(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 22 cities or counties in 12 provinces. In this report, 26 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 17 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Huangshi City, Hubei Province] Additional Information on the Trial of Ms. He Guoping and Other Practitioners
The Xialu District Court in Huangshi City is scheduled to place Falun Gong practitioners Ms. He Guoping, Ms. Xie Xiufang, and Ms. Liu Xiaolian on trial at 8:30 a.m. on December 10, 2007.
Ms. Liu Xiaolian, around 62 years old, went to a practitioner's home downtown for a visit on March 21, 2007. She was taken into custody by officers who forced their way into the practitioner's home. Ms. Liu was initially taken to the Tangxunhu Brainwashing Center, where she was held for about 40 days. She developed symptoms of high blood pressure and was transferred to the Xialu Detention Center. Practitioners Ms. He Guoping and Xie Xiufang, both in their 50s, were held with Ms. Liu.
So far, these practitioners have been "illegally detained" in a 100 sq. ft. cell for over 220 days. One of them has been there for 260 days. They are being mentally and physically abused.
2. [Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Liu Run'e and Ms. Zhang Fengying Taken into Custody
On the morning of December 2, 2007, Ms. Zhang Fengying, 52, and Ms. Liu Run'e, 32, were turned in to the police while distributing truth clarification materials near Yangzhuang Village in Xinzhou City. Sun Junwei (male), director of the Hesuoxiang Township Police Station, forcibly took them into custody. The two practitioners were taken to the Xinfu District Police Department and the 610 Office Special Task Force in Xinzhou City the same day. On the same evening, the two practitioners were transferred to the Xinfu District Detention Center. The police also searched their homes the following day but did not find anything.
Ma Aiwen (male), head of the Political Security Section of the Xinfu District
Police Department: 86-350-3033338 (Home), 86-13835030919 (Cell)
Zhang Jianlin (male), head of the Special Task Force of the 610 Office of the
Xinzhou City Police Department: 86-13835030038 (Cell)
3. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wang Xiaomin Faces Unlawful Trial
On August 20, 2007, Mr. Wang Xiaomin was taken into custody by the Taihe Police Department and the Xiaolingzi Police Station in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. He has been held at the Jinzhou No. 1 Detention Center for over three and a half months. Recently Mr. Wang's family received notice that Mr. Wang was to be put on trial.
Li Yuxia (female), Party Secretary of the Political and Judicial Committee in
Jinzhou City: 86-416-2182001 (Office), 86-416-2386666 (Home)
Liu Tieli (male), director of the 610 Office: 86-416-3184001 (Office),
86-416-2938080 (Home), 86-13804165095 (Cell)
Li Weijia (male), deputy director of the 610 Office: 86-416-3194002 (Office),
86-416-2601038 (Home), 86-13897889812 (Cell)
4. [Ezhou, Hubei Province] Mr. Chen Beiping and Other Practitioners Remain in Custody
Early in November 2007, nine practitioners in Ezhou City were taken into custody. Three have been released. The remaining six practitioners have been transferred to the Ezhou City No. 1 Detention Center. They are: Mr. Chen Beiping, Ms. Liu Xiuying, Mr. Liu Zhengyin, Ms. Gao Zhuyun, Ms. Wang Huiqin, and another elderly female practitioner. These practitioners have all been followed, detained, and sentenced to forced labor or prison several times. The police also searched their homes and tapped into their telephone lines.
5. [Liaoning Province] Additional Facts about Mr. Wu Liantie's Death from Police Brutality
Mr. Wu Liantie, a practitioner from Huanglatuo Village in Cituo Town, Liaozhong County, Liaoning Province, was illegally sentenced to eight years in prison by the local court. In the winter of 2006, he was tortured to death in the No. 3 Ward of Panjin Prison by Wang Kuizhong (male), head of the Prison Administration Division, and a man with the surname Li, head of the General Affairs Division.
The prison guards tied Mr. Wu in an iron chair and applied high voltage electricity with electric batons. Then they poured cold water on him. Mr. Wu went on a hunger strike. Prison guards pried apart his teeth to force-feed him. Mr. Wu was tortured almost to death. He died on the way to the hospital. His death occurred within a week after the torture started.
6. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Ju Shihua Taken into Custody Again
Ms. Ju Shihua from Zhangdian District, Zibo City, was turned in to the police for persuading others to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. On November 27, 2007, the police took her from her home again.
7. [Yueyang County, Hunan Province] Ms. Zhou Dongying Brutally Tortured During Ten Days of Police Custody
Ms. Zhou Dongying is from the lakefront Luweichang Area in Yueyang County. On November 13, 2007, she was turned in to the Xushi Police Station when she was clarifying the truth in Jinpen Village, Xushi Township. The police took her to the police station, where they did not allow her to sit down. The officers kicked her legs. She suffered numerous injuries, and there was a deep cut in her right foot.
