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Latest News from China - December 3, 2004

Jan. 10, 2005

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  1. [Diaobingshan City, Liaoning Province] Shihuangdi Police Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Yin Liping and Ms. Wang Huiling
  2. [Shenyang, Liaoning Province] Four Practitioners from Faku County Held in Shenyang City Detention Center
  3. [Jilin] Jiao Xiuping Losses Job as a Result of Persecution
  4. [Dalian, Liaoning] Arrest of Orphan--Child of Practitioner Wang Qiuxia Who Died from the Persecution
  5. [Wuhan, Hubei] Practitioners Wang Fengying and Tu Baozhen Are Transferred to the First Detention Center
  6. [Baoding, Hebei] Practitioner Zhao Quo Abused in the Baoding County Detention Center
  7. [Shandong] Shandong Province Jiaozhou Police Arrest Little Han Yu While Visiting her Illegally Imprisoned Father
  8. [Tianjin] Practitioners Zhang Runmei and Hong Yang Are Confined in Nankai Detention Center
  9. [Chongqing] Chongqing 610 Office Tries to Bring Zhang Qiyong to Trial
  10. [Weifang, Shandong] Chu Liwen Was Beaten in Weibei Prison
  11. 11. [Hefei City, Anhui] Persecution of Ms. Chen Shulan
  12. [Hefei, Anhui] Baohe District Police Arrest Huang Yuping
  13. [Yanji, Jilin] Liu Sisters Persecuted for Clarifying the Facts
  14. [Heilongjiang] Cui Jun Secretly Transferred to Tailei Prison; It Is Unknown Whether He Is Alive or Dead
  15. 15. [Harbin, Heilongjiang] Practitioner Meng Lingjiu Detained in Mulan County's First Detention Center
  16. [Dashiqiao City, Liaoning] Zhou Yanzhi and Xiao Zhang Are Detained
  17. [Beijing] Wang Lei from Fangshanqu Is Arrested by Police
  18. [Shaoyang City, Hunan Province] Tang Manyuan Dies As a Result of Persecution
  19. [Ezhou City, Hubei Province] Police Arrest Pan Yulan from Yangye Village
  20. [Shandong Province] Several Practitioners from Longkou City Are Arrested and Detained
  21. 21. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Update on Hu Jianying and Liu Junhua
  22. [Shizuishan, Ningxia] Three Dawukou District Practitioners Are Arrested

1. [Diaobingshan City, Liaoning Province] Shihuangdi Police Arrest Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Yin Liping and Ms. Wang Huiling

Ms. Yin Liping and Ms. Wang Huiling from Diaobingshan City were arrested on the morning of October 14, 2004 by Shihuangdi police while they were clarifying the facts in a business office building. They are being held in the Diaobingshan City detention center.

2. [Shenyang, Liaoning Province] Four Practitioners from Faku County Held in Shenyang City Detention Center

On October 9 and 10, 2004, He Zhongliang, the appointed political and judicial secretary of Faku County, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, and a number of accomplices entered the home of Ms. Zhang Peiying. They confiscated equipment for producing Falun Dafa truth-clarification materials, including a copy machine, a color printer and other Falun Dafa materials. Those assisting Zhongliang included the following: Zhang Hongxi, the director of the local 610 Office, Jiang Yingbiao, the 610 Office staff member in charge of persecuting Falun Dafa, Zhang Shengjiang, the section chief of political affairs in the public security office of Faku County, Wang Shirong, the person in charge of persecuting Falun Dafa in Faku County, and over 10 police officers from the villages of Tuanjie, Shengli, Sijiazhi, and Fengbeibao. They also confiscated a large number of Falun Dafa books and truth-clarifying literature, and over 200 "yuan" from practitioners Wang Ping, a practitioner by the surname of Jiao from Sijiazi Village, and Ms. Li Yanhong from Feng Beibao Village. At present, all four are being detained in the Shenyang City Detention Center.

3. [Jilin] Jiao Xiuping Losses Job as a Result of Persecution

42-year-old Ms. Jiao Xiuping from Jilin, was a worker in the Labor Service Company of Yuanlin Office, Jilin City. She was a temporary worker in the Century Plaza, Yuanlin Office, from the end of 1999 until the end of 2001. Jiao Xiuping was sentenced to three years in a forced labor camp for persisting in practicing Falun Dafa. Later, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa and was imprisoned in Heizuizi Labor Reeducation Camp.

