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Latest News from China - 07/11/2003

July 22, 2003

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1. [Baoding, Hebei Province] Over 20 Dafa Practitioners Who Took Part in Broadcasting Truth Clarification Will Be Illegally Sentenced

Over 20 Dafa practitioners who took part in broadcasting Dafa TV programs in Baoding were arrested by police officers on August 27, 2002. They endured torture, and were then detained at the Xushui Detention Center. It has been more than ten months since their arrests, and in that time, no family visits have been allowed. According to reliable sources, they will be illegally sentenced in the near future.

2. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Dafa practitioner Mr. Lu Zheng Has Been On Hunger Strike for 11 Days

Dafa practitioner Mr. Lu Zheng was illegally abducted to the Provincial Brainwashing Center (located in Miaoshan) by the "610 Office."* By July 9, 2003, he had already been on a hunger strike for 11 days to protest the illegal detention.

* "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 and judiciary systems.

3. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Local "610 Office" Mobilizes in a New Round of Persecution against Dafa Practitioners

Under pressure from Jiang's regime, government officials of all levels have held meetings, and drafted and delivered documents to plan intensified persecution of Dafa practitioners with the pretext of "maintaining stability." The "610 Office" of Huludao City intended to send determined Dafa practitioners who have been released from forced labor camps and jails, and who were forced to leave home, to brainwashing centers. They are also attempting to disrupt the truth clarification efforts of Dafa practitioners.

4. [Beijing City] Please Rescue Beijing Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Hongru

In August 2002, Mr. Zhang Hongru was captured by the police of Chongwen Public Security Branch. He was detained at both the Chongwen Branch Detention Center and the Changping Detention Center of the Dongcheng Public Security Branch. He is still being held in illegal detention, and his current whereabouts and situation are unknown.

Phone numbers of responsible police:
The Police Brigade of the Chongwen Public Security Branch: 86-10-67125931, extension 2351
The Changping Detention Center of the Dongcheng Public Security Bureau: 86-10-80724681

5. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioners Are Secretly Sentenced or Transferred; Their Situation Is Unknown

Without notifying family members, the Fushun City authorities have secretly sentenced or transferred detained Dafa practitioners at alternate locations; the whereabouts of many Dafa practitioners who have been detained for one to two years is unknown.

6. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Qu Cailing Will be Sent to the Dabei Jail in Shenyang

Ms. Qu Cailing, along with several other Dafa practitioners who were illegally detained at the Second Detention Center of Fushun City, have been illegally sentenced to terms of varying length. They have been sent to the Dabei Jail at Shyang City, Liaoning Province in recent days for further persecution.

7. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Police Officer Xu Changfa's Crimes of Persecuting Dafa Practitioners

Xu Changfa is the head of the Desheng Police Station at the Dalian Development Zone. Since he assumed office in 2001 he has participated on several occasions in the persecution of Dafa practitioners. He targeted Dafa practitioners who had been detained or fined as much as 2,000 Yuan* for appealing to the government. On any "sensitive" days, he would force those practitioners to sign and leave fingerprints on the documents they had prepared. If a practitioner refused, several police officers would force him to put his fingerprint on the document. Before the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Xu Changfa illegally arrested three Dafa practitioners. When arresting the practitioners, Xu ordered Meng Xianchun, the Security Director of the Xijin Village, Desheng Township, to drag a 60 year old female Dafa practitioner from the farm field to the police vehicle. The practitioner's shoes were lost in the process of her being dragged. Witnesses could not bear the scene. Among the three, two were sent to forced labor camps, and one was forced to leave home to avoid persecution. After the practitioner had left home, Xu continued to frequently harass their family members. Xu even went to arrest that practitioner during Chinese New Year, as well as when the practitioner's father passed away. In 2003, Xu arrested four other Dafa practitioners, one of whom escaped and had to leave home. The other three were sent to a brainwashing class, and were charged a sizable 120 Yuan per day.

