Latest News from China - April 14, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

• [Beijing] Dafa Practitioner Ke Xingguo Is Being Brainwashed Around the Clock
• [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Shufan and Another Practitioner Are Arrested While Clarifying the Truth
• [Panshi City, Jilin Province] Personnel from the National Security Team Arrest Many Dafa Practitioners During the "Two Conferences" Period
• [Huadian City, Jilin Province] Arrest of Four Dafa Practitioners from Jiapigou Town
• [Yunmeng City, Hubei Province] Persecution Accounts of Practitioners Huang Mianxiu and Zhu Guitao
• [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Xi Lili Is Sent to Shijiazhuang City's No. 5 Labor Camp
• [Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province] Arrest of Practitioner Dong Shuzhi
• [Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Dr. Tang Xuejun Is Forced to Leave Home to Avoid Being Persecuted
• [Lincheng County, Hebei Province] Practitioners Wang Lijuan and Wang Xiulian Are Sent to the Xingtai Brainwashing Class
• [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Practitioner Yang Ying
• [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Update on the Five Arrested Practitioners from a Nong'an County Falun Dafa Truth-Clarifying Materials Production Site
• [Jiaozuo City, Henan Province] The Righteous Thoughts of Dafa Practitioner Ms. Ding Xiangying In the Face of Illegal Arrest
• [Tianjin] Practitioner Chen Hongsheng Has Been Detained Since the End of 2002
• [Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province] Incarceration of Practitioner Wang Hongwei in the Wuchang City Detention Center
• [Lingshou County, Hebei Province] Persecution of Practitioners During the "Two Conferences" Period
• [Nanning City, Guangxi Province] Illegal Detention of Dafa Practitioner Huang Yaowu
• [Shanghai] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Wang Mingzhu
• [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Arrest of Sun Dawei and Two Other Dafa Practitioners
• [Fusong County, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioner Wang Yingjun Is Arrested and His House Is Illegally Searched
• [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Arrest and Ongoing Detention of Dafa Practitioner Li Huaiping

1. [Beijing] Dafa Practitioner Ke Xingguo Is Being Brainwashed Around the Clock

Dafa practitioner Mr. Ke Xingguo from Beijing was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment in 2000. With no doubts or regrets, he has steadfastly continued to practice Falun Gong and refuses to accept the so-called "reform." The authorities are trying to brainwash Mr. Ke around the clock.

2. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Shufan and Another Practitioner Are Arrested While Clarifying the Truth

On April 5, 2004, Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Shufan and another female practitioner from Zhenglan Village, Dasuihe Town, Chuanying District, Jilin City were reported to police by people who don't understand the truth about Falun Dafa, while the practitioners were clarifying the truth. Personnel from Jilin City's Chuanying Police Department took them away.

Address of the Chuanying Police Department, Jilin City: Jiefang Road, Jilin City, Jilin Province, postal code: 132084;

Police Dispatch Center: 86-432-2026300;
Dasuihe Town Police Station: 86-432-4198277.

3. [Panshi City, Jilin Province] Personnel from the National Security Team Arrest Many Dafa Practitioners During the "Two Conferences" Period

During the "Two Conferences" (1) period, personnel from the Panshi City National Security Team as well as personnel from the "610 Office"(2) submitted a list of names of Dafa practitioners, and even ransacked practitioners' homes. They ransacked the house of practitioner Ms. Wang Xiu, a teacher who is taking advanced studies, and confiscated a computer, a multi-function machine and some truth-clarifying materials. These persons took Wang Xiu and retired teacher Ms. Liu Xia away. They also ransacked Dafa practitioner Mr. Liu Qingtian's house and confiscated a Dafa book. Liu Qingtian was detained for 15 days.

On November 27, 2003, practitioner Ms. Pei from Panshi City went to North Shengli Village to post truth-clarifying materials. Some local people who don't know the truth of Dafa reported her to the police. Policeman Liu Weibo and others from the Shizui Town Police Department arrested her. Ms. Pei was sentenced to one year of forced labor.

