(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 16 cities or counties in eight provinces. In this report, 14 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 12 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Weifang, Shandong Province] Mr. Lu Hongyue Holds Hunger Strike to Protest the Persecution in the Shandong No. 2 Forced Labor Camp
2. [Tianshui, Gansu Province] Mr. Cui Dongsheng Arrested and Physically Abused While in Detention
Mr. Cui Dongsheng from the Qinzhou District was arrested on the morning of September 27, 2010, as he was posting Falun Gong information downtown. Three officers from the Shimaping Police Station made the arrest. They beat Mr. Cui in the head so hard that he bled. They also arrested Mr. Cui's non-practitioner wife Ms. Shi. Mr. Cui was able to escape from the police station. The police officers then intimidated and interrogated his wife, who told the police under pressure about Mr. Cui continuing the practice of Falun Gong. She then led the police to her home. The police ransacked it and confiscated all of Mr. Cui's Falun Gong books.
Two days later, on the evening of September 29, officers from the Qinzhou Domestic Security Division took Mr. Cui into custody at his home. He is currently held in the Lu'ergou Detention Center. Two detainees who were assigned to monitor Mr. Cui beat him many times during his detention under orders from guards.
3. [Dalian, Liaoning Province] Ms. Ding Lu Forced to Serve Five Years in Prison
Ms. Ding Lu from Dalian was subjected to one and a half years of forced labor, beginning in March 2009, and was supposed to be released in September 2010. However, six months ago, around February or March 2010, Ms. Ding was covertly transferred from the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp to the Yaojia Detention Center. She was then covertly tried and given a five-year prison term.
4. [Hebei Province] Ms. Zhang Guofen Subjected to Forced Labor
Officers from the Wenhua Road Police Station in Tangshan City arrested many Falun Gong practitioners on August 11, 2010, in the police jurisdiction area. Mr. Dong Peng, a teacher at the Kailuan Energy Institute, Ms. Zhang Guofen, an employee at the Tangshan Steel Company Hospital, and her younger sister Ms. Zhang Guoying were arrested. Ms. Zhang Guofen's home was ransacked and the sisters were taken to the Tangshan Detention Center. Ms. Zhang Guofen was later sent to the Kaiping Forced Labor Camp for a two-year term.
Ms. Zhang Guofen, 47, went to Beijing on October 2, 2001 to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. The Tangshan Steel Company police officers took her back, and held her in the No. 2 Detention Center for a month. She was forced to pay 10,000 yuan in extortion.
Li Xinghua, Tangshan Steel Company Hospital head: 86-15103156789, 86-315-2707168
Liu Cunren, Party secretary: 86-15103156728, 86-315-2707266, 86-315-2707388
Zhang Jie, deputy head: 86-15103156779, 86-315-2707276
5. [Yongqing County, Hebei Province] Ms. Ma Jinling and Her Husband Mr. Zhang Ji'an Detained
Ms. Ma Jinling and Mr. Zhang Ji'an were arrested at home on September 9, 2010. Yongqing County 610 Office head Shi Huanjin, along with officers from the county police department and Han Village Police Station, made the arrest under orders from Domestic Security Division head Yu Lianxing. They took Falun Gong books and informational materials, along with 3,000 yuan in cash. The couple is currently being held in the county detention center.
Their daughter is left alone uncared for at home. 610 Office agents claimed that they won't release the couple until they pay 40,000 yuan.
Shi Huanjin, Yongqing County 610 Office: 86-13582464080, 86-316-6685669
Yu Lianxing, Yongqing County Domestic Security Division head: 86-13333061129, 86-316-6620777
6. [Mudanjian City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Suo Ziying and Mr. Zhang Faqi Held in Custody
Officers including Yang Danpei from the Mudanjiang Domestic Security Division broke into Ms. Suo Ziying and Mr. Zhang Faqi's homes at around 8:00 p.m. on September 28, 2010. They took the two practitioners into custody, and took Ms. Suo's computer, a notebook computer, a VCD player, an MP5 player, two MP3 players, Falun Gong books and VCDs. Ms. Suo is in the Xinglong No. 2 Detention Center, Room 13.
The confiscated items from Mr. Zhang's home included a notebook computer, a copy machine, a printer, and all of his Falun Gong books. He is in the Xinglong No. 2 Detention Center, Room 5.
7. [Shenyang, Liaoning Province] Mr. Liu Yongming Persecuted
Mr. Liu Yongming from the Dadong District served two years of forced labor between 2003 and 2005 in the Longshan Forced Labor Camp. He was then detained for three years, between 2006 and 2009, in the Xihu Prison in Benxi. He returned home before the Chinese New Year in 2009.
8. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Lin Arrested
Chuanying District authorities recently held a brainwashing session. Beishan Police Station officers arrested Ms. Wang Lin on the afternoon of October 9, 2010, at her workplace in the Zhongbai Shopping Center and took her to the Xiaoguang Village Brainwashing Center in the Shahezi District.
9. [Lishui, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Wang Shuchun and Three Other Practitioners Arrested
Agents from the Lishui City 610 Office and Liandu District 610 Office arrested Ms. Wang Shuchun and Ms. Lai Xiangnan, and two other practitioners on September 26, 2010. The practitioners are currently in the Lishui International Hotel, Seventh floor.
