(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 18 cities or counties in 12 provinces. In this report, 32 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 21 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Jiang Xiaoying Taken to Psychiatric Section and Severely Abused
Ms. Jiang Xiaoying, around 50 years old, was formerly a nurse at the Jiujiang City No. 5 Hospital. She has been detained or taken to a forced labor camp on numerous occasions because of her firm belief in Falun Dafa. Officials forced her husband to divorce her, and their son is now part of a broken home. After the extension of her forced labor term, Ms. Jiang was taken to the Jiujiang City No. 5 Hospital, where she was held at a psychiatric facility. She was beaten, threatened and otherwise mentally abused. The doctors fed her unknown drugs and she has been injected with unidentified fluids.
Home number of Mr. Jiang Hesheng, Ms. Jiang's elder brother: 86-792-5218061
2. [Yunnan Province] Mr. Han Zhenkun's Family Taken into Custody
On the afternoon of February 3, 2009, Mr. Han Zhenkun's parents and young wife went to the appeals office of the Yunnan Province 610 Office to find out how to appeal the harsh prison term given to Mr. Zhenkun. Officials of the 610 Office secretly called the Huashan Police Station. Several officers arrived from the police station and took into custody Mr. Han's wife and his 74-year-old father.
3. [Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Li Zikuan of Daqing No. 6 Oil Extraction Factory Taken to Prison Hospital
Mr. Li Zikuan, an employee of the Daqing No. 6 Oil Extraction Factory, was unlawfully sentenced to three years in prison. On January 14, he was taken to an orientation team in the Hulan Prison. Because of the abuse he sustained, he had to be taken to a prison hospital.
4. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhang Qinghua and Ms. Wu Naiying Unlawfully Held at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison
Ms. Zhang Qinghua was transferred from the Shenyang City Detention Center to the Liaoning Province Women's Prison in the Shenyang Prison Complex on January 13. Ms. Wu Naiying has also been held at the Shenyang Province Women's Prison.
5. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Xing Bo and Her Husband Mr. Meng Xianjun Taken into Custody
At 10:00 a.m. on February 6, officers from the Fulin Township Police Station in Tonghe County, Harbin City suddenly took into custody Ms. Xing Bo and her husband Mr. Meng Xianjun. The officers took a notebook computer and Falun Dafa materials from their home.
6. [Tianjin] Ms. Li Ling Held at Banqiao Forced Labor Camp
Ms. Li Ling, from Hedong District in Tianjin, is being held at the Banqiao Forced Labor Camp. She has recently developed symptoms of an illness.
7. [Tianjin] Nankai Court to Place Practitioners on Trial Again
On the morning of February 9, 2009, the Nankai Court is scheduled to place the following practitioners on trial again: Mr. Zhao Gang, Ms. Li Donglian, Ms. Zhang Shuxiang, Mr. Sun Yanliang, and Ms. Wang Yujing.
8. [Sanhe City, Hebei Province] Mr. Meng Zhaomin Taken into Custody
At around 10:00 p.m. on February 5, 2009, Mr. Meng Zhaomin was taken into custody at his photo studio by several officers from the Sanhe Domestic Security Division. He was later unlawfully placed under detention on criminal charges. He is being held at the Sanhe City Detention Center.
Fu Lijun, chief of the Sanhe City Police Department: 86-316-3219798 (Office),
86-13931680999 (Cell), 86-316-8335999 (Home)
Shi Liandong, head of the Domestic Security Division of the Sanhe City Police
Department: 86-316-3115636 (Home), 86-13803269588 (Cell)
Meng Hongli, director of the detention center affiliated with the Sanhe City
Police Department: 86-316-3652991-8008 (Office), 86-13703160433 (Cell),
86-316-3232298 (Home)
9. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Zhao Yuhuan Remains in Custody in Beijing
Ms. Zhao Yuhua, a Chinese language teacher at the Qinhuangdao No. 7 Middle School, was unlawfully taken into custody by officers from Yinghua Avenue in Beijing on November 29, 2008 and she remains in custody. She was first taken to the Chaoyang District Detention Center before being transferred to the Beijing Municipal Detention Center. Ms. Zhao was on a hunger strike and had to be taken to the No. 999 Emergency Rescue Center. Her condition and whereabouts are unknown.
Teng Jing, Division of the Preliminary Investigation of the Beijing
Municipal: 86-10-87395242
Zhang Ying (gender unknown), Division of the Preliminary Investigation of the
Chaoyang District Police Department: 86-10-65484872
10. [Linzhou City, Henan Province] Additional Information on the Unlawful Sentencing of Three Practitioners
On December 20, 2007, the police sabotaged a Falun Dafa materials production site in Linzhou City. Mr. Shen Meilin, Ms. Feng Junhong, Ms. Feng Xiaoying, Mr. Feng Youfu, Mr. Li Dongliang, Ms. Guo Linying, Mr. Li Jiangsu, and Mr. Yang Jianjun were taken into custody. The eight practitioners were held at the Linzhou Detention Center.
