(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 18 cities or counties in 12 provinces. In this report, 34 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 45 practitioners were illegally arrested.

1. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Mr. Liu Tiedong Arrested and His Home Searched
2. [Haicheng City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Hou Changku and Mr. Han Dongying Sentenced
3. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhou Liyu Arrested
4. [Jilin Province] Many Practitioners Arrested Around April 25, 2009
5. [Jilin Province] Mr. Li Huzhe Taken to Shanghai City Third Forced Labor Camp
6. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Fengrun District Procuratorate Approves the Arrest of Mr. Wang Xiwen and Reports to Tangshan City Procuratorate
7. [Suichuan County, Jiangxi Province] Mr. Ye Jianping Arrested Around April 25, 2009; His Home Searched
8. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Mr. Zhang Lingge Arrested, His Home Searched
9. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Xue Jilan and Three Other Practitioners Arrested
10. [Guangan City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Deng Deyu Arrested
11. [Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Chen Xianjun Arrested
12. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Mr. Yang Heping Sentenced
13. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Zhang Shumin Harassed
14. [Chongqing City] Supplementary Information on Arrested Practitioners in Tongnan County
15. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zou Liyu Arrested by Officers from Guanshan Police Station
16. [Beijing] Supplementary Information on Ms. Wang Guifen
17. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Supplementary Information on the Arrests of Many Elderly Practitioners in Wuchang District
18. [Nanning City, Guangxi Province] Supplementary Information on Arrested Practitioners in Nanning City
19. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] Mr. Wu Yang and His Wife Arrested
20. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Xu Zhiqun Arrested
21. [Xupu County, Hunan Province] Mr. Wu Gengli Detained in Xupu County Detention Center
22. [Yingkou City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Zhou Han Persecuted for Helping Print Falun Gong Fliers
23. [Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province] Supplementary Information on the Persecution of Ms. Xiao Jie and Other Practitioners
24. [Chongqing City] The Persecution of Ms. Tang Wenju
25. [Liaoning Province] Mr. Gao Mingxing and Ms. Chen Shang Suffered Severe Persecution in Prison
26. [Hengshui City, Henan Province] Ms. Qu Hongmei Arrested and Her Home Searched
27. [Xining City, Qinghai Province] Ms. Zhang Hongxia Sentenced to One and a Half Years of Forced Labor
28. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] Ms. Tian Fengcheng, Ms. Ping Ruyun, and Mr. Wang Zimin Arrested
29. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Chen Julian Arrested
30. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Guo Zhonghua Arrested
31. [Changyi City, Shandong Province] Ms. Dong Ruiling Arrested
32. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Yin Jinmei and Ms. Sang Longju Sentenced to Forced Labor
33. [Guangdong Province] Ms. Wang Yan from Chongqing City Arrested in Shenzhen City
34. [Wuchang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Shi Yan Arrested
35. [Mianyang City, Sichuan Province] The Persecution of Mr. Wang Yancai and Other Practitioners
36. [Pingdu City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Baoyun's Appeal Rejected
37. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Zhao Qilin Sentenced to Six Years of Imprisonment
38. [Haicheng City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Lei Hongxia Returns Home with Righteous Thoughts
39. [Tianjin City] Mr. Li Dongman Arrested
40. [Shanghai] Ms. Ji Jinhua Arrested
41. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Two Practitioners Arrested
42. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] The Persecution of Mr. Wang Qinglin and His Wife
43. [Huangmei County, Hubei Province] Mr. Du Ziguo Arrested
44. [Ankang City, Shanxi Province] Many Practitioners Arrested
45. [Xi'an City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Huang Baoli and Her Husband Arrested
46. [Huaihua City, Hunan Province] Police Officers from Xinjian Township Police Station Arrest Two Practitioners

Mr. Liu Tiedong, around 40 years old, is a staff member of the railway station in Dongguang County, Cangzhou City. On the afternoon of April 28, 2009, police officers from Cangzhou City and the State Security Division of Dongguang County arrested him. At around 4 p.m., they searched his home and seized much private property.

Mr. Hou Changku and Mr. Han Dongying were arrested in June and July 2008. Mr. Hou was sentenced to three years and taken to the Dalian City Prison in mid-March 2009. His family learned this news later. His wife went to the prison to visit him, but she was not allowed to see him. Mr. Han was sentenced to one year of imprisonment. Presently, he is still detained in the Haicheng City Detention Center.

