(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 19 cities or counties in 12 provinces. In this report, 41 practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 10 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Guanghan City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Xing Zeyu Taken into Custody
On the evening of June 13, Ms. Xing Zeyu was posting stickers in public places. The police took her into custody and she is being held at the Guanghan Detention Center.
2. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhao Yuxia Held at Qianjin Forced Labor Camp
Ms. Zhao Yuxia, who went missing on April 16, is currently being held in the No. 2 Division in the Qianjin Forced Labor Camp.
3. [Fangzheng County, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Ji Baoshan Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Mr. Ji Baoshan has been unlawfully sentenced to five years in prison by the Fangzheng County Court. He was to be taken to Hulan Prison on June 17.
4. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Ren Aihua Taken to Forced Labor Camp
On April 8, officers from the Baishi Road Police Station in the Zhifu District, Yantai City, under orders from the Yantai 610 Office, followed and took Ms. Ren Aihua into custody. The officers also searched her home. Ms. Ren had been held at a brainwashing facility located in the No. 15 Xingfu Residential Community. She held firm to her belief in Falun Dafa and was brutally beaten.
On June 9, Ms. Ren was illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor. She has been taken to Wangcun Forced Labor Camp in Zibo City.
5. [Liaoning Province] Prison Guard Brutality in Liaoning Province Women's Prison
Ms. Gao Xiaohua has been held at No. 2 Team in the No. 7 Division of Liaoning Province Women's Prison. Prison guards ordered Zhang Xueqing, a convicted murderer, and Wang Chengjiao, a convicted swindler, to kick and punch Ms. Gao in the face. Several of her front teeth were knocked out and her entire body was bruised.
Ms. Gao was deprived sleep in January and February, the coldest months. She was forced to stand all day and all night, and she was not given enough food.
Ms. Zhang Xiuxia, 67, is a native of Shenyang City. Wang Chengjiao took orders from the prison guards to beat her. The beatings were so vicious that Ms. Zhang's leg was broken. She still cannot walk normally nor is she able to stand up straight. Because she has not been able to do the required hard labor, she has been fed only plain buns three times a day. Inmates have been assigned to watch her constantly and have arbitrarily cursed her.
Ms. Lin Shuzhen, 40, shouted "Falun Dafa is great" while at work. Guards beat her till her entire body was covered in dark purple bruises.
6. [Jiangsu Province] Police Brutality During August 2008 Olympic Games
Prior to the Beijing Olympic Games in August 2008, the police in Nanjing City launched an all-out campaign to follow, watch, and arrest practitioners and search their homes. The police confiscated a great quantity of materials, DVDs, and personal items. Large numbers of practitioners were taken to detention centers. Many were sentenced to forced labor or prison. Ms. Zhu Jianling, Mr. Gao Zhifu, Ms. Zheng Zhixing, and Ms. Yue Jinlan have been taken to forced labor camps. Ms. Xu Yufen and Ms. Feng Lanying have remained in custody at the Nanjing City Detention Center. A practitioner from northeastern China has been held in the No. 8 Ward in the Nanjing City Detention Center.
7. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Guo Zhonghua Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
Several officers from the Zhaolingpu Police Station took Ms. Guo Zhonghua into custody after receiving reports. Ms. Guo was taken to the Shijiazhuang City No. 2 Detention Center. The Shijiazhuang City Court has unlawfully sentenced her to 18 months in prison. She remains in custody at the Shijiazhuang City Women's Detention Center.
8. [Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province] Officers at Domestic Security Division Extort 3,000 Yuan from Practitioner's Family
In March, Ms. Wang Shulan was taken into custody by officers of the local police station in the Chengzihe area of Jixi City. In April, the officers at the Chengzihe Domestic Security Division extorted 3,000 yuan from Ms. Wang's husband before releasing her.
9. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Jianshan District Procuratorate Issues Arrest Warrant for Ms. Qi Shuyan and Ms. Yan Xihua
Zhong Ruihua, Jianshan District Procuratorate: 86-469-4271127 (Office), 86-469-4260227 (Home), 86-13555187777 (Cell)
10. [Shaowu City, Fujian Province] Mr. Jiang Jianping Taken into Custody
At around 8:00 a.m. on June 16, a group of police officers, led by Zhao Yong of the Shaowu City Domestic Security Division, took into custody Mr. Jiang Jianping; his wife, Ms. Liu Renfang; and Mr. Xiao Yongming (who is around 40 years old). The police also searched the practitioners' homes.
