(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 20 cities or counties in 10 provinces. In this report, 19 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 19 practitioners were illegally arrested.
[Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Chen Yao Tortured at the Zhejiang Province Women's Prison
[Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Hu Huifang Arrested--Nine-Year-Old Daughter Left Alone at Home
[Lishui City, Zhejiang Province] Eight Practitioners Sentenced to Imprisonment
[Gaomi City, Shandong Province] Supplemental Information Regarding the Arrest of Ms. Wu Peixiang
[Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Meng Cuimei Arrested for Explaining the Facts of Falun Gong
[Linyi City, Shandong Province] Mr. Liu Yongjin Tortured
[Shandong Province] Arrest of Mr. Ji Leming, a Teacher from the Zhucheng City Economics School
[Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Jing Detained at the Chengguan Police Station
[Zhucheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Guo Xihui Arrested
[Laizhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Baohuan Held at the City's Detention Center
[Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wen Caiyan Arrested
[Baoding City, Hebei Province] Ms. Zhu Lanying Arrested
[Baoding City, Hebei Province] Mr. Gao Shuzhong Arrested
[Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province] Seventy-Year-Old Ms. Zhao Huaying Arrested
[Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province] Mr. Ji Guoxiang Arrested in September 2007
[Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Mr. Wang Yaheng Arrested
[Xiaogan City, Hubei Province] Two Practitioners Arrested
[Kunming, Yunnan Province] Supplemental Information on the Arrest of Practitioners Mr. Zhu Yulian and Ms. Deng Guiying
[Anhua County, Hunan Province] Ms. Guo Xihua Arrested
[Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Recent Information Regarding Mr. Zeng Ming, Mr. Luo Laisong and Mr. Zhang Xinqi
[Beijing] Ms. Hao Min Arrested
[Shandong Province] Seventh Grade Textbooks Still Use the Staged "Tiananmen Self-Immolation" to Slander Falun Dafa
[Hulin City, Heilongjjiang Province] Ms. Su Yuehui Arrested
[Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Officers from the Dahua Company Persecute Practitioners
1. [Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Chen Yao Tortured at the Zhejiang Province Women's Prison
Ms. Chen Yao, 31 years old, graduated from Shanghai's Tongji University. Wucheng District Domestic Security Division chief Li Huamin from the Jinhua City Police Department arrested Ms. Chen in 2005, and Wucheng District Procuratorate agents approved the arrest in October 2005. Ms. Chen was then sentenced to three and a half years in prison by the district court in August 2006. She is currently being held at the Zhejiang Province Women's Prison in Hangzhou City. The police tortured her because Ms. Chen refused to give up Falun Gong practice. She has been on a hunger strike for more than 40 days since January 8, 2008, and she is extremely weak. Her mother, Ms. Tang Baozhi, is also being held in the same prison. Her family visited the prison to request that the mother and daughter be released, but police refused the family's visits.
2. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Hu Huifang Arrested--Nine-Year-Old Daughter Left Alone at Home
Ms. Hu Huifang from Wuhan City was arrested and her nine year-old daughter was left at home without care. Ms. Hu's husband lives in exile. Police had forced Ms. Hu's husband to give up Falun Gong practice, and beat him in the presence of his two-year-old daughter, who cried and cried.
3. [Lishui City, Zhejiang Province] Eight Practitioners Sentenced to Imprisonment
The police arrested Ms. Zhu Changming, Ms. Zhou Aizhen, Ms. Ye Juyun, Ms. Lin Yunjuan, Ms. Guan Shufen, Mr. Lai Xiangnan, Ms. Xiang Yunxian and Ms. Shan Cuifeng from the Liandu District, Lishui City in late May 2007. The practitioners were put into the Shuidong Village Brainwashing Center in Lishui City and deprived of sleep for three days. The evildoers broke into 80-year-old Ms. Zhu Yuerong's home and ransacked the place. Later, police transferred eight practitioners into the Sanyanshi Detention Center in Lishui City. Liandu District Court agents held a secret trial for these practitioners and sentenced Ms. Xiang and Mr. Lai to one year in prison, Ms. Zhou to three and a half years, and the remaining five practitioners each to three years in prison.
4. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] Supplemental Information Regarding the Arrest of Ms. Wu Peixiang
Ms. Wu Peixiang from Xizhugou Village, Zhugou Town, Gaomi City was reported to police for distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying materials. Officers Wu Mingqiang, Ma Fengzhong and Wang Xiangguo from the town's police station arrested her and ransacked her home. Ms. Wu is currently being held at the city's detention center. Personnel from the Zhugou Town Police Station informed Ms. Wu's family of the arrest and ordered them to pay between 3,000 yuan and 5,000 yuan for Ms. Wu's release.
