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Over Twenty Falun Gong Practitioners Recently Arrested in Guan County, Shandong Province

Aug. 4, 2008

(Clearwisdom.net) From July 1 to July 23, 2008, over twenty Falun Gong practitioners in Guan County, Shandong Province and nearby townships were arrested by the police and illegally incarcerated.

On June 20, personnel from the local 610 Office held a meeting on the 6th floor of the police department to discuss the persecution of Falun Gong. They labeled Falun Gong practitioners as their "most dangerous enemy." The authorities have installed at least 15 surveillance cameras at the main crossroads within the county. In the city itself they have installed at least 2,430 cameras and monitor them around the clock.

Guan County authorities have divided the county into four districts for the persecution. The districts fall under the responsibility of three deputy police chiefs, Xie Zunyi, Han Hongguang and Wang Junchao, and Discipline Committee Secretary Feng Shuhe. They have mobilized the Domestic Security Teams, Safety Assurance Teams, Public Security Teams, Criminal Investigation Teams, Financial Investigation Teams and Police Assistance Teams, and all the police stations from the various townships to carry out the persecution. In order to motivate police officers to carry out these evil deeds, they have conferred commendation medals to 25 deputy section heads and 18 police station chiefs.

On July 1, 2008, after the regular County Politics and Law Committee meeting ended, the police mobilized to carry out massive arrests. They barged into the homes of practitioners in the middle of the night. They broke the door locks and entered the homes like burglars. They took the practitioners' money and personal property for their personal use. They also created chaos in the streets, blocked the roads and arrested practitioners at their workplaces. Their evil deeds are numerous and some examples are listed below.

At 10:00 a.m. on July 4, 2008, officers Jia Shuqun and Song Xiangzeng, from Jiazhen Police Station, came to Jinglou Village and arrested practitioner Jing Zhaowei. They also ransacked his house and confiscated his personal property. On the same day, Xing Yong, Wang Baohe's wife from Liangtang Township, was arrested while working at Guan County Chinese Medicine Hospital. Xiedian Township police also tried to arrest practitioner Zhang Guangbao, but were unsuccessful.

On July 6, 2008, practitioner Wang Baohe of Liangtang Township was arrested. Practitioner Zhang Fengying of Baitaji in Sangah Town was arrested by the police at 3:00 a.m. on July 6.

On July 9, Jiazhen 610 Office agents, and police station chief Lu Guanlin, together with Jia Ruqun, Si Zhendong, Qian Shaobo, and Song Xiangzeng, set off with a team of a dozen people. They swarmed into Jinglou, Pangzhuang, Yulintou, and Xuxin villages and carried out illegal ransacking of the practitioners' homes. Practitioner Song Daishu was out of town because of his job. His wife Ms. Li, also a practitioner, was arrested and their house was ransacked. Practitioner Cui Qiaolan from Cuipangzhuang was arrested and her house was ransacked. The other practitioners who were arrested and had their homes ransacked include Yu Chunsheng, Yu Huaishan, Yu Guangshan, Peng Yutang and others from Yulintou Village.

On July 10, 2008, one practitioner who works at County Water Utilities Bureau was taken away by the police.

At around 9:00 p.m. on July 11, the police went to the Mianma Company of Liaocheng to arrest practitioner Wang Shuhua. However this practitioner managed to escape and is currently living a homeless life to avoid further persecution.

On July 13, Wan Yufen and her daughters Zhao Hui and Zhao Li were arrested by the police.

On July 14, Zhang Qiaochun and her husband Xu Hengchao were arrested at the Guanxian Supermarket. Zhang Qiaochun has been homeless for seven years to avoid the persecution. She went on hunger strike to protest the persecution. She was recently sent to People's Hospital for emergency treatment.

On the afternoon of July 14, practitioner Yu Feng'e was working at the County Roads Department and was taken away by the police.

On July 22, the police took away many practitioners and sent them to Beihuan Road Forced Labor Camp in the county.

Recently practitioners in Guan County's capital area have been arrested, including Sun Chun'e, Lv Qinglan, Zhang Fenghuan from Yuanzhuan and a female practitioner from Sangqiao of Sangah Town.

The practitioners who were arrested were separately incarcerated at the County Detention Center and at Dashi Detention Center in Liaocheng.

(The details above are only a brief summary of recent incidents that have taken place in the county capital area and in some of the townships. Details of the other townships and the brainwashing centers are still being investigated and verified.)