11. [Tianjin] Ms. Chen Liying Taken into Custody and Held in the Detention Center Affiliated with Hongqiao Police Department
12. [Shishou City, Hubei Province] Ms. Liu Qiong Remains in Custody
On the afternoon of February 21, 2009, Ms. Liu Qiong, Ms. Gong Fanghua, Mr. Yu Chuanxin, and Ms. Yan Yongxiu were turned in to the police while telling others about the persecution of Falun Gong in Huangmushan Village in Dayuan Town. Officers from the Dayuan Town Police Station took the four practitioners to the Shishou City Detention Center.
On March 8, Ms. Gong and Mr. Yu were released after 15 days. Each of their families payed 750 yuan for their living expenses. The police found truth clarification DVDs in Ms. Yan's home. She refused to reveal where the materials came from. She was released on April 4. Her family had to submit 900 yuan for living expenses.
Ms. Liu Qiong has held firm righteous thoughts. The city 610 Office regards her as a primary target. She had been taken into custody on three prior occasions. On April 11, an arrest warrant was issued, but she refused to sign it. Her case has been transferred to the Shishou City Court and Shishou City Procuratorate. On the morning of June 16, she was taken to court. Neither her family nor her attorney received any notice of the trial and it is not clear what occurred in the courtroom.
13. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] The Situation of Mr. Lu Togngang and His Mother
Mr. Lu Tonggang and his mother live in Daming Town, Ningcheng County, Chifeng City. On April 10, the Ningcheng County Domestic Security Division took them to the Ningcheng County Detention Center. His mother has returned home after having had cash extorted from her. Mr. Lu remains in custody at the detention center. It has been reported that he has been sentenced to forced labor.
Wang Wenqing, police department chief: 86-13804769360 (Cell), 86-476-4229008 (Office)
Zhai Xiangyang, head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-13804769168 (Cell), 86-476-4221668
14. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhao Yunqiu Held at Weifang Detention Center Since Mid-April
15. [Hebei Province] Ms. Qi Hongjin Remains in Labor Camp after End of Forced Labor Term
On June 4, 2008, Ms. Qi Hongjin was subpoenaed by the Lianmeng Road Police Station in Shijiazhuang City while working at Wanxin Realty. Initially she was given 15 days of detention on administrative charges. On June 18, 2008, she was sentenced to one year of forced labor. She has been held at Hebei Province Women's Forced Labor Camp for 12 months. Ms. Qi refused to follow orders in the labor camp. She remains in custody 15 days after the end of her term.
This is the third time she has been taken into custody. The first time was at the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2001, and the second time on June 15, 2003. Ms. Qi has served over three years of unlawful detention.
Wu Ruiqi, deputy chief at the Shijiazhuang City Police Department: 86-13931977066 (Cell)
Zhang Guojun, head of the Hebei Province 610 Office: 86-311-87906310 (Office), 86-311-87906898 (Home)
Wang Yongzhi, deputy head of the 610 Office: 86-311-87908681 (Office), 86-311-87906766, 86-13931110731 (Cell)
Liang Jianbin, director of the Shijiazhuang City 610 Office: 86-311-6686716
16. [Yingcheng City, Hubei Province] Mr. Ai Xiangbin Remains in Custody
Mr. Ai Xiangbin, 47, lives on Zaolin Road in the Dongmafang area, Yingcheng City. In 2000, he was followed and taken into custody by the police for photocopying truth clarification materials. He was held at the Yingcheng City No. 1 Detention Center for a month. He had to pay a fine of 3,000 yuan.
In March 2001, he was deceived and taken to a brainwashing facility. He was held there for a month and had 500 yuan extorted from him for expenses.
In April 2009, he went out of town to work odd jobs. On May 20, he boarded a train from Kunshan City heading for Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. He was carrying DVDs and materials with Falun Dafa content and was taken into custody at the Kunshan City Railroad Police Station before being transferred to the Shanghai Railroad Detention Center. He has remained in the detention center.
17. [Wan'an County, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Cui Lingli Harassed and Taken Away from Home
At 8:00 a.m. on April 25, 2009, six police officers, led by Zhong Hao, head of the Domestic Security Division in Wan'an County, and Chen Zhanggui, the political instructor, arrived at Ms. Cui Lingli's home to harass her. Three officers conducted an unlawful search after the other three officers took Ms. Cui with them.