Jiao Xiuping was released and went home at the beginning of 2004. Huang Lufei, the secretary of Yuanlin Office in Jilin City ordered Guo Keshi, the secretary of Century Plaza Office, to force Jiao Xiuping to write a "Guarantee Statement">Guarantee Statement." Ms. Jiao refused, and as a result she lost her job.

Telephone Numbers:

Huang Lufei, secretary of Yuanlin Office, Jilin City: 86-432-4654237 (Office)

Guo Keshi, secretary of Century Plaza Office: 86-432-4667565, ext. 8001

4. [Dalian, Liaoning] Arrest of Orphan--Child of Practitioner Wang Qiuxia Who Died from the Persecution

Ms. Wang Qiuxia from Dalian City, Liaoning Province died while being persecuted in Dalian Reeducation Center. Her husband, whom she had divorced ten years ago, was asked to sign her death certificate. He took 70,000 yuan as payment for her death. He has since died.

Thus, Wang Qiuxia's son, Zhang Lianpeng, became an orphan. He has led a very hard life. At the end of November, public security officers of Shenyang City and Dalian City collaborated to arrest him and take him to Shenyang City.

5. [Wuhan, Hubei] Practitioners Wang Fengying and Tu Baozhen Are Transferred to the First Detention Center

On November 8, 2004, 52-year-old retired teacher Ms. Wang Fengying and 49-year-old worker Ms. Tu Baozhen from Maiduanxiagang, were arrested by Wang Jiahe, a local police officer, while they were clarifying the facts of Falun Dafa and distributing materials to farmers in a rural area. They are currently imprisoned and being tortured in Wujiashan's Erzhigou Administration Detention Center, Wuhan City.

On November 22, the last day of their imprisonment term, Hu Shuzhi and Han Guiwu from the 610 Office instigated public security officer Xiao Yousheng and his fellow officers to transfer the two practitioners to the First Detention Center in Wuhan City in order to escalate the persecution against them.

Telephone numbers:

Li Shengqiao, secretary of political and judicial office: 86-27-61002233 (Office)

Hu Shuzhi, director of the 610 Office: 86-27-61006997 (Office), 86-27-85939208 (Home), 86-13886056900 (Cellular)

Han Guiwu, deputy director of the 610 Office: 86-27-61006997 (Office), 86-27-85935889 (Home), 86-13886056908 (Cellular)

Han Yanming, director of composite office: 86-27-61002105 (Office), 86-27-85937549 (Home), 86-13871042318 (Cellular)

Xiao Yousheng, public security officer: 86-27-85935911 (Office)

6. [Baoding, Hebei] Practitioner Zhao Guo Abused in the Baoding County Detention Center

Mr. Zhao Guo from Wujiaying Village, Quodan Township, Li County, Baoding City, Hebei Province was arrested and severely beaten for putting up a "Falun Dafa is good!" poster. Ning Hongmao, the Li County deputy secretary insisted on locking him in the county's hardcore criminal section of the detention center. When his family visited Mr. Zhao, they found blue and purple bruises and lumps covering his body, and his response was very slow. Zhao Guo was later sentenced to three years in a forced labor camp.

Telephone Numbers:

Ning Hongmao, the county deputy secretary: 86-13903363299 (Cellular), 86-312-6237866 (Office)

Sheng Chunhua, the deputy chief of Wanan Police Station: 86-13333128872 (Cellular)

Wanan Police Station: 86-3126501675

7. [Shandong] Shandong Province Jiaozhou Police Arrest Little Han Yu While Visiting her Illegally Imprisoned Father

On October 18, 2004, Han Yu, a little girl from Xima Village, Jiaoxi Town, Jiaozhou, Shandong Province, went to Jiaozhou to ask about her father who was illegally imprisoned. She was kidnapped and taken away in a black sedan. No one knows of her whereabouts.

8. [Tianjin] Practitioners Zhang Runmei and Hong Yang Are Confined in Nankai Detention Center

Ms. Zhang Runmei and Ms. Hong Yang were both Ph.D. students from Tianjin University with excellent academic performance. In 2001, they were sentenced to one year in the forced labor reform camp with fellow students who went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa and display a banner on Tiananmen Square. Their sentence was extended due to their refusal to renounce Falun Dafa. With strong righteous thoughts, they walked out of the labor camp.

Each of these two women started their own company, while also working to let people know the truth of Falun Dafa and the persecution. Perhaps due to their special status and experience, the Tianjin Public Security Office and the 610 Office have been monitoring them closely. They were arrested again after being reported to the security office.

