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Latest News from China - January 1, 2004

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December 31, 2003

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  1. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Three Practitioners Are Sentenced to Jail
  2. [Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province] Lu Qiaoling Is Arrested
  3. [Weihui City, Henan Province] Police Extort Money from Dafa Practitioners
  4. [Beining City, Liaoning Province] Pang Yukun Is Arrested
  5. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Li Yuanhao and Yu Zhanchun Are Detained
  6. [Leshan City, Sichuan Province] Zhu Yuzhen and Chen Xiongying Have Been Detained
  7. [Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Sabotage Three Sites Where Falun Dafa Materials Are Stored
  8. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Taijitun Town Police Station Arrests Four Falun Dafa Practitioners
  9. [Henan Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Wu Zhenyu and His Wife Wrongfully Arrested; Their Two-Year-Old Daughter Separated From His Mother
  10. [Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Police Sabotage Three Sites Where Falun Dafa Materials Are Stored
  11. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Persecution Experienced by Tao Jiaping, Teacher at the Professional Senior High School in Xinzhou District
  12. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Special Agents Stake Out Post Offices

1. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Three Practitioners Are Sentenced to Jail

We have discovered that three practitioners from Lanzhou City, Gansu Province were recently sentenced to jail:

Mr. Guo Xueze, 56 years old, the accountant in Province Petroleum Company, 5 years sentence.

Ms. Liu Lanying, 54 years old, an employee in the Vegetable Company, 4 years sentence.

Mr. Wen Shixue, 57 years old, sentenced to 8 years sentence.

2. [Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province] Lu Qiaoling Is Arrested

On the evening of November 28, 2002, a few policemen from the Chengguan Police Branch broke into the house of Ms. Lu Xiuling and wanted to take her away. Lu Qiaoling refused to go, and the policemen dragged her to a vehicle. Her teenage daughter was left alone at home. The policemen lied, "Your mom will come back soon." However they sent Lu Qiaoling to a labor camp.

Due to the arrest of Lu Qiaoling, her elderly mother became ill from the stress and finally passed away in September 2002.

On December 6, 2003, Lu Qiaoling went to the Jinpeng construction site to hand out materials that clarified the truth about Falun Dafa and was turned in by others. Now she has been detained in the Zhuanghe Jail. Her father and daughter need her assistance and care at home, but she is unable to provide it.

Chengguan Police Substation Chief's Office: 86-411-9814242

3. [Weihui City, Henan Province] Police Extort Money from Dafa Practitioners

Policemen harassed and persecuted practitioners, arresting them in order to extort money from them. They would not release anyone who did not pay the money. They sentenced a practitioner named Fan Jin to three years in a forced labor camp and detained him in the Shibalihe Labor Camp in Zhengzhou.

4. [Beining City, Liaoning Province] Pang Yukun Is Arrested

On December 28, 2003, a practitioner named Pang Yukun from Yushu Village, Liaotun Town, Beining City was arrested because he painted a sign that clarified the truth of the persecution of Falun Dafa. He was detained in Beining Detention Center.

Liaotun Town Police Branch: 86-416-6857008

Chief's Office: 86-416-6857348

Beining Detention Center: 86-416-6622174

Detention Center: Zhang Jiahai 86-416-6624758 (H)

5. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Li Yuanhao and Yu Zhanchun Are Detained

Dafa practitioner Li Yuanhao from Shuangyang area, Changchun City was arrested by plain-clothes policemen in Jilin and was taken back by Zhang Jianping and other policemen to Shuangyang. Later he was detained in the Shuangyang No. 3 Detention Center under the charge of damaging TV equipment.

Yu Zhanchun has been sentenced to one year of labor camp 'reeducation'.

6. [Leshan City, Sichuan Province] Zhu Yuzhen and Chen Xiongying Have Been Detained

Ms. Zhu Yuzhen, 49 years old, lives in the Wutong area of Leshan City. She was arrested on November 28, 2003 because she distributed literature exposing the Jiang regime's persecution of Falun Dafa. She has been detained in the Wutongqiao Detention Center in Leshan City.

