Latest News From China - February 29, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

• [Jilin Province] After Mr. Liu Chengjun's Death, Falun Gong Practitioner Cui Is Tortured to Death at the Jilin Prison
• [Jilin Province] Jilin Prison and Changchun Prison Transfer Many Determined Dafa Practitioners to the Siping Shiling Prison for More Intensified Persecution
• [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Guiqin Is Arrested
• [Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Kan Guihong from Huanxiling Is Abducted Again
• [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Jiao Yan Is Illegally Sent to a Forced Labor Camp
• [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wu Xiuhua from the Haizhu District Is Abducted
• [Jiexi County, Guangdong Province] Dafa Practitioner Cai Chuanmo and Zhang Youliang (husband and wife) Are Arrested
• [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Jiang Wentao Is Illegally Detained
• [Guiping City, Guangxi Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Huang Zhaoxia Is Arrested
• [Tengzhou City, Shandong Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhao Hongxia and Her Sister-in-law Are Persecuted
• [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Song Jingxiu Is Arrested for Teaching Her Daughter-in-law the Exercises of Falun Gong at Home
• [Yanshi, Luoyang City, Henan Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Qiaohong Is Interrogated and Tortured
• [Baotou City, Inner Mongolia] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Chi Xiaoming and Others Are Abducted
• [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioners Ms. Zhu Dan and Others Are Tortured
• [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Over 40 Dafa Practitioners Detained at the Tiebei Jail Have Been Tortured Continuously and Deprived of Sleep
• [Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Tingxian and His Niece Are Abducted

1. [Jilin Province] After Mr. Liu Chengjun's Death, Falun Gong Practitioner Cui Is Tortured to Death at the Jilin Prison

Jilin's No. 2 Prison is still detaining about 150 Dafa practitioners. After Mr. Liu Chengjun was tortured to death for his actions in broadcasting the Falun Gong truth-clarification videos through the public TV system, another Falun Gong practitioner, Cui (first name unknown) was also tortured to death. Information regarding Cui's death is strictly controlled by the jail and is being investigated.

Tel. [phone] extension 1 to 10 (corresponding to the Jail area, the Educational Section, the Jail Administration Section, etc.)

2. [Jilin Province] Jilin and Changchun Prisons Transfer Many Determined Dafa Practitioners to the Siping Shiling Prison for More Intensified Persecution

On or about February 23, 2004 the Jilin Changchun Prisons transferred many determined Dafa practitioners to the Siping Shiling Prison for more intensified persecution.

Telephone of the Siping Shiling Prison: 86-434-5462364 (operator) (Educational section, Prison Administration section).

3. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Guiqin Is Arrested

Ms. Li Guiqin, 50, is an employee of the Liaohe Oil Field Zhulu Construction Company. Around February 17, 2004 she was arrested by five police officers from the Xinglongtai Branch Police Department in Panjin City.

Phone numbers:
Zhang Runqiu, Chief of the Political Security Section of the Xinglongtai Police Department, 86-427-2824475 (O), 86-13019952579 (C), 86-13842713579 (C)
Liu, Deputy Chief, 86-13332386288 (C)

4. [Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Kan Guihong from Huanxiling Is Abducted Again

Just before the Chinese New Year, Ms. Kan Guihong was arrested by the Nanjing Bianfang Police. The officers extorted 30,000 Yuan from her family before they allowed her to go home for the New Year. After the Chinese New Year, the police again abducted Kan Guihong.

5. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Jiao Yan Is Illegally Sent to a Forced Labor Camp

Ms. Jiao Yan was an employee of the 4^th Group of the 3^rd Oil Extraction Brigade in the Xinglongtai Oil Extraction Company in Liaohe Oil Field, Panjin City. She was forced to leave her home because of the Jiang regime's persecution. In November of 2003, she was deceived into coming home by the local residential officers who lied to Jiao by saying she had a house subsidy to pick up. Jiao was arrested after she came home. She is now being illegally detained at the Liaohe Oil Field Detention Center and has been sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp.

