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Additional Persecution News from China - August 4, 2007 (34 Reports)

Aug. 14, 2007

(Clearwisdom.net)

  1. [Hebei Province] Hebei Provincial Women's Prison Coercively "Transforming" Practitioners
  2. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Ms. Li Dulian Unlawfully Held at Panjin City Detention Center
  3. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Practitioner Mr. Liu Bangcheng Unlawfully Held at Qingyanggong Police Station
  4. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Ms. Wang Yulan Taken into Custody
  5. [Shanghai] Supplementary Information on the Arrest of Mr. Yu Xiangdong and the Persecution of Mr. Zhu Pingbo
  6. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Supplementary Information on the Detention of Practitioners Mr. Zhang Jun'an and His Wife Ms. Cao Baoju
  7. [Quzhou County, Hebei Province] Additional Information on the Persecution of Practitioners Mr. Li Heping and His Wife Ms. Li Meilian
  8. [Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Break into Practitioner's Home for Unlawful Search
  9. [Donggang City, Liaoning Province] Numerous Practitioners Taken into Custody
  10. [Heshan City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Ye Yunqun Unlawfully Sentenced to Prison
  11. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Practitioner Ms. Sheng Hongyan in Brainwashing Center for Over a Month
  12. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Additional Information on Practitioners Unlawfully Taken into Custody
  13. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Tan Ping and Other Practitioners Unlawfully Sentenced to Forced Labor
  14. [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Ms. Jin Min's Forced Labor Term Extended
  15. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Practitioners Ms. Liu Huanxin and Her Mother Unlawfully Taken into Custody
  16. [Beijing] Daxing District 610 Office Takes Practitioner Ms. Wang Guofeng into Custody Again and Denies Her Family Visitation
  17. [Beijing] Follow-Up Report on Haidian District 610 Office's Persecution of Several Practitioners
  18. [Quzhou County, Hebei Province] Practitioner Mr. Ma Xiuyuan Taken into Custody
  19. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. He Ruxian, a Practitioner from Luan County, Taken into Custody by Officers of Xincheng Police Station
  20. [Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Currently Held at Pulandian Detention Center
  21. [Henan Province] Henan Provincial Women's Prison Hold Hundreds of Practitioners in Isolation
  22. [Rongcheng City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Ms. Liu Guifang, 57, Taken to Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo City, Shandong Province to Serve a Twelve-Month Term
  23. [Jiaohe City, Jilin Province] Additional Information on the Arrest of Practitioner Ms. Liu Huihai
  24. [Linqing City, Shandong Province] Mr. Ma Zhanxiang, a Practitioner from Liugongzhuang Village, Taken into Custody by Officers of Jinhaozuang Police Station on the Morning of July 27, 2007
  25. [Hejian City, Hebei Province] Police Officer Liu Chunyang Inhumanly Force-Feeds Practitioners
  26. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Mr. Li Qingwen Taken into Custody for Clarifying the Truth in an Internet Cafe
  27. [Weiwu City, Gansu Province] Elderly Practitioner Ms. Guo Yuliang's Whereabouts Remain Unknown
  28. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Additional Report on Practitioner Ms. Zhou Hongxin, Taken into Custody
  29. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Police in Nangang District Took Practitioner Ms. Yang Wenying into Custody
  30. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Mr. Yan Shunqi Taken into Custody
  31. [Chongqing] Practitioner Ms. Zhou Hong Taken into Custody
  32. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Practitioners Ms. Xu Hui and Mr. Cai Chao Missing for Numerous Days
  33. [Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Nie Aiju, 70, Held in a Brainwashing Center for Over Two Months
  34. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Ms. Yu Fengying on Hunger Strike after Being Taken into Custody

1. [Hebei Province] Hebei Provincial Women's Prison Coercively "Transforming" Practitioners

Hebei Provincial Women's Prison is taking measures to coercively "transform" unlawfully-imprisoned practitioners. The officials have deprived practitioners of sleep and meals in order to try to force them to give up their belief.

