(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 29 cities or counties in 13 provinces. In this report, 26 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 27 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Rongcheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Du Chengying Tortured to Near Death
On November 14, 2008, Ms. Du Chengying, from Weihai City, Shandong Province, was handing out brochures and telling others about the facts of the persecution at a farmers market in Datuan Town. Officers from the Domestic Security Division of the Rongcheng City Police Department took her to the Rongcheng City Detention Center. Ms. Du went on a hunger strike. Within five days, she was tortured to the verge of death. On November 19, the detention center officials, afraid of being held responsible, notified Ms. Du's family to come and take her home.
On December 9, twenty days after Ms. Du returned home, Xing Jianping, from the Domestic Security Division of the Rongcheng City Police Department, under orders from Liu Qiang, head of the 610 Office, took Ms. Du to the Rongcheng City Detention Center. When her family confronted the police about the reason for her detention, the police said it was because she did not sign a guarantee statement.
On December 11, her family went to visit her at the detention center and the officials told them that she had been taken to the Wangcun Women's Forced Labor Camp the day before. An 18-month forced labor term was issued by the Rongcheng City 610 Office. Labor camp officials scolded officers from the 610 Office: "How could someone who is about to die be brought to this place!" After force-feeding Ms. Du, the labor camp guards carried her to a restroom. She was given a wooden plank and a piece of cardboard to sleep on but no blanket or sheet. Two inmates with drug abuse charges were assigned to keep an eye on her. The inmates cursed and beat Ms. Du. Ms. Du continued to resist the persecution and returned home on December 18.
2. [Beijing] Ms. Zhang Muwen from Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province Taken into Custody in Beijing
In September 2008, Ms. Zhang Muwen from Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, went to Beijing on a tour and was taken into custody. Her family has been trying to locate her for months. They have not been told her whereabouts and have not been allowed to see her. Recently, local police officers asked her husband to sign a piece of paper. They told him that she had been detained for 15 days in Beijing because some brochures and a memory stick with some Falun Gong contents were found in her bag. The police lied to him and told him that she would be released if he signed the paper. However, Ms. Zhang has remained in police custody. Her family has not received any legal documents or anything in writing. She has contracted hepatitis while being held in the detention center.
3. [Wudi County, Shandong Province] Mr. Huang Shaoyao Taken into Custody by the 610 Office
Mr. Huang Shaoyan, from Chezhen Township in Wudi County, Shandong Province, was doing business in Dongli District, Tianjin. At around 10:00 a.m. on December 9, 2008, he went to the Commerce and Trade Market in Dongli District to make deliveries. Officers from the 610 Office took him into custody. His whereabouts remain unknown.
4. [Chongqing City] Mr. Deng Fushou Faces Trial
Mr. Deng Fushou, in his fifties, has been held at the Huayansi Detention Center in Jiulongpo District since being taken into custody in June 2009. Mr. Deng was scheduled to be tried by the Jiulongpo District Court at 2:00 p.m. on December 29.
Tribunal Director: 86-23-68159910
Wu Can, judge: 86-23-68152822
Chu Haotian, Zheng Jing, officials responsible for the case at the Procuratorate: 86-23-89062077 (Office)
Xiang Longxi, officer at the High and New Technology District Police Station in Chongqing City who took Mr. Deng into custody: 86-138-83537022 (Cell)
5. [Jiaonan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Bingmei, Ms. Ding Shouxiang, Ms. Feng Xiuchun and Ms. Wu Shuihua Receive Heavy Sentencing
Ms. Zhao Bingmei, Ms. Ding Shouxiang, Ms. Feng Xiuchun and Ms. Wu Shuihua, who live in Jiaonan City, were taken into custody by the Jiaonan police on April 5, 2008. On April 15, they were taken to the Dashan Detention Center in Qingdao City, Shandong Province. At 9:00 a.m. on August 18, the Jiaonan City Court held a trial involving the four practitioners at the Dashan Detention Center. Four attorneys, including Mr. Du Xiangzhong, volunteered to defend the innocence of the four practitioners. The judge sentenced Ms. Zhao, Ms. Ding, and Ms. Feng each to seven years in prison, and Ms. Wu to three years in prison. Four months later, the Jiaonan City Court upheld the original sentencing. On December 22, the four practitioners were transferred to Jinan City Prison after being unlawfully held for eight months in the Dashan Detention Center.
6. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Ms. Jiang Caifang Taken into Custody; 15,000 Yuan Extorted From Her Family
Ms. Jiang Caifang, 38, lives in Zhuanxiqiu Village, Wanjia Town, Pingdu City, Shandong Province. At around 8:30 a.m. on December 24, 2008, Liu Jie, from the Pingdu City Police Department, Yu Tao, director of the Wanjia Town Police Station, and half a dozen police officers smashed through the door at Ms. Jiang's home. They ransacked her home, confiscated a computer, a camcorder, a cellular phone, some Falun Dafa books, brochures, and DVDs. Ms. Jiang was cooking at the time and continued to cook while she told the police the facts about the persecution. Two officers dragged her to the police vehicle and threw her into it without saying a word. Ms. Jiang was taken to the Wanjia Town Police Station where officers took turns kicking and punching her during an interrogation. An officer named Wang Xizhou pulled her hair and slapped her repeatedly. When Ms. Jiang asked him his name, he started cursing Falun Gong and hit her even harder. Officers Xu Zengcai and Liu Jie punched her to the ground and took turns kicking her.
The Wanjia Town Police Station is notorious for its brutal treatment of practitioners. Ms. Jiang's family went to the police the same afternoon and asked for her release. Yu Tao, the police station director, demanded 400 yuan from them right away. He swindled her family into paying 20,000 yuan in exchange for her release. Ms. Jiang's family borrowed money from various sources and came up with 15,000 yuan. Ms. Jiang was not released until 7:00 p.m. that evening. Ms. Jiang's family lives on a shoestring and their financial situation has worsened since having money extorted from them by the police.
7. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Xiuyun Held in Prison
Ms. Wang Xiuyun, 46, lives in the Niangniangmiao area in Chejia Village, Luyuan District, Changchun City. On October 20, 2008, the Luyuan District Domestic Security Division took her into custody. She has been held at the Shuangyang No. 3 Prison in Changchun City. Ms. Wang has suffered from numerous illnesses; however, all her illnesses vanished after she started practicing Falun Gong. When the police took her into custody, they also confiscated a computer and a typewriter. Her family has been denied visits for two months.
8. [Meihekou City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Suyuan Manages to Escape after Being Taken into Police Custody
On December 23, 2008, officers in the Tonghua area in Jilin Province and those from the Xiaoyang Township Police Station unlawfully arrested Mr. Wang Jian, Mr. Ding Yufeng and Ms. Shi Chunxiang in Shancheng Town, Heihekou City, Jilin Province. At around 3:00 p.m. on December 24, You Hongtao, Wu Zhigang (badge number 530482), Sun Yanying and another officer from the Shancheng Town Police Department arrived at the Yuzeng Underwear and Socks Mart where Ms. Li Suyuan works. The four officers tore off Ms. Li's clothes in public and took her to the Shancheng Town Police Department. The police confiscated her cellular phone. At around 5:00 p.m. Ms. Li Suyuan managed to escape.
9. [Siping City, Jilin Province] Ms. Ai Lianxiang, Ms. Wei Guiqin, and Two Other Practitioners Taken into Custody
At around 4:00 p.m. on December 23, 2008, local police officers and residential community officials received reports and went to a rented room where Ms. Ai Lianxiang, Ms. Wei Guiqin, Ms. Li Shufen and Ms. Li Shuchun lived. The officers took the four practitioners to the Siping Detention Center.
10. [Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Duo Tao's Whereabouts Remain Unknown
Mr. Duo Tao, from Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, is an architectural engineer in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. Between July 10 and July 20, about a month before the Beijing Olympic Games began, he was taken into custody by the local police at his home in Zhuhai City. His whereabouts remain unknown. His wife Ms. Liu Di, also a Falun Dafa practitioner, was taken into custody in March or April 2007. She has been held at the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp in Guangdong Province. The couple has no family or relatives in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province.
11. [Miyun County, Beijing] Ms. Yang Guirong Taken into Custody
Ms. Yang Guirong, who lives in Jingziyu Village, Miyun County, Beijing, was turned in to the police. She was taken to the Miyun Detention Center on December 21, 2008. Ms. Yang gave out the name of a fellow practitioner, Ms. Li Jinglian. On December 24, Ms. Li was taken from her relatives' home in Tong County, Beijing to the Miyun Detention Center.
12. [Zhongjiang County, Sichuan Province] Ms. Lu Xiurong, Ms. Tian Yuxiu and Two Other Practitioners Face Trial
Ms. Lu Xiurong, Ms. Tian Yuxiu, Ms. Wang Xiaomei and Qi Xiaoping (gender unknown) remain in custody at the Zhongjiang County Detention Center in Sichuan Province. The local court is planning a trial. On December 18, the Zhongjiang Court interrogated the practitioners in preparation for the trial.
