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Additional Persecution News from China - April 22, 2009 (39 Reports)

May 2, 2009

(Clearwisdom.net) Today's report relates persecution incidents that took place in 33 cities or counties in 14 provinces. Forty-two Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to brutal mistreatment during detention, and at least 33 practitioners were arrested.

  1. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Song Anying Arrested
  2. [Beijing] Ms. Zhang Jing and Ms. Li Xiangding Sentenced to Two and a Half Years of Forced Labor
  3. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] The Persecution of Ms. Li Yuzhen
  4. [Chongqing] Mr. Tian Zili Arrested
  5. [Fujian Province] Ms. Xue Zhaohui's Term Extended
  6. [Hebei Province] Personnel from the Fuping County Domestic Security Division Follow Ms. Yuan Guihua and Ms. Xin Guozhi
  7. [Shaoyang City, Hunan Province] Ms. Liu Aihua and Ms. Yuan Qiuju Arrested
  8. [Beijing] Mr. Wang Jianglin Arrested
  9. [Cangzhou County, Hebei Province] Police Arrest Ms. Kang Lanying and Ms. Wang Xizhen
  10. [Heilongjiang Province] List of Practitioners Sentenced in Fangzheng County
  11. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Shuyi was Arrested from the Gangxing Hair Salon the Morning of April 19, 2009
  12. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yang Yanping Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
  13. [Hunan Province] Ms. Jiang Deying Arrested
  14. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Eight Practitioners Arrested
  15. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Chuanlan and Ms. Liu Shuyan Arrested
  16. [Huangmei County, Hubei Province] Mr. Du Ziguo Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison
  17. [Linqu County, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Yuhua Arrested
  18. [Quanyang City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhang Hongren Persecuted
  19. [Shandong Province] Ms. Chen Sufang Arrested
  20. [Heilongjiang Province] The Persecution of Practitioners in Mingshui County - Belated News
  21. [Zhongwei City, Ningxia Autonomous Region] Ms. Yang Jie Put in a Forced Labor Camp
  22. [Linghai City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wei Xiuying Arrested
  23. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Yan Hong Arrested
  24. [Hengyang City, Hunan Province] Mr. Li Yimin Arrested
  25. [Yanbian City, Jilin Province] Ms. Ying Dan Arrested on April 16, 2009
  26. [Tai'an City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Xiuping Arrested
  27. [Siping City, Jilin Province] Mr. Yuan Hongjing and Mr. Yuan Hongbiao Arrested
  28. [Songming County, Yunnan Province] Ms. Li Shizhen and Ms. Li Xiu Arrested
  29. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Personnel from the Panlong Domestic Security Division Arrested Ms. Li Jinfang from Her Home on March 31, 2009
  30. [Beijing] Ms. Li Xiaoling Arrested
  31. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Jin Liangfang Arrested
  32. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wang Baojun Arrested
  33. [Neijiang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhou Yulan Sentenced
  34. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhou Shufen Arrested
  35. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Mr. Song Dianhai Sentenced and Mr. Feng Jianxin Had Funds Extorted from Him
  36. [Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Shiying and Ms. Xiao Arrested
  37. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Ms. Cao Changfang Sentenced to Forced Labor
  38. [Tai'an County, Liaoning Province] Mr. Guo Chengxue and Mr. Wang Yingjie Sentenced
  39. [Haikou City, Hainan Province] Police Arrest Ms. Zheng Yulan

1. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Song Anying Arrested

Ms. Song Anying, 70 years old, lives in No. 6 Group, Yinxin Village, Qunli Town, Suining City. Eight policemen broke into her home and ransacked the place on December 22, 2008. They confiscated several Dafa books and truth-clarifying materials. They put Ms. Song in the Pengnan Town Police Station in Pengxi County and tried to make her tell them where she got the truth-clarifying materials. They got nothing from her and put her in the county detention center. Ms. Song was held there for 10 days and released after having 2,000 yuan extorted from her.

2. [Beijing] Ms. Zhang Jing and Ms. Li Xiangding Sentenced to Two and a Half Years of Forced Labor

Ms. Zhang Jing from Beijing University was arrested from her home on December 12, 2008.

Police also ransacked the homes of Mr. Chen Dongsheng, Mr. Huang Ziming, Ms. Li Xiangding, Mr. Yang Juhai, and Ms. Qi Xinping.

Ms. Li Xiangding was arrested

Ms. Zhang and Ms. Li were sentenced to two and a half years of forced labor and sent to a dispatch center.

3. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] The Persecution of Ms. Li Yuzhen

Ms. Li Yuzhen from the Daowai District of Harbin City has been arrested several times, and again on April 2, 2009, and held in the city detention center for 20 days. She was eventually sentenced to one year of forced labor. She is now seriously ill.

Feng Jun, Jiangshan Police Station chief in Daowai City: 86-451-88330413
Daxing Police Station: 86-451-88903132
Daowai District 610 Office: 86-451-88948229
Daowai District Police Department's Domestic Security Division chief's Office: 86-451-87663643

4. [Chongqing] Mr. Tian Zili Arrested

Mr. Tian Zili, 78 years old, is a retired teacher from Huayan Township, Shuangjiang Town, Tongnan County, Chongqing. The township's primary school principal went to his home and asked him to open the door. As soon as Mr. Tian did, personnel from the township police station broke in and ransacked the place. The police took him to the Jianshe Street Police Station and interrogated him overnight. Mr. Tian was released at 5:00 a.m. on March 12, 2009.

Huang Guodong, Huayan Township Primary School principal: 86-13527342886
Chen Yong, Huayan Township Primary School director: 86-13098798178

5. [Fujian Province] Ms. Xue Zhaohui's Term Extended

Ms. Xue Zhaohui is a doctor from the Quanzhou City People's Hospital in Fujian Province. She was sentenced to three years of forced labor in December 2005. She is held in the provincial Women's Forced Labor Camp. Officials there extended her forced labor term by 130 days because Ms. Xue refused to give up Falun Gong. She is still being held.

6. [Hebei Province] Personnel from the Fuping County Domestic Security Division Follow Ms. Yuan Guihua and Ms. Xin Guozhi

7. [Shaoyang City, Hunan Province] Ms. Liu Aihua and Ms. Yuan Qiuju Arrested

Personnel from the Xinshao County Police Department arrested Ms. Liu Aihua from Shaoyang City at her brother's home at 6:00 a.m. on April 18, 2009. She is now in the city's No.2 Detention Center. The police confiscated Dafa books, truth-clarifying materials, and a satellite TV dish.

Personnel from the Beita District Police Station arrested Ms. Yuan Qiuju and confiscated Dafa books and truth-clarifying materials at 6:00 a.m. on April 18, 2009.

8. [Beijing] Mr. Wang Jianglin Arrested

Personnel from the Panjiayuan Police Station arrested 69-year-old Mr. Wang Jianglin from Panjin City, Liaoning Province, at 6:00 a.m. on April 19, 2009. Mr. Wang worked in the Panjiayuan Community, the Chaoyang District, Beijing. The police confiscated several thousand yuan from him. Mr. Wang's whereabouts are unknown.

9. [Cangzhou County, Hebei Province] Police Arrest Ms. Kang Lanying and Ms. Wang Xizhen

Personnel from the Xinhua Police Station in Cangzhou County broke into Ms. Kang Lanying's home and arrested her at 6:00 a.m. on April 15, 2009.

The police arrested Ms. Wang Xizhen from the county's Xianzhi Kindergarten the morning of April 15, 2009.

Huo Zhigang, Xinhua Police Station deputy chief: 86-13930751606
Zhang Yingjie, Xinhua Police Station's Domestic Security Division chief: 86-317-5523803
Cangzhou County Police Department's Domestic Security Division: 86-317-5525261

10. [Heilongjiang Province] List of Practitioners Sentenced in Fangzheng County

Mr. Liu Guifu from Yihantong Dafangtun Village, Fangzheng County, was arrested in October 2003 and sentenced to six years in prison. He is in Daqing Prison.

Ms. Liu Fengzhen was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to five years in prison. She is in the Harbin City Women's Prison.

Mr. Zhang Chengbing was arrested in 2006 and sentenced to five years in prison. He is in Hulan Prison.

Mr. Wang Hai was arrested in December 2007. He was sentenced to three and a half years in the Daqing City Prison.

Ms. Yu Lianhe from Shahezi Town, Fangzheng County, was arrested in 2008 and sentenced to three years in prison.

Ms. Liu Hui and Mr. Yun Fuqi were arrested in 2008.

