Latest News from China - March 27, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

1. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wu Lixian in Wanghua District is Arrested
2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Mr. Hu Yunpeng and Brother-in-Law are Arrested
3. [Chibi City, Hubei Province] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners Held in Custody
4. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Jin Yuzhen from Nu'erhe Township in Taihe District Remains in Custody at the No. 1 Detention Center
5. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Elementary School Teacher Guo Qinghua Arrested
6. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Changle County Police Unlawfully Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioners
7. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Two Falun Dafa Practitioners in Wuchang District Arrested
8. [Shifang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Linghu Dayong Forcibly Detained in the Hexing Town Brainwashing Center in Guanghan City, Sichuan Province
9. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Li Xiantao, Wang Suoxian, Yu Lantao and Other Falun Dafa Practitioners in Dongxihu District Forced into a Brainwashing Program
10. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zheng Sixiang Taken to a Brainwashing Center after Spending Two Years in Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp
11. [Huangshi City, Hubei Province] Mr. Zhang Zhimin and Other Falun Dafa Practitioners Are Arrested and Inhumanely Tortured
12. [Jieyang City, Guangdong Province] Yuan Xiaolan and Zhang Xiwei in Baita Town, Jiedong County Are Arrested
13. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Du Fang, a Teacher at Yantai University, and Two Students Are Arrested
14. [Antu County, Jilin Province] Zhang Beiqi and Another Falun Dafa Practitioner Arrested
15. [Antu County, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Haihua Arrested and Brutally Tortured
16. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners Unlawfully Arrested by the "610 Office" and Police in February
17. [Suizhou City, Hubei Province] Ms. Xu Hui Forced into a Brainwashing Program
18. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Li Peirui from the Erdao District Arrested

1. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wu Lixian in Wanghua District is Arrested

Ms. Wu Lixian is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Wanghua District, Fushun City, Liaoning Province. At 7:00 a.m. on March 10, officers arrived at her home in four police vehicles, took her into custody and sent her to a brainwashing facility.

2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Mr. Hu Yunpeng and Brother-in-Law are Arrested

On March 2, 2004, officers from the Weixing Road Police Station arrested Mr. Hu Yunpeng and his brother-in-law at their rented home.

According to insiders, informants notified the police after spotting them distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials on Weixing Road. The Changchun City Police Department immediately ordered the local police station to carry out the arrests. On the evening of March 2, officers broke in, brutally beat them, and ransacked their home. They confiscated Falun Dafa books and materials, as well as over 2,000 yuan in cash. Even their landlord was extorted out of 1,000 yuan. (1)

3. [Chibi City, Hubei Province] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners Held in Custody

In early March, Chibi City police arrested several Falun Dafa practitioners for no apparent reason. Those arrested include: Huang Cenxiu, Huang Lianqing, He Yulin, Xu Wenming and Zhou Guoqiang. Among them, Xu Wenming is from Shenshan Town in Chibi City. Xu was held in the No. 1 Detention Center for nine months in 2000, and later transferred to the Shizishan Forced Labor Camp to serve a one-and-a-half year term. Xu was put on medical parole due to poor health resulting from severe abuse endured in both the detention center and the forced labor camp, but was placed under arrest again. Zhou Guoqiang went on a hunger strike for eleven days and managed to escape on March 16, 2004.

Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code 86; City code 715
Fu Minggang, Director of the "610 Office"(2): 5260284, 86-13307245880 (cellular)
Chen Pinghong, Deputy Director of the "610 Office": 5352297
Tan Weimin, group head of the "610 Office": 86-13907245106 (cellular), 5352576, 5223576
Long Xinshui, State Security official: 5275766

4. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Jin Yuzhen from Nu'erhe Township in Taihe District Remains in Custody at the No. 1 Detention Center

Ms. Jin Yuzhen is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Nu'erhe Township, in the Taihe District of Jinzhou City. On March 9, 2004, she was sent from the Jinzhou City No. 1 Detention Center to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp for a three-year term.

In addition, Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Xiaomin is on a hunger strike in the Jinzhou City No. 1 Detention Center. Wang's life is in imminent danger.

5. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Elementary School Teacher Guo Qinghua Arrested

Around February 20, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Guo Qinghua, a teacher at Babaixiang Elementary School in Daqing City, was unlawfully arrested while clarifying the truth at a supermarket in the Ranghulu District of Daqing City.

6. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Changle County Police Unlawfully Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioners

On March 16, 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Junmei, from Pingdu City, was turned in to the police while clarifying the truth to the public. The Laizhou City Police Department arrested her and held her in Laizhou City Detention Center. Police confiscated the truth-clarifying CDs, self-adhesive tape and 2,000 yuan in cash that Wang was carrying.

On March 19, officers arriving in four police vehicles besieged Falun Dafa practitioner Zhong Shuhua at her home in Changle Town, Pingdu City. Ms. Zhong was unlawfully placed under arrest and her home ransacked. The police confiscated a tape recorder, a VCD player, over 800 unused cassette tapes and other materials.

An individual who participated in the persecution:
Wang Zenwen, head of the brainwashing center in Laizhou City, in the Yantai area of Shandong Province.

7. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Two Falun Dafa Practitioners in Wuchang District Arrested

At around 3:30 p.m. on March 19, 2004, police shut down the Xintangren Cooked Food Products Company on Hubuxiang Alley in the Wuchang District of Wuhan City. They smashed a company plaque and took all of the employees into custody, including Falun Dafa practitioners Zhu and Jiang, according to reports.

8. [Shifang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Linghu Dayong Forcibly Detained in the Hexing Town Brainwashing Center in Guanghan City, Sichuan Province

Ms. Linghu Dayong is a retired employee of the Majing Town Health Facility in Shifang City. Around March 4, 2004, town government official Pan tricked her into meeting him but then forcibly detained her in the brainwashing program at in Hexing Town, Guanghan City. When her family demanded an official explanation, the officials dodged responsibility. Another Falun Dafa practitioner, Tang Changyuan from Group 9 Village 9 of Majing Town, who had been arrested significantly earlier, was held in the same brainwashing program.

Individual who is in charge of the persecution:
Qing Liqiang, member of the Majing Town "610 Office" in Shifang City: 86-838-8813667

9. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Li Xiantao, Wang Suoxian, Yu Lantao and Other Falun Dafa Practitioners in Dongxihu District Forced into a Brainwashing Program

On March 10, 2004, police took Li Xiantao, Wang Suoxian, Yu Lantao and other Falun Dafa practitioners in the Dongxihu District of Wuhan City to a brainwashing center located in the Sandian Employee's School in Dongxihu District. Police dragged Li from the fourth floor all the way down. Her hands and bare feet were bleeding badly. The police put a pair of shoes on her only after condemnation from the crowd who witnessed the brutality. Li was shouting, "Falun Dafa is good" and "Falun Dafa is the righteous law" while the officers were throwing her into the car. According to an eyewitness account, the officers appeared to be drunk while making the arrest.

10. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zheng Sixiang Taken to a Brainwashing Center after Spending Two Years in Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp

Ms. Zheng Sixiang is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Dehui City. On March 6, 2002, she was unlawfully arrested in the Nanguan District of Changchun City and sentenced to two years at Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City. In the forced labor camp, she maintained righteous thoughts and carried out righteous deeds, refusing to write the "five statements" (3). When her sentence had been served, she was taken directly to brainwashing facility in Changchun City, created for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Sending her there was a joint decision made by officials of the Dehui City Agriculture Bureau, Dehui City Police Department, Dehui City "610 Office" and the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City.

Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code 86; City code 431
Office of the Director, Dehui City Agriculture Bureau: 7222273
Office of the Dehui City Agriculture Bureau: 7222180
Li Yuke, director of the Dehui City "610 Office": 7234600 (office), 86-13943021087 (cellular)

11. [Huangshi City, Hubei Province] Mr. Zhang Zhimin and Other Falun Dafa Practitioners Are Arrested and Inhumanely Tortured

Mr. Zhang Zhimin, in his forties, is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Huangshi City. He is a former employee of an organization within the Huangshi City Metallurgy and Steel Company. The Xisaishan Branch Police Department in Huangshi City frequently persecuted Mr. Zhang for practicing Falun Dafa. To avoid the persecution, he had been forced to stay away from his home since 2002. On April 8, 2003, he was arrested in Huangshi City. He was severely injured and was unable to take care of himself due to injuries incurred from police brutality. He remains in custody at the Huangshi City No. 1 Detention Center.

