(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 17 cities or counties in 12 provinces. In this report, nine practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 23 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Weihai, Shandong Province] Mr. Wang Xiao and Others Arrested
2. [Nanchong, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wang Hongmei Arrested for Purchasing Tickets to Shen Yun Performance in Hong Kong
3. [Shangyu, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Qian Chaying Arrested
4. [Gansu Province] Ms. Yang Wenxiu Grossly Abused and Mistreated---Belated Information
5. [Guangdong Province] South China Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences Officials Intimidate Ms. Yu Ya'ou
6. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Yang Hong Grossly Abused and Mistreated for Refusing to Do Hard Labor
7. [Benxi, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Mingren Given a One-Year Prison Term
8. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Lu Chunyun Arrested
9. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Mr. Wang Changzheng, Mr. Huang Jiafa and Ms. Zhu Cuizhu Arrested
10. [Bin County, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Miao Chunhong and Ms. Li Qingzhi Arrested
11. [Taiyuan, Shanxi Province] Ms. Zhang Xiuying Arrested
12. [Baoding, Hebei Province] Ms. Sun Lingru Arrested
13. [Chongqing] Ms. Liu Zhongqiong Arrested
14. [Jilin Province] Many Practitioners Arrested
15. [Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Retired Teacher Mr. Zheng Shouhe Extorted
16. [Tianjin] Ms. Jiang Shuyun Subjected to Forced Labor
17. [Tianjin] Two Practitioners Arrested
18. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Cui Xiuxin Given a Three-year Prison Term
19. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zheng Youyu Arrested
20. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhu Jiansheng Dies As a Result of Gross Abuse and Torture
21. [Hulunbeier, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Xu Baohua Held in Custody
1. [Weihai, Shandong Province] Mr. Wang Xiao and Others Arrested
Mr. Wang Xiao, Mr. Ning Shujiang, Ms. Liang Cailing, Mr. Song Xiuchang, and others from Weihai visited someone in Luojia Village, Wenquan Town, Huancui District, on February 1, 2010. A villager reported them to the police. Mr. Ning is now in the Rongcheng City Detention Center. Ms. Liang and Mr. Wang are now in the Weihai City Detention Center, and Mr. Song is now in the Weihai City Detention Center or Custody Center.
Rongcheng City Police Department 610 Office: 86-631-7567610
Rongcheng City Detention Center: 86-631-7564314
2. [Nanchong, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wang Hongmei Arrested for Purchasing Tickets to Shen Yun Performance in Hong Kong
Ms. Wang Hongmei, a PhD graduate from the Department of History at Lanzhou University, is a lecturer in the School of History & Culture at China West Normal University. Nanchong State Security agents arrested her in early January 2010 for having purchased tickets to the planned Hong Kong Shen Yun performances. Her whereabouts are unknown.
Ms. Wu Li is an assistant to the general manager of a foreign-funded enterprise in Chengdu. State Security agents arrested her around January 25, 2010, for purchasing tickets to the planned Hong Kong Shen Yun performance. She is now incarcerated in the Jinhua Brainwashing Center in Chengdu.
3. [Shangyu, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Qian Chaying Arrested
Yuyao City 610 Office agents recently arrested Ms. Qian Chaying, who is in her late forties.
4. [Gansu Province] Ms. Yang Wenxiu Grossly Abused and Mistreated---Belated Information
Several officers from the Baiyin Domestic Security Division arrested Ms. Yang Wenxiu at 11:00 a.m. on June 20, 2006, and ransacked her home. The police interrogated her at the Security Section in the Baiyin Power Supply Bureau. They tortured her for five hours before taking her to the Baiyin Detention Center. Ms. Yang was taken to the Gansu Province Women's Forced Labor Camp within 20 days to be held for 18 months.
The camp guards forced Ms. Yang to take medicine on arrival. The medicine caused mental confusion. After that, they incited drug offenders to take turns to try to "reform" her. The guards even sowed discord between her and her family. Ms. Yang was released on December 21, 2007.
