(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 23 cities or counties in 13 provinces. In this report, 16 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 31 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Tieling City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Hu Ying Tortured to the Verge of Death at Shenyang City Prison
At the beginning of January 2009, Ms. Hu Ying from Tieling City was sent to the Women's Division at Shenyang City Prison by personnel from the Diaobingshan City Police Department. Based on the results of the physical exam, Ms. Hu was not qualified to be admitted, so the prison authorities refused to accept her. However, after personnel from Diaobingshan Police Department bribed the prison personnel using the money taken from Ms. Hu's home when they ransacked it, the prison immediately accepted Ms. Hu. During her nine months of detention, Ms. Hu was subjected to various tortures and was hospitalized several times. Currently she is being kept in an emergency room suffering from a mental collapse resulting from the persecution she has experienced, but the prison still refuses to release her.
2. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] Three Practitioners including Mr. Piao Guangzhu Arrested
On September 15, 2009, Mr. Piao Guangzhu (42 years old), Mr. Li Longji (34 years old) and Mr. Jin Minggao (40 years old) from Yanji City, Jilin Province were arrested by the Yanji City Domestic Security Division. They are currently detained at the Yanji City Detention Center and have been tortured and interrogated.
According to reliable sources, police took away all the Dafa materials, one desktop computer and three laptops from Mr. Jin Minggao's home. They took away a desktop computer, several printers and several thousand yuan in cash from Mr. Piao's home.
Xu Xiaofeng, Head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-433-2565275, 86-433-2623155, 86-13039085155, 86-13904438836
Xiao Bin, Deputy Head: 86-433-2565275, 86-433-2529030, 86-433-2999030
Ma Shaoyu, Deputy Head of the 610 Office: 86-433-2518644, 86-433-2772007
3. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] A Falun Gong Practitioner with Last Name of Fu Arrested
At 9:00 p.m. on September 7, 2009, a practitioner who's last name is Fu from Hongshan District, Chifeng City was arrested from his home by two plainclothes police officers. Several minutes later, a dozen plainclothes police ransacked his home and took away all Dafa books, truth-clarification materials, a computer and an MP3 player. According to the family, the practitioner was arrested by police from the Second Police Station of Mujiaying Town, Songshan District. They tried to force the practitioner to write the "guarantee statement." However, the practitioner did not cooperate. Nobody is aware of the practitioner's current whereabouts.
4. [Shijianzhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. He Xiuli Sent to Forced Labor Camp
On September 1, 2009, Ms. He Xiuli (55 years old) was arrested. On September 9, 2009, she was sent to Hebei Province Women's Forced Labor Camp for one year and three months.
5. [Heilongjiang Province] Recent Incidences of Persecution at Daqing Prison
On September 18, 2009, because Mr. Li Hongkui would not wear the prison uniform, guard Liu Guoqiang from the Eighth Section of the Fourth Prison Ward stripped Mr. Li of his clothing and beat him.
At 6:00 am on September 19, Deputy Chief of First Section stripped Mr. Cui Ximin and forced him outdoors. It was quite cold outside, and Mr. Cui was half naked, wearing only a pair of pajama bottoms.
6. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Gao Hongli Detained
On September 2, 2009, Ms. Gao Hongli from Cangzhou City was abducted from her workplace. She is currently detained at Cangzhou City Detention Center.
7. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Ms. Li Mei Detained at the Second Detention Center in Hefei City
A former judge for the Hefei City Intermediate Court, practitioner Ms. Li Mei was sent to a brainwashing center directly from a forced labor camp after her one-year term at the labor camp was up because she persists in her belief in Falun Dafa.
Ms. Li Mei is currently detained at the Second Detention Center of Hefei City. The main persons responsible for this illegal detention are:
Lu Zhongjing, Head of Hefei City 610 Office: 86-551-3537702
Li Qiong, Deputy Head of Hefei City 610 Office: 86-551-3537712
Xu Jian, Director of Hefei City Intermediate Court: 86-551-5352008
8. [Anhui Province] Ms. Li Guozhen Detained at Hefei City Luosigang Detention Center
Ms. Li Guozhen is not a local Anhui practitioner. She was forced to leave her home for several years due to the persecution. Recently she was arrested. After Ms. Li was secretly sentenced at Feixi District of Hefei City, she is currently detained at the Luosigang Detention Center.
9. [Chongqing] Ms. Tang Minghua's Home Ransacked
At 9:00 pm on September 16, 2009, three plainclothes police officers came to turn off the power in Ms. Tang Minghua's rented home. Then they attempted to open the door using a key, but were unsuccessful. They waited there the entire night, monitoring Ms. Tang's home. At 10:00 a.m. on September 17, they ordered the landlord to open the door, but the landlord refused. Ms. Tang was able to get away. On the night of September 18, they broke into the house and took away many of Ms. Tang's personal belongings.
