(Clearwisdom.net) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 12 cities or counties in six provinces. As per this report, 16 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 19 practitioners were illegally arrested.

  1. [Chongqing] Ms. Huang Meishen Arrested
  2. [Anda City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Wang Guijun and Ms. Zhou Qiong Arrested in Sichuan Province
  3. [Datong City, Shanxi Province] Persecution of Ms. Cui Yuping and Other Practitioners
  4. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] Ms. Xia Deyun Abused at the Wangcun Women's Forced Labor Camp
  5. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Several Practitioners Sent to Forced Labor Camps
  6. [Xi?an City, Shaanxi Province] Update regarding the Persecution of Ms. Chen Mingan
  7. [Tianjin] Ms. Kong Defeng and Ms. Gao Chune Sent to Forced Labor Camp with a One-year Term
  8. [Hulin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Ba Lihua and Five Other Practitioners Arrested
  9. [Tianjin] Ms. Yu Zhihui Arrested
  10. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Chen Jiankui and Another Practitioner Arrested
  11. [Zoucheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhan Lihua Harassed by Agents from Zoucheng 610 Office and from the Guta Police Station
  12. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Bi Jianhong Abused Again
  13. [Tianjin] Mr. Li Xiwang and Ms. Chen Liyan Arrested
  14. [Shenzhou City, Hebei Province] Judicial Officials from Wangjiajing Town Harass Falun Gong Practitioners
  15. [Donggang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Fuhua and Ms. Wang Chunhua Abused in the Liaoning Women's Prison

1. [Chongqing] Ms. Huang Meishen Arrested

Ms. Huang Meishen is a 68-year-old practitioner from Longxi Town, Yubei District in Chongqing. Someone reported her to police as she clarified truth to coworkers during a party on the afternoon of December 30, 2010. Police agents arrested her and ransacked her home. They made a mess of the home and confiscated 5,000 yuan.

2. [Anda City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Wang Guijun and Ms. Zhou Qiong Arrested in Sichuan Province

The practitioner couple Mr. Wang Guijun and Ms. Zhou Qiong, from Anda City, posted truth-clarifying posters on the afternoon of December 31, 2010, while visiting relatives in Sichuan Province. Police agents arrested them.

3. [Datong City, Shanxi Province] Persecution of Ms. Cui Yuping and Other Practitioners

Gao Jinfeng and other agents from the Yunquan Police Department at the Datong Coal Mine Group arrested practitioner Ms. Huang Lijuan on December 24, 2010. Prior to that, Yunquan police agents had arrested Ms. Cui Yuping, her son, (both since released) and her young sister Ms. Cui Yutao, along with a male practitioner. The agents also ransacked Ms. Cui Yuping's home.

When Ms. Cui Yuping and her son, along with Ms. Huang Lijuan, went to the Yunquan Police Department requesting Ms. Cui Yutao's release, Gao Jinfeng and other agents arrested all three of them. The agents also ransacked Ms. Huang’s mother home, confiscating 800 yuan, including paper money bills carrying truth-clarification words, a computer (used by a non-practitioner family member), a cell phone, 39 Falun Gong books, a photo of Master Li, and truth-clarifying materials including DVDs.

4. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] Ms. Xia Deyun Abused at the Wangcun Women's Forced Labor Camp

Agents from the Shengli Oil Field Police Department in the Dongying District, Dongying City, along with local 610 Office and domestic security division officials, arrested Ms. Xia Deyun on the evening of October 25, 2010. They held Ms. Xia, a Falun Gong practitioner working at the Shengli Oil Field at the Liuhu Detention Center in the Dongying District, for 15 days. Ms. Xia went on a persecution protest hunger strike that resulted in extremely poor health. Wang Guozhi and other agents from the Dongying District Domestic Security Division then sent her to the Wangcun Women's Forced Labor Camp located at Zibo City, Shandong Province. Ms. Xia has been detained at the camp's Division 1 for more than 50 days. Labor camp officials denied her family's visitation rights.

Division 1 of the Wangcun Women's Forced Labor Camp: 86-533-6689409

5. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Several Practitioners Sent to Forced Labor Camps

Agents from the Qinglong County Police Department, the Qinglong 610 Office and the Qinglong Domestic Security Division arrested the following practitioners on December 21, 2010 and sent them to a labor camp without following any legal procedures: Ms. Guo Kunlan, Ms. Yang Zhiwen, Ms. Zhang Liying, Ms. Shao Wenhui, Ms. Xie Xiaoying, Ms. Chen Lixin, and Ms. Shao Zhiqin.

Ms. Yang Zhiwen was sent to the Qinhuangdao City Forced Labor Camp. Six other practitioners were sent to the Kaiping Forced Labor Camp in Tangshan City, including Ms. Guo Kunlan, Ms. Chen Lixin, Ms. Zhang Liying, Ms. Shao Wenhui, Ms. Shao Zhiqin, and Ms. Xie Xiaoying.

Ms. Xiao Yaqin has been released.

Liu Tiejun, Police Department deputy head: 86-13903340256, 86-335-7866886
Li Yinqing, Domestic Security Division head: 86-13933584481, 86-335-7880627
Zhou Dongsheng, 610 Office head: 86-13933573408
Lu Yinchuan (key persecutor), Dawulan Town deputy head: 86-13833569236

6. [Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province] Update regarding the Persecution of Ms. Chen Mingan

Agents from the Xiwang Police Station in the Baqiao District of Xi’an City arrested Xi’an practitioner Ms. Chen Mingan on the evening of September 14, 2010, as she was putting up truth-clarification posters. The agents did not supply Ms. Chen with food or drink for 24 hours following the arrest. They refused to provide food, even when she offered to pay for the food herself.

Yang Tao and other agents from the Xiwang Police Station sent Ms. Chen to the Baqiao District Detention Center. A medical checked up showed that Ms. Chen had severe illness symptoms, but the agents refused to release her. They took her to a hospital, and ordered a doctor to provide written evidence that Ms. Chen was healthy, then sent her to the detention center. Ms. Chen was released on November 27, 2010.

During her detention, agents from the Baqiao District Domestic Security Division and the Xiwang Police Station went to Ms. Chen’s home to search. They confiscated a desktop computer and impounded a motor vehicle.

7. [Tianjin] Ms. Kong Defeng and Ms. Gao Chune Sent to Forced Labor Camp with a One-year Term

Ms. Kong Defeng and Ms. Gao Chune are Falun Gong practitioners employed at the Bohai Petroleum Company in the Tanggu District of Tianjin. Someone reported them to police as they clarified the truth on the morning of December 16, 2010. Laodaowan Police Station agents arrested and held them. The detention term has expired. Their family received notice that they had been sentenced to one-year of forced labor. Both of them were sent to the Dagang Women's Forced Labor Camp in Tianjin.

Lu Changhui, police department head: 86-22-66880918
Ding Jian, police station deputy head: 86-22-25855573
Han Yong, 610 Office agent: 86-22-66889082, 86-22-6688908

8. [Hulin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Ba Lihua and Five Other Practitioners Arrested

Someone called the police when Ms. Ba Lihua, her husband Mr. Zhang Shujun, and four other practitioners were clarifying the truth on January 2, 2011. The Dumuhe Forestry Police Station agents arrested and sent them to the Dongfanghong Police Department.

Dumuhe Forestry Police Station: 86-467-5932110
Dongfanghong Police Department: 86-467-5924744

9. [Tianjin] Ms. Yu Zhihui Arrested

Agents from the Hedong Police Department's 610 Office and the Biboyuan Police Station arrested her while 45-year-old Tianjin Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yu Zhihui was clarifying the truth on December 21, 2010. The agents also ransacked her home, confiscating a cell phone, a computer, Falun Gong materials, and money. Ms. Yu is currently being held at the Shaliulu Detention Center in the Hedong District. Her family requested her release several times, but they were ignored.

10. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Chen Jiankui and Another Practitioner Arrested

When Shenzhen City practitioner Mr. Chen Jiankui and another practitioner were erasing Falun Gong-defaming slogans at the Yangguangzongluyuan Community in Nanshan District on the evening of December 31, 2010, they were arrested by police. They are currently being held at the Nanshan Police Station in Shenzhen City.

Wang Li, Nanshan District 610 Office deputy head: 86-755-26568288, 86-13802223388

Chen Xuesong: 86-755-26542397

11. [Zoucheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhan Lihua Harassed by Agents from Zoucheng 610 Office and from the Guta Police Station

Ms. Zhan Lihua is an employee at the Railway Transport Division of the Yankuang Group in Zoucheng City. She was released from the Zoucheng Detention Center in late 2010, following a six-day hunger strike. Officials from the Zoucheng 610 Office and the Guta Police Station have harassed her ever since.

12. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Bi Jianhong Abused Again

Following her arrest at the hands of Yantai City 610 Office agents, Ms. Bi Jianhong was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment on October 15, 2006. The guards tortured her for a long time in the Jinan Women's Prison for not giving up her belief.

Ms. Bi's condition was life threatening in November 2009 because of the torture. Officials from Jinan Women's Prison released her to avoid being held responsible. Upon returning home she quickly recovered through Fa-study and doing the exercises. After learning Ms. Bi has recovered, Yantai 610 Office officials, along with officials from Jinan Women's Prison, attempted to arrest and detain her again. Ms. Bi chose to go into exile.

Someone reported Ms. Bi to the police as she distributed truth-clarification materials on the evening of December 30, 2010. Agents from the Ermalu Police Station in the Zhifu District arrested her and ransacked her home the next morning. Personnel from Jinan Women's Prison arrived at the Ermalu Police Station on the morning of January 1, 2011, and took her back to the Jinan Women's Prison.

13. [Tianjin] Mr. Li Xiwang and Ms. Chen Liyan Arrested

Dayingmen Police Station agents arrested practitioners Mr. Li Xiwang and Ms. Chen Liyan on December 21, 2010. The agents transferred both them to the Hexi Detention Center that evening.

14. [Shenzhou City, Hebei Province] Judicial Officials from Wangjiajing Town Harass Falun Gong Practitioners

Cui Zheng and Zhang Fenghua, two judicial officials from Wangjiajing Town, harassed sisters Ms. Li Lingzhuan and Ms. Li Lingman. They ordered the sisters to write statements giving up the practice and denounce Falun Gong.

Cui Zheng: 86-13932824896, 86-318-3460085
Zhang Fenghua: 86-13932834176

15. [Donggang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Fuhua and Ms. Wang Chunhua Abused in the Liaoning Women's Prison

Two Donggang City Falun Gong practitioners, Ms. Wang Fuhua and Ms. Wang Chunhua, are detained in Division 3 of the Shenyang Women's Prison, and are being abused by guards. Ms. Wang Chunhua's family went to visit her twice, but was not allowed to meet with her.

January 3, 2011