2. [Panjin City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Ms. Li Dulian Unlawfully Held at Panjin City Detention Center

At noon on July 21, 2007, practitioner Ms. Li Dulian found a self-adhesive truth-clarifying sign on the ground near a church. She picked it up and placed it on the wall. Officers from the Qinggong Police Station affiliated with the Xinglongtai Police Department took her into custody. She was initially held at the police station, then transferred to the Panjin City Detention Center.

3. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Practitioner Mr. Liu Bangcheng Unlawfully Held at Qingyanggong Police Station

At around 6:30 p.m. on August 2, 2007, Mr. Liu Bangcheng, a practitioner in Chengdu City, was accessing the Internet from his home. Four or five plainclothes officers broke in. Without presenting any legal papers or identification, the officers handcuffed Mr. Liu and unlawfully searched his home. The officers confiscated a large number of Falun Dafa books, truth-clarifying materials, several sets of Fa-lecture tapes, a tape recorder, several portraits of Teacher, and six cellular phones. Two of the cellular phones were taken from another practitioner who was at Mr. Liu's home. Both Mr. Liu and the other practitioner were taken to the Qingyanggong Police Station. The other practitioner later managed to get out with righteous thoughts in mind. Mr. Liu Bangcheng remains in custody at the Qingyanggong Police Station.

4. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Ms. Wang Yulan Taken into Custody

Ms. Wang Yulan, a practitioner from Anshan City, Liaoning Province, was taken into custody while she was distributing truth-clarifying materials at Section 6 in the Shengousi area. Ms. Wang is being held at the Shenbei Police Station.

5. [Shanghai] Supplementary Information on the Arrest of Mr. Yu Xiangdong and the Persecution of Mr. Zhu Pingbo

Practitioner Mr. Yu Xiang has been unlawfully placed under arrest. His case is being processed. Practitioner Mr. Zhu Pingbo was held at the Qingpu Legal School for 97 days for brainwashing. Mr. Zhu returned home on August 1, 2007.

6. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Supplementary Information on the Detention of Practitioners Mr. Zhang Jun'an and His Wife Ms. Cao Baoju

On the evening of June 24, 2007, practitioners Mr. Zhang Jun'an and his wife, Ms. Cai Baoju, from Taoxian Town in Dongling District, Shenyang City, went out to clarify the truth. They were turned in to the police and taken to the Taoxian Town Police Station. Officers from the Dongling District State Security Division and the Taoxian Town Police Station searched their home the same night, confiscating Falun Dafa books and other items. Mr. Zhang is being unlawfully held at the Dongling District Detention Center in Shenyang City. Ms. Cao Baoju is held at the Zaohua Detention Center (also known as Shenyang City Women's Detention Center).

Dongling Police Department in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province: 86-24-24824181
Taoxian Town Police Station: 86-24-23790182
Reception of Dongling District Court: 86-24-24824084

7. [Quzhou County, Hebei Province] Additional Information on the Persecution of Practitioners Mr. Li Heping and His Wife Ms. Li Meilian

On July 18, 2007, officers from the Huaiqiao Township Police Station in Quzhou County, Hebei Province arrived at the home of practitioners Ms. Li Meilian and Mr. Li Heping in Daxinzhuang Village, Huaiqiao Township to conduct an unlawful search. Ms. Li Meilian and the rest of her family had to stay out of town with no place to live. In the following days, police from the Huaiqiao Township Police Station climbed over the wall of the home in order to arrest Ms. Li and her family members. The officers also went to their relatives' homes to harass their relatives.

Huaiqiao Township Police Station: 86-310-8732110
Bu Liankun (gender unknown), director of the police station: 86-13513305568 (Cell)
Yang Xinguang (male), police officer: 86-13932012286 (Cell)

8. [Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province] Police Break into Practitioner's Home for Unlawful Search

On July 8, 2007, officers from the Jiaojie Town Police Station in Acheng City, Heilongjiang Province, led by An Feng, deputy director of the police station, broke into the home of a local practitioner. No one was at home. The police smashed the windows and climbed into the house.

