(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 19 cities or counties in 8 provinces. This report tells of 12 practitioners who were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 22 practitioners were unconstitutionally arrested.

1. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Mr. Sun Shilian Emaciated after Seven Years of Imprisonment
2. [Laizhou City, Shandong Province] Three Falun Gong Practitioners including Mr. Sun Zhenlin Arrested
3. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Xueqin Arrested
4. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Women's Prison Refuses to Let Family Visit Ms. Tang Yingxia
5. [Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Dong Peng Grossly Abused at the Hulan Prison
6. [Luoding City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Chen Jianguo Taken to Sihui Prison
7. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Five Practitioners Arrested
8. [Beijing] Ms. Che Chunrong on the Brink of Death as a Result of Abuse under Persecution
9. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Zhao You from Xinfa Village Arrested 10. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Two Practitioners Arrested
11. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Yunsi Arrested
12. [Shanghai] Mr. Hu Zhongtian's Whereabouts Still Unknown Since Disappearing in May 2007
13. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Zhao Zhanbo May Have Been Sentenced to Forced Labor
14. [Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Jiang Yufang Sent to Yaziquan Detention Center
15. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Decided to Leave Home Following Arrest
16. [Keshan County, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Qi Fengmin Sentenced to Prison
17. [Henan Province] Ms. Cui Hongguang from the Zhongyuan Oil Field Arrested
18. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] Two Practitioners Detained
19. [Chongqing] Party Officials Harass Practitioners
20. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Lingmin Facing Possible Trial Later This Week
21. [Fufeng County, Shanxi Province] Mr. Yang Bingqing and Ms. Cong Xia Arrested
22. [Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Qingxia Arrested
23. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Cuixiang Arrested

1. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Mr. Sun Shilian Emaciated after Seven Years of Imprisonment

Hu Guowen and other officials from the Security Section in the Jiujiang Rectifier Plant arrested Mr. Sun Shilian from Jiujiang City on February 11, 2002. They took him to Yuzhang Prison in Jiangxi Province, where he has been held for the past seven years. He is emaciated and was taken to the prison hospital.

Shi, head of Division 1, Yuzhang Prison, Jiangxi Province: 86-13317059826

2. [Laizhou City, Shandong Province] Three Falun Gong Practitioners including Mr. Sun Zhenlin Arrested

Political secretary Wang Changqin and Shangyao Village Party secretary Sun Hongwei reported a practitioner to the police when the practitioner handed out Falun Gong related flyers near Shangyao Village Party Committee around February 10, 2009. Officers from the Shihuiyao Police Department arrested him.

The same officers also arrested Mr. Sun Zhenlin and his wife and held them at the Shihuiyao Police Department. Later, they were transferred to Nanjiao Custody Center in Zhifu, Yantai City.

Sun Hongwei, Shangyao Village Party secretary: 86-535-6011166 (Office), 86-535-6690139 (Home), 86-13905356509 (Cell)
Wang Changqin, political secretary: 86-535-6021329 (Office), 86-535-6014197 (Home), 86-13370921269 (Cell)

3. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Xueqin Arrested

Someone reported 44-year-old Ms. Li Xueqin to the police as she explained the facts about Falun Gong to people on the afternoon of February 14, 2009. Officers from Hongjialou Police Department arrested her at around 2:00 p.m. and took her to the Zhangzhuang Custody Center at 10:00 p.m. Li Xueqin's younger daughter is attending sixth grade, and her older daughter had to stay home to take care of her younger sister. When they wanted to visit their mother at the Zhangzhuang Custody Center, the authorities refused to let them see her.

4. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Women's Prison Officials Refusesx to Let Family Visit Ms. Tang Yingxia

Changsha City Judicial System illegally sentenced Ms. Tang Yingxia to three years in prison in late 2008, because she watched a Shen Yun Divine Performing Arts DVD. They sent her to Hunan Province Women's Prison in early January 2009.

