Latest News from China - May 26, 2005
(Clearwisdom.net)
1. [Gansu Province] Ms. Jin Yu and Her Family Persecuted
In 2000, Ms. Jin Yu from Gansu went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa. The police arrested her and tortured her by force-feeding her and by shocking her with electric batons. With righteous thoughts in mind, she and fellow practitioners managed to escape. After her return to Gansu, the local 610 Office arrested her several times. The authorities searched her home, suspended the salaries of her husband and children and suspended her children from work. Officials confiscated 200 yuan in cash from her family. One police officer dragged a 90-year-old member of her family to the ground. This elderly family member then passed out for over half an hour and suffered severe injury to one finger.
2. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhang Gongchang and Ms. Wang Guizhen from Jiangyuan County Arrested
At 6:00 a.m. on May 22, 2005, the police arrested Ms. Wang Guizhen, in her sixties, from Jiangyuan County, Baishan City.
On the afternoon of May 23, 2005, the police arrested Mr. Zhang Gongchang, in his forties, in Jiangyuan County, Baishan City.
3. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Mr. Ruan Fanghua is Missing, Possibly Arrested
Mr. Ruan Fanghua, 53, lives on Zhongshan Road in Changsha City. On the evening of May 15, 2005, he went out to clarify the truth and never returned. His whereabouts are currently unknown. It is likely that the police have taken him into custody.
4. [Xishui County, Hubei Province] Mr. Fang Desan and Others Arrested; Their Homes Searched
At around 4:00 p.m. on April 30, 2005, Mr. Fang Desan, from Guankou Town, was on his way back from visiting his son at the Xishui County No. 1 High School, when officers from Section No. 1 of the Xishui County Police Department forcibly took him into custody. He is being held in the No. 1 Detention Center.
On May 15, 2005, officers from the Zhuwa Town Police Station in Xishui County searched the homes of Ms. Cai Fenglia, Ms. Cai Julian, Ms. Xiao Tianying and Ms. Nan Jiying, all of which are located in Zhudian Town, in Xishui County.
5. [Ningxiang, Hunan Province] The Police Arrest and Torture Mr. Wang Gang, His Wife and Son
On April 25, 2005, Mr. Wang Gang's entire family was taken into custody. Mr. Wang, from Ningxiang in Hunan Province, suffered brain damage and has become retarded as a result of being tortured. His whereabouts are unknown. His wife, Ms. Yang Junying, has been sentenced to two years of forced labor without going through any legal process. She is being held in the Baimalong Women's Forced Labor Camp in Zhuzhou City. She has been suffering from severe heart disease due to extensive persecution. Their son, Wang Zhuo, was released after being held in custody for over two weeks.
Responsible party:
Zeng, head of the Ningxiang State Security Division: 86-13974955229 (cell)
6. [Shantou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Huang Luanzhen and Ms. Guo Kaixia Taken to a Brainwashing Center
On May 18, 2005, Dongyang Village security officials in Guiyu, in the Chaoyang District of Shantou City, under the instigation of the Shantou City 610 Office, arrested Ms. Huang Luanzhen and Ms. Guo Kaixia and took them to a brainwashing center. On the afternoon of May 19, Ms. Guo's father and her two younger sisters went to the home of a village security official to inquire about her, but several security officials knocked him to the ground and kicked him. The kicking also injured Ms. Guo's two younger sisters.
Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code: 86, area code: 754
The Dongyang Village Security Committee: 4442242, 4468105
Guo Xijie, director of the village security committee: 4443585
Chu Shun, secretary of the village security committee: 4452776
Guo Yixiu and his son Guo Gengbiao, responsible for the beatings: 4452663
Guo Zhenjian, deputy director of the village security committee: 4443680
7. [Shantou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Chen Suhua Is Missing
Ms. Chen Suhua, 57, is an employee at the guest lodging facility of the Chaoyang Agricultural Bureau in Shantou City. Officers from the Shantou 610 Office arrested her on November 25, 2004. The authorities have denied her family any visits. Ms. Chen's whereabouts are currently unknown.
Ms. Chen's husband, Mr. Zhang Shengde, formerly director of the Chaoyang Agricultural Bureau and subsequently director of the Science Bureau, does not understand the truth about Falun Dafa. His telephone number: 86-754-8711645.
Ms. Chen's elderly brother has retired from the agricultural bureau and is also unaware of the truth. His telephone number: 86-754-8717521.
