Latest News from China - May 7, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

• [Beijing] Six Dafa Practitioners from Shijingshan District Are Sentenced
• [Yichang City, Hubei Province] Persecutors Arrest Dafa Practitioners Ms. Han Ping and Ms. Qin Airong for Distributing Truth-clarifying Materials
• [Nanning City, Guangxi Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Xu Chunling Is Sentenced to Forced Labor Again
• [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Persecutors Arrest Dafa Practitioner Mr. Yang Tingxiang
• [Emeishan City, Sichuan Province] Six Dafa Practitioners Are Arrested Recently
• [Inner Mongolia] Two Dafa Practitioners Are Detained at Xilinhaote Detention Center
• [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Practitioner Zhou Xinchun and Zhu Hanying Are Arrested
• [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Many Dafa Practitioners Are Arrested
• [Shantou City, Guangdong Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Lin Shaoling Is Arrested
• [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Police Arrest Dafa Practitioner Peng Peiyun, Wang Yuqin and Others
• [Tianjin City] Two Practitioners Are Arrested
• [Macheng City, Hubei Province] The Recent Persecution of Dafa Practitioners
• [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Police from the Wanzhen Border Guard Police Station Persecute Dafa Practitioners
• [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] The Police Arrest Practitioner Jiang Wei And Try to Extort Money
• [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] The "610 Office" Arrests Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhong Zhendong
• [Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] Dafa Practitioner Zhang Qiyong Is Arrested Again
• [Chenxi County, Hunan Province] More Facts About The Persecution of Three Dafa Practitioners
• [Hebei Province] Six Dafa Practitioners Are Arrested

1. [Beijing] Six Dafa Practitioners from Shijingshan District Are Sentenced

In January and February 2004, six Dafa practitioners from Shijingshan District were illegally sentenced. The fabricated charges were "attempt to tap into TV signals, and storing a large amount of truth-clarifying CDs and other materials." Below are the practitioners' names and jail terms:

Mr. Huang Jian, 12 years;
Mr. Ma Jun, 11.5 years;
Mr. Wei Shijun, 11.5 years;
Mr. Li Kai, 11.5 years.

The above were sent to Chadian Prison in Tianjin City, where they were detained in several groups, including Group No. 12 and Group No. 19.

Ms. Sun Jingping, 7 years;
Ms. Huang Guiqin, 8 years.

The above two practitioners were sent to Tiantanghe Women's Prison.

The persecutors had detained the above six practitioners for about 18 months in a detention center where conditions were extremely bad. Wei Shijun's health is currently in a dangerous state. He has serious liver and kidney diseases, and there are two three-inch long and very deep scars, one on his hand and one on his face. According to information from the prison, the scars resulted from torture in the detention center before he was sent to prison.

Many Dafa practitioners from Beijing are detained in Chadian Prison in Tianjin City. Many of them are intellectuals from colleges and universities in Beijing. Practitioner Mr. Yang Xiaomin (from Huanglou Area, Shijingshan District of Beijing) is also detained there on a prison term of 4 years.

The detained practitioners were allowed to exchange a few letters per month with their friends and relatives, but the letters were subjected to strict examination by the prison.

Address of Chadian Prison in Tianjin City:

PO Box 106, Chadian Postal Station, Tianjin City, 3000841, P. R. China.

2. [Yichang City, Hubei Province] Persecutors Arrest Dafa Practitioners Ms. Han Ping and Ms. Qin Airong for Distributing Truth-Clarifying Materials

In early April 2004, while local Dafa practitioner Ms. Han Ping was distributing truth-clarifying materials near Nanjinguan, Yichang City, some persecutors received a report about her activity. They arrested her and sent her to the No. 1 Detention Center in Yichang City.

Around 4 PM on April 10, 2004, local Dafa practitioner Ms. Qin Airong was distributing truth-clarifying materials near the No. 3 Middle School of Yichang City. Police from the Gulou Street Police Station (Xiling District, Yichang City) arrested her and sent her to the No. 1 Detention Center in Yichang City.