Han Tiezheng, Fangzheng County Police Department chief: 86-13304666444
Zhao Jiaqi, Fangzheng County Police Department deputy chief: 86-13936233166, 86-13303617299
Lu Tongjin, Domestic Security Division chief: 86- 13104509777

11. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Shuyi was Arrested from the Gangxing Hair Salon the Morning of April 19, 2009

12. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yang Yanping Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

Ms. Yang Yanping is employed by the No.2 Refractory Material Factory in the Fengrun District, Tangshan City. Personnel from the Jiangjiaying Township Police Station arrested her the afternoon of July 24, 2008, when she distributed Falun Gong flyers in Hezhuangzi Village. They took her to the district detention center.

Ms. Yang was recently sentenced to four years in prison and put in the Hebei Province Women's Prison on April 15, 2009.

13. [Hunan Province] Ms. Jiang Deying Arrested

Ms. Jiang Deying, in her 50s, is employed by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment at Hunan Normal University. She was arrested and taken to the Laodaohe Brainwashing Center on April 16, 2009.

14. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Eight Practitioners Arrested

Eight practitioners from the Huanleyuan Area in Fushun City were arrested on April 18, 2009. One of them was Ms. Wang Li. She manages a booth that sells batteries.

15. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Chuanlan and Ms. Liu Shuyan Arrested

Ms. Li Chuanlan and Ms. Liu Shuyan from Yushu City were arrested the night of April 19, 2009, for distributing Falun Gong flyers. Their homes were ransacked.

16. [Huangmei County, Hubei Province] Mr. Du Ziguo Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison

Mr. Du Ziguo is an employee of the Baihu Resin Plant in Huangmei County. Zhuogang Town Police Station Chief Hu Xiaobin and Officer Peng Lingran arrested Mr. Du and put him in the county's Shili Detention Center on June 8, 2009. They ransacked his home and office and confiscated a computer, a printer, and 80,000 yuan. Mr. Du was recently sentenced to eight years of imprisonment in the county court. He was taken to Hongshan Prison in Wuhan City on April 17, 2009.

17. [Linqu County, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Yuhua Arrested

The police arrested Ms. Wang Yuhua from Xinzai Town, Linqu County, from her home and ransacked the place at 9:00 a.m. on April 16, 2009. She was put in the county's Domestic and Security Division first. Later on police extorted 3,000 yuan from her and then released her.

18. [Quanyang City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhang Hongren Persecuted

Personnel from the Fusong County Police Department and from the Quanyang Town Police Department broke into Mr. Zhang Hongren's home and ransacked the place on April 20, 2009. They confiscated Dafa books and truth-clarifying materials. Mr. Zhang's whereabouts are unknown.

19. [Shandong Province] Ms. Chen Sufang Arrested

Officers arrested Ms. Chen Sufang and took her to the Qinjia Town Police Station the morning of April 20, 2009. They ransacked her home and confiscated a computer, Dafa books, and truth-clarifying materials. Ms. Chen was released at 6:00 p.m.

20. [Heilongjiang Province] The Persecution of Practitioners in Mingshui County - Belated News

Personnel from the Mingshui County Political and Security Committee arrested Mr. Gu Enyi, Mr. Yang Changjiang, Mr. Cui Jingwang, Ms. Zhang Liqin, Mr. Zang Hailin, Mr. Chai Yuan, and Mr. Jiang and Ms. Jiang Lingyun during 2001 and 2002. They extorted several thousand yuan from Mr. Jiang. They arrested another six practitioners from their homes and put them in a detention center.

A practitioner from Daqing City and Mr. Li Changjiang from the local area distributed Falun Gong flyers in Shuangxing Township in 2002. Police arrested them, confiscated their car, and sentenced Mr. Li to forced labor in the Suihua Forced Labor Camp.

21. [Zhongwei City, Ningxia Autonomous Region] Ms. Yang Jie Put in a Forced Labor Camp

Ms. Yang Jie from Zhongwei City was arrested in 2006 and sentenced to three years in the Yinchuan City Women's Prison. Her term should have expired on March 19, 2009, but the Ningxia AR's 610 Office transferred her to a brainwashing center. Ms. Yang has not yet been released.

22. [Linghai City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wei Xiuying Arrested

Personnel from the Jinzhou City Police Department and from the Linghai Domestic Security Division arrested 62-year-old Ms. Wei Xiuying and ransacked her home at 6:00 a.m. on April 17, 2009. She is held in the city's detention center.

23. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Yan Hong Arrested

Ms. Yan Hong from the Qingshan District, Wuhan City, was arrested the afternoon of April 18, 2009.

