(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China contains reports of persecution that took place in 33 cities or counties in 13 provinces. Sixty seven practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during detention, and at least 36 practitioners were illegally arrested
1. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Practitioners Ms. Zhan Junmei and Mr. Xiao Xiwei Unlawfully Held in Taojialing Brainwashing Center
Ms. Zhan Junmei, a practitioner from Hanyang District, Wuhan City, is being held at the Taojialing Brainwashing Center in Hanyang District after she was unlawfully taken into custody. Mr. Xiao Xiwei, a practitioner who lives in the Zijing Residential Community on Duanqinkou Street in Hanyang District, is also being held there.
On August 8, 2007, Mr. Xiao Xiwei was riding a bicycle on his way home from Wuchang City (in the jurisdiction of Wuhan City) where he worked doing odd jobs. In the Jiyuqiao area of Wuchang City he distributed some truth-clarification materials. Two security guards who were at the scene turned him in. Mr. Xiao was unlawfully held at the Jiyuqiao Police Station and returned home on August 23, 2007. A few days later, members of the Hanyang 610 Office and officers of the Duanqinkou Police Station tried to arrest him late at night. The police followed him and eventually caught him. He was sent to the Taojialing Brainwashing Center in Hanyang District.
2. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Li Xuejin and Several Other Practitioners Transferred to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp
On February 6, 2007, practitioner Ms. Li Xuejin was arrested after police received reports that she was distributing truth-clarification materials. On March 7, 2007, she was sent to Division No. 5 in the Dalian Forced Labor Institute. On September 24, 2007, she was transferred to Division 6 in No. 2 Institute at Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. The authorities did not notify her family. Several labor camp guards viciously beat Ms. Li when she arrived at Masanjia Labor Camp.
Other practitioners who have been transferred to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp include Mr. Sun Hongkai, Mr. Xu Shanglong, and Mr. Cai Chao.
3. [Hebei Province] Shenzhou City Police Department Arrest Practitioners Several Days in a Row
On October 2, 2007, the police took into custody practitioner Xiaolan, in her fifties, who lives in Doufuye Village.
At noon on October 3, four plainclothes officers took into custody practitioner Zhimei, in her sixties, who lives in the urban area of Shenzhou City.
At 5:00 a.m. on October 4, about eight people climbed over a wall and broke into practitioners residences and took into custody Ms. Wang Qinghui and Ms. Guo Yanchun. The police confiscated a notebook computer, printer, photocopier, DVD players and satellite dishes.
On the morning of October 4, the police took into custody Huzhen (male), a practitioner who lives in Diaomazhuang Village in Danfeng Town, Shen County.
4. [Fuxin City, Liaoning Province] Additional Information on Unlawful Detention of Practitioners Ms. Zhang Hongyan and Mr. Ruan Baoxiang
At around 3:00 p.m. on September 27, 2007, a group of officers from the Zhanqian Police Station broke into practitioner Ms. Zhang Hongyan's home and conducted an unlawful search. The police then hid in her home to wait for her return. Ms. Zhang, 46 years old, returned home around 4:00 p.m. She was carrying a bag of rice which she had just bought. She ran into Mr. Ruan Baoxiang, 47, who offered to help her carry the bag of rice. When they entered the room, the police took both of them into custody. When coming down the stairs, Ms. Zhang Hongyan shouted, "Falun Dafa is great!" The police pulled on her hair and took her away. The two practitioners were taken to the Haizhou Police Department for interrogation the same night. They are now being held at the Xindi Detention Center.
5. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Eight Practitioners Taken into Custody
On October 4, 2007, the police took into custody eight Falun Gong practitioners in Xinfa Town, Daoli District, including: Ms. Wu Zhaofang, her son, Mr. Huang Jian, Mr. Sun Weiping, Mr. Yan and his wife, Mr. Wang Cheng and his wife. The eight practitioners have been handed over to the Daoli Police Department in Harbin City. The police confiscated a personal computer, printer, some cash, and a list of people who declared to quit the Communist Party and its affiliated organizations.
6. [Nang'an County, Jilin Province] Police Unlawfully Take Practitioners into Custody
At around 7:30 p.m. on September 27, 2007, the Nong'an County Police Department dispatched officers to "round up" practitioners. Most of the practitioners unlawfully taken into custody are being held at the Nong'an County Detention Center.