Telephone number of the Shizui Town Police Station, Panshi City: 86-432-5912461.

4. [Huadian City, Jilin Province] Arrest of Four Dafa Practitioners from Jiapigou Town

During the afternoon of April 9, 2004, personnel from Huadian City's "610 Office" and policemen Sun Kui, Zhang Xuming from the Jiapigou Town Police Station and Liu Runping, Dong Ying and others from the city's police department arrested Dafa practitioner Ms. Yu Shuqing from her home. At 2:00 p.m., they forcibly arrested practitioners Ms. Gao Defen and Mr. Tian Wujun from Gao Defen's home. They ransacked Gao Defen's place and confiscated Dafa books and truth-clarifying CDs. At around 5:00 p.m., they arrested practitioner Ms. Zhao Lingling on her way back home from work. In the morning of April 10, 2004, they transferred the practitioners to an as yet unknown location.

Relevant telephone numbers:

Huadian City "610 Office": 86-432-6220610;
Jiapigou Town Police Station, Huadian City: 86-432-6742344.

5. [Yunmeng City, Hubei Province] Persecution Accounts of Practitioners Huang Mianxiu and Zhu Guitao

Dafa practitioner Ms. Huang Mianxiu, 56 years old, lives in Yunmeng City's City Hall residential area. At 1:00 p.m. on March 17, 2004, personnel from the Yunmeng City National Security Team arrested Huang Mianxiu. Team leader Deng Guobin beat her up badly. He grabbed her hair and slammed her head against a wall and even boasted, "I curse your Teacher, beat you practitioners, and I'll see who is going to give me karmic retribution!" After staging a hunger strike for three days during her detention, Ms. Huang told them her parents' address. The policemen dumped her at her parents' place and then went to her own house. Eight policemen found some truth-clarifying materials. Several days later, the policemen went back to her home and ransacked it again, but found nothing. So they took Ms. Huang to the police station again to interrogate her for the sources of the materials. They threatened her and her family by telling her she would be deprived of her salary and her children would be fired from their jobs, and they forced her family members to monitor her. The National Security Team fined Ms. Huang 3,000 Yuan (3), and the detention center extorted 300 Yuan from her for "living expenses." They also ordered the residential area guard to watch her and thereby deprive her of her personal freedom. The interrogating officers from the National Security Team said, "We each got a 1,000 Yuan bonus for arresting you guys."

After practitioner Zhu Guitao from Yunmeng City was arrested, she staged a hunger strike for nine days and her life was in danger. The National Security Team then released her and attempted to transfer her to a remote northern wilderness. Upon hearing of this plan, Ms. Zhu was forced to leave home and go from place to place to avoid the persecution.

6. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Xi Lili Is Sent to Shijiazhuang City's No. 5 Labor Camp

Practitioners Ms. Xi Lili and Ms. Guo Lijuan from Shijiazhuang City were sentenced to three years of forced labor. A health check-up at the labor camp revealed that Guo Lijuan suffered from acute renal failure and Xi Lili had heart disease and acute renal failure. Because of their poor health, they were sent back to the Weiming Street Police Office. Presently, Guo Lijuan had been released on bail for hospitalization, but Xi Lili was forcibly sent to Shijiazhuang City's No. 5 Labor Camp.

