(Clearwisdom.net) Today's News from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 12 cities or counties in seven provinces. In this report, seven Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention and at least 11 practitioners were illegally arrested.
1. [Zhejiang Province] Ms. Tang Baozhi Grossly Abused and Mistreated
Ms. Tang Baozhi, 59, was sentenced to incarceration and has held a persecution protest hunger strike since April 8, 2008. Her strike has lasted for 688 days. She is extremely weak and emaciated, and is now at a clinic of the Zhejiang Province Women's Prison. Her family has not seen her since her sentencing.
Ge Mingyao, Zhejiang Province Women's Prison:
86-571-87053668
Lu Zhaohua, Zhejiang Province Prison Administrative Bureau Party
secretary: 86-571-88256969
2. [Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Chen Jizhong and His Sister Ms. Chen Jihuan Face Trials
Xu Haibo, 610 Office head: 86-451-57238610,
86-13104663971
Xu Yan, 610 Office deputy head: 86-451-59158885
Gao Hui, Court president: 86-451-57239229, 86-13946099366
3. [Daqing, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Chi Xiandao and Others Arrested
Officers from the Dong'an Police Department in Daqing City broke into Ms. Chi Xiandao's home in Dongfeng New Village at 3:00 p.m. on February 26, 2010. They arrested Ms. Chi and another practitioner, Ms. Tang Zengye, who had come to visit Ms. Chi's sick parents. The two practitioners were taken to the Daqing City Detention Center.
Eyewitnesses said that more than ten police officers searched Ms. Chi's home for four hours, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and confiscated a laptop computer, desktop computer, printer and other personal belongings. Ms. Chi resisted the arrest, but the police carried the barefoot practitioner down from the fourth floor and put her into a police vehicle.
Ms. Chi's son is in the fourth year of middle school and facing a mid-term examination. Her husband works out-of-town, and her sick parents depend on her care.
To our knowledge, Ms. Chi and Ms. Tang were taken to the Daqing City No. 1 Detention Center during the evening of February 26, 2010.
Zhao Lizhong, Dong'an Police Department head: 86-459-6383811,
86-459-6395518, 86-13329502008, 86-15904596677
Sun Wanku, deputy head: 86-459-6380105, 86-459-6092555,
86-13394663234
4. [Junan County, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Guihong and Ms. Wang Chuanju Subjected to One Year of Forced Labor at Wangcun Forced Labor Camp
5. [Tangshan, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Xiumin Arrested
Ms. Wang Xiumin lives in Wanghaozhuang Village, Qishuzhuang Town in the Fengrun District. She was reported the morning of February 25, 2010, when she was in the west Fengrun Market and taken to the Yongji Street Police Station. The police ransacked her home that afternoon and took Ms. Wang to the Fengrun Detention Center after 6:00 p.m. that same day, to be held for 15 days.
Dong Shaojun, Yongji Street Police Station head: 86-13832988130,
86-315-3246159
Zhang Lidong, Yongji Street Police Station deputy head:
86-13832984441, 86-315-5176685
6. [Wuhan, Hubei Province] Follow-up Report on the Persecution of Ms. Peng Wangqin
Ms. Peng Wangqin from the Huangpo District spoke with people about Falun Gong on January 13, 2010, in Qingshan Park. Park security guards arrested her and took her to the Honggangcheng Police Station. Qingshan Police Department officers, along with others from the police station, transported Ms. Peng to the Erzhigou Detention Center that same day. Her family went to the detention center and was told that she would be held for fifteen days. When her family went to take her home on the fifteenth day, they were told that Ms. Peng had been transferred to another place three days earlier. The family eventually learned that she was at the Wuhan City No. 1 Detention Center.
Zhang Zujun, in charge of the Qingshan Police Department Domestic Security Division: 86-13100600709
7. [Chongqing] Ms. Tan Ping Held in Custody
Ms. Tan Ping, 57, a retiree from the Jiulongpo District Construction Factory, traveled to Guizhou along with her friends in August 2009. Local police arrested and held her in the Zitong Drug Rehabilitation Center in Guizhou and then transported her to the Guiyang Women's Forced Labor Camp, to be held for a year.
