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Latest News from China -- December 12, 2004

Dec. 30, 2004

(Clearwisdom.net)

  1. [Hebei Province] Practitioners Huang Fenghua and Wang Yongxin Brutally Tortured for Staging a Hunger Strike to Protest Illegal Arrest
  2. [Luoyang City, Henan Province] Man Beaten While Trying to Visit Detained Wife
  3. [Yongcheng City, Henan Province] Cui Yanxia Receives Four-Year Prison Sentence
  4. [Tianjin] Arrest of Six Practitioners in the Tanggu District
  5. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Liao Chenyu Arrested While Making Truth-Clarifying Discs at Home
  6. [Feicheng City, Shandong Province] City Court Sentences Five Practitioners
  7. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Li Zongyun Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
  8. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Zhang Wenliang's Persecution Experiences
  9. [Anqiu City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Zhang Guixiu Brutally Shocked by Policeman Li Weiguo
  10. [Shidian County, Yunnan Province] Arrest of Yang Kaiwen and Yang Guangju for Posting Falun Gong Materials
  11. [Wenshan County, Yunnan Province] Practitioner Ms. Zhou Huifen Receives Three-Year Prison Sentence for Clarifying the Truth of Falun Gong
  12. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Liu Cuimei Detained for Clarifying the Truth of Falun Gong
  13. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Practitioners Yu Fengyun and Li Mingrong Sent to the Guchengwan Detention Center
  14. [Chongqing] Arrest of Retired Teacher Huang Zehan
  15. [Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province] Jin Shunsheng Sentenced to One Year of Forced Labor

1. [Hebei Province] Practitioners Huang Fenghua and Wang Yongxin Brutally Tortured for Staging a Hunger Strike to Protest Illegal Arrest

Falun Gong practitioner Huang Fenghua, an undergraduate from Shandong Province, has been brutally tortured for staging a hunger strike to protest his illegal arrest. Huang was force-fed, dragged to the second floor, handcuffed and beaten up. Huang has been on a hunger strike for several days.

Wang Yongxin has been on a hunger strike to resist the persecution for several days, and was subjected to torture.

Baoding Forced Labor Camp: (Country code: 86, area code: 312. Do not dial area code before a cell phone number.)


Yu Yanping, supervisor, 2191001, 2127180, 13903225015(Cell)
Zhang Junfu; secretary, the Political Committee: 2191002, 2139699, 13903369665 (Cell)

2. [Luoyang City, Henan Province] Man Beaten While Trying to Visit Detained Wife

On December 2, 2004, practitioner Ms. Zhu Xianzhi from Tangsengsi Village, Yanshihoushi Town, Luoyang City, Henan Province was arrested. When her husband returned from a trip and found out his wife was being tortured at the detention center he went to the detention center. He asked for permission to visit his wife and demanded they stop torturing her. Policeman Xu Yaobiao and two other policemen locked him up in a room at the west yard of the detention center. They grabbed his neck, pushed him to ground and punched and kicked him. Zhu's husband almost passed out. Even now, Zhu's husband still suffers neck pain from the beating and cannot turn his head freely.

Responsible persons:
Xu Yaobiao and another warden: 86-379-7761070

3. [Yongcheng City, Henan Province] Cui Yanxia Receives Four-Year Prison Sentence

In the beginning of 2002, personnel from the Beijing Police Department arrested practitioner Ms. Cui Yanxia from Yongcheng City, Henan Province. Cui was sentenced to four years in prison. At present, Cui is being held at the No.2 Team of Women's Section at Shijiazhuang City's No.2 Prison.

4. [Tianjin] Arrest of Six Practitioners in the Tanggu District

On September 21, 2004, personnel from the National Security Team, the Tanggu Police Precinct in Tianjin, namely those from the 610 Office, arrested nine practitioners. After a day of interrogations they released two practitioners. They ransacked the other seven practitioners' homes and then interrogated them, collected material and found "evidence" to put them on trial. Police confiscated all of the Dafa books and Master's articles from the practitioners' homes. They even confiscated computers from the practitioners' children as well as video CDs. It is said they took away a copier from a practitioner's workplace. After extorting 5,000 yuan from the practitioner, they returned the copier.

After October 1, police released one of the seven practitioners. The six others, including Mr. Liu Fuming, Ms. Song Huichan, Mr. Meng Qiu, and Mr. Yang Peihua, were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from one year to one and a half years. They released Liu Fuming due to his hypertension and sent him back to the Tanggu Detention Center.

It has been reported that Jing Hechun, a head of the National Security Team, Head Yu, and policeman Han Yong took part in the raid. Other criminals include Yu, Yang, and Zhang Wenli from the Political and Security Section.