Mr. Li Zheng is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Huangshi City, who the local police continually persecuted for his belief in Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance. He has been sentenced to four years of forced labor after being arrested in another town. (He had been forced to leave home in 2002 to avoid persecution.) Mr. Li is currently held in Qinduankou Prison in Hangyang City, Hubei Province. His physical condition has deteriorated as a result of his collapsed lung. Mr. Li's wife, Wu Chunxia, has also been enduring persecution since not long after the wedding. She has to stay away from home in order to avoid arrest. She could not even return home when giving birth to a child, who is currently being looked after by Wu's father. Ms. Wu since has since been arrested and sentenced to four years of forced labor. She is being held in Subdivision 1 (Women's Clothes Factory) of Ward 4, at Wuhan City Women's Prison.

Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code 86; City code 714
Huangshi City No. 1 Detention Center: 6223030
Wang Changtie, Huangshi City Police Chief: 86-13307233677 (cellular)
Liang Quanjia, Assistant Chief of Huangshi City Police Department, in charge of the Falun Gong persecution: 86-133072336926 (cellular), 6538803 (office), 6538819 (home)
Yang, cadre of Subdivision 1 of Ward 4, at Wuhan City Women's Prison: 86-27-68831082

12. [Jieyang City, Guangdong Province] Yuan Xiaolan and Zhang Xiwei in Baita Town, Jiedong County Are Arrested

Yuan Xiaolan and Zhang Xiwei are Falun Dafa practitioners from Baita Town, Jiedong County, in Jieyang City. On March 19, officers from the Baita Police Station arrested them while they were distributing truth-clarifying materials in Yuanpu Village, Baita Town.

Relevant contact information:
Telephone number of the Baita Police Station: 86-663-3592100
Huang Zhengrong, head of the police station
Wu Longfei, director of the police station

13. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Du Fang, a Teacher at Yantai University, and Two Students Are Arrested

Du Fang, a teacher at the Chemistry Institute of Shandong's Yantai University, was arrested two weeks ago while teaching a class. Later, the University Public Security Division sent security guards to stake out Du's home. The two students, both Falun Dafa practitioners, were arrested. One was from Yantai University and the other was from the Coal and Mining School,. Another teacher at Yantai University, who happened to be visiting Du at the time, was also abducted and later released. The teacher and the two students are currently being held at the Laishan District Police Department in Yantai City.

Contact information at Yantai University:
Country code 86; City code 535
Guo Mingrui, President of Yantai University in Shandong Province: 6902060 (office)
Yu Wenshu, Vice President of Yantai University: 6902311 (office)
Cui Mingde, Vice President of Yantai University: 6903022 (office)
He Shixin, head of the university's Division of Student Affairs: 6902619 (home)
Zhang Shizhen, deputy head of the Division of Student Affairs: 6902774 (office)

Fang Baomin, head of the Public Security Division at the university: 6902635 (office), 6902632 (home)
Wang Xianming, deputy head of the Public Security Division: 6903091 (home)

14. [Antu County, Jilin Province] Zhang Beiqi and Another Falun Dafa Practitioner Arrested

Zhang Beiqi is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Antu County, and Gao Changsuo is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Fudong Town in Helong City. At around 3:00 a.m. on March 20, 2004, the two practitioners were in Antu County distributing leaflets that exposed the recent arrests of several Falun Dafa practitioners in the county and the subsequent ransacking of their homes. Officers from the patrol brigade of Antu County Police Department arrested them. The two practitioners are being held in the patrol brigade of Antu County Police Department.