Telephone Numbers:

Tianjin Nankai local police station: 86-22-37353223

Tianjin City Public Security Office: 86-22-27319000

9. [Chongqing] Chongqing 610 Office Tries to Bring Zhang Qiyong to Trial

Mr. Zhang Qiyong is a 27-year old branch manager of Qijiang Life Insurance and a former head of Qijiang County Counseling Center in Chongqing. He resisted the persecution with strong righteous thoughts when he was locked in the forced labor camp for two years in 1999.

In 2002, Zhang Qiyong broke out of a prison van in Qijiang County after he was arrested for attending an experience sharing conference. He had to stay away from home to avoid further persecution. In May 2004, he returned to his hometown to visit his parents. They tracked his cell phone, and special agents from Jiangbei, Chongqing City arrested him. Mr. Zhang endured severe tortures while locked in the Qijiang County Detention Center. His family hired a top lawyer, Wang Ruirong, who had defended right-wing people during the Cultural Revolution. When the family visited him, they found their son bound to a torture bed with shackles and handcuffs. There were multiple injuries on his body and his mouth had festered from injuries from being pried open.

Some sources said that the Chongqing 610 Office planned to sentence Mr. Zhang during the first half of December.

Telephone Numbers:

Lawyer Wang Ruirong: 86-23-63702866, 86-23-63845820, 86-13628394297 (Cell phone)

Zhang Qiyong: 86-23-85887483, 86-23-61286171

Zhang Xingpeng, head of Kaifa Detention Center, Qijiang County: 86-23-85883361

Duty Room of Kaifa Detention Center, Qijiang County: 86-23-85883360

10. [Weifang, Shandong] Chu Liwen Was Beaten in Weibei Prison

In October 2003, Mr. Chu Liwen was illegally sentenced to five years' imprisonment while confined in Weibei Prison. The prison officials kept denying his family's requests to visit him. On December 1, 2004, after he was confined for over one year, his family finally got to see him. During recent months, Mr. Chu Liwen has been on a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment. He is in low spirits and physically weak without much strength or voice from the tortures he has endured. According to information from other practitioners in the prison, the prison guards injured his legs. Mr. Chu tried a few times to stand up during his family's visit but each time, the prison guard in the 6th Area tried to stop him.

11. [Hefei City, Anhui] Persecution of Ms. Chen Shulan

Ms. Chen Shulan is a 60-year-old retiree from the Exploration Team in Hefei City. She persisted in practicing Falun Dafa, and was arrested by a group led by Li Yanjiang, at 9 a.m. on October 30, while she was on her way home from grocery shopping in Dongchengang Supermarket. Ms. Chen was taken to the Party School Brainwashing Center where she suffered broken bones in her foot, which became seriously swollen. They denied her sleep even when she was in such extreme pain.

At present, there is a young male practitioner who is in extreme distress from being beaten and tortured every day.

Party School Telephone: 86-551-3413163

12. [Hefei, Anhui] Baohe District Police Arrest Huang Yuping

At about 10:30 a.m. on November 16, 2004, the 610 Office of Hefei City, and the Political and Judicial appointee of Baohe District and the district police, pried open the door of Ms. Huang Yuping's house. While trying to escape from the police by jumping from her second floor balcony, she tripped while wearing high heel shoes and fell unconscious. Ms. Huang was then taken away. Some sources said that she broke her hipbone and is now under medical care.

13. [Yanji, Jilin] Liu Sisters Persecuted for Clarifying the Facts

19-year-old Ms. Liu Wenwen from Hanji City, Jilin, has gone to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa three times between 1999 and 2001. In April 2001, she and her twin sister Ms. Liu Lulu were sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp. They are the youngest Falun Dafa practitioners in Changchun City's Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp.

Someone reported them to the authorities when they were clarifying the facts a short time ago. On October 29, 2004, Ms. Liu Wenwen was arrested by officers from the Xishichang Police Station in Yanji City. The prison authorities would not let her family visit her and the police went to their home to check out the source of the truth-clarification materials. Her sister, Ms. Liu Lulu, was forced to leave home and hide elsewhere.

Xishichang Police Station in Yanji City: 86-433-2516175

14. [Heilongjiang] Cui Jun Secretly Transferred to Tailei Prison; It Is Unknown Whether He Is Alive or Dead

Mr. Cui Jun, 39 years old, lives on Donggang Street, Tieli Town, Tieli City, Heilongjiang Province. He was in good health and had a happy family life since he began practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. Then on July 19, 1999, he was arrested and detained by Dongfeng police because of his firm belief in "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." On September 30, 1999, the police again detained him for discussing Falun Dafa with others. He was sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp and was taken to Dongsheng Detention Center in Yichun City.