7. [Xian County, Hebei Province] Practitioner Ms. Zhao Hongying Taken into Custody
At around 8:00 a.m. on September 27, 2007, four officers from the the State Security Division of the Xian County Police Department in Hebei Province and two officers from the Xiaopingwang Township Police Station in Xian County broke into practitioner Ms. Zhao Hongying's home in Yuanchanglou Village in Xiaopingwang Township, Xiang County. The officers confiscated a 29-inch television, a VCD player, a satellite dish, an MP3 player, Falun Dafa books and materials, a portrait of the founder of Falun Gong, and 1,400 yuan in cash. Ms. Zhao's family requested the cash be returned.
8. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Practitioner Ms. Geng Xiangru Taken into Custody
On October 2, 2007, officers from the Jianshe Road Police Station in Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou City unlawfully searched practitioner Ms. Geng Xiangru's home without cause. Later Ms. Zheng went to the police station to ask for the return of the Falun Dafa books that were taken away by the officers. Instead, she was forcibly taken to the No. 4 Detention Center. The authorities have denied her family's request for her release.
Cao (male), political instructor of the Jianshe Road Police Station: 86-13503831008 (Cell)
9. [Inner Mongolia] Practitioners Mr. Wang Guoli and Wife Ms. Bai Caixia Taken into Custody
Ms. Bai Caixia and her husband Mr. Wang Guoli are practitioners in the Qidaoquanzi area in Saliba Township, Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. At noon on September 20, 2007, the police unlawfully took them to the Chifeng Brainwashing Center. Mr. Wang and Ms. Bai were remodeling their home when suddenly over twenty officers arrived in six vehicles.
10. [Laishui County, Hebei Province] Situation of the Persecution of Practitioner Mr. Cheng Shuli
At noon on September 30, 2007, Mr. Cheng Shuli and his wife in Seshu Village, Shiting Town returned home after doing farm work in the fields. A group of police officers led by Dai Chunjie (male) and Wang Fucai (male), leaders of the Laishui County 610 Office, suddenly broke into their home. The officers searched the premises and took away a notebook computer, a large pot, two cellular phones, and some Falun Dafa materials. The total value of confiscated items was estimated at about 6,000 yuan. The officers forcibly took Mr. Cheng Shuli to the county detention center. Mr. Cheng is on hunger strike in protest of the persecution.
11. [Anyang City, Henan Province] Practitioner Ms. Chen Xuesheng Taken into Custody
At around 6:00 a.m. on September 27, 2007, members of the Beiguan District 610 Office and state security officers unlawfully took into custody practitioner Ms. Chen Xuesheng from Anyang City.
12. [Haikou City, Hainan Province] Practitioner Ms. Chen Aifang Taken to Brainwashing Center
On September 30, 2007, officers of the Datong Police Station and other units forcibly took practitioner Ms. Chen Aifang to the Hainan Provincial Communist Party School in Fucheng Town for brainwashing. Ms. Chen owns the Pingyi Commerce Firm on Datong Road in Longhua District, Haikou City, Hainan Province.
Director of Datong Police Station: 86-898-66500911
Longhua District Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-898-68530731,
86-898-68530619
13. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Practitioner Mr. Chen Yichuan Unlawfully Held at the Yangyuan Brainwashing Center in Wuchang Area
At noon on September 19, 2007, while at work, Mr. Chen Yichua was taken by officers of the Wenbao Police Department in Wuhan City to the Wuhan No. 2 Detention Center. Mr. Chen is a teacher at the Wuchang branch campus of Huazhong Science and Technology University. The same day, the police also searched Mr. Chen's home and confiscated a personal computer, cellular phones, and other valuable items. The police also unmounted and took away a satellite dish.
14. [Chongqing] Over 30 Practitioners under Persecution
At the beginning September 2007, over thirty practitioners were exchanging thoughts while touring and resting in the Yubei District Folk Culture Village in Chongqing. Officers from the Chongqing City Police Department followed them and took them into custody. An elderly practitioner (gender unknown) was seriously injured as a result being beaten by the police. The practitioner's life was in danger. An ambulance was called to the scene and the practitioner was taken to the emergency room.
