(Clearwisdom.net) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 19 cities or counties in ten provinces. In this report, 17 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 28 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Husband and Wife Li Tiekun and Sun Liping Jailed, Leaving No One to Care for Their Two Children
Mr. Li Tiankun, 45, of Liaoyuan City, has been arrested many times because he practices Falun Gong. He has been jailed and persecuted in a detention center, jail, and forced labor camp.
Mr. Li and his wife, Ms. Sun Liping, were arrested by a group of officers from the Huanggu District Police Station in Shenyang City on June 5, 2003. Mr. Li was sentenced to one year of forced labor and jailed at the Zhangshi Forced Labor Camp. Ms. Sun was released since she was seven months pregnant and had a nine-year-old son at home.
On November 4, 2009, Mr. Li and his wife, Ms. Sun were arrested again by the National Security Squadron and were beaten and suffocated with plastic bags by the police. Mr. Li was sentenced to five and a half years in prison, and is currently being held in the Liaoyuan City Detention Center. His health is poor due to the mistreatment. Ms. Sun was sentenced to three years in prison with five years parole. The couple have two children at home with no one to take care of them.
2. [Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province] 80-year-old Shi Zongpei Injured During His Arrest
On the night of March 18, 2010, Mr. Shi Zongpei, an 80-year-old practitioner, was injured when the police arrested him. When his family members visited him on March 23, they found that he was having an IV injection, with an oxygen bottle sitting next to him. According to Mr. Shi, a police officer gave him a blow to the back after he was pulled into the car, which knocked him down and out of the car, cutting his leg. Because the injury was serious, the detention center forced him to have an IV.
Mr. Shi's family members went to the court, but the judge, surname Yang, refused to see them. On March 19, the court sentenced him to three years in prison. He is currently being held in the city detention center.
3. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Qiu Xiuqin Arrested
Ms. Qiu Xiuqin of Hualing Town of Mudanjiang City was arrested by the police from Changan Police Station when she was distributing truth-clarification materials at the department store. She is being held in the Second Jail of Mudanjiang City. Her printer and computer at home were both seized by police.
4. [Liaoning Province] Practitioner Lu Yufu Arrested
Ms. Lu Yufu, who is in her forties, from Gaoqi Village, Baojia Township, Beizhen City in Liaoning Province, was arrested at her home by officers from the Beizhen City Police Department at around 7:00 p.m. on March 25.
Liu Jun, Party director of Beizhen City Police Department: 86-416-6600123, 86-416-2836886
Yao Cheng, captain of the National Security Squadron: 86-416-6630215
Liu Qiang, chief of police station in Baojia Township: 86-416-6239332
5. [Fushun, Liaoning] Practitioner Mr. Kong Fanxiao Has Been Detained for Six Months
6. [Harbin, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Jiang Shuhua Arrested and Her Home Ransacked
On March 23, 2010, Ms. Jiang Shuhua, 69, a retired worker from Harbin Measurement and Cutting Tools Factory who lived in the Hongping Neighborhood, was arrested by police when she went to Minshen Police Station of the Xiangfang Police Branch Department. Her home was then ransacked, and two notebook computers and two printers were seized.
Minsheng Police Station: 86-451-82616974, 86-451-82622736
7. [Changchun, Jilin Province] Practitioner Wang Xin Released from Weizigou Jail
Mr. Wang Xin of Weixing Village, Yingjun Township, Erdao District in Changchun City was arrested by Miao Xin and other police officers from the Erdao District National Security Squadron, and was detained in the Weizigou Jail for five days. The police ransacked his home, as well as the home of practitioner Ms. Du Xiuren. They also harassed practitioner Ms. Li Guiying at her home a few days ago.
8. [Jiutai City, Jilin Province] Husband and Wife Practitioners Wang Shaoyu and Zhang Guifen Arrested at Their Home
Agents from the National Security Squadron and the 610 Office of Jiutai City arrested Mr. Wang Shaoyu and his wife, Ms. Zhang Guifeng, at their home in the Seventh Neighborhood, Lishu Village, Weizigou Town, Jiutai City at 11:00 a.m. on March 26, 2010. Mr. Wang tried to escape at the time, but the police yelled, "We will shoot if you run." Ms. Zhang was dragged to the police car from her home.