Zhu Taiju (gender unknown) and another 18-year-old practitioner are being held at the Jingyang District Detention Center in Deyang City, Sichuan Province. The Jingyang District Court took orders from the 610 Office and unlawfully sentenced Zhu to three years in prison.
Zhang Yong, head of the Domestic Security Division of the Zhongjiang County Police Department in Deyang City, Sichuan Province: 86-159-83839998 (Cell), 86-838-7208499
Zhou Hongliang, political instructor
Zheng Min, deputy head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-838-7209666, 86-139-80117668 (Cell)
Huang Ying, head of the No. 1 Team of the Domestic Security Division: 86-838-7201362, 86-139-80117668 (Cell)
Chen Jiaguo, head of the No. 2 Team of the Domestic Security Division: 86-838-7209030
Office of the Domestic Security Division: 86-838-7209030
13. [Yinan County, Shandong Province] Ms. Xue Li Taken into Custody; Her Home Searched
Ms. Xue Li was taken into custody. It has been confirmed that her home in Yinan County was searched. The police confiscated a computer, a printer, DVDs and Falun Gong brochures.
Li Xiaofeng, head of the Yinan County 610 Office: 86-138-54959994 (Cell)
Ma Chenglong, head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-135-73945281 (Cell)
Xue Yunbo, deputy chief of the police department and director of the 610 Office: 86-136-05497379 (Cell)
Yu Shoumei, wife of Xue Yunbo: 86-138-64952296 (Cell)
Huang Bangtao, detention center director: 86-138-53988069 (Cell)
14. [Xiangfan City, Hubei Province] Mr. Chen Xinan Recently Sentenced to Three Years in Prison by Fancheng District Court
Fancheng District Procuratorate: 86-710-3248077, 86-710-3236772, 86-710-3233497
Office of the Fancheng District Court: 86-710-3222849
Office of Xiangfan City Procuratorate: 86-710-3569923
Office of the Xiangfan City Intermediate Court: 86-710-3515066, 86-710-3511664
15. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Hengping Taken into Custody
Ms. Liu Hengping has been forced to stay away from her hometown due to the persecution. She found a job with a rental agency in Qingdao City, Shandong Province and lived there. It seems someone Ms. Liu knows became jealous of her work performance. On December 16, 2008, that person cursed and yelled at her in public, and then framed her and turned her in to the police. Officers from the Jinhu Road Police Station in Nan District, Qingdao City took Ms. Liu into custody. She is currently being held at the No. 3 Team of the Dashan Detention Center in Qingdao City.
A preliminary investigation has indicated that Guo Yongjun and Liu Xuyun at the detention center are the guards in charge of Ms. Liu. Their telephone number is 86-532-82901610.
16. [Linzhang County, Hebei Province] Ms. Guo Huabin Taken into Custody and Held at the Linzhang County Detention Center
On the morning of December 9, 2008, Mr. Guo Huabin was on her way from her home in Nangang Village to visit with relatives at her mother's home in Nandongfang Town, Linzhang County, Hebei Province. Li Shuang, Zhang Xuming and other officers from the Linzhang County Domestic Security Division took her into custody in broad daylight. Ms. Guo is being held at the Linzhang County Detention Center.
17. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhang Shu'e Taken to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp
Ten days after Ms. Zhang Shu'e, from Benxi City, was taken into custody, she was transferred to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp for refusing to give up the practice of Falun Gong.
18. [Diaobingshan City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Hu Ying from Tieling City Secretly Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison by Diaobingshan Court
On December 25, Ms. Hu's family arrived at the Diaobingshan Court to inquire about her situation. The court officials told them that she had been sentenced to seven years in prison. Her family asked why they did not receive any notice regarding the trial. The court officials replied that notifying the family was not required if the plaintiff was over 18 years old. Ms. Hu's family asked to see her. The officials said the request would not to be considered before January 1, 2009. Her family is worried about her health.
19. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Qi Caimei and Ms. Tang Shuxiang Brutally Force-Fed at Detention Center
Ms. Qi Caimei and Ms. Tang Shuxiang, from Fushun City, stayed on a hunger strike after being taken into custody. They were brutally force-fed at the Nangou Detention Center in Fushun City. Ms. Tang's life was in imminent danger. She was taken to the Mining Affairs Hospital in Fushun City. She went home with her family at noon on December 24.
20. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wang Yuqing Taken into Custody by Raoyang Police Station in Jinzhou City
At around 7:00 p.m. on December 24, 2008, Mr. Wang Yuqing was giving out brochures across from the city's Christian church. Three plainclothes police officers showed up and took him to the Raoyang Police Station. At the police station, a team head with the surname Ding and an officer with the surname Yu put a rope around Mr. Wang's neck and lifted him off the ground. He almost suffocated. Ding and Yu also brutally beat him. Mr. Wang suffered injuries to his internal organs along with several bruises on his body. He was taken to the city detention center. Officers at the Raoyang Police Station confiscated a deposit receipt worth 4,900 yuan, a motorcycle, his motorcycle driver's license, a cellular phone, and his residential identification card. The police also searched his home.
21. [Wafangdian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Jinhua and Ms. Gao Shuyun Taken into Custody
Ms. Liu Jinhua and Ms. Gao Shuyun, from Lidian Town in Wafangdian City, were turned in to the police while handing out brochures with persecution facts in the Datian Town area of Pulandian City. Local police officers took the two practitioners into custody.
22. [Wafangdian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Tan Guodi Taken to Brainwashing Center
At 8:00 a.m. on December 24, 2008, Ms. Tan Guodi, from Songshu Town in Wafangdian City, Liaoning Province, was taken to a brainwashing center by state security officers from Dalian City and police officers from the local Songshu Police Station.
23. [Liaoyang County, Liaoning Province] Ms. Yang Qing, from Anshan City, Taken to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp
Ms. Yang Qing, from Anshan City, was taken into custody by officers from the Wayao Police Station in Liaoyang County. She has been unlawfully sentenced to 15 months of forced labor and her family was not notified. Ms. Yang is being held at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Liaoning Province. Her family did not know about her sentence until recently when they went to the labor camp to visit her. The labor camp guards rudely rejected their request for visitation. One guard viciously claimed that they would not be able to see her unless she gave up her belief.
Han Jian, director of the Wayao Police Station in Liaoyang County: 86-419-3302303
24. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhang Zhijie Taken into Custody
Ms. Zhang Zhijie, almost 70 years old, lives in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. On December 26 (or December 25), she might have been turned in to the police while telling others about the persecution of Falun Gong. It has been reported that there was a torch relay in Harbin City on December 26 for the 24th Winter Universiade. Plainclothes police officers were dispatched to numerous sites in the city.
25. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Ms. He Fengyun and Ms. Xin Guirong Taken into Custody; Their Homes Searched
On December 26, 2008, Ms. He Fengyun and Ms. Xin Guirong were turned in to the police while they were telling others the facts about the persecution. Officers from the Dong Street Police Station in Longgang District searched the two practitioners' homes on Dong Street in Longgang District, Huludao City.
Ma Donghe, deputy director of the Dong Street Police Station in Longgang District, Huludao City: 86-138-42996449 (Cell)
Chen Jiuzhi, officer at the Dong Street Police Station: 86-138-98796363 (Cell)
Dong Street Police Station: 86-429-3172552, 86-429-2097581
26. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Two Practitioners Taken into Custody
The torch relay for the 24th Winter Universiade was to reach Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province on December 25. At around 3:00 p.m. on December 24, 2008, a dozen police officers from the Jiamusi City Police Department and from the local police department and station arrived in three police vehicles at Ms. Yuan Yuqin's home. After deceiving the people inside into opening the door for them, the officers forced their way in. They confiscated portraits of the founder of Falun Gong and brochures with Falun Gong contents. They were accused of violating the law and officers forcibly took the two practitioners into custody using the excuse that they were looking for someone. The two practitioners were taken to the police station. After the practitioners were interrogated, the officers took out a camera and tried to take pictures. The practitioners did not cooperate and no pictures were taken. At 8:00 p.m., the officers took the two practitioners to the city's women and children's hospital for physical examinations. The two practitioners refused the exams and were taken back to the police station. The two practitioners sat in the office under the surveillance of four police officers throughout the night. At 4:00 p.m. the following day, the police station received orders that the two practitioners were to be released.
27. [Xuyong County, Sichuan Province] Ma Yuliang, a Domestic Security Officer, Abuses a Practitioner Again
At noon on December 20, Ms. Fan Shizhi gave a driver a copy of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party near a bridge by the Dingshui Middle School. The driver turned her in to the police. Ma Yuliang, an officer of the Domestic Security Division, forcibly pushed Ms. Fan into a police vehicle. The police searched her home and took pictures of her. Several hours later, Ms. Fan, in her sixties, was released.
28. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Yuxiang in Linzi District Taken to Forced Labor Camp for Second Time
Ms. Zhang Yuxiang, 43, works at the Qilu Petrochemical Company. She was framed and turned in to the police. In mid-December 2008, agents of the 610 Office at the Lizi Police Department sentenced her to 18 months of forced labor. Ms. Zhang is being held at the Wangcun Forced Labor Camp. She has been taken into custody several times by officers of the Qidu Police Department, which is in charge of the suppression of Falun Gong practitioners at the Qilu Petrochemical Company. She was taken to a psychiatric facility, a brainwashing center, a detention center and then a forced labor camp. This is the second time she has been taken to a forced labor camp.
29. [Yichun City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Li Shuixiang Taken to Prison
Ms. Li Shuixiang, around 40 years old, is from Nanmu Township in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province. She used to work as a maid in a practitioner's home. After the suppression started in 1999, the practitioner was arrested for telling others about the persecution and later unlawfully sentenced to three years of forced labor. Ms. Li was also sentenced to three years of forced labor for not turning the practitioner in to the police. After being released at the end of the 3-year term, Ms. Li left Yichun City to avoid police harassment and went to Xinyu City in Jiangxi Province to work as a maid. In recent years, she returned to Yichun City and was selling bean curd on the street. She continued to tell others the facts of the persecution while persuading them to withdraw from the Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. Around August 2008, when the Olympic Games were being held in Beijing, police followed her and arrested her as she was distributing brochures in the streets. She was held at the Xicun area in Yichun City where she was forced to engage in labor. She has refused to be "transformed" or give out the names of other practitioners. It has been reported that recently, she was taken to a prison or labor camp in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province.
30 [Wanzai County, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Xiong Meiying and Ms. Zhong Longhua from Wanzai County Taken into Police Custody for Distributing Brochures and Copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party
31. [Yibin City, Sichuan Province] Nanxi County Court to Place Practitioners on Trial
The Nanxi County Court has assisted the county 610 Office (also known as the Comprehensive Management Office), the Political Judiciary Committee, and the Nanxi County Procuratorate in persecuting several practitioners who were unlawfully arrested around August 2008, when the Olympic Games were held in Beijing. The practitioners have been held at the Nanxi County Detention Center. The Nanxi County Court was to put the detained practitioners on trial between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on December 29. Mr. Huang Hua, Mr. Chen Lixiang, Ms. Song Shufen, and Mr. Wu remain in custody at the detention center.
Nanxi County Procuratorate in Yibin City, Sichuan Province: 86-831-3322904
Tang Shenghua, in charge of the case at the Nanxi County Court: 86-831-3322772
Yi Qiang, head of the Nanxi County Comprehensive Management Office (the 610 Office): 86-139-09093428 (Cell)
Li Zeming, officer at the Domestic Security Division: 86-135-08199218
610 Office of the Nanxi County State Security Department: 86-831-3334611
Nanxi County Detention Center: 86-831-3334790
32. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Zhang Litian's Family Continues to Investigate the Cause of His Death
Mr. Zhang was tortured to death at the Jinzhou Prison. On December 25, 2008, Mr. Zhang Litian's younger brother went to the Chengjiao Procuratorate in Jinzhou City again. The younger brother found Liu Fei, who was in charge of Mr. Zhang's case. Liu asked Mr. Zhang, "Why are you here again?" Mr. Zhang replied, "The Jinzhou City Procuratorate sent me here to talk about the forensic analysis." Liu Fei rudely told him that because he had not paid money when he was told to do so at the beginning, it was now too late.
Mr. Zhang said that the family was going to find an impartial organization to conduct the forensic analysis. He considered it unreasonable that the Procuratorate and the prison, which was responsible for his elder brother's abnormal death, were insisting that the forensic analysis be carried out by a local forensic expert who was appointed by them. This excluded any forensic expert that might be hired by the family. He was especially concerned that his elder brother's body remained in the hands of the prison. Liu Fei insisted that no one other than their appointed forensic expert was allowed to be present. Mr. Zhang pointed out that Cheng Jun, head of the No. 20 Ward, Zhang Baozhi of the Jinzhou Prison, and two inmates were murder suspects. He pointed out that the Procuratorate officials were abusing their power by covering up the murder by authorizing the prison authorities to steal the corpse.
Mr. Zhang Litian's family and relatives are determined to bring the murderers to justice, regardless of what it takes and how long it takes.
33. [Yongnian County, Hebei Province] Ms. Qiao Qiaoshu in the Xuezhuang Area Sentenced to Two Years in Prison and Taken to the Shijiazhuang Women's Prison