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  1. [Qichun County, Hubei Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Zheng Handong is Sentenced to 15 Years Without Proper Legal Procedure
  2. [Xishui County, Hubei Province] Ms. Ding Jiefen is Detained at a Brainwashing Center
  3. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Gao Deyuan is Sent to a Brainwashing Center
  4. [Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province] The "610 Office" Covertly Runs the Brainwashing Center in Bole Hotel
  5. [Loudi City, Hunan Province] "610 Office" Plots With The Local Police to Amass Money
  6. [Jilin Province] Jiang Jianfeng's Sentence is Extended After Two Years of Reeducation Through Forced Labor
  7. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] An Elderly Couple Who Practice Falun Gong Both Die As a Result of Receiving Constant Pressure and Persecution
  8. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Fan Weihuang is Arrested
  9. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Zhang Jianrong Has Been Secretly Detained by the Public Security Bureau for One Year
  10. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioner Xu Bin Has Been Arrested
  11. [Xuchang City, Henan Province] The Detention Center Detains Two Falun Gong Practitioners
  12. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] An Account of Xinghai Street Police Station's Officers Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners
  13. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] The Guards of Changlei Forced Labor Camp Direct Criminals to Torture and Kill Falun Gong Practitioners
  14. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Yu Zhanchun Has Been Seized by Police
  15. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Li Na and Li Weisheng Have Been Arrested
  16. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Li Ning is Reported and Arrested
  17. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Dafa Practitioners Wei Anyu and He Bingying are Detained By Police
  18. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Wu Qiang is Arrested After Publishing a Solemn Declaration To Continue To Practice Falun Gong
  19. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Police Arrest Several Falun Gong Practitioners
  20. [Shanghai, China] Zhu Jianyun is Arrested
  21. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Wang Shunkang and Xu Jing are Arrested
  22. [Beipiao City, Liaoning Province] Some officials Conspire to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
  23. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp Violently Brainwashes Falun Gong Practitioners
  24. [Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Capture, Detain, Torture and Extort Money From Falun Gong Practitioners
  25. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Zhang Shuwen is Arrested
  26. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Gao Fei is Arrested
  27. [Yingkou City, Liaoning Province] The Forced Labor Camp is Launching Brainwashing Campaigns to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
  28. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Jiang Lianying is Sent to a Forced Labor Camp
  29. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Yan Zhida and Li Xiaohua are Arrested
  30. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Zhang Zhenmin is Detained in Lanzhou City No. 2 Detention Center

1. [Qichun County, Hubei Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Zheng Handong is Sentenced to 15 Years Without Proper Legal Procedure

Falun Gong practitioner Zheng Handong of Qichun County, Hubei Province, was arrested in February 2003. Zheng was interrogated and tortured while in detention, and then sentenced to 15 years in prison without proper legal procedures.

2. [Xishui County, Hubei Province] Ms. Ding Jiefen is Detained at a Brainwashing Center

Falun Gong practitioner Ding Jiefen is a teacher at the No. 2 Primary School in Xishui County, Hubei Province. At the end of November 2003, while she was working in the school, Xishui County's "610 Office" personnel [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] and the Office of Education teamed up with the Police Security Bureau personnel and illegally took her to the Hubei Province brainwashing center. When she did not return home, her family looked for her everywhere. It is said that the provincial brainwashing center set a quota for every county and city to round up 70 Falun Gong practitioners and force them to undergo brainwashing . The last brainwashing program just ended not long ago.

3. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Gao Deyuan is Sent to a Brainwashing Center

In the morning of November 13, 2003, officers from the Public Security Bureau, National Security Bureau, "610 Office" and Xicheng City's Local Police Station took Gao Deyuan to a brainwashing center against his will. On the same day, Ms. Liu Guoqiong was also arrested without charge.

4. The "610 Office" Covertly Runs the Brainwashing Center in Bole Hotel""

The "610 Office" personnel have signed a three-year contract with the Bole Hotel of the Xinlian Machine Factory in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. The hotel has been turned into a brainwashing center and is detaining many Falun Gong practitioners against their will. The personnel of "610 Office" said that if the practitioners do not renounce their belief in Falun Dafa, they will be detained indefinitely.

