April 8, 2003
(Clearwisdom.net)
- [Fuzhou City, Fujian Province] Dafa Practitioners Mr. Chen Jin and Ms. Zheng Meimei Are Illegally Sentenced to Imprisonment
- [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Liu Mingjie from the Wanghua District is Tortured to the Point of a Mental Breakdown
- [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Dafa Practitioners: Please Pay Great Attention to Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts as One Body!
- [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhao Weihong is Illegally Detained at City's No.2 Prison
- [Chongqing] Arrest of Four Practitioners
- [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Arrest of Practitioner Mr. Li Zhongming
- [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Persecution of Practitioners Peng Weidong and Xu Jinrong
- [Yueyang City, Hunan Province] Arrest and Detention of Practitioners
- [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Chen Anjun, a Police Officer/Coach from the Jinniu Township Police Officer's School Is Persecuted for Being Steadfast in His Belief
- [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioners Lin Hongfei and Tan Zhongxiu Go on a Hunger Strike to Protest the Persecution in Dehui City Detention Center
- [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Liu Yonghong
[Fuzhou City, Fujian Province] Dafa Practitioners Mr. Chen Jin and Ms. Zheng Meimei Are Illegally Sentenced to Imprisonment
On October 25, 2002, personnel from Gulou District Court illegally sentenced Mr. Chen Jin to seven years of imprisonment and Ms. Zheng Meimei to three years of imprisonment. Additionally, on April 1, 2003, police arrested Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Dongling who had been living in various places to avoid persecution and illegal arrest. Recently, police took away Dafa practitioner Zheng Chenying from Fuzhou City.
[Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Liu Mingjie from the Wanghua District is Tortured to the Point of a Mental Breakdown
Li Jianguo, leader of Zone No.12 in Shenyang City's No.2 Prison, had detained practitioner Mr. Liu Mingjie separately for over six months, from July 10, 2002 to January 6, 2003. During this detention period, police tortured Liu Mingjie so badly that he couldn't move his legs and had to be sent to a hospital. As soon as his legs started to recover a bit, he was forcibly sent back to solitary confinement. He was also brutally beaten up by the policemen and inmates. They even tied up Liu Mingjie's four limbs with excruciating means. Liu Mingjie has suffered a mental breakdown due to the severe torture he received.
[Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Dafa Practitioners: Please Pay Great Attention to Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts as One Body!
On April 1, 2003, Jiang's regime instructed Harbin City's "610 Office" *) to use 500 new police cars to line up and converge on the main streets of Harbin. In order to monitor Dafa practitioners, police installed motion detectors on buildings where practitioners live, and surveillance cameras on the telephone poles.
Since March, the police in Harbin City have been rampantly persecuting Dafa practitioners. They destroyed over ten Dafa materials production centers, illegally arrested a number of Dafa practitioners and tortured three practitioners to death.
[Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhao Weihong is Illegally Detained at City's No.2 Prison
Ms. Zhao Weihong, 36 years old, has been illegally detained many times because she insists on her belief in "Zhen-Shan-Ren," "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." In mid-August 2001, police abducted Ms. Zhao from her work place. In mid-September of the same year, she was sent to Shijiazhuang City's No.1 Detention Center and held there for 1-1/2 years. She was sentenced to three years of imprisonment because she refused to give up practicing Falun Dafa. At the beginning of March 2003, she was transferred to Shijiazhuang City's No.2 Prison.
[Chongqing] Arrest of Four Practitioners
On March 30 2003, practitioners Ms. Sun Yufeng (64 years old, a retiree from Zhongliangshan Coal Mine), Mr. Huang Daoming (62 years old, a retiree from a street administrative office), Ms. Lu Junfang (62 years old, a retiree) and Ms. Yin Dayu (50 years old, a retiree from Lihua Manufacturing) took a bus from Tianba to Tiaodeng to clarify the truth. After getting off the bus they clarified the Dafa truth to passengers on the road and told them, "Falun Dafa is Good," and "Truth-Compassion-Tolerance is Good." However, police arrested and detained the practitioners after they had clarified the truth for less than half an hour, and then ransacked the practitioners' homes. They are being detained at the Dadukou District Detention Center.
[Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Arrest of Practitioner Mr. Li Zhongming
On January 9, 2003, practitioner Mr. Li Zhongming and his wife from Wuhan City went to his brother-in-law's house for dinner. But on their way, Yu Zhongwu and some others illegally arrested Mr. Li and took him to Xinzhou District Detention Center. They sentenced him to one year of forced labor. The first time Mr. Li was sent to the labor camp his health was really bad, so the Hewan Labor Camp rejected him and he was sent back to Xinzhou District Detention Center. The second time Mr. Li was sent to the labor camp, his health was still very bad and he was rejected again. Under such a situation, Mr. Li should be released unconditionally, however, Wang Jingye, the deputy director of Xinzhou City "610 Office," and Ma Shoujun, deputy director of the local police precinct, took Mr. Li to the labor camp themselves. Mr. Li has elderly parents at home and three kids in school. At present, no one is taking care of his family, an added hardship considering the loss of income from his job. All of this persecution has been tragic for Mr. Li and his family.
On March 5, when dozens of practitioners studied the Fa at Ms. Luo Meigui's home, officials from the local "610 Office" and police precinct came and arrested all practitioners. Their whereabouts are unknown.
[Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Persecution of Practitioners Peng Weidong and Xu Jinrong
- Practitioner Mr. Peng Weidong was illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor because of his firm belief in Dafa. A couple of days after he was released, he was taken away again from home to a detention center and hung up with handcuffs overnight.
- At the end of March, practitioner Xu Jinrong was arrested from home and taken to a brainwashing center. To protest the persecution, Xu has been on a hunger strike for several days.
[Yueyang City, Hunan Province] Arrest and Detention of Practitioners
In March 2003, Dafa practitioners Zhang Muxiang, Hu Heping and Li Runtian were put into a detention center
[Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Chen Anjun, a Police Officer/Coach from the Jinniu Township Police Officer's School Is Persecuted for Being Steadfast in His Belief
Mr. Chen Anjun, about 30 years old, is from Leshan City/Sichuan Province. In 2001, he has been illegally detained for one and a half years at Jinyang City's Xinhua Forced Labor Camp in Sichuan Province. He was released in the latter half of 2002. It's highly probably that he had always been under surveillance after he went back home. On March 31, 2003, he was tortured at Jinniu District's Chadianzi Brain Trauma Hospital in Chengdu City. Details are unclear. The union security team from Jinniu District's Jiancao Brigade paid someone 100 Yuan per day to monitor Mr. Chen at the hospital.
Units participating in the persecution:
Jinniu District Government in Chengdu City
Tuqiao Police Precinct in Chengdu City
Jiancao Brigade's Union Security Team in Jinniu District
[Dehui City, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioners Lin Hongfei and Tan Zhongxiu Go on a Hunger Strike to Protest the Persecution in Dehui City Detention Center
It was said that on February 21, local police officers in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province arrested Mr. Lin Hongfei and Mr. Tan Zhongxiu, who was leading a homeless life to avoid persecution. They were subjected to inhumane treatment and tortured. It was heard that the police officers had beaten Tan Zhongxiu into a state of disability and he could no longer walk. Now the practitioners have been transferred to their hometown and are illegally detained at Dehui City Detention Center. Both of them are on a hunger strike to protest the persecution.
[Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Liu Yonghong
Mr. Liu Yonghong, 33 years old, works at Hebei Province's Colliery Design Institute. On the night of March 28, policemen from the Qiaoxi Police Precinct abducted Mr. Liu from his home. Now his whereabouts are unknown. In that afternoon, his friend had informed him that several policemen went to his work unit to find him. Perhaps Mr. Liu didn't think something was wrong, so he went back home that night. Unfortunately, he was arrested.
* Please note: The "610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.
