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Latest News from China - September 16, 2005

Oct. 4, 2005

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  1. [Tianjin City] Practitioner Ms. Han Wenmin Arrested by Police while Distributing Truth-Clarification Materials
  2. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] A Practitioner Couple Was Detained for Over Five Months
  3. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Liu Bitao Arrested at Home
  4. [Hanyin County, Shanxi Province] Practitioner Ms. Yin Zhengcui Was Arrested for Posting Truth-Clarification Notices
  5. [Yanbian City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Mr. Yang Fucheng Arrested for Clarifying the Truth
  6. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Additional Information on the Arrests of Practitioners on the Night of September 12, 2005
  7. [Hengyang City, Hunan Province] Practitioners Mr. Wang Jiding and His Wife Ms. Xiao Longmei Have been Detained for Two Months
  8. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Guan Zhiyong Sent to Zhangshi Brainwashing Center
  9. [Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Ms. Zhang Xuehua Detained for Over 30 Months for Her Belief in Falun Dafa
  10. [Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Ms. Chen Fengyan Arrested by Police in Jiansanjiang, Heilongjiang Province
  11. [Yingcheng City, Hubei Province] Practitioners Wang Changping and Gao Yuan Arrested for Putting up Posters Urging Withdrawal from the CCP
  12. [Shanghai City] Practitioner Ms. Ju Linhui Arrested while Distributing Truth-Clarification Materials
  13. [Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Gao Hui Severely Injured from Beating in Wafangdian Prison
  14. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Chen Suiling and Two Other Practitioners Arrested on September 12
  15. [Taian City, Shandong Province] Six Practitioners Arrested
  16. [Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Practitioner Mr. Lu Tong Arrested for Distributing Truth-Clarification VCDs
  17. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Three Practitioners Arrested for Truth-Clarification Activities
  18. [Inner Mongolia] Practitioners Arrested by the 610 Office of the Hailaer Railway Substation in Inner Mongolia
  19. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Three Practitioners Arrested and Sentenced to Imprisonment
  20. [Maoming City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Li Fengdi Arrested while Clarifying the Truth to Her Work Unit's Retirement Office
  21. [Yueyang City, Hunan Province] Several Practitioners Arrested
  22. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Liu Xianyong Arrested by the 610 Office

1. [Tianjin City] Practitioner Ms. Han Wenmin Arrested by Police while Distributing Truth-Clarification Materials

On July 25, 2001, Ms. Han Wenmin was practicing Falun Gong at home, when several policemen forced their way into her home. They took away all the Dafa materials and books and then arrested her. She refused to give up practicing Falun Gong, so she was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment. In prison, she refused to be "transformed." The prison guards put a helmet on her head and beat her savagely. They forced her to stand still for a long period of time. Her body was swollen all over and oozed a yellowish secretion. The guards force-fed her with a saline solution and told her family members to pay a 400 yuan "medical fee."

On January 25, 2005, Ms. Han was finally released from this hell-like prison. She immediately returned to Fa-validation and truth-clarification activities. On April 26, 2005, she was distributing truth-clarification materials in the Jinnan District when policemen from the Jinnan Police Station arrested her. They sent her to the Banqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp in the Dagang District. Practitioners detained there are forced to sit on small stools everyday. Some practitioners' hips fester with sores that cause excruciating pain.

2. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] A Practitioner Couple Was Detained for Over Five Months

Practitioners Ms. Zhang Lishan and her husband Mr. Zheng Hongjie are from Shijiazhuang City in Hebei Province. Ms. Zhang Lishan used to teach at the Department of Physics at Hebei Normal University. Mr. Zheng Hongjie used to be an official who worked at the Policy Research Institute of the Hebei Provincial Committee. On April 26, 2005, they were illegally arrested while distributing truth-clarification materials. Policemen from the Gexin Street Police Station illegally searched their home. About one week later, their work units fired them. So far, Ms. Zhang has been detained at the Second Detention Center in Shijiazhuang City for five months. Her case is being handled by the Xinhua District Court and Procuratorate. Since she refused to give up practicing Falun Gong, the detention center won't allow her family members to visit.

