Latest News from China - August 6, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

1. [Fuxin City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Kong Xiangjian Severely Tortured
2. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Xiuli and a Dozen Other Practitioners Arrested
3. [Shanghai] Kang Hanxin Arrested
4. [Binzhou City, Hunan Province] Ms. Zi Daoyu and Another Practitioner Arrested
5. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhang Qingyu, Ms. Liu Guiqin and Cui Deli Arrested
6. [Chongqing] Mr. Duan Yonghe Unlawfully Sent to Forced Labor Camp
7. [Chongqing] Ms. Tang Suzhen from Yanghe No. 2 Village in Jiangbei Area Arrested
8. [Anda City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Sheng Yanqin Arrested
9. [Xiamen City, Fujian Province] Ms. Yu Aihua Secretly Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
10. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Pang Xiaohong and a Fellow Practitioner from Funing County Arrested
11. [Chiping County, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Jinrong and Others Arrested
12. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Lu Mengxin, Ms. Yan Tingzhen
13. [Tianjin] Ms. Pang Xiuzhen Suffers Mental Collapse As a Result of Torture; Her Son's Whereabouts Unknown after Being Arrested
14. [Shanghai] Mr. Kang Hanxin from Xuhui District Arrested
15. [Pingdingshan City, Henan Province] Ms. Li Xiaoling Arrested
16. [Mianzhu City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Yang Xuncheng Arrested
17. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Practitioners Ms. Ren Guizhen and Ms. Wang Chang'e from Kuiwen Area Sent to Forced Labor Camp
18. [Shanghai] Mr. Pan Jijun, a Physician at Dongfang Hospital in Pudong District Arrested

1. [Fuxin City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Kong Xiangjian Severely Tortured

Ms. Kong Xiangjian is from the Taiping area in Fuxin City, Liaoning Province. She is being held in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison (formerly Dabei Prison in Shenyang City). Due to severe torture, the hair on one side of her head has turned white. Her family and relatives went to the prison demanding her release on August 1, 2005. Their plea was rejected.

In addition, around 7:00 p.m. on August 1, 2005, the police arrested fifteen Falun Gong practitioners at Ms. Liu Guiping's home in Gongjiawazi Village, Sihe Town, Xihe District. The officers were from the Political Security Section of the Fuxin City Police Department, the Xihe District Police Department, and the Sihe Police Station. State security officers also participated in the arrests. Practitioners arrested included Ms. Liu Guiping, Wang Haibo, Gong Yanming and others. They are being held in the Xindi Detention Center.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86, city code: 418
Liu Siwei, head of the State Security Group of the Fuxin City Police Department: 2831026 (home), 86-13941868686 (cell)
Zhang Qi, deputy head of the State Security Group of the Fuxin City Police Department: 2891030 (home), 86-13008298883 (cell)
Meng Hui, political head of the State Security Group of the Fuxin City Police Department: 2832580 (home), 86-13604984002 (cell)
Meng Qingyan, director of the Sihe Police Station: 3311055 (home)
Chen Yanjun, political head of the Sihe Police Station: 3318122 (home), 86-13941848943 (cell)
Liang Wei, chief of the Xihe District Police Department: 2839588 (home), 86-13904181809 (cell)
Sun Jianguo, deputy chief of the Xihe District Police Department: 3328916 (home), 86-13904187170 (cell)
Zhang Xingwei, deputy director of the Sihe Police Station: 3322519 (home), 86-13008218877 (cell)

2. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Xiuli and a Dozen Other Practitioners Arrested

On the morning of August 3, 2005, officers from the Qinggong Police Station in Qiaojia, Xinglongtai District arrested a dozen or so practitioners, including Ms. Wang Xiuli, Ms. Bao Juncen, and Qi Guoxin. The practitioners are being held in the Panjin City Detention Center. Two practitioners are on hunger strike, protesting the unlawful arrest.

3. [Shanghai] Kang Hanxin Arrested

Mr. Kang Hanxin, 25, from Shanghai, was arrested by Huangpu District police while he was practicing Falun Gong exercises publicly on the Nanjing Road pedestrian section. Mr. Kang is being held in the Huangpu Detention Center.

