(Clearwisdom.net)
On the afternoon of June 18, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Xie Yuanju, a resident of the Mengyin County residential complex in Shandong Province, was arrested by police while she was clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to people in Wenxi Park in Mengyin County. Xie Yuanju was illegally arrested by the county 610 Office and detained in the Mengyin County 610 Office Brainwashing Center. After ten days, she was released and her family was charged 30,000 yuan.
Practitioner Ms. Bao Xiju is a resident of Xiadongmen Village, Tanbu Town of Mengyin County. On the afternoon of June 22, 2008, officers from the Yedian Town and Tanbu Town Police Station arrested Bao Xiju. When her daughter tried to protest, she was also dragged away by the police. On June 23 Bao Xiju escaped the detention center and went back home. When she discovered that her daughter had not been released, she went to the County 610 Office to demand that her daughter be released. When Bao Xiju was arrested again, her family members went to the County 610 Office to request the release of the mother and daughter. County 610 Office extorted 10,000 yuan from the family and released Bao Xiju's daughter, but said they would not release Bao Xiju until the Beijing Olympics were over. Bao Xiju's current whereabouts are unknown, but there is reason to believe she is being detained in the Mengyin County Police Station.
On July 3, 2008, practitioner Mr. Zhao Jingquan, who was living in the residential neighborhood of Mengyin County Hardware Company, was taken away from his home by police officers. The police confiscated many valuables, including a laptop computer and printer. The next day, the police came back for his wife, Yi Airong, also a Falun Gong practitioner. The couple are still currently being detained in the County Detention Center.
On July 8, 2008 at around 8:00 a.m., retired teacher Ms. Zhang Ruizhi, a Falun Gong practitioner living in Mengyin County of Shandong Province, was taken away by County 610 Office police. Currently she is being detained in the Mengyin County Detention Center.
At 10:00 p.m on July 9, the Mengyin County 610 Office, Duozhuang Town Police Station, and Anti-riot Team consisting of various government staff in Duozhuang Town, broke into Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Qi Chengrong's Duck Factory in Xiduozhuang of Duozhuang Town. A mob of eighteen to nineteen police officers took Qi Chengrong away, and brutally tortured him. The torture left Qi Chengrong with severe bruising on his buttocks. He was released on June 10.
At around 5:00 p.m. on July 16, 2008, police from the Jiepai Town 610 Office in Mengyin County of Shandoing Province, and officers from the Chongshan Police Station broke into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Ma Xiuwen's home in Pengjialing Village, and Ms. Zhang Defeng's home in Hedong Village. They ransacked the homes, took Ma Xiuwen and Zhang Defeng away, and detained them in the Chongshan Police Station that day. They were later transferred to the Mengyin County Detention Center, where their current status is unknown.
On the night of July 18, 2008, officers from the Daigu Town Police Station raided the homes of several practitioners and arrested many in Yijiawa Village of Daigu Town. Practitioners arrested included Gong Fangtai, Gong Maosheng (about 50 years old), Liu Xiangkui, and 40-year-old Guan Yongzhu. The practitioners were detained in the Mengyin County Police Station. After being fined an exorbitant amount of money, Gong Fangtai and Liu Xiangkui were were released.
