(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 13 cities or counties in 7 provinces. In this report, 13 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 13 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Heilongjiang Province] Three Practitioners Taken to a Prison in Harbin City
On December 2, 2008, the Agriculture Reclamation Intermediate Court in Heilongjiang Province unlawfully issued a judgment in the Jiansanjiang Detention Center without the presence of the defendants' families or defense attorneys. The unlawful prison sentencing of five Falun Gong practitioners by the Jiansanjiang Agriculture Reclamation Court was upheld. Mr. Chen Dong, Ms. Sun Yan and Ms. Yu Fengxian were taken to Harbin for imprisonment. Mr. Shi Mengwei and Ms. Tian Baoyu remain at the Jiansanjiang Detention Center, to be taken to Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province.
Office of President of the Agriculture Reclamation Intermediate Court in Heilongjiang Province: 86-451-55198667
2. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Yurong and Ms. Zhao Xiuqin Taken into Custody
On December 2, Ms. Liu Yurong and Ms. Zhao Xiuqin, from the Gaolincun area in Xushui County, Baoding City, were taken into custody. The police also took into custody a resident who had stopped practicing Falun Gong.
Yuan Jianguo, director of the Gaolincun Town Police Station: 86-312-8596565 (Office), 86-312-8670333 (Home)
3. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Fu Shulan Faces Unlawful Trial on December 18
4. [Hengshui City, Hebei Province] Mr. Xue Junzhuang Subpoenaed and Threatened
Mr. Xue Junzhuang, approximately 40 years old, is a cook at the dining hall for the Hengshui City No. 8 Middle School. At around 5:00 a.m. on November 22, 2008, Mr. Xue distributed brochures on his way to work. Patrolling officers from the Xinhua Road Police Station in Taocheng District, Hengshui City took him to the police station. The officers then searched his home. Mr. Xue was transferred to the Hengshui City Detention Center the same afternoon.
During the first days at the detention center, guards interrogated Mr. Xue numerous times and inmates threatened him. When Mr. Xue was forced to work extended hours, he developed symptoms of severe illness. His blood pressure reached 180, and his pulse was at 160. Physicians of the Hengshui City No. 5 Hospital advised that Mr. Xue be hospitalized. On the third day of detention, Mr. Xue was taken home by his family.
Within a week, officers from the Xinhua Road Police Station came to his home to harass Xue Junzhuang. On November 27, he was subpoenaed by the police station. The police tried to coerce him to promise not to practice Falun Gong. On November 28, the Domestic Security Section of the Taocheng District Police Department subpoenaed him, demanding he promise to not practice Falun Gong. On December 3, the Xinhua Road Police Station subpoenaed Mr. Xue again, demanding he show up at the police station on December 4 to sign a "guarantee statement." The police threatened that he would face one year of forced labor if he refused to sign the statement.
Zhang Baoyi, Xinhua Road Police Station: 86-13383681631 (Cell)
5. [Anqiu City, Shandong Province] Mr. Zhu Jianwen Taken into Custody
On November 24, 2008, Mr. Zhu Jianwen, around 35 years old, was taken into custody by the Anqiu City Crime Response Unit and officers from the city's police department. The police searched his home in Bangang Village, Linwu Town, Anqiu City and confiscated Falun Dafa books and other items. Mr. Zhu is being held at the Anqiu City Detention Center.
Li Shenghua, officer at the Anqiu City Police Department who often arrests
practitioners: 86-536-4264901 (Home), 86-536-4383927 (Office)
Jia Zaijun, who often arrests practitioners: 86-536-4266239 (Home)
Zhang Yuanting, detention center guard, who often force-feeds practitioners:
86-536-4261032
Song Yunqing, deputy police department chief: 86-536-4266618 (Home)
6. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Fei Jinrong and Ms. Dai Yarong, in Their Sixties, Taken into Custody
Ms. Fei Jinrong and Ms. Dai Yarong, in their sixties, went to Suibin County to distribute brochures. The county police took the two practitioners into custody. The two practitioners are on their sixth day of a protest hunger strike at the Suibin Detention Center.
7. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Ma Shuping Taken into Custody
On December 1, Ms. Ma Shuping was unlawfully taken into custody by officers from the Fuguo Street Police Station in Dalian City. The police broke into her home at midnight for an unlawful search.
8. [Chongqing] Ms. Wen Tingyu in Shapingba District Taken into Police Custody at Home on the Evening of December 3
9. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wu Faqin Taken into Police Custody
On the morning of September 28, 2008, Ms. Wu Faqin was taken into custody by Gu Zhiyong and other officers in Kuiwen District, who broke into her home. Ms. Wu was wearing only pajamas and was barefooted at the time. She was forcibly take to the People's Hospital for a blood test, cardiograph, and blood pressure measurement. The police then took her to the Weifang City Detention Center.
