(Clearwisdom.net) In the months leading up to the Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intensified its persecution of Falun Gong. Many practitioners were arrested just in the Datong Area of Shanxi Province alone.
At 2 p.m. on June 17, 2008, Mr. Liu Zhencheng from Situanbao Village, Youzhai Town, Yanggao County, Datong City, was arrested and taken from his home. The police also searched his home. Now he is detained in the Yanggao County Detention Center.
Ms. Liu Xiuqing is an employee of the Chemical Factory of Tongmei Group, Datong City Coal Mining Administration. On June 24, 2008, the Olympic torch was passed to Datong City. Prior to that day, she was under surveillance. She was arrested that day and held in a detention center in her place of employment. Now Ms. Liu has been sent to a forced labor camp.
Ms. Zhang Yueying, 74 years old, is a retired teacher at the Datong Arts School. On the morning of June 24, 2008, she was taken to the Zhenhua Street Police Station because she advised people to read the "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party" and quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. That evening, Ms. Zhang was transferred to Datong Detention Center.
Seventy-year-old Ms. He Guixiang is a retired teacher. On the morning of June 26, 2008, CCP personnel searched her home and took her to the Yida Police Station because she clarified the truth in the New District Park of the Coal Mining Bureau. Ms. He was then transferred to the Coal Mining Bureau Detention Center.
On the afternoon of July 10, 2008, Ms. Liang Zhuanmei went to visit her sister. When she went by the Datong Train Station, the National Security Team of Datong Railroad found Falun Gong books and truth-clarifying materials in her bags. She was arrested right then. Ms. Liang is now being detained in the Datong City First Detention Center.
Datong Railroad Public Security Section: 86-352-7124488
Datong City First Detention Center: 86-352-2512134