Late one night towards the end of September 2007, several officers of the Shapingba Police Department pried open the door of practitioner Ms. Qiao Guanghui's home. Ms. Qiao lives in the family quarters at the Yubei District Petroleum Base. Without following any legal procedures, the officers took Ms. Qiao into custody, ransacked the place, and confiscated a personal computer, a printer, and some Falun Dafa books and materials. The whereabouts of Ms. Qiao remains unknown.
Early this year, Mr. Xiang Zhongyao, a practitioner in Jiangbei District, Chongqing, was unlawfully arrested. He has been transferred to the Huaxin Street Detention Center in the Guanyin Qiao area in Jiangbee District, Chongqing.
15. [Shunde City, Guangdong Province] Additional Information on Mr. Gao Xi and Other Practitioners Taken into Custody
On the morning of September 30, 2007, practitioners Aunt Wang, Mr. Gao Xi and two non-practitioners (Uncle Liu (Aunt Wang's husband) and Ms. Liu Fulan (Ms. Wang's niece)), were turned in to the police while they were distributing truth-clarification materials in the Jizhidao Supermarket in urban Daliang District. Aunt Wang works doing odd jobs in Daliang District, Shunde City. The four of them were taken into custody by officers of the Shengping Police Station, transferred to the Daliang District Police Department, and then taken to the Leliu Detention Center in Daliang District. Their families were not notified until three days later. The police denied family visits. The officers took Uncle Liu with them when they searched his home and confiscated some Falun Dafa books, a computer, a printer and other items.
Liang (male), officer in charge of the case: 86-13702606332 (cell)
16. [Changde City, Hunan Province] Practitioner Ms. Wen Huiying Taken into Custody by 610 Office
At 9:00 a.m. on October 4, 2007, Zhou Guicheng (male), head of the Taoyuan County 610 Office, and Wen Chengguang, of the state security division, led a group of officers to the employees dormitories of the Taoyuan Post Office. The officers took into custody Ms. Wen Huiying.
Zhou Guicheng (male), director of the 610 Office: 86-736-6624587 (Home), 86-13618412761 (Cell), 86-736-6633610 (Office)
17. [Tongling City, Anhui Province] Practitioner Mr. Han Ling Taken to the City's Brainwashing Center
Recently, the Tongling police forcibly took Mr. Han Ling, a Falun Gong practitioner in Tongling City, to the city's brainwashing center located in the Wusongshan Hotel.
Mr. Han Ling, around 40 years old, was a former employee of the Hong'an Water Heating Equipment Factory. He has been laid off from work. His brother Mr. Han Zhong is also a Falun Dafa practitioner who has undergone persecution numerous times since 1999. Not long ago, Mr. Han Zhong's left eye was permanently injured and he is handicapped as a result of being brutally beaten in the Nanhu Forced Labor Camp.
18. [Xiangfan City, Hubei Province] Practitioner Mr. Li Zhi Unlawfully Held in Detention Center
On September 24, 2007, eight plainclothes officers were dispatched by the Xiangfan City Police Department and the State Security Division. They were led to practitioner Mr. Li Zhi's home by officials of the Security Department of Weidong Factory in Xiangfan City. The officers took away a copy of Zhuan Falun. On September 25, the same group of officers went to the Weidong Factory and took into custody Mr. Li Zhi. Mr. Li is being held at the Xiangfan City No. 1 Detention Center.
19. [Chongqing] Practitioner Ms. Yuan Rong Faces Arrest Again
Just past midnight on September 29, 2007, half a dozen police officers led by Zhao Zhigang (male), head of the Jingkou Police Station in Shapingba District, Chongqing, suddenly forced their way into practitioner Ms. Yuan Rong's home to search the place and to take her into custody. Fortunately, Ms. Yuan was not at home.
At around 3:00 p.m. on November 27, 2006, a dozen or so police officers from the Shapingba District 610 Office in Chongqing, Jingkou Town 610 Office, and Jingkou Town Police Station broke into Ms. Yuan's home. They failed to arrest Ms. Yuan, but took away two personal computers, one from her non-practitioner husband and one from their son. The police also confiscated a printer, an MP3 player, a removable hard drive, Falun Dafa books and materials, and portraits of the founder of Falun Gong.
