Latest News from China - September 29, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

• [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Associate Professor Chen Gang of Wuhan University of Technology Held at Provincial Brainwashing Unit
• [Shangqiu City, Henan Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhou Xuening Inhumanely Tortured at Qiligang Prison in Xinmi, Henan Province
• [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhou Yuzhen's Life in Imminent Danger; Masanjia Authorities Intend to Release Her but Jinzhou Police Refuse to Take Her Back
• [Jiayu County, Hubei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner He Yaojun Arrested
• [Handan City, Hebei Province] Guantao County Police Arrest Two Falun Dafa Students
• [Xiantao City, Hubei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Abducted to Brainwashing Unit
• [Anhui Province] Many Practitioners in Liu'an Area Arrested
• [Chongqing] Mr. Kuang Shitai from Tongnan County Unlawfully Sentenced to Two Years of Forced Labor
• [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Li Lijun and Ms. Zhang Jingwen, Both from Linghai City, Are Arrested
• [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Lingyuan Prison Refuses to Release Zhou Shaotang, Who Must Be Cared for by Family Members
• [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Two Qingzhou City Falun Dafa Practitioners Arrested
• [Dongli District, Tianjin] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Liu Fen Arrested
• [Hubei Province] Ms. Tian Chunfang in the Hongshan District Arrested Numerous Times; Her Current Whereabouts Remain Unknown
• [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhang Guizhen, from Guanshan Village in Wuchang, Arrested Again
• [Xianghe County, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Wenju and Ms. Cao Jin'e Unlawfully Arrested
• [Anguo City, Hebei Province] Ms. An Zhaolu and Her Younger Brother Mr. An Shilu from Nanliuluo Village Unlawfully Held in Custody
• [Fusong County, Jilin Province] Fusong County Police Plan to Unlawfully Sentence Four Falun Dafa Practitioners to Prison
• [Tanghe County, Henan Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Ji Meishuang and Ma Shuhua under Persecution
• [Rui'an City, Zhejiang Province] "610 Office" Plans to Further Persecute Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Fan Meihong
• [Gansu Province] Ms. Yu Pingbo Has Been Missing for Almost Five Years after Going to Beijing to Appeal for Falun Gong
• [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Youyi County Practitioner Ms. Yang Wenshu Unlawfully Arrested
• [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners at the University of Science and Technology of China Are Abducted

1. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Associate Professor Chen Gang of Wuhan University of Technology Held at Provincial Brainwashing Unit

Falun Dafa practitioner Chen Gang is an associate professor in the Politics and Administration Institute of Wuhan University of Technology. On September 2, Chen was abducted to the Hubei Province Legal Education Center (the provincial brainwashing unit) in Wuhan City. Many employees from colleges; universities; research institutes; the Wuhan Steel Group and other large-scale, state owned enterprises; and other organizations have been sent here for abuse if they do not meet the criteria set by officials for forced labor.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Call-in office of the brainwashing center: 86-27-87924870
Jiang Chengfang, deputy director of the brainwashing center: 86-13971326778 (cellular)

2. [Shangqiu City, Henan Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhou Xuening Inhumanely Tortured at Qiligang Prison in Xinmi, Henan Province

Police from the city's "610 Office" arrested Mr. Zhou Xuening, from the Shangqiu Folk Drama and Music School, in 2000 for producing Falun Dafa truth-clarifying materials. He was sentenced to five years in prison and held at Qiligang Prison in Xinmi, Henan Province. In the past four years, Mr. Zhou has held firm to his belief in Falun Dafa. He was transferred from Ward No. 13 to Ward No. 5. He is being currently held inWard No. 6 for inhumane torture including electric shocks. His life is in imminent danger.

Mr. Zhou Xuening's child says, "I'm a Falun Dafa practitioner in Henan Province. My name is Linlin. I started practicing Falun Dafa with my parents when I was five and a half. In the past four years I have been moving from place to place with nowhere to stay. The most urgent issue now is that my father Zhou Xuening is being inhumanely tortured. When my mother and I went to see him, he was in terrible shape and was completely emaciated. He looked very pale and seemed to be deaf. It could have been the result of electric shocks or drugs. The words he was saying to me were not quite in order."

3. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhou Yuzhen's Life in Imminent Danger; Masanjia Authorities Intend to Release Her but Jinzhou Police Refuse to Take Her Back

Ms. Zhou Yuzhen is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. She has remained steadfast in her belief in Falun Dafa and maintained a hunger strike in Masanjia Forced Labor Camp to protest the torture and efforts to "transform" her. Her life is in imminent danger, and Masanjia authorities have agreed to release her. The Jinzhou police, however, have refused to take her back and told Masanjia Labor Camp "not to send her back no matter what."

