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Latest News from China - January 2, 2005

Jan. 9, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

  1. [Yunnan Province] Arrest of Zhang Wenhang for Declaration to Continue Falun Gong Practice
  2. [Nanning City, Guangxi AR] Arrest of Practitioners Tan Caihe and Lu Xunping
  3. [Tanghai County, Hebei Province] Arrest of Liu Xiaoling
  4. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Second Arrest for Tang Zhiheng and Huang Songdian
  5. [Heilongjiang Province] Guards at the Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp Barbarically Torture Detained Practitioners
  6. [Maoming City, Guangdong Province] Practitioners Ms. Yang Qiujuan and Ms. Yang Yaocheng Abducted When Distributing Truth Clarification Materials
  7. [Luquan City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Mr. Li Jiangang, His Wife Dong Xiuzhu and Practitioner Jia Yulian Sent to Hebei Provincial Brainwashing Center
  8. [Hebei Province] Practitioner Mr. Lei Zhongfu Tortured at Shijiazhuang City's No. 4 Prison
  9. [Hebei Province] Practitioner Mr. Lei Jiangtao Forced to Do Prison Slave Labor

1. [Yunnan Province] Arrest of Zhang Wenhang for Declaration to Continue Falun Gong Practice

In 2000, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Wenhang from Yunnan Province Computation Technical Supervision Bureau was held in the provincial Women's Forced Labor Camp. Zhang Wenhang had recently published her solemn declaration on Clearwisdom, stating that her so-called "reformation" was void and she would come back to Fa-rectification cultivation.

In the afternoon of December 28, 2004, personnel from her bureau colluded with police officers from Kunming City's Wuhua National Security Brigade and arrested Zhang. They also confiscated her computer and some of her other personal items. Zhang is currently being held at the Wuhua Detention Center.

Phone numbers of responsible units:

The National Security Brigade, the Wuhua Police Precinct in Kunming City
Zhang Ming: 86-13308710886 (Cell)
Wuhua District's 610 Office chief: 86-871-3636268

2. [Nanning City, Guangxi AR] Arrest of Practitioners Tan Caihe and Lu Xunping

On December 29, 2004, practitioner Ms. Tan Caihe and Ms. Lu Xunping from Nanning City, Guangxu Autonomous Region, were arrested and their houses were ransacked. Dafa books, truth-clarifying materials, personal computers and printers were confiscated.

3. [Tanghai County, Hebei Province] Arrest of Liu Xiaoling

In 2003, personnel from Tanghai County's Police Department sent practitioner Ms. Liu Xiaoling from Tanghai County, Hebei Province, to Tangshan City Kaiping Forced Labor Camp. Later, Liu got out of the labor camp with the power of righteous thoughts. In November 2004, personnel from the police department again put her into the forced labor camp. She suffered from severe disease in the labor camp. Liu's mother went to request her release, but Liu is still in detention.

Related phone numbers:(Country code: 86, area code 315, please do not dial area code before a cell phone number)
The Tanghai County's Police Department:
Kong Weizhong, the deputy chief: 8720071(Office), 8712729(Home), 13832983993(Cell)
Li Taizhong, the Political and Security Section chief: 8717618(Office), 8721595(Home), 13832986416(Cell)
Sun Jingsen, the Political and Security Section deputy chief: 8717607(Office), 8711027(Home), 13832986246(Cell)

Zhao Lixin, 610 Office chief 8711710(Office), 8715110 (Home), 1353154778 (Cell)
Hu Yuhua, the Principal of the Brainwashing School: 8711006

4. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Second Arrest for Tang Zhiheng and Huang Songdian

During the morning of December 31, 2004, when practitioners Tang Zhiheng and Huang Songdian from Guangzhou City went to work they were arrested. Previously, in January 2003, Tang was released from the city's No.1 Forced Labor Camp. In 2002, Huang Songdian was released from Guangdong Province's Sanshui Forced Labor Camp.

5. [Heilongjiang Province] Guards at the Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp Barbarically Torture Detained Practitioners

On December 23, 2004, guard Wang Xiurong in the Jiamusi Forced Labor Camp dragged practitioners Ms. Ma Rujun and Ms. Fei Jinrong upstairs because they refused to wear the labor camp uniform. Ma Rujun refused to be dragged away and shouted, "Falun Dafa is great!" Guard Jiang Jianan helped drag her. Wang Xiurong slapped Ma Rujun's face, then she dragged out Fei Jinrong who also shouted, "Falun Dafa is great!" The two practitioners had their hands cuffed behind their back in a shoe room on the second floor. They were forced to sit on the cold concrete floor and were not allowed to sleep at night.

That same morning, practitioner Ms. Su Yanhua, who was placed in the Strictly Controlled Group, refused to stand up during roll call, and guard Wang Xiurong kicked her until she fell to the ground.

6. [Maoming City, Guangdong Province] Practitioners Ms. Yang Qiujuan and Ms. Yang Yaocheng Abducted When Distributing Truth Clarification Materials

Police officers unlawfully arrested practitioners Ms. Yang Qiujuan and Ms. Yang Yaocheng in Maoming City, Guangdong Province. The officers were from the Xiali Police Station in Maogang District, Maoming City. They arrested the practitioners for distributing truth clarification materials. The two women are currently being held at the No. 1 Maoming Detention Center.

7. [Luquan City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Mr. Li Jiangang, His Wife Dong Xiuzhu and Practitioner Jia Yulian Sent to Hebei Provincial Brainwashing Center

In the evening of December 20, practitioner Mr. Li Jiangang, his wife Dong Xiuzhu and practitioner Ms. Jia Yulian from Chengguan Town, Luquan City, the Shijiazhuang area, drove a tractor to a town 20 miles away to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. They were arrested and held at a police station and then transferred to a detention center.

They held a hunger strike to protest the illegal detention. On December 27, they were sent to the Luquan County Hospital where they were force-fed or given intravenous infusions. The police in Luquan County sent them to the Hebei Provincial Brainwashing Center on December 31, 2004.

8. [Hebei Province] Practitioner Mr. Lei Zhongfu Tortured at Shijiazhuang City No. 4 Prison

Practitioner Mr. Lei Zhongfu is being held at Shijiazhuang City No. 4 Prison and is very weak from torture. He has been physically abused in a most savage way at the Strictly Controlled Group for more than one month. He was not allowed to sleep at night.

Shijiazhuang City No. 4 Prison: 86-311-7751912

9. [Hebei Province] Practitioner Mr. Lei Jiangtao Forced to Do Prison Slave Labor

Mr. Lei Jiangtao is 25 years old and was sentenced to seven years in prison. He is currently being held at Group 8, Division 6, Brigade 2 of the Jidong Prison in Hebei Province. On November 15, 2004, practitioners Mr. Gu Liqiang and Mr. Lei Jiangtao in Jinzhou City, Hebei Province were transferred from Jinzhou City's Detention Center to the Jidong Prison in Hebei Province, which is located at the Nanbao Salt Mine in Tangshan City [site of the horrific earthquake in 1976]. They were forced to do slave labor while being held at Jinzhou City's Detention Center. They are now very weak with a loss of memory.

Mailing address for the Yidong Prison:

No 08 Division Box 12 Mailbox 2002
Fengnan District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province
Zip code: 063305

Phone numbers of main perpetrators:

Tian Qiusheng: head of the Political and Security Section, Jinzhou Police Department, 86-311-43233921
Zhang Geyou: head of the Jinzhou Detention Center, 86-311-4312114, 86-13903210138(Cell)