Latest News from China - 07/22/2003

July 22, 2003

(Clearwisdom.net)

1. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Yan Zhigang Is Held in Various Facilities
2. [Nanhai City, Guangdong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Liang Xiaoyan and Liang Qixia Detained in the Nanhai City Detention Center
3. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Benxin City "610 Office" Holds Brainwashing Class in the Weining Correctional Institute in Order to Persecute Falun Dafa Practitioners
4. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Leaders in Niuxintai Town Fail to Unlawfully Jail Mother with Infant
5. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] New Round of Inhumane Brainwashing Conducted against Falun Dafa Practitioners at the Yuemingshan Forced Labor Camp
6. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] List of Evil Scoundrels from the Jiefang Road Police Station in Anshan City, Liaoning Province
7. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Mao Jingxian Is Abducted and Brought to the Sanshui City Legal Cadres' Institute for Persecution
8. [Canzhou City, Hebei Province] Canzhou City Police Department Starts a New Round of Persecution
9. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Newly Appointed Mayor Abducts Several More Falun Dafa Practitioners
10. [Urumqi City, Xinjiang] Urumqi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Ulapo Relocates
11. [Shihezi, Xinjiang] Sun Bo and Other Falun Dafa Practitioners Continue to Be Persecuted
12. [Gaizhou City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Zhang Shupeng and Xu Guowei Are Unlawfully Held

1. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Yan Zhigang Is Held in Various Facilities

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Yan Zhigang, from Wuhan City, Hubei Province, has been transferred back to the Hewan Forced Labor Camp and is being held in the No. 5 Brigade. Xu is the head of the brigade. Mr. Yan's family recently went to the labor camp, but Xu denied them visitation, citing orders from higher up. Xu has also instigated inmates to verbally and physically abuse Mr. Yan. Some inmates even took away his underpants as instructed by police officers.

Police officer Xiang Hui of the Wuhan City Police Department, who reports to the city's "610 Office," is primarily responsible for unlawfully sentencing Mr. Yan to forced labor and for transferring him to various facilities. Xiang's office telephone number is 86-27-85395262.

2. [Nanhai City, Guangdong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Liang Xiaoyan and Liang Qixia Detained in the Nanhai City Detention Center

Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Liang Xiaoyan and Ms. Liang Qixia, from Xiqiao Town in Nanhai City, Guangdong Province, were arrested while at their store. The police also conducted an unlawful search of the store. They are both being held in the Nanhai City Detention Center.

3. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Benxin City "610 Office" Holds Brainwashing Class in the Weining Correctional Institute in Order to Persecute Falun Dafa Practitioners

In July, the Benxi City "610 Office" held another brainwashing class in order to persecute Falun Dafa practitioners in the Weining Correctional Institute. It has been reported that the "610 Office" is planning another round of brainwashing. All Falun Dafa practitioners in the current mid-July class have been resolute, and none of them have cooperated with the evil.

4. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Leaders in Niuxintai Town Fail to Unlawfully Jail Mother with Infant

Since July 13, 2003, Yan Weicheng, the Party secretary from the Political Judiciary Committee in Niuxintai Town, led police officers from the Niuxintai Police Station and other scoundrels from the local joint security team in conducting a large-scale arrest of Falun Dafa practitioners. They broke into practitioners' homes at will. Many practitioners have been forced out of their homes and have been wandering from place to place to avoid persecution. Even women and infants are not spared. The police forcibly took away a female Falun Dafa practitioner along with her four-month-old baby, which angered local residents. When the practitioner was sent to the Dabailou Detention Center in the Caibei area, the detention center refused to take them in as the baby was too young. Only then were the mother and baby released.

5. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] New Round of Inhumane Brainwashing Conducted against Falun Dafa Practitioners at the Yuemingshan Forced Labor Camp

The Yuemingshan Forced Labor Camp is located in Anshan City, Liaoning Province. Under the instigation of Zhang Zhenyang, its political commissar, the labor camp is, for the second time, taking inhumane measures in attempting to brainwash almost sixty Falun Dafa practitioners since December 2002. Information channels have been tightly sealed off and details about the persecution are not yet available.

Zhang Zhenyang, political commissar of the force labor camp, telephone number: 86-412-2613155, 86-412-2616925.
Directly Affiliated Brigade, in charge of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners: 86-412-2621674.
Education Section: 86-412-2613615.

6. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] List of Evil Scoundrels from the Jiefang Road Police Station in Anshan City, Liaoning Province

Zhang Lijun is a police officer from the Jiefang Road Police Station in Anshan City, Liaoning Province. In 2002, Zhang unlawfully arrested several Falun Dafa practitioners and sabotaged a few sites where Falun Gong materials were kept. As a result he was nominated a "champion" among officers and "commended" by having his name passed on to higher authorities. Telephone number of the Jiefang Road Police Station: 86-412-2625445.

7. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Mao Jingxian Is Abducted and Brought to the Sanshui City Legal Cadres' Institute for Persecution

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Mao Jingxian is from Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. On July 9, she was abducted and brought to the Sanshui City Legal Cadres' Institute in Guangdong Province for brainwashing. A police officer first lied to her by saying "go to the neighborhood administration for a talk," and threatened that they were supposed to "use force if she refused to comply." As soon as Ms. Mao stepped out of her home, the police forcibly took her directly to the brainwashing center. At least four organizations were involved in Ms. Mao's abduction: the Tianhe District Party Committee, which is the primary conspirator, the Tianhe Division of the Police Department, which carried out the scheme, the neighborhood committee in the Nanyayuan community in the Tianhe area of Tianhe District, which offered assistance, and the Sanshui City Legal Cadres' Institute, which provided the venue.

8. [Canzhou City, Hebei Province] Canzhou City Police Department Starts a New Round of Persecution

Prior to July 20, the Canzhou City Police Department in Hebei Province started a new round of persecution targeting Falun Dafa practitioners. So far it has been reported that at least nine Falun Dafa practitioners have been harassed. Among them, Ms. Zhang Songfeng has been unlawfully taken away.

9. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Newly Appointed Mayor Abducts Several More Falun Dafa Practitioners

Recently, the newly appointed mayor, Gao Jinhao of Zhangjiakou City in Hebei Province, ordered the abduction of several Falun Dafa practitioners. Practitioners were sent to a brainwashing center for persecution. Since becoming the mayor last March, Gao has made the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners his top priority.

10. [Urumqi City, Xinjiang] Urumqi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Ulapo Relocates

The Urumqi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Xinjiang has been relocated. Director Ba Xiaomei and brigade head Li Zongping continue to aggressively abuse Falun Dafa practitioners. We hope that Falun Dafa practitioners will collectively eliminate the evil behind-the-scenes factors in the persecution that exist in the forced labor camp.

Address of the No. 1 Brigade of the Urumqi Forced Labor Camp: No. 22 East Gebi Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, ZIP 830013. Telephone: [phone].

11. [Shihezi, Xinjiang] Sun Bo and Other Falun Dafa Practitioners Continue to Be Persecuted

Falun Dafa practitioners Mr. Sunbo, Mr. Wu Shengmin, Ms. Zhou Haixia, Ms. Niu Mengling, and Mr. Bao Feng, who are all from Shihezi, Xinjiang, have continuously been persecuted since July 20, 1999. They have been unlawfully sentenced to forced labor camps, and detained in brainwashing facilities. They have been dismissed by their factory and deprived of any benefits. However, the economic hardships cannot undermine their firm belief in Falun Dafa.

Party secretary of the factory, in charge of the persecution: 86-993-2902580, 86-13999333996.
Ma Xianglin from the factory's security section: 86-13519921989.
Yi Guoliang from the factory's security section: 86-13031335481.
Leaders from the Shihezi "610 Office" in Xinjiang are:

Li Handong: 86-993-2014862, 86-993-2302655.
Xue Yuejin: 86-993-2913254, 86-993-2395522.
Han Xinzhou: 86-13899536618.

Guo Tianqiang: 86-13179933518.

12. [Gaizhou City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Zhang Shupeng and Xu Guowei Are Unlawfully Held

On the evening of July 19, 2003, Falun Dafa practitioners Mr. Zhang Shupeng and Mr. Xu Guowei were spaying signs reading, "Falun Dafa Is Good," and "Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance," near where the Gaizhou City No. 13 Army is stationed. [Note: Without access to any typical means of communication such as newspapers, magazines, TVáor radio, Falun Gong practitioners have resorted to many creative and sometimes unusual methods for raising awareness among the Chinese people about the persecution.]

Army sentries spotted them and they were sent to the Gaizhou Police Department. Both practitioners are currently being unlawfully held in the Gaizhou City Detention Center. It has been reported that they will be sent directly to the labor camp without any due process. Mr. Zhang and Mr. Xu have refused to cooperate with the evil, and have been protesting with hunger strikes in which they abstain from water and food.