20. [Dazhu County, Sichuan Province] Several Practitioners Who Are Teachers Taken to Dazhou Brainwashing Center
Since September 12, 2007, Hang Jiaji (male), head of the Dazhou City 610 Office, and Chen Yongguo, head of the Dazhu County 610 Office, persuaded the officials from the local Education Department, police stations, schools and residential communities, and township governments into taking practitioners who teach in the schools into custody. Mr. Zhu Guowu, Mr. Wang Haiqian, Mr. Yang Tongwen, Ms. Liu Xinglian and Mr. Qiu Daming were taken to the guest hotel of the Dazhou Military Subdivision for brainwashing after September 19. The schools where these practitioners are employed must pay 10,000 yuan for each practitioner who was taken to the brainwashing center.
Chen Yongguo (male), head of Dazhu County 610 Office: 86-818-6242610 (Office)
Zhang Li (male): 86-818-6223500, 86-13668392269 (cell)
Li Daojun (male), head of the Education Department: 86-818-6233605
21. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Several Practitioners Taken into Custody
At 5:00 a.m. on October 4, 2007, several practitioners' homes were unlawfully searched in the Kangjia area in Daoli District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. Several practitioners were taken into custody. A practitioner with the last name of Chen (gender unknown) received a head injury as a result of police brutality.
22. [Beijing] Several Practitioners Taken into Custody by State Security Police
On September 26, 2007, several practitioners in Beijing were taken into custody by state security agents. Practitioners whose names are known include Ms. Li Yan, Mr. Yao Yufeng, and Mr. Sun Hongyuan. Other practitioners taken into custody whose names are not fully known are: Elderly Sun, Second Sister-in-Law, and Aunt Cao.
23. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Banners Defaming Falun Dafa Hung in Norman Bethune International Peace Hospital
Norman Bethune International Peace Hospital is a military hospital in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. Before October 1, the hospital authorities put up a large banner slandering Falun Dafa. The banner is over 30 feet long, and at least 15 feet in height.
President's office of Norman Bethune International Peace Hospital:
86-311-87978211
Office of commissar: 86-311-87998212
24. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Nangaoying Town Government and Police Station Persecute Practitioners for an Extended Period of Time
Main switch of Nangaoying Police Station: 86-311-85265808
Director's office: 86-311-85065677
25. [Tianjin] Practitioner Mr. Zhao Zehua Unlawfully Taken into Custody; Her Home Searched
On October 3, 2007, practitioner Mr. Zhao Zehua was taken away from his home by over twenty Hedong District state security police officers. The police searched Mr. Zhao's home, which is in the Jintang Apartments in the Houtai area along Dazhigu Street in Hedong District, Tianjin. Mr. Zhao is being held at the Hedong Police Department on Shaliu Road.
26. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Practitioners Ms. Wang Xiaoyun and Ms. Wang Xiaofeng Unlawfully Sent to Forced Labor Camp
On September 28, 2007, Ms. Wang Xiaoyun and Ms. Wang Xiaofeng, practitioners in Fushun City, Liaoning Province, were sent to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. They are both serving a term of fifteen months.
27. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Ms. Wan Dexiang Forcibly Taken to Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo City, Shandong Province
Ms. Wang Dexiang, a practitioner in Wanjia Town, Pingdu City had been unlawfully detained for two weeks. On September 6, 2007, Yu Tao (male), director of the Wanjia Police Station, took Ms. Wan Dexiang to the Pingdu City 610 Office without telling her where she was going or what was going to happen to her. On the morning of September 7, members of the Wanjia Town Party Committee and the police forcibly took Ms. Wan to the Wancun Forced Labor Camp, where she is to serve an eighteen month term.
28. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Ms. Li Xiuyun Unlawfully Arrested for Six Months; Her Whereabouts Remain Unknown
On April 25, 2007, members of the Boshan District 610 Office and officers of the Shantou Police Station in Boshan District smashed open the door of practitioner Ms. Li Xiuyun's home. The officers searched her home and forcibly took her away. The next day, Ms. Li's daughter witnessed her mother being lifted off the ground by her handcuffed hands. Ms. Li's face was bruised and swollen as a result of police brutality. For almost six months, Ms. Li Xiuyun's daughter and family have gone to the police station and the police department to inquire about Ms. Li's location. They have not received any information about Ms. Li's whereabouts.
