Latest News from China - May 3, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

1. [Chenzhou City, Hunan Province] Illegal Detention of Eleven Dafa Practitioners
2. [Jieyang City, Guangdong Province] Hunger Strike of Dafa Practitioner Huang Huajie
3. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Several Dafa Practitioners Illegally Sentenced to Imprisonment; Practitioner Sun Jianzhong Has Been On a Hunger Strike for One Month
4. [Gejiu City, Yunnan Province] Dozens of Dafa Practitioners Arrested in Datun Town
5. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Abuse and Torment of Dafa Practitioner Chu Liwen in the Weifang Prison
6. [Tianjin] Persecution Accounts from the Bohai Petroleum Company in the Tanggu District
7. [Zhangqiu City, Shandong Province] Detention of 200 Dafa Practitioners at the No. 2 Labor Camp
8. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Dafa Practitioner Yang Jianpo is on a Hunger Strike at the Kaiping Labor Camp and is in Critical Condition
9. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Abduction of Several Falun Gong Practitioners by Personnel from Tianhe District's Police Precinct
10. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Persecution of Practitioner Bao Shousen of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan Province Worker's Hospital
11. [Xishui Area, Hubei Province] Truth Clarification Banners Draw the Attention of Several Hundred People
12. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Latest Information Regarding Zhang Shunying
13. [Gejiu City, Yunnan Province] Illegal Arrest of Xie Manhua and Li Ping
14. [Taishan City, Guangdong Province] Second Abduction of Three Practitioners from Taishan City Before the May 1 Holiday; Authorities from the "610 Office" Responsible -- Belated News
15. [Beijing] Abduction of Several Practitioners at the Hands of the National Security Team and Yanqing County's Police Department
16. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Liu Wansheng
17. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Abduction of Zhang Jinsheng
18. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Abduction of Practitioners Zhan Yulan and Ruan Dianqing
19. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Abduction of He Lizhong and Li Suyun
20. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Abduction of the Elderly Yang Hua Couple
21. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Dongfu Police Precinct Abducts Five Dafa Practitioners
22. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Tianhe Police Precinct Abducts Eight Dafa Practitioners
23. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Abduction of Cao Guiqin by Sulan City's National Security Team Enforcers
24. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Detention of Yu Yongtao at the City's No. 2 Detention Center

1. [Chenzhou City, Hunan Province] Illegal Detention of Eleven Dafa Practitioners

During the evening of March 2, 2004, policemen transferred eleven Dafa practitioners from Chenzhou City's Luosiling Detention Center and from the Tiziling Detention Center to prisons far away from Chenzhou City. These practitioners have been illegally detained for more than one year. Four of them are from Chenzhou City, the other seven are from out of town. The Hunan Province "610 Office" (1) colluded with other departments and orchestrated the secret transfer and practitioners' sentences. They didn't notify the practitioners' families about the transfer, and destroyed the practitioners' letters to their families.

Jiang group's persecution has changed from overt to covert. One male practitioner transferred that night was originally from another city, but was arrested in Chenzhou City. Other practitioners learned of his situation in the car on the way to the facility, but his family and the outside are completely unaware of his arrest and sentence. Three practitioners were given food and water, so presumably they were going to a remote and isolated jail. Several female practitioners were sent to an unknown location. It is impossible for the practitioners to see each other because they are put in different cells, even though they are in the same prison. They also are allocated into different groups and are forced to do slave labor.

Liao Binggang: head of the Suxian District Security Division, 86-735-2885813 (Home),,
86-13807357529 (Cell)
Deng Xin: 86-735-2354976

2. [Jieyang City, Guangdong Province] Hunger Strike of Dafa Practitioner Huang Huajie

Dafa practitioner Huang Huajie from Jieyang City, Guangdong Province went to Beijing to appeal in mid April 2004. He was abducted and sent to the City's No. 1 Detention Center. According to an internal source, he has been on a hunger strike ever since he was arrested, and is in critical condition. The detention center authorities not only refused to release him, they force-fed him. We hope people can help to rescue him.

On April 23, 2004, perpetrators from Jieyang City's "610 Office" and the police department ransacked the houses of three Dafa practitioners and abducted them. They are Shao Jun from Ronghua, Rongcheng District, Yi Shan from Pandong Town, Jieyang County, and Su Lan, a teacher from Guiling Town.

3. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Several Dafa Practitioners Illegally Sentenced to Imprisonment; Practitioner Sun Jianzhong Has Been On a Hunger Strike for One Month

Dafa practitioners Sun Jianzhong, Zhang Yunping, Zhang Jinlu, Han Xueyu, An Zhenjie from Tangshan City, and Guo Xiaohui from Langfang City were illegally sentenced to between three and seven years imprisonment at Lubei District's Court on Tangshan Road. They appealed to the Tangshan Intermediate Court but were rebuffed. These practitioners are being held at Tangshan City's Nanbao Prison, and are detained in solitary confinement cells. The guards attempted to "reform" them through the use of violence. Sun Jianzhong has been on a hunger strike for more than one month and his life is in danger.

Nanbao Prison: 86-315-8515106

4. [Gejiu City, Yunnan Province] Dozens of Dafa Practitioners Arrested in Datun Town

Dafa practitioners in Datun Town, Gejiu City, Yunnan Province distributed truth-clarifying flyers on March 3, 2004, leading to the arrest of dozens of them. Perpetrators are from Honghezhou, Gejiu City "610 Office," and from the police department. One Dafa practitioner was sentenced to forced labor and three practitioners are still being held.

5. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Abuse and Torment of Dafa Practitioner Chu Liwen in the Weifang Prison

Dafa practitioner Mr. Chu Liwen, 49, was the Assistant at the Changyi Dafa practice site in Weifang City. Mr. Chu was sentenced to imprisonment for practicing Falun Gong, and was detained in the No. Six Detention Section of Weifang City Prison. On April 15, 2004, the guards shocked Chu Liwen with five electric batons until his head was severely swollen and injured. Chu Liwen persisted in Dafa practice.

Wang Guofu: section chief, 86-536-7541058 (Home)

6. [Tianjin] Persecution Accounts from the Bohai Petroleum Company in the Tanggu District

During the past several years, a dozen employees of the Bohai Petroleum Company have been detained and imprisoned for their persistence in Falun Gong practice. Practitioners Sun Hongjie, Ms. Li Huiying, and Zhang Weizhen are still being detained. Practitioner Ms. Li Yanxia was fired from her job. Practitioners Wang Junyue, Zhang Wensheng, Ding Youlin, Ms. Zhang Huizhen, and Xu Haitang were given a minimum salary without benefits under normal workload because they refused to write the "Guarantee Statement" (2). Recently, practitioner Fang Baoying, an employee of the Water and Electricity Plant, was abducted and taken to the Donggu Police Precinct in Tanggu District where she was interrogated for an entire day. Her current whereabouts are unknown.

(Country code: 86, area code: 22, Do not dial area code before a cell phone number)
Yang Xiancai: Politics and Security Section chief, Bohai Nanjiang Police Precinct:13821552138 (Cell), 66912896 (Office), 66918317 (Office)
Donggu Criminal Police Team of the Bohai Petroleum Company in Tanggu District: 66915834
Zhao Tong: head of the Bohai Petroleum Company's "610 Office," 25808804 (Cell)

7. [Zhangqiu City, Shandong Province] Detention of 200 Dafa Practitioners at the No. 2 Labor Camp

Shandong Province's No. 2 Forced Labor Camp specializes in the persecution of Dafa practitioners. In 2001 the male division of the labor camp moved from Wang Village to Guanzhuang Township, Zhangqiu City. About two hundred Dafa practitioners are being held at the male division in three divisions - No. 9, 10, and 11.

No. 11 Division: 86-533-6689014
Tang Yongming, head of No. 11 Brigade, is vicious

8. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Dafa Practitioner Yang Jianpo is on a Hunger Strike at the Kaiping Labor Camp and is in Critical Condition

On February 20, 2004, perpetrators from Guangyang District's Police Precinct in Langfang City, Hebei Province abducted Dafa practitioner Yang Jianpo and held him at the No. 1 Group of Tangshan City's Kaiping Forced Labor Camp, Hebei Province. Yang has been on a hunger strike for two months and is currently in critical condition.

Kaiping Forced Labor Camp: 86-315-3363939
LI Xiaofeng: group head, 86-13933396528 (Cell), 86-13091059657 (Cell)

9. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Abduction of Several Falun Gong Practitioners by Personnel from Tianhe District's Police Precinct

Some practitioners from Guangzhou City run a little restaurant with a very good business, but it is always under surveillance by personnel from the "610 Office" and from the police department. On April 23, around 6:00 p.m., more than 20 policemen from Tianhe District's Police Precinct broke into the restaurant, drove the guests away, held the clerks and some practitioners there, and looted all Dafa truth clarification materials, CDs, and a set of copying equipment.

