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Latest News from China - October 3, 2004

October 16, 2004 |  

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1. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Yu Jingxia Sentenced to Ten Years of Imprisonment

Practitioner Ms. Yu Jingxia was sentenced to less than ten years of imprisonment in the first round of a trial in the Xinhua District Court. Then the Shijiazhuang City Intermediate Court sentenced her to ten years. At present, Yu Jingxia is appealing to Hebei Province's Superior Court. Yu Jingxia is currently being held at the Shijiazhuang City No. 2 Detention Center.

2. [Dianbai County, Guangdong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Lin Yanmei and Gan Huiling Are Staging a Hunger Strike to Protest Their Illegal Detention

On September 23, 2004, practitioners Ms. Lin Yanmei and Ms. Gan Huiling from Shuidong Town went to Guanzhu Town to visit a friend. They saw a Falun Dafa truth-clarifying flyer lying on the ground, they picked it up and gave it to a person standing next to them and clarified the truth about Falun Dafa to him/her. It turned out later that the person called the police. As a result, the practitioners were thrown into the Chengxi Police Station, Shuidong Town. A policeman there beat Lin Yanmei so badly that she was black and blue all over her body. The scene was horrible. He took her by the throat, choking her while beating her so as to prevent her from making any sound.

Right now, the two practitioners are both being held at the Dianbai County No. 2 Detention Center. They have been staging a hunger strike for seven days and their lives are in great danger. They are both good people who live up to "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." Both have elderly parents and young children.

3. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Li Wei Suffers Excruciating Torture in Dalian City's Forced Labor Camp

According to the latest news from Dalian City's Forced Labor Camp, at the beginning of April 2004, Deputy Team Leader Wang Shiwei and inmate Li Yue used all kinds of excruciating torture methods to forcibly "reform" Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Wei, an army officer who has transferred to civilian work. In September, Mr. Li Wei wrote a declaration stating that all the statements he wrote under pressure against Dafa are now void and that he will persist in practicing Dafa. Wang Shiwei illegally extended Li Wei's term by three months and put Mr. Li in a strictly monitored cell. Wang Shiwei and guard Yuan Yu beat Li Wei badly. They used all kinds of other excruciating torture methods, including electric batons. Li Wei is now staging a hunger strike to protest the gross abuse and torment. At present, several practitioners besides Lin Weizhu are being held in strictly monitored cells.

4. [Shanghai City] Han Yinzhen Is Unable to Walk Due to Torture in a Forced Labor Camp

Ms. Han Yinzhen, 53 years old, is a retired worker from Shanghai City's Rectifier Factory. Her residence address is Room 63, No. 32 Dong'an Sicun Residential Area, Shanghai City. Her I.D. card number is: 310104195111092849.

In August 2001, Han Yinzhen was sentenced to two years of forced labor simply because she practices Falun Dafa. In February 2004, Han Yinzhen was reported to the police while clarifying the truth of Falun Dafa to the staff of Dong'an Sicun Residential Area's Street Administrative Committee. Her home was ransacked. Police found five copies of truth-clarifying materials handwritten by her. On July 28, 2004, Yan Yinzhen was sentenced to one year of imprisonment. At present, she is unable to walk and her blood pressure is very high. However, the police refuse to release her on medical bail.

Some relevant telephone numbers:

(Country code: 86, area code: 21)

Address: No. 5 Team, P.O. box 701-408, Qingpu Women's Forced Labor Camp.

Team leader by the last name of Shi: 69209148 ext. 500;
Team leader by the last name of Xu from the Xuhui Police Department, Shanghai: 64868911 ext. 71495.

5. [Shanxi Province] Practitioners Zhang Suhua and Xu Linxiang Sentenced to Forced Labor

During the morning on March 26, 2004, someone reported practitioner Ms. Zhang Suhua and Ms. Xu Linxiang from Wutai County in Shanxi Province to the Yangbai Police Precinct when the two practitioners were doing Dafa truth clarifying work. The police arrested them as the practitioners were on their way home. Afterwards, the two practitioners were sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor and are now incarcerated at Taiyuan City's Xindian Forced Labor Camp in Shanxi Province.

6. [Maoming City, Guangdong Province] Arrest of Su Jiezhen and Ke Ying

On September 23, 2004, Ms. Su Jiezhen went to Shigu Town to visit relatives and she clarified the truth there; however, someone reported her to the local police and she was arrested and sent to the Maoming brainwashing class.

On the evening of September 20, personnel from the Maoming "610 Office" told practitioner Ms. Ke Ying, 50 years old, to "come and have a talk." The next day Ke Ying was arrested and sent to a brainwashing class.

7. [Chongqing] Arrest of Practitioner Zhang Peijin

On August 20, 2004, police from Beibei City arrested practitioner Mr. Zhang Peijin and held him at the Beibei City Detention Center. Mr. Zhang was beaten badly at the center. He went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. Mr. Zhang has currently been admitted to an affiliated hospital of Beibei City's No. 9 Hospital for emergency treatment. Detailed information about his situation is unclear. It is known that another practitioner by the last name of Wang was arrested at the same time.

8. [Tongcheng County, Hubei Province] Arrest of Practitioner Wu Xueyan

Practitioner Ms. Wu Xueyan from Tongcheng County, Hubei Province went to Pinghu Town, the Longgang District in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province to work. She performed excellently in the factory and was very well respected. In September 2004, someone reported her to the police, and personnel from the Pinghu Town Police Station arrested Ms. Wu and ransacked her home. The police took away her books and letters and sent Ms. Wu to the Longgang Police Precinct. Wu Xueyan is currently being held at the Longgang Detention Center.