Ms. Zhou Liyu was working at the Chinese Medicine Hospital in the Hongshan District in Wuhan City. She has been missing for about one week. According to her colleagues, she was arrested by the local police.

At around 4 a.m. on April 25, 2009, more than 20 practitioners were arrested by the local police. After 6 a.m. the same day, the police staged the second round of arrests. Some of the practitioners were released on the same day. Presently, more than ten practitioners are still detained in the Jilin City Detention Center.

Mr. Li Huzhe is a practitioner in Jilin Province. In 2008, he was arrested while working as a tutor in Shanghai. Later, he was sentenced to one year and three months of forced labor. Presently, he is detained in a team specifically for persecuting Falun Gong in the Shanghai Third Forced Labor Camp.

Zhang Jike, director of Fengrun District 610 Office: 86-315-3081152, 86-315-3249506, 86-13081149821 (Cell)

On April 27, 2009, Mr. Zhang Lingge was arrested by Lin Xu, chief of the Security Section of Kuikuang Community, Changsha City, and police officer Chen Wei.

Lin Xu: 86-13507411585 (Cell)

On the morning of April 25, 2009, officers from the Lianhua Police Station in the Changyi District, Jilin City arrested four practitioners: Ms. Xue Jilan, Ms. Yu, Ms. Zhao, and Ms. Zang, all in Ms. Xue's home.

Xiao Gang, police officer: 86-13304420000 (Cell)
Zhang Lichun: 86-13304425466 (Cell)

At 1 p.m. on April 25, 2009, police officers from Guangan City went to Huaying City and arrested Ms. Deng Deyu, in her sixties, who was living in her son's home.

Ms. Chen Xianjun is employed by Southern Airlines in Heilongjiang Province. On April 27, 2007, she was arrested by police officers from the State Security Division of Nangang District, Harbin City.

Wang Donghang, the CCP Secretary of the Southern Airlines: 86-451-88023602, 86-451-82344866
Wang Maolin, manager of the Southern Airlines: 86-451-82344388

Mr. Yang Heping lives in Wuliying Village, Changli County, Qinhuangdao City. He was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment. Presently, he is still in a detention center. Ms. Zhu Yanme was taken to Kaiping Forced Labor Camp in Tangshan City on April 11, 2009. Her family tried to visit her, but they were not permitted to see her.

13. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Zhang Shumin Harassed

On April 27, 2009, staff members of the Qingyuan Community residents' committee and Wang Fei, officer of the Yuhua Road Police Station, went to Ms. Zhang Shumin's home many times to harass her.

Ms. Yan Xiaorong was arrested at 7 a.m. on April 10, 2009. Presently, she is detained in the Tongnan County Detention Center. Ms. Zhang Yingqiong and Ms. Zhangya were arrested on the same day. They are also in the Tongnan County Detention Center.

Ms. Chen Bilan was arrested at 10 a.m. on April 16, 2009. She, too, is in the Tongnan County Detention Center.

Ms. Zou Liyu works in the Traditional Chinese Medicine College of Hubei Province. While she was working on April 23, 2009, she was arrested by officers from the Guanshan Police Station in Hongshan District, Wuhan City. Guanshan Police Station arrested and detained many practitioners during the Olympic Games, the two Congressional Conferences, and the time around "April 25".

Chen, director of the Guanshan Police Station: 86-27-87452425
Ye, director of the Guanshan Police Station: 86-27-87452432
Liu, director of the Guanshan Police Station: 86-27-87804701
Xu, chief of the Guanshan Police Station: 86-27-87452426

Ms. Wang Guifen, about 55 years old, is a practitioner in Changping County. On April 15, 2009 while she was cooking at home, she was arrested by the Changping County Police Department and State Security Division. Later, she was taken to the Chaofengan Brainwashing Center.

Machikou Police Station of Changping County: 86-10-60758514
Liu Jianjun, police officer

Among the arrested practitioners, Ms. Chen Youyu, Ms. Li Shiyi, Ms. Wu Qiaoqiao, and Mrs. Zhang were not taken away since they vigorously protested. Three of them have been released, and Ms. Hu Gangying is still detained in the Yangyuan Brainwashing Center.