Related phone numbers:

Gulou Street Police Station: 86-717-6735000 Chief: Tan Xiangke
The No. 1 Detention Center in Yichang City: 86-717-6551775, 86-717-6553602
Yichang City Detention Center: 86-717-6551613, 86-717-6564555
Xiling District Police Sub-department: 86-717-6773007
Xiling District "610 Office" (1): 86-717-6768218

3. [Nanning City, Guangxi Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Xu Chunling Is Sentenced to Forced Labor Again

Ms. Xu Chunling is in her 30's, and her hometown is Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. She was a police officer in the Qiaosi Prison of Zhejiang Province. Because she is steadfast in her practice of Falun Dafa and went twice to Beijing to appeal, her work unit fired her in February 2000. In March 2000, Ms. Xu went to Nanning to work for her younger sister, a self-employed businesswoman. In 2001, the Yongxin District Police Station in Nanning City sentenced Ms. Xu to 1 year of forced labor. She was released at the end of 2002. In March 2004, because Ms. Xu clarified the truth to people, police from Yongxin District arrested her again. It was said that she is currently detained in the Maoqiao Reeducation Camp in Nanning City. Her family members are not allowed to visit her. According to her family, Ms. Xu was sentenced to 2 years of forced labor.

4. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Persecutors Arrest Dafa Practitioner Mr. Yang Tingxiang

Mr. Yang Tingxiang is a 43-year-old Dafa practitioner from Shenyang City. Around April 28, 2004, Yang was arrested for a second time.

Mr. Yang went to Beijing to appeal in November 1999. The persecutors arrested him and detained him in the No. 5 Detention Center of Shenyang City for 2 weeks. His family members then were able to have him released on bail. At the end of July 2003, when Yang delivered some truth-clarifying materials to a Dafa practitioner's home, several police officers happened to be there ransacking the practitioner's home. The police abducted Mr. Yang and took him to a police station. On the same night, Mr. Yang escaped from the police station with his righteous thoughts. Since that time, he has been forced to stay away from his home and move from place to place. Because the police often harassed his family members, they were also forced to leave home and stay with Mr. Yang in a rented apartment.

Around April 28, 2004, Yang was arrested for the second time, at the apartment where he was staying. His current whereabouts are unknown.

5. [Emeishan City, Sichuan Province] Six Dafa Practitioners Are Arrested Recently

On December 4, 2003, practitioner Wang Zairong from Suishan Town (Emeishan City, Sichuan Province) was arrested again and sentenced to 3 years of forced labor. Wang had already been arrested five times and sentenced to forced labor once before.

In Anchuan Village, Suishan Town, six Dafa practitioners were arrested in March 2004: Ms. Yang Fengying, Ms. Yao Guilian, Ms. Yao Kailian, Ms. Yang Limei (the above 4 practitioners were all sentenced to 18 months of forced labor); Mr. Lei Qipan (sentenced to 1 year of forced labor), and Ms. Li Dongmei (sentenced to 2 years of forced labor).

Ms. Tian Huajun is a 42-year-old Dafa practitioner from Emeishan City. She was arrested on March 14, 2004 in Leshan City. The persecutors detained her in Shizhushan Detention Center of Leshan City, where they put handcuffs and shackles on her.

6. [Inner Mongolia] Two Dafa Practitioners Are Detained at Xilinhaote Detention Center

The local police arrested practitioner Hu Cheng and another Dafa practitioner while they were clarifying the truth on April 24, 2004 in Xilinhaote City. Currently, the two practitioners are detained at Xilinhaote Detention Center.

7. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Practitioner Zhou Xinchun and Zhu Hanying Are Arrested

Practitioner Zhou Xinchun is currently detained at the No. 2 Detention Center of Wuhan City. Practitioner Zhu Hanying was first detained at the No. 1 Detention Center of Wuhan City, and then transferred to the Yangyuan Brainwashing Center for some time before being transferred back to the No. 1 Detention Center of Wuhan City.

8. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Many Dafa Practitioners Are Arrested

After the arrest of Dafa practitioners Ms. Mao and Deng Changjiu, four more practitioners from Pengzhou City were also arrested on April 27, 2004, including Gao Ping, Zhang Qinfang, and Mr. Chen Xiaoyou. When the police was arresting Chen Xiaoyou, he escaped using righteous thoughts. However, after Mr. Chen returned home in the evening, Taiqing Town Governor Zeng Zhaolin and some other police guards from Pengzhou City "610 Office" abducted him from his home. Chen's daughter tried to stop the persecutors, but was thrown to the floor. She shouted loudly, "My neighbors, come and look! The ruling Party is abducting my dad!" Many neighbors were too afraid to speak out.

Phone number of the local police department: 86-28-83871027.

9. [Shantou City, Guangdong Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Lin Shaoling Is Arrested

Thirty-seven-year-old practitioner Ms. Lin Shaoling is from Shantou City, Guangdong Province. Around May 1, 2004, Ms. Lin clarified the truth to people. On May 4, the Shantou City Police Department arrested her from her relative's home. The persecutors then detained Ms. Lin at a local detention center.

10. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Police Arrest Dafa Practitioner Peng Peiyun, Wang Yuqin and Others

On April 24. 2004, when practitioner Peng Peiyun and her husband were shopping in the Guancheng District, the local "610 Office" arrested them and subjected them to a body search. The persecutors did not find anything on the couple, so they ransacked their home later that same day. The couple is now detained at the Zhongyuan District Detention Center.

Practitioners Wang Yuqin, Ma, and Zhao were arrested some time ago. They are currently detained at the No. 2 Detention Center of Zhengzhou City. According to inside information, many Dafa practitioners are now detained in the No. 2 Detention Center.

11. [Tianjin City] Two Practitioners Are Arrested

Mr. Geng Dong is a 30-year-old Dafa practitioner from Tianjin City. On January 22, 2004, he was arrested outside the Fumin Hotel in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. He is currently detained in the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp in Guangdong Province. (The Fumin Hotel is a brainwashing center, with guards at the entrance.)

Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Dexiu is 54 years old. She is a worker at Yangliuqing Farm in the Xiqing District, Tianjin City. On April 24, 2004, she was arrested by the Xiqing Police Sub-station.

12. [Macheng City, Hubei Province] The Recent Persecution of Dafa Practitioners

In March and April 2004, after he returned from a 2-week "study session" in Beijing, Macheng City "610 Office" director Luo Zisheng hosted three meetings at the city, town, and village levels. The persecutors then tried to deceive practitioners who were working in the city into going to a brainwashing center (using the pretext of "attending a job-related training session"). Because the practitioners were all very rational, the persecutors' scheme failed. They then tried to persecute practitioners in the nearby rural areas. Some police stations like Yanhe, Gulou, and Tiemen Police Station hired some thugs to follow and monitor Dafa practitioners. Some practitioners who went to the rural areas to clarify the truth were beaten up by the thugs so badly that one could hardly recognize them. Persecutors in some villages use loudspeakers to broadcast the following message: "If we find Falun Gong practitioners, we will take them to the village government and 'fix them up.'" The persecutors in the rural areas arrest, detain, and extort large amount of money from Dafa practitioners at will.

Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhou Xiancheng from Tiemen District, Macheng City is in his 60s. The Baiguo Town Police Station arrested him and sent him to the No. 2 Detention Center of the city. Mr. Zhou was detained there for 3 days before being sent to a brainwashing center in Wuhan City.

People responsible:

Macheng City "610 Office:"

Director Luo Zisheng: 86-713-2951252 (Home), 86-713-8928909
Vice Director Zhou Jianyin: 86-713-2911213, 86-713-8922197
Vice Director Ding Weimin: 86-713-2951570, 86-713-2951532
Chief of the Gulou Police Station, Chen Yuanhui: 86-713-3828611

13. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Police from the Wanzhen Border Guard Police Station Persecute Dafa Practitioners

Policeman Zhou Xiaofeng from the Wanzhen Border Guard Police Station lead some persecutors and arrested practitioner Zhang Ximin and Shi Long (the two practitioners are workers from out-of-town) on September 27, 2004. The persecutors also ransacked the apartments of the two practitioners. When the practitioners asked Zhou for the reason of the arrest, Zhou replied, "Because you practice Falun Gong." On the second day, family members of Zhang Ximin had to give the persecutors 5,000 yuan (2) in order to have Zhang released. Zhou Xiaofeng sent Shi Long to Yaojia Detention Center in Dalian City, where Mr. Shi was detained for 15 days before he was released. During Mr. Shi's detention, Zhou extorted 1,000 yuan from his family.

