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Latest News from China - 11/07/2002

Nov. 14, 2002

(Clearwisdom.Net)

[Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Falun Dafa Practitioners Resist an Illegal Trial to Uphold Justice

Falun Dafa practitioners Lan Qizhi, Zhao Lishan, Zhang Shijun, Niu Mingang, Liu Runlin (female), Yang Xiaojie, Zhang Linjiang, Shi Yan, were arrested on September 28, 2001, and each of them was severely tortured during interrogation. A secret trial was scheduled for mid-September of this year in the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court, but the trial went nowhere because of the practitioners' resistance.

Contact information for departments of the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court (Area code of the Shijiazhuang area is 311):

Party Committee of North Youyi Street Office Building: 86-311-7793244

The Political Department: 86-311-7797209

The Inspection Department: 86-311-7783411

No.1 Criminal Court: 86-311-7797341

No.2 Criminal Court: 86-311-7764145, 86-311-7794242

Fax: 86-311-7793240

[Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] The Brainwashing Center of the Daqing Petroleum Administrative Bureau Persecutes Innocent People

The brainwashing center established by the Daqing Petroleum Administrative Bureau has been persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners from the bureau's work units.

On November 6, practitioner Dai Yi from the refinery was arrested at work and sent to the brainwashing center. The total number of practitioners who have been sent to the center for brainwashing is not clear. Dai Yi was arrested at home early in the morning of September 6. He was detained in the Longfeng Detention Center in Daqing City for over a month. He was then transferred to the Daqing Detention Center, and later sent back home due to health problems. The November 6 arrest occurred less than ten days after he had returned to work. His wife Sheng Xiaoyun was arrested on September 6 as well. While she is being detained at the Daqing Detention Center, nobody is caring for their daughter, who is an elementary school student.

[Gong'an County, Hubei Province] Four Falun Dafa Practitioners Illegally Arrested and Sent to a Forced Labor Camp

In early November, the "610 Office" and the Public Security Bureau from Gong'an County arbitrarily arrested four Falun Gong practitioners and sent them to forced labor camp without going through legal procedures. Three of the practitioners were arrested at home and sent to the Shayang Forced Labor Camp simply because someone reported that they had clarified the truth of Falun Dafa somewhere a few weeks earlier. [The 610 Office is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political or judicial systems.]

[Wuji County, Hebei Province] Outstanding Teacher Geng Meiying Sent to Forced Labor Camp

Sixty-year-old Geng Meiying is retired, and she was known as an excellent teacher at the Jiaotouchun School in Wuji County of Hebei Province. On December 16, 2001, she was arrested for the second time and illegally detained for over three and a half months. On March 30, 2002, she was sent to the No.5 Team of the Shijiazhuang Forced Labor Camp for brainwashing. The authorities fined her 5,537 yuan (equal to nearly a year's wages of an average urban worker in China). Her husband, who was seriously ill and unable to care for himself, passed away on April 13, 2002.

[Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Yuhua Branch of the Public Security Bureau Arrests Practitioners Before the 16th Congress

A few days ago, policemen from the Yuhua Branch of the Public Security Bureau went to some Falun Dafa practitioners' homes to force them to write "guarantee statements." Their intention was to arrest anyone who refused to write the statement. A large number of practitioners have been arrested and sent to brainwashing classes. Ma Ximei from the Tangu Village has been sent to the brainwashing class held by the Tangu Police Substation. Jia, a teacher from the Geology Institute, has been sent to the brainwashing class held by the Huaidi Police Substation. A practitioner from the No.2 Machinery Plant has also been arrested.

The Law Inspection Committee of the Yuhua Area [consisting of several adjacent counties]: 86-311-3632066

The Law Inspection Committee: 86-311-8806706, 86-311-8806707, 86-311-8806708, 86-311-8806710

The Political & Judiciary Committee: 86-311-3600644, 86-311-3621571

The executive office of the People's Congress in the Yuhua Area: 86-311-3612592

The Public Security Bureau in the Yuhua Area: 86-311-3623117, 86-311-3635153, 86-311-3633195, 86-311-3622654, 86-311-3616983, 86-311-3616982, 86-311-3635420

The Tangu Police Substation: 86-311-5672842

The Huaidi Police Substation: 86-311-5875445

The local government of the Yuhua Area: 86-311-3633464, 86-311-3651671, 86-311-8606725

The Letters & Calls Department (for appeals): 86-311-3633364

[Kaifeng City, Henan Province] Police Stage Large-Scale Arrest of Falun Dafa Practitioners

Recently in Kaifeng City, the police have either detained or sent to the brainwashing center every Falun Dafa practitioner whose name they have on record.

[Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Wang Juyan Illegally Sentenced to Five Years in Jail

Wang Juyan is a Falun Dafa practitioner from Dongfengxinchun in Daqing City. She was arrested in mid-April for clarifying the truth about Falun Dafa, and has been detained at the Daqing Detention Center since then. She has been on hunger strike for several months, protesting against the persecution. Recently, she was secretly sentenced to five years in jail.

[Changchun City, Jilin Province] Police Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioner Liu Jingchun

Changchun Falun Dafa practitioner Liu Jingchun was arrested at home on October 26.

[Mainland China] Children Forced to Watch a Film Defaming Falun Dafa

A film defaming Falun Dafa is being shown at theaters around China. Children are being forced to watch the film and write essays about it. It is an outrage that impressionable children are being poisoned is such a way.

The big cinemas in Shenyang City have been showing this film since late October, and many teachers and students have been forced to watch the film.

[Jinan City, Shandong Province] A Policeman's Criminal Record

Shao Chunlei, male, around 38 years old, was in charge of the "610 Office" at the Central Branch of the Jinan Public Security Bureau. He has arrested quite a few Falun Dafa practitioners and sent many of them to forced labor camp. Due to his efforts in persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners, he has been promoted to the post of director of the Ganshiqiao Police Substation in Jinan City. His phone number: 86-531-2055489, 86-531-2063619