The telephone exchange of the Xinlian Machine Factory: 86-25-85311110,86-25-85310624,86-25-85316976

5. [Loudi City, Hunan Province] "610 Office" Plots With The Local Police to Amass Money""

It has been reported that the "610 Office" authorities of Loudi City, Hunan Province is in conspiracy with the local police to seize Falun Gong practitioners. The usual methods they employ after the arrest are to immediately threaten practitioners' family members and extort large sums of money from them as a way to enrich themselves. After Dafa practitioner Xiao Zhang was taken away by the police, his family paid over 80,000 yuan [500 yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China] to buy his release from jail after being threatened by the authorities. After turning in such a large sum of money, the authorities did not follow through with Xiao Zhang's release and there was no further response from the relevant personnel at the department. Practitioner Xiao Zhang's family has paid more than 40,000 yuan. It is said that Xiao Zhang is still going to be sentenced. The details of what happened to the money and where it is now are unknown.

6. [Jilin Province] Jiang Jianfeng's Sentence is Extended After Two Years of "Reeducation" Through Forced Labor

Mr. Jiang Jianfeng, 32 years old, from Songyuan City, Jilin Province, was illegally arrested by the National Security Bureau in December 2001. In June 2002, he was sent to the Jiutai Forced Labor Camp for two years without trial. During the detention, he resisted all requests, orders or directives from the authorities with his righteous thoughts and firm belief in Teacher and Dafa. In order to make him compromise his belief, the guards used various torture methods on him, and illegally detained him in the so called "heavy discipline team" the entire time. When the imposed term expired, his term was again arbitrarily extended for another three months.

7. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] An Elderly Couple Who Practice Falun Gong Both Die As a Result of Receiving Constant Pressure and Persecution

Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Wang Guiying (74 years old) and Mr. Gao Wancheng (76 years old) resided at Pingquan Road, Changchun City, Jilin Province. Wang Guiying went to Beijing to appeal in 1999. On March 15, 2002, the policemen of the Public Security Bureau mass arrested more than 5,000 Falun Gong practitioners. At 3 p.m. on that day, a group of policemen and neighborhood community office personnel rushed into the home of Wang and Gao, illegally seized their belongings and arrested Wang Guiying. That night, she was sent to the Sheling Hospice in the Shuangyang District. She was detained there for nearly a month and suffered from inhuman persecution. Later her family members spent more than 10,000 Yuan; only then she was she released. It caused serious spiritual devastation to the elderly couple. Under the constant pressure and persecution, Gao Wancheng passed away on July 24, 2002. Wang Guiying died on February 4, 2003.

8. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Fan Weihuang is Arrested

Fan Weihuang is the former director of the instruction department in Shangjie Primary School in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. On the morning of December 15, 2003, Fan Weihuang was arrested in his home by policemen from Guancheng Police Station in Zhengzhou City. Fan's computer, printer and other personal belongings were seized. This arrest is related to Shangjie Dafa practitioner Quan Peijian who has been unlawfully detained in the detention center.

9. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Zhang Jianrong Has Been Secretly Detained by the Public Security Bureau for One Year

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Jianrong of Nongan City, Changchun City, Jilin Province has been secretly detained by the Changchun City Public Security Bureau for one year. She is being detained beyond her original term, which was issued without trial or legal representation. It is said that she has become paralyzed from the torture she was subjected to and is now bedridden and unable to care for herself..

10. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioner Xu Bin Has Been Arrested

Xu Bin, a Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun City, Jilin Province, is about 50 years old. He has recently been unlawfully arrested by the Municipal Public Security Bureau.

11. [Xuchang City, Henan Province] The Detention Center Detains Two Falun Gong Practitioners

Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yanxin was released from the detention center in Xuchang City, Henan Province on December 9, 2003. She was unlawfully sentenced to one year. 'Currently, Xuchang City Detention Center still detains two Falun Gong practitioners: Ms. Mu Kunli and a male practitioner without charge. Mu Kunli has been illegally detained in this detention center for half a year.

12. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] An Account of Xinghai Street Police Station's Officer's Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners

Liaoning Province Dalian City Xinghai Street Police Station former Sheriff Wu Yan, police officer Ge Hongyuan and Liu Jun persecute Falun Gong practitioners extremely hard. In 2000 and 2001 alone, more than 20 practitioners were successively detained in the detention center or forced labor camp. Detained practitioners include Zhang Guilan, Duan Guilan, Li Maoxun, Ding Yuqin, Guo Yulian, Qi Wucheng, Yu Guilan, Li Yan, Duan Ying, Zhang Xingzhen, Shi Deyu, Ding Changshan, Ma Guizhen, Zou Yajuan, Zhang Xiuling, Su Guixiang, Gao Jinghua, and Lin Yuhua. Because of their efforts in persecuting practitioners, they were promoted to the position of vice-managers.

13. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] The Guards of Changlei Forced Labor Camp Direct Criminals to Torture and Kill Falun Gong Practitioners

1. Criminals who were formerly incarcerated in the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Brigade of Changlei Forced Labor Camp in Weifang City, Shandong Province, and two violent criminals, Tian Weixiang and Zhang Jintao from Qingzhou City, and Liu Chunxiang from Kuiwen District (the leader of 1st Squadron, 2nd Brigade) were directed by the guards of the forced labor camp to team up with more than 20 additional regular inmates to torture Falun Gong practitioners with clubs, electric batons, beatings and kicking. During 2000 and 2002, they brutally tortured Falun Gong practitioners , even beat them to death. In reward for their actions, the criminals had their terms reduced and they were released ahead of schedule. Especially in October 2000, a group of inmates surrounded and beat one Dafa practitioner who had just arrived at the forced labor camp. Zhang Jintao left a gash in the corner of a practitioner's eye after punching him. Tian Weixiang punched another practitioner, cutting the corners of his mouth'.

2. Han Huiyue, the leader of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Brigade (the squadron that specializes in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners) screamed at the newly arrived practitioners, "Your life will be worse than death." He directed criminals to torture practitioner Liu Shuchun to death. At this time, the bloodstained clothes that Liu Shuchun wore while he was beaten to death are being worn by other criminals. Han Huiyue 86-536-6234661(Home)

14. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Yu Zhanchun Has Been Seized by Police

Falun Gong practitioner Yu Zhanchun of Luxiang Town, Shuangyang District, Changchun City, Jilin Province was just released from the Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp. On December 15, 2003, he was again illegally arrested by the local police of Luxiang Town, Shuangyang District, Changchun City. The direct perpetrator is policeman Wang Yiheng.

15. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Li Na and Li Weisheng Have Been Arrested

After a truth-clarifying material production site was destroyed on July 28, 2002, Falun Gong practitioner Li Na from Xuanhua District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, and her boyfriend, Li Weisheng, were forced to leave home to avoid further persecution. At 2 p.m. on December 9, 2003, Li Na was illegally arrested in Kongjia Village, Wanquan County, by policemen from Xuanhua District. On the morning of December 28, 2003, Qiaodong District Court illegally tried Falun Gong practitioners. Li Weisheng and a group of 100 practitioners tried to stop the improper trial. They were followed and arrested on their way home. Now both Li Na and Li Weisheng are detained in the Xuanhua Detention Center.

The perpetrators are

The chief of Political Protection Unit of Xuanhua District Public Security Sub-bureau,
Zhang Yanxue: 86-313-3049012, Ban Yigong: 86-313-3049010
Xuanhua Detention Center: 86-313-3053077

16. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Li Ning is Reported and Arrested

Qin Yabin, the staff of neighborhood community office of Dalianwan 2nd Electricity Company in Dalian City, Liaoning Province reported Falun Gong practitioner Li Ning to Dalianwan Police Station. The policeman Zhou Xiaofeng led many people to illegally arrest Li Ning, and confiscated all Dafa books. Li Ning was illegally sentenced to "reeducation" through forced labor.

17. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Dafa Practitioners Wei Anyu and He Bingying are Detained By Police

On December 7, 2003, Dafa practitioners Wei Anyu and He Bingying from Jinchang City, Gansu Province were illegally arrested by policemen from the Lanzhou City National Security Bureau while they were handing out Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials in Lanzhou City. Prior to this, He Bingying was once illegally sent to a forced labor camp. After He was released, this couple had to leave home to avoid further persecution. After the National Security Bureau policemen seized them, another 11 policemen illegally searched the home of He Bingying's mother, who is also a Dafa practitioner, and took away three Falun Dafa exercise music tapes. Currently this couple is being detained in the National Security Bureau, but the details of their situation are unknown.

On the same day, Ms. Zhou, a practitioner from Qilihe District, Lanzhou City was illegally seized at her hairdressing shop.

18. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Wu Qiang is Arrested After Publishing a Solemn Declaration To Continue To Practice Falun Gong

After Falun Gong practitioner Wu Qiang of Benxi City, Liaoning Province was released from the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, he realized through studying the Falun Dafa teachings that what he did and said in the forced labor camp were not to the standard of Falun Dafa. He was extremely regretful, so he posted his declaration to continue practicing Falun Dafa on telegraph poles. As a result of his actions, he was reported to the municipal bureau. He had to leave home to avoid arrest and later, he was arrested by police when he was making truth-clarifying materials approximately two months ago.

19. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Police Arrest Several Falun Gong Practitioners

After 10 p.m. on November 27, 2003, the policemen from Changchun City Public Security Bureau and Luyuan District Public Security bureau rushed into Hengguang Area. They broke into the home of Zhang Changgui and searched around. The three people in Zhang's family were illegally taken away. A few policemen waited outside intending to arrest more practitioners.

After 7 a.m. on November 28, 2003, the policemen came to the homes of Ms. Yu Yongjuan and Ms. Chen. The police searched their homes and illegally arrested them.

Dafa practitioner Zhao Wenhua is 68 years old. She was taking care of her husband in the hospital. The police went to her daughter's workplace and brought her to replace Zhao Wenhua at the hospital, then they took Zhao home. They searched her home without a warrant and arrested her without charge.

20. [Shanghai, China] Zhu Jianyun is Arrested

Shanghai Falun Gong practitioner Zhu Jianyun was illegally captured in mid October 2003 when she was clarifying the truth of Falun Gong. She is still being detained as of now.

21. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Wang Shunkang and Xu Jing are Arrested

Liaoning Province Shenyang City Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Shunkang is in his fifties and resides at No. 72 Jingong Street in the Tiexi District. In the afternoon of December 13, 2003, when he was handing out Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials, he was reported and followed. At 7 p.m. on Sunday December 14, the police ransacked his home. He is now being held at the Shenyang No. 2 Detention Center.

22. [Beipiao City, Liaoning Province] Some officials Conspire to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners

It is said that on October 31, 2003, the municipal party committee of Beipiao City, Liaoning Province convened the 5th expanded congress meeting. Liu Ziyu, the secretary of the party committee and Mayor Xiao Jianhui both mentioned Falun Gong in their reports. Therefore, on November 14, the political and judiciary secretary Li Mingfang called in relevant departments to meet in the boardroom of the municipal justice bureau to discuss how to carry out and deploy their campaign of persecution against Falun Gong practitioners.

The relevant responsible personnel are:

Secretary of the party committee Liu Ziyu 86-421-5821285 (Home)

86-421-5822523 (Work) 86-13904212328 (Cellular)

Mayor Xiao Jianhui 86-421-2610808 (Home) 86-421-5812238 (Work)

86-13504218888 (Cellular)

Political and judiciary secretary Li Mingfang 86-421-5826719 (Home)

86-421-5823340 (Work) 86-13904212936 (Cellular)

"610 Office" Chief Pei Hua 86-421-5820008 (Home) 86-421-5812610 (Work)

86-13190265956 (Cellular)

Justice bureau chief Cheng Ming 86-421-5825268 (Home) 86-421-5812944 (Work)

23. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp Violently Brainwashes Falun Gong Practitioners

Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City, Jilin Province forcibly brainwashes steadfast Falun Gong practitioners under orders from higher authorities. The guards deprive practitioners of sleep at night and lock them in small cells. Some guards even beat people. The ears of a practitioner surnamed Mao were injured from torture.

Telephone numbers: 86-43-4838838 and 86-43-4838828

24. [Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Capture, Detain, Torture and Extort Money From Falun Gong Practitioners

Around 4 a.m. on a day in spring 2002, policemen from Xinkuang Police Station in Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province ransacked my home and then took me to the local police station. The policemen responsible for this were: Zhang Xiaowei (the deputy manager), Bi Shuyi, Yang and Wang. After I arrived at the local police station, Zhang Xiaowei attempted to force me to step on the photo of Teacher and on the Falun Dafa books. I resisted his evil effort, so he dragged me by my hair and threw me into the wall. The police found Teacher's articles at my home and demanded to know where I got them. I would not answer, so they punched and kicked me. Later, I was sent to the Jixi City No. 1 Detention Center where I was ruthlessly beaten by regular criminals under order from the police. At that time, I felt numb. I was then detained without charge for more than a month. Afterwards, policeman Bi Shuyi from the local police station and policemen from Jixi City extorted more than 10,000 yuan from me. [500 yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China.] It was only after I paid the money that I was released.

25. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Zhang Shuwen is Arrested

Ms. Zhang Shuwen is an employee of the property company in Daqing Petrochemical Factory hired under the status known as "sale outright" ["sale outright" status is a term that signifies the state-run enterprise gives a lump sum compensation to any dismissed staff according to their length of service. After this, the dismissed employee is not eligible to obtain any welfare benefits or retirement pension]. On November 28, 2003, she was arrested by two plain-clothes police wearing glasses on a street in Longfeng. It is said that these two police are from Longan Police Station. She has now been detained for more than 2 weeks. According to the disclosed news, Bai Xiuli from the national protection unit of Longfeng Public Security bureau will not agree to release her.

The telephone numbers of relevant personnel:

Bai Xiuli (female), chief of the national protection unit in Longfeng Public Security Sub-bureau 86-459-6758114(Home), 86-459-6230208(Work)
Zhang Ying (husband of Bai Xiuli), Daqing Petrochemical Factory Engineering Company telephone number: 86-459-6758114
Fang Yunkui, deputy chief of Longfeng Public Security Sub-bureau 86-459-6238878(Work)

26. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Gao Fei is Arrested

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Gao Fei of Chaoyang District, Changchun City, Jilin Province, is about 30 years old. He was captured while handing out truth-clarifying flyers. His Epson printer was also confiscated from his home by the police.

27. [Yingkou City, Liaoning Province] The Forced Labor Camp is Launching Brainwashing Campaigns to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners

The telephone number of the brainwashing center: 86-417-4827543

28. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Jiang Lianying is Sent to a Forced Labor Camp

Before October 1, 2003, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Jiang Lianying was forcibly taken away by police from the Tuanshanzi Village local police station in Yilan County, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. Her home was also searched. The police found several Falun Gong materials, and sent her to Yilan County No. 2 Detention Center. The police of Tuanshanzi Village local police station in Yilan County requested approval to send her to a forced labor camp for two years. It is now approved, and they are preparing to send her to the Harbin forced labor camp where she has been sentenced to serve two years without benefit of a trial. Jiang Lianying's current health situation is very bad. She often coughs up blood and hasn't eaten for a few days. The forced labor camp wants to release her on bail for medical treatment. The "610 Office" asked Tuanshanzi Village Police Station to provide a guarantee that she will not practice Falun Gong but Tuanshanzi Village Police refused to pay attention to this matter so she could not be released.

Yilan County Tuanshanzi Village Police Station manager Zhang Huanyou abducted Dafa practitioners Mo ZhiKui and Wang Haifeng. Mo ZhiKui was sentenced to 3 years of forced labor, and Wang Haifeng was sentenced to 2 years.

The relevant telephone numbers:

Tuanshanzi Village local police station: 86-451-57242110
Yilan County "610 Office": 86-451-57238610

29. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Yan Zhida and Li Xiaohua are Arrested

From November 12 to 24, 2003, the policemen of Baoding City, Hebei Province teamed up with the policemen from Laishui County to illegally capture practitioners Yan Zhida and Li Xiaohua from their homes. The police interrogated them and did not allow them to meet their family members. They are still being detained as of the sending out of this article. The county detention center is still detaining several Falun Gong practitioners beyond their original terms. Among them, Lu Guifen was arrested in April 2003. She suffered mental and physical torture. The police even extorted 3,000 Yuan and then 5,000 Yuan from her two daughters. The younger daughter was renovating her shop and had no money to pay the police, so the police confiscated her computer, photocopier and all the goods in the shop with the excuse they were conducting a search. The economic theft amounted to tens of thousands of Yuan. After suffering this injustice she was forced to close her business

The relevant telephone numbers:

Laishui County "610 Office" chief: Wang Fucai 86-13932231936 (Cellular)
Laishui County Public Security Bureau political and judiciary secretary: Liu Yaohua 86-13603283798 (Cellular)

30. [Lanzhou City, Gansu Province] Zhang Zhenmin is Detained in Lanzhou City No. 2 Detention Center

Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Zhenmin is illegally detained in 8th Class of women's brigade, No. 2 Detention Center, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. Around October 20, 2003, her close friends wanted to deliver some personal items to her but were sent away by the police who claimed that she was not there. When her parents learned of this, they went to visit her on November 5 but were turned away by the police who again said she was not there. So the two elderly people directly found the manager and the relevant personnel to learn the whereabouts of their daughter. The women's brigade leader then told the old couple Zhang Zhenmin was still in the brigade. In 2002, Zhang Zhenmin was tortured for more than 40 days in the detention center for persisting in the Falun Dafa principle of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." As a result, her whole body was swollen and injured. Now she is being subjected to more persecution.

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