Responsible units and persons: (country code: 86, area code: 311)
Qiaoxi Police Office: 7039977
Liu Zhongming, Qiaoxi Police Chief: 7026381 (office), 7039977 ext. 7770.
Weiming Police Office: 7888193
Wang Jianhua, Weiming Police Chief, 3035234 (office), 3016048 (home)

7. [Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province] Arrest of Practitioner Dong Shuzhi

On March 5, 2004, Sun Huamin, the chief of the Beilin District "610 Office", led several policemen from the Dongxing No. 4 Team of the Beilin District, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province to arrest practitioner Ms. Dong Shuzhi. Ms. Dong Shuzhi was not afraid and refused to comply with their arrest effort. She continued clarifying the truth to them while sending forth righteous thoughts. Later on, another group of police were sent over, and they forcibly put Dong Shuzhi in a police car. Many neighbors witnessed the arrest. Dong Shuzhi was directly sent to the Suihua City Detention Center. The next day, "610 Office" personnel called Ms. Dong's family and ordered them to bring money for Ms. Dong to see a doctor. They said that she had problems with her chest and ribs. Ms. Dong's family is poor. Her husband is paralyzed and bed-ridden. He cannot take care of himself and is now left alone at home without care.

8. [Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Dr. Tang Xuejun Is Forced to Leave Home to Avoid Being Persecuted

In September 2003, the Zhanjiang City "610 Office" plotted to arrest practitioner Dr. Tang Xuejun and take him to the Zhanjiang City Brainwashing Class. When Dr. Tang Xuejun learned about this plan, he was forced to leave home to avoid being arrested. As of this writing he is still living away from home.

Related phone numbers:
Zhanjiang City "610 Office" Chief: Yi Hualiang, 86-759-3327610 (office), 86-759-3200778 (home)
Zhanjiang City "610 Office" Deputy Chief: Chen Jun, 86-759-3334087 (office), 86-759-2625910 (home)

9. [Lincheng County, Hebei Province] Practitioners Wang Lijuan and Wang Xiulian Are Sent to the Xingtai Brainwashing Class

Around March 12, 2004, Feng Shuqun, the local "610 Office" chief and Gao Lifeng, the Political Security Section head for the Lincheng County Police Department, sent practitioners Wang Lijuan and Wang Xiulian of Lincheng County, Hebei Province to the Xingtai Brainwashing Class. The practitioners had already been held at a local detention center for over a month. The authorities extorted 2,000 Yuan from the practitioners' relatives as a "brainwashing fee."

Related phone numbers:

Xingtai Brainwashing Class: 86-319-3191294, 3190616, 3193610
Liu Lixiang, the brainwashing class director: 86-13313398989 (mobile), 86-319-2218755

10. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Practitioner Yang Ying

On March 17, 2004, practitioner Yang Ying from Shengyang City, Liaoning Province went to the Tiexi District to clarify the truth. Officers from the Jihong Police Precinct arrested her and sent her to the Sujiatun Detention Center. They did not permit Ms. Yang's family members to visit her.

11. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Update on the Five Arrested Practitioners from a Nong'an County Falun Dafa Truth-Clarifying Materials Production Site

On March 10, 2004, a small truth clarification materials production site in Nong'an County, Jilin Province was raided. Five practitioners were arrested that same day, and the police confiscated materials and money totaling thirty thousand yuan.

It is known that more than twenty policemen under the direction of Gao Peng, the First Division Chief of the Changchun City Police Department, and policemen from the National Security Team of the Nong'an County Police Department were involved in this arrest. Among those practitioners known to have been arrested is Mr. Zheng Guofu, over 30 years old. He has been sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor in Changchun City's Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Luo Shuwen, 34 years old, has been sentenced to one year of forced labor in the No.1 Division of the Heizuizi Female Forced Labor Camp. The police are currently attempting to brainwash her into renouncing Falun Gong. Practitioner Ms. Zheng Guomin, 34 years old, is being unconstitutionally held in the Nong'an County Detention Center. The police are planning to illegally sentence Zheng Guomin. This case has been labeled as a "big case" in the Jilin Province Police Department. Tian Zhonglin, the deputy mayor of Changchun City and director of the Changchun City Police Department, ordered the police officers to intensify the persecution against the five practitioners and gave orders not to release them.

