(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 7 cities or counties in 4 provinces. According to this report, 6 Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 7 were illegally arrested.
Mr. Kang Hong from the Tongliang District was arrested in November 2016 by officers from the Tongliang 610 Office and Chongqing 610 Office. He was sentenced to a two-year prison term and taken to the Yongchuan Prison.
Mr. Kang's family went to the prison to visit him in March 2018, but he was not there. They learned that Mr. Kang had been transferred to a facility in the Liziba area. No more details about his situation are known.
Ms. Wei Yanhua was arrested on the morning of April 3, 2018, for talking to people on a bus about Falun Gong. She was taken to a detention center after having been held in a lockup center for 14 days.
Participants in the persecution of Ms. Wei:Dong Weimin (董为民), deputy chief, Tieling City Police Department: +86-24-72843245, +86-15841003456Wang Jinghui (王景辉), head, Domestic Security Sub-Division: +86-74841980, +86-13804107799Fang Zheng (方峥), head, Domestic Security Division: +86-13804100700Sun Liqun (孙立群), chief, Tongzhong Police Department: +86-13700101588
Ms. Xu Changlan was arrested by officers from the Xinghua Police Station on April 2, 2018, while she was talking to people about Falun Gong.
Ms. Xu was held in the Dalian City Drug Rehabilitation Center for 15 days.
Participant in the persecution of Ms. Xu:Xinghualu Police Station: +86-411-86602626
Ms. Gu Xiuhua, from Shihe Town in the Jinzhou District, was arrested by officers from the Paotai Police Station in Wafangdian City on the evening of March 18, 2018. She was forced to stand in a police station hallway for the entire night.
Ms. Gu was taken to the Sanshilipu Police Station the following day, where she was interrogated, threatened, and humiliated. The officers tortured her, attempting to extract a confession.
The officers then broke into her home and ransacked it. They confiscated her DVD burner, printer, computer, and Falun Dafa books. Ms. Gu was placed in criminal detention and taken to the Dalian City Detention Center.
Participants in the persecution of Ms. Gu:Paotai Police Station: +86-411-85250026Sanshilipu Town Police Station: +86-411-87358112
Officers from the Tongxin Police Station, in the East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, broke into Ms. Fan Daozhen's home and arrested her on the afternoon of April 16, 2018.
Ms. Fan was taken to the Dongxihu No. 1 Detention Center.
Mr. Xie Fudong, 73, and his wife Ms. Wang Jianhua, 72, were arrested at their home by officers from the Nanjie Police Station in the Nanguan District on April 14, 2018. The officers ransacked the home and confiscated a computer, printer, and Falun Dafa books.
Mr. Xie was found to have high blood pressure, so he was released on bail after being forced to pay 8,000 yuan. Ms. Wang's whereabouts are unknown.
Mr. Zhang Zhaosen, a teacher at the Hubei University of Arts & Science, was arrested on May 15, 2015. He was secretly sentenced to a seven-year prison term.
Mr. Zhang is being held in the Xiangnan Prison, where he has been subjected to various forms of torture.
Ms. Sun Shiying, her son Mr. Wang Hongyan, and daughter Ms. Wang Hongyan were arrested by police on March 6, 2017, for letting an elderly Falun Gong practitioner stay in their home. Officers from the Kuancheng Police Department, Lanjia Police Station, Liaoyuan City 610 Office, and Nong'an County Domestic Security Division carried out the arrests.
Ms. Sun and her daughter were taken to the Changchun City No. 4 Detention Center. Her son was taken to the Changchun No. 1 Detention Center.
Participants in the persecution of the three practitioners:Wang Yongju (王勇举), Arrest Ratification Section, Chaoyang District Procuratorate: +86-431-85887044Lu Jinming (吕金明), judge, Prosecution Section: +86-17843120037, +86-431-85887059Case management: +86-431-85887053, +86-431-85887056Liu Fengquan (刘凤泉), Party secretary: +86-431-85887011
Ms. Zhao Lanying and Ms. Miao Surong from Dongmaying Township were arrested by officers from the Dongmaying Police Station on April 1, 2018. They were interrogated and taken to the Gaobeidian Detention Center, but were not accepted.
Both practitioners were released that evening.