Lishui City 610 Office: 86-578-2091897
Liandu District 610 Office: 86-578-2271736
10. [Laishui County, Hebei Province] Ms. Shi Shuzhen and Ms. Yang Shulan Taken away from Home and Held in the Laishui Party School Brainwashing Center
11. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] 610 Office Agents Persecute Ms. Li Fengzhi
Ms. Li Fengzhi was arrested at around 2:00 p.m. on October 8, 2010, while going downstairs in her apartment building. Chuanying District 610 Office agents and Qingdao Street Community personnel, who had waited for her at the entrance, made the arrest. They took her to the Chuanying District government building and then transferred her to a brainwashing facility. Three plainclothes officers from the Henan Street Police Station, along with community personnel, ransacked Ms. Li's home at 3:30 p.m. that same day.
12. [Changfeng County, Anhui Province] Mr. Zhou Qingli Still Detained
Mr. Zhou Qingli, in his forties, from Changfeng County, was subjected to one and a half years of forced labor in early 2009. He was abused and tortured to the brink of death while in the county police department and a detention center.
Mr. Zhou's term expired on July 25, 2010, but he is still being held in the Baofeng Forced Labor Camp in Xuancheng because he refuses to write the so-called four statements, similar to three statements, renouncing Falun Gong.
Shen Hongbao, Changfeng County 610 Office head: 86-551-6686751
Baofeng Forced Labor Camp: 86-563-5280046
13. [Jianyang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Wang Huazhang, in His Seventies, Held at the Er'e Lake Brainwashing Center in Yingjie Town, Ziyang City
14. [Beijing] Ms. Zhang Shuying Held at a Brainwashing Facility
Ms. Zhang Shuying, 70, is a Beijing resident. Local police officers arrested her at home on September 26, 2010. She is currently at the Xicheng Brainwashing Center in Xiaotangshan, Changping.
15. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Mr. Gong Pijian Subjected to Forced Labor
Mengcheng Police Station officers, along with Mengyin County Domestic Security Division officers, broke into 58-year-old Mr. Pong Pijian's home on the morning of August 26, 2010. They took a notebook computer, an energy-saving lotus lamp, and MP5, MP4, and MP3 players worth 5,000 yuan. Two plainclothes officers took Mr. Gong to a police vehicle. Mr. Gong was later covertly subjected to two and a half years of forced labor. His wife made great efforts to locate him and eventually learned he was sent to the Zhangqiu Forced Labor Camp. This is Mr. Gong's third forced labor sentence.
Mr. Gong, a former employee of the Mengyin County Food and Oil Company, was previously subjected to detention eight times, to forced labor twice, and to imprisonment once, and his pension was suspended for four years. He was abused and tortured, including being tied to a death bed with four pairs of handcuffs and one pair of shackles, immobilizing his hands and feet for 14 days. He was also hung up with handcuffs for seven days.
Zhang Yuanxue, Mengyin County Police Department head: 86-539-4818801, 86-13705397128, 86-539-4818901
Li Baoyuan, Mengyin County 610 Office head: 86-539-4811681, 86-13953958936
Sun Shu'ai, Mengyin County 610 Office deputy head: 86-539-4811681, 86-13173095056
16. [Tianjin] Ms. Jia Shuyun Arrested
Ms. Jia Shuyun, 58, from the Beichen District, Tianjin was arrested on October 1, 2010, as she was posting information about Falun Gong in the Shengcang Residential Area. She was taken to the Beichen Detention Center.
17. [Neijiang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Gao Huifang Injected with Unknown Drugs at a Mental Hospital Before Her Death
Ms. Gao Huifang from Longchang County was arrested on the morning of June 29, 2006, and died at noon that same day as a result of persecution.
In March 2006, local police sent her to a mental hospital, where they tied her up to a bed and injected her with unknown drugs. Following the injection, Ms. Gao's entire body became badly swollen. She could open her eyes only a little.
18. [Miyi County, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhou Ying and Ms. Chen Zhuhui Persecuted
Miyi County Domestic Security Division head Yang Zihua and other officers broke into Ms. Zhang Kaiqiong's home on the morning of August 24, 2010. They arrested Ms. Zhou Ying and Ms. Chen Zhuhui, who were at Ms. Zhang's home, and took two copies of Zhuan Falun, and Ms. Zhang's handbag containing 200 yuan and an MP3 player.
19. [Miyi County, Sichuan Province] Ms. Li Faqiong Persecuted--belated information
Baima Town government officials ordered Ms. Li Faqiong and other practitioners to attend a meeting at the town government on November 27, 1999. Each practitioner was forced to pay a 300-yuan deposit, as officials thought this would prevent them from going to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.
Miyi County Police Department officers and officers from the Xiaojie Police Station arrested Ms. Li Faqiong on December 26, 1999, and took her to the Xiaojie Police Station. Ms. Li was detained for four hours before she was released.
Three officers from the Miyi County Police Department, led by Li Bao'an from the Neighborhood Committee, took Ms. Li to the Miyi County Police Department on January 6, 2000 and held her in custody for a month. The police handcuffed Ms. Li and hung her up for two days. They gave her nothing to eat during this time. Ms. Li's son paid more than 10,000 yuan in bribes to involved officials before Ms. Li was released on Chinese New Year's Eve in 2000. Ms. Li was forced to pay 400 yuan before leaving the detention center.