Persons directly responsible:
Han Yong, 86-22-66889080
Zhang Wenli: 86-22-66889081
Head Yu, 86-22-66889082
Political and Security Section: 86-22-66889086

5. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Liao Chenyu Arrested While Making Truth-Clarifying Discs at Home

Around December 2004, police from the Huangzhong Residential Area arrested Falun Dafa practitioner Liao Chenyu while s/he was making Dafa truth clarifying discs and also ransacked his/her home.

6. [Feicheng City, Shandong Province] City Court Sentences Five Practitioners

On November 25, 2004, Feicheng City's Court sentenced practitioners Ms. Kong Yumei and four other practitioners. Ms. Kong Yumei was sentenced to four years and six months in prison; Ms. Wu Xiulian four years; Ms. Sun Aiqin four years; Ms. Yang Jun three years, and Ms. Li Ping to two years with three years reprieve.

Some relevant telephone numbers:

(Country code: 86, area code: 538. Do not dial area code before a cell phone number.)

Feicheng City's Court:

Zhang Changyuan, administrator: 3220076 (Office), 3211556 (Home), and 13905482366 (Cell);
Meng Zhaohong, head of the Discipline & Inspection Committee: 3213389 and 13325272389 (Cell);
Yang Hongjun, office administrator: 3222356 (Office) 3213836 (Home), and 13953840786 (Cell);
Zhai Chunfeng, a person personally involved in the persecution: 3212649 (Home).

7. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Li Zongyun Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

Practitioner Li Zongyun had been living in exile to avoid persecution for over three years before he was arrested. During that period of time, his 10-year-old child and elderly parents led a very difficult life without him. Li Zongyun was arrested outside of his hometown and was later sent to Fusong County's Detention Center. His wife, also a practitioner, was recently released from the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Changchun City.

It has been reported that Li Zongyun was sentenced to four years of forced labor and will be sent away soon.

Telephone numbers of relevant personnel:

(Country code: 86. Area code: 439. Do not dial area code before a cell phone number.)

Gao Feng, Fusong County's Police Department chief, Baishan City, Jilin Province: 6212815, 6212409, 13943953068 (Cell), and 8960249;
Zhang Aimin, chief of the Political & Security Section, Fusong County: 6214785, and 13704490785 (Cell);
Detention Center for Fusong County's Police Department: 62123223 and 6211787.

8. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Zhang Wenliang's Persecution Experiences

Practitioner Zhang Wenliang, 32, is a resident of Dongying Village, Jingzhi Town, Anqiu City, Weifang City. He was sentenced to three years of forced labor in Shandong Province merely for refusing to give up his belief in "Truthfulness -- Compassion -- Forbearance." He managed to escape during the attempted arrest.

He had gone to Beijing in 2000 to validate Dafa and was arrested. Later he managed to escape with the power of righteous thoughts and righteous actions. In the beginning of January 2001 he went with some practitioners from Yunnan Province to Kunming City and made truth-clarifying materials there. He also appealed for an investigation of the torture death of fellow practitioner Mr. Kong Qinghuang (former deputy director of Lin'an Town, Jianshui County, Yunnan Province) who had been detained in Jianshui County's Detention Center after being arrested and sent back to Jianshui County. By the end of January 2001, Zhang Wenliang was arrested and put into Wuhua District's Detention Center in Kunming City. Later Kuming City's Intermediate Court sentenced him to four years of imprisonment. He appealed to Yunnan Province's Supreme Court, but they upheld the original verdict.

In November 2001, Zhang Wenliang was transferred to Guandu Prison in the Dabanqiao District, Kuming City. Ten days later, he was transferred to Yunnan Province' No.1 Prison. He successively clarified the truth in the No. 6, No. 5, and No.8 areas. He walked out of the prison in an open and dignified manner and arrived home on May 30, 2004.

9. [Anqiu City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Zhang Guixiu Brutally Shocked by Policeman Li Weiguo

In October 2000, practitioner Ms. Zhang Guixiu from Huangqibao Town went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa and was sent back to Huangqibao Town's Police Station. Li Weiguo, the police station chief, shocked Zhang Guixiu's hands and feet while verbally abusing Dafa and Master. Zhang Guixiu clarified the truth to him while bearing great pain. Li Weiguo not only did not listen but he even shocked Zhang Guixiu's mouth. Zhang Guixiu was unable to speak due to the pain. Li Weiguo then shocked her ears, cursed Master and demanded, "Are you deaf or what? Why don't you speak now?" He kept shocking her and saying, "Did you hear me?" Zhang Guixiu bore the great pain in silence. Li Weiguo viciously shocked Zhang Guixiu's inner thigh until she finally passed out. When I saw Zhang Guixiu, her thigh was shocked so badly that it looked like a beehive, with the blood and flesh all mixed together. The scene was too wretched to see.

