(Clearwisdom.net)
- [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Gu Qun Is Illegally Detained at the Dalian Forced Labor Camp
- [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] The Police Attempt to Persecute the Falun Dafa Practitioners Through Controlling Housing
- [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] The Police Wait at Falun Gong Practitioners' Home In Order To Arrest Other Practitioners
- [Zhengzhou, Henan Province] The Police at Shibalihe Forced Labor Camp Force Falun Gong Practitioners' Family Members to Slander Dafa
- [Dengfeng City, Henan Province] The Police Illegally Arrest Dafa Practitioners
- [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhang Dongmei Is Illegally Detained at Wanjia Forced Labor Camp
- [Shenze County, Hebei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner He Meiqing Is Illegally Detained at Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp
- [Jinan City, Shandong Province] The Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioner Peng Guixiang
- [Qinhangdao City, Hebei Province] The Personnel From the "610 Office" and the Police Arrest Several Falun Dafa Practitioners
- [Lingyuan, Liaoning Province] The Police Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Lang Jinmei
- [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] The "610 Office" Plans to Illegally Hold a Brainwashing Session
- [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Personnel From the "610 Office" Slander Falun Dafa and Plan to Illegally Trail Practitioners
- [Hefei City, Anhui Province] The Police at Anhui Province Female Forced Labor Camp Torture Falun Dafa Practitioners
- [Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province] The Perpetrators Plan to Retaliate After Their Crimes Are Exposed
- [Xi'an City, Shanxi Province] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners Are Sent to a Brainwashing Center
[Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Gu Qun Is Illegally Detained at the Dalian Forced Labor Camp
Currently, Gu Qun is being detained at the Dalian Forced Labor Camp. He has been on a hunger strike for several days and is in very poor physical condition because of the persecution.
[Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] The Police Attempt to Persecute the Falun Dafa Practitioners Through Controlling Housing
Police officers from the Heilongjiang Police Bureau went to Daqing City to ensure that the local police were putting in their full effort to search for Dafa practitioners who have left their homes in order to avoid the persecution. The city officials started a seven-month investigation of the available rental housing. They asked the local police stations to investigate family members of the residents or tenants in each building and to monitor the rental housing through the media, real estate agencies, work units, and residential committees. They also ordered the local police to collect information on any new residents or tenants.
[Benxi City, Liaoning Province] The Police Wait at Falun Gong Practitioners' Home In Order To Arrest Other Practitioners
Recently, the police in Benxi illegally arrested some practitioners. They then waited at these practitioners' homes in order to arrest other practitioners when they came to visit.
[Zhengzhou, Henan Province] The Police at Shibalihe Forced Labor Camp Force Falun Gong Practitioners' Family Members to Slander Dafa
Zhengzhou's Shibalihe Forced Labor Camp is also known as the Henan Province Female Forced Labor Camp. The police force visiting family members of practitioners to sign their names on a document that slanders Dafa and curses at Teacher. Anyone refusing to do so is not allowed to see the practitioner.
[Dengfeng City, Henan Province] The Police Illegally Arrest Dafa Practitioners
Police from the Dengfeng Police Department arrested many practitioners during the 16th People's Congress in October and confiscated their homes. They even arrested some practitioners who had just been released from forced labor camps. The practitioners are still being detained and the police have extorted over 10,000 Yuan* from them.
Practitioner Zhao Yueyun, female, 55 years old, worked at the Henan Province Institute of Architecture. Because she persisted in practicing Falun Gong, she was detained twice at the Jinshui Police Branch of the Zhengzhou Police Department. On September 2, 2002, the police from Dengfeng City arrested her while she was at work, leaving a school-aged child at home. We do not know Ms. Zhao's current whereabouts.
[Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Zhang Dongmei Is Illegally Detained at the Wanjia Forced Labor Camp
Since 1999, Zhang Dongmei, female, 35 years old, has been arrested twice and held at the Harbin Second Detention Center. Police at the Xiangfang Police Branch, including officer Wang, extorted over 20,000 Yuan from Zhang's family before releasing her. On September 19, 2002, the police arrested her again. On February 27, 2003, she was sentenced to three years in the notorious Wanjia Forced Labor Camp.
[Shenze County, Hebei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner He Meiqing Is Illegally Detained at the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp
He Meiqing, female, 22 years old, was a farmer in the Village of Xiaozhiyao. On December 23, 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal and was illegally sent back to Shenze County Detention Center, where she was force-fed and beaten. Near the end of 2001, she was transferred to the Hebei Province Brainwashing Center. In March 2002, she again went to Beijing to validate Dafa and was illegally arrested and sent to the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp.
[Jinan City, Shandong Province] The Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioner Peng Guixiang
Peng Guixiang of Lixia District has practiced Falun Gong for eight years. In the summer of 2000, she was arrested by the police from the Zhengjuesi Street Police Station. Li Dongfang, Director of the police station at that time, was the main person in charge of persecuting Falun Gong detainees. He is now the director of the "610 Office"* at the Lixia District Police Department.
