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Latest News from China - September 16, 2004

Oct. 9, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

  1. [Heilongjiang Province] Seventeen Falun Dafa Practitioners in Heilongjiang's Women's Prison on Hunger Strike For Almost Half a Year
  2. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Rescue of Fellow Practitioner Shao Minggang
  3. [Jiangsu Province] Lianyungang Staff from the "610 Office" Secretly Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioners
  4. [Anhui Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Guo Aixin Arrested
  5. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Nancheng Police Station Arrest Practitioners
  6. [Tianjin City] Practitioners and the Couple Ms. Zhou Huiying and Mr. Zhang Youquan Arrested While Supporting Falun Gong in Public
  7. [Beijing] Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Huaichin Is Arrested While Clarifying the Truth about Falun Gong
  8. [Guilin City, Guangxi Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Chen Moru Is Arrested by Policemen of Sanlidian Police Station
  9. [Beijing] Falun Dafa Practitioner Jiang Ruishan Is Arrested
  10. [Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province] Li Chunxiao and His Family Are Forced to Move Out of Their Home By Police from the Acheng Yuquan Town Police Station
  11. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner He Jihming Is Detained
  12. [Yuzhou City, Henan Province] The Principal of the Yuzhou City Second Senior High School Duan Guofu Persecutes the School's Practitioners
  13. [Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province] Practitioner Chen Yujie Is Detained for Over Four Months
  14. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Several Practitioners Are Detained

1. [Heilongjiang Province] Seventeen Falun Dafa Practitioners in Heilongjiang's Women's Prison on Hunger Strike For Almost Half a Year

As of date, there are 461 Falun Dafa practitioners imprisoned in the Heilongjiang Women's Prison. Since March 1, 2004, Liu Liping, Wang Hongjie, Ding Yu, Zhang Shuzhe, around seventeen Falun Dafa practitioners have been on a hunger strike to protest the unlawful persecution. Since then, they have been held in solitary confinement. They are cruelly force-fed three times daily. The policemen beat them inhumanly if they do not cooperate. They also suffer the torture "Carrying a Sword on the Back (1)." This torture method is used in the solitary compartment, where the practitioners cannot even stand upright. The practitioners are forced to remain naked. The policemen rip the clothes violently off the practitioners and burn them. Seventeen Falun Dafa practitioners have already been on a hunger strike for around six months, and their lives are in danger. They are imprisoned at Bajianqu in solitary confinement.

The administrators of Heilongjiang Province Women's Prison are Liu Ziqiang and Xu Longjiang

2. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Rescue of Fellow Practitioner Shao Minggang

Falun Dafa Practitioner Shao Minggang is imprisoned in the Liaoning Province Jinzhou Correctional Center. He has been on hunger strike for a number of days, and he has become emaciated. He is taken to an emergency ward in Jinzhou Town Center Hospital for force-feeding from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. daily, by the number G00087 police patrol car. This has been happening for the last two weeks. Policemen use handcuffs to shackle him and another convict together in order to prevent him from running away.

Jinzhou Town Center Hospital: 86-416-2393152

Jinzhou Correctional Center

Director Gao's office: 86-416-2393026, 86-416-2326095

Director Jin's office: 86-416-2393108

Secretary Lu's office: 86-416-2393032

3. [Jiangsu Province] Lianyungang Staff from the "610 Office" Secretly Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioners

Starting on July 20, 2004, members of the "610 Office" in Jiangsu Province's Lianyungang City have arrested several Falun Dafa practitioners. Eight arrest warrants were signed and issued to the Lianyungang City Police Station. There was no legal reason for the arrest of practitioners. Not even their family members know where they are.

Falun Dafa practitioners who were arrested include Du Xiuju, Jiao Jiagan, Liu Shuye, Liu Henai, Zhong Chongbing and Yu Yao. The name of one of the arrested practitioners is unknown. They are all imprisoned in the Lianyungang City Detention Center.

These arrests were broadcasted by the city's radio station as important news.