4. [Jiayu County, Hubei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner He Yaojun Arrested

He Yaojun is a Falun Dafa practitioner in Jiayu County, Hubei Province. Around 8:30 a.m. on September 17, 2004, Yin Xianxiang, leader of the local "610 Office", led others to abduct He to the Jiayu County No. 2 Detention Center. According to insiders, He Jianjun has been forced to work longer and harder than anyone else smashing rocks on Baiyunshan Mountain.

5. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Guantao County Police Arrest Two Falun Dafa Students

At noon on September 18, 2004, officers from the Guantao County Police Department and the Weiseng Street Police Station arrested two Falun Gong students. One is Ms. Li Qiaolan from Quzhou County, and the other is Su Wenbin from the Xingtai area. Both are being unlawfully held at the county detention center.

Relevant telephone number:

Commissar of Taoguan County Police Department: 86-310-2831252

6. [Xiantao City, Hubei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Abducted to Brainwashing Unit

Wang Xianzhi and other practitioners at the Longhuashan Liaison Office in Xiantao City, Hubei Province, have been abducted to the Magang Brainwashing Unit. Two of the other practitioners arrested were Mr. Liang Peiying and his wife.

7. [Anhui Province] Many Practitioners in Liu'an Area Arrested

Liu'an City Falun Dafa practitioner Zhou Youxin was arrested on July 10. Since then three Falun Dafa practitioners in Huoshan County, including Xiang Wei (sentenced to two and a half years of forced labor), have been arrested and unlawfully sentenced to forced labor. Chen Changguo, director of Liu'an District "610 Office", has gone to several other counties to oversee local police arrests of Falun Dafa practitioners.

Five or six Falun Dafa practitioners in Jinzhai were unlawfully arrested. After being held in county custody for over a month, their current whereabouts are unknown. The practitioners arrested include Zheng Zhiyuan, a teacher at Jinzhai No. 2 Middle School; Liu Jinping, an employee of Jinzhai Electric Station; and Zheng Zhixia and Zheng Zhirong, both from Gubei.

8. [Chongqing] Mr. Kuang Shitai from Tongnan County Unlawfully Sentenced to Two Years of Forced Labor

Mr. Kuang Shitai is a farmer who lives at Group 1 in Kuzhu Village, Xinhua Town, Tongnan County, Chongqing Province. He started practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. In October 2002, he was arrested by the local state security police and sentenced to two years at the Xishanping Forced Labor Camp in Beipei, Chongqing Province, where drug addicts have abused him inhumanely.

9. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Li Lijun and Ms. Zhang Jingwen, Both from Linghai City, Are Arrested

On September 1, 2004, the Linghai City Police Department and the Huanxiling Police Station detained Ms. Li Lijun, who was working on an odd job in Panjin City's Huanxiling area in Liaoning Province. Ms. Li is being held in the Linghai City Detention Center. Since the first day of detention, she has been on a hunger strike protesting her unlawful custody.

Linghai City Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Jingwen, 45, was besieged at her home by police officers, who arrived in three vehicles at noon on September 22. Ms. Zhang refused to cooperate with the officers. She was dragged into a police vehicle and taken to the Linghai City Detention Center.

This is the fourth time that Ms. Zhang has been arrested. She has been blackmailed out of at least 20,000 yuan from prior arrests and persecution.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Li Hongxiang, of the Linghai City State Security Unit: 86-13019833999, 86-416-8130200
Zhang Zhixin, deputy head of the State Security Unit: 86-13840600000

10. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Lingyuan Prison Refuses to Release Zhou Shaotang, Who Must Be Cared for by Family Members

Zhou Shaotang, 66, is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Dongguo Town in Panshan County, Panjin City, Liaoning Province. On January 1, 2001, Zhou went to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong and unfurled a 99-meter long banner in Tiananmen Square. After his unlawful arrest, Zhou was taken to the Lingyuan City Prison in Liaoning Province and tortured until he physically collapsed . Zhou is being treated in a hospital in Lingyuan City and remains so weak that Zhou's family has been called in to care for him. Two police officers have been stationed at the hospital to keep an eye on Zhou. Lingyuan City Prison authorities still refuse to release Zhou.