When Ms. Zhou was taken to the State Security Division of the Junshan Police Department, three police officers punched and kicked her. She was handcuffed with her arms twisted behind her back. The officers smashed her head against the wall, pulling on her hair. They ordered her to kneel down, which she refused to do. The officers then held her to the ground and kicked her neck. She was handcuffed and held to the ground for over half an hour.
Ms. Zhou Dongying was detained in the Hubei Detention Center for ten days. Both her hands were injured and bruised. She also had injuries to her head and scars on her face. The detention center authorities deprived her of food.
8. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Police Officer Li Yuechen Beats and Curses a Practitioner's Family
On December 4, 2007, practitioner Mr. Dong Libiao's family went to the Shulan Police Department to visit him and bring him clothes and other items. The police tried to drive the family out. When Mr. Dong's family tried to reason with the officers, Li Yuechen (male), a police officer started beating and cursing the family. He tore apart the clothes of one of Mr. Dong's family members.
9. [Maoming City, Guangdong Province] Ms. He Yanhua Released
10. [Gaotang County, Shandong Province] At around 4:00 p.m. on December 3, 2007, Ms. Gao Lihua Taken into Custody in a Retail Store by Four Police Officers
11. [Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhu Guoying Taken into Custdody
On the morning of December 2, 2007, a dozen police officers from the Beixing Police Department broke into Ms. Zhu Guoying's home and took her into custody. The same afternoon, Ms. Zhu was taken to the Administration Department.
Zhang Chunhua (gender unknown), head of the Beixing 610 Office: 86-453-8861000 (Home)
12. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wei Shangmin Held at Nangou Detention Center
Ms. Wei Shangmin, in her 60s, is a retired employee of the Fushun Extraction Machinery Factory. She lives in Jiangjungelin Heights. On November 27, 2007, she was taken into custody by the Xinhua Police Station while she was clarifying the truth in the Xinhua area. She is being held at the Nangou Detention Center.
13. [Sichuan Province] Officials of Affiliated Elementary School of Luzhou Normal University Spread Lies to Deceive Students
On November 30, 2007, officials of the Affiliated Elementary School of Luzhou Normal University in Sichuan Province displayed banners and large posters in the school to spread lies and defame Falun Gong. The school authorities also demanded that the students write articles after viewing the contents to further poison their minds.
14. [Dongliao County, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Yufang Taken to Hospital after Being Abused
Ms. Li Yufang, a practitioner from Dongliao County, became extremely weak after being taken to the Liaoyuan City Detention Center. She has been taken to the Liaoyuan City Hospital.
15. [Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province] Mr. Liang Fang Taken into Custody
At 8:30 p.m. on December 1, 2007, Mr. Liang Fang from Zhuozhou City was taken into custody by officers of the Xicheng District Police Department in Beijing while he was posting truth clarification materials. Mr. Liang is being held at the Qinghe Detention Center.
16. [Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province] Additional Information on Ms. Cai Huarong's Arrest
At around 3:00 p.m. on October 17, 2007, seven practitioners, Ms. Cai Huarong, Ms. Li Jinzhen, Ms. Lu Guilan, Ms. Zhan Lianyue, Ms. He Yilan, Ms. Ou, and Mr. Liaosheng, were about to leave Ms. Cai's home. Officers of the Zhuhai City 610 Office, who had followed the practitioners for quite some time, took the practitioners into custody. The officers subsequently searched Ms. Cai's home and the retail store she operated. The officers confiscated Falun Dafa books, MP3 players, and truth clarification materials, among other items. Ms. Cai Huarong has been unlawfully held at Cell 0131 in the Zhuhai City No. 2 Detention Center.
After Ms. Cai was taken into custody, her husband and their daughter went to the Zhuhai City Political and Judicial Committee half a dozen times to ask for her release. On November 14, 2007, Ms. Cai's husband and her mother, in her 80s, went to the 610 Office again to ask for her release. The police forcibly took her husband and mother to the police station on the grounds of "interfering with their work." Ms. Cai's husband and mother were forced to sign their names on the arrest warrant before they were released.
Chen (family name, gender unknown), section head of the 610 Office of Zhuhai
City Police Department: 86-756-2116901 (Office)
Ruan Lijiang (male), member of the Zhuhai City 610 Office: 86-756-2132334,
86-13612211268 (Cell), 86-756-2276510 (Home)
17. [Beijing] Ms. Guan Yingshan's Case to Be Prosecuted in Haidian Court
Ms. Guan Yingshan has been unlawfully held at the Haidian Detention Center for over seven months. Her case has been taken to the Haidian Court. Judge Yang Xiaoming (male) was to oversee her case.
Office of Yang Xiaoming: 86-10-62697102
18. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Contents that Defame Falun Dafa on Display in Propaganda Bulletin Boards Under an Overpass in Yuexiu District
19. [Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Chen Guiqiu Taken to Harbin Women's Forced Labor Camp
On November 8, 2007, Ms. Chen Guiqiu, 42, was taken into custody by the police in Jinshantun District. On December 3, she was secretly taken to the Harbin Women's Forced Labor Camp to serve a one-year forced labor term. Her family has not been notified.