On October 13, 2008, the Linzhou City Court secretly placed the eight practitioners on trial. On December 19, Ms. Feng Xiaoying, Mr. Feng Youfu, Mr. Li Dongliang, Ms. Guo Linying and Mr. Li Jiangsu were rescued and released from the prison. On January 14, 2009, the other three practitioners received heavy sentences. Mr. Yang Jianjun was unlawfully sentenced to 10 years in prison; Ms. Feng Junhong, 6 years; and Mr. Shen Meilin, 3 years.
Ding Qingshu, Party Secretary of the Linzhou City Political and Judiciary
Committee: 86-372-6895386, 86-372-6808089 (Home), 86-13803721218 (Cell)
Zhang Shizhong, chief of the Linzhou City Police Department: 86-372-6070001
(Office), 86-372-2516699 (Home), 86-13803726699 (Cell)
Niu Guoqi, President of the Linzhou City Court: 86-372-6883086 (Office),
86-372-6162001 (Home), 86-13603722286 (Cell)
11. [Luzhou City, Sichuan Province] Two Practitioners Taken into Custody in Huairen County, Guizhou Province
Mr. Shi Delong, in his thirties, and another elderly male practitioner, both from Luzhou City, went to neighboring areas to tell others about Falun Dafa. On February 2, 2009, they were taken into custody by officers in Huaren County, Guizhou Province. They remain in custody in Huairen County.
12. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhou Hongmei and Other Practitioners Remain in Custody
Ms. Zhou Hongmei, Mr. Zhu Youshan, Ms. Liu Yuhong and Mr. Xiao Changsheng from Xinzhou District, Wuhan City were taken into custody on various occasions in April 2008. They have remained in custody.
Ding Xiaoguang, Political Instructor of the Domestic Security Division of the Xinzhou District Police Department, was actively involved in the persecution: 86-13317167667
13. [Chongxin County, Gansu Province] Mr. Wei Haijun Unlawfully Taken into Custody
Mr. Wei Haijun, from Chongxin County, Gansu Province, has worked odd jobs in Langfang City, Hebei Province. In October 2008, he went back to his hometown to process his residential identification card at the local police department. He was taken into custody at the police department and has been detained there.
Chief of the Chongxin County Police Department: 86-933-6121916
Political head of the Chongxin County Police Department: 86-933-6121715
14. [Shanghai] An Out-of-Town Practitioner Unlawfully Held at the Tilanqiao Prison
Mr. Gao Jifei, born in 1975, from Hangzhou City, is being held at the No. 4 Team in the No. 7 Ward in the Tilanqiao Prison, Shanghai. Mr. Gao has received a doctoral degree.
15. [Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Tang Suhua Remains in Hohhot Women's Forced Labor Camp
Ms. Tang Suhua, 46, lives in Huangzhuang Town, Sanhe City, Hebei Province. In October 2004, the Sanhe police tried to sentence Ms. Tang and two other practitioners to prison. Ms. Tang was forced to leave town and she went to Beijing to work odd jobs. On July 25, 2008, officers from the Shuangyushu Police Station in Haidian District, Beijing, took her into custody outside the company where she works. Later, the police searched her home and they confiscated some Falun Dafa books and materials. Ms. Tang was taken to the Qinghe Detention Center in Beijing and held there for over a month. She was sentenced to two years of forced labor. Subsequently, she was transferred to the forced labor dispatching center in Daxing County, Beijing, and was held there for over two months. On January 17, 2009, she was transferred to the Hohhot Women's Forced Labor Camp in Inner Mongolia for continued abuse.
No. 1 Division of the Hohhot Women's Forced Labor Camp: 86-471-3392682
16. [Changfeng County, Anhui Province] Mr. Zhou Qingli Taken to Changfeng Detention Center
At around 10:30 p.m. on January 26, 2009 (Chinese New Year's Day), Mr. Zhou Qingli was taken to the Changfeng Detention Center by a group of police officers led by Meng Qianggen, head of the Changfeng County Domestic Security Division in Anhui Province. Mr. Zhou has been on a hunger strike for ten days in the detention center.
Police station: 86-551-6681762
Office of overnight patrol and custody: 86-551-6506419
17. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Practitioners Harassed by Domestic Security Police in Cheng'an County Prior to New Year's Day
Before January 1, 2009, Liu Jinjie and three other domestic security officers from the Cheng'an County Police Department in Handan City went to several practitioners' homes in the downtown area of Cheng'an County to search the homes and harass the practitioners. One elderly practitioner (gender unknown) tried to prevent the officers from taking away a VCD player. The practitioner was threatened by the officers and fell to the ground and passed out. The police also took personal items from the homes of two other practitioners. At the same time, Yang Hongbin, director of the Xicheng District Police Station in Cheng'an County, and other officers harassed practitioners in Nanpengliu Village and Linlibao Village.
