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August 22, 2008

FDI Urgent Appeal: Retired Professor Arrested in Pre-Olympic Purge for Printing Underground Newsletters

21 Aug 2008

(Clearwisdom.net) New York--As Olympic sailing competitions continue in Qingdao, a retired professor and his wife face imminent sentencing in nearby Jinan for practicing Falun Gong and printing underground leaflets. Official documents obtained by the Falun Dafa Information Center (FDIC) corroborate the detention of the elderly couple, who remain at risk of severe abuse in custody.

Mr. Tan Zhiyang, Thirty-Six Years Old, Dies with Knife-Scar on Lower Back

(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Tan Zhiyang, unmarried, was hired as an assistant engineer by the Xiangxiang City Livestock and Aquaculture Bureau in Hunan Province. He was born on September 26, 1972 in the Shahaichong Group in Dongkouba Village, Shizhu Township in Yueshan Town, Xiangxiang City, Hunan Province. He graduated from the East Campus of the Changde City Normal College in June 1999. In March 1999, Tan Zhiyang began practicing Falun Gong. After the persecution started in July 1999, he had to leave his job. He was detained nine times: three times in the Honglun Detention Center in Xiangxiang City, once in the Qilipu Detention Center in Xiangtan County, once in the Xiangxiang City Police Dog Training Center, twice in the Xiangtan City Detention Center, once in the Xinkaipu Labor Camp, and the last time was in the Wuling Prison in Changde City.

Older Man from Heilongjiang Province Dies Following Beating in Police Custody

(Clearwisdom.net) On August 15, 2007, Clearwisdom.net published a report on Shan Zhenchang, a older man in his sixties, from Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province, who was severely beaten by city policeman Du Zhanyi, and was in critical condition. The authorities didn't want to bear the responsibility for his impending death, so they released him. In June 2008, Mr. Shan died as a result of the severe beating.