Their friends and family have been looking for a lawyer to defend the couple. One lawyer took their case but rejected it several days later, saying that the authorities "from above" told him not to take the case. Another lawyer said, "No legal regulation says that we cannot take the case, but it is an unwritten rule in Shijiazhuang City to not defend Falun Gong practitioners." Yet another lawyer said, "If I took this case, my law firm would be in trouble." Many lawyers said, "We can enter guilty pleas for Falun Gong practitioners. We can't enter 'not guilty' pleas."

After being detained for three months, Mr. Zheng Hongjie was released on July 14, 2005. It was said that a high-level official of Hebei Province was angry about his release and demanded that he be arrested again. On July 19, 2005, only five days after his release Mr. Zheng was arrested again without any legal procedures. He had spent only five days with his son. He is now detained at the Second Detention Center in Shijiazhuang City.

Their arrests have caused their parents much pain. Ms. Zhang's mother fell ill in July and was sent to the hospital. Their son needs to be cared for. He sometimes stays with his grandmother on his mother's side. Sometimes he stays at home by himself and eats only bread and frozen food. He is always sad, seldom talks to other people, and he locks himself in his room after school.

Pertinent Phone Numbers

Shijiazhuang City Xinhua District Courthouse, Courtroom: 86-311-87030843
Shijiazhuang City Xinhua District Procuratorate (Prosecutor Li is in charge of this case): 86-311-87874164 ~ 9013
Shijiazhuang City Xinhua District Procuratorate, general office: 86-311-87872948

3. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Liu Bitao Arrested at Home

Several policemen from the Shenzhen City Police Department, Longgang Branch, forced their way into practitioner Ms. Liu Bitao's home between 10 and 11 p.m. on September 9, 2005. They took her away and refused to release her. Ms. Liu's relatives went to the police station to request her release. The policemen didn't even allow them to see her.

4. [Hanyin County, Shanxi Province] Practitioner Ms. Yin Zhengcui Was Arrested for Posting Truth-Clarification Notices

In April 2005, practitioner Ms. Yin Zhengcui, from Hanyin County in Shanxi Province, was arrested by the local police for posting truth-clarification notices. She was detained at the local prison, but her current situation is unknown.

5. [Yanbian City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Mr. Yang Fucheng Arrested for Clarifying the Truth

On September 8, 2005, practitioner Mr. Yang Fucheng was arrested by policemen while clarifying the truth about Falun Gong to people. Mr. Yang is from Yongqing Township in Antu County. The police illegally searched his home and took away all truth-clarification materials. Mr. Yang is now being detained by the police department affiliated with the Dashitou Forest Bureau in Dunhua City.

6. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Additional Information on the Arrests of Practitioners on the Night of September 12, 2005

We have learned that the following practitioners were arrested on September 12: Shi Lei, Ms. Chen Suiling, Song Hongfeng, Ms. Fan Haiqin, and Fan Wei.

The policemen arresting these practitioners include those from each district and many unknown personnel. They used the excuse of visiting people during the Mid-Autumn Festival to enter practitioners' homes. The arrests happened around midnight.

7. [Hengyang City, Hunan Province] Practitioners Mr. Wang Jiding and His Wife Ms. Xiao Longmei Have been Detained for Two Months

Practitioners Mr. Wang Jiding and his wife Ms. Xiao Longmei were arrested in mid-July and have been detained for two months. They went on a hunger strike to protest this persecution. The police didn't allow their families to visit them.

8. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Guan Zhiyong Sent to Zhangshi Brainwashing Center

On August 26, 2005, practitioner Mr. Guan Zhiyong was sent to the Zhangshi Brainwashing Center by staff from the Dadong District 610 Office and officials of his work unit. His home was searched. Currently, Mr. Guan is on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. He is quite weak.