Lu Qinyi, Gaomi City Police Department chief: 86-536-2318688, 86-13906463377
Shan Zhenzhong, Gaomi City Anti-cult Division chief: 86-536-2307817, 13508960911
Ma Fengzhong, Zhugou Town Police Station, Gaomi City: 86-536-2686396, 86-13793668228, 86-13869617805
Wang Xiangguo, 86-13863636306
Gaomi City Detention Center: 86-536-2342409
5. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Meng Cuimei Arrested for Explaining the Facts of Falun Gong
Plainclothes policemen followed Ms. Meng Cuimei to her home on the morning of February 21, 2008. They ransacked the place from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and then put her into the Luan County Police Department.
Ji Wen, Luan County Police Department deputy chief: 86-13832986526 (C), 86-315-7126875
Liu Yongfu, Luan County Police Department No. 1 Section chief: 86-13832988964
6. [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Mr. Liu Yongjin Tortured
Thirty-seven-year-old Mr. Liu Yongjin rode a motorcycle to deliver some truth-clarifying materials and passed by the Shuitian Station in Linyi City on February 5, 2008. Personnel from the Lanshan Street Police Station stopped Mr. Liu and searched his vehicle. They then arrested him and put him into the Beiyuan Street Police Station. According to insiders, Mr. Liu has been on a hunger strike since his arrest, and police tortured him because he refused to tell police where the truth-materials originated from.
Lanshan Police Department: 86-539-8184035
Lanshan Street Police Station: 86-539-8224171, 86-539-8217606
7. [Shandong Province] Arrest of Mr. Ji Leming, a Teacher from the Zhucheng City Economics School
8. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Jing Detained at the Chengguan Police Station
Personnel from the Chengguan Police Station in Weifang City arrested Ms. Wang Jing from Furong Street, Weifang City and ransacked her home at 8:00 a.m. on February 21, 2008.
9. [Zhucheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Guo Xihui Arrested
Ms. Guo Xihui from Wangjiazhuang Village, Jiayue Town, Zhucheng City, was arrested in Yechang (or Datun) Village on February 19, 2008. She is currently being held at the city's detention center.
10. [Laizhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Baohuan Held at the City Detention Center
Ms. Zhang Baohuan from Laizhou City is still being held at the city's detention center and being persecuted.
11. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wen Caiyan Arrested
Ms. Wen Caiyan from Xiao'erli Village, Zunhua Town, Zunhua City, Tangshan City was arrested at 1:00 p.m. on February 17, 2008, when she distributed truth-materials in Jiazhuangzi Village. The police put Ms. Wen into a detention center and ransacked her home.
12. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Ms. Zhu Lanying Arrested
Officers from the Hancun Township Police Station arrested Ms. Zhu Lanying, Ms. Kong Lanzhi and Ms. Wang Huan and put them into the city's detention center on the afternoon of February 22, 2008. Ms. Zhu's brother went to Hancun Township to request her release. Policeman Dong Xin extorted 2,000 yuan from him.
Policemen Dong Xin and Wang Haiping, Hancun Township Police Station: 86-312-3155920
13. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Mr. Gao Shuzhong Arrested
Police from Gaobeidian City arrested Mr. Gao Shuzhong from Baigou Town, Gaobeidian City at 10:00 p.m. on February 22, 2008. Mr. Gao is currently being held at the city's detention center.
14. [Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province] Seventy-Year-Old Ms. Zhao Huaying Arrested
Ms. Zhao Huaying lives at Moyuan Community, Shuiximen Avenue, Nanjing City. She was paralyzed 30 years ago but could walk by herself after practicing Falun Gong. She wanted to let people know about the miracle and distributed some truth clarifying materials, but the police arrested her on February 2, 2008.
15. [Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province] Mr. Ji Guoxiang Arrested in September 2007
Mr. Ji Guoxiang from Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province went to help a construction project in Qujing City, Yunnan Province. He explained the facts of Falun Gong to co-workers. Personnel from the Qilin Police Station in the city arrested him at the construction area on September 6, 2007. Mr. Ji is currently being held in the No. 6 Division of the province's No. 2 Forced Labor Camp.
Mr. Ji's employer, Zhonghua No. 2 Construction Group Company planned to fire him in early January 2008.