After being detained at the Jinan Police Department Detention Center for a month, Peng was released. In November 2000, Li Dongfang ordered her to be sent to the Dongjiao Brainwashing Center at Lixia District for two months.
In the summer of 2001, Li again led six people from the "610 Office" to arrest Peng Guixiang from her home. Peng was forced to jump from the third floor and sustained severe injuries when she landed. She was not arrested at that time because of her injuries. In February 2002, three people from the "610 Office" brought a court order sentencing her to three years of forced labor. They did not enforce the court order because Peng had still not recovered from her injuries. In November 2002, the Political Instructor Pan and police officer Ren Jun from Baotuquan Police Station sent Peng's mother to the Jinan "610 Office" Brainwashing Center. They had to release her after 17 days because Peng's health condition worsened. In March 2003, despite the fact that Peng still could not walk, they sent her to the Jiangshuiquan Forced Labor Camp at the Jinan Female Prison. Peng has been kept there ever since and her family is not allowed to visit her.
[Qinhangdao City, Hebei Province] The Personnel From the "610 Office" and the Police Arrest Several Falun Dafa Practitioners
Recently, the police from the "610 Office" and the Qinhangdao City Police Department and Changli County illegally arrested practitioner Zuo Guangdian. On February 25, 2003, using the excuse of contacting other practitioners, they illegally arrested practitioner Zhu Weihua, a teacher at Qinhangdao Yanshan University, in her home. Practitioner Sun Hong is currently being detained at the Qinhangdao First Detention Center. The Qinglong County Police Department recently arrested several practitioners again.
[Lingyuan, Liaoning Province] The Police Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Lang Jinmei
At 8 p.m. on April 1, 2003, Lang Jinmei who is over 50 years old, a 22-years old woman that does not practice Falun Gong, and Lang's 13-year-old niece went shopping together. Lang found a Dafa flyer on the ground and pasted it back up. The police from the Lingbei Police Station arrested the three of them at a market. They are now being held in a detention center.
[Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] The "610 Office" Plans to Illegally Hold a Brainwashing Session
Personnel from the Chengdu "610 Office" recently decided to hold a brainwashing session for Falun Dafa practitioners who have been to Beijing to appeal and/or have distributed Dafa materials recently.
Around April 7, the police arrested Ms. Zhao Jijun, over 40 years old, for clarifying the truth about Dafa.
[Hefei City, Anhui Province] Personnel From the "610 Office" Slander Falun Dafa and Plan to Illegally Trail Practitioners
Recently, the Hefei City "610 Office" forced people from some work units and residential areas to post up pictures that slander Dafa.
The Hefei "610 Office" and Hefei Police First Division plan to closely monitor female practitioners Yang Jingfang, Peng Haiying, and Wen Yan and male practitioners Bi Xiaojun, Li Jun, and Zhang Fushun.
In October 2002, the police arrested Wu Jianghai in his home. We do not know his current whereabouts.
[Hefei City, Anhui Province] The Police at Anhui Province Female Forced Labor Camp Torture Falun Dafa Practitioners
The Anhui Province Female Forced Labor Camp has been detaining female Falun Dafa practitioners from the province. Since July 2002, the police used the former practitioners who had gone astray, including Pan Yingying and Cheng Tianxia, to persecute Dafa practitioners. They forced the practitioners to watch films and videotapes that defame Falun Gong. They tortured the practitioners using methods such as hanging them up by their handcuffs, depriving them of sleep, stripping them, and brutally beating them. Dafa practitioner Li Mei was persecuted to death in this camp.
[Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province] The Perpetrators Plan to Retaliate After Their Crimes Are Exposed
Recently practitioners from Zhaoyuan City published several articles on the Minghui website exposing the facts of the persecution and the names of some of the perpetrators of the persecution. These people held a secret meeting and then ordered the persecution of Dafa practitioners to be escalated. They plan to utilize all resources to monitor the Internet cafés, the rental housing, and temporary residences in order to find Dafa material production sites. They also set up a reward and punishment system that encouraged family members to persecute Falun Gong.
[Xi'an City, Shanxi Province] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners Are Sent to a Brainwashing Center
In March 2003, several practitioners were forcefully sent to a brainwashing center most likely located at Xi'an Worker's Rehabilitation Center in Changan County, Xi'an City. Du Chunlian, female, 46 years old, was arrested while walking on the street. Three other practitioners Li Zhao, male, 56 years old, Bai Changjin, female, 54 years old, and Liao Min, female, 50 years old were forcefully arrested from their homes.
Recently, more practitioners were forcefully sent to the brainwashing center. Other practitioners were interrogated and forced to guarantee in writing that they would quit practicing Falun Gong.
*Yuan: Chinese currency, the monthly salary for an average Chinese urban worker is about 500 Yuan
*610 Office: a bureau specifically created by the Chinese government to persecute Falun Gong. It has absolute power over each level of administration in the Party, as well as over the political and judiciary branches.