Ms. Chen's eldest son, an employee at the Shantou City Dermatology Hospital, is also unaware of the truth. His telephone numbers: 86-754-8887410 (office), 86-754-8711645 (home)
8. [Changtu County, Liaoning Province] The Police Arrest Ms. Wen Guifen at Her Home
At around 10:00 a.m. on May 17, 2005, state security officers from the Changtu County Police Department in Liaoning Province broke into Ms. Wen Guifen's home in Majia Village, Quantou Town. The officers searched her home with the excuse that signs reading "Falun Dafa Is the Righteous Law" and "Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance Is Good" were posted on her door and because they had received reports from informants. The officers confiscated Ms. Wen's Falun Dafa books and materials and took her to the Changtu County Detention Center.
Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code: 86, area code: 410
Liu Jianxin, head of the State Security Division: 5822043 (office), 5825979 (home), 86-13700106822 (cell)
Yang Zhanliang, the political head: 5822043 (office), 5828866 (home), 86-13941003555 (cell)
Chen Guoxue, the political head of the county police department: 5824130 (home), 86-13904101661 (cell)
Ran Qingbin, deputy director of the county police department: 5830677 (home), 86-13904101501 (cell)
9. [Macheng City, Hubei Province] Mr. Zhou Cheng Arrested
Mr. Zhou Cheng, in his fifties, is from Tiemen in Macheng City. He went to Baiguo Town to clarify the truth. Once there, officers from the Baiguo Town Police Station arrested him. He was initially taken to the city's No. 2 Detention Center. After three days, the 610 Office transferred him to a brainwashing center in Wuhan City.
Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code: 86, area code: 713
Luo Zisheng, director of the Macheng City 610 Office: 2951252 (home), 8928909 (office)
Zhou Jianyin, deputy director: 2911213, 8922197
Ding Weimin, deputy director: 2951570, 2951532
Chen Yuanhui, director of the Gulou Police Station in Macheng City: 3828611
10. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wang Zhigang and Others Arrested
At 7:00 p.m. on April 20, 2005, Song Zhenming (whose cell phone number is 86-13941635358), Li Zuowen and other officers from the Jinzhou State Security Department broke into Mr. Wang Zhigang's home. They presented him with detention and search warrants and asked Mr. Wang to sign his name, but he refused. The officers then forcibly handcuffed him and took him to the city's No. 1 Detention Center, where he still remains. On May 4, his family visited him for the first time.
At noon on May 22, Mr. Song Chengming was followed by a yellow van while distributing truth-clarifying materials. Later, five people emerged from the van and took him into custody. Details of this incident are not available.
Around 8:30 p.m. on May 23, 2005, five plainclothes officers arrested Ms. Duan Sumei and Fei Hongjie at Longjiangbeili, where they were distributing truth-clarifying materials. Details of this incident are also not available.
11. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Ms. Hu Jinfeng from Dingxing County Arrested for the Third Time
On June 4, 2000, Ms. Hu Jinfeng from Dingxing County was called before the township government, where officials asked her whether she intended to continue practicing Falun Gong. She answered yes, was sent to the detention center and was released a week later.
On July 20, 2000, Ms. Hu went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. She was arrested and taken back to the Dingxing County Detention Center. After a two-week hunger strike there, she was released. She has since remained homeless to avoid recapture.
On May 13, 2005, the police found Ms. Hu. She and another practitioner were arrested and sent back to the Dingxing County Detention Center. On the fourth day, she was sent to the Baoding Forced Labor Camp without going through any legal process. She has since been on a hunger strike.
Ms. Hu's father, Mr. Hu Zichun, was sent to the Liyuzhuang Brainwashing Center on June 4, 2000, and was held there for one hundred days. On April 30, 2004, he was again taken to a brainwashing center for eighty days. In December 2004, the officers took him to the detention center, where he spent over twenty days, until he was transferred to the Baoding Forced Labor Camp without going through any legal process. Mr. Hu has since remained in the forced labor camp.
Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code: 86, area code: 312
Wang Lin, chief of the Dingxing County Police Department: 6925118 (office), 86-13803120668 (cell)
Zhang Shulan, head of the Political Security Section of the Dingxing County Police Department: 6926008 (home), 86-13703225953 (cell)
Zhang Jun, deputy head of the Political Security Section: 6925958 (home)
Shi Tianyuan, director the Dingxing County 610 Office: 6928079 (office), 6963067 (home)
Main line of the Dingxing County Court: 6927501, 6927502 (office)
Main line of the Dingxing County Procuratorate: 6912829
12. [Tai'an City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Fuxin and Mr. Xu Xinglu Sentenced to Prison
Recently, the Feicheng City Court of Shandong Province sentenced Ms. Zhang Fuxin, 40, and Mr. Xu Xinglu, 44, from the suburbs of Tai'an City. Ms. Zhang was sentenced to seven years, and Mr. Xu to three years in prison. They were arrested on January 5, 2005, after the police received reports that they were distributing truth-clarifying materials in Liulin Village, Bianyuan Town, Feicheng City.
Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code: 86, area code: 538
President's office of the Feicheng City Court in Shandong Province: 3221431, 3225373, 3225763, 3221434, 3225752, 3216675
Office of the Presiding Judge of the Criminal Court: 3225373
Criminal Court: 3225774
Office of Presiding Judge for the Court of Filing of Cases: 3225749
Court of Filing of Cases: 3225755
Officials of Liulin Village in Bianyuan Town, Feicheng City: 3800815
13. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Jianmei Remains in Custody Past the End of Her Term
Ms. Li Jianmei has been held in the Shandong No. 1 Women's Forced Labor Camp, serving a term from July 10, 2003 to May 10, 2005. Because of her firm belief in "Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance," her term was extended for four days every month. Her original term ended two weeks ago, yet she still remains under persecution in the forced labor camp. Ms. Li, in her forties, has an 80-year-old mother at home, as well as a daughter, who is a second-year middle school student. Both are left at home with no one to care for them.
14. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Huang Fangping and Other Practitioners Arrested
At 11:00 p.m. on May 23, 2005, Chengdu police implemented a coordinated campaign to arrest several Falun Gong practitioners. It has been reported that Ms. Huang Fangping, Ms. Lu, Zhang Jian and another practitioner were arrested and sent to a brainwashing center. Ms. Zhang Chunfang and others are being held in the Pi County Detention Center, awaiting trial.
15. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhen Yanhua and Ms. Li Guihua Arrested
At around 3:00 p.m. on May 23, 2005, Wang Qinghua and another officer with the last name of Zhao, both from the Sijian Police Station in Chengxi Township, Luyuan District, Changchun City, arrested Ms. Zhen Yanhua and Ms. Li Guihua from Changchun City, who had been distributing truth-clarifying materials when the officers arrived. They confiscated Ms. Li's cell phone. The police had two thugs drag her into the police car, where the violence caused her to have a concussion and she passed out. Afterwards, she managed to escape with righteous thoughts in mind. Ms. Zhen has since been sent to the Daguang Detention Center in Changchun City.
Responsible party:
Wang Qinghua, head residential police officer from the Sijian Police Station in Chengxi Township, Changchun City: 86-431-7877765
16. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wei Jinglong and Mr. Nie Yingwei from Heishan County Arrested
On May 20, 2005, the State Security Division of the Heishan County Police Department arrested Mr. Wei Jinglong, who is from Badaohao Town in Heishan County. He is being held at the Heishan Detention Center.
In addition, on the evening of April 12, 2005, the Heishang Police also took Mr. Nie Yingwei from Badaohao Town, to the Heishan Detention Center. His current whereabouts are unknown.
Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code: 86, area code: 416
Feng Wenfang, head of the State Security Division of the Heishan County Police Department: 5512076 (office), 86-13904062579 (mobile)
Xiao Zhongying, deputy head of the State Security Division: 5522800 (office), 5565833 (home)
Bi Shijun, of the State Security Division: 5565561 (home)
Office of Chief of the Heishan County Police Department: 5522303
Heishan County Political and Judiciary Committee: 5528871, 5528271, 5523551
17. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Hao Fukui and Mr. Jin Tindong Arrested
On the morning of May 20, 2005, more than twenty police officers, including one with the last name of Xu from the No. 1 Division of the political security division, from the Huanghai Road Police Station in the Kaifa District in Dalian City, broke into Mr. Hao Fukui's home. The officers arrested Mr. Hao and his two daughters and ransacked his home. They confiscated six tape recorders and a personal computer belonging to Mr. Hao's nephew. The entire family was terrorized. Mr. Hao Fukui is currently being held at the Kaifa District Detention Center, and his two daughters are held at the Yaojia Detention Center in Dalian City. His entire family has been placed under surveillance.
On the morning of May 20, 2005, half a dozen officers from the Dalian City Police Department, including Yang Renlai and Gao Baotao, arrested Mr. Jin Tindong while he was leaving home for work. The officers took the opportunity to break into his home, confiscating a new personal computer worth over 5,000 yuan, used by his daughter for study, some electronic books and blank CDs. Mr. Jin's whereabouts are unknown.
18. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhang Chunfang and Tao Naihua Arrested
Following Ms. Zheng Yingqiu's arrest in March 2005, officers from the Chenghua District Police Department in Chengdu City searched Ms. Zhang Chunfang's home, confiscating a large number of truth-clarifying materials and copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. Ms. Zhang, about 70 years old, is a retired employee of a company with the mailing address of P.O. Box 35.
On the morning of May 17, 2005, several police officers arrested Tao Naihua, a retired worker from the Hongguang Factory, while walking alone near home. Tao's whereabouts are unknown.
Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code: 86, area code: 28
Chengdu City Police Department: 86407273
Hao Wuyuan, of the Chenghua District Police Department: 84312800 (office), 84307297 (home)
Wang Yu, political head of the Chenghua District Police Department: 86-13908053166 (mobile)
Zhou Chuangui, head of the 610 Office of the Hongguang Electronic Tubes Factory in Chengdu City: 84306683, 86-13980678336 (cell)
Ge Shanda, member of the 610 Office of the Hongguang Factory: 84348847
Li Xiangguo, member of the 610 Office of the Hongguang Factory: 84306904
Yang Dingxiang, member of the 610 Office of the Hongguang Factory: 84306568
Peng Yanqiu, member of the 610 Office of the Hongguang Factory: 84306742
Xiao Fulian, member of the 610 Office of the Hongguang Factory: 84306955
19. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] The Shenhe District Police Arrest Mr. Zhang Xudong
On the evening of May 22, 2005, a dozen officers from the Shenhe Police Department broke into Mr. Zhang Xudong's home. Mr. Zhang happened not to be at home. The officers suspected that he distributed leaflets, so they thoroughly searched his home but did not find anything. When Mr. Zhang walked in on them, officers immediately pushed him into a police vehicle that took him away.
20. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Li Shuzhen Held in the Liaoning Provincial Women's Prison
On January 15, 2004, the Tiexi District State Security Division in Shenyang City arrested Ms. Li Shuzhen, of Shenyang City. She was sentenced to nine years in prison. She is being held in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison.
21. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Jinying and Her Younger Sister Ms. Liu Jinzhi from the Dadong District Taken into Custody
On April 16, 2003, the Huanggu District police sentenced Ms. Liu Jinying, from the Dadong District of Shenyang City, to two years of forced labor. She was held in the Longshan Forced Labor Camp. When the labor camp was later dissolved, she was transferred to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Her term ended on April 16, 2005, but it has been reported that she was sent to Fushun City for one month of forced brainwashing.
Sometime between June and July 2003, the Huanggu District Police arrested her sister, Ms. Liu Jinzhi, who was then sentenced to two years of forced labor. She is being held in the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.
Ms. Liu Jinzhi's home phone number: 86-24-88260750
Relevant telephone numbers:
Country code: 86, area code: 475
Xu Zhenxi, the political head of the police department: 86-13904758249 (cell), 2322369
Chen Wenbao, chief of the police department: 86-13904758119 (cell), 2322368, 2324789
Wang Guoqing, the deputy Party secretary of the political and judiciary committee: 86-13904758226 (mobile)
The director of the 610 Office: 2350117
Zhao Xiufa, assistant to the chief of the police department, responsible for most arrests of local practitioners: 2326639, 2322734
22. [Ningxia Autonomous Region] Ms. Yuan Shuqin from Qingtongxia City Arrested
On April 28, 2005, the police arrested Ms. Yuan Shuqin, a teacher at Xiaoba in Qingtongxia City, while she was distributing truth-clarifying materials in Shaogang. The police searched her home and confiscated a personal computer and some materials. Further details are currently unavailable.
23. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Mr. Yan Shubin Arrested; His Whereabouts Unknown
On the evening of May 18, 2005, Mr. Yan Shubin was arrested while distributing truth-clarifying materials in the Gao District of Weihai City. His current whereabouts are unknown.
24. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] The Shibei District Police Department Arrests Ms. Chen Huixian
While driving a taxi, Ms. Chen Huixian, from Qingdao City, clarified the truth to her passengers, who later reported her to the police. On the afternoon of May 23, 2005, the Shibei District Police Department in Qingdao City arrested her. Officers broke into Ms. Chen's home the same night for a thorough search, overturning Ms. Chen's bed.
May 25, 2005