Summary of Other Articles and News - August 20, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

1. The persecution of Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Xidong in Rongcheng, Shandong Province

On March 15, 2005, Rongcheng Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Xidong (who is 43 year old), was arrested and sentenced to 5 years in prison. He is being detained in the Rongcheng Detention Center. The beatings seriously hurt Mr. Wang's tendon. When he went on a hunger strike, the police force fed him. In the process they badly injured his stomach and esophagus. On May 29, when his family sent him some clothing, the on-duty policeman Zhang Yongbin damaged them with a scissors right on the spot.

http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/20/108787.html

2. The police arrest many Dafa practitioners in Lunan, Shandong Province.

On the night of August 12, 2005, the officers from the Lunan 610 office, of Shandong Province, harassed and arrested several dozen Dafa practitioner in the county. They robbed many practitioners' houses. Dafa practitioner Ji Xingshu (who is around 60 years old), Ji Xingcai (around 60 years old), Peng Xiuzhan (around 50 years old), Li Baoshan (43 years old), and another two practitioners, six altogether, were arrested. One practitioner escaped on August 13, the other 5 practitioners are detained in the Lunan Detention Center. http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/20/108785.html3. The Qianerdao Police Station of the Fengman District in Jilin City, Jilin Province arrested Dafa practitioners.At 8 o'clock on August 18, 2005, the policemen from the Qianerdao Police Station of the Fengman District in Jilin City dressed in plainclothes and drove two cars to the 1st community of Wangxiang Village. They attempted to arrest Dafa practitioner Mr. Li Wenyou, who is over 50 years old, and his wife Ms. Fang Lichun. Ms. Fang escaped with righteous thoughts in front of 5 or 6 policemen. Then, the policemen arrested Mr. Li and another practitioner. They also harassed practitioner Li Liying's family. When the policemen found that Ms. Fang had escaped, one of them said, "It doesn't matter that just one practitioner escaped, because we have accomplished our assignment and arrested the right number of practitioners." That morning the police from the Qianerdao Police Station, had already arrested Dafa practitioner Xu Guizhen, who lives in Hedong Village. Also on that morning, three men and one woman came to Dafa practitioner Ma Fang's Noodle Restaurant. They said they were from the Jilin City Fengman Branch Police Department and another Police Station. They attempted to arrest Ma Fang; however, Ma Fang escaped when she went to change her clothes.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/8/20/108815.html