10. [Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia] Ms. Ding Shuping Arrested
At 5:00 a.m. on September 19, 2009, police from the Kezuohouqi Domestic Security Division in Tongliao City, led by police from the Zhangqiang Town Police Station in Kangping County, Shenyang City, broke into the home of practitioners Ms. Ding Shuping and Ms. Liu Shuqin from Sankeshu Village, Zhangqiang Town. They arrested the two practitioners.
A Ladan, Head of Kezuohouqi Domestic Security Division: 86-13604750287
Ba Minhui, the main responsible person for this case at Kezuohouqi Domestic Security Division: 86-13804753476
11. [Heishan County, Liaoning Province] Additional Information on Mr. Jiang Hailan's Arrest
On the morning on September 15, 2009, Mr. Jiang Hailan was secretly arrested. His home was ransacked. At 11:00 a.m. on September 17, and Mr. Jiang was sent to the First Detention Center of Jinzhou City. The police took away about 1,000 CDs (half of them were blank CDs), over 20 satellite dishes, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a printer and many Dafa books.
12. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zeng Lingwen Put on Trial by Chaoyang District Procuratorate
On August 27, Ms. Zeng Lingwen was arrested by a police officer from the Changjiu Road Police Station. She was taken to Chaoyang District Procuratorate. A female official interrogated her and then let her go home. Currently, Ms. Zeng is still unlawfully held, awaiting trial at the Chaoyang District Court, Changchun City.
13. [Meizhou City, Guangdong Province] Elementary School Teacher Ms. Xiong Manhua Arrested
On the night of September 10, 2009, Ms. Xiong Manhua from Bankeng Elementary School in Jiangnan Sanjiao Town was arrested from her home. She is currently detained at Qinhuang Detention Center in Meizhou City. It was said that she talked about Falun Gong to her students and was reported by the parents.
14. [Dashiqiao City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Xing Chuner Arrested
On September 16, Ms. Xing Chuner from Dashiqiao City was reported when she used paper currency with truth clarification messages. She was arrested and taken to the Laobianqu Police Station.
15. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Nine Practitioners including Mr. Huang Peidong Arrested
At around 6:00 a.m. on September 19, 2009, Mr. Huang Peidong, Ms. Wang Yulan, Mr. Fu Mingjie, Mr. Ren Changxue, Mr. Qiao Gengming and his wife were arrested. At the same time, Mr. Jin from the Third Oil Factory was arrested as well. Mr. Zhang, who sells tofu for a living, and Mr. Xia Hailong, who works at the Police Department, were also arrested. Nine practitioners were arrested on the same day. Currently, they are illegally detained at Heping Police Station in the Wanghua District.
16. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Xu Bin Missing Since September 17
17. [Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Xu Deqin Arrested, Held at Dandong Detention Center
On August 31, Ms. Xu Deqin from Fengcheng City and Mr. Lu Guorong from Guanshui Town, Kuandian County talked about Falun Gong and the persecution to a 70-year-old retired worker named Sun Xiangyun in Longzhaogou Village. Sun Xiangyun reported them. At around 12:00 p.m., police from the Guanshui Police Station arrested Ms. Xu Deqin and Mr. Lu Guorong and sent them to Dandong Detention Center. On September 15, Ms. Xu Deqin was sent to Dandong Lockup. Mr. Lu has been released.
Sun Xiangyun, the person who reported the two practitioners: 86-415-5198533
18. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Additional Information on the Arrest of Mr. Ji Shude and Ms. Ji Junfang
At around 11:00 a.m. on September 18, practitioners Mr. Ji Shude and Ms. Ji Junfang, brother and sister, were arrested by police officers from the Hanshan District Police Department of Handan City and the Luochengtou Police Station. They stole 5,200 yuan in cash from Mr. Ji's home. They took Ms. Ji's computer, printer and over 5,000 yuan in cash. At 8:00 a.m. on September 19, the two practitioners were sent to the Second Detention Center of Handan City.
Shang Qingwen, Chief of Hanshan District Police Department: 86-13932081168
Liu Zhiqiang, Deputy Chief of Hanshan District Police Department: 86-13903106163
19. [Shanghai] Ms. Li Guifang Persecuted and Hospitalized
It has been five months since Ms. Li Guifang was arrested on April 25 by personnel from the Xuhui District 610 Office. She was tortured and has been hospitalized at Nanhui Prison General Hospital. In July 2008, Ms. Li was on medical parole due to heart disease that developed after she was arrested.
The 610 Office of Xuhui District: 86-21-64868911
20. [Daliu City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wang Dong Recently Arrested
21. [Beizhen City, Liaoning Province] Two Practitioners Arrested
On September 14, Mr. Chen Xudong and his wife Ms. Chen Xiurong arrested by police from the Kulongtai Police Station.