Phone numbers of relevant people:
Zhang Guangxi, Head of the Liaohe Oil Field Public Security Bureau, 86-427-7827838 (O), 86-427-7836828 (H)
Wei Guobao, Deputy Head, 86-427-7808111 (O), 86-427-7802135 (H)
Wang Youshan, Head of the Guobao Branch of the Liaohe Public Security Bureau, 86-427-7821140(O), 86-427-7834800 (H)
Kuang Yemao, Deputy Director of the Guobao Branch, 0427-7830610 (O), 86-427-7808093 (H)

The Liao He Oil Field Detention Center:
Jin (first name unknown), Group Leader, 86-427-7823857
Communist Party Secretary, 86-427-7820287
On-duty Office, 86-427-7820885
Xinglong Oil Extraction Factory:
Director, 86-427-7850368 (O)
Communist Party Secretary, 86-427-7819486 (O)
Financial Section, 86-427-7850757 (O)

6. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wu Xiuhua from the Haizhu District Is Abducted

Dafa practitioner Ms. Wu Xiuhua from the Haizhu District was abducted from her home on February 25, 2004.

7. [Jiexi County, Guangdong Province] Dafa Practitioner Cai Chuanmo and Zhang Youliang (husband and wife) Are Abducted

On February 17, 2004, two practitioners from Hepo Town were followed while clarifying the truth about Dafa in Liancheng village. Their home was then searched, their furniture was broken, and they were beaten. Blood marks were all over the ground at their home. They are now detained at a detention center.

Phone numbers:
Peng Chengjie, head of the Hepo Town Police Station, 86-13802322258 (C), 86-663-5587969 (H),
Han Meicai, head of the Pingshan Town Police Station, 86-663-5517838 (H)

8. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Jiang Wentao Is Illegally Detained

In October 2002, right before the Chinese Communist Party's 16^th National People's Congress, Mr. Jiang Wentao from Hanyang District was arrested after midnight while posting Dafa truth-clarifying materials near the Hualian Supermarket in Hanyang District. Police officers from the Wuli Police Station who were monitoring the area sent him to the Taojialing "610 Office" (1) Brainwashing Session in Qingduankou, Hanyang District. So far he is still being detained.

Phone numbers:
Office of the Qili Community Office, Hanyang, Wuhan, 86-27-84886155 (Xu Juying, director and secretary)
Gui Yunfei, police officer, 86-27-84874631, 86-27-62084225

9. [Guiping City, Guangxi Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Huang Zhaoxia Is Arrested

Someone reported Ms. Huang to the police because she was distributing Dafa truth-clarifying flyers on the bus on her way to work. She was detained in the Nanmu Police Station. Her home was ransacked. She has now been transferred to a warehouse belonging to a municipal electricity company and is being monitored by two people. She is being coerced into revealing the source of her materials with threats of being fired and sent to a forced labor camp.

Relevant phone numbers:
Nanmu Police Station, 86-775-3530205
Dai Jiasong (Director), 86-13707852450 (C)
Namu Electricity Station, 86-775-3530023
Deng Haiqing (Head), 86-775-6912902.

10. [Tengzhou City, Shandong Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhao Hongxia and Her Sister-in-law Are Persecuted

On January 20, 2004 Zhao Hongxia and her sister-in-law delivered Dafa truth-clarifying materials to the Xigang Mine District. Someone reported them to the police. Wang Qi (Tel. [phone] (C) or 86-13906375006 (C)), head of the "610 Office" of the Tengzhou City Public Security Bureau, arrested them. Wang ordered shackles and handcuffs to be put on Zhao 24 hours a day. They were not removed even at meal times or when using the toilet. Zhao could not wash or change clothes for 29 days. The "610 office" asked the Tengzhou Cigarette Company to coerce Zhao into giving up the practice of Dafa. Officers from the Tengzhou Cigarette Company said, "The '610 Office' is too cruel. Only murderers are shackled and handcuffed 24 hours a day. Zhao just practices Falun Gong. Why is she treated this way?"

11. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Song Jingxiu Is Arrested for Teaching Her Daughter-in-law the Exercises of Falun Gong at Home

Dafa practitioner Song Jingxiu lived on Beihu West Road. Recently, one day when Song was teaching her daughter-in-law the exercises of Falun Gong at home, Song's husband reported them to the local police. The police station dispatched about 20 police officers to have Song arrested.

