Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Ma Guobiao and his elderly parents were illegally arrested when they were watching TV on the evening of February 22, 2008. Ma Guobiao and his father are currently detained at Jiading District Police Station.

On March 4, the police in Daqing City arrested several Falun Gong practitioners. They are detained in different detention centers.

On February 22, 2008, Mr. Ma Guobiao and his elderly parents were illegally arrested and the Shanghai 610 Office searched their home. Their home address is Room 501, No. 11, Lane 2588 , Tongchuan Road, Jiading District, Shanghai City.

Ma Guobiao, his father Ma Dongquan, and his mother Jin Runfang are all Falun Gong practitioners. Ma Guobiao is 36 years old. He was detained in Beijing for 15 days when he went to Beijing to appeal against the persecution in May 2000. Not long after he was released, Ma Guobiao was arrested and sent to Qingpu Law College where he was forced to undergo brainwashing sessions. During these two months of imprisonment, he was bombarded with lies and brainwashing materials. He kept practicing the exercises and studying the Falun Gong teachings, for which he was threatened to be sent to a forced labor camp by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents. A few days after Mr. Ma left the brainwashing center, he was illegally detained again for 15 days.

In December 2002, when Ma Guobiao was at work, CCP agents from Changning District came to arrest him and detained him in Changning District Detention Center. Later on, personnel from the Changning District Police Station sentenced him to two years of forced labor. The two people responsible for his illegal sentence were Jin Weijun and Chen Kuang. In the labor camp, Falun Gong practitioners were imprisoned in a specific group and tortured. Ma Guobiao was shocked with electric batons on his private parts, and tortured with the "Shanghai Style Tiger Bench" (the practitioner is pushed against a wall and several people stretch his legs apart to 180 degrees, while several others beat him and hit him). He was also deprived of sleep.

While Ma Guobiao was being persecuted in the labor camp, his mother Jin Runfang was also persecuted in the women's forced labor camp, which was close by. Jin Runfang is in her 60's. She is a kind and caring person. She used to suffer from various diseases, but all of them disappeared after she started practicing Falun Gong, and she regained her health. Because Ms. Jin benefited from Falun Gong, she often told others, "Falun Dafa is great." After the persecution began in 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal despite her age. However, she was illegally detained in Beijing for doing so. In the detention center in Beijing, she often witnessed the police torturing Falun Gong practitioners, and heard the screams of practitioners being tortured.

In 2001, Jin Runfang went to Beijing to appeal for justice again, but was taken back to Shanghai by Shanghai policemen in Beijing. She was then sentenced to two years of forced labor. In the forced labor camp, Ms. Jin underwent violent brainwashing sessions and was forced to watch defaming TV programs that were full of lies. However, she never submitted to saying that Falun Gong was wrong. All imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners had to go through "transformation" and "education" including: being forced to stand facing the wall all day long, being forced to sit still for extended periods, being forced to hand copy the camp's regulations, being forced to read slanderous propaganda materials, being deprived of sleep, being forced to work, and being hung up if they tried to protest.

The local 610 Office has threatened Ma Guobiao's father Ma Dongquan from time to time. Once when Ma Guobiao was illegally detained, the 610 Office staff lied to Ma Dongquan, saying, "As long as you promise you won't go to Beijing to appeal and stay home, we will let your son come home."

They also extorted money from him. Ma Dongquan had to agree in order to get his son out. However, after receiving the money, the 610 Office still sentenced Ma Guobiao to two years of forced labor. Upon learning of their deception, the Ma family couldn't do anything and were distraught.

When Ma Guobiao and his family were watching TV on the evening of February 22, 2008, the police arrested them and searched their home. Ma Guobiao and his father are currently detained at the Jiading District Police Station.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/3/6/173744.html

On March 4, Daqing City Police Department and Wolitun District Branch arrested several Falun Gong practitioners.

The following practitioners are verified to have been placed under arrest.

1. Ms. Jiang Fengqin, 56, is a retired employee of Daqing Petrochemical General Factory. At about 9:00 p.m. on March 4, 2008, Daqing police took Ms. Jiang into custody when she was taking care of her grandson at home. Her home was also searched. Truth-clarifying materials, CDs and Falun Gong books were packed into four or five big plastic bags and taken away. A copier and about 10,000 yuan in cash were also taken away.

Currently, Jiang Fengqin is being detained in the 1st Detention Center of Daqing City, which is also called Daqing City Detention Center.

2. Mr. Sun Ruilin, 67, is a retired officer from the Anda City Railroad. At around 3:00 p.m. on March 4, 2008, the police took him away from his apartment. They also took away his personal property in two or three bags. About a dozen policemen drove three police vehicles and took away many things. Mr. Sun shouted, "Falun Dafa is good!" Afterwards, he was pushed into one of the vehicles.

Sun Ruilin is being detained in the 4th Detention Center of Daqing City , also known as Longfeng Detention Center. The guards in the detention center questioned Sun Ruilin repeatedly, and each time he responded with, "Falun Dafa is good!" He continued to be firm when a policeman struck him in the face.

3. Ms. Zhao Yumei, 40, was an employee of Daqing Petrochemical General Factory who was forced into early retirement. On March 4, 2008, she was arrested by police from the Wolitun Branch of Daqing City Police Department. She is being detained in the 1st Detention Center of Daqing City.

4. Mr. He Biao, 40, was forced to retire early from Daqing Petrochemical General Factory. His wife Han Yunhua works at the same factory. On March 4, they were arrested by Daqing police. When Mr. He's older sister went to visit him from Zhaodong on March 1, 2008, she was also arrested. They are being detained in the 4th Detention Center of Daqing City.

5. Ms. Li Yanjiao was forced to retire early from Daqing Ethylene Computation Center. On March 4, she was arrested by the Wolitun Branch of Daqing City Police Department and Wolitun Community Security Team, including Cai Hua, Li Yan, Zhang Zhongxiao and Liu Xiangdong.

Ms. Li's home was searched, and Falun Gong books and other personal property were taken away. She is being detained in the 4th Detention Center of Daqing City.

Responsible parties:
Wolitun District Branch of Daqing City Police Department:
Shang Ruichao, Chief: 86-459-6707123 (Office), 86-459-6766633 (Home), 86-13936912299 (Cell)
Zhang Yiqing, Deputy Chief: 86-459-6765865 (Office), 86-459-6765668 (Home), 86-13704660187 (Cell)

Daqing City Police Department:
Cao Liwei, Chief: 86-459-6371699 (Office), 86-13384595678 (Cell)
Cao Zhenhe, Political Commissar: 86-459-6107789(Office), 86-459-6280888 (Home), 86-13329500001 (Cell)
Li Guoli, Deputy Chief: 86-459-6100099 (Office), 86-459-5986708 (Home), 86-13329500003 (Cell)

Daqing City 610 Office:
Zhang Wanguo, Director: 86-459-6392958, 86-13504891993 (Cell)
Ba Xi, Deputy Director: 86-459-6393610, 86-13329368861 (Cell)