Since August 2008, eleven practitioners in Nanning City have been arrested. Among them, seven are still in a detention center. All the practitioners' homes were searched, and their computers and printers were seized. Mr. Mo Hongming, Ms. Wang Jing, Mr. Huang Siqiang, and Ms. Wei Yiheng are in one detention center, Ms. Fan Ying, Mr. Shu Zhenghong, and Mr. Tang Ning are in another. They have been forced to do difficult knitting work, and the products are mainly exported to Europe and America.

Mr. Wu Yang, also named Wu Zhijun, is a practitioner from Chifeng City. On April 22, 2009, he and his wife were arrested in Beijing.

Ms. Xu Zhiqun, in her fifties, is a retired staff member of the Affiliated Second Hospital of Sichuan Hospital. At 8 p.m. on April 22, 2009, she was discovered by security officers at the hospital while she was distributing truth-clarifying materials near Sichuan Hospital. The officers and four police officers from the Yulin Police Station arrested her.

At 4 p.m. on April 28, 2009, Mr. Wu Gengli was arrested by the police at home. His home was searched, and his Dafa books and Teacher Li's photo were seized. He is detained in the Xupu County Detention Center.

Luo Chongjian, director of the local 610 Office: 86-13638454508 (Cell), 86-74-3331461
Liu Yunfeng, deputy director of the local 610 Office: 86-13467943966 (Cell)
Yang Yifeng, deputy director of the local 610 Office: 86-13874405856 (Cell)

Mr. Zhou Han, 32, who is not a practitioner, lives in the Bayuquan District in Yingkou City. He helped practitioners print fliers many times. On September 25, 2001, he was detained by the Shahekou Police Department. On October 22, 2001, the Shahekou District People's Procuratorate issued an arrest warrant for him. At that time, he was detained in the Dalian City Detention Center. On July 25, 2002, Mr. Zhou was sentenced to three years of imprisonment with three years of probation by the Shahekou District People's Court.

In the detention center, Zhou Han was bound with handcuffs and shackles for more than half a month and subjected to persecution for nearly one year.

On April 17, 2009, Ms. Li Shiying and Ms. Xiao Jie were arrested. Presently, Ms. Li has escaped. In addition, Mr. Shen Baogui, Mr. Li Hui, and Mr. Zhao Chunjie were arrested.

On February 28, 2009, Ms. Tang Wenju, in her sixties, was reported to police while she was clarifying the truth about Falun Gong in the Jiangbei Market in Tongnan County. She was arrested by police officers from the Guilin Police Station in the Jiangbei District. Her home was searched, and her Dafa books and truth-clarifying materials were seized. She was detained for seven days and released on March 7, 2009.

Gao Zhenghong, director of Guilin Police Station: 86-23-44571853 (Office), 86-23-44560929 (Home), 86-13996134899 (Cell)
Mi Bin, political head of Guilin Police Station: 86-23-44557235, 86-13368383558 (Cell)

Mr. Gao Mingxing and Ms. Chen Shang once tapped into the TV programming system to clarify the truth about Falun Gong and expose the persecution. Consequently, Mr. Gao was sentenced to 12 years and has been detained in Panjin City Prison. Presently, he has severe chest edema, and he is on the verge of death, so the prison authorities decided to release him. However, the State Security Division and the 610 Office of Liaoning Province and Panjin City have refused to allow him to be released.

Ms. Chen Shang was sentenced to ten years and was detained in the Tenth Ward of the Liaoning Province Women's Prison. Her family was prohibited from visiting her for more than four months. The guards claimed that she was secreting a yellow fluid, so she was isolated in a hospital to prevent infection. Her family went to visit her again and again, traveling a very long distance, but they were never permitted to see her.

Zhu Wenjie, director of Anshan City Police Department: 86-412-5559896 (Office), 86-412-5558996 (Home), 86-13304920058 (Cell)
Zhang Tao, chief of State Security Division: 86-412-2222981 (Office), 86-412-2655522 (Home), 86-13604226708 (Cell)

At 8:30 a.m. on April 24, 2009, Liu, director of Pengdu Township Police Station, and two police officers, one of them named Sun Wenku, broke into Ms. Qu Hongmei's home in Hujingguan Village. They searched her home and arrested her. Recently, the police have harassed her many times.

