(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 19 cities or counties in 12 provinces. As per this report, 17 Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 19 practitioners were illegally arrested.

1. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Mr. Yang Yuezeng Arrested
2. [Baiyin, Gansu Province] Ms. Zhang Xiaomei Held for More than Eight Months
3. [Hengyang County, Hunan Province] Ms. Tang Shoujun Arrested
4. [Beijing] Ms. Zhou Yucui Arrested
5. [Laizhou, Shandong Province] Additional Information Regarding the Arrest of Ms. Teng Chunxiang
6. [Hejian, Hebei Province] Additional Information Regarding the Persecution of Ms. Wang Cuihua
7. [Wuhan, Hubei Province] Ms. Chen Ye Held in a Brainwashing Facility
8. [Jilin Province] Ms. Zhao Shuyun and Ms. Shi Yazhen Arrested
9. [Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Guo Jingxia Held in Custody
10. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhao Jihong Held in Custody
11. [Beijing] Ms. Li Fengqin Arrested
12. [Langzhong, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wang Xiaohong Arrested
13. [Dongfeng County, Jilin Province] Ms. Lu Liyun Arrested
14. [Zhangzhou, Fujian Province] Additional Information Regarding the Arrest of Ms. Hong Huizhu
15. [Fuxin City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Lu Yahong and Four Others Arrested
16. [Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Zhenfeng and Ms. Zhang Hongcui Arrested
17. [Shandong Province] Ms. Sui Guanghua Arrested
18. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Jingying Held in Custody
19. [Xinyang, Henan Province] Ms. Liu Zezhi Arrested
20. [Beijing] Update Regarding the Arrest of Mr. Wang Weiming
21. [Qitaihe, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Li Xinchun and Two Others Given Prison Terms
22. [Huidong County, Guangdong Province] Additional Information Regarding the Arrests of Ms. He Jianru, Ms. Hu Xiuxian and Ms. Zeng
23. [Wuhan, Hubei Province] Ms. Li Guiping Missing
24. [Chenzhou, Hunan Province] Ms. Zhang Quanlin Arrested

1. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Mr. Yang Yuezeng Arrested

Officers from the Jiangyuan District Police Department arrested Mr. Yang Yuezeng on May 6, 2010, while he was on his way back to his mother's home. He is now in the Xieli Detention Center.

Jiang Tianjun, Jiangyuan District Police Department head: 86-439-3728899, 86-439-3814001, 86-439-3728666
Jiangyuan District Domestic Security Division: 86-439-3814032, 86-13894739969
Chu Bingwu, Jiangyuan District 610 Office head: 86-13843960055

2. [Baiyin, Gansu Province] Ms. Zhang Xiaomei Held for More than Eight Months

Ms. Zhang Xiaomei, 47, a teacher at the No.2 Elementary School affiliated with the former Jingyuan Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd., lives in the family compound affiliated with the township enterprise bureau in the Pingchuan District. She told her class in 2008 about Falun Gong, and a student's parents reported her to the school authorities. She was suspended from her teaching post and transferred to work in the Xinhua Bookstore for three months. School officials then suspended her wages. Ms. Zhang eventually had to retire early.

Ms. Zhang was arrested in 2009 as she distributed Falun Gong informational materials and Shen Yun performance DVDs in Huangqiao. Officers from the Huangqiao Police Station made the arrest and took her to a local detention center. She was taken to the Yuzhong Forced Labor Camp ten days later. The camp officials refused to accept her because she did not pass the physical exam. She was returned to the detention center. Officers from the Pingchuan District Domestic Security Division secretly sent her to the Gongjiawan Brainwashing Center, where she has been held for more than eight months.

3. [Hengyang County, Hunan Province] Ms. Tang Shoujun Arrested

Ms. Tang Shoujun was arrested on April 24, 2010, as she spoke with people about Falun Gong in Shanqiao Town, Hengyang County. She is now in the Hengyang County Detention Center.

