(Clearwisdom.net) At 4:00 a.m. on July 1, 2008, all the policemen from the Bailong Township Police Station in Mancheng County, Baoding City, from Mancheng County Police Department, and from Shenxing Town in Mancheng County set off in more than a dozen police cars. They went to Dakangxia Village in Bailong Township. It was estimated that there were at least 60 to 70 police officers involved. They split themselves into eight teams and carried out the arrests of eight Falun Gong practitioners simultaneously.
They tried to arrest Ms. Liu Lan, a shopkeeper and Falun Gong practitioner. She refused to cooperate with them and exposed their illegal behavior by shouting loudly to alert the neighbors. The villagers all came hurrying out and witnessed what the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) personnel was trying to do. It was summer and Ms. Liu was wearing a long nightgown. A few powerfully built police officers dragged her from her bed. They grabbed her by her thighs and dragged her on the ground. As it had been raining and the ground was wet, she was covered with mud after being dragged. Then they tried to force her into the police car. In a very loud voice she asked them why were they arresting her and what crime had she committed. The police could not answer. Due to the resistance from Liu Lan's family members and the villagers who had gathered to watch, the attempted arrest was a failure. This time the villagers very clearly saw for themselves the thug-like behavior of the CCP personnel.
At around 4:00 a.m.., the other seven police teams attempted to arrest seven other practitioners. Some teams went the residences of these practitioners and either scaled the walls to break in or simply just barged in. They arrested female practitioners like ruffians and also ransacked homes and confiscated the practitioners' belongings. One practitioner was so shocked by the many strangers suddenly barging into her house that she fainted instantly. But these local officials who were clad in uniform, after barging in like ruffians, actually spoke like robbers: "Her television is not bad, let's take it away."
It was heard that after practitioners Ms. Lian Fengzhen (in her 50s), Ms. Sun Yingqiong (in her 30s), and Tian Zhixian were arrested, they were taken to No. 3 Police Team of Shenxing Town. On July 1, at around 11:00 a.m., Tian Zhixian returned home. However Ms. Lian and Ms. Sun were taken to the Mancheng County Detention Center.
Mancheng Detention Center is an evil place where many practitioners are incarcerated. At the end of May 2001, Ms. Liu Dongxue, who was a farmer in Dalou Village, Shenxing Town, was incarcerated there for four months. She died the day after she was released. At the time of death, she was covered with injuries and was emaciated, her weight less than 25 kilograms.
Ms. Wang Jinling, 53 years old, was a practitioner in Mancheng Country, Hebei Province. On April 26, 2008, she went to visit her friend but was arrested by personnel from the township government. On July 6, 2008, Wang Jinling was brutally tortured to death in the County Detention Center. Her body was covered with injuries and there was blood on the corner of her mouth.
Agencies and personnel responsible for the persecution:
Mancheng County government: 86-312-7070698
Address: Zhongshan Road of Mancheng Country
610 Office of Mancheng Country Party Committee: 86-312-7163610
Bailong Township Police Station: 86-312-7059225, 86-312-7059102, 86-312-7059209,
86-312-7158777
Cai Tao, Chief of the Administration Office of Justice: 86-312-7158050
(residence)
Cai's address: Baibao Village, Bailong Township, Mancheng Country, Baoding City,
Hebei Province, Postal Code 072152
He Yongfu: 86-312-7055283 (residence)
Zhang Shui: 86-312-7158813 (residence)
Li Jingdong lived in Shenxing Village, Shenxing Town of Mancheng County
Xu Huilai: 86-312-7075978, 86-13014305363 (cell)
July 4, 2008
