May 8, 2003

(Clearwisdom.net)

1. [Haicheng City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioners Cui Yajing Is Arrested
2. [Laixi City, Shandong Province] The Laixi City "610 Office" Organizes New Brainwashing Classes at Xizhuang Village, Wangcheng Township to Persecute Dafa Practitioners
3. [Chongqing City, China] Dafa Practitioner Wu Zhenrong Is Persecuted by Officials of the Shuitu Township, Beipei District
4. [Tongxian County, Beijing] Dafa Practitioner Wang Yanhui Is Arrested
5. [Guangshui City, Hubei Province] Dafa Practitioner Peng Xinhua and Others Are Persecuted
6. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioners Yu Xiaoli, Tian Xiaoping and Liu Xijie Are Illegally Sent to a Forced Labor Camp
7. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] A Dafa Truth-Clarifying Materials Site Is Destroyed, Four Dafa Practitioners Are Arrested
8. [Shandong Province] A New Round of Persecution of Dafa Practitioners Is Taking Place
9. [Changle County, Weifang City, Shandong Province] Three Dafa Practitioners Are Forced into a Brainwashing Center.
10. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Facts of Persecution of Dafa Practitioners in the Dalian Forced Labor Camp
11. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] The Public Security Bureau and the Residential Office at the Dalian Developing Zone Start a New Round of Persecution of Dafa Practitioners

Cui Yajing works at the Shishi County, Haicheng City. She clarified the truth of Dafa to people because she had opportunities to contact people in her work, but she was reported to police officers and arrested.

2. [Laixi City, Shandong Province] The Laixi City "610 Office" Organizes New Brainwashing Classes at Xizhuang Village, Wangcheng Township to Persecute Dafa Practitioners

The Laixi City "610 Office"* recently organized a new brainwashing class, and many Dafa practitioners have been arrested and sent there. On April 18, 2003, Dafa practitioners Li Cairong and Li Xiuxiang from the Lijiazhai Village, Yuanshang Township were arrested from their homes and sent to the brainwashing class, and while they were gone their homes were illegally searched.

Dafa practitioner Wang Bingzhen from the Huayuan Village, Yuanshang Township was arrested while he was delivering Dafa truth-clarifying materials at Guxian in Pingdu Township. Police officers searched his home and took away a lot of Dafa materials. Wang is still being illegally held at the Laixi Detention Center.

*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 or judicial systems.

3. [Chongqing City, China] Dafa Practitioner Wu Zhenrong Is Persecuted by Officials of the Shuitu Township, Beipei District

On March 17, 2003, officers from the Beipei District "610 Office" and the Shuitu Township Police Station went to Wulang Village and arrested Dafa practitioner Wu Zhenrong while he was working on a farm. They forced Wu to open the door of his home and did a thorough search. It's not known what items were taken away. Wu's family members are working out of town, so there is nobody to take care of his home. On March 19, Wu was sent to the detention center, where he is still being detained. His family is not allowed to visit him.

On March 18, officers arrested Chen Zhaolu who was also doing farm work. That evening, he did not return home, so his wife went to look for him and learned that Chen had been arrested. Chen's family members went to the Shuitu police station to ask for him, but police officers said they did not know where Chen was. Later it was learned that Chen had been sent to the Beipei Detention Center on March 19. When his family went to the detention center, they were not allowed to see him.

4. [Tongxian County, Beijing] Dafa Practitioner Wang Yanhui Is Arrested

Wang Yanhui is 41 years old. On the afternoon of April 30, 2003, he was arrested at the Dongguan District of Tongxian County by four plainclothes police officers. His whereabouts are unknown.

5. [Guangshui City, Hubei Province] Dafa Practitioner Peng Xinhua and Others Are Persecuted

Peng Xinhua and Zhen Congde were sent to the Shayang Forced Labor Camp in October 2002 but were not accepted. Now they are being detained at the First Detention Center of Guangshui City. Dafa practitioner Zhu Yuling and Yan Ailing were arrested at home and illegally sent to the Shayang Forced Labor Camp for a one year term.

6. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioners Yu Xiaoli, Tian Xiaoping and Liu Xijie Are Illegally Sent to a Forced Labor Camp

Guo Yu Xiaoli, Tian Xiaoping, Liu Xijie, and Zhao from the Dalian Developing Zone were reported for making Dafa truth-clarifying materials. All four were arrested. Liu Xijie was sentenced to one year at the Dalian Forced Labor Camp, and the other three were sentenced to two years each at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.

7. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] A Dafa Truth-Clarifying Materials Site Is Destroyed, Four Dafa Practitioners Are Arrested

In early April 2003, a Dafa truth-clarifying materials site was destroyed by police officers. Han Shaoqin and three other Dafa practitioners (one male, two female) were arrested.

8. [Shandong Province] A New Round of Persecution of Dafa Practitioners Is Taking Place

Followers of Jiang's regime started a new round of persecution in Shandong Province. The local "610 Office", their employers, residential offices etc, coerced Dafa practitioners to report their name, sex, age, profession, home address, leave fingerprints and submit two photos of themselves. Some police stations hired people (at 300 Yuan a month) to persecute Dafa practitioners. This happened at Qixia, Longkou, Zhaoyuna and other places.

9. [Changle County, Weifang City, Shandong Province] Three Dafa Practitioners Are Forced into a Brainwashing Center.

On April 8, 2003, Dafa practitioners Meng Xianzhen and his wife, and Zhao Yuli, were followed after leaving home to avoid persecution. They were arrested and sent to the "138" brainwashing class, and have still not been released.

10. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Facts of Persecution of Dafa Practitioners in the Dalian Forced Labor Camp

After the 2003 Chinese New Year, the Dalian Forced Labor Camp reinforced their brainwashing efforts by making use of "collaborators" [former Falun Gong practitioners who have gone astray due to brainwashing and torture]. Several Dafa practitioners were placed under "Intensive Monitoring and Brainwashing." Dafa practitioner Dong Junshen was taken to the "Intensive Monitoring" group. Dafa practitioner Zhang Wenchang stood up to stop Dong from being taken away, and was taken by police officers Guo Peng and Huang to a small cell, where he was shocked with an electric baton and beaten up. Dafa practitioner Yu Kaili has been in the intensive monitoring group for over one year, but he remains steadfast in his cultivation of Dafa.

The Eighth Brigade conducts body searches on Dafa practitioners who are being released when their terms come to an end. Phone number of the Eighth Brigade Office:

86-411-6859961 extension 280, Liu Zhongke (brigade head)

11. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] The Public Security Bureau and the Residential Office at the Dalian Developing Zone Start a New Round of Persecution of Dafa Practitioners

In recent days, a new round of persecution has started. They force Dafa practitioners to write "four letters" and claim that if the letters were not written, the practitioner will be sent to the brainwashing center in Dalian City. Currently many Dafa practitioners are being harassed by the police.