10. [Hubei Province] Ms. Fu Shaozhen Taken to Baofeng Road Women's Prison
Ms. Fu Shaozhen, an elderly practitioner, has been unlawfully sentenced to three years in prison. She has been taken to the Baofeng Road Women's Prison. When her family went to visit her, the prison officials denied visitation on the grounds that Ms. Fu refused to be "transformed."
11. [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhen Guangli, Ms. Zhen Min and Ms. Zhen Yan Held in Detention Center
At noon on November 28, 2008, Yang Xianchun and a dozen other officers from the Tuanjie Police Station in Tonghua City forced their way into Mr. Zhen Guangli's home in Zhi'an Village in the Jiangbei area. The police handcuffed Mr. Zhen and his wife Ms. Zhao Guangju to heating pipes and then ransacked their home. The officers found 16 copies of Falun Dafa books. Mr. Zhen and Ms. Zhao were taken to the Tuanjie Police Station. The police then located Mr. Zhen's eldest sister, Ms. Zhen Min, in her fifties, and searched her home. The police also located Mr. Zhen's younger sister, Ms. Zhen Yan. Both sisters have been taken to the Tuanjie Police Station.
Ms. Zhao's mother suffers from cirrhosis, is bedridden, and cannot take care of herself. Her family gave people connected with the police station 2,000 yuan and asked them to request that the police station take the money in exchange for Ms. Zhao's release, so that Ms. Zhao could care for her mother. Mr. Zhen and his two sisters were transferred to the Changliu Detention Center the following day. They remain in custody.
12. [Huinan County, Jilin Province] Five Practitioners, including Ms. Ye Guilan, Taken to Heizuizi Prison
Ms. Wang Shulan, 64, Ms. Ma Shiyan, 56, Ms. Li Fengqin, 58, and Ms. Sun Baili, 55, were taken into custody on November 13, 2007. They have been unlawfully sentenced to eight years in prison and taken to the Heizuizi Prison in Changchun City.
Ms. Ye Guilan, 68, is a teacher in Huinan County. She was sentenced to three years of forced labor on November 17, 2000. Ms. Wang Shulan was sentenced to three years of forced labor on September 28, 2008. Ms. Ma Shiyan was sentenced to two years in 2002 and then three years of forced labor in May 2004.
Office of chief of the Chaoyang Town Police Department: 86-435-8223285
Office of director of the detention center: 86-435-8213137
13. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] Mr. Wang Lushen Taken into Custody
Mr. Wang Lushen, 48, was taken into police custody at 1:00 p.m. on December 5 when he went to the administrative hall to process his residential identification card.
14. [Yakeshi City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Mr. Deng Yingzi Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Mr. Deng Yingzi, from Yakeshi City, Inner Mongolia, was born on April 22, 1964. He was taken into custody on January 28, 2008 in Beijing. On October 20, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison by the Miyun County Court. Mr. Duan Peichen, a practitioner from Beijing, was also taken into custody at the same time. Mr. Duan, born on October 4, 1962, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The police confiscated a large number of Falun Dafa books, materials exposing the persecution, and other items.
15. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Chu Dan Taken into Custody
Ms. Chu Dan, 33, is an employee at the Changchun Oil Extraction Factory in the Jilin Oil Fields. On the morning of December 2, officers from the Songyuan City Police Department took her into custody on the grounds that Falun Dafa books had been found in the file cabinet in her office as well as at her home.
It has been reported that Ms. Chu Dan's office file cabinet had been pried open. Her home was ransacked and she was brutally beaten. Ms. Chu has been detained in Songyuan City.
Director of the Changchun Oil Extraction Factory Police Station:
86-431-6239047
Deputy director: 86-431-6239058
16. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Xu Zengxia Abused in Labor Camps
On the evening of April 1, 2007, Xu Zengxia (gender unknown) and other practitioners went to Yigu Village in Donggucheng Town to tell people about the persecution. Zhang Haiqing, former deputy Party Secretary of Donggucheng Town, Zhang Weiqing, police station director, and others took the practitioners into custody. Without going through any legal process, Xu was unlawfully sentenced to one year and nine months of forced labor. On April 18, 2007, Xu was taken to the Shandong No. 2 Forced Labor Camp. Near the end of 2007, the No. 2 Forced Labor Camp was relocated from the mountain valleys of Xibao Mountain in the Wangcun area, Zibo City, to No. 29, Jiwang Road, Guanzhuang Township, Dongzhangqiu City in the jurisdiction of Jinan City. The labor camp guards severely abused Xu until Xu's family took Xu home on November 25.
December 6, 2008