It was said that this was the second time Mr. Guan was sent to the Zhangshi Brainwashing Center by his work unit.

Guan Zhiyong's Work Unit: Shenyang City First People's Hospital (Shenyang Brain Hospital)
Address: 67 Qingquan Road, Dadong District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province
Wang Chao, Head of the Hospital (also the Hospital's Party Committee Secretary)
Cong Xuefeng, Deputy Head (Deputy Party Committee Secretary)
Yu Zecheng and Wu Lihua, Deputy Heads
Telephone: (switchboard) 86-24-88504565 transfer to the Office of the Head and Party Committee Secretary
Fax: 86-24-88504007

9. [Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Ms. Zhang Xuehua Detained for Over 30 Months for Her Belief in Falun Dafa

Practitioner Ms. Zhang Xuehua refused to give up her belief in Falun Dafa and has been detained at the Jiansanjiang Brainwashing Center (affiliated with the Jiansanjiang Division of Agriculture and Farming Bureau of Heilongjiang Province) for over 30 months without any legal procedures.

At the brainwashing center, Ms. Zhang was tortured inhumanely. There were many days when she didn't have enough to eat or water to drink, wasn't allowed to use the restroom, and was confined to a several-square-meter-space for 24 hours at a time. She was not allowed to take a shower for over two years. She was routinely scolded and threatened. Since she refused to write the three statements, she was tied to her bed and beaten savagely by the guards. In March 2005, she was severely beaten by the director of the center, Zhang Yongbin, and couldn't get out of bed for several days. All because she continued to practice the Falun Gong exercises.

Ms. Zhang, 37 years old, hasn't seen her child for over two years.

Jiansanjiang Brainwashing Center Telephone Number: 86-454-5794924
Zhang Yongbin's Phone Numbers: 86-454-5794924, 86-13846122666 (Cell)

10. [Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Ms. Chen Fengyan Arrested by Police in Jiansanjiang, Heilongjiang Province

At around 3:00 p.m. on September 9, 2005, five or six teams of police officers from the police department affiliated with the Jiansanjiang Division of Agriculture and Farming Bureau of Heilongjiang Province broke into practitioner Ms. Chen Fengyan's home to arrest her. They took over a dozen Minghui Weekly magazines away. They had many police cars monitoring her residence. They used force to interrogate Ms. Chen about where she obtained the Minghui Weekly magazines. She is being detained at the Qingshan Farm Police Detention Center 50 kilometers away.

Chen Fengyan's home phone number: 86-454-572615

Main Perpetrators:

Jiansanjiang Division of Agriculture and Farming Bureau of Heilongjiang Province
Wang Jialin, Secretary of Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-454-5790335 (Home), 86-454-5710156
Bao Jun, Head of the 610 Office: 86-454-5790633 (Home)
Zhang Guodong, Political Director
Pang Zhonglin, Head of the Police Department: 86-454-5790366 (Office)
Li Tieshi, Deputy Head of the Police Department: 86-454-5710324
Shi Zhongcheng, Qixing Farm Party Committee Secretary: 86-454-5794999
Liu Zhongshan, Qixing Farm Police Branch Deputy Head
Bai Jingliang, Policeman for the First Police District: 86-454-5794810, 86-454-5723480
Meng Fanhua, Second Police District: 86-454-5794812

11. [Yingcheng City, Hubei Province] Practitioners Wang Changping and Gao Yuan Arrested for Putting up Posters Urging Withdrawal from the CCP

At around 11:30 p.m. on September 13, 2005, practitioners Wang Changping and Gao Yuan were arrested while putting up posters that tell people to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. Practitioners Wang Changping and Gao Yuan, a math teacher at Dongmafang Middle School, are both from Dongmafang in Yingcheng City. They are currently detained at the newly built Yingcheng City Second Detention Center.