29. [Dengzhou City, Henan Province] Update and Correction on the Latest Situation of Practitioners Recently Taken into Custody
Practitioner Ms. Fu Xiuyun managed to escape after being taken into custody. Two other practitioners returned home on October 1, 2007. Ms. Liao Shuhua, Ms. Chen Liying and Mr. Qin Xueyou are being held at a newly constructed detention center in Dengzhou City.
Mr. Yang Xuejun, who was taken into custody in August, was said to have been taken to a forced labor camp. The whereabouts of Mr. Han Zongjian (from Xinye County) are unknown.
30. [Shandong Province] Practitioner Ms. Zhang Wei of the Jinan Steel Group General Company Taken into Custody by Police
Ms. Zhang Wei, around 50 years old, is a practitioner at the Jinan Steel Group General Company. On October 3, 2007, she was turned in to the authorities when clarifying the truth to people in the family quarters of Jinan Steel Group. Leaders of the Steel Production Mill where she works and officers of the steel mill police station took her into custody and searched her home. The leaders of the steel mill had threatened her several times for clarifying the truth to her colleagues. It has been reported that Ms. Zhang is being held at the Liuchangshan Detention Center, where she has been brutally beaten by the police. Ms. Zhang had previously been persecuted at the Shandong No. 1 Women's Forced Labor Camp, where she was imprisoned for three years of forced labor.
31. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] On September 27, 2007, Practitioner Ms. Zhuang Aiping from Weibei Area, in Her Fifties, Again Taken into Custody by Police
32. [Hebei Province] Practitioners Persecuted in Beijiao Prison in Shijiazhuang City
In August, the authorities at the Beijiao Prison in Shijiazhuang City extended the hours prisoners are to perform forced labor. The current hours start at 6:30 a.m. and end at 7:00 p.m.
In recent days, the authorities have deprived practitioners of rest on Sundays, resulting in a work week totaling over 80 hours per week. They have also denied visits from practitioners' families, and letters are being withheld at will.
33. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Recent Situation of Ms. Jin Ping and Other Practitioners
It has been verified that practitioners from No. 5 Farm in Tanghai County, Ms. Jin Ping, Ms. Tong Ruifen, and Mr. Wu Junshi remain in custody at the Tanghai Detention Center. Ms. Tong Ruifen's daughter-in-law has been released.
Ms. Tong's second son, who is not a practitioner, upon seeing Zhang Shun (male), deputy chief of the police department, beating his sister-in-law, stepped forward and hit Zhang. Four police officers beat him and took him to the Tangshan Detention Center. He has returned home.
34. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Officer of Hongqi Police Station Harass Practitioner's Family
On September 30, 2007, Ding Wei (male), an officer of the Hongqi Police Station in Dehui City went to the vicinity of a practitioner's home to harass his neighbors and family.
Ding Wei (male): 86-15904409879 (Cell)
Zhang Zhibin (male), director of the Hongqi Police Station: 86-15904409871
(Cell)
Liu Yuanming (male), political instructor: 86-15904409872 (Cell)
Xu Zixin (male), deputy director: 86-15904409873 (cell)
35. [Meizhou City, Guangdong Province] Update and Correction of Information on Practitioners Taken into Custody
On the afternoon of September 26, 2007, two practitioners were taken into custody by the police: Ms. Ye Xiufen, who lives in the Baihuazhou area, and Ms. Gu Jixiu, who lives in the Fengweiyuan area. Ms. Gu is being held at the Qinhuang Detention Center. This may be where Ms. Ye is being held. Aunt Afan and another person have been released.
Three practitioners held at the Meizhou Brainwashing Center are Ms. Gu Qiuhua, Ms. Luo Xiaoling, and Ms. Guo Lianzhao, who is from the Songyuan area in Mei County.
36. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Additional Information on Practitioner Ms. Tan Xiuying
It has been verified that the name of the special agent who pretended to be interested in Falun Dafa and asked for Falun Dafa books and to learn the exercises from practitioner Ms. Tan Xiuying, is Zhao Tianhe (male). He is also known as Li Hui. He participated in the police operation that took Ms. Tan into custody.
Zhao's cellular phone number is: 86-13223478359 (cell).
37. [Guangdong Province] Practitioners Unlawfully Held at the Sihui City Prison
October 5, 2007