Longgang Police Precinct address: Dezheng Road, Longgang District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province (zip code 518172)

Pinghu Police Office: 86-755-28854701, 86-755-28843110

Longgang Detention Center: 86-755-28930166

9. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Wang Baoqin and Yu Fengwen Are Arrested When Distributing Truth-Clarifying Material

Ms. Wang Baoqin and Ms. Yu Fengwen from the Peide Agricultural University of Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province went to Fuyuan Township during the daytime on September 20, 2004, to distribute truth-clarifying materials. Someone reported them to the police. That same day, police pried their doors open and confiscated Dafa materials and books. Further details are unknown.

10. [Anqiu City, Shandong Province] Police Ransack Practitioner Yuan Suzhi's Home

Around June 20, 2004, personnel from the Linwu Town Police Precinct and the Anqiu City Police Department ransacked practitioner Ms. Yuan Suzhi's house in Yuanjiazhuang, Linwu Town, Anqiu City, Shandong Province. They confiscated Dafa books and truth-clarifying materials and put Yuan Suzhi into the Anqiu City Detention Center. The police claimed that they would sentence her. In order to get her out, her family members have paid over 10,000 yuan (1) to the related officers.

Phone numbers of some of the persons involved in the persecution:

Linwu Town Police Precinct: 86-536-4770013, chief Lou Zhongmin

Song Yunqing of Linwu Town: 86-536-4266618 (home)

Detention Center (changed into Surveillance Administration Brigade), head Fan Qilu, 86-536-4264060 (home)

11. [Wuxue City, Hubei Province] Arrest of Practitioner Liao Yuanhua

Officer Peng Linfa from Wuxue City's "610 Office" ordered some personnel to arrest practitioner Mr. Liao Yuanhua from Wuxue City, Hubei Province because Mr. Liao told the facts about Falun Gong to the people taking the same bus as he on September 13. Mr. Liao was released after five days of a hunger strike. He temporarily lived with his elder sister and brother-in-law because he had lost his job.

Right before the October 1st National Day, in the afternoon of September 30, police officer Zou Changqing from the Longtan Police Precinct, Wuxue City, came to Liao Yuanhua's residence. After an exchange of deceptive pleasantries, he entrapped Liao Yuanhua and took him to a detention center. When officer Zou Changqing was asked for the reasons, he shirked accountability for his actions, saying that Mr. Liao has to ask Chief Zhu from the Longtan Police Precinct to get the answer, because he didn't know. Apparently, this is again an unlawful act of persecution of Falun Gong practitioners on a so-called "Sensitive Date" (2).

12. [Binzhou City, Shandong Province] Arrest of Practitioner Wang Jingxian

During the evening of October 1, the authorities from Binzhou City's Western Police Precinct, Shandong Province, sent two police cars and many officers to break into practitioner Ms. Wang Jingxian's house located in the residential area of the city's Pipe Petroleum Transportation Company. They arrested Wang Jingxian. Wang's 15-year-old daughter, a high school student, was left alone at home.

13. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Arrest of Practitioner Zhang Jiyu

Practitioner Ms. Zhang Jiyu from the Hefei City Forklift Factory has not yet returned since she was sent to a brainwashing class on August 6, 2004. It is said that the brainwashing class is at the campus of the Anhui University. On April 30, 2004, her husband Wang Hongrong had to leave his home to avoid the persecution. His whereabouts are unknown. Their daughter is currently left home alone and she leads a difficult life.

14. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] Plainclothes Police Arrest Practitioner Wang Sulian When She Clarified the Truth to People

Practitioner Ms. Wang Sulian, about 50 years old, lives at Erlihe Village, Zhongyun Street, Jiaozhou City. Several days ago when she was clarifying the truth at the Xihu Market in Jiaozhou City, three plainclothes officers from the Zhongyun Police Precinct arrested her.

Related phone numbers:

Zhongyun Police Precinct: 86-532-7213817
Zhongyun Street Administration Office: 86-532-7290711

15. [Taian City, Shandong Province] Destruction of a Falun Dafa Materials Production Center; Huge Losses Sustained

During the morning of June 25, 2004, a Falun Dafa truth-clarification materials production center in Taian City was destroyed. Special agents and police officers from the city's National Security Team arrested practitioners Mr. Zhao Weidong, Ms. Song Furong and one practitioner from another province at the Yingzuo Shopping Center. After interrogating them under torture and having extorted a "confession," the authorities threw the two practitioners into the Taian City Detention Center.

In early July, police found the main truth-clarifying materials production site and arrested practitioner Ms. Lu Xia. They confiscated all the equipment and materials. None of the other practitioners' whereabouts are known, except for one who didn't live with them. Except for a few pieces of equipment that have been moved to other places, all confiscated equipment, materials and consumables are worth 190,000 yuan. In addition to the 40,000 yuan looted away from the coordinator, the total loss was 230,000 yuan.

16. [Mancheng City, Hebei Province] Detention of Practitioner Du Yuqin in Taihang Prison

Because of practicing Falun Dafa, Ms. Du Yuqin is incarcerated at the Taihang Prison in Mancheng City, Baoding City, Hebei Province. Her husband, who is also a practitioner, was tortured to death in 2002. Their two children currently live at the No. 2 Children's Village in Banqiao Street, Zhaoquanying Town, Shunyi District, Beijing, which may be an orphanage.

(1) Yuan is the unit of Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average income of an urban worker in China.

(2) "Sensitive Dates" are days such as national holidays and dates of significance to Falun Gong, such as July 20, 1999 when the persecution officially began. The authorities try to prevent practitioners from going to Tiananmen Square and speaking out for Falun Gong at these times.

October 3, 2004