4. [Binzhou City, Hunan Province] Ms. Zi Daoyu and Another Practitioner Arrested

On the evening of August 2, 2005, Ms. Zi Daoyu from the Binzhou Air Conditioning Factory went to Suxian District with another practitioner to post self-adhesive truth clarification signs. Patrolling security staff arrested them. Around 8:00 p.m. on August 3, three police officers searched Ms. Zi's home.

5. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhang Qingyu, Ms. Liu Guiqin and Cui Deli Arrested

On July 31, 2005, Ms. Zhang Qingyu, Ms. Liu Guiqin and Cui Deli from Jiamusi City went to Haolianghe to distribute truth-clarifying materials. They were arrested.

6. [Chongqing] Mr. Duan Yonghe Unlawfully Sent to Forced Labor Camp

Mr. Duan Yonghe, in his sixties, from Chongqing, was arrested after being turned in to the police for distributing the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. He is being held in the Xishanping Forced Labor Camp in Chongqing, serving an 18-month forced labor term. His elderly mother, in her eighties, has been left at home alone unattended.

7. [Chongqing] Ms. Tang Suzhen from Yanghe No. 2 Village in Jiangbei Area Arrested

On July 28, 2005, Ms. Tang Suzhen from Yanghe No. 2 Village in Jiangbei Area, Chongqing, was arrested at her home. The authorities searched her home, and then took her to an undisclosed location.

8. [Anda City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Sheng Yanqin Arrested

Mr. Sheng Yanqin is from Bayi Township in Anda City, Heilongjiang Province. In June 2005, he was arrested at home and taken to the Anda City Detention Center. A few days later, he was sentenced to three years of forced labor and taken to the Suihua City Prison.

9. [Xiamen City, Fujian Province] Ms. Yu Aihua Secretly Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

There was no information available regarding Ms. Yu Aihua, from Xiamen City, after the all-out campaign to arrest Falun Dafa practitioners on December 27, 2004 in Xiamen City, Fujian Province. Recently her family members have learned that she had been sentenced to four years in prison.

10. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Pang Xiaohong and a Fellow Practitioner from Funing County Arrested

On the evening of August 4, 2005, Ms. Pang Xiaohong from Changbai Machinery Factory of the Capital Steel Group and a practitioner with the last name Meng went to the Nandaihe tourist area to distributing truth-clarifying materials. Officers from the Nandaihe Police Department in Funing County arrested them. The two practitioners are being held in the Funing County Detention Center.

11. [Chiping County, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Jinrong and Others Arrested

At noon on July 20, 2005, Gao Jianlun, director of the Hongtun Township Police Station in Chiping County, and Xu, deputy director of the police station, broke into the homes of Ms. Liu Jinrong and Ms. Yu Yujie in Jiangyu Village, Hongtun Township. The officers forcibly arrested the two practitioners and sent them to the Chiping County Detention Center. On August 2, Ms. Li Jinrong was wrongfully sentenced to forced labor.

Relevant telephone number:

Country code: 86, city code: 635

Chiping County 610 Office: 4262672
Wang Weihua: 4277677 (office)
State Security Division: 4262640
Detention Center: 4210328
Sun Jianhua: 86-13706354018 (cell), 4251899 (office)
Gao Jianlun: 86-13969501369 (cell)
Hongtun Township Police Station: 4842008

12. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Lu Mengxin, Ms. Yan Tingzhen

Mr. Lu Mengxin, about 45 years old, is a teacher at Northwestern Forestry University. He is being held at the detention center affiliated with the Dongli District Police Department.

Ms. Yan Tingzhen, about 30 years old, is a graduate student at Northwestern Forestry University. On the morning of June 30, 2005, she was arrested at her home. She is being held in the city's No. 2 Detention Center.

