Latest News from China - July 16, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

• [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Dafa practitioners Qu Bin and Yang Chuangjun Are Suffering Persecution in Dalian City Prison
• [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Dafa Practitioners Jiang Nianxiang and Xing Yuzhen's Family is Severely Persecuted
• [Sichuan Province] Three Dafa practitioners Are Illegally Arrested in 2002. Their Whereabouts Are Still Unknown
• [Heifei City, Anhui Province] Two Dafa Practitioners from the Jianghuai Equipment Factory Are Arrested
• [Hunan Province] Persecution of Dafa Practitioners by the Chenzhou Detention Center and "610 Office"
• [Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province] Shuangcheng City Government Officials Try to Frame Falun Gong
• [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Five Dafa Practitioners from Laishui County Are Arrested During the Group Exercise
• [Linfen City, Shanxi Province] Dafa practitioner Li Mengqiang Is Arrested While Distributing Dafa Truth-Clarifying Materials
• [Guilin City, Guangxi Province] Mr. Liu Bin Has Been on Hunger Strike for Five Days
• [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Officials from Funing County Severely Trample Falun Gong Practitioners' Human Rights
• [Jingzhou City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Xuezhong Illegally Sentenced to Three Years in a Forced Labor Camp

1. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Dafa practitioners Qu Bin and Yang Chuangjun Are Suffering Persecution in Dalian City Prison

Dafa practitioner Mr. Qu Bin from Dalian City, Liaoning Province has been detained in Dalian City Prison for six months. During this period, Mr. Qu Bing resisted the persecution, and refused to do forced labor and recite the prison rules. Prison guards tried all conceivable methods, however Mr. Qu maintained his dignity. His family members were not allowed, during the entire six months, to send him basic necessities or money. Later his family members visited him several times and sent a total of 500 Yuan (1). However, the prison captain, Xiao Baoling, confiscated everything. Xiao Baoling even threatened Mr. Qu's elderly parents that the prison would extend his term if Mr. Qu refuses to be "transformed." He also told them that they had quota for death cases, etc.

Dafa practitioner Yang Chuanjun has been on hunger strike for over two months in Dalian City Prison. He endured tremendous pain and cruel torture before his family was allowed to visit.

Related Telephone: Xiao Baoling, Captain of Area #3 in Dalian Prison, 86-13704940740 (Cell)

2. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Dafa Practitioners Jiang Nianxiang and Xing Yuzhen's Family is Severely Persecuted

On September 6, 2002, police broke into Ms. Xing Yuzhen and her husband Mr. Jiang Nianxiang's home and arrested them. She is a teacher of No. 6 Middle School of Daqing City. Mr. Jiang received a six year sentence and is detained in Daqing Prison. Ms. Xiang Yuzhen was sent to the Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center, where she was tortured. Their over-70-year-old mother and 14-year-old son were left alone at home. The mother fell down and injured her pelvis, as she had no one to take care of her. She died in 2003. Their son became homeless, with no one to look after him, until one of their family members took him in.

Ms. Xing Yuzhen, suffered from paralysis and numbness of the body due to torture in the drug rehabilitation center. She was even unable to eat, and required assistance. She became mentally unbalanced, resulting in an occasional state of confusion. She became comatose and suffered on and off from heart disease. Her life was in danger, yet the rehabilitation center staff forced her to work. Since she was unable to walk, they forced her to wrap chopsticks and toothpicks in her cell. She had to complete a given daily quota assigned by the guards. The guards also ordered other criminals to watch her and prevent her from talking with others. They also prevented others from talking to her.

Harbin Drug Rehabilitation Center
Address: 239 Xianfeng Road, Taiping District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China. (Postal Code: 150056)
Captain of the Unit #1, Zhao Wei, Phone number: 86-451-82424046

3. [Sichuan Province] Three Dafa practitioners Are Illegally Arrested in 2002. Their Whereabouts Are Still Unknown

Dafa practitioner Ms. Xiao Jiying is a retiree of Chongqiang City Yongchuan Petroleum Fourth Unit of Sichuan Province. In August 2002, she was unlawfully arrested in Chengdu City and was sentenced to a seven-year prison term. Her whereabouts are still unknown.

Dafa practitioner Ms. Tang Shulan was a student of Chongqiang City Sichuan Foreign Language College. In August 2002, she was unlawfully arrested in Chengdu City. Her whereabouts are still unknown.

Dafa practitioner Mr. Tang Jian was a PhD. student at Sichuan Province Nancong City Petroleum College. In May 2002, he was arrested in Chengdu City. His whereabouts are still unknown.

4. [Heifei City, Anhui Province] Two Dafa Practitioners from the Jianghuai Equipment Factory Are Arrested

At around 8:00 p.m. on March 2, 2004, Zhan Shiquan from the Shushan Police Department of Hefei City, Jiang Weizhong from the Xiyuan police station, and Sun Jin'gui from Jianghuai Equipment Factory broke into the home of Dafa practitioner Ms. Sun Jinling. They pretended that they had to check the water meter. They then arrested Ms. Sun. She is still detained. Ms. Sun was on maternity leave at the time.

They went to the home of Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Yuefang the same night. Since Ms. Wang was not home, they climbed over the wall and broke into Ms. Wang's home. They searched the entire home and confiscated some Dafa books and other items. On June 29, at around 6:00 a.m., Ms. Wang did the Falun Gong exercises in the small garden of the factory. Someone reported her. After arriving home, Ms. Wang was arrested by Yang Guolin and others from the Security Department of the factory. Ms. Wang's whereabouts are currently unknown.

Responsible person and their phone numbers:

Zhan Shiquan, Security Unit of Shushan police department in Hefei City. 86-551-2825547, 86-13805690408 (Cell)
Yang Huolin, Security Department of Jianghuai Equipment Factory in Hefei City, 86-551-5129373, 86-551-5128473
Sun Jin'gui, Security Department of Jianghuai Equipment Factory in Hefei City, 86-551-5129373, 86-551-5128473
Jiang Weizhong, Chief of Xiyuan police station in Hefei City, 86-551-5112076

5. [Hunan Province] Persecution of Dafa Practitioners by the Chenzhou Detention Center and "610 Office" (2)

1. The First Detention Center of Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, also called the Luosiling Detention Center, detained over 300 Dafa practitioners between July 20, 1999, when the persecution began, and July 3, 2004. Detained practitioners were from every city and county within or without the Chenzhou Prefecture. Some of them were detained for over two years. Practitioners were persecuted to death at this center, including Mr. Deng Guojun.

The Second Detention Center of Chenzhou City, also called Tiziling Detention Center, detained over 100 practitioners between July 20, 1999 and July 3, 2004. Most of the practitioners detained there were not residents of the town. They suffered inhuman persecution and cruel torture. One practitioner said, "The guards ordered the criminals to torture Dafa practitioners. If they refused, the guards beat the criminal in charge of the cell. I was detained there for a while and told the inmates the truth. The head criminal no longer wished to participated, but he was afraid of being beaten by the guards. So he came up with the idea to hit the wall with shoes, while someone pretended to shout in pain." The guards enjoyed hearing people's painful shouting. It was like music to their ears. If they did not hear such crying, they would brutally torture the inmate.

2. The Chenzhou City "610 Office" forced every work unit to increase the monitoring of Dafa practitioners. They wanted to further persecute Dafa practitioners. If practitioners wanted to go out in the evening, the work unit had to inform the "610 Office." Besides people patrolling on the streets, there were also people watching at given spots. They also arrested practitioners, including Mr. Li Hui, without legal grounds. Thanks to truth clarification, Mr. Li Hui's family and relatives already understood that Mr. Li Hui committed no crimes and they planned to go through legal channels to fight this injustice. Although they talked to many attorneys, none dared take his case. The lawyers all said, "This is a sensitive issue. We don't dare to take it." "If I help you with this case, I will have to tell the truth. Then I would lose my job."

6. [Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province] Shuangcheng City Government Officials Try to Frame Falun Gong

The water supply plant of Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province had not paid wages to its employees for two years. To receive their overdue wages, some plant employees went to the Shuangcheng City government to appeal, as stipulated under existing laws. One of the employees was a Dafa practitioner. In order to deny their responsibilities, the city government ordered the police to arrest the practitioner and frame Falun Gong, saying "Falun Gong instigated people to create trouble for the city government..."

Ms. Yan Shuying, 42, was an employee of the Shuangcheng City Water Supply Plant. At about 10:00 p.m. on June 26, 2004, police from the Shuangcheng City police department broke into Ms. Yan's home using a special key. They arrested and took Ms. Yan to the police station and later sent her to a detention center. They also confiscated all Falun Gong books and materials they found at her home.

7. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Five Dafa Practitioners from Laishui County Are Arrested During the Group Exercise

Five Dafa practitioners from Laishui County, Baoding City, Hebei Province were reported during group exercise. On the evening of June 19, the "610 Office" of Laishui County went to Wangcun Town Tou Village and arrested four practitioners. The next day, they arrested another practitioner. Among them were practitioners Zheng Shuping and Sun Cuirong. They were first detained at the Laishui County Police Department. Their current situation is not known.

8. [Linfen City, Shanxi Province] Dafa practitioner Li Mengqiang Is Arrested While Distributing Dafa Truth-Clarifying Materials

Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Mengqiang is from the Raodu District of Linfen City, Shanxi Province. On the evening of July 11, 2004, while Mr. Li was distributing Falun Dafa truth materials in the residential area of the Shanxi Province Wheat Research Institute, he was reported by the chief of the Wheat Research Institute Security Section, Li Yuming's wife. Along with the Linfen City Operative Police Unit and the Beicheng Police Station of Yaodu Public Security Sub-Bureau, the Security Section of the Wheat Research Institute arrested Mr. Li, and sent him to Lifen City Detention Center the same night. At around 1:00 a.m., over ten people from the Beicheng Police Station and Security Section of the Shanxi Province Normal School searched Mr. Meng Liqiang's home and confiscated his property.

The following names are of a few of the policemen who participated in this arrest, search, and confiscation: Hao Lin'an, Yan Shangwu, Ma Jingrui, Han Lijie, Zhang Qiangqiang, and Chen Zhihong.

Hao Lin'an, chief of the Beicheng Police Station, adopted tactics, including following and monitoring Dafa practitioners. Phone number: 86-357-2990371
Li Yuming, head of the Security Department in Wheat Research Institute£¬86-357-2882221 (Home)

9. [Guilin City, Guangxi Province] Mr. Liu Bin Has Been on Hunger Strike for Five Days

Guilin City Dafa practitioner Mr. Liu Bin was arrested by policemen from Guilin City Qixing Police Department Operative Unit, and is now detained at the Guilin City Second Detention Center. It was made known that Mr. Liu has been on hunger strike for five days.

Office phone number of Guilin City Qixing Police Department: 86-773-5821847
Office phone number of Guilin City Qixing Police Department Operative Unit: 86-773-5812951
Phone number of Guilin City Second Detention Center: (Office) 86-773-5604150, (duty room) 86-773-5602959

10. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Officials from Funing County Severely Trample Falun Gong Practitioners' Human Rights

On July 7, 2004, the Communist Party Chief of Zhucaoying Township and Shimenzhai Township in Funing County of Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province issued orders that the two police station staff arrest Dafa practitioners Mr. Du Huijie and Mr. Chen Lixin. Given Mr. Chen's family's efforts, Mr. Chen Lixin was not arrested, but he was forced to become homeless to avoid further persecution.

Mr. Du Huijie was sent to the brainwashing center in Funing County. The excuse used to abduct Mr. Du was absurd, as it was close to July 20 (3). Before this incident, the county Political Security Department and Township Police Station had broken into Mr. Du's home twice without any search warrant and confiscated Dafa books. It was a violation of the law and caused people to object greatly.

Phone Number of Some Responsible Departments and People:
Li Jiachun, Communist Party Chief of Shimenzhai Township in Funing County, 86-335-6098516 (Home), 86-13703236453 (Cell)
Funing County Shimenzhai Township Police Station: 86-335-6098360, 6098361, 6098100
Zhu Yongmin, Police Chief of Shimenzhai Township Police Station, 86-335-8384465 (H), 86-13011465200 (Cell)
Zhang Yingguo, Director of Shimenzhai Township Police Station, 86-13903337826 (Cell)
Yu Huhai, Communist Party Chief of Zhucaoying Township in Funing County

Pan Weixing, Police Chief of Zhucaoying Township police station, 86-335-6090024 (Office)
Wu Hao, Deputy Police Chief of Zhucaoying Township police station, 86-13930380999 (Cell)

11. [Jingzhou City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Xuezhong Illegally Sentenced to Three Years in a Forced Labor Camp

In June 2004, the Police Department of Jingzhou City (formal Nu'er'he Township Police Station) arrested Dafa practitioner Mr. Zhang Xuezhong at his home. They then went to homes of Dafa practitioners in Huashan Township and Baimiaozishu Township and tried to arrest more practitioners, but they did not succeed. They lied to Mr. Zhang's family, saying that Mr. Zhang was just being temporarily detained. However, Mr. Zhang was actually detained in a forced labor camp for a three-year term. Each time his family members went to Jiangzhou City Forced Labor Camp to visit they had to pay a 100 Yuan fine.

On the night of July 6, 2004, policemen from Tanghezi Police Station again went to Nu'er'he Township Textile Factory residential area and attempted to arrest Dafa practitioner Fei Yufeng and Wang Lihua at home without success, though they tried until midnight.

Notes:

(1) Yuan ¨C The Chinese currency. 500 Yuan is the average monthly income for an urban worker in China.

(2). "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). July 20 - On July 20, 1999, Jiang Zemin's regime started to persecute Falun Gong. It has become one of the "politically sensitive days" in China.