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Latest News from China - 08/01/2002

August 11, 2002 |  

(Clearwisdom.net)

  • [Guangzhou] Material Site Damaged; Three Practitioners Arrested

  • [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioners Liu Guiqin and Li Yuehua Are Sent to a Labor Camp

  • [Fenxi City, Shanxi Province] Police Have Illegally Arrested Dozens of Practitioners Since July

  • [Yingkou City, Liaoning Province] 610 Office Holds Brainwashing Class; Model Teacher Is Arrested

  • [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Two Practitioners Arrested by Police

  • [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Many Practitioners Disappear Following Mass Arrests During "July 20" Period, Details Unclear

  • [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Li Dejiang Detained in Yuyao Detention Center

  • [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Transportation Company Works With Police To Arrest Dafa Practitioners

  • [Xian City, Shaanxi Province] Four Practitioners Are Arrested for Clarifying the Truth On a Bus

[Guangzhou] Material Site Damaged; Three Practitioners Arrested

On June 6, 2002 three practitioners, Lao Liu, Aunty Zhou and Zhao Ping were arrested in a house in Guangzhou. They had a computer, laptop, printer and some truth-clarifying materials valued at 10000 RMB Yuan taken away from them.

[Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioners Liu Guiqin and Li Yuehua Are Sent to a Labor Camp

On May 17, 2002 at 8 a.m., Miao Yali, who works in the Political and Judiciary Committee of Jinzhou High Tech Area and "610 Office," ordered the Tianqiao Street Committee to Liu Guiqin's home in Xiazhulou Village to force her to go to a brainwashing class. Liu refused. The vice-director of Tianqiao police station, Li Yong, and others dragged Liu from the second floor of her home to a police car. On June 29 they transferred her from the brainwashing class to a detention center. On July 13, they sent her to another detention center. At the same time, Li Yuehua was arrested from her home by Wangjia Police Station vice director Wang Jindong and other policemen. On July 26, Liu Guiqin and Li Yuehua were sent to Masanjia Labor Camp in Shenyang for three years of illegal detention. (The 610 Office is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political or judicial systems.)

On July 13, Miao Yali called a meeting for all street committees and police stations to arrange for the persecution of Dafa practitioners. Miao Yali sent them to the homes of Dafa practitioners who are "core figures." Whoever refused to write "guarantee letters" was sent to a brainwashing class. Practitioner Jiang Li was not home, one of her family members wrote the "guarantee letter" for her and submitted 2000 RMB Yuan.

Tianqiao police station: 86-416-3581396

Wangjia police station: 86-416-3582466

Miao Yali: 86-416-3582203 (office)

[Fenxi City, Shanxi Province] Police Have Illegally Arrested Dozens of Practitioners Since July

Since April 25, 2002 Fenxi police have adopted varies means to persecute Dafa practitioners.

Around April 25, in order to prevent practitioners from going to Beijing to appeal, they forced every practitioner to write a "guarantee letter" and organized 300 people to monitor Dafa practitioners. If they found that practitioners distributed truth-clarifying materials they would arrest them and search their homes. In July, two practitioners were forced to leave home and go from place to place. The police searched practitioners' homes and arrested them at will. More than ten practitioners have been arrested and detained in the Fenxi and Huozhou Detention Centers. The other five practitioners have gone from place to place, homeless, in order to avoid further persecution. The other practitioners were fined 3000 RMB Yuan if Dafa materials were found in their homes. The practitioners and their families suffered in this way. One family persecuted their own relative, whom they sent to a mental hospital on July 23.

[Yingkou City, Liaoning Province] 610 Office Holds Brainwashing Class; Model Teacher Is Arrested

Wang Shouyin, the head of Yingkou "610 Office" and the Party School held brainwashing classes to persecute Dafa practitioners. Recently, the "610 Office" arrested Dafa practitioners on a large scale and forced them to attend brainwashing classes. More than twenty practitioners in Gaizhou and Dashiqiao were arrested. They did not follow any legal procedures and broke into the homes of the practitioners. A female practitioner was taken away by force, dressed only in underwear.

[Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Two Practitioners Arrested by Police

In the middle of June, the police took practitioner Ma Ximing from her home in Gu Township, Daoli District of Harbin City. No details were available.

At the beginning of May, Dafa practitioner Wang Fengru from the Xiangfang area in Harbin City was arrested by police in her home. No one knew what happened to her afterwards. Her husband, who does not practice Falun Dafa, was also arrested.

[Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Many Practitioners Disappear Following Mass Arrests During "July 20" Period, Details Unclear

[Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Li Dejiang Detained in Yuyao Detention Center

Dafa practitioner Li Dejiang, male, architectural engineer, was detained in Yuyao detention center in Ningbo City about one month ago. His family couldn't obtain any details. Li Dejiang, 28 years old, was from Tiefen District, Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province.

[Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Transportation Company Works with Police to Arrest Dafa Practitioners

In July, Dafa practitioner Miao Jianguo from Dong Cheliang Section in Jinzhou City was arrested by the 610 Office and taken to a brainwashing class. Miao clarified the truth to them and resisted the persecution. His blood pressure became abnormal during the brainwashing class and he was sent home. His work unit urged him to return to work as soon as possible. On July 22 Miao returned to his office as requested. The leader, the Party secretary of his work unit, and the safety-guard officer phoned the local police station and the 610 Office. Dozens of policemen pounced on him. Miao Jianguo was not afraid of them and said loudly, "Falun Dafa is good!" "Restore the reputation of my teacher!" The leaders of his work unit retreated to try to show that the issue had nothing to do with them. Miao was taken away. Miao's father, who is almost eighty years old, and his mother, who is eighty-two years old, have been left with no one to care for them.

[Xian City, Shaanxi Province] Four Practitioners Are Arrested for Clarifying the Truth on a Bus

On July 29 at 5 pm, four practitioners, all about 30 years old, posted truth-clarifying posters at the bus stop of Dachaishi Street, 611 stop. Then they got on the bus and clarified the truth to people. When the bus arrived at the Bell Tower Station downtown, plain-clothes policemen arrested them.