To avoid being unlawfully arrested, Ms. Chen's husband has been forced to leave home and has no place to stay. Both Ms. Chen's mother and mother-in-law are elderly. Ms. Chen's child is in college and has lost their financial support.
Che Minxin (male), chief of the Jinshantun District Police Department:
86-458-3738537 (Office)
Dong Delin (male), deputy chief of the police department: 86-458-37378505
(Office)
Xiao Jingyu (male), member of the 610 Office: 86-458-3738551 (Office)
Li Zhongxin (male), of the Domestic Security Division: 86-458-3732836 (Office)
20. [Shandong Province] Ms. Li Haiying Held in Secret
Ms. Li Haiying is a practitioner working at the Gudao Branch of the Centralized Distribution Factory of Oil and Gas in Shengli Oil Fields. On December 4, 2007, officers of the Gudao Police Department secretly took her to the Dongying area.
21. [Mianyang City, Sichuan Province] Two Female Practitioners Recently Unlawfully Taken into Custody
22. [Tianjin] Ms. Li Hexiang Sent to Forced Labor Camp
On November 24, 2007, Ms. Li Hexiang was taken into custody. The police found the keys to her home in her backpack and unlawfully entered her home when no one else was home. The officers took her notebook computer, printer, and other personal items. Without following any legal procedures, the authorities have sentenced Ms. Li Hexiang to 18 months of forced labor. She has been taken to the Banqiao Women's Forced Camp in Tianjin.
23. [Faku County, Liaoning Province] Production Site of Falun Dafa Materials in Faku County Sabotaged at Around 9:00 a.m. on December 5, 2007
24. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Ma Chunlan Sent to a Forced Labor Camp
At 5:00 a.m. on October 9, 2007, Ms. Ma Chunlan from Houzhang Village, under the jurisdiction of Shengcheng Neighborhood Administration Office in Shouguang City, was taken into custody by officers of the Anti-Falun Gong Division of Shouguang City Police Department. After one month of detention on criminal charges at the Shouguang City Detention Center, Ms. Ma has been sent to a forced labor camp.
25. [Qingzhou City, Shandong Province] Mr. Lu Qingde and His Wife, Ms. Ji Guixiang, Taken into Custody
Mr. Lu Qingde and his wife Ms. Ji Guixiang are practitioners in Dagaoliu Village in Gaoliu Town, Qingzhou City. At 10:30 a.m. on September 20, 2007, a dozen police officers from the local police station and the Qingzhou City 610 Office took the couple to the Qingzhou City Detention Center. After being unlawfully detained on criminal charges for a month, Mr. Lu was taken to the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Shandong Province. The authorities did not notify his family. Ms. Ji Guixiang has been released.
26. [Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Fengying and Other Practitioners in Hailin Farm under Persecution
Ms. Wang Fengying and Ms. Li Zhonghua from Hailin Farm have been taken to the Harbin Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Yu Shuqin and Ms. Sun Youzhen remain in custody even though they were not admitted by the labor camp because they failed to pass the physical examination. In addition, Ms. Yu and Ms. Sun's families paid 7,000 yuan each, supposedly for their release.
Wang Hongwei (male), of the Legal Section of Hailin Police Department:
86-13945336711
Wei Jinhui (male), of the Hailin Police Department: 86-13946322077
27. [Jiange County, Sichuan Province] Mr. Liu Renzhong and Other Practitioners Taken into Custody
On October 4, 2007, officers from the Jiange County 610 Office, from the Domestic Security Division, and from the Chengbei Police Station broke into Mr. Liu Renzhong's home in Xinhua Village, Chaoshou Township, Jiange County. The police took into custody several practitioners. Mr. Liu Renzhong has been sentenced to 18 months of forced labor. He and Mr. Tang Xingwen have been taken to the Xinhua Forced Labor Camp in Mianyang City.
28. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Teacher of Political Science at the Fourth Grade in Zhongxing Elementary School in Jilin City Defames Falun Dafa in Class
29. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Officers of Xuanxi Police Station in Nangang District Harass Falun Gong Practitioners at Their Homes
30. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Teachers at Wanli No. 4 Middle School Threaten and Follow a Child Whose Parents Are Practitioners
Under instructions from the Development District 610 Office in Dalian City, officers of the Nanlingzi Police Station and Zhan Xianxin (male), dean of the Wanli No. 4 Middle School, and Wang Ge, a middle school teacher, unlawfully interrogated a child half a dozen times. The child's parents are Falun Gong practitioners who have been forced to leave home as a result of constant police harassment. The authorities were trying to discover the whereabouts of the child's mother.
Nanling Police Station in Development District in Dalian City:
86-411-87405412
Wang Ge (male), a teacher at the Wanli No. 4 Middle School in Development
District: 86-15942824287
December 5, 2007