4. [Anhui Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Guo Aixin Arrested

One of the staff members of Anhui Province's Jiansan Company, Guo Aixin, is a Falun Gong practitioner. On the morning of September 10, ten people from the Wuhulu police station, Wuhulu street committee, and Jiansan Company arrested him. He has been on a huger strike and his life is in danger.

On September 10, the Secretary of Anhui Province Jiansan Company and about ten people from the Wuhulu street Committee and Wuhulu police station broke into Mr. Yu Fengju's house (the dorm of Jiansan Company at building #12, room # 205) without legal justification. These people did not identify themselves or provide legal documents. They forcibly took away Yu Fengju's wife Ms. Guo Aixin and detained her at the Baohe Communist Party School.

Yu Fengju and Guo Aixin did not break any law. During the violent abduction, they injured Yu Fengju's arm and locked his 75-year-old mother inside the room, ignoring the elderly lady's pleading.

Some of the responsible personnel include Zhen Zhong, Yao Bin, Yuan Shengqiu, Peng Zhoulin, Yu Mengsheng and district policeman Deng Xianhui.

5. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Nancheng Police Station Arrest Practitioners

Police from Nancheng Police Station arrested practitioner Yu Shujin and detained him in Shulan Detention Center. They interrogated him through torture, and Yu Shujin was severely injured during the process.

When Yu Shujin's family members went to the detention center to visit him, the police refused, fearing that their acts of torture would be exposed. Moreover, the police ransacked Yu Shujin's home and took away a lot of their valuables.

The police broke into another practitioner's home while that practitioner was not at home. The police turned the home upside down and even took away a gas tank. The value of the items confiscated totaled more than 10,000 yuan. When the practitioner came back home, the landlord told him that it was the police from the Shulan City National Security Team that did it.

6. [Tianjin City] Practitioners and the Couple Ms. Zhou Huiying and Mr. Zhang Youquan Arrested While Supporting Falun Gong in Public

Recently, the couple Ms. Zhou Huiying and Mr. Zhang Youquan (both are practitioners) from Beichen District of Tianjin City were reported to the police while showing support for Falun Gong in public.

7. [Beijing] Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Huaichin Is Arrested While Clarifying the Truth about Falun Gong

In the afternoon of August 22, Falun Gong practitioner Wang Huaijin, who lived in Dongzhaitang village, Mentougou area, Beijing, was arrested when she distributed Falun Dafa truth clarifying materials in a mountainous area. The police then confiscated her house. Furthermore, they forced her to reveal the names of other Falun Gong practitioners. The same day, the police had Wang Huaijin, while wearing handcuffs, direct them to another practitioner's home. Soon after that, the police confiscated his home too. That Falun Gong practitioner was forced to become homeless.

The telephone number of the Mentougou police station in Beijing:

86-10-69851110 (office)

86-10-69842064 (public security area)

8. [Guilin City, Guangxi Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Chen Moru Is Arrested by Policemen of Sanlidian Police Station

Policemen of Sanlidian Police Station in Gueilin city recently arrested Falun Dafa practitioner Chen Moru of Gueilin City, Guangxi Province. He is now imprisoned in Guangxi Jinjiling Detention Center.

9. [Beijing] Falun Dafa Practitioner Jiang Ruishan Is Arrested

Mr. Jiang Ruishan, 59 years old, lives in the dorm of China Bank, Qixian Village, Haidian Area, Beijing City. On the morning of May 23, 2004, policemen from the Haitien area Enjizhuang police station arrested him.

On June 30, 2004, he was sentenced to two and a half years of forced labor. His family was not informed about the verdict until August 1.

10. [Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province] Li Chunxiao and His Family Are Forced to Move Out of Their Home By Police From the Acheng Yuquan Town Police Station

On August 19, 2004, the head of the Yuquan town police station Wang Yuehshan and policeman Di Yufei went to Falun Dafa Practitioner Li Chunxiao's home. They told him and his family to leave Yuquan Town. Li Chunxiao and his family refused, given that there was no legality to this request. Di Yufei threatened him and said, "If you do not leave, we will find gangsters to destroy your house." Li Chunxiao was forced to become homeless, leaving his wife and son behind. However, the police continued to harass his family.

11. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner He Jihming Is Detained

In March of 2004, Falun Dafa practitioner He Jihming of Hefei Province was arrested after the police followed him while he rode a bicycle. The local "610 Office" handcuffed her on the "Dead Person's Bed" for several days and tortured her severely. They unlawfully sent her to Zhangfeng Detention Center for three months without legal evidence. She was then transferred to the First Prison in Hefei City. Now, the police has turned "evidence" they had fabricated over to the People's Court in Baohe Area, Hefei City. The court is going forward with the trial.

Phone number for the People's Court in Baohe Area, Hefei City: 86-551-5530514

12. [Yuzhou City, Henan Province] The Principal of the Yuzhou City Second Senior High School Duan Guofu Persecutes the School's Practitioners

Duan Guofu, the Principal of the Yuzhou City Second Senior High School in Henan Province, male, around 40 years old, aggressively participates in persecuting Falun Dafa practitioners.

Ms. Li Xiangzhen, a retired employee of the Yuzhou City Second Senior High, around 50 years old, is very kind-hearted. She has benefited physically and mentally by cultivating Falun Dafa. Her husband passed away some time ago, leave a son behind. Her son works in Xuchang City, and after her retirement, she moved in with her son. In August of 2004, Li was detained in the Xuchang City prison for half a month for clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to people. After being released from prison, Duan Guofu, the Principal of Yuzhou Second Senior High, where she had been employed, instigated staff from the Political Protection Department of the Yuzhou City police station to bring her back. He ordered Li Xiangzhen to return from Xuchang to Yuzhou. Two staff members were assigned to monitor her daily and tried to force her to give up her belief. Li Xiang was monitored by two female staff members living in the school. She was not allowed to communicate to those outside of the school and had her freedom severely restricted.

Related phone numbers:

Office of the Second Senior High school: 86-374-8182032, 2768201

Principal Duan Guofu: 86-13598993237 (mobile phone)

13. [Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province] Practitioner Chen Yujie Is Detained for Over Four Months

Because she refused to give up Falun Gong, Nanjing City practitioner Ms. Chen Yujie was denied her salary by the working unit. Ms. Chen kept telling people the facts about Falun Gong, and about the persecution that was established based on lies and hate-propaganda from China's stated-controlled media.

The Nanjing City "610 Office" has persecuted Ms. Chen many times. Currently, Ms. Chen has been detained at the Nanjing City Brainwashing Center for over four months. The perpetrators have no legal documents to support their illegal actions.

14. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Several Practitioners Are Detained

Practitioner Zhao Xiushun is from Zhaojia Village, Gucheng Town, Shouguang City, Weifang of Shandong Province. He was taken away from home on September 9, 2004. Ms. Li Chunling and Ms. Zhao Yuxiang are from Dali village, Suji, Shouguang City, Weifang of Shandong Province. They were abducted on the evening of September 10, 2004.

On August 29 and September 7 respectively, practitioners Ms. Liu Hongmei and Ms. Liu Chuanmei were arrested. In less than six months, the Shouguang Court has given harsh sentences to eight Shouguang City practitioners.

Related phone numbers:

Director of "610 Office" Cheng Angang: 86-536-5260610 (Office), 86-13869690596

(Cell), 86-536- 5232618 (Home)

Main responsible person persecuting Falun Gong practitioners: Li Tongzhong 86-536-5980484

Secretary of Politics and Law Committee: Yang Shusen 86-536- 5265981, 86-13869630996 (Cell), 86-536-5266618

Note:

(1) Carrying a Sword on the Back - The practitioner's hands are tied behind his back with one hand over the shoulder and the other hand against the lower back. The police then apply a great deal of force to pull the two hands toward one another and handcuff the two hands together.