Responsible personnel:

Li Weiguo, 39 years old, is from Jinjiazhuang Village. He now lives in the residential area of the police department, and works at the Guanwang Police Station.

10. [Shidian County, Yunnan Province] Yang Kaiwen and Yang Guangju Arrested for Posting Falun Gong Materials

Practitioners Yang Kaiwen and Yang Guangju are from Yongfu Village, Youwang Township, Shidian County, the Baoshan Area, Yunnan Province. For posting truth-clarifying materials, personnel from the county's 610 Office and the county's national security team arrested Yang Guangju on August 14, 2004. Yang Kaiwen was arrested on October 27, 2004. They are currently being incarcerated at the county's detention center.

Policemen related to this case:

Li Xiangdong: 86-13320597939(Cell)
Mao Congwan: 86-13987536801(Cell)

11. [Wenshan County, Yunnan Province] Practitioner Ms. Zhou Huifen Receives Three-Year Prison Sentence for Clarifying the Truth of Falun Gong

Ms. Zhou Huifen, 50 years old, lives in Wenshan County, Yunnan Province. She began to practice Falun Gong in 1997. In 2003 she was arrested and detained for clarifying the truth to the local people. Later she was sentenced to three years of imprisonment. She is currently being detained at No.6 Group, the Linjiayuan Training Area, Yunnan Province's No.2 Women's Prison.

12. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Liu Cuimei Detained for Clarifying the Truth of Falun Gong

Practitioner Ms. Liu Cuimei from the Economic Technical Development Zone in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province was arrested on December 4, 2004 at 11:00 p.m. for clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. The perpetrators were seven or eight officers from the No.5 Patrolling Team of the city's police department. The next day they sent her to Jinzhou City's Detention Center.

Related phone numbers, the No.5 Division (Country code: 86, area code: 416):

Chief Jia's office: 3580011
Feng Guoliang, the instructor: 3570767 (O)
The deputy chief: 3583479 (O), 3581608 (O)
Jinzhou City's Detention Center: 4588575

13. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Practitioners Yu Fengyun and Li Mingrong Sent to the Guchengwan Detention Center for Clarifying the Truth of Falun Gong

It was reported that on October 23, 2004, that personnel from Jiuyuan District's Police Precinct, the Baotou City Police Department in Inner Mongolia arrested practitioners Ms. Yu Fengyun and Ms. Li Mingrong from Shijiazhuang City while these practitioners were clarifying the truth in Baotou City. They are currently being held at the city's Guchengwan Detention Center.

Practitioner Ms. Yu Fengyun is practitioner Mr. Tao Hongsheng's wife. Tao Hongsheng was a former officer of the National Security Bureau, but had been tortured to death. In 2000, Tao Hongsheng was detained at the Shijiazhuang City Forced Labor Camp. After only half a year in detention, he was tortured to death. Yu Fengyun has also suffered relentless persecution because of her belief in Falun Dafa. She was detained in a forced labor camp for two years and later taken to Hebei Province's Brainwashing Class for additional torture.

Practitioner Ms. Li Mingrong is the wife of an employee at the No.54 Institute in Shijiazhuang City. It was reported that she has some relatives in Datong City, Shanxi Province and in Baotou City in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region. This arrest took place when she visited her relatives and distributed truth-clarifying materials.

Phone number of units:

Jiuyuan District Police Precinct, Baotou City's Police Department in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region: 86-472-7166419, 86-472-7166423
Baotou City's Guchengwan Detention Center: 86-472-4361541

14. [Chongqing] Arrest of Retired Teacher Huang Zehan

Practitioner Ms. Huang Zehan is a retired teacher from Chongqing City's No.11 High School. She lives at Zengjiayan Jiangduyiyuan near the Shangqing Temple. Since July 20, 1999 she has done much work to clarify the truth of Falun Gong.

At about 3:00 p.m. on December 9, 2004, policemen Li Hong, Wen Bo and two other police assistants from the Danzishi Police Precinct in the Nan'an District broke into Ms. Huang's house. Without showing a warrant, they interrogated her and dragged her away. Later it was reported that they would arrest and sentence her two years of forced labor.

15. [Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province] Jin Shunsheng Sentenced to One Year of Forced Labor

In late November 2004, Mr. Jin Shunsheng was arrested. Without following legal procedures, the authorities sent him to the Bajin Forced Labor Camp in Gao'an County, Jiangxi Province for one year.

Phone number of Xinyu City's 610 Office: 86-790-6457610