(Clearwisdom.net) Twenty-nine Falun Dafa practitioners in Changde City, Hunan Province were seized on December 20, 2005. Some of them were released, some sent to labor camps, and some faced illegal trials. We know that the following fellow practitioners now face trial: He Bolian, Yin Hong, Zhang Chuntao, Shi Yuhua, Yang Dongzhi, Yang Fu, Wang Xiaoqun, and Guo Zhaoqing.

Zhang Chuntao was seized on December 20, 2005. He went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution and was released before the Chinese New Year. On February 2, 2006 he was taken away again, and is presently illegally detained in the Changde City detention center. His life is in danger. At present Shi Yuhua's life is also in danger. However, the chief of the Changde City police department ordered that Shi Yuhua was not to be released, claiming that he himself will take the responsibility if Shi Yuhua dies.

On about April 22, 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Guo Zhaoqing and two others escaped from a hospital in Li County, Changde area with their righteous thoughts. At present their whereabouts is unclear. Notices have been posted everywhere in Changde City offering a reward in order to catch them. It is said that whoever provides news about the practitioners will get a monetary reward of 5,000 to 10,000 yuan.

It was reported that last year in Changde City, a few Falun Dafa practitioners were tracked for a very long time. The local government organs were rewarded for destroying Falun Dafa truth-clarification materials production sites. The destruction of one materials production site resulted in the arrest of many Falun Dafa practitioners. There appeared many indications beforehand. Some practitioners found they were being followed many times, some found they were photographed or that someone had broken into their rented house leaving the contents inside untouched. Some heard their landlord saying that National Security personnel asked whether certain people lived there while showing their pictures. Obviously, there were security loopholes, and the practitioners did not pay enough attention. Some individual practitioners who were alerted, were even labeled by others as having fears.

May 12, 2006