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  • [Yantai City, Shandong Province] After Her Sister He Xiuling Is Tortured to Death by Yantai City "610 Office," Ms. He Xiuli Is Harassed by Police
  • [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Yi Jun on Hunger Strike Protesting Unlawful Arrest
  • [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Yin Xinyun and Wang Bingwen on Hunger Strike in Qingdao Forced Labor Camp
  • [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Elderly Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Liu Yulan Dies under Coercion and Pressure
  • [Pingdingshan City, Henan Province] Ms. Ge Yunling to Be Put on Trial
  • [Shanghai] Falun Dafa Practitioner Jiang Jinlong Sent to Forced Labor Camp
  • [Baoding, Hebei Mongolia] Ms. Wang Kunzhu Sent to Forced Labor Camp by Officials in Wangdu County
  • [Baoding, Hebei Province] Facts Surrounding the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Gudian Township, Wangdu County
  • [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Wang Ping Arrested by the City's State Security Brigade
  • [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Dang Zhigang Taken to a Brainwashing Center
  • [Chongqing] Facts Surrounding the Persecution against Falun Gong Practitioners in Jianshe Factory
  • [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Donglian Held by Yishui County State Security Brigade
  • [Bengbu City, Anhui Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Pan Yuling Held at Bengbu City No. 1 Detention Center
  • [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Elementary School Teacher Ms. Liu Wenfeng Arrested
  • [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ma Lanzheng Arrested
  • [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Li Guanghong Taken to the Hebei No. 1 Forced Labor Camp

1. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] After Her Sister He Xiuling Is Tortured to Death by Yantai City "610 Office," Ms. He Xiuli Is Harassed by Police

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. He Xiuling died at the hands of the "610 Office" (1) of the Yantai City Police Department after over six months of inhumane torture. Her sister, He Xiuli, helped take care of her funeral. Afterwards, officers from the "610 Office," led by officials of the local residential committee, broke into Ms. He Xiuli's home in broad daylight. Without presenting any legal documents, they started to search the place. In the end Ms. He's family demanded their departure.

2. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Yi Jun on Hunger Strike Protesting Unlawful Arrest

Ms. Yin Jun, in her twenties, is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Fusong County, Baishan City, Jilin Province. On June 9, 2004, police in Fusong County arrested her. She has remained on a hunger strike ever since and her life is in imminent danger. It has been reported that she had been sentenced to two and a half years of forced labor in 2002 for exposing the persecution against Falun Gong. She had been put on medical parole due to her physical condition back then.

Relevant telephone numbers:

County code: 86; city code: 439
Main lines of the police department: 6211200, 6211201, 6211204, and 6211205
Gao Feng, head of the police department: 6212815, 6212409, 86-13943953068
Qiu Yuan, head of the legal section of the police department: 6212388, 86-13804499843
Zhang Aimin, head of the political security section of the police department: 6214785, 86-13704490785

3. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Yin Xinyun and Wang Bingwen on Hunger Strike in Qingdao Forced Labor Camp

Qingdao Falun Dafa practitioner Yin Xinyun hung up a Falun Dafa truth-clarifying banner during the May 1st holiday season and was taken by police to the Dashan Detention Center in Qingdao City, Shandong Province. Yin went on a hunger strike to resist persecution. Officers in the detention center instigated inmates to brutally beat Yin. As a result, Yin's health deteriorated after suffering injuries all over the body. Given such poor physical condition, Yin was still unlawfully sentenced to two years of forced labor and sent to the Qingdao Forced Labor Camp recently.

In a separate case, Qingdao Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Bingwen has been on a hunger strike in the Qingdao Forced Labor Camp for over ten months. Wang's life is in imminent danger. The police continue to threaten that Wang is to be detained indefinitely.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Liu Xuyun, head of the Qingdao Forced Labor Camp
Main phone line of the labor camp: 86-532-7657501

4. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Elderly Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Liu Yulan Dies under Coercion and Pressure

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liu Yulan, around 72 years old, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in October 2000. She was intercepted at the Dalian Railroad Station in Liaoning Province. Later she was taken to the Mingze Police Station in Zhongshan District in Dalian for three days, when the police ransacked her home. She was extorted out of 3000 yuan (2) in cash before being released.

In the two years that followed, the local police station, the neighborhood administration office, and the residential committee constantly harassed her. The officials did everything they could in order to try to force Ms. Liu to give up practicing Falun Gong. In September 2003, she passed away under tremendous pressure.

5. [Pingdingshan City, Henan Province] Ms. Ge Yunling to Be Put on Trial

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Ge Yunling is an employee of the Tianying Company Ltd. in Pingdingshan City, Henan Province. She was unlawfully detained by Zhanhe District police for distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. The Zhanhe Court is scheduled to put her on trial around June 20.

6. [Shanghai] Falun Dafa Practitioner Jiang Jinlong Sent to Forced Labor Camp

At the end of March 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner Jiang Jinlong was again placed under arrest. Without going through any legal procedure, the authorities sentenced Jiang to two years of forced labor. Jiang is being held in the Qingpu District No. 3 Forced Labor Camp in Shanghai.

7. [Baoding, Hebei Mongolia] Ms. Wang Kunzhu Sent to Forced Labor Camp by Officials in Wangdu County

On February 10, 2004, police officers of Wangdu County in Baoding area, Hebei Province, went out on a countywide campaign to harass Falun Gong practitioners. They were led by Cao Jinyao, deputy head of the police department, and Wang Zhenzhuang, head of the Internal Security Section. At around 10:00 p.m. that night, the police arrested Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Kunzhu in Beikangzhuang Village, Chengguan Town and took her to the Wangdu County Detention Center. During the interrogation, Cao Jinyao and Wang Zhenzhuang pulled her hair, slapped her, and threatened to burn her with a cigarette lighter. On the other hand, Ms. Wang peacefully clarified the truth of the persecution against Falun Gong to the interrogators and the inmates. She also went on a hunger strike. On May 11, 2004, she was unlawfully sentenced to forced labor.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Cao Jinyao: 86-13931250299 (mobile), 86-312-6171866
Wang Zhenzhuang: 86-130320261336 (mobile), 86-312-6171509

Shang Hongzhi, director of the "610 Office": 86-312-7836500

8. [Baoding, Hebei Province] Facts Surrounding the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Gudian Township, Wangdu County

On April 24, 2004, Jia Xiangyang, head of the Gudian Township Arms Section, and Cui Haitao, head of the township police station, led officers to ransack the homes of Falun Gong practitioners without presenting any legal documents. They claimed that the practitioners possessed truth-clarifying materials and arrested them. Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Dong Lanxu and Fu Junlou were taken to the Wangdu Detention Center while working in the fields at Shiwulipu Village in Gudian Township. It has been reported that the two practitioners were beaten up during the interrogations in the detention center. The two practitioners have been on hunger strikes.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; city code: 312
Yan Guojie, Party Secretary of Gudian Township in Wangdu County: 732966 (home), 7760966 (office), 86-13933291266 (mobile)
Jia Xiangyan, head of Arms Section of Gudian Township: 7760410 (home)
Cui Haitao, head of Gudian Township Police Station: 7761734 (office), 86-13930272988 (mobile)
Shang Hongzhi, director of Wangdu County "610 Office:" 7836500

9. [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Wang Ping Arrested by the City's State Security Brigade

On June 5, 2004, officers from the State Security Brigade in Tonghua City, Jilin Province staked out the building where Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Ping lives. Wang was arrested, and the officers also ransacked Wang's home and workplace.

10. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Dang Zhigang Taken to a Brainwashing Center

Around 11:00 p.m. on June 10, Falun Dafa practitioner Tang Zhigang, a locomotive operator, was taken to a dormitory room from work for a talk by the company's Party Secretary and half a dozen other officials. The officials tried to coerce Tang into writing the so-called "three statements" [renouncing Falun Gong], which Tang firmly rejected. Tang was subsequently sent to a brainwashing center.

11. [Chongqing] Facts Surrounding the Persecution against Falun Gong Practitioners in Jianshe Factory

Ms. Zhang Wenjun, retired worker, 66, was turned in to the police by informants for exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. Her monthly retirement pension has been reduced by 180 Yuan since April 2003.

Ms. Kong Dezhen, retired worker, 51, went to appeal for Falun Gong on January 2000. As a result, her monthly retirement pension has been reduced by 180 Yuan. In addition, over 6000 yuan has been taken from her savings plan.

Ms. Huang Qiongxiang, retired worker, 66, was turned in to the police by informants for exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. her monthly retirement pension has been reduced by 180 Yuan from around October 2002 to around September 2003.

Ms. Han Deqing, retired worker, 65, was detained for fifteen days for appealing on behalf of Falun Gong at the end of 1999. She was subjected to brainwashing sessions from July to September 2001. Her monthly retirement pension has been reduced by 288 Yuan since January 2002.

Ms. Xiao Daoming, a retired worker in her sixties, went to appeal for Falun Gong in December 1999. She was detained for fifteen days and died as a result of the persecution in April 2001 in a brainwashing center.

12. [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Donglian Held by Yishui County State Security Brigade

Ms. Li Donglian is a Falun Dafa practitioner at Majiawang Village in Zhuge Town, Yishui County, Linyi City, Shandong Province. On June 6, 2004, she talked to the village's Party Secretary about the persecution of Falun Gong, but the Party Secretary turned her in to the county police department. The state security brigade officers from the county police department arrested Ms. Li. She has since remained in custody.

13. [Bengbu City, Anhui Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Pan Yuling Held at Bengbu City No. 1 Detention Center

On May 10, 2004, Bengbu Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Pan Yuling was arrested and taken to the detention center by the "610 Office" while distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials near the building of a department store. She is being held at the Bengbu City No. 1 Detention Center.

14. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Elementary School Teacher Ms. Liu Wenfeng Arrested

Ms. Liu Wenfeng, 42, is a teacher at Xilishangzhuang in Nuzhizhai Township, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. On May 31, 2004, she tried to expose the persecution of Falun Gong to Li Zhiqiang, the principal of the school (whose office telephone number is 86-315-2961423). Li, however, turned Ms. Liu in to the police. On June 4, officers from the Kaiping Branch Police Department ransacked Ms. Liu's home and took her to a brainwashing facility in Tangshan City.

15. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ma Lanzheng Arrested

On June 5, 2004, Qinhuangdao Falun Dafa practitioner Ma Lan was arrested by police officers in the Qinhuangdao Development Zone while distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. Ma is being held at the Qinhuangdao No. 2 Detention Center.

Telephone numbers at the Development Zone Police Department in Qinhuangdao City:

Zhu Weiguo and He Xin: 86-335-8052984
Section of Internal Security: 86-0335-8051109

16. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Li Guanghong Taken to the Hebei No. 1 Forced Labor Camp

Qinhuangdao Falun Dafa practitioner Li Guanghong was initially held in custody at the Qinhuangdao No. 2 Detention Center for over half a month. On May 31, the Qinhuangdao State Security (formerly the No. 1 Division of Qinhuangdao Police Department notorious for its severe persecution of Falun Gong) was to take Li to the Kaiping Forced Labor Camp in Tangshan City, Hebei Province for one year of forced labor. Li passed out due to heart problems and was taken to the Qinhuangdao Police Hospital, the left side of his body turning purple and swelling up. He was later taken to the forced labor camp directly from the hospital.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Wang Xianzeng, head of the Qinhuangdao State Security Brigade (formerly head of the notorious No. 1 Division): 86-335-3034387 (office), 86-13803351637 (mobile)
Xu Yingbin, police officer: 86-335-3034387

(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) Yuan: The monthly income of an average urban worker in China is 500 yuan.

June 17, 2004