou City. It has been confirmed that the police also arrested Ms. Taojie and Mr. Qian Yufeng, and confiscated a computer and a printer.

14. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] On February 18, 2006, the Police Took Mr. Sha Jingye to a Brainwashing Center

15. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Mr. Tang Zhulong and Ms. Xie Yunlan Secretly Arrested

Several days ago Mr. Tang Zhuolong and Ms. Xie Yunlan suddenly disappeared. Through an investigation it was learned that they were detained at Nanjiao Custodial Station.

16. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Mr. Jiang Guobo on a Hunger Strike to Protest His Detention

Mr. Jiang Guobo was arrested on November 3, 2005, and was sent to the Changle Labor Camp in Weifang City. He has been on a hunger strike to protest his detention ever since.

17. [Macheng City, Hubei Province] Yang Qinbo Arrested

18. [Yichang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhang Yonghong and Ms. He Jingyan Detained and Persecuted

The police from the National Security Group of the Pinghu Public Security Sub-Bureau in Yichang City arrested Ms. Zhang Yonghong and Ms. He Jingyan in late September 2005. They've been detained for about 150 days. They haven't been allowed visits from their family members.

19. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Dejun and Other Practitioners Arrested and Their Homes Raided

The police in Langfang City arrested Mr. Li Dejun from Xianghe County just before the Chinese New Year. He has been detained ever since. Many Falun Gong practitioners in Dachang and Shanhe Counties have been detained. At present more than ten practitioners are still being detained. Officers from the police department and the local 610 Office raided most of the Falun Gong practitioners' homes in Dachang County and confiscated their property.

20. [Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Fu Guiqin and Other Practitioners Arrested

On February 11, 2006, at the direction of Liu Wenbin, the Party Secretary of Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province, the perpetrators of the persecution went to Sandaogang Town and searched Ms. Guo Jingfen's home. Then they raided the homes of Mr. Wang Yunfeng, Ms. Duai Shuhua and Li Jing at Beixing Village, Sandaogang Town. They sent these three practitioners to the Second Custodial Station in Yilan County. At about 7 PM, more than 10 Yilan County policemen searched Ms. Fu Guiqin's home and arrested her.

21. [Xingcheng City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Zhang Haimin's Current Situation

Mr. Zhang Haimin was arrested one year ago while he was clarifying truth in Shenyang City. He worked in Shenyang at the time. He has been detained for one year at the Shengxin Labor Camp in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. At the moment Mr. Zhang suffers from hepatitis B. Officials at the labor camp agreed to release him, but the Health Bureau of Shenyang City refused to allow it.

22. [Shihezi, Xinjiang] A Falun Gong Practitioner Arrested

According to reliable sources, on February 14, 2006, the police of Shihezi City arrested a Falun Gong practitioner from Shihezhi who was on the police wanted list in Urumqi City.

23. [Henan Province] Ms. Wang Lei Tortured at the Baimiao Labor Camp in Zhengzhou City

Ms. Wang Lei from Zhoukou District is currently being detained and tortured at the Baimiao Labor Camp in Zhengzhou City. In refusing to make the three statements and in protest of the persecution, she has been on a hunger strike for more than two months. She is now very weak. She was transferred from the Third Group, where Falun Gong practitioners are detained, to the Second Group, which is for drug addicts and thieves. They torture her there, and she is now in a critical state.

24. [Beijing] Mr. Liu Yongping and Ms. Zhang Yahua from the Xicheng District Arrested

Mr. Liu Yongping from Fuchengmen, Xicheng District, Beijing, was arrested at 9 AM on February 19, 2006. Ms Zhang Yahua from North Lishi Road in Fuchengmenwai was arrested on the evening of February 19.

25. [Beijing] Ms. Zhou Suqin and More Than Ten Practitioners from Miyun County Arrested During the Chinese New Year

More than ten practitioners from Miyun County were arrested during the Chinese New Year. Among them were Ms. Zhou Suqin and Ms. Wang Shuyun. They were detained at the Miyun Custodial Station.

26. [Tianjin] Police in Baodi District Arrest Five Falun Gong Practitioners

At about 9 PM on February 20, 2006, in Goutou Village, Niudaokou Town, Baodi District, four policemen suddenly broke into the house. They arrested five practitioners and took them to the police substation. The practitioners' current whereabouts are unknown.

27. [China] Primary School Textbooks Slander Falun Gong

On the last page of the primary school textbook, under the Nine Year Compulsory Education "Society Fill-in Picture Pamphlet" (2^nd Volume) there are cartoons that slander Falun Gong.

28. [Jilin Province] The Life of the Former Manager of the Mitsubishi Auto Shop in Yanji City Is in Danger

Mr. Lin Shixiong is the 46-year-old former manager of the Mitsubishi Auto Repair Shop in Yanji City, Jilin Province. Officers of the Yanji City National Security Group have arrested him many times because he practices Falun Gong. He was sentenced and is currently detained and persecuted in the Jilin Prison. It's been reported that he was tortured and has developed severe pulmonary tuberculosis. Though his life is in danger, prison officials still refuse to release him.

When the persecution started on July 20, 1999, Mr. Lin wrote an open letter to the Mayor of Yanji City. As a result, he was sentenced to one year of forced labor in the Yanbian Labor Camp. In 2001, shortly after he was released, officers from the Yanji City National Security Group arrested him again and sentenced him to 13 years in Jilin Prison.