12. [Shanghai City] Practitioner Ms. Ju Linhui Arrested while Distributing Truth-Clarification Materials

On September 5, 2005, practitioner Ms. Ju Linhui was arrested while distributing truth clarification materials in the Qibao area of the Minhang District, Shanghai City. She was sent to the Xinzhuang Detention Center by policemen from the Qibao Police Station.

13. [Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Gao Hui Severely Injured from Beating in Wafangdian Prison

Practitioner Mr. Gao Hui is being detained at the Wafangdian Prison and is severely injured as the result of a savage beating he endured in the prison. He has excruciating pain in the chest and abdomenal areas. The pressure in his chest makes him short of breath. He cannot eat and has difficulty walking. His families requested strongly that the prison doctor examine him and that the prison grant him medical parole. The head of the prison, Song Lujun, has not responded to their request.

Consequently, Mr. Gao's family has been protesting at the prison gate since September 7, 2005. They are requesting his release or they will not go home.

14. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Chen Suiling and Two Other Practitioners Arrested on September 12

After 9 p.m. on September 12, 2005, police officer Chen Yitong (Police Badge Number: 022633), Guan Zezheng (Police Badge Number: 022804), and police officer Luo Yawen (Police Badge Number: 021425) forced their way into practitioner Ms. Chen Suiling's home, which is located on Donghuan Road in the Dongshan District, Guangzhou City. They took Ms. Chen to the police station by force.

It was said that practitioners Shi Lei and Fan Haiqin were also arrested that night.

Dongshan District 610 Office: 86-20-37651873, 86-20-37651872
Huale Street Police Station: 86-20-83579002, 86-20-83573862
Meihuacun Street Police Station: 86-20-87660666

15. [Taian City, Shandong Province] Six Practitioners Arrested

Six practitioners in Taian City have been arrested since July 20, 2005.

On July 20, 2005, practitioners Ms. Liu Faling and Ms. Feng Aimin were arrested in Laiwu by the local police. They have been sentenced to forced labor and are currently detained at the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Shandong Province.

Practitioner Yang Kemeng is a sophomore attending Haerbin Institute of Technology, Weihai Branch. He returned to school after summer vacation and was arrested. His parents Yang Pingang and Ms. Chang Lijun were also arrested several days ago.

Practitioner Mr. Wang Shengli was abducted several days ago. His whereabouts is still unknown.

16. [Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Practitioner Mr. Lu Tong Arrested for Distributing Truth Clarification VCDs.

Practitioner Lu Tong resides at Caixianger Village in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. At around 7 p.m. on September 9, 2005, he carried a computer bag with some truth clarification VCDs and went out. He took a bus to the park area and distributed some VCDs. He was arrested, and his home was ransacked. He is currently detained at the First Detention Center of Suzhou City.

Perpetrator: A policeman with the last name of Zhong, phone number: 86-512-62561948 (Judicial Office)

17. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Three Practitioners Arrested for Truth Clarification Activities

On September 11, 2005, practitioners Ms. Geng Shune, Ms. Peng Hongling and Ms. Yang Weifang from Wuhan City, went to Huangpi City to clarify the truth and distribute truth clarification materials. They were arrested and are being detained at Hanjiadun Police Station. Their computer and printer, valued at more than 10,000 "yuan," were confiscated by the police.

18. [Inner Mongolia] Practitioners Arrested by the 610 Office of the Hailaer Railway Substation in Inner Mongolia

On August 12, 2005, practitioners Mr. and Mrs. Wang and Ms. Hou Yuzhi were arrested by the 610 Office of Hailaer Railway Substation in Inner Mongolia. They are being detained at the Hailaer Railway Substation Detention Center.

Perpetrators: Qu Jingping and Liu Tao, both of whom work for 610 Office of Hailaer Railway Substation.

19. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Three Practitioners Arrested and Sentenced to Imprisonment

On August 24, 2005, practitioners Xie Jianying, Ms. Wang Li and Ms. Kang Zhongrong were arrested at Xie Jianying's home by officers from the Longdongbao Police Station in Guiyang City.

Ms. Wang Li and Ms. Kang Zhongrong were sent to the Administration Detention Center in the Nanming District of Guiyang City. Xie Jianying is detained at the Guizhou Province Detention Center. The same day, policemen and staff from Guiyang Police Department's National Security Brigade, State Security Bureau, 610 Office, Political and Judiciary Committee, and General Administration Office illegally ransacked their homes.

On September 18, 2005, Ms. Wang and Ms. Kang were sent to the Zhongba Women's Forced Labor Camp.

20. [Maoming City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Li Fengdi Arrested while Clarifying the Truth to Her Work Unit's Retirement Office

On September 10, 2005, practitioner Ms. Li Fengdi, from Maoming City of Guangdong Province, went to her work unit's retirement office to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to the office staff and distribute truth materials. The afternoon of September 12, 2005, officials from the retirement office went to her home and asked her to give up practicing Falun Gong. Ms. Li didn't give in and clarified the truth to them. They refused to listen and reported her to the Hongqi Police Station. Around 5 p.m. the policemen came to search her home and arrest her.

Perpetrators:

Lu Zhong, Head of the Retirement Office: 86-668--2906201 (Office), 86-668-2925898 (Home), 86-13702866112 (Cell)

Hongqi Police Station Phone Number: 86-668-2262167

21. [Yueyang City, Hunan Province] Several Practitioners Arrested

The morning of September 12, 2005, policeman Dai Zhenhua (deputy head) and Li Qijun (cell phone number: 86-13974067348) from Liangxinbao Township Police Station in the Junshan District of Yueyang City, led several policemen from Yueyang City to search the homes of practitioners Dai Maosheng, Fu Guangpu, and Yang Yongzheng. They ransacked the practitioners' homes and confiscated all Dafa materials and books. They took the three practitioners, all in their 70s, to Yueyang for detention.

On September 8, 2005, practitioner Ms. Xiong Youlan, from Lengshuipu in Yueyang City, was arrested at home by policemen from Wuli Township and Lengshuipu Police Stations. Currently she is detained at the First Detention Center in Yueyang City. Her home phone number is 86-730-3249253.

22. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Mr. Liu Xianyong Arrested by the 610 Office

The morning of September 14, 2005, Zhang Hongxi, the Director of the Faku County 610 Office; several staff from the Faku County National Security Brigade; and police officers Bu Yuxiang and Zheng Xingru from the Yemaotai Township Police Station went to practitioner Mr. Liu Xianyong's home in Yanhuangdi Village, Yemaotai Township, Faku County. They arrested him. Mr. Liu is detained at the Faku County Detention Center. He went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution.

Perpetrators:

Zheng Xudong, Head of Faku County Police Department: 86-24-87122110(Office), 86-13904051600 (Cell)
Jin Weimin, Faku County Police Department Political Director: 86-24-87123635, 86-13940162062 (Cell)
Ren Changqing, Faku County Police Department Deputy Head: 86-24-87129407, 86-13840504666 (Cell)
He Jiuwen, Faku County Police Department Deputy Head: 86-24-87124537, 86-13940376999 (Cell)
Mao Yunfeng, Faku County Police Department Deputy Head: 86-24-87123830(Office), 86-13998851188 (Cell)
Faku County Police Department Central Dispatch Office: 86-24-87125631
Zhang Hongxi: 86-24-81773885 (Home), 86-13066640344 (Cell), 86-24-87119610 (Office)
He Zhongliang, Secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-24-87120488
Office of the Detention Center Head: 86-24-87120642
Office of the Detention Center Head: 86-24-87127262
Office of the Political and Security Section: 86-24-87123736