On the evening of November 30, 2001, after he finished distributing truth-clarification materials, a group of police led by Huang Lulin, the chief of the public security office in Tieli City, forced their way into his house and arrested him. Cui Jun was taken to the public security office and subsequently sentenced to five years in prison. He was transferred to Xiangfang Area Detention Center in Harbin, and then secretly transferred to Tailei Prison. Currently, no one knows whether he is dead or alive.

15. [Harbin, Heilongjiang] Practitioner Meng Lingjiu Detained in Mulan County's First Detention Center

Mr. Meng Lingjiu from Mulan County, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province was reported to the authorities when he returned home on the afternoon of December 1. He was surrounded by police in his home at about 4 p.m. and was then illegally detained in the First Detention Center in Mulan County. They searched his house and took a box full of items with them.

Telephone Numbers:

Police station in Jixing Village: 86-451-57028025

Yuan Shudan, head of the First Detention Center: 86-451-57090099 (Home), 86-451-55041199 (Cellular)

Wang Jianhua, head of Mulan Public Security Office: 86-451-57088007 (Office), 86-451-57082072 (Home), 86-13804639505 (Cellular)

16. [Dashiqiao City, Liaoning] Zhou Yanzhi and Xiao Zhang Are Detained

In the second half of October 2004, a person reported Ms. Zhou Yanzhi and Xiao Zhang to the authorities while they were posting truth-clarification materials in Gangdu, Dashiqiao City. Gangdu police arrested them and took them to a detention center in Dashiqiao City. Ms. Zhou was unlawfully sentenced to one year in a forced labor camp.

Telephone Numbers:

Public Security Office, Dashiqiao City: 86-417-5812418

Political and Judicial Committee, Dashiqiao City: 86-417-5613508

17. [Beijing] Wang Lei from Fangshanqu Is Arrested by Police

Police arrested Wang Lei from his home in the Fangshan District, Beijing City at noon on November 27. He is detained at the Fangshan District Detention Center. The whereabouts of Li Lanqiang from Fangshan District is unclear.

18. [Shaoyang City, Hunan Province] Tang Manyuan Dies As a Result of Persecution

Ms. Tang Manyuan was about 60 years old. She worked in a printing company in Hunan Province. In November 2002, she was arrested and detained by Liu Zhiyong, head of the Political Security Group in the Daxiang District Branch Police Department, Shaoyang City. Ms. Tang was transferred from one prison to another, mercilessly beaten with bamboo sticks, and her body was swollen from head to toe. The prison guards forced her to step on a photo of the founder of Falun Gong, Mr. Li Hongzhi. After suffering many harsh tortures, Tang Manyuan died in October 2003.

19. [Ezhou City, Hubei Province] Police Arrest Pan Yulan from Yangye Village

In October, police from Hubei Province's Public Security Office unexpectedly arrested Ms. Pan Yulan from Yanye Village, Ezhou City. At present, her whereabouts are unknown.

20. [Shandong Province] Several Practitioners from Longkou City Are Arrested and Detained

Recently, practitioners Ms. Zhang Shumin, Ms. Li Guilan, Yi Xiangyang, Xu Maoyu, Ms. Yao Shuzhen, and Ms. Li Qiumei from Longkou City, Shandong Province were arrested and detained.

21. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Update on Hu Jianying and Liu Junhua

On the afternoon of November 23, 2004, public security officers arrested practitioners Hu Jianying and Liu Junhua from Nanchong City, Sichuan Province. They are currently detained in the Yuechi County Detention Center. Hu Jianying's 83-year old father was the chief of the Bureau of Industry and Commerce. He has high blood pressure and needs constant attention. Liu Junhua's family is very worried about her condition, since her entire body was swollen when they saw her last.

Telephone Numbers:

Public Security Office in Yuechi: 86-826-5236537

Detention Center in Yuechi: 86-826-5280679

22. [Shizuishan, Ningxia] Three Dawukou District Practitioners Are Arrested

A group of police broke into and searched Ms. Li Zhixiang's home on the afternoon of November 17. They arrested and detained her in Shizuishan City's First Detention Center. Two other practitioners were also arrested while distributing truth-clarification materials. The surname of the older practitioner is "Du."

Telephone Numbers:

Wang, Chief of Public Security Office, Shizuishan City: 86-952-2019266 (Office), 86-952-2026499 (Home), 86-13995321799 (Cellular)

Li Tao, Case Manager: 86-952-2037464, 86-952-2033081 (Home)

Head of Detention Center, Shizuishan City: 86-952-2034678

December 3, 2004