In addition, Falun Dafa practitioner Ning Bo from Xi'an Township in Dawa County, Panjin City, has been unlawfully sentenced to three years. Ning was first sent to Jinzhou Prison and held there for fifteen days before being transferred to Unit 10 at Lingyuan City's No. 1 Prison in Liaoning Province.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; City code: 421
Warden of Lingyuan City No. 1 Prison: 6101001 and 6101009 (office)
Yang Baoxi, deputy warden of the prison: 6922306, 6881166 (home), 86-13904213018 (cellular)
Wang Hongbo, head of Prison Affairs Section: 6922369 (work), 6922391 (home), 86-13019939666 (cellular)

11. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Two Qingzhou City Falun Dafa Practitioners Arrested

On August 19, 2004, Zhao Hongbo from Zhujia Village and Ms. Zhang Yuqin from Qianxu Village were arrested by the local Koubu Town Police Station in Qingzhou City. Tong Lizhi and Tian Yuguo led other officers from the police station to climb over a wall and carry out the arrests. The practitioners' whereabouts are unknown.

12. [Dongli District, Tianjin] Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Liu Fen Arrested

On September 14, 2004, Ms. Liu Fen, a practitioner from the Dongli District of Tianjin, was turned in to the police while raising public awareness about Falun Gong and distributing truth-clarifying materials. Ms. Liu is currently being held at Fengnian Village Detention Center, a subsidiary of the Dongli Branch Police Department in Tianjin.

On September 19, 2004, Nankai District practitioner Liu Fujing was turned in to the Tianjin police and arrested while posting "Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance" and "Falun Dafa Is Good" signs. Liu was taken to the Nankai District Branch Police Department.

13. [Hubei Province] Ms. Tian Chunfang in the Hongshan District Arrested Numerous Times; Her Current Whereabouts Remain Unknown

Ms. Tian Chunfang is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Huashan Town in Hongshan District, Hubei Province. She was taken to brainwashing units by the local police station and "610 Office" three times for practicing Falun Gong and going to Beijing to appeal on behalf of Falun Gong.

Ms. Tian refused to give up practicing Falun Gong and was arrested again by the Huashan Town Police Station in June 2003 after informants reported her for distributing truth-clarifying materials. She managed to escape from the police station and had to leave town and become destitute to avoid further harassment. She was again arrested for producing truth-clarifying materials and abducted to the Hewan Forced Labor Camp. When she completed her term in 2004, the local district and town "610 Office" unlawfully sent her to a brainwashing unit. No one has heard from her since.

14. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhang Guizhen, from Guanshan Village in Wuchang, Arrested Again

Ms. Zhang Guizhen is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Guanshan Village, Wuchang. On the morning of September 3, 2004, she was deceived into going to the Office of Guanshan Village. Xu Lianguo and other officials of the Village Party Committee conspired with police officers and placed her under arrest. Ms. Zhang was then sent to a nearby prison for abuse.

15. [Xianghe County, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Wenju and Ms. Cao Jin'e Unlawfully Arrested

Mr. Li Wenju is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Zhaotun Village in Qiantun Township, Xianghe County, Hebei Province. Tangshan Forced Labor Camp did not release Mr. Li until his life was in imminent danger. In mid-April special agents from the state security department arrested Mr. Li again. His whereabouts remain unknown. His parents are in their seventies and are being supported by his 16-year-old daughter, who works odd jobs after having to drop out of school.

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Cao Jin'e is from Biancheng Village in Anping Town, Xianghe County, Hebei Province. At the end of June 2004, the Political Security Unit of Xianghe County arrested her. She has remained in custody for over two months.

16. [Anguo City, Hebei Province] Ms. An Zhaolu and Her Younger Brother Mr. An Shilu from Nanliuluo Village Unlawfully Held in Custody

On September 21, the township police station arrested Ms. An Zhaolu, who is from Nanliuluo Village in Anguo City, Hebei Province, while she was working at Beiguo Village Pump Factory. Her home was subsequently ransacked, and all Falun Dafa books and Falun Gong exercise audio tapes were confiscated. Her younger brother An Shilu and her mother were taken into custody as well. Her mother was released at the family's request. However, Ms. An and her brother remain in custody at the police department.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Liu Jiantao, Director of "610 Office": 86-13903228536
Zhang Feng, Head of Xicheng Township Police Station in Anguo City: 86-13503228988
Zhuang Chunlai, Chief of Police Department: 86-13931366088

17. [Fusong County, Jilin Province] Fusong County Police Plan to Unlawfully Sentence Four Falun Dafa Practitioners to Prison

The Political Security Section of Fusong County Police Department in Jilin Province is planning to sentence four practitioners in their custody to prison or forced labor.

Falun Dafa practitioner Yin Jun was arrested at the Computing Center of Fusong County. Yin went on a hunger strike in the detention center to protest his unlawful custody. He was force-fed numerous times and also tied up in the "Death Bed" torture. Yin was not taken to Fusong County Hospital for examination until his life was in imminent danger. It turned out that Yin had serious heart problems and gallstones that needed be surgically removed. Gao Feng, head of the Fusong County Police Department, and Zhang Aimin, head of the Political Security Section, not only prohibited the operation, they refused to release Yin. Instead they sent him to Baishan City, where a formal arrest warrant was issued. They claim that Yin faces fifteen years in prison.

Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Zhongyun went to Beijing to peacefully appeal for Falun Gong. He has remained out of town and homeless ever since. His wife is also a Falun Dafa practitioner, who has been arrested and sentenced to three years of forced labor. His son and his elderly mother were left at home to take care of each other. The police are planning to secretly sentence Mr. Li to prison.

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Shuyan was sent to the labor camp after being tortured for ten consecutive days in the detention center. The labor camp authorities declined to admit her since she had heart problems. The political security section of the Fusong Police Department refused to release her and has decided to hold her in custody indefinitely.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; City code: 439
Gao Feng, Head of the police department: 6212815, 6212409, 8960246, 86-13943953068 (cellular)

18. [Tanghe County, Henan Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Ji Meishuang and Ma Shuhua under Persecution

While raising public awareness about the persecution against Falun Gong among students at Gucheng Township School, practitioners Ji Meishuang and Ma Shuhua from Tanghe County, Henan Province, were turned in to the police by informants on September 20. They were arrested by the Gucheng Township Police Station and sent to the county detention center for abuse. The two practitioners are on a hunger strike demanding their unconditional release.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; City code: 377
Li Zhenmeng, leader of Political Security Section and "610 Office" in Tanghe County: 8933538 (office), 8924523 (home), 86-13503773716 (cellular)
Li Chao, leader of Political Security Section and "610 Office" in Tanghe County: 8933537, 8921690 (home), 86-13937758530 (cellular)

19. [Rui'an City, Zhejiang Province] "610 Office" Plans to Further Persecute Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Fan Meihong

In September, two Rui'an City Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Fan Meihong and Ms. Zhu Panhua were arrested while distributing truth-clarifying CD's at the Qufengshan residential complex in the city. Ms. Zhu has since been released.

Ms. Fan Meihong, in her fifties, is from Mayu Town in Rui'an City, Zhejiang Province. She has been held at Yangjiaqiao Detention Center in Anyang Town, Rui'an City. The Rui'an City "610 Office" is trying to unlawfully sentence her to one and a half years of forced labor.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; City code: 577
Zhao Hongjiao, of the Rui'an City "610 Office": 65815001 extensions 5167 and 5127, 65806480, 86-13806852047 (cellular)

20. [Gansu Province] Ms. Yu Pingbo Has Been Missing for Almost Five Years after Going to Beijing to Appeal for Falun Gong

Ms. Yu Guiping, a Falun Dafa practitioner in her fifties, worked at the Gansu Provincial Party School. Tall (over 1.70 m or 5 ft 7 in) and thin, she was wearing a pair of thick glasses. She never returned after going to Beijing on January 1, 2000, when major newspapers confirmed the arrests of many Falun Dafa practitioners in otherwise misleading reports. In the nearly five years since then, no one has heard anything about Ms. Yu Guiping. Her family has gone to various prisons and detention centers in Beijing in search of her. The police have provided no exact information.

21. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Youyi County Practitioner Ms. Yang Wenshu Unlawfully Arrested

Ms. Yang Wenshu, 66, is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Youyi County in Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province. She was turned in to the police by informants on September 25, 2004, for distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials and taken to Youyi County Detention Center. Ms. Yang is on a hunger strike protesting her unlawful detention.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Country code: 86; City code: 469
Wu Xiangying, Director of Youyi County "610 Office": 5819610
Fu Guo, Head of Youyi County Detention Center: 5813614 (office), 5815085 (home)

22. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Several Falun Dafa Practitioners at the University of Science and Technology of China Are Abducted

Practitioners Ms. Xiong Bijiao and Ms. Peng Yujuan are retired employees of the University of Science and Technology of China. They were deceived into leaving their homes on September 23 and September 24 respectively and abducted to and restrained at a brainwashing unit. The police denied any visits by their family members. Prior to their abductions, the police arrested practitioners Xu Youchuan at work and Wang Xingai at home. On September 9, Wang Youfa, director of "610 Office" of Bozhou Road Neighborhood Administration, led officers from Bozhou Road Police Station and arrested Falun Gong student Ms. Liu Tifei. Ms. Liu, an employee at the Materials Station affiliated with the Heifei Highways Bureau, has been taken to a brainwashing unit in the Xinhua Hotel for abuse.

On September 3, the Feixi County "610 Office" arrested three practitioners Ms. He Xiaohong, Ms. Wu Sanjie, and Huang Hourong. A new round of brainwashing is being conducted in the Huayuan Grand Hotel at Ershibu in Feixi.

September 29, 2004