(Clearwisdom.net) Mrs. Zhang Daju in Huilong Village, Nanxing Town,
Guanghan City, Sichuan Province is over 70 years old. In 2002, Mrs. Zhang was
arrested by Guangxing Town police when she was clarifying the facts in
Gaungxing. She was transferred to the Guanghan City Detention Center on the same
day. Mrs. Zhang was released fifteen days later. In August 2003, Zhang Daju was
arrested again and sentenced to eight years of forced labor. Mrs. Zhang is now
imprisoned in Longquanyi, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province.
Mr. Yang Shouming is a practitioner in Huilong Village, Nanxing Town, Guanghan
City, Sichuan Province. He is also over 70 years old. Mr. Yang is Zhang Daju's
husband. Because Yang Shouming practices Falun Gong, the Nanxing Police have
repeatedly harassed and intimidated him. In 2003, the police forcibly searched
Mr. Yang's house and beat him until he fell unconscious. When Mr. Yang regained
consciousness, he was transferred to the Guanghan City Detention Center and was
persecuted further over there. Yang Shouming was detained for over six months
and then sentenced to eleven years of forced labor. Mr. Yang is now imprisoned
in the Huangxu Town Jail in Deyang City, Sichuan Province.
Mr. Yang Yourun, 31, is a practitioner in the Heping Team Ten of Nanxing Town,
Guanghan City, Sichuan Province. He worked for the Guanghan City Carbon Factory.
On February 2, 2002, Mr. Yang was arrested for clarifying the facts in Huanxi
Team Eleven in Nanxing Town. He was sentenced to six years of forced labor. Yang
Yourun is now imprisoned in Deyang City's Jiuwu Factory, located in Sichuan
Province.
Mrs. Zhang Runzhi, 44, is a practitioner in Eshe, Xinping Village, Guanghan
City, Sichuan Province. On July 12, 2002, she was arrested for clarifying the
facts. Mrs. Zhang was sentenced to five years of forced labor. She is now
imprisoned in Longquanyi, Chengdu City.
Ms. Zhao Xianchang, 35, was a teacher in Guangshan Middle School in Guanghan
City, Sichuan Province. In June 2000, Ms. Zhao went to Beijing to appeal for
justice for Falun Gong. She was detained for fifteen days by police officer
Jiang Tianxing. On December 23, 2000, Zhao Xianchang was arrested again by
officer Jiang for clarifying the facts. She was sentenced to two years of forced
labor. Because Ms. Zhao refused to renounce her belief, she was arrested at her
office by Yang Changjin from the Education Bureau and officer Jiang at 3:00 p.m.
on June 21, 2004. Ms. Zhao was fired from her job and was sentenced to three
years of forced labor. Zhao Xianchang is now imprisoned in the Nanmusi Women's
Labor Camp in Zizhong County, Sichuan Province.
Mr. Wu Tianchong, over 40, is a practitioner in Team 1 of Guangxing Town,
Guanghan City, Sichuan Province. In September 2001, he was arrested by Guangxing
Town police. He was released after serving two years in forced labor. On April
6, 2004, the Guangxing police and members of the 610 Office broke into Mr. Wu's
home and arrested him. Wu Tianchong was sentenced again to three years of forced
labor and is now imprisoned in Xinhua Prison, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province.