Yu Zhongchun, Hengyang County 610 Office head: 86-734-6786630, 86-1387570919
Wu Jianjun, Domestic Security Division political head: 86-734-6831459, 86-13973773466
Zhang Wei, Hengyang County Detention Center head: 86-13973414679, 86-734-6811560

4. [Beijing] Ms. Zhou Yucui Arrested

Ms. Zhou Yucui from Tuanjie Village, Henanzhai Town, Miyun County, was arrested in April 2008 as she spoke with people about Falun Gong. Officers from the town 610 Office and from the local police station made the arrest. She was initially held in the Beijing Women's Forced Labor Camp and later transferred to the Tumuji Forced Labor Camp in Inner Mongolia, where guard Yin Guijuan and other officers subjected Ms. Zhou to all kinds of torture methods, including electric baton shocks, being hung up, beaten, and exposed to the burning sun, being locked up in solitary confinement, deprived of food, and forced to do hard labor.

Her forced labor camp term ended in early 2010. Town 610 Office head Zhang Xueling and others once again arrested her on April 27, 2010, and ransacked her home because she was exposing the Chinese Communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Ms. Zhou is now in the Shahe Detention Center in Miyun County. Her sick parents-in-law, in their 80s, are uncared for at home.

5. [Laizhou, Shandong Province] Additional Information Regarding the Arrest of Ms. Teng Chunxiang

Ms. Teng Chunxiang and Ms. Liu Chongyan from Wangjia Village, Jincheng Town, and Ms. Wang Xianyu from Liujia Village were arrested on May 8, 2010. Officers from the Jincheng Police Department and from the Laizhou Police Department made the arrests. The police climbed over a wall, forced entry into Ms. Teng's home, and ransacked it. Without finding any evidence of the practice that they wanted, they proceeded to go to the home of Mr. Wang Zhongcheng, Ms. Teng's son. They arrested Mr. Wang because they thought he had hidden evidence. More than 20 officers ransacked Mr. Wang's home. The four practitioners were transferred to the Laizhou Detention Center at 2:00 a.m. the next day.

Laizhou City 610 Office: 86-535-2252610
Yu Zhibin, head
Laizhou City Domestic Security Division: 86-535-2212650
Laizhou City Detention Center: 86-535-2212856

6. [Hejian, Hebei Province] Additional Information Regarding the Persecution of Ms. Wang Cuihua

Ms. Wang Cuihua and her husband were carrying 60,000 yuan in cash on March 20, 2010 on their way to her mother's home. While at the Pinggu Check Point, officials found Shen Yun performance DVDs and Falun Gong informational materials on them. The couple was taken to the Hejian Detention Center. Ms. Wang's non-practitioner husband was released after having 12,000 yuan extorted from him. Ms. Wang's case has been forwarded to the Hejian Procuratorate. Her husband and family members went to the detention center numerous times to demand her release, but the officials turned down their requests.

7. [Wuhan, Hubei Province] Ms. Chen Ye Held in a Brainwashing Facility

Ms. Wang Yujie and Mr. Ma Yuanxing were arrested on the evening of March 11, 2010, as they posted information about Falun Gong. Officers from the Manchun Police Station made the arrests. Ms. Wang's mother, Ms. Chen Ye, in her 40s, from Xiantao went to the police station in Wuhan to demand her daughter's release. She has not returned to the place where she worked part-time since March 15, 2010, so she had been missing for more than a month. Her family eventually learned that she was held in the Erdaopeng Brainwashing Center in the Jianghan District. Ms. Wang is now in the Hewan Women's Forced Labor Camp. Mr. Ma has returned home.