At 10:00 p.m., police ransacked practitioner Chen Hua's house and confiscated all Dafa books and materials. At 12:10 a.m., when police cuffed Chen Hua and were ready to take her away, Chen's husband (not a practitioner) wanted to say farewell to her, but policeman Zhang pushed him away. Practitioners arrested that night were held in the Tianhe District' Detention Center. They include Ms. Dai Yanhong, Mr. Li Yongjun (Dai's husband), Wang Yuqing, and Mr. Zhang, who is in his 30s. Police didn't allow family members to' visit, and forced a family member of a practitioner to sign a criminal indictment. Practitioners are to be tried in court illegally.

Prior to this incident, practitioners Li Qiong, Mao Jingxian, and Dai Yongmei, Dai Yanhong's elder sister, who's been held in the Chatou Legal Institutional School (a brainwashing center), had been arrested. Dafa practitioners: please expose the persecution to local practitioners and send forth righteous thoughts.

Operator of Tianhe District Police Precinct: 86-20-87502743
Chief, Peng Yilin: 86-20-87502777, 86-2-85513381 (home)

10. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Persecution of Practitioner Bao Shousen of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan Province Worker's Hospital

On April 22, 2004, practitioner Bao Shousen of Kunming City, Yunnan Province was reported while distributing Falun Gong truth clarification CDs to employees of the same working unit, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan Province Worker's Hospital. Police abducted him from the hospital. Now he is being held in the province's No. 2 Forced Labor Camp. The hospital administrator boasted, "Find one, arrest one."

Executive office phone number of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Yunna Province Worker's Hospital: 86-871-5351214

11. [Xishui Area, Hubei Province] Truth Clarification Banners Draw the Attention of Several Hundred People

During the night of April 11, 2004, practitioners successfully hung four huge banners on the top of a 70-meter-high communication tower, which is located at the center of the streets in the Central Town in the Xishui Area, Hubei Province. The writing on the banners reveals that three policemen in the area tortured three practitioners to death. Ever since 5:00 a.m. the next morning this has been breaking news in the area. The banners attracted over 400 people observing in the area. They admired from the bottom of their hearts, that practitioners daring to hang those huge banners on the top of a tower of such height. They were angry at the viciousness that the banners exposed. Some criticized the police for treating Dafa practitioners too brutally, while others directly rebuked the evil head Jiang's absurdity in trying to put down Dafa these past years. After reading the banners, a man of over 40 years old said, "Jiang Zeming did not deal with the big corruption cases or help hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers living in poverty; he's only hard on those who believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance." This is the opposite of heaven!"

12. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Latest Information Regarding Zhang Shunying

On February 25, 2004, police broke into Zhang Shunying's rental house and arrested her. She was' with her husband at that time, but policemen broke in while her husband was outside, and beat her. He heard the painful moans. This was verified after she was taken to the Tianhe brainwashing class where two people monitored Zhang Shunying even while her family visited her. The two people did not allow her to refer to any sensitive topic. She is allowed only minimal sleep. She is being forced to read information that slanders Dafa, and she was interrogated for a very long time. Her family members are followed when going outside their home. Due to Zhang Shunying's determination in her belief, she was recently sent to a detention center. Her family was notified on April 29, 2004.

13.[Gejiu City, Yunnan Province] Illegal Arrest of Xie Manhua and Li Ping

On October 25, 2003, authorities from Yiyang City's Police Department, Hunan Province arrested practitioner Ms. Xie Manhua from Gejiu City, Yunnan Province, who was living in exile. 'She had been distributing truth-clarification materials in Yiyang. Police confiscated several thousand Yuan in cash, along with bank deposit certificates that she had with her. She has now been sentenced to three years of imprisonment and is being held in Changsha City's Female Prison.

Ms. Li Ping, a practitioner from Gejiu City but working in Yiyang, was also arrested with Xie. She has been sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor, and is currently being held in the Zhuzhou City Female Forced Labor Camp.