Liang Haibin, chief of the Cheng'an County Police Department: 86-310-7210188
(Office), 86-13803107988 (Cell), 86-310-8060396 (Home)
Liu Jinjie, head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-310-7398686,
86-13315066938 (Cell)
Yang Hongbin, deputy head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-310-7217033
(Home)
18. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Mr. Li Kunping and His Wife Ms. Li Qian Both Unlawfully Sentenced to Prison
Ms. Li Qian, 38, lives in Kunming City. On April 6, 2008, she was turned in to the police while distributing truth clarification materials in Yongren County, Yunnan Province. She was taken into custody and held at the Yongren County Detention Center. On December 4, 2008, the Yongren County Court secretly tried Ms. Li without notifying her family. On January 19, 2009 she was unlawfully sentenced to three years in prison. Her husband Mr. Li Kunping was also sentenced to four years in prison. Their two young children, one six years old and the other three years old, and Ms. Li's parents, in their eighties, have been left unattended.
19. [Hebei Province] Recent Situation of Practitioners Held in Hebei Province Women's Forced Labor Camp
About 300 to 400 practitioners are being held in four divisions of the Hebei Province Women's Forced Labor Camp. Each division is on a different floor. Those who are firm in their belief are being held on the first and the fourth floors, with around 80 practitioners on each floor. Ms. Li Xiuxia, 63, from Shijiazhuang City, has been deprived of sleep and she has bruises all over her body. Ms. Gao Junhong, from Luquan City, was held in solitary confinement for over 20 days. She was given only a small bun at each meal. Her wrists were handcuffed to heating pipes in such a way that she could not stand up or sit down. Over 40 practitioners were beaten with charged electric batons, kicked, punched, or given meals mixed with unknown drugs.
20. [Yinan County, Shandong Province] Eight Practitioners Taken into Custody by Yinan County Police on January 16; Their Homes Unlawfully Searched
21. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Sanying Files Appeal at the Shijiazhuang City Intermediate Court
On January 21, 2009, the Xinhua District Court sentenced Ms. Wang Sanying to four years in prison. Two attorneys defended her innocence during the preliminary trial but she was sentenced. On February 5, Ms. Wang appealed the unlawful sentencing to the Shijiazhuang City Intermediate Court.
Dong Jianyi, vice president in charge of relevant cases at the Shijiazhuang
City Intermediate Court: 86-311-85187186
Wang, judge in charge of the trial of this case: 86-311-85187230
22. [Tianjin] Ms. Zhang Yuli Develops High Blood Pressure at Tianjin City Women's Prison Because of Abuse
23. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Ms. Lu Jiqin Taken into Custody on the Morning of February 4; Her Home Searched
Li Baoyuan, director of the Mengyin County 610 Office: 86-539-4811681,
86-13953958936 (Cell)
Sun Shu'ai (female), deputy director of the Mengyin County 610 Office:
86-539-4811681, 86-13173095056 (Cell)
Zhang Yong, head of the Domestic Security Division, in charge of the persecution
of practitioners in Mengyin County: 86-13953906866 (Cell)
24. [Shandong Province] Practitioners in Yishui County Taken into Custody and Money Extorted
On January 7, 2009, all practitioners in Yishui County were harassed by police officers. The police extorted cash and forcibly took their computers. Mr. Zhou Rong in Xiyuan Village, Shagou Town; Mr. Zhou Guisen and his wife in Wenzuo Village, Yishui Town; Mr. Zhang Jinlei and his brother Mr. Zhang Jinxing in Shangchangzhuang Village in Cuijiayu Town; and Mr. Zhao Mingjiang in Zhenbaoquan Village, Xujiahu Town were taken into police custody.
25. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Mr. Liu Hui Forced to Leave Town and Become Homeless
Mr. Liu Hui was the only senior support engineer at the Baoding Mobile Company. In October 2003, he was unlawfully taken into custody by the Baoding City Police Department. In December 2003, he was sentenced to forced labor. In the labor camp, two guards shocked him with two electric batons for extended periods of time. He was twice rushed to hospital when his life was in imminent danger. When he was held in the labor camp, the Baoding City 610 Office pressured the company he worked for to fire him. In order to avoid continued abuse, he has been forced to leave town and is homeless.
Ma Yong, head of the Domestic Security Division of the Baoding City Police
Department in charge of the persecution: 86-133333120899 (Cell), 86-13930881836
(Cell)
Ma Wenhe, director of the Baoding City 610 Office: 86-312-3089759 (Office),
86-312-3020706 (Home), 86-13603222316 (Cell)
Wu Xian, director of the Political Department in charge of the persecution of
Falun Gong: 86-312-3058789 (Office), 86-13333122222 (Cell)