Her family went to the prison on January 19 but they were not allowed to visit. They were told that they could see her only after one month. The family went again on February 9, 2009, but was again turned away.

Hunan Province Women's Prison: 86-731-2323000, 86-731-2323999
Luo Jian, head of Division 2: 86-731-2323153

5. [Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Dong Peng Grossly Abused in Hulan Prison

Mr. Dong Peng from Zhaodong City was held at Division 4 of Hulan Prison and was recently taken to the prison hospital because he was on the brink of death. The sick room where he is housed holds 30 beds, with one patient per bed. The room is damp and crowded.

Division 4 at the Hulan Prison: 86-13303668358

6. [Luoding City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Chen Jianguo Taken to Sihui Prison

Mr. Chen Jianguo was held at the Yunfu City Detention Center for 18 months. He was secretly taken to Sihui Prison before the 2009 Chinese New Year.

7. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Five Practitioners Arrested

According to a report published on the Minghui (Chinese version of Clearwisdom) website on February 16, 2009, eight practitioners were arrested in Jiamusi City within one week, and more practitioners were arrested after publication of the report.

The police arrested Ms. Zhang Shuying, Mr. Zhang Peiqing, and Ms. Zhang Guizhi on their way to visit Ms. Liu Xiufang at her home. As of the time of this report, Mr. Zhang Peiqing and Ms. Zhang Guizhi have returned home, but Ms. Zhang Shuying's whereabouts are unknown.

Ms. Song Yuzhi was arrested on February 14, 2009, and developed symptoms of severe illness in the evening on February 16, 2009. The police then took her home.

Two officers from the Songjiang Police Department arrested Mr. Zhou Furong on the morning of February 17, 2009 from his home in Yongmin, Songjiang Township.

8. [Beijing] Ms. Che Chunrong on the Brink of Death as Result of Persecution

Ms. Che Chunrong, 47, used to be a clerk at a forced labor camp. She was arrested and taken to the Dispatch Division at the same labor camp in August 2008 for her belief in Falun Gong. The authorities later held her in solitary confinement in the freezing winter. Solitary confinement is a small room, about one square meter [11 square feet] where she was savagely tortured. She is now near death.

9. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Zhao You from Xinfa Village Arrested
Officers from Sifeng Police Department arrested Mr. Zhao You, a resident of Xinfa Village, in the morning of February 17, 2009.

Wang Dawei, Sifeng Police Department head: 86-13351344688

10. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Two Practitioners Arrested

Mr. Li Zuowu, a resident of Daigu Town, Mengyin County, worked at the Mengyin County Beer Factory. Officials from the 610 Office and from the Daigu Town Police Department arrested him around February 12, 2009. He had already been sentenced to three years of forced labor in May 2001 of the lunar calendar.

Officers from the Taoxu Town Police Department broke into practitioner Mr. Sun Zongguo's decorative materials shop at 10:00 a.m. on February 17, 2009, and arrested him. Sun Zongguo is from Sunjiayuzi, Nanshan, Qiancheng Village, Taoxu Town, Mengyin County, and is being held at the Taoxu Town Police Department.

Yi Yongtao, Taoxu Town Police Department head: 86-539-4818963, 86-13505396433
Li Baoyuan, Mengyin County 610 Office head: 86-539-4811681, 86-13953958936
Zhang Yong, Mengyin County 610 Office and Domestic Security Division head, main perpetrators responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong: 86-13953906866

11. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Yunsi Arrested

The police arrested Mr. Li Yunsi in Xidayi Village, Gaoyi County, Shijiazhuang City, on the afternoon of February 14, 2009.

Niu Shengbiao, Domestic Security Division head at the police department: 86-311-4032726 (Home), 86-13472119918 (Cell)
Gaoyi County Detention Center: 86-311-4031532

12. [Shanghai] Mr. Hu Zhongtian's Whereabouts Still Unknown Since Disappearing in May 2007

13. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Zhao Zhanbo May Have Been Sentenced to Forced Labor

Mr. Zhao Zhanbo's family received a notice from regime officials on February 15, 2009, that he had been secretly sentenced to two years in a labor camp, but they have not received any document from the court to confirm this information.