13. [Tianjin] Ms. Pang Xiuzhen Suffers Mental Collapse As a Result of Torture; Her Son's Whereabouts Unknown after Being Arrested

Around 7:00 p.m. on June 17, 2005, Ma Jianying, Cui Keming, Zhang Guomin and other police officers from the 610 Office and the Zhaishang Police Station in Hangu District, Tianjin broke into Ms. Pang Xiuzhen's home. The officers searched Ms. Pang's home and then arrested her son Mr. Zhang Haipeng.

The following day, Ms. Pang was taken to the Lutai Detention Center, where she suffered a mental breakdown after twenty days of torture. Mr. Zhang Haipeng's whereabouts are unknown.

14. [Shanghai] Mr. Kang Hanxin from Xuhui District Arrested

Mr. Kang Hanxin, about 26 or 27 years old, lives near the Tainping Neighborhood in Xuhui District, Shanghai. He graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University, went to Japan to study, and returned to China after graduation. On July 25, 2005, Mr. Kang practiced the sitting meditation on the pedestrian section on Nanjing Road, and the police forcibly dragged him into a police vehicle. Mr. Kang is being held in the Huangpu District Police Department in Shanghai.

15. [Pingdingshan City, Henan Province] Ms. Li Xiaoling Arrested

Ms. Li Xiaoling, 41, is a Falun Gong practitioner at the Pingdingshan Coal Mine Group in Pingdingshan City, Henan Province. Local state security police officers arrested her and searched her home on July 20, 2005. Ms. Li has been on a hunger strike for ten days protesting the wrongful arrest.

16. [Mianzhu City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Yang Xuncheng Arrested

Mr. Yang Xuncheng, 44, lives on Liangyouyitiao Street in Mianzhu City, Sichuan Province. Around 10:00 a.m. on August 2, 2005, Peng Yuanfu from the Mianzhu City Political and Judiciary Committee led half a dozen people to the Electric Company Ltd. affiliated with the Mianzhu Hydraulic and Electric Bureau. They arrested Mr. Yang Xuncheng who was on duty at the security office at the entrance. Mr. Yang was taken to a brainwashing center in Hexing Town, Guanghan City. His 86-year-old parents have been left at home unattended.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Peng Yuanfu, of the 610 Office: 86-838-6200810 (office), 86-13908103321 (cell), 86-838-6209218 (home)
Jiang Zepei, Party secretary of the Mianzhu City Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-838-6202510 (office), 86-13909026196 (cell)
Li Chuan, chief of the Hydraulic and Electric Bureau: 86-13908103278 (cell)

17. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Practitioners Ms. Ren Guizhen and Ms. Wang Chang'e from Kuiwen Area Sent to Forced Labor Camp

Ms. Ren Guizhen and Ms. Wang Chang'e are practitioners from Weifang City, Shandong Province. On May 25, 2005, they went to Yishui to distribute truth-clarifying materials and were turned in to the police. Local police arrested them and subsequently took them the Hanting Detention Center. Around 8:00 p.m. that evening, officers from the 610 Office broke into the practitioners' homes and conducted searches.

Ms. Wang Chang'e has been wrongfully sentenced to three years of forced labor and sent to the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp. 610 Office police demanded 2,000 yuan cash from her family. Ms. Wang is on a hunger strike in protest. The labor camp authorities have denied any visits from her family or sending in any clothes. Ms. Wang has been placed in a maximum security cell.

Ms. Ren Guizhen has been wrongfully sentenced to one year of forced labor. The police also demanded cash from her family, who under intimidation would not reveal the exact amount.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Director of the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp: 86-533-6680058

Division No. 1 of the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp: 86-533-6689409

18. [Shanghai] Mr. Pan Jijun, a Physician at Dongfang Hospital in Pudong District Arrested

Mr. Pang Jijun, in his thirties, is from Shanghai. He is a physician in the Examination Section of Dong Hospital in Pudong District, Shanghai. In early July, the police arrested him and sent him to a detention center on July 11. No other information is available.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86, city code: 21

Director of Dongfang Hospital in Pudong District, Shanghai: 38804518 ext. 1006
Section head: 38804518 ext. 1010
Security Section: 58889078
Chen Haiqiao, officer from the Pudong Police Department, Shanghai: 28946337

August 5, 2005