8. [Geermu City, Qinghai Province] Mr. Fu Tianxiang and Ms. He Jingyu Arrested
Mr. Fu Tianxiang, 54, and his wife Ms. He Jingyu, 48, are from Geermu City. They distributed Falun Gong materials on the evening of September 8, 2009. A plainclothes policewoman spotted and reported them. Ms. He was arrested, but Mr. Fu was able to escape. Domestic Security Division head Wang Jianping led people who went to Mr. Fu's home about thirty minutes later, to ransack it. They confiscated a computer, two printers, and three boxes of printing paper, 3,000 DVDs, Falun Gong books, and materials. Wang Jianping led people to arrest Mr. Fu at his colleague's home on September 16, 2009. Mr. Fu and Ms. He are now at the Geermu Detention Center, facing sentencing.
9. [Xiangfan, Hubei Province] Mei Qiulian Arrested
Mei Qiulian from Xiangfan City was reported at around 10:00 a.m. on February 25, 2009, as she distributed Falun Gong materials at the entrance of the Danjianglu County Hospital. She was taken to the Fancheng Police Department Detention Center.
10. [Chongqing] Ms. Zhou Xianrong Arrested
Ms. Zhou Xianrong from Baisha Town in Jiangjin District was arrested on the afternoon of February 9, 2010, as she went shopping. Six officers from the Jiangjin Police Department, along with others from the Yongxing Police Station, made the arrest. They also ransacked her home. Ms. Zhou is now at the Langshan Detention Center in Jiangjin.
Wang Fenghua, from the Jiangjin 610 Office: 86-23-47555980
(Office), 86-23-47522966 (Home), 86-13883114366 (Cell)
Qiu Chunfei, Jiangjin 610 Office supervisor: 86-13883963589
Mu Chaoheng, Jiangjin Domestic Security Division: 86-23-47551568,
86-23-47524464
11. [Fuzhou, Fujian Province] Cangshan District Court Officials Attempt to Try Mr. Ye Qiaoming from Fujian Normal University
Cangshan District Court officials were scheduled to try Mr. Ye Qiaoming at 9:00 a.m. on March 4, 2010. Mr. Ye was one of the three practitioners from Fujian Normal University who were arrested on September 16, 2009.
Chen Xiaoyan and Chen Junyun, from Cangshan Procuratorate:
86-591-88372036
Cai Wenjian, from Cangshan Court: 86-591-83138110
12. [Shenyang, Liaoning Province] Ms. Dong Yiran Arrested
Ms. Dong Yiran from Shenyang was reported on the afternoon of February 2010 as she spoke with people about Falun Gong at her workplace. Officers from the Qianjin Police Station, of the Dongling Police Department, arrested her that same afternoon.
13. [Longjing City, Jilin Province] Mr. Li Yue Died As a Result of Persecution
Mr. Li Yue from Longjing went to appeal for justice for Falun Gong twice after the persecution began in July 1999. Local police arrested and detained him 15 days for doing the Falun Gong exercises outdoors. He had been very depressed for the past ten years, due to the high pressure. He had been subjected to harassment and threats, and had his loved ones imprisoned. He suffered from a brainstem hemorrhage and died at age 79 on February 9, 2010.
14. [Xuanhua, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Guiping Persecuted
Ms. Li Guiping from Xuanhua spoke with people about Falun Gong around January 27, 2010, at the Dongdayuan Supermarket. Dongsheng Police Station officers arrested and took her to the Zhangjiakou City Detention Center.
Pei, Dongsheng Police Station deputy head: 86-13931314518
Wang Shoucheng, Xuanhua District Police Department head:
86-313-3049001, 86-313-3173456, 86-13393134444
Gu Chaomei, Domestic Security Division head: 86-313-3049012,
86-313-3036636, 86-13931307169
Compiled on February 28, 2010