Liu Jianting, 13903511539 (C), 86-351-6080668 (H), 86-351-6077931 (O)
Wang Guiliang, 13603519960 (C), 86-351-6081698 (H), 86-351-6077932 (O)
16. [Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Mr. Wang Yaheng Arrested
Police arrested 30-year-old Mr. Wang Yaheng, an employee from the Haila'er Irrigation Bureau on January 30, 2008. It is not known where Mr. Wang is being held.
17. [Xiaogan City, Hubei Province] Two Practitioners Arrested
Personnel from the Sanlipeng Police Station affiliated with the Xiaogan City Police Department arrested Ms. Yang Yongping and Wu at 9:00 p.m. on February 18, 2008. The police put them into the city's detention center. Ms. Yang's family was extorted of 500 yuan the next day. Officers from the detention center told the family that they should pay at least 3,000 yuan.
18. [Kunming, Yunnan Province] Supplemental Information on the Arrest of Practitioners Ms. Zhu Yulian and Ms. Deng Guiying
Practitioner Ms. Zhu Yulian, who is in her fifties, and Ms. Deng Guiying, in her sixties, from Kunming City were reported to the police by the guard when they distributed truth clarification materials at Xiaoban Bridge in Kunming City. The Guandu Domestic Security Division arrested them and ransacked their homes.
19. [Anhua County, Hunan Province] Ms. Guo Xihua Arrested
Officers from the Meicheng Town Police Station arrested 40 year-old Ms. Guo Xihua on February 25, 2008 for explaining the facts about Falun Gong. Ms. Guo is an employee from the Meicheng Town Hospital in Anhua County. Her detention place is not known. Personnel from the county's 610 Office had arrested Ms. Guo in 2003 and subsequently held her in the Baimalong Forced Labor Camp in Zhuzhou City for a year.
Luo Qiusheng, Meicheng Town Police Station deputy chief: 86-737-7443110, 86-13511106099 (C)
Chen Yongsheng, Anhua County 610 Office head: 86-737-7888185, 86-737-7224781, 86-13807376202 (C)
20. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Recent Information Regarding Mr. Zeng Ming, Mr. Luo Laisong and Mr. Zhang Xinqi
Mr. Zeng Ming, Mr. Luo Laisong and Mr. Zhang Xinqi were sentenced to eleven, seven and four years in prison, respectively, in November 2007. Mr. Zeng and Mr. Luo are currently being held at the Beijiang Prison in Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. Mr. Zhang is still being held at the Futian Detention Center in Shenzhen City.
21. [Beijing] Ms. Hao Min Arrested
Five officers from the Dongcheng District Police Station in Beijing broke into Ms. Hao Min's home, arrested her and ransacked the place on February 18, 2008. Ms. Hao is employed at the Wangfujin Shopping Mall.
22. [Shandong Province] Seventh Grade Textbooks Still Use the Staged "Tiananmen Self-Immolation" to Slander Falun Dafa
A seventh grade textbook published by the Shandong People's Publishing Company contains a chapter that slanders Falun Dafa, citing the staged "Tiananmen Self-Immolation" incident. The editor is Gu Hailiang, and executive editor is Zhou Jialiang.
23. [Hulin City, Heilongjjiang Province] Ms. Su Yuehui Arrested
Several Falun Gong practitioners from the Yingchun District in Hulin City were arrested on the morning of January 29, 2008. Every practitioner was extorted of about 1,000 yuan. Cheng Jiwu from the National Security Section arrested Ms. Su Yuehui and ransacked her home.
Ma Qiang, Yingchun Forestry Area Police Department chief: 86-467-5949785 (O), 86-467-5966777 (H), 86-13704685558 (C)
Cheng Jiwu: 86-467-5944726 (O), 86-467-5948066 (H), 86-13846030189
24. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Officers from the Dahua Company Persecute Practitioners
Officers from the Dahua Company persecuted practitioner employees. They suspended some practitioners' salaries and bonuses, demoted the practitioners and dismissed some practitioners from their jobs. The family lives of 30 year-old Mr. Gong Jingmu, 45 year-old Ms. Ma Maolin, 30 year-old Ms. Lin Jie, and 56 year-old Mr. Wang Wenbin were severely disturbed. Ms. Lin's husband divorced her because of threats from the company's officials.
Ping Haijun, general manager, 86-317-3556168, 3037966, 3556278 (H)
Wang Pingzhou, Party secretary, 86-317-3556781, 3023267, 3556285 (H)
Zhang Jian, labor union chairman: 86-317-3556086, 3025067, 5509987 (H)