Practitioner Mr. Liu Xingwang works at the No. 2 Dongdian Company in Wanzhen. On

June 20, 2000, Mr. Liu went to Beijing to appeal. The police arrested him and sent him back. The Dalian City "610 Office" instructed the Wanzhen Border Guard Police Station to extort 5,200 Yuan from Mr. Liu's father. At the time, Mr. Liu's father thought that if he paid the money, the police would release his son. However, after the police took the money, they sent Mr. Liu to the Dalian Reeducation Camp and detained him there for over a year.

Wanzhen Border Guard Police Station: 86-411-87100699

14. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] The Police Arrest Practitioner Jiang Wei And Try to Extort Money

Dafa practitioner Ms. Jiang Wei was the owner of the Landun Hotel in Chaoyang City. She was released after two and a half years of torture in the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. On April 3, 2004, the Chaoyang Police Department arrested her again. They also arrested Ms. Jiang's daughter at the same time. Jiang Wei was sent to Masanjia for the second time. After over ten days of torture, Ms. Jiang was in critical condition. Recently, the persecutors sent her to the Shijiahetao Detention Center. No visitors are allowed. Jiang Wei's daughter and another practitioner, Xie Baofeng, from Xiaheshou were also detained in the same detention center.

In addition, practitioner Li Liang, Qiao Zhongjin and his wife (the couple are from Jianping County) were also arrested around April 2004. It is said that they are detained in Wujiawa Detention Center.

Police officers Wang Jinglong and Wang Xueshan of the State Security Team of the Chaoyang City Police Department are in charge of Jiang Wei's persecution. In order to extort more money, they spread rumors about Jiang Wei, saying that she tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrists. They also used excuses like "medical expenses" to extort money from Jiang Wei's business partners. According to practitioners' information, Jiang Wei never hurt herself during her detention, but her health condition was very poor as a result of the torture.

Related phone numbers:

State Security Team of the Chaoyang City Police Department: 86-421-2617533 (Office)

Wang Jinglong: 86-421-2611250 (Office)

Wang Xueshan: 86-421-2614821 (Office)

15. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] The "610 Office" Arrests Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhong Zhendong

Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhong Zhendong used to be a policeman in the Baiyun District Police Sub-station in Guangzhou City. Because he refuses to give up his belief in Falun Dafa, the local "610 Office" arrested him. Mr. Zhong's whereabouts are unknown.

16. [Chongqing City, Sichuan Province] Dafa Practitioner Zhang Qiyong Is Arrested Again

While Dafa practitioner Zhang Qiyong was producing truth-clarifying materials on May 3, 2004, someone reported him to the police. Over ten plain-clothed policemen then arrested him. Mr. Zhang had been detained in a forced labor camp for 2 years, from 1999 to 2001, for validating Falun Dafa.

17. [Chenxi County, Hunan Province] More Facts About The Persecution of Three Dafa Practitioners

In March 2004, three Dafa practitioners from Hunan Province were sent to the Chenxi Detention Center. They are Ms. Yang Yuman, Mr. Ning Tieqiao, and Mr. Hu Chougai. To protest the persecution, Ms.Yang has been on a hunger strike for 52 days. Her relatives went to the detention center many times requesting Ms. Yang's release, but the county police department did not even allow them to see her. The County police department only said that they would look into the issue of the illegal beating of Yang Yuman by the State Security Group.

