(Minghui.org) Liu Jianguo, party secretary of the Tangshan Politics and Judiciary Committee (and in charge of the 610 Office), plotted a persecution of Falun Gong practitioners on February 21, 2012, using the excuse that it was for the security of the National People's Congress Conference and People's Political Consultative Conference.
On February 25, 2012, more than twenty arrests were made in the Tangshan area, and more than thirty practitioners were arrested. There are currently still more than 20 practitioners being detained in the detention centers.
Over twenty police officers broke into practitioners' homes in the Tangshan metro area, Tanghai County, Fengrun District, Kaiping District and the Fengnan area beginning at 6:00 a.m. on February 25, 2012. Practitioners were arrested and their homes ransacked. The police also confiscated computers, printers, cash, and other valuable belongings. The confiscated items were taken away in vehicles. Some couples were arrested at the same time, some families of three were arrested together, and some practitioners' family members who are not practitioners were also arrested.
Tangshan City Metro Area: 15 Practitioners Arrested
The following arrests occurred on February 25, 2012:
Mr. Li Wendong was arrested by local police and his home was ransacked. He is being detained in the Tangshan First Detention Center.
At around 8:30 a.m., the police from the Tangshan City Police Department and the Lunan Police Department broke into Mr. Pei Xi's home. Mr. Pei was not at home and only his wife was there. However, the police went to his workplace and arrested him. At around 9:00 a.m., they broke into his home again and ransacked it. A computer, printer, and some other personal belongings were confiscated. The police returned to ransack his home again at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Pei is being detained in the Tangshan Second Detention Center.
Mr. Meng Lijun and his wife Ms. Shang (given name unknown) were arrested. Mr. Meng is being detained in the Tangshan Second Detention Center. Ms. Shang was released.
Ms. Xu Suqin, her husband Mr. Zhan Tangsheng, and her son were arrested. Ms. Xu is being detained in the Tangshan First Detention Center. Mr. Zhan is being detained in the Tangshan Detention Center. Her son was released.
At around 7:00 p.m., police from the Xingyuan Police Station near Dalixing Road arrested Ms. Tong Sufen. She has since been released.
Mr. Bian Lichao was arrested and is being detained in the Tangshan Second Detention Center. His wife, Ms. Zhou Xiuzhi (not a Falun Gong practitioner), was also arrested, along with practitioner Mr. Ma Hengchao. Ms. Zhou, and Mr. Ma, are being detained in the Tangshan Detention Center.
Over thirty police officers arrested Mr. Li Yunpeng and his wife Ms. Lu Jianxin, and their home was ransacked.
Ms. Zhang Ruifeng was arrested, and her home was ransacked. She has since been released.
Mr. Sui Xin was arrested, and then released in the afternoon.
Nine Practitioners Arrested in Fengrun District
The following arrests were made on February 25, 2012:
Mr. Yang Guoguang and his wife Ms. Wang Shuxia, from the Hancheng area in the Fengrun District, were arrested and their home was ransacked. Practitioner Ms. Xu Jie was also arrested. Mr. Yang and Ms. Xu are being detained in the Fengrun Detention Center.
Mr. Li Chengshun was arrested.
Practitioner Wang Rui was arrested at the Eleventh Residential Area of the Fengrun District, and his home ransacked, and he was then released. Mr. Li Yushu was arrested and his home was ransacked. He is being detained in the Fengrun Detention Center.
Ms. He Suying from the Twenty-first Residential Area of Fengrui District was arrested in the morning.
Mr. Yang Guoli from the Nanjiazhuang area of the Fengrun District was arrested while shopping. She is being detained in the Fengrun Detention Center.
Kaiping District: Two Practitioners Arrested
At around 6:00 a.m. on February 25, more than ten police officers from the Kanping Police Department, the Kanping Domestic Security Division, and Liyuan Town Police Station, broke into Mr. Gao Zhaochen's home in the Sixth Residential Area of Majiagou in Kaiping District. Mr. Gao was taken to the Kaiping Police Department. He is being detained in the Tangshan First Detention Center
Mr. Zhang Guochen was also arrested on February 25, and his home was ransacked in the afternoon. He is being detained in the Tangshan First Detention Center.
Tanghai County: Four Practitioners Arrested
Police officer Li Guofu from the Tanghai Domestic Security Division and officers from the Shichang Police Station, along with Li Linshen, the village head of Liba'ao Village and village party secretary Zheng Xiangquan, broke into Mr. Zheng Xiangxing's electrical shop and arrested him at around 6:00 a.m. on February 25. They confiscated many of his belongings, filling up two vehicles. Mr. Zheng is being detained in the Tanghai Detention Center.
At around 2:30 p.m. on March 3, 2012, police officer Sun Jingsen from the Tanghai Domestic Security Division and the director of the Bachang Police Station along with several police officers, went to Huangduzhuang and arrested Ms. Zheng Jinzhi, Ms. Zheng Xiuhuan, and Mr. Zheng Baokui.
Fengnan District: Three Practitioners Arrested
Mr. Yang Zheng was arrested. His two computers, including one laptop, were confiscated on February 25, 2012.
Mr. Liu Laidong and his wife were arrested on February 25, 2012, and have since been released.
Leting County: One Practitioner Arrested
At around 7:00 a.m. on February 26, 2012, Mr. Wei Yuhui from Dingliuhe Town was arrested. He is being detained in the Leting Detention Center.