Telephone numbers at the patrol brigade:
Country code 86; City code 433
Jin Donghao: 5822090 (office), 5831571 (home), 86-13196205127 (cellular)
Yao Haitao: 5822090, 5839238, 5888787
Yue Xiangdong: 5822090, 86-13069085985 (cellular)
Ma Jingbo: 5822090, 86-13844787883 (cellular)
Piao Changhao: 5822090, 86-13180939096 (cellular)

15. [Antu County, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Haihua Arrested and Brutally Tortured

On March 3, 2004, without presenting any legal documentation, police officers ransacked Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Haihua's home. Even Wang's neighbor's home was searched. Officers involved in the search were Shen Jingzhu, Jin Haisong, Jin Zhenshan, Gao Bo, Wang Yuling (female) and Zhu Mingkui, all from the Antu County State Security Brigade in Jilin Province. At 8:00 a.m. on March 4, 2004, these officers arrested Ms. Wang at the car wash where she worked. They dragged her into a car and handcuffed her. Jin Haisong kicked and hit her about the face and chest. Upon arrival at the State Security Brigade, Shen Jingzhu grabbed Ms. Wang's head and smashed it against the wall. Ms. Wang was forced to remain standing in a fixed position all night. Officers kicked her when she did not stand up straight. She was held in the detention center for the fifteen days that followed. She was interrogated from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on March 13, and held in isolation for several days.

Relevant telephone numbers at the Antu County State Security Brigade:
Country code 86; City code 433
Piao Chengzhe, head of the brigade: 5838327 (office), 5825422 (home), 86-13904469137 (cellular)
Shen Jingzhu, deputy head of the brigade: 5822306 (office), 5839088 (home), 86-13704469559 (cellular), 86-13894358884 (cellular)
Jin Xueshan, deputy head of the brigade: 5833311 (office), 5824893 (home), 86-13634476408 (cellular)
Jin Xuesong, deputy head of the brigade: 5822870 (office), 5827660 (home), 86-13904469920 (cellular)
Xu Hai, deputy head of the brigade: 5839069 (office), 86-13844738168 (cellular)
Yu Xue, of the Political Security Section: 5822870 (office), 5827709 (home), 86-13844730160 (cellular)
Liu Chenglu, of the Political Security Section: 5822870 (office), 5826632 (home), 86-13904469920 (cellular)
Gao Bo: 5838883, 86-13089346965 (cellular)
Wang Yuling: 5823900, 86-13944759291 (cellular)
Jin Zhenshan: 5821772, 86-13069085245 (cellular)

16. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners Unlawfully Arrested by the "610 Office" and Police in February

In February 2004, the police and members of the "610 Office" arrested Ma Jianrong, He Milan, Si Bing, Li Qiong and other Falun Dafa practitioners in Guangzhou City. He Milan was carried out of the house by four thugs and taken to a brainwashing center in the Zhuhai District of Guangzhou City. It has been learned that Si Bin is being held at the brainwashing center, and that Xie Yan and Li Qiong are being held at the Tianhe District Brainwashing Center. Other practitioners' whereabouts are unknown.

Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code 86; City code 20
Wushan Street Neighborhood Administration in Tianhe District, Guangzhou City: 85287596, 87641408
Xie Meixing, in charge of the "610 Office" overseeing the Tienhe District Brainwashing Center: 82325231
Chen Changyi, director of the "610 Office": 82321158 (home)

17. [Suizhou City, Hubei Province] Ms. Xu Hui Forced into a Brainwashing Program

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Xu Hui, 32, is an employee of the No. 2 Zengdu District Properties Branch Bureau in Suizhou City, Hubei Province. On March 15, 2004, Ms. Wang Lin of the city's "610 Office" and Huang Zhiyong led the local police in abducting Ms. Xu from her workplace and forcing her into the Wuhan Brainwashing program.

18. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Li Peirui from Erdao District Arrested

Falun Dafa practitioner Li Peirui, 51, lives in Erdao District, Changchun City. At 4:00 a.m. on March 4, 2004, Li was arrested at home.

1. The yuan is the basic unit of currency in China, where the average monthly income of an urban worker is 500 yuan.
2. The "610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.
3. Five statements that renounce Falun Gong.