Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Ms. Wang Xiaoran Illegally Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison in Jinan City
 

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Xiaoran was illegally detained for over five months at Jinan City Detention Center by the police from the 610 Office in Lixia district beginning June 23, 2007. Both of the 610 Offices in Jinan City and Shandong Province, the police, the prosecutor and the local court collaborated in sentencing Wang Xiaoran to an 8-year prison term. Her appeal is now in the hands of Jinan City's Second Criminal Court.

He Xunming, Wang Xiaoran's husband, was arrested at the same time and Sun Hui, deputy brigade captain, led many others to ransack their home. He Xunming was released the next morning. Wang Xiaoran has endured five months of torture. Her condition is serious, as she has a lot of blood in her urine and chronic irregular heartbeats.

Since the beginning of this year, personnel from Jinan City 610 Office, the Public Security Office and Prosecuting Office have been engaged in arresting and interfering with Falun Gong practitioners. These arrests took place during the time leading up to, and continuing throughout and after the 17th CCP's Congress. Many practitioners were arrested, including Ms. Cheng Shuxiang and Ms. Du Shifeng. On September 28, 2007, Ms. Cheng and Ms. Du were illegally sentenced to 4 years and 42 months respectively by the Chinese Communist Party's Tianqiao District Court. According to sources with inside information, they have already filed appeals and are currently being detained in Jinan Detention Center. They were held at the detention center for over seven months prior to sentencing.

Family members of the above-named Falun Gong practitioners have been unable to see their loved ones.

Ms. Qi Guiling Arrested by Yishui County Police; Family Member Beaten Trying to Visit
 

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Qi Guiling, from Fengtaizhuang Village, Yishui County, Shandong Province, was recently arrested by police officers. In the evening of September 3, 2007, Ms. Qi was arrested outside the Yaodianzi Police Station and a policeman slapped her and then handcuffed her. Afterwards, four or five policemen drove her to her home around 11:00 p.m. They illegally searched her place and confiscated her Falun Gong books and some truth-clarifying materials. The police then dragged Ms. Qi and her sleeping husband, Mr. Zhang Yizhi, to the police squad-car and took them to the police station for the rest of the night. The next day, Ms. Qi and her husband Mr. Zhang Yizhiwere sent to the Yishui County Detention Center. Mr. Zhang Yizhi had been previously imprisoned for three years and he had just returned home a few days earlier.

The police found 200 yuan in Mr. Zhang's pocket. One of the hundred dollar bills had the words "Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance are good" written on it. The police officers took Mr. Zhang's money and also took 33 yuan from Ms. Qi's pocket. After ten days in detention, Mr. Zhang was released and Ms. Qi was sent to the Jinan Forced Labor Camp for further persecution after being detained at the Yishui County Detention Center for one month.

Ms. Qi's family inquired everywhere as to her whereabouts. After they found out where she was, her son went to visit her, taking some clothes for her with him. The prison guards refused to let him see her and told him that Ms. Qi was diagnosed with many illnesses during a physical exam. After returning home, Ms. Qi's son told Ms. Qi's mother about her conditions.

Ms. Qi's mother was very concerned about her daughter's condition. She asked Mr. Zhang to take her to Yaodianzi Police Station on November 28, 2007, because she wanted to ask the police about her daughter's situation. However, as soon as she told a policeman her intentions, the policeman told her to get out. The policeman also told another young policeman, "Get them out quickly - they are making a scene!"

The elderly lady cried remorsefully on the steps outside the police station but the police chased her off to an empty space in front of the door. He then returned and grabbed the elderly lady's daughter-in-law by her hair. The police dragged her into a room and beat her, and another police officer was told to watch her. In the room, the daughter-in-law tried to tell the police officer the truth and how good is rewarded with good, and evil is met with retribution. However, the police officer did not want to listen and tried to keep her from talking. After a while, her daughter-in-law was let go. As the elderly woman saw her daughter-in-law being beaten badly, she asked, "Why do you beat people?"

The policeman replied mockingly, "Who is beating her? I don't know what you are talking about."