24. [Hengyang City, Hunan Province] Mr. Li Yimin Arrested

Chunhui Chemical Engineering Factory's Security Section officer Chen Zehua reported Mr. Li Yimin to police at 5:00 a.m. on April 19, 2009, when Mr. Li distributed Falun Gong flyers in the factory. Xiangyangqiao Police Station in Hengnan County arrested him later.

25. [Yanbian City, Jilin Province] Ms. Ying Dan Arrested on April 16, 2009

26. [Tai'an City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Xiuping Arrested

Police arrested Ms. Wang Xiuping, a teacher in the middle school affiliated with the Agriculture University, on April 18, 2009 when she distributed Falun Gong flyers. Her home was ransacked.

27. [Siping City, Jilin Province] Mr. Yuan Hongjing and Mr. Yuan Hongbiao Arrested

Personnel from the Siping City Police Department's Domestic Security Division and from the Tiexi District Police Department arrested Ms. Yuan Hongjing, Mr. Yuan Hongbiao, Mr. Xu Jingbo, and Ms. Suo Sufan on April 14, 2009. Ms. Suo is being held in the Dongshan Detention Center and the other three are in the city detention center.

28. [Songming County, Yunnan Province] Ms. Li Shizhen and Ms. Li Xiu Arrested

Personnel from the Songming County 610 Office arrested Ms. Li Shizhen and Ms. Li Xiu and put them in the Second Women's Prison in Yunnan Province on April 1, 2009.

29. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Personnel from the Panlong Domestic Security Division Arrested Ms. Li Jinfang from Her Home on March 31, 2009

30. [Beijing] Ms. Li Xiaoling Arrested

Ms. Li Xiaoling, 50 years old, is a retired kindergarten teacher in the Chaoyang District, Beijing Center. Police arrested her the afternoon of April 15, 2009, when she distributed Shen Yun DVDs in the Qinghe Xiaoying Area. Her whereabouts are unknown.

31. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Jin Liangfang Arrested

Personnel form the Chengguan Police Station arrested Ms. Jin Liangfang from Hongqi Village, Longfeng Town, Pengzhou City, on April 19, 2009. Her whereabouts are unknown.

32. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wang Baojun Arrested

Mr. Wang Baojun was arrested and held in the Nanguanling Prison's No.13 Ward in Dalian City. He was brutally tortured and is now undergoing treatment in the prison hospital.

33. [Neijiang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhou Yulan Sentenced

Ms. Zhou Yulan, in her 70s, is from Neijiang City. She explained the facts about Falun Gong during the Sichuan Earthquake in May 2008, but someone reported her to police. She was subsequently held in the city detention center for 10 months and then sentenced to three years in prison in March 2009. She is in Yangmahe Prison in Jianyang City, Sichuan Province.

34. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhou Shufen Arrested

Police arrested 67-year-old Ms. Zhou Shufen from Xingshan Village, Anqiu City, on April 13, 2009. Her whereabouts are unknown.

35. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Mr. Song Dianhai Sentenced and Mr. Feng Jianxin Had Funds Extorted from Him

Mr. Song Dianhai from Mengyin County was sentenced to one year of forced labor. Personnel from the county 610 Office extorted 2,000 yuan from Mr. Feng Jianxin.

36. [Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Shiying and Ms. Xiao Arrested

Ms. Li Shiying and Ms. Xiao from Gongzhuling City were arrested on April 16, 2009. Ms. Li was taken to the city detention center and Ms. Xiao to the custody center.

37. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Ms. Cao Changfang Sentenced to Forced Labor

Police in Mengyin County arrested Ms. Cao Changfang from Mengyin Town, Mengyin County, and took her to the Shandong Province No. 1 Women's Forced Labor Camp for a one-year term on April 15, 2009.

38. [Tai'an County, Liaoning Province] Mr. Guo Chengxue and Mr. Wang Yingjie Sentenced

Mr. Guo Chengxue and Mr. Wang Yingjie from Tai'an County, Anshan City, were sentenced to three and two years in prison, respectively. They were taken to the Jinzhou City Prison.

Mr. Ma Tianjiang is stil in the county detention center.

39. [Haikou City, Hainan Province] Police Arrest Ms. Zheng Yulan

Police arrested Ms. Zheng Yulan from Haikou City on April 15, 2009, for explaining the facts about Falun Gong. She is being held at Haikou City's Nongken Farm.

April 22, 2009