9. [Dandong City, Liaoning Province] Practitioners in Dang Dong Jail Brutally Persecuted
Donggang practitioners Mr. Wang Fuhua, Wang Chunhua, and Shao Jun, who were held in Dandong Jail, were beaten until they could hardly walk. The police still forced them and other practitioners to work over ten hours per day doing hard labor. The three practitioners are now emaciated and weak, but still persist in doing the Falun Gong exercises, and have been beaten by police several times.
10. [Tianjin City] Practitioner Xiao Huaichun and Others Arrested
Dagang practitioner Ms. Xiao Huichun and another elderly practitioner Ms. Si were arrested on the Shengli Business Street at 4:00 p.m. on March 26, 2010, and are now detained in Shengli Police Station. Five police officers went to Ms. Shi's home at 7:00 p.m.
Phone numbers of officers from Shengli Police Station
Qi Baode: 86-22-25981462
Li Weiyu: 86-22-63385258, 86-13072273016 (Cell)
Zhang Qiang: 86-13352053543 (Cell)
11. [Binzhou City, Shandong Province] Additional Information About Gai Jianhua's Arrest
Ms. Gai Jianhua, 61, was reported when she was distributing truth-clarification materials and was arrested. She was taken to the Wang Cun Women's Forced Labor Camp four days later.
12. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Song Yuling Arrested Again
After Ms. Song Yuling of Wangjiaxiaozhuang Village, Sanlihe Office, Jiaozhou City was arrested by 610 Office agents in Jiaozhou City on March 11, she developed serious heart problems, and was allowed to go home on March 18. At 6:40 a.m. on March 26, about twenty officers from the 610 Office of Jiaozhou City and Sanlihe Police Station went to her home and arrested her.
Director's office, 610 Office of Jiaozhou City: 86-532-82288570
Deputy director's office: 86-532-82288573, 86-532-82288575
Xu Xinguo, chief of Sanlihe Police Station: 86-13854220000 (Cell)
13. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Eight Practitioners Arrested
Police officers, led by deputy chief Wang Yong of the Police Department in Guan County, arrested eight practitioners at about 7:00 a.m. on March 25. They broke into the practitioners' homes and confiscated computers, printers, Dafa materials and cash.
14. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Yu Haixia Sentenced to Forced Labor
Officers from the Jianshedajie Police Station in Qinhuandao City arrested Ms. Yu Haixia and Liu Jinfeng and took them to Xizhangzhuang at around 7:00 p.m. on March 25 to have them examined physically. Ms. Liu was sent back home because of high blood pressure. Ms. Yu was taken to Tangshan Women's Forced Camp to serve a one year sentence.
15. [Wanquan County, Hebei Province] Liu Sufang and Two Other Practitioners Arrested
Ms. Liu Sufang, Hao Cunlan, and Shi Sulin from Zoujiazhuang Village, Wanquan County were reported and arrested by police at around 10:00 p.m. on March 25, 2010, as they distributed truth-clarification materials and posted truth-clarification posters in a nearby village. They were taken to Anjiabao Village Police Station in Wanquan County. Ms. Liu escaped with righteous thoughts. Ms. Hao and Ms. Shi are still detained in Anjiabao Village Police Station.
16. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Niu Xin Arrested and His Home Ransacked
Mr. Niu Xin, who is employed by the Second Hospital of Hebei Province Medical School, was arrested on March 22, 2010, by officers from Beijiao Police Station, and his home was ransacked.
17. [Dongguang County, Hebei Province] Additional Information on Practitioner Liu Wenyuan and Zhuang Dazhi's Arrest
Mr. Li Wenyuan of Zewang Village, Nanxiakou, Dongguang County, who is in his forties, was reported by a villager when he was distributing Dafa materials in Gaozhuang. He was arrested by police officers from Nanxiakou and taken to the Dongguang Detention Center. At around 9:00 a.m. on March 23, six or seven officers from Dongguang County Police Department went to Zewang Village and arrested 60 year-old Mr. Zhuang Dazhi. Both practitioners are now in a detention center.
Nanxiakou Town Police Station: 86-317-4788026
Zhou Guangshen, captain of National Security Squadron: 86-15175701977 (Cell), 86-317-7726918, 86-317-5536736
18. [Jizhou, Hebei Province] Practitioners Li Shuliang and Xia Tongmu Sentenced to Prison Terms
The court in Jizhou City sentenced Mr. Li Shuliang to six years, and Mr. Xia Tongmu to five years in prison. They are to be taken to Tangshan Prison soon.
