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Latest News from China - August 17, 2004

Sept. 8, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

  1. [Tieling City, Liaoning Province] Masanjia Forced Labor Camp Tortures Wang Ling; No Updated Information Available
  2. [Qingyuan County, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Practitioner Ge Weidong
  3. [Dandong City, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Practitioner Xie Xinying
  4. [Chongqing City] Arrest of Three Practitioners
  5. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Wu Qingxia and Li Fengqiu from the Taihe District
  6. [Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region] Zeng Liufeng is Sentenced to Forced Labor; the Forced Labor Camp Blocks the Information
  7. [Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province] Illegal Arrest of 20 Practitioners
  8. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Illegal Arrest of Three Practitioners From Jinzhou City Oil Refinery; Their Whereabouts Are Unknown
  9. [Laiwu City, Shandong Province] Liu Kongyu Is Arrested at Home
  10. [Laiwu City, Shandong Province] Illegal Arrest of Pang Jihai and being Held in a Detention Center
  11. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Illegal Arrest of Guo Yanping from the Shenhe District
  12. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] After Dafa Practitioner Chen Meijun Is Released from a Forced Labor Camp, She Is Sent to a Brainwashing Center for Further Torment
  13. [Jinzhou City, Hebei Province] Illegal Incarceration of Three Dafa Practitioners at the Jinzhou City Police Department Detention Section

1. [Tieling City, Liaoning Province] Masanjia Forced Labor Camp Tortures Wang Ling; No Updated Information Available

Practitioner Ms. Wang Ling, 57 years old, from Tieling City, Liaoning Province, was fiendishly tortured after she was arrested and taken to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. The guards locked her up in a small cell on the fourth floor of a building for over ten days. The wind blew in from both ends of the place where she was detained. At the end of November 2003 it was very cold. There was a Tiger Bench in her cell. The guards tied Wang Ling to the Tiger Bench and shackled her feet. Wang Ling was chilled till she was on the brink of death. Later she was sent to another place for detention. Her whereabouts are unknown.

2. [Qingyuan County, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Practitioner Ge Weidong

During the afternoon of August 23, the chief officer of Xiajiabao Town's Police Office in Qingyuan County, Liaoning Province, headed a group of policemen and local "610 Office" personnel to practitioner Mr. Ge Weidong's home. They ransacked Ge's home and arrested him. Several policemen carried the handcuffed Ge Weidong out of his home and sent him to Qingyuan County's Detention Center.

Related phone number:

Xiajiabao Town's Police Office, Qingyuan Town, Liaoning Province: 86-413-3670119

3. [Dandong City, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Practitioner Xie Xinying

In July 2002, practitioner Ms. Xie Xinying was arrested and detained at the police station. She was tortured in a metal cage for seven hours before she had an opportunity to walk away with the power of her righteous thoughts. At 5:00 p.m. on August 10, 2004, personnel from the Security Department arrested her again.

4. [Chongqing City] Arrest of Three Practitioners

Practitioner Ms. Wang Min, Wang Yunwu and their mother Dr. Zhou from Chongqing City disappeared three days ago. Fellow practitioners found their rooms were ransacked, but their whereabouts are unknown. It is possible that they have been arrested.

5. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Arrest of Wu Qingxia and Li Fengqiu from the Taihe District

At 8:00 p.m. on August 6, 2004, officers from the Nu'erhe Police Precinct arrested practitioner Ms. Wu Qingxia from Jinchangbu Village, Nu'erhe Township, Taihe District in Jinzhou City. She has not been released as of this time. Police confiscated Dafa books from her house.

At around 7:30 p.m. August 8, 2004, someone reported practitioner Ms. Li Fengqiu from Qiaoxi, the Taihe District, Jinzhou City to police and afterwards, three officers from Taihe District's Xiaolingzi Police Precinct arrested her. According to her family, she has been delivered to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.

