(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 26 cities or counties in 13 provinces. According to this report, at least 42 practitioners were illegally arrested and detained, 18 went on a hunger strike in prison, 1 is scheduled to be tried, more than 17 were detained for suing Jiang Zemin, and the whereabouts of 3 are unknown.
Ten Falun Gong practitioners were arrested on October 16, 2015, by officers from the Yongkang City Domestic Security Division and the 610 Office. They were taken to the Baidu Hotel Brainwashing Center.
The practitioners include Mr. Shi Guanxian and his wife Ms. Shu Kuiyin, Mr. Xu Gaoshou and his wife Ms. Shi Sufang, Ms. Chen Yuehong, Ms. Yinju, Ms. Ladui, Ms. Hu Xingchun, Ms. Tong Huixian, and Ms. Xuemei.
Parties involved in the persecution of the ten practitioners:Shi Biao (施彪), officer, Yongkang City Domestic Security Division: +86-13758984996Xu Wenbo (徐文波), officer: +86-13819906566
Houtun Village Police Station officers broke into practitioners' homes on October 14, 2015 and arrested them. The practitioners included Mr. Shang Mengye and his wife, Ms. Jiao Guilan, Ms. Su Xiuying, Ms. Zhang Chunxiang, and Ms. Yang Yuxiang.
Ms. Su and Ms. Zhang were detained and the other practitioners released.
Ms. Liu Xiuying, 78, was arrested by officers from the Qidu Police Department at noon on October 16, 2015.
Wang Quanfeng, head of the Fangzi District Domestic Security Division, along with officers from the Domestic Security Division, the Weifang City 610 Office, and the Fenghuang Police Station, arrested Mr. Yang Qingting and his wife Ms. Zhang Suzhen on October 15, 2015. The couple was taken to a brainwashing center and released the following evening.
Ms. Cheng Jing from the Shijingshan District was arrested on October 13, 2015, by officers from the Bajiao Police Station for suing Jiang Zemin, the former head of the Chinese regime. She was taken to the Fangshan District Detention Center.
Ms. Wang Lianzhen from Sitan Township was arrested on October 14, 2015, by plainclothes officers, for mailing lawsuits against former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
Mr. Jia Guojie was secretly arrested on October 9, 2015. His whereabouts are unknown.
Ms. Zhang Zhenlian, Ms. Jiao Wenling, Ms. Wei Ling, and Ms. Guo Aixiang were arrested on October 15, 2015, by police officers who investigate practitioners who have filed lawsuits against Jiang Zemin.
Parties involved in the persecution of the four practitioners:Mengzhou City Police Department: +86-391-8193900Niu Jinwang (牛金旺), head of 610 Office: +86-391-8161802Zhao Weizhang (赵维章), secretary, Political and Legal Affairs Committee: +86-391-8161803, +86-13839145588Mengzhou Domestic Security Division: +86-391-8183533
Ms. Cai and other practitioners from Liujiagou Town were arrested on October 16, 2015.
Ms. Li Huijuan from Nanwang Town was arrested at the same time, and her home was ransacked. She is being held in the Yantai Detention Center.
Ms. Gao Song, in her forties, from the Dadong District, was arrested on September 22, 2015, by officers from the Huanggu District Police Department, for telling people about Falun Gong in the Huanggu District. She is being held in a detention center for 30 days.
Parties involved in the persecution of Ms. Gao:Huanggu District Domestic Security Division: +86-24-86404354, +86-24-86402363Li (李), police officer: +86-15541977006An unnamed officer from the Sandongqiao Police Station: +86-15502419519Huanggu District 610 Office: +86-24-868555063
Ms. Chen Fanghua from the Pingchuan District was arrested at home on October 15, 2015, by officers from the Pingchuan District Domestic Security Division. She was released at noon.
Ms. Xu Yana from Qishan Community in the Zhifu District was arrested on October 16, 2015, by officers from the Qishan Police Station, for suing Jiang Zemin. She was detained for ten days.
Ms. Zhang Xiuying, from Fujia Village, Hongshan Town, was arrested on October 16, 2015, by officers from the Hongshan Town Police Station in the Zichuan District, for suing Jiang Zemin. She was taken to the Hongshan Town Police Station and then transferred to Zibo City Detention Center.
Parties involved in the persecution of Ms. Zhang:Zhang Wei (张伟), director, Hongshan Police Station: +86-13561697211Wang Tingqiu (王廷秋), political head: +86-13508945658Zhao Shiwu (赵世武), deputy director: +86-15666703315, +86-13793335977
Mr. Lu Zhenhua from the Fushan District was arrested on October 16, 2015, for suing Jiang Zemin. He is now in the Dongting Detention Center in the Fushan District.
Ms. Hu Xiaohong is employed at Yankuang Guohong Chemicals Co., Ltd. She was arrested by officers from the Jidong Domestic Security Division on the morning of October 15, 2015, and held in the Zoucheng City Detention Center for seven days.
Party involved in persecuting Ms. Hu:Li Duokui (李多奎), head of the Jidong Domestic Security Division: 86-13505475998
Mr. Zhang Menglin and three other practitioners were arrested by officers from the Majunying Police Station on October 13, 2015.
Mr. Wang Zhenyu and his wife Ms. Wang Xinya, from Lixinglou Village, Huaishu Township, were arrested in their shoe store by officers from the Suiping County 610 Office, the Suiping County Police Department, and the Huaishu Township Police Station on October 16, 2015. The officers confiscated a computer, a printer, and Falun Gong books. Ms. Wang was released that afternoon. Mr. Wang was taken to the Suiping County Detention Center.
Mr. He Zhishi was arrested for posting Falun Gong informational materials in Qidong County on October 14, 2015. His home was ransacked.