Names of policemen involved in this case:

Gao Peng, First Division Chief of the Changchun City Police Department
Yu Hongquanm, Nong'an County National Security Team Leader
Ren Haibo, Deputy Leader

12. [Jiaozuo City, Henan Province] The Righteous Thoughts of Dafa Practitioner Ms. Ding Xiangying In the Face of Illegal Arrest

After 3:00 p.m. on February 25, 2004, four staff members from a Jiaozuo City, Henan Province district office broke into the home of practitioner Ms. Ding Xiangying. They intended to arrest and then persecute Ms. Ding at a brainwashing class. Ding Xiangying didn't cooperate with the illegal arrest attempt. She entered the bedroom and locked the door from inside. Then she sent forth righteous thoughts. These officials didn't leave until 9:30 p.m. Not wanting to frighten the elderly members of the family, Ding Xiangying's husband took his father to a relative's home. Details about whether Ding Xiangying was able to remain at home are not clear. It is said that 12 persons were watching the entrance to the residential compound of Ms. Ding's home around the clock, planning to arrest her once they saw her coming out.

Name and telephone number of responsible person:

Li Zhanhai, over 40 years old, the National Security Section Chief of the Jiaozuo City Liberation Police Precinct: 86-391-8883389

13. [Tianjin] Practitioner Chen Hongsheng Has Been Detained Since the End of 2002

Practitioner Mr. Chen Hongsheng from Tianjin was an excellent student in a police school. For firmly practicing Falun Dafa, after July 20, 1999, the school authorities threatened him four months prior to graduation that if he kept practicing they would not let him graduate. Faced with this decision, Chen Hongsheng chose Falun Dafa and was forced to live away from home because of this. He embraced the difficult journey of validating the Fa. By the end of 2002, Chen Hongsheng was arrested and held in the Hongqiao Police Precinct, where he is still being detained with an extended term.

14. [Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province] Incarceration of Practitioner Wang Hongwei in the Wuchang City Detention Center

Practitioner Ms. Wang Hongwei, about 40 years old, went to take pictures of a huge banner hanging on the big chimney near the "610 Office" in Wuchang City. Unfortunately, she was arrested. She has been sentenced to two years of forced labor. Harbin City's Wanjia Forced Labor Camp refused to accept her because of her poor health. She is currently being held at the Wuchang City Detention Center. It is said that she would get another health exam. If she qualifies, Ms. Wang will be sent to the notorious Wanjia Forced Labor Camp again.

15. [Lingshou County, Hebei Province] Persecution of Practitioners During the "Two Conferences" Period

During the morning of February 13, 2004, four or five policemen, including Yang Guoqiang from Nanqingtong Town's Police Precinct in Lingshou County, broke into a practitioner's repair shop and searched the shop without showing any search warrant. Using the excuse that they found a Dafa book, they arrested practitioners Bai Guofeng and Ma Pingfang. Then this gang of perpetrators went to search the homes of practitioners Ms. Bai Pingju and Ms. Ma Ruiyun and put them into the Political Security Section of the County Police Department. That same night, the four practitioners left safely with the power of their righteous thoughts.

At around 9:00 p.m. on the night of February 13, 2004, several people from the Nanzai Township Police Precinct and the township government broke into and ransacked the home of practitioners Bai Tanghua and spouse in Qinglian Village. Afterwards they went to search the home of practitioner Yang Chenchen. They tried to force the practitioners to fingerprint the prepared "guarantee statement" [to give up Dafa practice].

On February 14, 2004, personnel from the Ciyu Town Police Precinct colluded with the town government and ransacked the homes of practitioners Zhao Lanzhu, Wang Huaiyang, Song Ruihai and He Binghua. Then they took Zhao Lanzhu to the police precinct. They didn't release her until past 9:00 p.m.

Niu Xinjiang, Deputy Director of the police department, who is in charge of persecuting Falun Gong: 86-311-2523688 (office), 86-311-2521153 (home)

16. [Nanning City, Guangxi Province] Illegal Detention of Dafa Practitioner Huang Yaowu

Ms. Huang Yaowu, about 40 years old, used to be a teacher at Nanning City's Kindergarten. She has been put into a forced labor camp for her persistence in practicing Falun Dafa. After being released, she kept on writing letters to government departments to clarify the truth of Falun Gong. In November 2003, when she handed one of Teacher's articles to another practitioner, she was arrested. Currently, Ms. Huang is detained at Nanning City's No. 2 Detention Center. The detention term is five months.