Ma Jifa, Deputy Director of Zhongan Branch of the Police Department: 86-13897867599
Yang Zhijun, Director of the Police Station: 86-416-6630299
22. [Chongqing] Mr. Liang Guangwei Arrested
At 5:00 p.m. on September 19, Mr. Liang Guangwei was arrested from home, and his home was ransacked. Gaoxin District Police Department: 86-32-68600399 ext. 8206
23. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] The Persecution of Ms. Tan Shuqin
Ms. Tan Shuqin from Jiangan District is in her fifties. On January 8, 2009, she was arrested by personnel from the Laodong Street Police Station. That same night, she was sent to the First Detention Center of Wuhan City.
On June 12, 2009, Ms. Tan was secretly sentenced to four years of unlawful imprisonment. At the end of August, she was sent to Wuhan Women's Prison. In early September, Ms. Tan's family was notified that she was in the Women's Prison. However, when her family went to visit her, the prison guards refused to let them in and kept them outside the gate.
24. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] The Persecution of Ms. Zhang Chengzhen
Ms. Zhang Chengzhen was arrested and taken to a forced labor farm in 2007. She was injected with unknown drugs there. They put unknown drugs in her food as well. Afterwards, Ms. Zhang was shivering and urinating blood. She was being watched 24 hours a day. Every day, Ms. Zhang was forced to work for 16 hours. If she did not do as ordered, they would increase her term of detention.
25. [Qianan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Fengzhen Arrested
Ms. Li Fengzhen is in her sixties and from Jianchangying Daguo Village in Qianan City. At 9:30 a.m. on September 18, 2009, she was arrested by police from Jianchangying Police Station and perpetrators from the Qianan City Domestic Security Division. Currently Ms. Li is illegally detained at the Laozhongzi Company Brainwashing Center in Qianan City.
Yan Yulin, Head of Qianan City 610 Office and the brainwashing center: 86-13603153659, 86-315-7898663, 86-315-7639612
Peng Minghui, Head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-13832984718
26. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Ma Guizhen and Ma Xifeng Arrested
On August 18, 2009, Ms. Ma Guizhen from Xinmi City was arrested. On September 16, Ms. Ma Xifeng was arrested.
27. [Huaihua City, Hubei Province] Ms. Yan Suixian Arrested
On September 9, 2009, the homes of several practitioners from the Tielupian District of Huaihua City were ransacked. Amongst them, Ms. Yan Suixian and Ms. Liao Yuanmei were arrested prior to the Olympics Games and were sent to a forced labor camp. Recently they were released from Zhuzhou City. Now they have been arrested again. Ms. Liao was sent home the same day. At this time nobody is aware of Ms. Yan's whereabouts. In addition, the homes of a practitioner in the North District with the last name of Chen and another practitioner's home, Ms. Li Chunhua, were ransacked.
28. [Meishan City, Sichuan Province] Police from Wansheng Town and Qinjia Town Harassing Practitioners
Since July 20, 2009, police officers from the Qinjia Town Police Station have been constantly harassing practitioners. On July 20, police officer Fan Fujun led a group of police to harass practitioner Ms. Chen Sufang. They ransacked her home and attempted to arrest her, but she was not around and they could not find any Dafa materials.
At 10:30 a.m. on September 15, five police officers from the Qinjia Police Station went to Ms. Chen's home to harass her again.
Many police officers from Wansheng Township were sent to the homes of Ms. Liu Yufang, Ms. Yang Rong and Ms. Hao Shuhua. Some returned multiple times. Some officers attempted to ransack practitioners' homes. The families did not let them in and the police's attempts were unsuccessful.
29. [Longhua County, Hebei Province] Police from the Domestic Security Division Attempting to Persecute Mr. Yu Zhuhai Again
On the morning on September 1¸ 2009, Zhang Pengfei, the head of the Domestic Security Division from the Fengning County Police Department of Hebei Province, along with Wang Shumin from the Domestic Security Division of the Longhua County Police Department, went to Hanmaying Township Office of Longhua County. They were attempting to arrest practitioner Mr. Yu Zhuhai who works in the town office.
30. [Miyi City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wang Mingzhen Arrested by Domestic Security Division and Her Daughter Afraid to Go to School
On September 12, 2009, Ms. Wang Mingzhen's house was ransacked by Yang Zihua of the Domestic Security Division. They took away two copies of Zhuan Falun and truth-clarification materials. Ms. Wang was arrested and was released in the afternoon.
After Ms. Wang was arrested, the police forced her 11-year-old daughter (a fifth grader) to tell which school she went to. The child had witnessed her own mother being arrested and she was so traumatized that she cried and ran to her grandmother's home. The next day, she was too frightened to go to school.
In another instance of persecution, practitioner Ms. Gong Zhihui's house was ransacked by policeman Yang Zihua.
31. [Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Chen Meilan Arrested
Ms. Chen Meilan from Zhenjiang City was arrested on August 21 by police from the Chengguan Police Station of Dantuxin District and sent to Zhenjiang Detention Center. On August 4, Ms. Chen's house was ransacked.