14 . [Taishan City, Guangdong Province] Second Abduction of Three Practitioners from Taishan City Before the May 1 Holiday; Authorities from the "610 Office" Responsible -- Belated News -

In 2000, Mr. Ruan Xianchou, 34, a government official from Sijiu Town, Taishan, Guangdong Province; Mr. Huang Jianyu, 32, a former teacher in Taishan City's Overseas Chinese Middle School and Guangdong Province's Dajiang Middle School; Mr. Li Haiqiang, 29, a telephone booth owner, all went to appeal in Beijing in accordance with the basic rights granted by the Constitution. They only said "Falun Dafa Is Good" to government but they were unlawfully sentenced to two to three years of forced labor. Later they were sent to the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp for abuse, mistreatment, and torment under the persecution. They were released in 2003.

On April 20, 2004, using the excuse of having a talk with these three practitioners, the Jiangmen City "610 Office," in collusion with some related personnel of the Taishan City "610 Office," abducted them and ransacked their homes, garages, and workplaces. The practitioners' computers, money, and other belongings were confiscated, and practitioner Huang Jianyu was beat so severely that he showed bruises. The police also beat and kicked Ruan Xianchou. Now the three practitioners are being held in Taishan City's Second Detention Center.

15. [Beijing] Abduction of Several Practitioners at the Hands of the National Security Team and Yanqing County's Police Department

Personnel from the National Security Team of Yanqing County's Police Department (No. 1 Section of the department) recently abducted several practitioners and destroyed a truth clarification material production site. Details are as follows:

1. On April 1, practitioner Xu Yongqin of Sihai Town was abducted while distributing truth clarification materials.
2. On April 6, Dong Yuan'e of Hedong Village was abducted.
3. In early April, Beijing Female Labor Camp (specific name is not clear; need confirmation) asked family members to pick up practitioner Yu Huiqin from Kangzhuang Town who was being sentenced to forced labor. Yu's husband Jiang Hai was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment; only her son was left at home. When her son went to pick her up, the labor camp authorities ordered him to sign a bail-out-for-hospitalization certificate. Once the certificate was signed, they said that he had to pick up his mother in a month. This was a deceitful trick. Yu Huiqin is still being persecuted at the Daxing Hospital and is in poor health. Hereby we hope all practitioners can send forth righteous thoughts to help.
4. On the morning of April 13, a practitioner with the last name of Cheng from Boji Old Village of Kangzhuang Town was abducted from his home. Because his cell phone was confiscated the next day, police discovered his connections to others. Several other practitioners were therefore arrested as well.
5. At 8:00 p.m. on April 21, practitioner Liu Guilan from Yanqing County was abducted from home and sent to a brainwashing class located in the backyard of the police department.

16. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Liu Wansheng

On the evening of April 15, 2004, policemen from Jinzhou City's National Security Bureau abducted practitioner Liu Wansheng. Special agents from the bureau then illegally searched Liu Wansheng's home. The whole home was turned upside down, as they confiscated Dafa books and truth clarification materials. Afterwards, police broke into the house of Liu Wansheng's son, who is not a practitioner, and was 'not at home. Police pried open the drawers and took his son's a bank deposit certificate of forty thousand Yuan, a gold necklace, computer, CDs for games, an unopened gift box with a fine belt inside, about 70 Yuan cash, and an MP3 player his son had borrowed.

A bank deposit certificate for over eight hundred Yuan, and twelve hundred Yuan in cash that Liu Wansheng carried with him, were looted as well. Meanwhile, the store that he runs was ransacked. The safe was pried open and over 800 Yuan in cash was taken. Afterwards, perpetrators from the National Security Bureau in Jinzhou City intended to extort 20,000 Yuan in cash by promising that they would release him if his family members would hand in the money, but his family members rejected their offer. The vicious personnel thought that if they couldn't extort anything they would punish him, so the "610 Office" perpetrators in Jinzhou City's National Security Team sent Liu Wansheng directly to a forced labor camp.

17. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Abduction of Zhang Jinsheng

It was reported that Dafa practitioner Zhang Jinsheng from Qingyuan County, Liaoning Province was arrested in Nankouqian Town, Qingyuan County.

18. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Abduction of Practitioners Zhan Yulan and Ruan Dianqing

On April 22, 2004, police ransacked the house of practitioner Ms. Zhan Yulan in Qingyuan County, Fushun City. Zhan Yulan was forcibly taken away. Police looted a copy machine. Detailed information is not yet available.

