(Clearwisdom.net) The Shantou City 610 Office and Domestic Security Division led a large-scale arrest of practitioners on August 11, 2011, in the Jinping District, the Longhu District, and the Chenghai District. Director of the Shantou 610 Office Huang Pengxiang and CCP Political and Judiciary Committee head Huang Xiaoyang mobilized several dozen officers. Their reason for the arrests was security for the 2011 Summer Universiade (World University Games) which began on August 12 in Shenzhen City.
A few days prior, a 610 Office vehicle, its license plate hidden from view, was staked out near Mr. Xu Daoming's home. At around 10:00 a.m. on August 11, about 50 people from the Shantou City and Jinping District 610 Offices, the Domestic Security Division, Guangsha Community Police Station Neighborhood Administration, and Fuxi Neighborhood Administration arrived at the Xu family-owned small convenience store. They arrested Mr. Xu and his wife without giving a reason or providing legal documents and ransacked the store. Many bystanders were present during the arrest, and some expressed their confusion as to why so many officers were needed to arrest an unarmed senior couple.
During the arrest, another group of officers went to ransack their home. They confiscated a TV and satellite dish and arrested their son-in-law. They also went to Mr. Xu's sister-in-law's home in an attempt to arrest her. They broke in and stole some of her property.
Mr. Xu Daoming and his wife, Ms. Wu Peijuan, both around 60, have been repeatedly monitored and harrassed over the past dozen years of the persecution. In 2004, agents from the Shantou 610 Office (Xu Yang and Xiao Guangxiong) and the Domestic Security Divison (Lin Weimin and Li Dongmong) arrested them, ransacked their home, and detained them. Mr. Xu was beaten in Guangsha Police Station and sustained multiple injuries. Ms. Wu Peijuan was detained in the Shepu Detention Center and in a brainwashing session held at the Rescue Station near Shantou Train Station.
That same day, August 11, 2011, Ms. Wu Peiwen, Ms. Wu Chunhong, Ms. Xu Yixiang, and Mr. Fang Yongbin were also arrested. Police ransacked their homes and confiscated a number of items. Ms. Xu Yixiang and Mr. Fang Yongbin were detained with Mr. Xu Daoming, his wife, and their son-in-law in Guangsha Police Station. Mr. Xu's wife was transferred to the brainwashing session held at the Rescue Center, but her son-in-law was released that night. Mr. Xu Daoming and Ms. Xu Yixiang were transferred to the Shepu Detention Center on August 12, 2011.
On August 12, 2011, two other practitioners, Mr. Chen Shaoliang from Shantou and Ms. Li Zuojun from the Chenghai District, were also arrested and taken to the brainwashing session at the Rescue Center.
Ms. Wu Peijuan's sister has been missing since August 11. Her whereabouts remain unknown.
Over the next few days, Mr. Xie Xingjun, Ms. Xie Jiahao, Ms. Cai Yanqun, Mr. Xie Jiade, Ms. Xie Xiuying, Mr. Chen Jianbing, Ms. Xu Muqun, Ms. Wang Mioazhen, and Ms. Chen Yixia were harassed, and interrogated and had their homes ransacked and their property confiscated.