9. [Donggang City, Liaoning Province] Numerous Practitioners Taken into Custody

Recently, Wang Runlong of the Donggang City State Security Division in Liaoning Province, in association with officers from the Gushan Town Police Station, took thirteen practitioners into custody. Eight practitioners were released after the police collected unlawful fines. Five remain in custody at the Donggang City Detention Center. They are Ms. Sun Meiyu, Ms. Sun Shumei, Ms. Bai Jinfang, Mr. Song Jiwei, and a practitioner whose name is unknown.

Gushan Police Station: 86-415-7501677

10. [Heshan City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Ms. Ye Yunqun Unlawfully Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Ye Yunqun, about 50 years old, is a practitioner from Heshan City, Guangdong Province. On February 15, 2007, the Heshan City police arrested her at the building where she lives. Her husband, who is close to 70 years old, works odd jobs out of town. Their son and daughter have to live with relatives. At the end of July 2007, the authorities secretly sentenced Ms. Ye Yunqun to four years in prison without notifying any of her family members.

11. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Practitioner Ms. Sheng Hongyan in Brainwashing Center for Over a Month

On June 22, 2007, Ms. Sheng Hongyan, a practitioner from Wuhan City, Hubei Province, was forcibly taken to the Etouwan Brainwashing Center in Wuhan City by officers from the Dongting Police Station. For over a month, no one has heard anything from her. Her family has been denied any visits by authorities.

12. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Additional Information on Practitioners Unlawfully Taken into Custody

The police in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province unlawfully took into custody practitioners Ms. Zhong Fangqiong, Ms. Liu Jia, Ms. Li Ruzhen, and a male practitioner whose name is unknown on August 1, 2007. They took Mr. Zhu Renbin, a practitioner who works at the Sichuan Nationalities Press, on the afternoon of August 2 while he was on his way home from work.

13. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Tan Ping and Other Practitioners Unlawfully Sentenced to Forced Labor

Practitioners Mr. Tan Ping, Mr. Tang Wanbi, and a practitioner with the surname Xu (gender unknown) have been unlawfully taken to the Nanbusi Forced Labor Camp in Zizhong County, Neijiang City, Sichuan Province. Mr. Tan Ping is to serve a term of eighteen months, and Mr. Tan Wangbi and Xu are to serve twelve months each. No information about Mr. Zhou, a physician, or other practitioners is available.

Those involved in the persecution:
Anju District State Security Division in Suining City, Sichuan Province: 86-825-8663513
Liao Yongyi (male), head of the state security division: 86-13980188113 (Cell)
Cui Shuping (male): 86-13909068961

14. [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Ms. Jin Min's Forced Labor Term Extended

Practitioner Ms. Jin Min has been unlawfully held at the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp in Jilin Province for three years. Her term would have ended on July 26, 2007. When her family went to take her home, the labor camp authorities refused to release her, arguing that they had found new articles written by the founder of Falun Gong. They have extended Ms. Jin's term by fifty days. Prior to this, Ms. Jin Min had been sent to a labor camp twice.

15. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Practitioners Ms. Liu Huanxin and Her Mother Unlawfully Taken into Custody

On the afternoon of August 2, 2007, Zhang Guofu (male) of the State Security Division in Xinhua Police Department in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, and three other state security officers broke into practitioner Ms. Liu Huanxin's home. The officers searched her home, confiscated Falun Dafa books, and took both her and her elderly mother to an undisclosed location

16. [Beijing] Daxing District 610 Office Takes Practitioner Ms. Wang Guofeng into Custody Again and Denies Her Family Visitation

17. [Beijing] Follow-Up Report on Haidian District 610 Office's Persecution of Several Practitioners

A practitioner with the surname Fu (gender unknown) has been unlawfully sentenced to forced labor. Ms. Li Baorong was taken to the hospital from the detention center due to high blood pressure. After her condition stabilized, she was taken to a brainwashing facility in Haidian District, where she gave out information on a practitioner with the surname Sun (gender unknown). She was taken to the hospital again due to high blood pressure. The police have taken practitioner Sun into custody at the Haidian District Detention Center.

