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Latest News from China -- October 24, 2004

November 06, 2004 |  

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  1. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Current Situation of Zhu Xia After She was Mentally Traumatized from Severe Torture

  2. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Falun Gong Practitioners Wang Guohua, Wang Xingxiang, and Zhu Hong Sentenced to Nine, Eight, and Seven Years of Imprisonment, Respectively

  3. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Arrest of Several Practitioners

  4. [Anhua County, Hunan Province] Hu Yuye Was Arrested and Her Home Searched

  5. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Sentencing of Several Practitioners

  6. [Jinchang City, Gansu Province] Arrests of Numerous Practitioners

  7. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Arrest of Xiong Yuhua

  8. [Shandong Province] Arrest of Practitioner Song Shuhua

  9. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Arrest of Many Practitioners from Wuhan City's Iron and Steel Corp

  10. [Anqiu City, Shandong Province] Detention of Mr. Ma Hongxiang and Mr. Wang Jinxiang and Extortion of Mr. Liu Fangtang

  11. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Arrest of Luo Yunzhi

  12. [Hunan Province] Arrest of Zhou Jingcheng in Shaoshan City

  13. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Tan Xiangyu Goes on a Hunger Strike to Protest Her Illegal Sentencing

1. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Current Situation of Zhu Xia After She was Mentally Traumatized from Severe Torture

After going through eighteen months of forced labor and three cruel brainwashing classes for ten continuous months, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhu Xia from Chengdu City was tortured so severely, both physically and mentally, that she was mentally traumatized. It has been nearly six months since Zhu Xia returned home to the Guangrong residential area on April 2, 2004, but her symptoms of mental trauma have not improved. Instead, they seem to have deteriorated recently.

Right now, no matter if it is day or night, Zhu Xia rushes in and out of her home, shouting and cursing. Her mother, Ni Qinghui, has to take care of her own husband, who is ill, and Zhu Xia's son, who is four to five years old. She is under great pressure. Whenever Zhu Xia's mother goes out, she suspects that someone follows her, so it's not convenient for her to ask fellow practitioners for help.

2. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Falun Gong Practitioners Wang Guohua, Wang Xingxiang, and Zhu Hong Sentenced to Nine, Eight, and Seven Years of Imprisonment, Respectively

At 8:30 a.m. on October 22, 2004, Dehui City's Court had a hearing regarding Falun Gong practitioners Wang Guohua, Wang Xingxiang, and Zhu Hong, who are held in Dehui City's Detention Center. The entire hearing process hastily finished in thirty minutes. Several family members of the practitioners apparently attended the hearing. Wang Guohua, Wang Xingxiang, and Zhu Hong were sentenced to nine, eight, and seven years of imprisonment, respectively. When leaving the court, Zhu Hong shouted loudly, "Falun Dafa is great!" The policeman beside her hastily covered her mouth with one of his hands.

Dehui City's Police Department personnel and people from the Prosecuting Office and Court were very nervous about the hearing. They arranged for bailiffs, policemen, and plainclothes police inside and outside of the courtroom. Two rows of fully equipped policemen were standing at the entryway of the court, and several police wagons, patrol cars, and fire engine ladder trucks were waiting outside.

After the hearing finished and the surrounding crowd left, police arrested twenty to thirty practitioners who attended the hearing, and have now detained them.

3. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Arrest of Several Practitioners

At around 11:00 p.m. on October 21, 2004, personnel from Yangshu Town's Police Precinct and from Dehui City's Police Department broke into practitioner Mr. Zhao Xishun's home and took him away by force. Then they rushed to practitioner Ms. Zhao Jinmin's home. As Zhao didn't open the door for them, they even shattered the window to gain entry to her house and arrested Zhao. They also arrested Mr. Wang Zongbin and another practitioner with the last name of Lu. During the whole arrest process, the police didn't show any identification. When practitioner's families went to ask for their loved ones' release, the police authorities didn't release these good people. Currently, some of the Falun Gong practitioners are being held in a detention center in Dehui City.

Phone number of related responsible units and persons (Country code: 86, area code: 431. Do not dial area code before a cell phone number.):

Secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee for Dehui City:

Zhou Hongwu, 7237559 (office) 7219988 (home), 13943121016 or 13904397518 (cell)

Guo Guangtian, Dehui City's Police Department chief, 7222192 (office), 7275949 (home), 13804397339 (cell)

4. [Anhua County, Hunan Province] Hu Yuye Was Arrested and Her Home Searched

Someone from Anhui City's People's Bank reported practitioner Ms. Han Yanli, from Anhua County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province, to police when Han was clarifying the truth, and Han was subsequently arrested. She walked out of detention using the power of righteous thoughts seven days later. An implication arrest ensued as well. After Liu Zhaoyang, secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee for Anhua County, held a telephone conversation with Liu Shihuai, Han Yanli's husband Liu Shihuai said that practitioner Ms. Hu Yuye had been in contact with Han Yanli. This led to Hu Yuye's arrest.

Phone number of related persons (Country code: 86, area code: 737. Do not dial area code before a cell phone number.):

Liu Zhaoyang, Secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee for Anhua County, 13907376821 (cell), 7225839 (home), 7222565 (office)

Liu Shihuai (Lead of traffic police team), 13517376000 (cell), 7821146

5. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Sentencing of Several Practitioners

Recently, practitioner Ms. Bai Caiping, from Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, was sentenced to one year of imprisonment. Ms. Yu Jingxia and Ms. Yin Juncai were sentenced to ten years of imprisonment, and Ms. Du Yanfang was sentenced to seven years.