* Yuan is the Chinese currency. The average monthly salary of an urban worker in China is 500 Yuan.

8. [Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Liaoning Province] Dafa practitioner Ms. Gao Rongrong Is Illegally Arrested

In the morning on June 22, 2003, Ms. Gao was illegally arrested by police officers. Gao Rongrong has helped Mr. Xu Zhiyang, who is a Dafa practitioner and graduate student in the same school, to rejoin the course of Fa-rectification. But the leaders of the school reported Gao to the City "610 Office," and collaborated with the Xinxing Street Police Station to have her arrested. Xu Zhiyang was sent to a brainwashing class to be brainwashed by collaborators* Ms. Tian Lirong and Ms. Sun Lili.

* Collaborators are former Falun Gong practitioners who have turned against Dafa due to brainwashing and torture.

A partial list of phone numbers of the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts:
President: Wei Ershen, 86-24-23937834
Chinese Communist Party Secretary: Zhang Cheng, 86-24-23931585
Deputy President, Tian Kuiyu, 86-24-23933799
Li Baoqun, 86-24-23931712
Ma Shulin, 86-24-23944588

9. [Donggang City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhang Chenji and Ms. Jiang Shuxian Are Arrested After Being Reported on For Clarifying the Truth about Dafa

Mr. Zhang Chenji and Ms. Jiang Shuxian were reported to authorities while they clarified the truth of Dafa to people. On June 26, 2003 they were illegally arrested by police officers from the Changshan Police Station.

Phone of the Changshan Police Station: 86-415-7872281, 86-415-7872374

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10. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioners Wang Yushan and Cao Yue Are Illegally Arrested

On July 5, 2003, Ms. Wang Yushan and Ms. Cao Yue from the Bajiazi Township were unlawfully arrested and sent to the County Detention Center.

Phone numbers of the units involved in the persecution:
Bajiazi Township Public Security Bureau Branch: 86-429-7530005 (office), 86-429-7530536
Jianchang County Detention Center: 86-429-7122457

11. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Supplementary Information About Dafa Practitioner Xiong Wenyi

Mr. Xiong Wenyi is 34 years old. At about 5 p.m. on June 3, 2003, he told fellow Dafa practitioners that he went to pick up some items from a material producing location. After he left, he was tailed by a Taxi (He drove a Jinbei minivan, plate number Hubei-ACD921. The van costs 80,000 Yuan). After he discovered that he was being followed, he stopped his van and switched to a motorcycle to try to get rid of his pursuer. After he arrived home, he again went out at about 8 p.m. He has not been heard from since, and his whereabouts, as well as the whereabouts of his minivan are unknown.

12.[Changping District, Beijing City] A Truth Clarification Material Production Site Is Destroyed and Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wang Yipeng Is Kidnapped

At the end of May, a Dafa truth clarification material operation was destroyed by police officers, and Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wang Yipeng was kidnapped.

13. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Dafa Practitioners Ms. Li Cuiping and Ms. Song Ling Are on a Hunger Strike at the Feidong Detention Center

Around May 30, 50 year-old Ms. Li Cuiping and 75 year-old Ms. Song Ling were reported to authorities while they were delivering Dafa truth-clarifying materials, and were arrested by police officers. They are now detained at the Feidong Detention Center and are on a hunger strike. Additionally, Song Ling's home was searched by police officers.

14. [Liuan City, Anhui Province] The Public Security Bureau Hires Gangsters to Persecute Dafa Practitioners

At the end of April 2003, police hired local gangsters to break down the steel door of Dafa practitioner Ms. Shao Bixia's home. Since the steel door was too strong and could not be infiltrated, they jumped over the walls and broke in to Shao's home to illegally arrest her. Shao was later illegally sentenced to three years in a forced labor camp. This is the second three-year sentence she has received.

Sources report that during this period of time, the Police Department has been hiring hooligans to supervise and monitor Dafa practitioners.

