Issued by Clearwisdom Net

CCP authorities in Liaoning Province launched another round of persecution against Falun Gong. Thirteen practitioners were arrested in Huludao City at the end of February. The police also searched their houses and confiscated their computers, printers, TVs and satellite receivers.

129 Deaths Confirmed Since January 2007 (Graphic Photos)

- Brief Summaries of Death Cases Present Grim Evidence of Stepped Up Persecution of Falun Gong as Chinese Communists "Prepare" for the Olympics

Follow the link below to a list of the 129 Falun Gong practitioners confirmed to have died between January 1, 2007 and March 20, 2008 as a direct result of persecution they suffered at the hands of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities. Each of the 129 cases is briefly outlined.

As further evidence of the intensified persecution Falun Gong faces in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics, 1,878 practitioners were reported arrested in the first ten weeks of 2008 alone. Read More on FalunInfo.net

Please note: While the total confirmed number of deaths stands in the low 3,000's, the actual number is thought to be many, many times higher. The CCP keeps tight-fisted control of such information, and our sources in China risk imprisonment and torture for compiling and submitting these death cases to the Minghui/Clearwisdom website.

Note: In each case listed, the first number signifies its count in the death toll since January 2007. The second number (in parentheses) is a reference to the list of all confirmed deaths since the persecution began in 1999. (English version of this list is maintained here on Clearwisdom.net) For example, once you click on the link below, you will see that the first case listed is the 129^th since January 2007, and the 3149^th case confirmed since the persecution began in 1999

Click here to see the List of Deaths since January 2007 (Graphic Photos)

Thirteen Falun Gong Practitioners Illegally Arrested in Huludao City by CCP Authorities

At 6:00 a.m. on February 25, 2008, Liaoning Province Police Department, Liaoning Province State Security Department, Liaoning Province 610 Office, Huludao City State Security Bureau, Huludao City Police Department, and Huludao City 610 Office, along with Suizhong Police Department, Suizhong 610 Office, and Suizhong Fire Fighting Brigade, conspired to arrest 13 Falun Gong practitioners. Those arrested included Mr. Yang Guangwu, Ms. Feng Kelan, Ms. Yang Zhaofang, Ms. Yang Zhaoying, Ms. Shen Wenling, Ms. Pei Zhihua, Ms. Zhou Yingzhun, Mr. Yang Jiangwei, Ms. Li Xiaoming, Mr. Fan Dezhen, Ms. Yang Xiaoxue, Mr. Wang Yuanju, and Ms. Zhang Chongyue. These arrests by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities have caused the practitioners tremendous economic losses.

Just prior to the practitioners being arrested and taken away, a group of police officers knocked on Mr. Yang Guangwu's door. But Mr. Yang, his wife Ms. Feng Kelan, and their older daughter Ms. Yang Zhaofang, all practitioners, refused to open it. Since Mr. Yang's apartment was on the third floor of the building, the police brought a fire engine and used the ladder to reach the windows of Mr. Yang's apartment. They then smashed some windows and illegally entered his home. Mr. Yang's younger daughter, Ms. Yang Zhaoying, wasn't at home at that time but she was arrested later (how and where she was arrested is unclear). Mr. Yang's whole family is currently "illegally imprisoned" at Huludao City Detention Center. The police not only arrested three of Mr. Yang's family members but also took some their family's belongings including the family's checkbook.

The police hired a locksmith to open practitioner Ms. Shen Wenling's door and then illegally entered her home. Ms. Shen refused to cooperate with the police, so they forcibly took her away when she was still wearing her slippers. The police also confiscated her belongings. Most of the officers who intruded into Ms. Shen's home were from Suizhong Airport Police Station. Ms. Shen is now imprisoned at Huludao City Detention Center.

The police not only searched practitioner Ms. Pei Zhihua's home, but also arrested her and her husband, even though he doesn't practice Falun Gong. Ms. Pei is imprisoned in Huludao City Detention Center.

The police then ordered another locksmith to open practitioner Ms. Zhou Yingchun's door and broke into her home. At that time, Ms. Zhou wasn't at home but was subsequently arrested and imprisoned at Huludao City Detention Center. They also searched Ms. Zhou's home.

On the evening of February 25, four police vehicles surrounded practitioner Mr. Yang Jiangwei's building until the morning of February 26. The police then intruded into Mr. Yang's home and searched it. They arrested Mr. Yang and his wife, practitioner Ms. Li Xiaoming, who had just married Mr. Yang a month prior. Mr. Yang and his wife are both currently imprisoned at Huludao City Detention Center.

The police then arrested practitioner Mr. Fan Dezhen and his wife, practitioner Ms. Yang Xiaoxue, at their home. They even forcibly separated Ms. Yang and her several-month-old baby. Their home was ransacked and some of their belongings taken.

At around 5:00 a.m. on February 25, 2008, the police from Huludao City Police Station, Huludao City Fire Fighting Brigade, Xingcheng City Police Station, Xingcheng City 610 Office, Wenquan Local Police Station in Xingcheng City, and other branches, attempted to arrest practitioner Mr. Wang Yuanju at Luiyuan Community in Xingcheng City. But Mr. Wang refused to cooperate with the police and stood outside the windows on the fourth floor, hanging onto a metal window-frame for over five hours. Many people saw the stand-off. Many police, two fire engines, and several various-sized police vehicles surrounded the building. The police also prepared a big air-filled cushion on the ground. In the end, Mr. Wang was arrested.

Practitioner Ms. Zhang Chongyue and three other family members rent a house in Suizhong Area. The police arrested her in her rented home and also took her belongings. Ms. Zhang is now imprisoned in Huludao City Detention Center.

In total, the police confiscated eleven laptops, eight printers, five satellite-receivers and dishes, some papers, and other materials from the practitioners' homes.

Ms. Liao Dailan from Chongqing City Forcibly Taken to a Brainwashing Center
 

On March 5, 2008, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Liao Dailan (in her seventies) from Guangyang Town, Nanan District, Chongqing City was at her daughter's home in Dadukou District when she was arrested for no reason by police from the Guangyang Town Police Station in Nanan District and the Chunhui Road Police Station in Dadukou District. She was imprisoned at a brainwashing center located in the Wangxiangtai Country Club in Yubei District, Chongqing City, and her family is not allowed to visit her. The local CCP authorities tried to coerce her family into paying 3000 yuan as a "brainwashing expense." Her family refused this unreasonable request.

The arrest of family members and confiscation of their property has brought serious hardship to Ms. Liao Dailan's family. Because the police intentionally blocked information from reaching her, Ms. Liao Dailan's daughter is very worried about her mother's health condition.

The Falun Gong practitioners arrested in various areas of Chongqing City are imprisoned primarily at the brainwashing center in Wangxiangtai Country Club in Yubei District. Most are older practitioners. Ms. He Yangzhen (in her sixties) is one of these practitioners and there are several others from Nanan District.