Zhong Hao, head of the Domestic Security Division: 86-796-5710601, 86-796-5701841, 86-13707965595 (Cell)
Chen Zhanggui, political instructor: 86-796-5712538, 86-13979620603 (Cell)
18. [Sichuan Province] Additional Information on the Persecution of Ms. Na Zhiping
Ms. Na Zhiping is from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. Previously, she was unlawfully sentenced to one year of forced labor. After being released, she remained under police surveillance for an extended period of time. Later, she went to Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, with her daughter to help her operate a sports clothing store. In April 2006, she was turned in to the police for telling customers in the store about the persecution. She was held at the Pi County Detention Center, then transferred to a brainwashing center for about a month.
On April 27, 2009, Ms. Na was taken into custody again. Due to the severity of the abuse she has been subjected to, her life is in imminent danger. She is being held at the Xinhua Community Hospital in the Qingyang District, Chengdu City. The police were afraid of being held responsible for her death and agreed to allow her children to visit her. Ms. Na's children saw that both of Ms. Na's hands were handcuffed to headboard rails. Shackles, weighing over 60 pounds, were around her ankles.
It has been reported that two practitioners recently died in the same hospital after being on hunger strike.
19. [Macheng City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zeng Jinhuan Force-Fed and in Poor Condition
On May 28, 2009, Ms. Zeng Jinhua from Macheng City took her mother to Pohe Town in Guangshan County, Henan Province, to see a doctor. She used a paper bill with handwritten truth clarification content and a taxi driver turned her in to the police. Officers from the Pohe Town Police Station took her into custody and she was held at the Guangshan County Detention Center. Ms. Zeng went on a hunger strike and was brutally force-fed. As a result, her physical condition deteriorated significantly. After extorting 5,000 yuan of so-called "guarantee cash" from the family, the police allowed them to take her home. Ms. Zeng and her family found out after she returned home that on June 1, the state security officers in Macheng City and officers from the Guangshan County Domestic Security Division broke into her home. The officers pried opened two cabinets and confiscated all Falun Dafa books and truth clarification materials.
20. [Shandong Province] Ms. Li Huiting Held at Weifang Detention Center
Ms. Li Huiting, 44, is a high school teacher. On December 18, 2008, she was taken to the Weifang Detention Center. On December 15, she was transferred to the Hua'an Hotel in Shouguang City, where she was deprived of sleep for over 15 days. About three weeks later, she was taken to the Weifang Detention Center, where she is still being held.
21. [Luzhou City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Hu Biao, Mr. Yuan Diqian, and Ms. Ren Qingju Remain in Custody
On March 11, 2009, officers led by Zhou Qiang, member of the Gulin County 610 Office in Sichuan Province, took into 11 practitioners in Taiping Town, Dongxin Township, into custody. Four practitioners, including Mr. Gu Biao, Mr. Yuan Diqian, and Ms. Ren Qingju, remain in custody.
On April 5, Zhou Qiang ordered Yang Lin at the Shibao Town Comprehensive Management Office and Yang Kang, head of the town's Arms Department, to capture Mr. Luo Zhenggui and Ms. Zhang Ziqin at Mr. Zou Anyong's home. The police failed to apprehend the two practitioners. Officers from the Shibao Police Station tried again on May 4, and were unsuccessful again. Xu Bing, the Shibao Town Party Secretary, suspended Mr. Luo's retirement pension payments. Mr. Luo and his family have been forced to leave town and are homeless.
Xu Huaikai, Shibao Town commissioner: 86-13700980258 (Cell)
Yang Lin, Shibao Town Comprehensive Management Office: 86-830-7700399
Yang Kang: head of the Shibao Town Arms Department: 86-13568135422 (Cell)
22. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zheng Shulan Taken into Custody
Ms. Zhen Shulan lives in Xiuyan County in Anshan City. On June 16, she was taken into custody after police received reports that she was distributing truth clarification material in the Qingchengzi area in Fengcheng City.
23. [Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Ning Shuxian Tortured and Beaten at Qianjin Forced Labor Camp in Harbin City
Ms. Ning Shuxian, 53, is from Yilan County. In 2008, she was sentenced to forced labor. She is being held at the No. 1 Division at the Qianjin Forced Labor Camp in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. On June 16, her family went to visit her. They found her in poor physical condition suffering from chest pain. It was reported that the police kicked her in the chest so hard that she could not breathe and she almost died from suffocation. Prior to this beating, she had endured various inhuman tortures, including electric shocks, being lifted off the ground with her arms and legs stretched apart, and being forced to squat for an extended period of time.
24. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wu Yefeng Taken to Liaoning Province Women's Prison
Ms. Wu Yefeng has been sentenced to five years in prison. After being held in the Shenyang City Detention Center for a year, she was transferred to Liaoning Women's Prison on June 16.
