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Clearwisdom Weekly Persecution News - May 5 ~ May 11, 2008

May 16, 2008 |  

May 5

On April 9, 2008, four Falun Gong practitioners from Caojia Village, Gudianzi Town, Jilin City, Jilin Province, were arrested after their homes were searched. The police checked their TV signals to find out whether they received overseas satellite broadcasting.

On the night of April 16, 2008, the police from Yangpu District, Shanghai City secretly searched Falun Gong practitioner Hu Linggen's home. Then the same group of police hurried to arrested Mr. Hu Linggen from his work place.

Falun Gong practitioner Xie Wutang, nearly 70 years old and his wife were arrested on July 14, 2007 by the police from the Domestic Security team. Mr. Xie was sent to Wuling Prison near the end of January 2008. Under the CCP's illegal detention and brutal persecution, His health condition is very bad.

May 6

On February 24, 2008, when they were on the way to visit imprisoned fellow Falun Gong practitioners, Ms. Yu Huijuan and others were arrested by the police in Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province. They were interrogated and tortured in the detention center. Ms. Yu held a hunger strike to protest and was force fed. She was in serious condition but the police refused her release.

May 7

A Beijing couple is brutally arrested in front of their four-year-old daughter.

May 8

Falun Gong Practiioners are exposed to harmful chemicals while manufacturing products at Changlinzi Forced Labor Camp. The same chemicals are then dumped untreated into the Songhua River polluting the area.

Another practitioner is refused access to due process of law.

The story of Ms. Wang Weiyue illustrates how the brutal persecution of practitioners continues.

May 9

Ms. Zhou Huimin dies in custody after authorities refuse to release her for medical reasons. Zhou's death marks the eighth that has occurred at Chengdu City's Qingyang District Hospital as a result of torture.

May 10

Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began its persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, Mr. Gao has been arrested 11 times. His most recent sentencing ocurred on March 28, 2008.

Withthe excuse of "preparing for the Olympics," two Falun Gong practitioners in their 70s were taken to a brainwashing center in March 2008 by police officers in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province.

May 11

Seven Falun Gong practitioners were reported to have died as a direct result of the persecution. All the victims died between January and April of this year, with five death cases occurring in April, as the Chinese Communist "prepares" for the Olympics Games.

Under the guise of so called "Violating Law Implementation," CCP police arrested Mr. Feng Shuwen, a 69 years old Falun Gong practitioner from Beidao Village, Xinzhan Township, Jiaohe City, Jilin Province.


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