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Latest News from China - 06/21/2003

July 4, 2003

(Clearwisdom.net)

  • [Northern China] Falun Dafa Truth-Clarifying Banners Appear on the Street and in Residential Buildings in a City in Northern China
  • [Xinyi City, Jiangsu Province] Xinyi City Detention Center Illegally Detains Practitioners Indefinitely
  • [Xiamen City, Fujian Province] "610 Office" Plans a New Round of Brainwashing Sessions
  • [Handan City, Hebei Province] "610 Officials" Are Still Madly Persecuting Falun Dafa Practitioners

[Northern China] Falun Dafa Truth-Clarifying Banners Appear on the Street and Residential Buildings in a City in Northern China

While all of heaven and Earth celebrated the eleventh anniversary of Teacher's introduction of Falun Dafa to the world, practitioners in a Northern Chinese city hung up seven elaborate banners, made by fellow practitioners, on a prominent residential building. Two particularly attractive banners read "Welcome World Falun Dafa Day May 13th". The banners were at least 3.5 meters long and half a meter wide.

Remarkably, at 3:30 p.m., when the street was crowded with heavy traffic, a female practitioner displayed the wisdom of Dafa, hanging a banner that read "Falun Dafa is a righteous way" on an overpass. The banner was hung vertically at eye level, and many people passed by on their way to work. People commented," Falun Gong practitioners are really wise!" All seven big banners were hung during the daytime. Falun Dafa practitioners defy the evil and persistently clarify the truth to people, frightening the evil and showing Dafa's power.

[Xinyi City, Jiangsu Province] Detention Center Illegally Detains Practitioners Indefinitely

Mr. Xie Yinbin, a 57 year old Falun Dafa practitioner, is a resident of Honghuabu, Honghua Township, Yancheng County, Shandong Province. On May 21, 2003, he was illegally arrested by police in Xinyi City while distributing truth-clarifying materials in the neighboring Huangdun Village in Xinyi City, Jiangsu Province. He still has not been released from Xinyi City's Detention Center.

Another steadfast Dafa practitioner was also held in this detention center. Ms. Wei Xia, a practitioner around 30 years old is a resident of Xinyi City, Jiangsu Province. After July 20, she walked to Beijing twice to safeguard Dafa. She was arrested and illegally sentenced to 2 years of forced labor reeducation. Because she refused to write the so-called "Guarantee Letter" stating that she would stop practicing, she was not released even when her two-year term of forced labor reeducation ended. She is still being held in the detention center.

[Xiamen City, Fujian Province] "610 Office" Plans a New Round of Brainwashing Sessions

The Xiamen "610 Office" in Fujian Province is planning to hold a new round of brainwashing sessions. Several Falun Dafa practitioners in the local area have received the notice.

[Handan City, Hebei Province] "610 Officials" Are Still Madly Persecuting Practitioners

Falun Dafa practitioner Tong Cunshu, of Handan City, has been illegally held in No. 1 Detention Center in Handan City for nearly two years. Recently, he was secretly sentenced to 4 years in prison. Her brother, Tong Ruiqing, held a 12-day hunger strike in protest, and was illegally sentenced to 2 years of forced labor reeducation. Her brother was then sent to Handan City's Forced Labor Camp.