Ms. Lu Meixiang, a Dafa practitioner from Pumiao Town, Huning County, Guangxi Province lives at the Huahong Concrete Ltd. residential area. She was recently arrested when she was distributing truth-clarifying materials in the Nanhu Area of Nanning City. Later, after her family had paid an extortion fee of 10,000 Yuan, the authorities released her. It was heard that Ms. Lu is under house arrest and her family forbids her from going out.

17. [Shanghai] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Wang Mingzhu

At about 8:10 p.m. on April 7, 2004 when Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Mingzhu from Shanghai was reading, a group of policemen and agents from the National Security Bureau suddenly broke into her house and forcibly took her away. Later, they broke into Ms. Wang's house again and confiscated her belongings.

The police numbers of related personnel: 024477, 025634, 024471, 024475

18. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Arrest of Sun Dawei and Two Other Dafa Practitioners

Policemen from the Political and Security Section of the Dehui City Police Department arrested three Dafa practitioners including Sun Dawei on the afternoon of April 10, 2004. Two Dafa materials production sites were destroyed.

19. [Fusong County, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioner Wang Yingjun Is Arrested and His House Is Illegally Searched

At 9:00 p.m. on April 9, 2004, Dafa practitioner Wang Yingjun, from Songjianghe Town, Fusong County, Baishan City, Jilin Province, was arrested by Zhang Enge, the Donglin Police Precinct Chief, and Cheng Rongjiang, Songjianghe Town Police Department Chief. Cheng Rongjiang led several policemen to search practitioner Wang's house and confiscated some truth-clarifying materials. Wang Yingjun is detained at the Fusong County Detention Center.

Related phone numbers:

Cheng Rongjiang, Songjianghe Town Police Department Chief: 86-439-6313400, 6217268, 8967268
The Associate ChiefF86-439-6313800, 6313501
Zhang Enge, Donglin Police Precinct: 86-439-6313100

20. [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Arrest and Ongoing Detention of Dafa Practitioner Li Huaiping

Ms. Li Huaiping, 34 years old, is from Caogou Village, Shizilu Town, Junan County. Since July 20, 1999, because of her Falun Gong practice, her house has frequently been searched. Because she went to Beijing to appeal, Ms. Li was unconstitutionally detained for 15 days and fined 1,000 Yuan. At the end of September 2002, Li Huaiping's house was again searched. At that time she was not at home. Her husband Mr. Liu refused to cooperate with the ransacking, but he was beaten, detained for 15 days and fined 1,800 Yuan. Later, someone went to Li Huanping's home twice to arrest her but failed. At about 9:00 a.m. on March 2, 2004, Lu Xiutian, who is in charge of persecuting Dafa practitioners in Junan County, led over ten policemen to Li Huaiping's home. They searched her house, arrested Ms. Li and put her in the Junan County Detention Center, where she remains as of this writing. When her family went to reason with the perpetrators, although they could not produce any cause for the arrest, they simply refused to release Li Huaiping. Li's family has been "fined" twice without being given any receipts.

Related phone numbers:
Lu Xiutian, policeman: 86-539-7214099, 86-13969989919 (mobile)
Sun Xingke, Associate Secretary of the Junan County Political and Judiciary Committee, also the head of the county's "610 Office:" 86-539-7220334 (office), 86-539-7212755(home)
The "610 Office" in Junan County: 86-539-7220334

Notes:

1. "Two Conferences": People's Congress and People's Political and Consultation Conferences.
2. The "610 Office": 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
3. Yuan: 500 Yuan is the average monthly income for a worker in urban areas of China

April 13, 2004