On March 3, 2009, the Huanggu District Court issued a first instance judgment, sentencing Ms. Wu Yefeng to five years in prison and Mr. Zheng Yifei to one year in prison, and waived any criminal charges against Mr. Lin Huaiyu, Mr. Zhao Guoliang, Mr. Cai Zongbin, and Ms. Liu Guifeng. After the sentencing, Ms. Wu, Mr. Zheng, and Mr. Zhao appealed their cases to the Shenyang City Intermediate Court. On May 26, the Shenyang City Intermediate Court issued a second judgment, upholding the original sentencing.
Ms. Wu Yefeng, 45, was followed by officers from the Yaming Police Station last year. On June 15, 2008, she was taken into custody. She was unlawfully held at the Shenyang City Detention Center, where she stayed on a hunger strike. The detention center guards brutally force-fed her, putting her life in imminent danger.
25. [Chongqing] Additional Information on Practitioners Taken into Custody in April 2009
Ms. Zhang Yingqiong, in her sixties, is being held at Shabao Women's Forced Labor Camp in Chongqing. She has refused to give up her belief in Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance. When her family went to visit her, the labor camp guards did not allow them to see her.
Ms. Yan Xiaorong has been sentenced to one year of forced labor, to be served outside the labor camp. On April 10, she was taken to the Tongnan County Detention Center, where she started feeling unwell. After an exam, the doctors found numerous lumps in her body, which they suspected to be cancer. After she returned home, she was forced to report to the local authorities each weak.
Ms. Chen Bilan has been unlawfully held at the Tongnan County Detention Center. She was forced to wear inmate uniforms and write guarantee statements. The state security police took advantage of her illiterate husband and daughter-in-law, telling them that if they turned in Ms. Chen's truth clarification materials, she would be released. Ms. Chen was not released and she has been interrogated several times.
Zhou Jun, detention center director: 86-23-87282078, 86-23-44571988, 86-13709428783 (Cell)
Luo Yonghong, state security officer: 86-23-44582048, 86-23-44907513, 86-13983265867 (Cell)
26. [Chongqing] Ms. Yin Yuanzhen Taken into Custody Again
Ms. Yin Yuanzhen, in her fifties, lives in No. 7 Commune, No. 7 Vilalge, Yuxi Town, Tongnan County. She and her husband work at a construction site near the Bajiaomiao area next to the Tongnan County Farm Market. She was taken into custody in June 2009. Her whereabouts are unknown. This is the third time she has been taken into custody.
Jiang Zelin, director of the Yuxi Police Station: 86-23-44810114, 86-23-44810296, 86-13308358088 (Cell)
Yang Yulin, political instructor of the Yuxi Police Station: 86-23-44919000, 86-23-44573533, 86-13370713111 (Cell)
27. [Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Shen Yang Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
Guo Zhenxiang, presiding judge of the No. 2 Criminal Court at the Huaiyin District Court: 86-517-83589434
Ding Zhongyin, officer at the Mianhuazhuang Police Station in the Huaiyin District: 86-13511558182 (Cell)
28. [Xinyi City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Wu Yajuan Taken into Custody; Her Home Searched
At around 9:00 a.m. on June 17, Ms. Wu Yajuan was taken into custody by the Xinyi City police. The officers also searched her home in the Shuangshiguan District, Shuikou Town, Xinyi City. She was taken to the Shuikou Town Police Station.
29. [Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province] Mr. Xu Jiafu Taken into Custody
On April 28, 2009, Mr. Xu Jiafu, 66, was taken into police custody while telling others about the persecution. He is being held at the Nanjing City Detention Center.
30. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Li Zhigang Faces Court Hearing
On February 28, 2009, Mr. Li Zhigang was at home when Li Shuxin, head of the 610 Office; Wang Liguo, an officer from the Nangang District Domestic Security Division; and officers from the Hexing Road Police Station broke in. They forcibly took Mr. Li into custody. A court hearing has been scheduled at the Nangang District Court on June 22, 2009.
31. [Liaoning Province] Brutality at the Liaoning Women's Prison
Ms. Sun Jingmei, 54, is from Dalian City, Liaoning Province. She has been frequently beaten and sworn at by prison guards and inmates. In addition, when the police searched her home, they took 50,000 yuan in cash. Her family was not able to get it back.
A practitioner with the last name Zhang from Fushun City, Liaoning Province, suffered mental problems after being severely abused. She was tied to a bed in the cold during the month of January, in 2009. She had to eat and relieve herself in the bed for a month.
June 18, 2009