14. [Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Jiang Yufang Sent to Yaziquan Detention Center

Ms. Jiang Yufang, who is in her 70s, was reported to the police on February 14, 2009 as she let people know the crimes of the Communist Party. The police sent her to the No. 3 Detention Center in Harbin City in Yaziquan that same day.

15. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Decided to Leave Home Following Arrest
Officers from the Jinzhou Prison arrested practitioner Li from Jinzhou City the morning of January 27, 2009 as Li distributed calendars with the words "Falun Dafa is good" near Nanshan Prison in Jinzhou City. They took him to the Xijiao Police Department in Jinzhou City. His family obtained his release later that night. Officers from the Taihe Police Department and from the Xijiao Police Department in Jinzhou City went to Li's office at his workplace the morning, February 2, 2009, and pried his door open. They took DVDs and office supplies. He has left home to avoid arrest.

16. [Keshan County, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Qi Fengmin Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Qi Fengmin from Keshan County is now being held in the No. 1 Detention Center in Qiqihar City and was sentenced to five years in prison. The authorities are planning to send her to the Harbin Women's Prison before March 1, 2009.

17. [Henan Province] Ms. Cui Hongguang from the Zhongyuan Oil Field Arrested

Ms. Cui Hongguang, a former employee of the Zhongyuan Oil Field Engineering Division, was reported to the police for writing Falun Gong-related words in public. Officials from the Zhongyuan Oil Field Domestic Security Division arrested her on February 12, 2009. She is now in the Puyangxin Village Police Department.

Zhu Yanqun, head of Zhongyuan Oil Field Domestic Security Division: 86-393-4894534, 86-13839257775

18. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] Two Practitioners Detained

Ms. Sun Yuzhen and Ms. Jiang, both employees of the Shengli Oil Field and Gas Transportation Company in Dongying City, disappeared on February 16, 2009. Their families looked for them everywhere but could not find them. When police later ransacked both homes, they revealed to the families for the first time that both practitioners had been arrested.

19. [Chongqing] Party Officials Harass Practitioners

A group of officials harassed and arrested numerous practitioners from their homes in Guangshun Town, Rongchang County, Chongqing, in January 2009. They ransacked and body-searched Mr. Lu Jingzhen and took her MP3 player as well as Falun Gong books and materials. Several officials carried her into a police vehicle and drove to the police station. They released her only after forcing her to sign a document.

Ms. Zhong Shiyu and Ms. Qing Sanrong firmly refused to cooperate with the officials, but they were released anyway.

Practitioners in Shuanghe Town have also been harassed.

20. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Lingmin Faces Possible Trial Later This Week

21. [Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province] Mr. Yang Bingqing and Ms. Cong Xia Arrested

Someone reported Mr. Yang Bingqing and Ms. Cong Xia from Dongguan Village, Duanjia Township, Fufeng County, to the police the afternoon of February 15, 2009, as the two spoke with people about Falun Gong on Duanjia Street. Officials from the Fufeng County Police Department arrested them and held them in Duanjia Police Department. The police also ransacked the two practitioners' homes.

Fufeng County Committee 610 Office: 86-917-5211371

22. [Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Qingxia Arrested

Ms. Wang Qingxia is in her 30s and comes from Liujia Village, Chanzhuang Town, Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province. Officials from the 610 Office, from the Chanzhuang Town government, and from the police department arrested her from home at 5:00 p.m. on February 17, 2009. She is now being held in Lingnan Brainwashing Center.

23. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Cuixiang Arrested

Officials from the Zichuan District 610 Office, from the Domestic Security Division, and from the Lingzi Police Department in Lingzi Town, Zichuan District, Zibo City, arrested Ms. Liu Cuixiang from her home in Songjia Village, Lingzi Town. The arrest happened the afternoon of February 17, 2009. They took all of her cash and bank book.