5. [Guangdong Province] South China Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences Officials Intimidate Ms. Yu Ya'ou
Ms. Yu Ya'ou, a PhD candidate at the South China Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences, is due to graduate this year. At the end of her doctoral thesis, on a page reserved for acknowledgements, she wrote, "First, I would like to thank Falun Dafa. Were it not for the support from the power of this righteous belief I would have been unable to complete my doctoral thesis."
The officials intimidated and coerced her to delete these words, otherwise, she would probably be expelled or arrested. They also pressured her tutor and other panel members of the graduate committee who dared not sign the paperwork to approve Ms. Yu to orally defend her doctoral thesis.
6. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Yang Hong Grossly Abused and Mistreated for Refusing to Do Hard Labor
Ms. Yang Hong from Huludao City has been incarcerated at the Liaoning Province Women's Prison for two years. The prison officials recently forbade her family from visiting her because she broke the prison rules. Ms. Yang has been locked in a storeroom since July 6, 2009, for refusing to do hard labor. That place is unbearably hot and stuffy in the summer and extremely cold in the winter.
Yang Li, Liaoning Province Women's Prison head: 86-24-89296666 (Office), 86-24-86914173 (Home), 86-13390118299 (Cell)
Fang Shuxia, deputy head: 86-24-89296633, 86-13390116633
7. [Benxi, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Mingren Given a One-Year Prison Term
Ms. Wang Mingren from Hekou Town, Benxi County, was sentenced to one year of imprisonment.
Ms. Gao Guifen was released on medical parole. Three other practitioners were arrested but we have no news about them so far.
8. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Lu Chunyun Arrested
Ms. Lu Chunyun from Liaoyuan City spoke with people about Falun Gong at the Lianmao Building in Liaoyuan City on the morning of January 26, 2010. Security guards arrested her. She is now at the Liaoyuan City Detention Center.
Ren Jianbo, Liaoyuan City Police Department head: 86-13351560001
Zong Renfu, deputy head: 86-13351560005
9. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Mr. Wang Changzheng, Mr. Huang Jiafa, and Ms. Zhu Cuizhu Arrested
Mr. Wang Changzheng, Mr. Huang Jiafa, and Ms. Zhu Cuizhu from the Dongxihu area in Wuhan City were arrested on the evening of November 23, 2009. The three practitioners have been held in custody ever since. Ms. Zhu is now at the Ertouwan Brainwashing Center. Mr. Wang and Mr. Huang are now at the Dongxihu Detention Center in Wuhan.
Ding Huofang, Dongxihu Detention Center head: 86-13098811548
10. [Bin County, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Miao Chunhong and Ms. Li Qingzhi Arrested
Mr. Miao Chunhong and Ms. Li Qingzhi, both in their fifties, are from Ningyuan Town in Bin County. When they went to speak with people about Falun Gong in Qingshantun, Ningyuan Town, on January 31, 2010, they were reported to the police and arrested at noon. Their families went to the police station to demand their release at around 4:00 p.m. The police lied, saying that if they persuaded the practitioners to give up Falun Gong, the police would release them. The two practitioners refused to comply. The police went later on to search their homes but found nothing they wanted, but nevertheless took both practitioners to the Bin County Detention Center at 5:30 p.m. that day.
Ningyuan Town Police Station: 86-451-57936057
11. [Taiyuan, Shanxi Province] Ms. Zhang Xiuying Arrested
Ms. Zhang Xiuying, 52, from Taiyuan, was reported on the afternoon on January 31, 2010, as she spoke with people about Falun Gong. Patrol police officers took her to the Huifeng Police Station. Ms. Zhang is now at the Taiyuan City Women's Detention Center. The police ransacked her home the third day following her arrest and confiscated a computer.
Detention center: 86-351-6573905
Huifeng Police Station: 86-351-6639110
12. [Baoding, Hebei Province] Ms. Sun Lingru Arrested
Ms. Sun Lingru, 60, from Wenjiazhuang Village, Beiluo Town, Tang County, was reported and taken into custody at the Beiluo Town Police Station. The arrest happened when she distributed information about Falun Gong at around 8:00 p.m. on January 20, 2010. Three police station officers broke into her home at around 1:00 a.m. on January 21, 2010 and confiscated her Falun Gong books, copies of the Minghui Weekly, and other Falun Gong-related materials. They took Ms. Sun to the Tang County Police Department at 8:30 a.m. and then held her at the Tang County Detention Center on January 21, 2010.
Wang Tiechi, Beiluo Town Police Station head: 86-312-6410353
Tang County Domestic Security Division: 86-312-6420053
Li Zengliang, Tang County 610 Office deputy head: 86-312-6135736, 86-312-6420296
13. [Chongqing] Ms. Liu Zhongqiong Arrested
Elderly Ms. Liu Zhongqiong from Liangping County was arrested on the morning of January 28, 2010, as she spoke with two middle school students about Falun Gong and the persecution on Airport Road. She was taken to the county detention center.
14. [Jilin Province] Many Practitioners Arrested
Practitioners in the Bajiazi area in Helong City, Yanbian Prefecture, have been subjected to severe harassment, arrest, detention and labor camp sentences since mid-January 2010. Officers from police stations in towns, counties, prefectures, and the province colluded with agents from the local 610 Office and Domestic Security divisions. They followed practitioners, broke into and ransacked their homes, and made arrests. To our knowledge, arrested practitioners included Mr. Liu Jun, Ms. Pang Fengxian, Ms. Jing Meili, and a practitioner surnamed Yan. They are being held somewhere in Helong City.
Ms. Pang Fengxian was sentenced to three years of forced labor.
15. [Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Retired Teacher Mr. Zheng Shouhe Extorted
Mr. Zheng Shouhe, 84, is a retired teacher in Tongliao. He was reported to the police as he distributed information about Falun Gong on October 11, 2009. Several officers from the Ke District Domestic Security Division took him to the Ke District Police Department. Several of the department's agents ransacked his home and confiscated Falun Gong books and materials and copies of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, amounting to a financial loss of over 350 yuan.
The police attempted to force Mr. Zheng to tell them the source of the materials and deceived him into signing on a so-called "written statement." The police eventually forced Mr. Zheng to pay 3,000 yuan and threatened to detain him.
16. [Tianjin] Ms. Jiang Shuyun Subjected to Forced Labor
Banqiao Town Police Station officers arrested Ms. Jiang Shuyun from Nanmaizhu Village, Fengtai Town, Ninghe County, and held her in custody at the Ninghe County Detention Center. She was given a one-year forced labor sentence and is now at the Banqiao Women's Forced Labor Camp.
17. [Tianjin] Two Practitioners Arrested
Ms. Zhang Xiumin from the Dagang District and Ms. Gao Enhong from the Xiqing District were arrested.
18. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Cui Xiuxin Given a Three-year Prison Term
Ms. Cui Xiuxin, in her fifties, is an eye specialist at the Dahua Hospital in Dalian. She went to Beijing to appeal on a weekend in April 2000 and was sentenced to one year of forced labor. Ms. Cui was held in the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Her parents were then in their 80s; her mother was paralyzed and bedridden.
Ms. Cui was arrested again in August 2004 at work in the hospital. Five police officers searched her office and ransacked her home.
Ms. Cui was arrested the third time in July 2009. Her neighbors saw her clad only in underwear as she was taken away from home. She was sentenced to three years of forced labor and is now in the Liaoning Province Women's Prison.
19. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zheng Youyu Arrested
Ms. Zheng Youyu, an outstanding teacher at the Pantang Central Elementary School in Xinzhou, was arrested on January 27, 2010. She was later transferred to an unknown location in Wuhan.
20. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhu Jiansheng Dies As a Result of Gross Abuse and Torture
Mr. Zhu Jiansheng from Changchun died in June 2009. Erdao District police had arrested and taken him to the Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp the end of October 2000. While in the camp, guards and criminal inmates grossly abused and mistreated him. He lost consciousness twice from torture. He had been extremely weak and was unable to take care of himself since his release from the labor camp.
21. [Hulunbeier, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Xu Baohua Held in Custody
Ms. Xu Baohua, an elementary school teacher from Dongtoudao Street, was taken into custody in January 2010. The police forbid family visits and are attempting to sentence her to imprisonment.