Additional Persecution News from China – August 24, 2012 (18 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 16 cities or counties in seven provinces. According to this report, 13 Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 15 practitioners were illegally arrested. 

1. [Liaoning Province] Ms. Sheng Lixia Tortured in Liaoning Women's Prison
2. [Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Mei Sent to Harbin Women's Forced Labor Camp
3. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Sun Xiaohua, Ms. Dameizi and Ms. Dachengzi Arrested
4. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Cui Hongyan Sent to Brainwashing Center
5. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. He Yuming Detained
6. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Qiao Ruirong and Ms. Qiao Ruijuan Arrested
7. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Jia Zhijiang and His Wife Arrested
8. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yu Yali Passed Away Due to Persecution
9. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Mr. Sang Peiyao Arrested
10. [Xian City, Shaanxi Province] Mr. Liu Weidong Not Released Upon Completing Forced Labor Term
11. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Xiong Kunyi Arrested
12. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Guo Song and Ms. Pan Xiuqing Arrested
13. [Shanghai] Ms. Yu Jinyan and Ms. Ye Xiaoping Detained
14. [Xiangtan City, Hunan Province] Ms. Li Jianhua Detained
15. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Ma Deqin Detained
16. [Chongqing] Mr. Deng Liping Arrested
17. [Chongqing] Over 20 Practitioners Arrested
18. [Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Shumei Injected with Unknown Drugs in Jilin Provincial Women's Prison

1. [Liaoning Province] Ms. Sheng Lixia Tortured in Liaoning Women's Prison

Liaoning Women's Prison authorities escalated the persecution of Ms. Sheng Lixia because she refused to wear a name badge specially made for criminals. Guards handcuffed her around a clock in a laundry room, and she had to depend on other inmates to be fed and for help with passing urine and stools.

2. [Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Mei Sent to Harbin Women's Forced Labor Camp

Ms. Wang Mei from Qiqihar was arrested at home by officers from the Tiefeng Township Police Station on May 22, 2012. Officers confiscated a disk burner, a computer, a printer, four boxes of blank CDs, informational materials about Falun Gong and cash totaling 15,000 yuan. Ms. Wang was sent to a detention center that evening. On August 13, 2012, she was sent to the Harbin Women's Forced Labor Camp for a term of one year.

Parties involved in the persecution:
Sheng Tao, director of Harbin Women's Forced Labor Camp: [phone]

3. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Sun Xiaohua, Ms. Dameizi and Ms. Dachengzi Arrested

Ms. Sun Xiaohua, Ms. Dameizi and Ms. Dachengzi from Harbin were arrested for speaking to people about Falun Gong on the afternoon of August 22, 2012. The arrests were carried out by officers from the Daowai District Police Department and the Chongjian Police Station.

4. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Cui Hongyan Sent to Brainwashing Center

Ms. Cui Hongyan from Daqing City was taken to the No. 721 Brainwashing Center on the morning of August 23, 2012.

5. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. He Yuming Detained

Ms. He Yuming was sent to the Dezhou Detention Center on August 13, 2012.

6. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Qiao Ruirong and Ms. Qiao Ruijuan Arrested

Ms. Qiao Ruirong and Ms. Qiao Ruijuan from Qixia District were reported to the police for explaining the facts about Falun Gong to people on the morning of August 11, 2012. They were arrested and taken to the Cuiping Police Station in Qixia District. They were released after police extorted 4,000 yuan from each practitioner's family.

Parties involved in the persecution:
Fan Qingbin, director of Cuiping Police Station: [phone], [phone]
Yu Rencong, political instructor of Cuiping Police Station: [phone], [phone]

7. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Jia Zhijiang and His Wife Arrested

Mr. Jia Zhijiang was arrested on the evening of August 13, 2012. His wife, Ms. Li Rongmei, was arrested by officers from the Donghuan Police Station on August 19, 2012. Their whereabouts are unknown.

Parties involved in the persecution:
Donghuan Police Station: [phone], [phone]
Officer Ju Man: [phone]
Rong Xingang, director of Donghuan Police Station: [phone]

8. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yu Yali Passed Away Due to Persecution

Ms. Yu Yali was arrested at home in April 2004. The Tianqiao District Court in Jinan City sentenced her to 7 years in prison in November 2004. She was sent to the Shandong Provincial Women's Prison, where she was forced to do slave labor. She went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution.

Having been tortured for over 5 years in the prison, Ms. Yu developed symptoms of uterine cancer in 2011. She frequently experienced heavy bleeing. To avoid responsibility for her deteriorating condition, the prison authorities then allowed her family to take her home. However, after her release, officers from the Jinan City Police Department, the Tianqiao Police Department and the local police station still constantly came to harass her. Ms. Yu passed away at the age of 51 around January 2012.

Parties involved in the persecution:
Shandong Provincial Women's Prison: [phone], [phone], [phone]

9. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Mr. Sang Peiyao Arrested

Mr. Sang Peiyao was arrested at home on the afternoon of August 22, 2012

10. [Xian City, Shaanxi Province] Mr. Liu Weidong Not Released Upon Completing Forced Labor Term

When Mr. Liu Weidong from Xian City finished serving his term in the Guo Town Forced Labor Camp in Baoji City at the end of July 2012, he was not released. Instead, agents from the Xian City 610 Office secretly transfered him to the Xuanpingyuan Brainwashing Center.

11. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Xiong Kunyi Arrested

Mr. Xiong Kunyi from Zhihe Township, Pengzhou District, was arrested by officers from the Xijiao Police Station and the Guangming Police Station on August 21, 2012. His home was ransacked.

12. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Guo Song and Ms. Pan Xiuqing Arrested

Mr. Guo Song from Dalian City was arrested at work by officers from the Taoyuan Police Station in Zhongshan District on July 6, 2012. His home was ransacked.

Ms. Pan Xiuqing was arrested by officers from the Chunhai Police Station the same day. She was taken to the Dalian Detention Center.

13. [Shanghai] Ms. Yu Jinyan and Ms. Ye Xiaoping Detained

Ms. Yu Jinyan and Ms. Ye Xiaoping from Baoshan District were arrested by officers from the Baoshan District Domestic Security Division on August 20, 2012. They are being held in the Baoshan District Detention Center.

Parties involved in the persecution:
Chen Haiqing from the Domestic Security Division: [phone]
Baoshan District Detention Center in Shanghai: [phone]
Shen Yingchun, director of Baoshan District Detention Center: [phone]
Gu Liang and Wang Cheng, deputy directors of Baoshan District Detention Center: [phone]

14. [Xiangtan City, Hunan Province] Ms. Li Jianhua Detained

Ms. Li Jianhua from Xiangtan was arrested by officers from the Dongping Police Station in Yuetang District for explaining the facts about Falun Gong on the evening of August 1, 2012. She was held in the Jintangwan Detention Center in Xiangtan City and released after 15 days.

15. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Ma Deqin Detained

Ms. Ma Deqin from Mianzhu was reported to the police for speaking to people about Falun Gong. She was consequently arrested by security guards and officers patrolling the street on the morning of August 21, 2012. She is being held in the Shifang Detention Center.

Parties involved in the persecution:
Wang Bi, director of Dongbei Town Police Station: [phone]
Wang Changlin, deputy political instructor of Dongbei Town Police Station: [phone]
Zeng Weiguo, chief of the Domestic Security Division: [phone]

16. [Chongqing] Mr. Deng Liping Arrested

Mr. Deng Liping from the Jiangbei Electronic College in Chongqing was arrested on August 19, 2012.

17. [Chongqing] Over 20 Practitioners Arrested

Several dozen agents from the Jiulongpo District 610 Office, Domestic Security Division and police department, as well as the Huaxi Town Police Station, broke into Mr. Zhou's home in Tuqiao Town and arrested over 20 practitioners who were studying Falun Gong teachings together on the afternoon of August 22, 2012.

Mr. Li Xiangdong and his wife, Ms. Wang Yun, as well as Ms. Yue Xinbi, Ms. Huang and Mr. Wang Jian are being held in the Huayan Detention Center. Three practitioners were released. Other practitioners' whereabouts are unknown.

Parties involved in the persecution:
Zhang from Jiulongpo District Domestic Security Division: [phone]
Huayan Detention Center in Jiulongpo District: [phone]
Zhong Qingxuan, director of Jiulongpo District Police Department: [phone]　

18. [Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Shumei Injected with Unknown Drugs in Jilin Provincial Women's Prison

Ms. Yang Shumei from Yangshulin Township, Nongan County, was taken to the Nongan County Detention Center by officers from the Nongan County Domestic Security Division on March 2, 2011. Despite the fact that she was in a critical condition due to persecution, she was secretly sentenced to 4 years in prison.

Ms. Yang is currently held in the brainwashing section of the Jilin Provincial Women's Prison. She has been injected with unidentified drugs, which has caused her to become very frail, lethargic, muddy-headed and slow to respond. Her eyes are constantly tearing up, and she can no longer speak coherently or walk by herself.

Parties involved in the persecution:
Wu Zeyun, warden of Jilin Provincial Women's Prison: [phone]
Wei Lihui, chief of Prison Service Section: [phone]
Tang Yajuan, chief of Criminal Law Enforcement Section: [phone]