Ms. Chen Xiongying, 54 years old, lives in Shawan, a part of Leshan. She was arrested on December 5, 2003 when she was distributing truth-clarifying materials in front of the local government's offices. She is being held in the Shawan Detention Center.

7. [Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Sabotage Three Sites Where Falun Dafa Materials Are Stored

Recently, the Wuchang City "610 Office" [an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems] have ordered police officers from stations in various towns to carry out a campaign of arrests of Falun Dafa practitioners. In December 2003 alone, four Falun Dafa practitioners were arrested. They were Dong Zhishan and Wu Ruihua from Beiyinhe Town, Zhao Shuxian from Anjia Town, and Liu Yahui from Lalin Town.

8. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Taijitun Town Police Station Arrests Four Falun Dafa Practitioners

On the evening of December 4, 2003, four Falun Dafa practitioners went to a marketplace to paint signs exposing the persecution of Falun Dafa. The practitioners were from Taijitun Town in Huludao City, Liaoning Province. Zhang Zhiyi, a driver who works at the Taijitun Town Police Station, spotted the practitioners and called the police. Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Wang Guihua and Ms. Di Suqiu were caught. The same night, police broke into the homes of Ms. Sun Shangqing and Ms. Jin, and unlawfully placed them under detention as well. The four practitioners were later transferred to the Huludao City Detention Center, where they have remained in custody ever since.

Telephone number of Zeng Qingchen, head of the Taijitun Town Police Station: 86-429-4270020.
Telephone number of the Taijitun Town Police Station: 86-429-4270085.

9. [Henan Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Wu Zhenyu and His Wife Wrongfully Arrested; Their Two-Year-Old Daughter Separated From His Mother

In May 2001, Falun Dafa practitioner Wu Zhenyu in Henan Province was unlawfully taken to the police station from work after informants had turned him in. Under the orders of the city's "610 Office," numerous charges have been brought against him on the basis of fabricated evidence. Using his righteous thoughts and with wisdom, Mr. Wu managed to escape from police custody.

The police became enraged. They ransacked Mr. Wu's home and unlawfully took his wife (also a Falun Dafa practitioner) to the detention center. She was later transferred to a forced labor camp in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. Police officers forcibly separated her two-year-old daughter from her. No matter how the little girl cried, they sent her to the parents' hometown hundreds of miles away. It has been reported that this baby girl spent over a year in the police station, and has been known by the nickname "Little Carrot" [It is very ironic and revealing that the police use the nickname "Little Carrot" because it is a well known name that was given to a child whose parents were held in prison by the regime in power before 1949. The tale of "Little Carrot" is famous in Mainland China and he was considered to be a brave child who was heralded for his courage in the face of oppression.].

10. [Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Police Sabotage Three Sites Where Falun Dafa Materials Are Stored

The police have sabotaged three sites where Falun Dafa materials were stored. A total of five Falun Dafa practitioners have been placed under arrest. They are possibly held at the Liaoyang Detention Center. The Baita Branch of the Liaoyang City Police Department was responsible for this. Losses include 10,000 Yuan in cash, a CD burner, two photocopying machines, three motorcycles, one notebook computer, and two computer printers [500 yuan is the average monthly income of an urban worker in China]. The underlying cause of this unlawful raid was the careless use of cellular phones without taking proper security precautions.

11. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Persecution Experienced by Tao Jiaping, a Teacher at the Professional Senior High School in Xinzhou District

Mr. Tao Jiaping, age 27, is a teacher at the Professional Senior High School in Xinzhou District of Wuhan City, Hubei Province. On January 3, 2001, he was dismissed by the district's educational committee for having been to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. Since Mr. Tao has refused to give up his belief in Falun Dafa, he has not been able to go back to work there.

12. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Special Agents Stake Out Post Offices

Over the past few days, special agents were sent to hide near post offices in order to catch Falun Dafa practitioners who were sending Dafa materials in the mail. It is not yet clear if the order came from postal authorities or from the police.