Zhu Zhengxing, Jianghan District Police Department head: 86-27-85394621, 86-27-62861666
Zhou Guosheng, Domestic Security Division head: 86-27-85394650
Xiao Guoxiong, 610 Office head: 86-27-85481692, 86-27-85481802

8. [Jilin Province] Ms. Zhao Shuyun and Ms. Shi Yazhen Arrested

Ms. Zhao Shuyun, who lives in the Hadawan Cement Factory residential area, and Ms. Shi Yazhen, who lives in the Carbon Plant residential area, were arrested at 8:00 p.m. on May 7, 2010. It happened as they posted information about Falun Gong on Wusong Road, Jilin City. Patrol officers from the Hadawan Police Station headed by Jing Chunlei made the arrests. Jing and three plainclothes officers broke into Ms. Shi's home between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. that same night. They ransacked her home and absconded with more than 100 yuan cash and other items. The two practitioners are now in the Jilin City Detention Center.

Jing Chunlei, Hadawan Police Station officer: 86-13844659922

9. [Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Guo Jingxia Held in Custody

Ms. Guo Jingxia was arrested on April 29, 2010, and is now in the Qiqihar City No.1 Detention Center.

10. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhao Jihong Held in Custody

Officers from the Jinshui District Police Department arrested Ms. Zhao Jihong and took her into custody at 9:00 a.m. on April 19, 2010. The police searched her home and took away items that filled several bags. Ms. Zhao is now in the Jinshui District Detention Center.

11. [Beijing] Ms. Li Fengqin Arrested

Officers from the Chaoyang Police Department were staked out near Ms. Li Fengqin's home at 3:00 p.m. on April 25, 2010. They arrested her at home at 9:00 p.m. that same night.

12. [Langzhong, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wang Xiaohong Arrested

Ms. Wang Xiaohong and another practitioner were arrested on the morning of May 9, 2010, as they spoke with people about Falun Gong in Jiangnan Town. They are now in the Langzhong City Detention Center.

13. [Dongfeng County, Jilin Province] Ms. Lu Liyun Arrested

Ms. Lu Liyun was arrested on the evening of May 7, 2010; her home was ransacked.

14. [Zhangzhou, Fujian Province] Additional Information Regarding the Arrest of Ms. Hong Huizhu

Officers from the Zhangzhou Domestic Security Division arrested Ms. Hong Huizhu one month ago. We learned that the police intended to subject her to forced labor. Ms. Hong has been in the Zhangzhou City Detention Center since her arrest and has been on a nearly ten-day persecution-protest hunger strike. She is very weak.

15. [Fuxin City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Lu Yahong and Four Others Arrested

Ms. Lu Yahong, Ms. Hou Fengjiu, Ms. Gao Fengna, Ms. Zhu Cuiping, and Ms. Liu Shuzhen were arrested on the morning of May 7, 2010, as they spoke with people about Falun Gong in Gaotaizi, Yi County, Jinzhou City. Officers from the Gaotaizi Police Station made the arrests. Yi County Domestic Security Division officers took the five practitioners to the Yi County Detention Center at 5:00 p.m. that same day.

Jiang Cheng, Yi County Domestic Security Division head: 86-13840660953
Wang Ning, Yi County Domestic Security Division political head: 86-416-7710087, 86-13700160114
Yi County Detention Center: 86-416-7721341

16. [Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Zhenfeng and Ms. Zhang Hongcui Arrested

Ms. Li Zhenfeng and Ms. Zhang Hongcui were arrested on the morning of May 9, 2010, as they spoke with people about Falun Gong. They are now in the Lingnan Gold Mine Brainwashing Center.

Li Jianguang, Zhaoyuan City Domestic Security Division head: 86-13863808576
Liu Shuju, Zhaoyuan City 610 Office head: 86-535-8159038, 86-535-8210838, 86-13863808689
Ji Xiaodong, Zhaoyuan Brainwashing Center head: 86-535-8393630, 86-13864596306

17. [Shandong Province] Ms. Sui Guanghua Arrested

Ms. Sui Guanghua from Zhuxi Village, Zhugou Town, was arrested on April 13, 2010. The police forced Ms. Sui's family to pay 14,000 yuan to secure her release, but she was still subjected to one year of forced labor in Zibo Forced Labor Camp.

18. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Jingying Held in Custody

More than a dozen officers from the Dalian City Domestic Security Division arrested Ms. Wang Jingying on April 23, 2010, from her home in the Dongdian No. 2 Company's family compound. She is now in the Yaojia Detention Center.

19. [Xinyang, Henan Province] Ms. Liu Zezhi Arrested

Ms. Liu Zezhi, 45, was about to leave home for work at 7:00 a.m. on May 7, 2010, when a group of officers from the Guangshan County Domestic Security Division broke into her home and arrested her.

Ms. Liu had been subjected to numerous arrests. Participating in the arrests were officers from the Shili Town Police Station and from the Guangshan County 610 Office. She was held in the Shibalihe Prison in Zhengzhou City in 2004 for one year. Following her release, she rented a residence where she lived with her only daughter. Ms. Liu worked part time as housemaid to provide for her daughter's college education.

20. [Beijing] Update Regarding the Arrest of Mr. Wang Weiming

Ms. Wang Weiming lives in Xia Village in the Fangshan District. He was arrested on the morning of May 4, 2010, as he distributed information about Falun Gong. Officers from the Shilou Street Police Station made the arrest. He is now in the Fangshan Detention Center.

Fangshan Detention Center: 86-10-81301707
Shilou Police Station: 86-10-889300654

21. [Qitaihe, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Li Xinchun and Two Others Given Prison Terms

Ms. Li Xinchun, Mr. Jiang Botao, and Mr. Guo Qizhong were arrested on the afternoon of September 22, 2009. Qitaihe Police Department's 610 Office agents made the arrests and ransacked their homes. Xinxing Court officials handed the three practitioners prison terms on April 30, 2010.

Xinxing Court officials brought the three practitioners to court on April 1 and 2, 2010. A lawyer entered pleas of innocence for Ms. Li and Mr. Jiang, but no verdicts were announced at the conclusion of the trials. The practitioners were sent back to the detention center and held until April 30, 2010, when the court officials announced the decisions at around 3:00 p.m. in the detention center. The three practitioners are still in the Qitaihe Detention Center.

Mu Zhaoren, Xinxing District Court official in charge of the persecution of Falun Gong: 86-464-2996451, 86-13946519087
Wang Zhenlin from the Qitaihe City 610 Office: 86-464-8295768, 86-13946590010
Bi Shuqing, Qitaihe City Police Department's 610 Office head: 86-13946550880, 86-13314640880, 86-464-8281932

22. [Huidong County, Guangdong Province] Additional Information Regarding the Arrests of Ms. He Jianru, Ms. Hu Xiuxian, and Ms. Zeng

It has been confirmed that the reason for the arrests of Ms. He Jianru, Ms. Hu Xiuxian, and Ms. Zeng was that Tang Lanjin, a teacher at the Huangbanhu School in Daling Town, had reported them to the police. The three practitioners are still in the Shagongao Detention Center, awaiting trial.

Tang Huijin: 86-752-8130018
Liu Guosheng, Huidong County 610 Office head: 86-752-8819610, 86-752-8836829, 86-13829966777

23. [Wuhan, Hubei Province] Ms. Li Guiping Missing

Ms. Li Guiping lives in the Tianmendun Community in the Jianghan District. Officers from the Tangjiadun Police Station and from the Tianmendun Community subjected Ms. Li to persecution in the Erdaopeng Brainwashing Center, a custody center and a detention center. She was also subjected to forced labor sentences twice in the Hewan Forced Labor Camp. Community staff placed her home under long-term surveillance, which caused her tremendous mental pressure. Ms. Li left home to go shopping on April 22, 2010, but went missing afterwards. Her family has been looking for her everywhere, but there has been no news about her.

24. [Chenzhou, Hunan Province] Ms. Zhang Quanlin Arrested

Ms. Zhang Quanlin, in her 50s, is from Guiyang. She was arrested on May 4, 2010, as she spoke with people about Falun Gong and was taken to the Guiyang Detention Center.