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Recent Facts about the Persecution of Practitioners in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province

May 9, 2008

(Clearwisdom.net) Recently there were some bad incidents in which many Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted. At about 7:00 p.m. on April 16, 2008, three police officers from Xinhua Boarder Station in Tumen City, Jilin Province, barged into Ms. Zhai Chunmei's home and ransacked it. They took Master's photo, Dafa books, copies of "Minghui Weekly," and other items. Another eleven police officers carried by force her to the police vehicle despite her leg being disabled. On April 17, 2008, Ms. Zhai was taken to the Anshan Detention Station in Tumen City. Ms. Zhai's son, who is five years old and cannot walk, is at home with no one to take care of him.

On April 16, 2008, Ms. Jin Mingshun, a resident of Tumen City, was arrested by plainclothes police officers when she was clarifying the truth near the North Building. Some police officers went to Ms. Cui Yuzi's home near the Bianfang Mansion and arrested her. They also took a computer and other items from her home. Between April 15 and April 16, 2008, Ms. Zhao Chunling was also arrested at home in the Xinyuan Apartments, Yanji City.

On the night of April 14, 2008, Ms. Zhang Hongfeng, from Yongqing Township, Antu County, and Mr. Yang Guang from Yanji City were arrested at the same time when they were at the apartment that Mr. Yang Guang rented in Helong City, Jilin Province. Mr. Yang's home was ransacked.

On the afternoon of April 14, 2008, Mr. Zhang Jinbo was arrested by Domestic Security agents. His notebook, hard drive, and other items were taken away. Reportedly, CCP officers wanted to arrest Mr. Zhang, so they had tracked his sister for a long time. On the afternoon of April 15, 2008, his family went to visit him but the guards in the detention center refused to let them see him. On April 16, 2008, when his family went to the national security division to ask for visitation privileges, Xiao Bin (male), the director of the national security division, shifted the responsibility to others using all kinds of excuses.

At 10:00 a.m. on April 13, 2008, Mr. Yang Xuehua was arrested at his place of work at Baishan Mansion, Yanji City, and his home was ransacked. Reportedly, Mr. Yang was deceived into going to the national security division office. He was told that the director of Baishan Police Station, Zhang (last name, gender unknown), under orders from Xu Xiaofeng (male), the director of Yanji City Police Department National Security Division, needed to ask him something.

On the afternoon of April 11, 2008, Ms. Liu Yaxian, a teacher from the Tumen City First Elementary School, was arrested by police officers from the Yuegong Station. She has also been harassed by police officers from the Hongguang Township Station many times.

On March 25, 2008, Ms. Zhang Yinglan, 64 years old, from Shixian Town was taken to a forced labor camp in Changchun City. Reportedly, Ms. Zhang was clarifying the truth to a female student from an elementary school in Tumen City. The girl went home and told her mother. Because the mother and daughter were so poisoned and brainwashed by the CCP propaganda, they went to a police department to report Ms. Zhang and point out her picture on a computer. At 10:00 p.m., on March 9, 2008, police officers from Shixian Town Department and agents from Tumen City National Security Division went to Ms. Zhang's home and arrested her.

On March 21, 2008, Ms. Li Hongyan, who distributed truth-clarification materials at the prison guards residents' building in the No. 2 Beixing Apartments on Xinxing Street in Yanji City, was reported by residents who did not know the truth. She was arrested and detained at the Yanji City Detention Station. The CCP officers ordered Ms. Li to write an article to slander Falun Gong, but she refused to cooperate. The 610 Office agents became very angry and had Ms. Li sentenced to three years in prison after her detention there was finished. On April 3, 2008, Ms. Li was transferred to serve her criminal detention.

On March 12, 2008, Mr. Zhang Qingjun, over 50 years old, was arrested at home by agents from the Tumen City National Security Division and police officers from the Shixian Town Department.

On March 10, 2008, Ms. Zhao Yanping was taking care of her husband who was sick in the hospital. When she was clarifying the truth there, she was reported and arrested. Her home was ransacked while her husband was still in the hospital. Practitioner Ms. Gong (given name unknown) was reported by an agent of the cooperative administration office when she was clarifying the truth and was arrested by police officers from Shixian Town. Practitioner Ms. Wang (given name unknown), over 70 years old, was reported by an agent of the cooperative administration office and was arrested by police officers from Shixian Town. Ms. Zhou Guiling was arrested when she was clarifying the truth.

Some of the agencies and personnel involved in these acts of persecution:

Luan Shengkuan (male), Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture Political and Judicial Committee secretary: 86-433-2513292, 86-433-2510715, 86-433-2510716 (office)

Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture 610 Office

Ren Zhiqi (male), chief: 86-433-251-6311(Office), 86-433-255-6280 (home), 86-138-9438-9168 (Cell)

Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture National Security Subdivision:
Wu Jinglin (male): 86-433-2565275 (Office)

Yanji City 610 Office: 86-433-2517901,86-433-2518644
Jin Yinghua (female), chief of the 610 Office: 86-433-2518661(Office)