(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 11 cities or counties in 7 provinces. According to this report, 3 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 27 practitioners were illegally arrested .
Mr. Sun Chengxian was arrested by officers from the Meihekou City Domestic Security Division and Xinhua Police Station on February 25, 2014, when he was posting informational materials about the persecution of Falun Gong. He is being held at a detention center.
Thirty people, including four human rights lawyers, Mr. Wang Cheng, Mr. Zhang Junjie, Mr. Jiang Tianyong, and Mr. Tang Jitian, along with several practitioners and their relatives, went to the Qinglongshan Brainwashing Center on the afternoon of March 20, 2014, to ask for detained practitioners to be released, including Mr. Shi Mengchang, Ms. Han Shujuan, and Ms. Jiang Xinbo.
Fang Yuechun, the director of the brainwashing center, refused to see them. The four lawyers were followed on the way back to Jiansanjiang in Fujin, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province, where they were arrested the next morning, along with nine practitioners and their relatives. The four lawyers' cell phones were confiscated.
Parties involved in the persecution: Jiansanjiang Police Department: +86-454-5808010 Nongkenxixing Police Department: +86-454-5794757 Nongken Bureau director: +86-451-55198370 Nongken Political and Legal Affairs Committee secretary: +86-451-55198736
Mr. Li Feng was arrested on March 20, 2014. His wife was also arrested while working at their grain store. Their computer was confiscated.
Mr. Wang Lijun was also arrested.
Mr. Zhang Yagang and Mr. Wang Liang were arrested at his newly-opened store by officers from the Heping Police Station on the morning of March 21, 2014.
Ms. Geng Lihua and Ms. Geng Lijuan were arrested at Mr. Wang's home by officers waiting there that afternoon.
All of the practitioners arrested are being held at the Fuxin City Domestic Security Division of the Police Department.
Ms. Liu Gangli, in her fifties, along with another practitioner, were arrested by officers from the Binhe Police Station on February 27, 2014. They were reported for distributing informational discs about the persecution of Falun Gong. They were taken to the police station.
Ms. Liu's home was ransacked, and 100 informational discs and a computer were confiscated. She was held at the Shenyang City No. 1 Detention Center first, then later transferred to the Shenhe District Procuratorate on the afternoon of February 28, 2014, where she is still being held.
Parties involved in the persecution: Feng Kai (冯凯), Shenhe District Procuratorate No. 1 Section: +86-15940278618 Shenhe District Domestic Security Division: +86-24-24849109 Wang Shihang (王世航), director of the Shenhe District Procuratorate: +86-24-24843323, +86-24-24253799, +86-13604925960
Ms. Song Chunli was arrested on March 18, 2014, and her home ransacked.
Ms. Ren Dengju was arrested by officers from the Domestic Security Division of the Ziyang County Police Department in February 2014. She is being held at a detention center.
Ms. Mi Xuezun, 60, was recently arrested. Her whereabouts are unknown.
Mr. Wang Shulin, in his sixties, was arrested at home by five or six plainclothes officers on the morning of March 10, 2014. The officers confiscated two computers, three printers, and informational materials about the persecution of Falun Gong. Officers from the No. 3 Criminal Detection Division extorted 10,000 yuan that afternoon. Mr. Wang is being held at the Binhaixi District Zhaojiadi Detention Center.
Parties involved in the persecution: No. 3 Criminal Detection Division: +86-13752327938, +86-13920431598, +86-22-25898965 Lu Changgui (吕长贵), director of the Tanggu District Police Department in Binhaixin District, Tianjin: +86-22-66880918 Ding Jian (丁建), deputy director: +86-22-25855573, Bin: +86-22-25879553 Tanggu District Zhaojiadi Detention Center: +86-22-6530076
Ms. Xu Qingjian, in her thirties, was arrested on March 17, 2014. Someone reported her for exchanging paper currency with messages about the persecution of Falun Gong on them. She is being held at the Beijing No. 1 Detention Center.
Ms. Chen Cunrong, Ms. Jin Xiuping, Ms. Yuan Gaijin, and Ms. Sun Fengxia were arrested by officers from the local Domestic Security Division on March 21, 2014. They were taken to Handan City.
Mr. Qu Yuwu and Mr. Qu Shuwu were arrested on the evening of March 11, 2014. Their homes were ransacked the following day. They are being held at the Xian Detention Center.
Parties involved in the persecution: Xian City Detention Center: +86-29-85262258
Ms. Xiao Hongyan was arrested at home on the afternoon of March 18, 2014, by officers, including Yin Shaoqun from the Dongkou County Domestic Security Division, along with officers from the Suining County Domestic Security Division. Her home was ransacked, and she was taken to the Suining County Detention Center.
Parties involved in the persecution: Liu Dexiong (刘德雄), director of the Suining County Police Department: +86-13607395098 Mong Huaning (蒙华宁), deputy director: +86-13973945210 Suining County Domestic Security Division: +86-739-7616884