On April 26, 2004, police ransacked the house of practitioner Ruan Dianqing in Qingyuan County. Detailed information is not yet available.

It was reported that police have staked out Ruan Dianqing's house and have already arrested practitioner Ms. Zhang.

19. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Abduction of He Lizhong and Li Suyun

During the morning of April 14, 2004, officers from the Jiangjun Police Precinct abducted Dafa practitioner He Lizhong, who lives at Jiangjun Street in the Shuncheng District, Fushun City. Ever since He Lizhong escaped from Fushun City's Forced Labor Camp using the power of righteous thoughts in December 2001, he has been homeless to avoid being persecuted.

On April 15, 2004, in the Hedong Area, Shuncheng District vicious people abducted Dafa practitioner Li Suyun, who lives on Xinhua Street, Shuncheng District, Fushun City. On April 20, 2003, Li Suyun was abducted. The persecutors were officers from Fushun City's Gongyuan Police Precinct. Ever since escaping from the police precinct she has lived the life of a homeless person to avoid being persecuted.

20. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Abduction of the Elderly Yang Hua Couple

At the end of April Ms. Yang Hua, age 60+, who lives at the dorm of the second district of Shijiazhuang City's Chemical Fertilizer Factory, was arrested along with her husband who doesn't practice Falun Gong. The details are being investigated.

21. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Dongfu Police Precinct Abducts Five Dafa Practitioners

At about 5:00 a.m. on April 23, 2003, lawless policemen Zhu Feng, Xie Wenping and others, led by Zhao Zhenguo, Shulan City's Dongfu Police Precinct chief, broke into Dafa practitioners' houses for search and seizure. It is currently believed that five Dafa practitioners were abducted, including Song Wenhua, Wang Jie, Ms. Chen, Ms. Guo Qingfen, and her husband Mr. Jiang.

(Country code: 86; area code: 432)
Dongfu Police Precinct: 8802755
Shulan City's Police Department: 8224808, 8225114, 8222705, 8230606, 8235626

22. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Tianhe Police Precinct Abducts Eight Dafa Practitioners

At about 5:00 a.m. on April 23, 2004, while people were sleeping, chief Zhang of the Tianhe Police Precinct led lawless policemen Yin Jifang, Sun Jiku, Ren Zhongqiu, Li Haisheng, and others to break into Dafa practitioners' houses. Currently, it believed that several Dafa practitioners were abducted including Ms. Shao Guizhi, Cao Xiawen, Ms. Ma Shuyun, Ms. Cheng Qiuyan, Mr. Meng Xianglin, and his wife Ms. Zhai Jichun. Their whereabouts are unknown.

Zhang Zhimin, Shulan City's mayor, 86-432-8282991 (Office), 86-432-8234855 (Home), 86-13904440500 (Cell)

23. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Abduction of Cao Guiqin by Sulan City's National Security Team Enforcers

Ms. Cao Guiqin, 39, is from Shulan City. Between 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on April 22, 2004, while she was cooking, four or five policemen got out of a patrol car, went into Cao Guiqin's home, abducted her, and took her to the National Security Team headquarters. When her husband and child returned at noon they found their house was a total mess. When her husband went to the National Security Team to request the release of Cao Guiqin, on a desk he saw the order for ransacking Cao's house, which was issued by Xiao Yong, head of the National Security Team, along with a document with Xiao's signature, which stated that Cao Guiqin was sentenced to a year of forced labor. Cao Guqin's husband asked Xiao Yong why he arrested Cao. Xiao Yong replied, "We are sending her to forced labor only because she practices Falun Gong. You can sue me anytime you want. If you want to sue me, you'd better sue the police department." He also said nobody would dare to represent this case in court.''

24. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Detention of Yu Yongtao at the City's No. 2 Detention Center

Mr. Yu Yongtao, in his 40s, from Hegang City, was a laid-off employee from the Nanshan Mining Company. At the end of April 2002 lawless officials forced him to live in exile. It was heard that on April 13, 2004 the Gongnong Police Sub-station enforcers arrested him out of town. He is currently being detained at the city's No. 2 Detention Center.

(Country code: 86; area code: 468)
Warden's office of No.2 Detention Center: 3400001
Associate warden's office: 3400004, 3400007

(1) 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.

(2) "Guarantee Statement" - A statement to declare that one is remorseful for practicing Falun Gong and guarantees not to practice Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners.