Summary of Other Articles and News - July 29, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

1. Ms. Yu Wanlan Sentenced to Three Years in Prison, Her Relatives in Taiwan and the U.S. Are Worried

Ms. Yu Wanlan is a teacher employed by the Institute of Humanities at Central China Normal University. She was arrested in October 2004 while passing out "truth-clarifying" materials in Beijing. Ms. Yu was detained in the Haidian District Detention Center for more than eight months and then sentenced to three years in prison by the Haidian District Middle Court on June 2, 2005. Ms. Yu and her family have appealed her sentence. She has only one functioning kidney, and her family is very concerned about her health inside the prison. Ms. Yu's grandfather was a CPR Hubei Province Army General before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power. Her uncle Zou Dinghua is now a high-ranking official in Taiwan, who has written a letter expressing his concern for Yu Wanlan's well-being.

http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/7/29/107253.html

2. Members of Several Families Sentenced to Forced Labor

On March 24, 2005, practitioners Mr. Xu Zhongrang, Mr. Li Rongtang, Mr. Tian Shiwu, and Ms. Li Yuxia (Mr. Li Rongtang's daughter), all from Xinglonggang Town, Fujin City, Heilongjiang Province, were reported and arrested while passing out truth-clarifying material in Yongqing Village, Jinshan Town. The CCP Fujin City Political and Judiciary Committee, the 610 Office, and the police had Mr. Xu Zhongrang and Mr. Li Rongtang sentenced to six years in prison and Mr. Tian Shiwu and Ms. Li Yuxia sentenced to three years in prison. Mr. Xu Zhongrang's wife Liu Hailan was released in February 2005 after serving two terms of forced labor for clarifying the truth to people. Mr. Xu's daughter Xu Zhuo has been sentenced to two years of forced labor. Mr. Xu Zhongrang himself has been detained once and sentenced to forced labor for two years. Mr. Li Rongtang's wife Wang Changfen simply told people about how Falun Dafa completely eliminated her sicknesses, and she was subsequently sentenced to forced labor for two years. Mr. Li Rongtang has been detained once, has paid out more than 10,000 yuan extortion fees, and has served two terms of forced labor, the second time lasting three years. Other practitioners detained in Fujin City are: Ms. Wang Xiuyun, Mr. Li Shaotie, Ms. Qi Lizhen, Ms. Liu Hong, Mr. Liu Zhimin, and Mr. Zhao Qingxiang.

http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/7/29/107183.html