6. [Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region] Zeng Liufeng is Sentenced to Forced Labor; the Forced Labor Camp Blocks the Information

During the morning of July 6, 2004, practitioner Ms. Zeng Liufeng and her daughter from Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region went to distribute truth-clarifying materials and CDs in a community nearby. Someone reported them. Officers from the Changgangling Police Precinct put handcuffs on Zeng and took her to the precinct. At around 10:30 p.m. personnel from the National Security Team sent her to a detention center, in violation of the Chinese constitution.

On August 9, 2004, after her family inquired everywhere, they knew that Zeng Liufeng was sent to the Guangxi Autonomous Region's Forced Labor Camp. The camp administration is currently blocking any and all information.

7. [Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province] Illegal Arrest of 20 Practitioners

During the evening of August 15, more than 20 practitioners from Harbin City and Acheng City in Heilongjiang Province were arrested in Xiaoling Town. They are now being held in Acheng City's Police Department.

8. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Illegal Arrest of Three Practitioners From Jinzhou City Oil Refinery; Their Whereabouts Are Unknown

At around 8;00 a.m. on August 12, Dafa practitioner Wang Yibao from Jinzhou City Oil Refinery, Liaoning Province, was entrapped and arrested at the local police precinct. That same day, practitioners Ma Chunhua and Chen Guilan from the same factory were arrested at home. Their homes were ransacked and their whereabouts are unknown.

9. [Laiwu City, Shandong Province] Liu Kongyu Is Arrested at Home

Practitioner Mr. Liu Kongyu, in his 40s, from Quanzigou Village, Yangli Town, Laiwu City, lives in Xiaocao Village in an urban area. During the morning of August 7 he was suddenly arrested at home. Afterwards, police ransacked his home. We found out that Liu Kongyu is currently being held in Laiwu City's Detention Center. Another practitioner who was at his home at the moment was arrested with him.

Related phone numbers: (Country code: 86, area code: 634. Please do not dial area code before a cellular phone number):

Liu Qing, the Political and Security Section chief for Laicheng District's Police Department, Laiwu City: 5961678 (home)
Laiwu City's Political and Judiciary Committee: 6213034; Secretary: 6223996, 6222399
Laicheng District's Political and Judiciary Committee ("610 Office"): 6114453
Laicheng District's Police Department: 6227184, 6213415, Chief: 6213440

10. [Laiwu City, Shandong Province] Illegal Arrest of Pang Jihai and being Held in a Detention Center

Dafa practitioner Pang Jihai, about 40 years old, used to work at the Security Section for the Lianyun Building Materials (Group) Factory in Laiwu City. He lives in the Dongsheng Village. On August 7 or 8 he disappeared. Recently it was heard that he is being held at Laiwu City's Detention Center.

11. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Illegal Arrest of Guo Yanping from the Shenhe District

On July 27, 2004, Dafa practitioner Guo Yanping from the Nanta Area, Shenhe District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, was captured and taken to the Zhangshi Brainwashing Center for mental torment.

12. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] After Dafa Practitioner Chen Meijun Is Released from a Forced Labor Camp, She Is Sent to a Brainwashing Center for Further Torment

Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Meijuan from Changchun City was released from Changchun City's Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp on August 11, 2004, but was immediately sent to the Xinglongshan Brainwashing Center for further torment and mistreatment because she refused to give up her belief in Falun Dafa.

13. [Jinzhou City, Hebei Province] Illegal Incarceration of Three Dafa Practitioners at the Jinzhou City Police Department Detention Section

During the night of May 19, 2004, Dafa practitioners Mr. Lei Jiangtao (a graduate student) and Mr. Gu Liqiang were forcibly thrown into a police car. They have since been illegally held at the detention center of Jinzhou City's Police Department.

On May 21, 2004, Dafa practitioner Ms. Liu Changmiao was arrested and taken to Jinzhou City's Police Department when she was clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. She has since been incarcerated at the detention center of Jinzhou City's Police Department.

Related phone numbers: (Country code: 86, area code: 311. Please do not dial area code before a cellular phone number.):

Wang Xinmin, Jinzhou City's Police Department supervisor: 4316608 (Office)
Tian Qiusheng, the Political and Security Section chief of Jinzhou City's Police Department: 4322750 ext. 8037 (Office), 43233921 (Home), 13930401587(Cell)

August 17, 2004