6. [Jinchang City, Gansu Province] Arrests of Numerous Practitioners

During the evening of October 15, 2004, Ms. Guo Qunying, Ms. Liu Guihua, Ms. Gao Jiyin, and Ms. Wang Yonghong from Jinchang City, Gansu Province, were arrested by personnel from the city's National Security Bureau and Jinchuan District's Police Precinct. This is what is taking place right now: Guo Qunying, Gao Jiyin, and Wang Yonghong have been under surveillance at the Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials production sites for some time. Gao Jiyin was arrested when she brought a large number of items to Guo Qunying's home. It was heard that a few days prior to this arrest, Mr. Tang Bin had been arrested as well.

7. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Arrest of Xiong Yuhua

Ever since personnel from Chengdu City's Police Department, the Chenghua District's Jianshe Road Police Station, and Qingyang District's Caotangsi Police Station arrested practitioner Ms. Xiong Yuhua on March 24, 2004, no one has received any information about her. She is a retired worker from P.O. Box 82, Chenghua District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Even her family does not know her whereabouts.

Related phone numbers:

The Caotangsi Police Station: 86-28-87748872, 86-28-84331256, 86-28-84348847

Wang Jue, Jianshe Road Police Station chief: 86-13908053166

8. [Shandong Province] Arrest of Practitioner Song Shuhua

Ms. Song Shuhua is a 60-year-old practitioner. Personnel from the Electric Power Corporation of Shengli Oilfield recently arrested her when she was posting Dafa truth-clarifying materials and took her to an oilfield base brainwashing class.

9. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Arrest of Many Practitioners from Wuhan City's Iron and Steel Corp

Recently many practitioners from Wuhan City's Iron and Steel Corporation were arrested and taken to brainwashing center. From the beginning of 2002, officials from Wuhan City's Iron and Steel Corporation have been periodically forcibly arresting and sending practitioners to the Tangxunhu Brainwashing Center. In collusion with the head and secretary from each work unit, the local "610 Office" ordered each Security Section to deceive practitioners, duping them by asking them to come and have a talk. When the practitioners arrived, they were arrested, as the police were waiting downstairs. Sometimes police hid in stairwells and at street entries to arrest practitioners. They did not even allow practitioners to go home to pick up their clothes, and also did not notify family members. Several days later, the work unit sent people to pick up clothes from practitioners' homes. Regarding retired practitioners, the work units' security personnel went to practitioners' homes and arrested practitioners outright. The work unit had to pay 6,000 Yuan to the brainwashing center for each practitioner who was sent there, and family members were not allowed to visit practitioners.

10. [Anqiu City, Shandong Province] Detention of Mr. Ma Hongxiang and Mr. Wang Jinxiang and Extortion of Mr. Liu Fangtang

In late August, police arrested practitioners Mr. Ma Hongxiang, Mr. Wang Jinxiang, and Mr Liu Fangtang, from Linghe Town in Anqiu City when these practitioners were distributing Dafa truth-clarifying materials.

Mr. Liu Fangtang, 60, from Mahetou Village, Linghe Town, Anqiu City, was a new practitioner who had just started practicing Falun Gong. After Liu was detained in the Anqiu City's Detention Center, police extorted 5,000 Yuan from his family before releasing him.

After Ma Hongxiang and Wang Jinxiang were detained in the Anqiu City Detention Center, police used the opportunity to extort money from their family members. They failed at this, so they are still holding Ma Hongxiang and Wang Jinxiang in the detention center, and have aggravated the persecution. They have been detained for fifty days.

11. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Arrest of Luo Yunzhi

At approximately 9:00 p.m. or 10:00 p.m. on October 20, 2004, policemen from Anshun City's National Security Bureau in Guizhou Province went to Ms. Luo Yunzhi's home (who is in her 50s) at Guiyang City Posts and Telecommunications School. After they showed the search and seizure warrant, they ransacked Luo Yunzhi's house and confiscated 5,300 Yuan in cash, dozens of Falun Dafa books, and two "U discs." Luo Yunzhi is presently being detained at Anshun City's No. 2 Detention Center.

It has been confirmed that between September 28 and October 4, 2004, Anshun City's National Security Bureau and Police Department enforcers have arrested five practitioners. They are Mr. Yao Junjing, Ms. Qi Jiaqin, Mr. Liu Shukang, Ms. Zhang Yan from Anshun City's Liyang Factory, and one other practitioner.

Anshun City No.2 Detention Center: 86-853-3451134

Anshun City National Security Bureau: 86-853-3462611, 3462677

12. [Hunan Province] Arrest of Zhou Jingcheng in Shaoshan City

Mr. Zhou Jingcheng, the former volunteer contact person for Ningxiang County's Falun Gong practice site was arrested at Shaoshan City and was put on trial at 2:00 p.m. on October 24, 2004, but the judiciary didn't allow Zhou Jingcheng's lawyer to attend the hearing.

Yang Guanghua, the deputy chief prosecutor: 86-732-5688002

He Meng, the acting chief prosecutor

Song Hong, court office administrator: 86-732-6580571

13. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Tan Xiangyu Goes on a Hunger Strike to Protest Her Illegal Sentencing

Practitioner Ms. Tan Xiangyu, an older woman from Changsha City in Hunan Province was arrested in August 2003, and was sentenced to imprisonment. Tan Xiangyu refused to sign the judgment document and requested to be unconditionally released. She is currently being detained at Changsha City's Detention Center. She is holding a hunger strike to protest the illegal detention and sentence, and her life is in peril.