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Latest News From China - July 2, 2004

July 19, 2004 |  

(Clearwisdom.net)

  1. [Daqing City, Helongjiang Province] Dafa Practitioners Are Cruelly Tortured in Daqing Jail
  2. [Hubei Province] Dafa Practitioner Gao Shunqin from Wuchang City Is Illegally Sent to Labor Camp
  3. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebai Province] Police in Shanhaiguan Development Section Arrest Dafa Practitioner
  4. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Police in Longfeng Arrest Dafa Practitioner Tian Guiting
  5. [Changzhang City, Jilin Province] Heizhizi Forced Labor Camp Extends Dafa Practitioner Bai Ping's term
  6. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Perpetrators in Lichun Town Abduct Practitioner Ms. Huang Jufen
  7. [Huaihua, Hunan Province] Facts of Dafa Practitioners Being Detained and Extorted in Zhongfang County
  8. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Dafa Practitioner Zhou Hanmei Is Arrested and Sent to Brainwashing

1. [Daqing City, Helongjiang Province] Dafa Practitioners Are Cruelly Tortured in Daqing Jail

Dafa practitioners are being cruelly tortured in Daqing Jail. They are under surveillance day and night by criminal inmates. A total of 32 Dafa practitioners are illegally imprisoned and tortured in Daqing Jail: Zhang Xingye, Li Hai, Dai Zhidong, Yao Bin, Jiang Derong, Wang Mingkui, Jia Shenghui, Sun Xinghe, Zhu Hongbing, Cui Hongyi, Xu Mingsheng, Cao Guozhi, Jin Sheng, Zhao Yuan, and Zhang Guixiang, etc.

2. [Hubei Province] Dafa Practitioner Gao Shunqin from Wuchang City Is Illegally Sent to Forced Labor Camp

On February 26, 2004, Ms. Gao Shunqin was arrested by Wuchang Police, Wuchang "610 Office"(1), Shuiguohu Second Branch Police, and Shuiguohu Street Watch. After being tortured both physically and mentally in a detention center for one month and in a brainwashing center for two months, she was sentenced to one year of forced labor in May.

3. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebai Province] Police in Shanhaiguan Development Section Arrest Dafa Practitioner

On the morning of June 24, 2004, six policemen, led by Zheng Wei, Police chief of Shanhaiguan Development Section Police Station, arrested Mr. Hua, because of his clarifying the truth to people on the internet. Mr.Hua is detained in the Qinhuangdao City First Detention Center.

Phone number of Shanhaiguan Developing Section Police Station Chief, Zheng Wei, 86-335-5082347

4. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Police in Longfeng Arrest Dafa Practitioner Tian Guiting

On June 25, 2004, police arrested Ms. Tian Guiting, a Dafa practitioner from Changxi, Longfeng Section, Daqing City, because she clarified the truth on a bus ride. Her property was also confiscated. She is now being detained in the Daqing City Detention Center.

5. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp Extends Dafa Practitioner Bai Ping's term

On May 20, 2002, Dafa practitioner Bai Ping was illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor. She has been detained in the Fourth Brigade in the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp, Changchun City. Although her term was due a month earlier, the camp still refused to release her. The camp tried to force her to write a "Guarantee Statement," (4) but she refused. She tore off her nametag and refused to take part in the slave labor, protesting her persecution.

6. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Perpetrators in Lichun Town Abducted Practitioner Ms. Huang Jufen

Practitioner Ms. Huang Jufen is from Jinshan village, Longfeng town, Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province. On June 4, 2004, Lichun Town perpetrators abducted Ms. Huang Jufen in Lichun town, Pengzhou City. She was reported to the police while distributing truth clarification materials. Before the abduction of Ms. Huang, the police in Lichun town took away two other practitioners and ransacked their homes.

7. [Huaihua, Hunan Province] Facts of Dafa Practitioners Being Detained and Extorted in Zhongfang County

Yang Ziwei is a Dafa practitioner from Huaihuazhongfang County, Hunan Province. He began Dafa cultivation in 2002. In March 2002, he was illegally arrested and detained for 15 days and was extorted of 1500 yuan.

In September 2000, Ms. Li Faxiu went to Beijing to appeal to the government and was arrested. Local public security personnel brought her back from Beijing. She was detained for 115 days and "fined" ten thousand yuan (2) (actual payment was 6000 yuan).

8. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Dafa Practitioner Zhou Hanmei Arrested and Sent to Brainwashing

The Sichuan Provincial Local Electric Bureau and Caotang Police plotted to arrest and send Dafa practitioners within their jurisdiction to brainwashing. On June 15, 2004, police intruded into Ms. Zhou Hanmei's home. They arrested her and sent her to a brainwashing center. Ms. Zhou is an employee of the electric bureau. In April 2003, she was sentenced to one year of hard labor, because of her clarifying the truth to people. She was released in April this year. Her work unit and local police had been trying to force her to write "Three Statements (3)," but she refused.

Note:

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 - 500 yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China.

3. Three Statements - Practitioners are coerced under brainwashing and torture to write these as proof that they have given up their belief. Created by the "610 Office," the three statements consist of a letter of repentance, a guarantee to never again practice Falun Gong, and a list of names and addresses of all family members, friends and acquaintances who are practitioners.

4. Guarantee Statement - A statement to declare that one is remorseful for practicing Falun Gong and guarantees not to practice Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.