Sun Weikun, Pengdu Township Police Station: 86-13383681586 (Cell), 86-15003182328 (Cell), 86-318-2316228 (Home)

At 9 a.m. on February 27, 2009, Ms. Zhang Hongxia and her 12-year-old daughter were reported to the police for posting truth-clarifying materials around Tuanjie Bridge in Xining City. They were arrested by the 110 patrol police. Later, her daughter was released. While Ms. Zhang was detained in the Xining City Detention Center, she was brutally mistreated by the guards. Later, she was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labor and taken to the Qinghai Province Women's Forced Labor Camp.

Ms. Zhang used to work in the Fourth Water and Electricity Bureau in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province. In September 2001, she was taken to the Nanma Brainwashing Center. After she made her escape, she was forced to leave home and lead a homeless life in order to avoid being arrested again.

At 1 p.m. on April 22, 2009, Ms. Tian Fengcheng, Ms. Ping Ruyun, and Mr. Wang Zimin were arrested by police officers from the State Security Division of the Songshan District. Their homes were searched. Presently, they are in the Sanyanjing Detention Center and being persecuted.

On the morning of April 27, 2009, more than ten officers from the 610 Office of Liaocheng City and the Douhutun Police Station broke into Ms. Chen Julian's home in Douhutun Town. Her home was searched. Ms. Chen Julian, Ms. Xia Wenying, and Ms. Chen's relatives, who are not practitioners and just happened to stop by, were taken to the Douhutun Police Station. Presently, Ms. Xia and the relatives have been released. Ms. Chen was taken to a brainwashing center in Liaocheng City.

Hu Yungang, director of the 610 Office of Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng City: 86-13306350338 (Cell), 86-635-8413610 (Office)

On April 26, 2009, when Mr. Guo Zhonghua returned from his hometown to the apartment he rented in Shijiazhuang City, he was arrested. His whereabouts are unknown.

One month ago, a group of officers from the Weizi Town Police Station went to Ms. Dong Ruiling's home in Sijia Village. They seized her Dafa books and truth-clarifying materials and took her to Wangcun Forced Labor Camp.

Recently, Ms. Yin Jinmei and Ms. Sang Longju were sentenced to one and a half years and one year of forced labor respectively. They are now in the Nanchang City Women's Forced Labor Camp.

Ms. Wang Yan from Chongqing City was arrested in Shenzhen City. She is detained in the Baoan District Detention Center.

Ms. Shi Yan lives in the Nanhu Garden area, Wuchang City. Around April 24, 2009, she was arrested by officers of the Nanhu Police Station when she was riding a motorcycle. Her home was searched, and her computer and cash were seized. She was forced to do a blood test and a urine test in the Erzhigou Detention Center.

On April 19, 2009, Jia Ge and a group of agents searched the homes of Mr. Wang Yancai, Mr. Luo Guocai, and Ms. Chen Suzhen. They seized Dafa books and photos of the founder of Falun Dafa. Later, they decided to deduct three months of salary from Mr. Wang Yancai and Mr. Luo Guocai. Previously, Mr. Wang had more than 3,000 yuan deducted from his salary.

Ms. Zhang Baoyun, in her forties, is a practitioner in Pingdu City. On September 26, 2007, on her way to Gaomi City, she was arrested and taken to the Dashan Detention Center in Qingdao City, where she was detained for more than a year. Before the 2009 Chinese New Year, she was sentenced to three years of imprisonment by the Qingdao Intermediate Court. She is now in the Jinan City Women's Prison. She has appealed to higher courts many times but her appeals have all been turned down.

Mr. Zhao Qilin, 71, lived in Fuhu Town, Nanbu County, Nanchong City. On March 18, 2009, he was arrested again. Later, he was sentenced to three years in prison. On April 17, 2009, he was taken to the Deyang City Prison.

Zhang Xiaotian, director of Nanbu County Police Department: 86-13890888818 (Cell)
Liu Hongguo, deputy director of Nanbu County Police Department: 86-15984828999 (Cell)

On March 23, 2009, Ms. Lei Hongxia was arrested at home by police officers from the State Security Division of Haicheng City and the Xiliu Police Station. She was detained in the Haicheng City Detention Center. Also, the police deceived her son, Mr. Wang Jian, who is not a practitioner, into going to the Xiliu Police Station and they detained him for 15 days.