12. [Yanshi, Luoyang City, Henan Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Qiaohong Is Interrogated and Tortured

On February 24, 2004 Li was arrested by the Political Security Section of the Yanshi Public Security Bureau while delivering Dafa truth-clarifying materials. The police officers tortured her during interrogation. They slapped her face more than ten times, twisted her arms behind her back, and kicked her in the abdomen. The police officers also confiscated Li's taxi and a cellular phone.

Phone of the Yanshi Public Security Bureau:
Office, 86-379-7712616
Operator, 86-379-7712378, 86-379-7711393, 86-379-7711615 (ask to transfer to the political security section)

13. [Baotou City, Inner Mongolia] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Chi Xiaoming and Others Are Abducted

Approximately seven Dafa practitioners from this area have been arrested at present. It's known that around December 12, 2003 Chi Xiaoming from the Kun District and Du (a doctor, first name unknown) from the Qingshan District were arrested. Chi's computer was sent to Beijing for inspection, and Chi was tortured.

Relevant person:
Liu Jie at Baotou City, 86-472-5305103 (O), 86-472-530510586 (O), 86-472-2516589 (H), 86-472-96111-39569 (Fax)

14. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioners Ms. Zhu Dan and Others Are Tortured

Ms. Zhu Dan is 28 years old. In October of 2003 she was arrested at the Kaiyun Street Dafa materials site along with another lady. According to these two practitioners, when they were arrested, police officers covered their heads with plastic bags. They were driven to a place called the Big Yard, which is on the route of the No. 270 bus. There they were tortured with sitting on the "Tiger Bench" (2). The Big Yard is a place used specifically for torturing Dafa practitioners. Police officers tried to suffocate the practitioners by covering their heads with plastic bags and removing the bags when they were close to suffocating. The police repeated this many times. After the tortures, the practitioners were sent to the Nong'an County Detention Center where they were shackled, handcuffed, and tortured again. Police officers used bricks from the floor to hit their buttocks until the bricks broke and the practitioners' buttocks were severely bruised and swollen. Ms. Yu Cuilan, who was in her 50s, suffered endless tortures inside the Nong'an Detention Center. She became unable to move because of the tortures. Later, some Dafa practitioners, including Zhu Dan, were transferred to the Shuangyang 3^rd Detention Center. Yu Cuilan had to be carried there by others. Her whereabouts are currently unknown. Dafa practitioners detained at the Shuangyang 3^rd Detention Center have also suffered from various tortures, including deprivation of food.

15. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Over 40 Dafa Practitioners Detained at the Tiebei Jail Have Been Tortured Continuously and Deprived of Sleep

There are over 40 Dafa practitioners detained at the Tiebei Jail, scattered in 25 different cell blocks. They have been tortured continuously and deprived of sleep.

Phone numbers:
Office for torturing Dafa practitioners: 86-431-5870548, Director, Jun Hailing and Zong Bin.
Security team: 86-431-5870633
Cell Area: 86-431-5870891 (operator) then asking for specific cell area.

16. [Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Tingxian and His Niece Are Abducted

On January 16, 2004 a Dafa practitioner was followed when leaving Dafa materials at Zhang's home in Fuxin City. Police officers from the police brigade of the Tiexi District Branch of the Shenyang City Public Security Bureau arrested Zhang and his niece. Zhang's home was ransacked and his whereabouts are unknown.

On January 14, 2004 Ms. Li, 58, from the Yuhong District of Shenyang City was arrested by police officers from the Tiexi District Branch of the Shenyang City Public Security Bureau.

February 29, 2004

(1) "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.

(2) "Tiger Bench": a cruel torture method. Practitioners are forced to sit on a small iron bench that is approximately 20 cm (6 inches) tall with their knees tied together. With their hands tied behind their backs or sometimes placed on their knees, they are forced to sit straight up and look straight ahead. Usually some hard objects are inserted underneath the practitioners' lower legs or ankles to make it harder for them to tolerate this abuse.