Ms. Liu Lijun, from Dasi Township, Zhangwu County, was arrested on October 16, 2015 by Cui Haifeng, head of the Zhangwu County Domestic Security Division, and other officers, for suing Jiang Zemin. She was detained in the Fuxin City Detention Center for ten days.
Officers from the Xishui County Police Department and the Tucheng Town Police Station arrested Ms. Yuan Xiaoqin and other practitioners in the Tucheng Post Office for mailing lawsuits against Jiang Zemin on October 15, 2015.
Parties involved in the persecution of Ms. Yuan and the other practitioners:Tucheng Police Station: +86-851-22661154Tucheng Post Office: +86-851-22661241Xishui County Post Office: +86-85122525166Chen (陈), mayor, Tucheng Town: +86-13765910098
Mr. Zhang Yicheng was arrested by officers from the Changle County Domestic Security Division on October 15, 2015. The officers ransacked her home and confiscated a computer, a printer, and a DVD burner.
Officers from the Fangzi District Domestic Security Division arrested Ms. Li Xiaohong, Ms. Qu, and Ms. Hou Jing on October 15, 2015, for suing Jiang Zemin. Ms. Qu was released that evening. Ms. Li and Ms. Hou are still detained.
Parties involved in the persecution of the three practitioners:Xu Wenyuan (许文远), chief, Fangzi District Police Department: +86-536-7600837, +86-13963686369Su Guangming (宿光明), political commissioner: +86-536-7601807, +86-13953636166Ma Chunfu (马纯福), deputy chief: +86-536-7602806, +86-13963630869Jiang Huihai (蒋会海), head, domestic security division: +86-13605367948, +86-536 -7602765
Officers from the Dongling Police Station arrested Mr. Wang Jianhua on October 13, 2015. His whereabouts are unknown.
Ms. Fan Xinhua from the Duerping Neighborhood in the Wanbolin District was arrested on October 15, 2015 for suing Jiang Zemin, by officers from the Duerping Police Station. She was taken to the Dongshan Detention Center.
Party involved in persecuting Ms. Fan:Duerping Police Station: +86-351-6203950, +86-351-6203949
Mr. Lin Yande was arrested near his home on October 15, 2015, and his car was confiscated.
Ms. Yu Hong was arrested on October 17, 2015, for suing Jiang Zemin.
Parties involved in the persecution:Police station director: +86-15333065545Political head: +86-15333065641Yang Jie (杨婕): +86-15333065123Wen Xinhong (文新红): +86-15333065870
Mr. Di Naijie, from Xizhou Village, Zhaili Town, the Zichuan District, was arrested on October 15, 2015 by officers from the Zhaili Town Police Station, for suing Jiang Zemin.
Parties involved in the persecution of Mr. Di:Chen Baolun (陈宝伦), director, Zhaili Town Police Station: +86-533-5612110Li Li (李黎), head, Zichuan District 610 Office: +86-13053386662, +86-533-5181283, +86-533-5163808Zhang Daoguo (张道国), deputy head: +86-533-5276709, +86-13070649510Gao Fang (高方), secretary, Zichuan District Political and Legal Affairs Committee: +86-13906435399
Ms. Jia Aixia and Mr. Guan Xue from Qi County were arrested by officers from the Xun County Police Department on October 16, 2015. Ms. Jia is now in the Hebi City Detention Center, and Mr. Guan is in the Xun County Detention Center.
Parties involved in the persecution of Ms. Jia and Mr. Guan:Liyang Police Station in Xun County: +86-392-5537418, +86-392-5537411, +86-392-5522264Xun County Political and Legal Affairs Committee: +86-392-5523029Xun County 610 Office: +86-13839202165, +86-392-5523209, +86-392-5531862Xun County Domestic Security Division: +86-392-5522306, +86-392-5529611, +86-392-5529711Hebi City Detention Center: +86-392-2661158, +86-392-3392507
Ms. Wang Yanxin from the Yuanbaoshan District was arrested by officers from the Yuanbaoshan District Domestic Security Division around October 15, 2015. She is being held in the Pingzhuang Detention Center in the Yuanbaoshan District.
Parties involved in the persecution of Ms. Wang:Lin Yuhua (林玉华), chief, Yuanbaoshan District Police Department: +86-476-3521688, +86-13804760360Feng Jianhua (冯建华), political commissioner: +86-476-3510525, +86-13804761101Li Yingmin (李荫民), deputy chief: +86-476-3511920, +86-476-3514196, +86-13604762016Li Huajie (李化杰), detention center director: +86-476-3510810, +86-476-3522598, +86-13904762700
Eighteen Falun Gong practitioners held in Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison started a group hunger strike on October 12, 2015, after the prison authorities refused to stop torturing Ms. Gao Yuqin.
Ms. Gao is serving a four-year sentence for refusing to give up her belief in Falun Gong. The guards are torturing her on a regular basis because she continues to do the Falun Gong exercises.
Ms. Cui Huifang, a labor camp guard who became a Falun Gong practitioner, remains detained following her arrest on February 26, 2015.
The local court scheduled a trial in October, but the hearing was postponed twice as officials scrambled to address the defense lawyers' protests over the court's violations of legal procedures and the admissibility of the prosecution evidence. At the time of this writing, it was not clear when the hearing will take place.
While Ms. Cui's lawyers work to seek justice for her, her family and friends have started a campaign to collect signatures from people who support her unconditional release.
Policewoman Deng Hongying from the Dashiba Police Station broke down Ms. Wu Huazhen's bedroom door in a fit of anger, although Ms. Wu was explaining calmly why she filed a lawsuit against Jiang.