18. [Quzhou County, Hebei Province] Practitioner Mr. Ma Xiuyuan Taken into Custody

On the evening of August 1, 2007, half a dozen officers from the Quzhou County Police Department and the Houcun Town Police Station forcibly took practitioner Mr. Ma Xiuyuan into custody. The officers then searched his home, taking away a television, a tape recorder, a VCD player, a satellite receiver, Falun Dafa books, and all Falun Dafa materials.

Chen Xibao (male), chief of Quzhou County Police Department: 86-310-8899188 (Office), 86-13832088919 (Cell)
Li Huyan (male), commissioner of the Quzhou County Police Department: 86-13803206738

19. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. He Ruxian, a Practitioner from Luan County, Taken into Custody by Officers of Xincheng Police Station

20. [Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Currently Held at Pulandian Detention Center

Four practitioners are being held at the Pulandian Detention Center in Hebei Province. Ms. Chun Mei, in her sixties, is in weak physical condition. She has been unlawfully held there for a long time. Two other detained practitioners are Ms. Sun Ling and her husband Mr. Ma Xiuyuan. The fourth practitioner, Mr. Teng Wenzhi, was taken into custody on July 3 when he was distributing truth-clarifying materials in Nanwang Village in the Huaershan area of Pulandian City, Hebei Province.

610 Office: 86-13079860009 (Cell), 86-310-83130610
Zhang (gender unknown), head of the state security division: 86-13084188969, 86-13322260737 (Cell)

21. [Henan Province] Henan Provincial Women's Prison Hold Hundreds of Practitioners in Isolation

Since 2005, hundreds of practitioners have been transferred from the No. 5 Ward to the newly established No. 11 Ward. This ward is completely isolated from the outside world. Practitioners' family members have been denied any visitation.

22. [Rongcheng City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Ms. Liu Guifang, 57, Taken to Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo City, Shandong Province to Serve a Twelve-Month Term

23. [Jiaohe City, Jilin Province] Additional Information on the Arrest of Practitioner Ms. Liu Huihai

On the afternoon of August 1, 2007, Ms. Liu Huihai, a practitioner from Minzhu Village in Qianjin Township, Jiaohe City, was turned in to the police while she was clarifying the truth in Jiaohe City. Officers from the Chang'an Street Police Station took her into custody. She was held at the Jiaohe City Detention Center for less than 48 hours. On the morning of August 3, she was handcuffed and taken to the forced labor camp. The police took 2,700 yuan in cash and a debit card carrying a balance of 30,000 yuan from her when taking her into custody.

24. [Linqing City, Shandong Province] Mr. Ma Zhanxiang, a Practitioner from Liugongzhuang Village, Taken into Custody by Officers of Jinhaozuang Police Station on the Morning of July 27, 2007

25. [Hejian City, Hebei Province] Police Officer Liu Chunyang Inhumanly Force-Feeds Practitioners

Liu Chunyang (male), an officer at the Political Security Section of the Hejian City Police Department, has actively assisted the 610 Office, the Political and Judiciary Committee, and the police department in the arrests of practitioners for the past eight years. He has been carrying out force-feeding against all practitioners on hunger strike in the area. On July 26, 2007, officers from the Guocun Village Police Station took practitioner Ms. Tian Chunxiang into custody without cause. Ms. Tian has been on a hunger strike from the very beginning. Again, it was Liu who led others to force-feed Ms. Tian.

Liu Chunyang (male): 86-317-3224060 (Home), 86-13315783169 (Cell)

26. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Mr. Li Qingwen Taken into Custody for Clarifying the Truth in an Internet Cafe

On August 1, 2007, Mr. Li Qingwen, a practitioner from Hegang City, went online to clarify the truth in an Internet Cafe in Dongshan District. The same night, officers from the Dongshan Police Department took Mr. Li to the Hegang City No. 2 Detention Center and charged him with sabotaging national security.