Ms. Yang Yuman is a 24-year-old, kind-hearted person. Ning Tieqiao is 35 years old, and is honest and candid. Hu Chougai is a very honest businessman in his 30s. Someone reported them when they were distributing truth-clarifying materials in Wanganping Town. Some persecutors from the Wanganping Town government arrested them and beat them up. Later, policemen Yu Qingchang and Xie Kaiji from the State Security Group and personnel from the local "610 Office" tortured the three practitioners severely for one to three hours. They hung the practitioners up in the air with handcuffs, kicked them, and twisted their limbs. The persecutors even put an iron clamp on Yang Yuman's lips with a pair of handcuffs attached to it. The iron clamp and the handcuffs weighed about 4 pounds, and all that weight was on Ms. Yang's lips. This torture lasted for over 1 hour.

After the brutal torture was exposed, Yang and Hu's family members submitted a report to the County Police Department, the Political and Judiciary Committee, the Prosecutor, and the People's Congress, asking for the release of the three detained practitioners. The report has not resulted in any improvement: Yang Yuman has been on a hunger strike for 52 days, and she has to go through the torture of being force-fed with a tube forced into her stomach.

Many Dafa practitioners have clarified the truth to the government officials and personnel of the "610 Office," asking for the immediate release of the three practitioners currently under illegal persecution. Yang Yuman's sister, her aunt and uncle-in-law went to the detention center many times asking for her release, but the county police department did not even allow them to see Ms. Yang. Later on, the helpless relatives called the county police department and the county government. The reply they received was, "The county police department cannot reinstate Falun Gong, yet we can look into the issue of beating people, which is a violation of the law." The city government officials said that the relatives could initiate a lawsuit in the courts. However, although the report exposing the criminal deeds had been sent to all related government and judiciary offices by express mail, there was no reply after a week. Yang Yuman's older sister lives out of town in a place far away from Chenxi County, and she needs to go back to her home. Her husband and father-in-law do not understand her (in helping her younger sister). After going from office to office and being treated with indifference by all levels of political and law officials, she had no choice but to return home helplessly. Vice Secretary of the County Party Committee, Tang Xiaojun, Secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee, Li Weilin, and the Director of county "610 Office," Yang Wenjun, all said the issue had nothing to do with them. The Chief of the County Police Department, Song Dafeng, refused to release the practitioners, saying that they had been sentenced to forced labor terms.

Currently, everyone in the Chenxi County "610 Office" has been assigned several practitioners to be "reformed." Those who fail to "reform" their assigned practitioners will be fined 1,000 Yuan at the end of the year. The county police department and the police stations under its control hired almost 70 people and are paying them a monthly salary of 300 yuan to form the "Security Group." The "Security Group" works at night, from 8 PM to 6 AM. The major task of the "Security Group" is to arrest Dafa practitioners.

18. [Hebei Province] Six Dafa Practitioners Are Arrested

On April 30, 2004, six Dafa practitioners went to paint some truth-clarifying words in the hills of Shanhaiguan City, so that tourists during the May 1st holiday season could see the truth of Falun Dafa. The six practitioners are: Chen Ying (from Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province), Gao Jihong (from Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province), Wei Danquan (from Shanhaiguan City, Hebei Province), Wu (from Shanhaiguan City, Hebei Province), Ouyang (a Dafa practitioner from Inner Mongolia, forced to leave home), and a male practitioner (name unknown). The six practitioners were arrested by the police from a police station in Shanhaiguan City.

Around 6 PM on May 2, 2004, police from Shanhaiguan City broke into the home of Dafa practitioner Bao Changjiang. They ransacked the practitioner's home and took away a computer (belonging to Bao's daughter), a printer, tape recorder, some Dafa books, and some other items. The persecutors also arrested Bao and another Dafa practitioner. The two practitioners are now detained in the Shanhaiguan Detention Center. On the night of May 4, the police made another attempt to arrest Bao Changjiang's wife, Yu Guirong (also a Dafa practitioner). Ms. Yu escaped with righteous thoughts. Currently, Bao's teenage daughter is left by herself at home, and she is very frightened.

Related phone numbers:

Shanhaiguan Police Station: 86-335-8664332

Shanhaiguan Detention Center: 86-335-5021427

(1) "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.

(2) yuan is the Chinese currency. The monthly salary for an average Chinese urban worker is about 500 yuan.

05/06/2004