Some relevant phone numbers:
The Yuan District Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-564-3312745
Secretary of the Yuan District Political and Judiciary Committee: Chen Jiuduo, 86-564-3317415 (home)
Police officer of the Yuan District: Zhang Qun, 86-564-3285931 (home), 86-138-05645298 (mobile)

15. [Quzhou County, Hebei Province] Police Officers Arbitrarily Detain and Extort Money From Dafa Practitioners

Under pressure from Jiang's regime, the Anzhai Township Police Station frequently arrest, beat, curse, and extort money from Dafa practitioners without just cause. In March 2003, police officers went to Dafa practitioners' homes several times to demand thousands of Yuan, saying that a failure to pay would result in the practitioners being sent to forced labor camps. The families said they had no money, so the police illegally arrested the Dafa practitioners.

16. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Dafa Practitioners Ms. Guo Lihua, Ms. Han Guixia, and Their Family Members Are Persecuted

Recently, Ms. Guo Lihua, her husband Li Dongshen, their son Daguo (infant name), and daughter Li (not a Falun Gong practitioner), together with Ms. Han Guixia and her son (a primary school student) were illegally arrested and detained at the Second Detention Center of Hegang City. Within one week, Guo's husband and daughter were released. Han's son was released after she was extorted of 200 Yuan by police officers.

17. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Fu Yu Is Illegally Kidnapped

Recently, Dafa Practitioner Fu Yu was illegally arrested when he went out of her home.

18. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Dafa Practitioner Mr. Mao Jinxian Is Illegally Abducted to the Brainwashing Center of Sanshui Forced Labor Camp

On the morning of July 9, 2003, the Tianhe "Law School" (A Brainwashing Team), Tianhe South Street Residential Office, and officers from the Tianhe South Street Police Station went to the home of Dafa practitioner Mao Jinxian and abducted him under the premise of wanting to talk with him. According to a reliable source, he has been illegally sent to the brainwashing center in the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp, Guangdong Province.

19. [Huaiji, Guangdong Province] Crimes of the "610 Office" in Persecuting Dafa Practitioners

In 2002, before the "16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party," the Huaiji "610 Office" illegally searched Dafa practitioners' homes and confiscated their Dafa books and materials. Practitioners who had gone to Beijing to appeal or who had been detained in the past were detained again. Other practitioners, even one who had only learned to practice two days prior, were sent to brainwashing sessions. Since Dafa practitioners resisted the brainwashing with determination, the class carried on for 12 days before it was finally ended.

In March 2003, during the time of the National People's Congress and the Political Consultative Conference, the "610 Office" again arrested Dafa practitioners. Among them, Liu Ruqiao and Ma Weibiao were detained, and their whereabouts are currently unknown.

Police officer responsible for the persecution:
Xu Rongxin: 86-13827568031 (mobile), 86-757-85583210 (office)

20. [Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province] Local "610 Office" Changes Its Name

Recently, the Zhanjiang City "610 Office" changed its name to the "Zhanjiang City Committee of Social Stability and Security."

Members of the Zhanjiang City "610 Office" include: Zhong Dong, Chen Jun, Huang Wei, He Youqiao, and Deng Hong.

Among the members, Zhong Dong has actively taken part in illegally arresting Dafa practitioners and destroying material producing sites. On July 6 of the previous year, he was able to illegally arrest Dafa practitioner Zhuo Gangshen and his wife by creating a collision accident. The couple is still detained.

21. [Nanan District, Chongqing City] The Crimes of Police Officer Wangjun in Persecuting Dafa Practitioners

Mr. Wang Jun, in his 30's, was formerly a police officer at the Danzishi-Dafuodan Police Station, Nanan District. He has now has been transferred to the Public Security Bureau Branch. In December 1999 and 2000, he sent two local Dafa practitioners to the Chongqing City Women's Detention Center for illegal detention.

His phone: 86-23-62829826

July 10, 2003