Three Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested and Detained in Shenzhen

(Minghui.org) Two police officers followed three Falun Gong practitioners to a KFC restaurant, and then called for reinforcements to come arrest them and take them away. Even though one of the practitioners had symptoms of tuberculosis, all three were admitted to a detention center and ill-treated.

Ms. Yang Bin, Ms. Chen Xiaoping (both from Shenzhen) and Ms. Ling Honghua, 58, (who was visiting relatives in Shenzhen from Hubei Province), were followed by two plainclothes officers to the Dachong area of the High-Tech Industrial Park in the Nanshan District on the afternoon of March 11, 2015.

As the women were eating, the police called for help to arrest them. They were taken to Gaoxin Police Station in the Nanshan District.

Handcuffed all night, the practitioners were taken to the Nanshan District Detention Center the following day. Ms. Ling exhibited symptoms of tuberculosis, leading detention center staff to refuse to admit her three times.

Undeterred, the police took her to a section of the Nanshan Hospital affiliated with the detention center. She was forced to wear restraints during the two days she spent in the hospital. She was then admitted to the detention center on orders from higher authorities.

The three practitioners refused to be fingerprinted or to wear uniforms. Police and inmates acting on police orders abused the practitioners by twisting their arms, bending their fingers, pulling their hair, and depriving them of sleep. The practitioners refused to answer any questions or sign anything. They did the Falun Gong exercises and clarified the truth to everyone they encountered.

The Nanshan District 610 Office and Domestic Security Division are behind the arrests, abuse, and detention. The Nanshan District Procuratorate issued official arrest notices on April 17.

Extra personnel were stationed at the police station. Officials kept their badges hidden and did not give their names when carrying out their interrogations. Their signatures were unrecognizable. They have tried to keep everything about the case secret. The officer in charge of the case is about 30 years old, and his last name is Li.

Parties involved in the persecution:Gaoxin Police Station: [phone], [phone]Ke Meng (柯孟), head of the No. 2 Investigation Team of the police station, also in charge of this caseWang Li (王立), deputy secretary of the Nanshan District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, head of the Nanshan District 610 Office: [phone],86-13802223388Fu Zhansheng (付占生), head of the Political Security Section of the Nanshan District Police DepartmentThe Domestic Security Division of the Nanshan District Police Department:[phone]The Nanshan District Detention Center: [phone], [phone]The Nanshan District Procuratorate: [phone], [phone] (Fax)