27. [Weiwu City, Gansu Province] Elderly Practitioner Ms. Guo Yuliang's Whereabouts Remain Unknown

Ms. Guo Yuliang was unlawfully taken into custody in May 2007. She is from Shuangcheng Town in Weiwu City, Gansu Province. Her whereabouts remain unknown. Some sources say that she could have been secretly sent to the Lanzhou City Women's Prison in Gansu Province.

28. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Additional Report on Practitioner Ms. Zhou Hongxin, Taken into Custody

State security officers at the Nanpi County Police Department in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province were suspicious that Ms. Zhou Hongxin and her husband, Mr. Shi Yinguo, were accessing overseas websites via broadband. They broke into Ms. Zhou's home in Wumaying Village in Wumaying Township, Nanpi County several times to search it and harass them. At noon on August 3, Wang Yuliang, head of the State Security Division, sent numerous officers to Ms. Zhou's home. The officers forcibly took Ms. Zhou, another practitioner, Mr. Shi, and a non-practitioner who learned the truth into custody.

Wang Yuliang (male), head of the State Security Division at the Nanpi County Police Department: 86-317-8853077 (Home), 86-13832717188 (Cell)

29. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Police in Nangang District Took Practitioner Ms. Yang Wenying into Custody

On August 2, 2007, Guo Weixi, an officer from the Quxian Police Station in Nangang District, and two officers from the Harbin City Police Department attempted to take Ms. Yang Wenying into custody. On August 3, seven or eight officers went to Ms. Yang's home again. They did not catch Ms. Yang. Plainclothes officers now hang around outside her home waiting to unlawfully arrest her.

30. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Mr. Yan Shunqi Taken into Custody

Mr. Yan Shunqi is a practitioner from Beikanwei Village of Pangkou Township, Gaoyang County in Baoding City, Hebei Province. On the morning of August 1, 2007, officers from the Pangkou Township Police Station took him into custody at his home. The officers also searched his home.

31. [Chongqing] Practitioner Ms. Zhou Hong Taken into Custody

On July 4, 2007, Ms. Zhou Hong went to visit Ms. Xu Wenxiu. Officers from the Jiefangbei Police Station in Yuzhong District, Chongqing unlawfully took Ms. Zhou into custody.

32. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Practitioners Ms. Xu Hui and Mr. Cai Chao Missing for Numerous Days

On July 20, 2007, Ms. Xu Hui and Mr. Cai Chao, practitioners from Jinzhou City in Liaoning Province went to Tiananmen Square to unfurl truth-clarifying banners. They were taken into custody, and no one has heard from the two practitioners since then.

33. [Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Nie Aiju, 70, Held in a Brainwashing Center for Over Two Months

Practitioner Ms. Nie Aiju, 70, is a retired teacher from the Laodong Road Elementary School. She was taken to a brainwashing facility in Chang'an District for clarifying the truth. She has been held in an isolated room for over two months and has not been allowed to leave the room. Her family learned that she has significantly lost weight and showed symptoms of serious illness. They demanded her release to no avail.

34. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Ms. Yu Fengying on Hunger Strike after Being Taken into Custody

On July 26, 2007, officers from the Mishan City Police Department took practitioner Ms. Yu Fengying into custody. She has been on a hunger strike and is in weak physical condition.

On July 28, 2007, two other practitioners gave out truth-clarifying materials in Errenban Township in Mishan City. They were taken into custody by the Dangbi Town Police Station. The two practitioners are being unlawfully held at the Mishan City Detention Center.

Chi Hongguang (male), director of Dangbi Town Police Station: 86-13945846776 (Cell), 86-467-5229228 (Home)
Feng Xiaodong (male), chief of Mishan City Police Department: 86-467-5222376 (Office), 86-13763676789 (Cell)
Li Gang (male), of the Mishan City State Security Division: 86-13946806333 (Cell)

August 3, 2007