19. [Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province] Practitioner Hong Chang Arrested a Third Time
Mr. Hong Chang from Hangzhou was reported as he distributed DVDs which exposed the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution on the street, and was arrested by Shangcheng District police on June 5, 2009. No one has heard from him since he was taken to Zhuantang Detention Center in Hangzhou City. It was recently learned that he was sentenced to three years in prison by the Shancheng District Court and is now imprisoned in Division 5, Team 5 of Ward IV of Zhejiang Province Fourth Prison.
This is the third time Mr. Hong has been arrested. The first time was in 2000, when he was sentenced to one year of forced labor. The second time was in 2001, when he was sentenced to five years in prison.
20. [Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province] Practitioner Ms. Luo Yan Arrested by Police from Wuhou Police Station in Mian County on March 25
Dongjie, head of Wuhou Police Station in Mianxian: 86-13892699132 (Cell)
Yan Haiqing, deputy director of the 610 Office: 86-916-3239910, 86-13892634310 (Cell)
Zhao Xue, National Security Squadron: 86-13509166618 (Cell)
21. [Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province] Practitioners Wang Guirong and Qiao Xianglian Arrested
Ms. Wang Guirong and Ms. Qiao Xianglian were arrested in Xinzhou City when they were distributing truth-clarification materials.
Wang Limin, deputy department manager, Qifu District National Security Squadron in Qizhou City: 86-350-3039716, 86-13835030921 (Cell)
Zai Junhua, instructor for Qifu District National Security Squadron in Xinzhou City: 86-350-2028379, 86-13835030920 (Cell)
22.[Hubei Province] Practitioner Mr. Mei Chuanjun Arrested and Sent to Brainwashing Center
Practitioner Mr. Mei Chuanjun from Hubei Industrial University was arrested and taken to Tangxunhu Brainwashing Center on March 15.
Hu Jun, main person responsible for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners in Hubei Industrial University: 86-27-62351066 (Home), 86-27-88021384 (Office)
Zhou Hanming (formerly the 610 Office director), secretary of the Discipline Directory in Hubei Industrial University: 86-27-88032281 (Office), 86-27-87310312 (Home)
23. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Trial of Practitioner Wang Jinfeng in Appellate Court
On November 12, 2009, Captain Jiang Lijun, from the National Security Squadron of Kangpin County Police Department in Shenyang City, went with several officers to the homes of Ms. Wang Jinfeng and Ms. Wang Xuekun in Xiaochengzi Town, Kangping County. They were arrested and their computers and printers were confiscated.
On February 5, 2010, Kangping County Court tried Ms. Wang and Ms. Li separately. The lawyer for the defendants asked the court to release them immediately and acquit them. On February 10, the court, under coercion from the 610 Office, sentenced Ms. Wang to seven years and Ms. Li to three years in prison, without notifying their family members. The case of Ms. Wang is now in the appellate court.
Zhou Xiaoshu, judge of Shenyang Appellate Court: 86-24-22763187, 86-13066540210 (Cell)
Li Shanli, in the criminal court: 86-24-22763614 (judge in the appellate court for the trial of Wu Yefeng and five other practitioners)
24. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Mr. Zheng Xiaoqi Arrested and Sent to Zhanjiaji Brainwashing Center
Mr. Zheng Xiaoqi was arrested when he went to Beijing to apply for a visa to visit relatives abroad. On December 13, Mr. Zheng went into a hotel in Beijing. Thirty minutes later, plainclothes police from Chaoyang District broke in and arrested him, and detained him in Chaoyang District Detention Center. Five days later, agents from the 610 Office in Wuhan City went and brought him back to the Zhanjiaji Brainwashing Center in Jiangan District in Wuhan City. He has now returned home.
25. [Gaizhou City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Ms. Zhao Guimin Arrested
Four police officers, led by Mu Deqiang, captain of the National Security Squadron, arrested Ms. Zhao Guimin of Ertai Township in Gaizhou City, and ransacked her home at 9:30 a.m. on March 23, 2010. She was detained in the Yingkou City Detention Center. Her computer, printer, DVD burner, and Dafa books were all taken.
Mu Deqiang, captain of the National Security Squadron: 86-417-7669127, 86-13941733033 (Cell), 86-13130582778 (Cell)
Liu Minzhe, instructor: 86-417-7669127, 86-417-7810234, 86-13904075777 (Cell)
March 26, 2010