While she was detained, the police tried to coerce Ms. Lei into giving up Falun Gong by threatening to sentence her son to forced labor. On April 21, 2009, she was taken to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp but she was refused admission. The Haicheng City police had to unconditionally release her.

On the afternoon of April 24, 2009, Mr. Li Dongman was arrested in his workplace by officers from the Tianta Police Station in the Hexi District. Later, the police searched his home and seized a computer that belongs to his workplace, a printer, CD, and some cash with Falun Gong information written on it. On April 25, 2009, Mr. Li was transferred to the Hexi Detention Center. The police claimed they would sentence him severely and did not allow his family to visit him.

Ms. Ji Jinhua lives in the Pudong District, Shanghai. On April 19, 2009, she was arrested in the Jinqiao Carrefour Market in the Pudong District. On the same night, officers from the Jinqiao Police Station and the State Security Division of the Pudong District searched her home. She is now in the Zhangjiang Detention Center in the Pudong District.

41. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Two Practitioners Arrested

At 6 p.m. on April 28, 2009, two practitioners, who live in the Donghuabeili Community in the Haigang District, Qinhuangdao City, were arrested while they were distributing Falun Gong flyers. In the early morning of April 29, 2009, one of them was able to escape with righteous thoughts. Another was detained in the Qinhuangdao Second Detention Center for 15 days.

At 3 p.m. on April 28, 2009, a group of officers from the Nancheng Police Station, including Jiang Zehang, broke into Mr. Wang Qinglin's home. They seized Mr. Wang and his wife, Ms. Li Yuping, and searched their home. They pried open the wardrobe and seized Dafa books, printed e-books, an MP3 player, a computer, and 60 yuan cash. The home was left in a mess.

Ms. Li was lifted into the police car while she was having convulsions. She has since been released.

Mr. Du Ziguo, in his thirties, lived in Xiantao City. He was persecuted again and again, so he was forced to leave his hometown and go to work in a company owned by his college schoolmate, Resin Ltd. Co., in Zhuogang Town, Huangmei County. He was reported to the police for clarifying the truth about Falun Gong in Huangmei County. In middle of 2008, he was arrested by Peng Lingran, an officer from the Zhuogang Town Police Station. He has been detained in the Huangmei County Detention Center to this day.

Peng Lingran, of Zhuogang Town Police Station: 86-13986539333 (Cell)
He Feixiong, of State Security Division of Huangmei County: 86-13409981868 (Cell)

Since April 8, 2009, police officers from Ankang City, Shiquan County, and Hanyin County arrested many practitioners. In Hanyin County alone, more than ten practitioners were arrested. The police did not even release the 80-year-old practitioners. The arrested practitioners whose names are known include Mr. Mi Jianxin; his wife, Ms. Yuan Zhengxiu; Ms. Wang Yi and her daughter, all from Shiquan County; Mr. She Chengbang, a prominent teacher in Hanyin County; Mr. Li Shenhua; and Mr. Liao Jigui.

Ankang City 610 Office: 86-915-3288778, 86-915-3288525, 86-13992550085
Zhang Zhongyin, director of 610 Office: 86-915-5212945, 86-915-5215801, 86-13319157201 (Cell)

Ms. Huang Baoli lives in Shafutuo Village, Yanta District, Xi'an City. On April 16, 2009, she and her husband were arrested at home by officers from the Yantan District Police Department. They were taken to the Xi'an Worker Sanatorium. The police seized their computer and other personal property.

Manager's office of Xi'an Worker Sanatorium: 86-29-85631451
Guihuayuan Brainwashing Center in Changan County: 86-29-85630990

On April 23, 2009, two practitioners were arrested in a market in Xinjian Township, Zhongfang County, Huaihua City. They were taken to the Huaihua City Detention Center. Their families were notified that they would be detained for 15 days.

Zhou Junde, director of Xinjian Township Police Station: 86-13974558066 (Cell)
Huaihua City Detention Center: 86-745-2279800

April 30, 2009