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Latest News from China - 08/12/2003

Aug. 22, 2003

(Clearwisdom.net)

  • [Xintai City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Li Kejun Unlawfully Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
  • [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Persons Responsible for the Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners Quan Peijian and Zhao Zhongqiu
  • [Hebei Province] Yang Fenglian, a Teacher at the Hebei Architectural Science and Technology Institute, Remains in Custody
  • [China] Unlawful Arrest

1. [Xintai City, Shandong Province] Falun Dafa Practitioner Li Kejun Unlawfully Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

Mr. Li Kejun is 27 years old. His home is under the jurisdiction of the Chengli Neighborhood Committee of the Qingyun Neighborhood Administration Office in Xintai City. On June 25, 2002, Mr. Li was unlawfully arrested while distributing material to clarify the facts about Falun Gong at the city government offices. The Court of Xintai City later sentenced him to four years of prison. The Judge was Yin Guimei. The court officers were Liu Shihua and Kan Hongzhu.

2. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Persons Responsible for the Persecution of Falun Dafa Practitioners Quan Peijian and Zhao Zhongqiu

On May 21, 2003, Falun Dafa practitioners Quan Peijian and Zhao Zhongqiu (in his fifties; living with his elderly mother who is in her nineties) were unlawfully taken away.

Persons responsible for the persecution:

Bai Jianmin, director of the "610 Office*" in the Henan Province Police Department. Ph: 86-5963355-23811.

Li Yong, head of the State Security Section in Guancheng Division of the Zhengzhou City Police Department. Wang Zhenfu, director of the State Security Section. Li Jianping, staff of the State Security Section.

*The 610 Office is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political or judicial systems.

3. [Hebei Province] Yang Fenglian, a Teacher at the Hebei Architectural Science and Technology Institute, Remains in Custody

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Fenglian was arrested just prior to the assembly of the Party's 16th National Congress last November. It has been ten months since her unlawful detention began. The Minghui website has published the persecution Ms. Yang and her daughter have gone through. However, the institute for which she worked still refuses to contact the detention center for her release.

4. [China] Unlawful Arrest

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yan Tonghua was unlawfully arrested a month ago. Her family members say that she might face a very stiff sentence.

August 11, 2003