Seven Falun Gong practitioners were arrested when they visited three children, whose mother was sentenced four years in prison, father sent to a mental hospital.
Being Arrested for Assisting Imprisoned Falun Gong Practitioner's Family
At around two o'clock in the afternoon on March 4th, 2010, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Feng Yuying, Ms. Han Keting, Ms. Sun Enqin, Ms. Zhao Yuping, and Ms. Guiping from Cuihuangkou Township, Wuqing District, Tianjin City and Ms. Quo Huili and Ms. Liu Jinting from Baodi District were arrested by local police while looking after three children whose parents were not able to care for them. They were then illegally detained at Wuqing Detention Center.
Practitioner Ms. Wei Lianhua was arrested in 2008. She was sentenced to four years in prison and is currently being held at Tianjin Women's Prison. Ms. Wei's husband then went through tremendous hardship. Since he had to provide for their three children and himself, he went to the village to collect more than eight thousand yuan that the officials owed him. However, the officials claimed that they did not have his money and that it was, in fact, their predecessors who owed the money, so they refused to pay. Ms. Wei's husband was under great strain and unable to contain his anxiety: he lost all hold on reality and was not able to recognize anyone. He would walk around without any clothes on, did not eat or sleep, and was prone to physical violence with anyone he saw. He was sent to a mental hospital.
After Ms. Zhou was arrested and her husband's emotional condition deteriorated, their eldest daughter, Ms. Zhou Hongyan, had to watch after her younger brother and sister. She was not able to shoulder the heavy burden of being responsible for the household and taking care of the hospital fees and started to show signs of mental instability.
Due to the helping hands of the Falun Gong practitioners, Ms. Zhou's mental status slowly began to improve. However, around 2 o'clock in the afternoon on March 4, several practitioners went to visit her and were reported. The police from Wuqing District Precinct and Cuihuangkou Station arrested both Ms. Zhou and others and took them to the police station.
Except for Ms. Zhou, who was taken home by her aunt and an elderly individual, the other seven practitioners are jailed in Wuqing Detention Center.
Wuqing District Police Precinct Chief: Miao Hongwei: 86-22-82170001 (Office), 86-22-82179988 (Home).
Wuqing District Detention Center: 86-22-82171513; Director: Zhao Guoquan
Cuihuangkou Police Station: 86-22-2957-1330; Chief: Guo Qihe; Deputy Chief Li Junming: 86-13820486168 (Cell)