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Latest News From China -- July 11, 2004

July 27, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

  1. [Chongqing City] Dafa Practitioners Ms. Zhao Dezhen and Ms. Wu Xiuzhang are Abducted
  2. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Details of Dafa Practitioner Jin Feng's Arrest While Distributing Falun Gong Material
  3. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioner Kang Yunling is Arrested While Distributing Falun Gong Material
  4. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Dafa Practitioner Zhang Aimin is Taken from His Home to a Brainwashing Center
  5. [Chongqing City] Police from Beipei District Police Station Arrest Dafa Practitioners Zhou Decheng and His Wife
  6. [Zunhua City, Hebei Province] The Education Bureau of Zunhua City Forces Teachers and Students to Slander Falun Gong

1. [Chongqing City] Dafa Practitioners Ms. Zhao Dezhen and Ms. Wu Xiuzhang are Abducted

Dafa Practitioners Ms. Zhao Dezhen and Ms. Wu Xiuzhang of Wanshou Township, Tongnan County, Chongqing City were arrested on June 29 and 30, 2004.

Ms. Zhao Dezhen is over 40 years old, and was arrested while she was feeding her pigs at home. Ms. Wu Xiuzhang is over 70 years old. She was arrested while practicing Falun Gong exercises at home.

2. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Details of Dafa Practitioner Jin Feng's Arrest While Distributing Falun Gong Material

On the morning of July 1, 2004, Dafa Practitioner Jin Feng, from the Development Zone of Dalian City, distributed Falun Gong truth-clarification materials at Dalian Development Zone Hospital. Hospital security reported his activities to the Huanghai Road Police Station. Police officers Li Chenggong and Han Xiao arrested and took Jin Feng to the Huanghai Road Police Station, and later sent him to the Development Zone Detention Center (at Dahei Mountain).

In the afternoon, Han Xiao led five people to Jin Feng's home and tricked his family members into opening the door. Jin Feng's wife Xiao Liu tried to tell them the truth about Falun Dafa. An hour later, the police brought a search warrant and searched the home. They found Falun Gong books and an exercise music tape. Xiao Liu managed to retain the books using righteous thoughts, but the police confiscated the exercise music tape.

Huanghai Road Police Station telephone number: 86-411-87612694
Li Chenggong: 86-13700115980 (Cell)
Han Xiao: 86-13998672192 (Cell)

3. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Dafa Practitioner Kang Yunling is Arrested While Distributing Falun Gong Material

On the afternoon of July 5, 2004, Dafa practitioner Kang Yunling of Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province was arrested while distributing Falun Gong truth-clarification materials in Dongfeng County.

4. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Dafa Practitioner Zhang Aimin is Taken from His Home to a Brainwashing Center

On the morning of July 8, 2004, police chief Bao of Huaqiaojie Police Station in Jiangan District, Wuhan City, along with director Yang of the Huaqiaojie General Management Office, led people to break into the home of practitioner Zhang Aimin. They took Zhang Aimin to the Chenjiaji Brainwashing Center of Jiangan District. Zhang Aimin was previously illegally sentenced to three years of imprisonment. He was forced to work at the brickyard of Shayang Forced Labor Farm, Hubei Province. The mistreatment caused him to become disabled, and his eyesight has become very poor.

People directly responsible for the persecution:
Huaqiaojie Police Station: 86-27-85395527, 86-27-82617113

Responsible personnel:
Huaqiaojie General Management Office Director Yang: 86-27-82618774
Jiangan District "610 Office" (1) head Li Yingjie: 86-13517248291 (Cell)

5. [Chongqing City] Police from Beipei District Police Station Arrest Dafa Practitioners Zhou Decheng and His Wife

In June 2004, Dafa practitioner Zhou Decheng of Chongqing City was illegally taken to a brainwashing center by the Beipei District Police. His wife, Lin Tianqiong, was also arrested in June by police from Guangan District, Sichuan Province. Their whereabouts are still unknown.

6. [Zunhua City, Hebei Province] The Education Bureau of Zunhua City Forces Teachers and Students to Slander Falun Gong

Since July 20, 1999, the education bureau of Zunhua City, Hebei Province has many times asked the teachers and students in the entire city to write and sign "Guarantee Statements" (2) and to write articles that slander Falun Gong. The bureau also forced all the teachers to watch videotapes that defame Falun Gong. In March 2004, they compelled all the schools in the city to exhibit posters slandering Falun Gong, and in May, they again had all teachers and students answer question forms that smear Falun Gong. The majority of the answers were read out loud by teachers to the students.

Education Bureau of Zunhua City:
Director: Qi Fucang 86-13931551851 (Cell), 86-315-6615445 (Home)
Assistant Secretary: Yan Weidong (directly responsible for persecuting Falun Gong) 86-
13513150688 (Cell)

Notes:

(1) "610 Office" -- An agency specifically created by the Chinese government to persecute Falun Gong. It has absolute power over each level of administration in the Party, as well as over the political and judiciary branches

(2) "Guarantee Statement" -- For a Falun Dafa practitioner, this statement is demanded by the authorities to declare that he or she is remorseful for practicing Falun Gong and guarantees not to practice Falun Gong again, not to go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and to never again associate with any Falun Dafa practitioners. For a non-practitioner, this statement is to guarantee that he or she will not practice Falun Gong.