(Minghui.org) At least 614 Falun Gong practitioners were illegally arrested between July 1 and July 24 across China, according to data collected as of July 27. Liaoning, Shandong, Jilin, and Sichuan provinces have the most arrests, each with over 70. Most of the arrested practitioners were taken to brainwashing centers for short-term detentions.
More than 30 large-scale arrests (of five or more practitioners) took place in July in 13 provinces and municipalities, including Liaoning, Jilin, Shandong, Sichuan, Heilongjiang, Henan, Tianjin, Gansu, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Chongqing, and Beijing. At least 240 practitioners were implicated. The average arrest size was over eight practitioners.
Details of the large-scale arrests are listed as follows:
Liaoning Province
Anshan: Between July 11 and July 21, nine practitioners were illegally arrested, including Bai Jiurong, Guan Shujie, Ma Liyan, Li Jun, Da Zhao, Meng Yanli, Meng Xiangjun, her younger brother and their mother Xing Dan, and Xiao Sun (female, teacher).
Sujiatun in Shenyang: On July 14, more than ten practitioners were illegally arrested, including Liu Xingbao and his wife Xin Xiuqing, and others.
Dengta City in Liaoyang: On July 14, eleven practitioners were illegally arrested, including Guo Zhenju, Li Xuepin, Zhao Xiuyan, Wang Zhongqing, Hong Xiuyan, Gao Hui, Li Yarong, Zhang Xueyan, and three others.
Benxi: On July 17, fifteen practitioners were illegally arrested, including Zhao Fugui, Zhang Fengyun, Liu Bin and his wife Ran Fang, Xie Ruixue, Xie Ruihua, Xu Jie and her daughter, Lu Jin, Sun Shuyu, Wei Jianping and his wife Hu Chunyan, Liu Yuqiu, Gong Shuling, and Yang Sen.
Yinzhou District in Tieling City: Five practitioners were illegally arrested on July 22.
Jinzhou New District in Dalian City: On July 22, fourteen practitioners were illegally arrested, including Xu Minghai and his elderly father, Zhang Guoli's landlord (whose surname is Bai), a practitioner surnamed Wang and others. Police involved in this large arrest were from Jinfang Police Station, Xianjin Police Station and Youyi Police Station.
Huludao: On July 23 and 24, five practitioners were illegally arrested, including Yang Guorong, Gu Fengli, Gao Zuokui, Zhang Xiuying and Xing Jiaqiu.
Shandong Province
Yantai City: On July 1, six practitioners were illegally arrested, including Lu Yinjie, a practitioner surnamed Xu, Song Yuying, Dandan, and two others.
Jinan City: On July 4, seven practitioners were illegally arrested, including Li Jing, Yu Guifang, Chen Bingnan, her husband, her mother-in-law, and two others.
Chiping County in Liaocheng: On July 20, ten practitioners were illegally arrested.
Taihe Township, Zichuan District in East Zibo: On July 21, five practitioners were illegally arrested, including Zhai Shuxiang, Liu Changhua and three others.
Jilin Province
Changchun City: On July 17, Zhao Fenghui and more than ten other practitioners were illegally arrested by police from Weixing Square Police Station.
On July 18, 29 practitioners were illegally arrested in Changchun, includingLiu Lin, Tan Dafeng, Gao Zhanying, Guo Xiuying, Liu Yingxin, Wang Chengjiang, Leng Xiaoli, Liu Bixue, Liu Guiyun, Wu Guichun, Qi, Bai Fang, Zhao Jinfeng, Du He, Ma Cuimei and her husband, Hou Guixiang, Sun Shuying, Lijun (in her sixties, surname unknown), Liu Jingxiu, Chen Chunling, Lao Wei, Wu Huan and her husband, Wang Chunhua, Xiao Jie, Xiao Lu, Aunty Hu, and Chen Tong.
Tumen City in Yanbian: On July 19, Song Lijie and five other practitioners were illegally arrested and taken to the brainwashing center at No. 2 High School.
Sichuan Province
Zigong City: On July 5-6, ten practitioners were illegally arrested, including Yan Xiang, Wu Xiurong, Liu Wangquan, Gao Shufen, Wang Zhijian, and five others.
Weiyuan County in Neijiang: On July 6, five practitioners were illegally arrested, including Liu Jianping, Huang Shengkui, Tang Kefang and 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Liu.
Meishan: On July 7, 13 practitioners were illegally arrested, including Wan Wu, Wang Xuezhen, Zhu Qunhua, Xie Kaijun, Luo Libing, Huang Xiaoli, Huang Man'e, Zhu Zengrong, Zhang Xuejun, He Tong, Wang Xiantao, Zhang Xuejun and his wife. Police officers involved in these arrests said that orders for these arrests were made nationwide.
Longquanyi District in Chengdu: On July 8, five practitioners were illegally arrested, including Zhao Banghai, Li Changqiu, Li Xieying, Yang Zebi and Xian Mingzhen.
Tashui Town of Wenjiang District in Chengdu: On July 23, six practitioners were illegally arrested, including Liu Qunhua, Mao Xiuhua, Ren Sufang, Cheng Chunxiu, Yang Suyun, and Li.
Lingshui County in Guang'an: On July 25, more than 12 practitioners were illegally arrested, including Li Kunju, Luo Xuefang, and others.
Heilongjiang Province
Jiansanjiang: On July 15, five practitioners were illegally arrested, including Zhou Guihai, Tian Baoxia, Tan Fusheng (18 years old), Zhang Shouyun, and Wei Yanchun.
Henan Province
Yanshi in Luoyang: On July 20, seven practitioners were illegally arrested, including Sun Yaoting, Sun Mengliang, Fengqing, Sugai, and three others.
Tianjin
Wuqing in Tianjin: On July 8, seven practitioners were illegally arrested, including Tian Huawu, Han [given name unknown], Zhang [given name unknown], an unidentified female practitioner, Zhu Qingfang, Zhou Hongyun, and Zhou Hongyuan.
Gansu Province
Jingtai County in Baiyin City: On July 4, five practitioners were illegally arrested, including Ma He, Ma Liyuan, Ma Zufu, Hao Guofang, and Wan Mingfen.
Liangzhou District in Wuwei City: In July, seven practitioners were illegally arrested, including Xiao Zhao, Xaio Xu, Xiao Zhang, Xu Jinbiao, Zhang Wenjuan, Zhang Wenyan (Zhang Wenjuan's elder brother), and Zhao Zongcheng (Zhang Wenjuan's brother-in-law).
Jiangsu Province
Jiangsu Changzhou: On July 22, five practitioners were illegally arrested, including Su Junyi's wife and his daughter, Fei Yunfeng, Pu Rumei, and Zhang Ying. All were taken to a brainwashing center except for Zhang Ying.
Shaanxi Province
Kunming Rd in Xi'an: On July 17, seven people were illegally arrested, including Yuan Guangwu, Zhang Cuicui and her husband, Song Zhi, Feng Xincheng, Zhang Xianbin, Yang Yan, and her husband Liu (not a practitioner). All were taken to Xi'an Brainwashing Center except for Yuan Guangwu and Zhang Xianbin.
Guangxi Zhuang Aotonomous Region
Guangxi Beihai: On July 12, seven practitioners were illegally arrested, including Shi Xuan, Li Daoqiong, Li Fengnan, Li Shanglian, Zheng [given name unknown], Huang [given name unknown], and Ye [given name unknown].
Chongqing
At least eight practitioners were illegally arrested and taken to brainwashing centers in Qianzhugou of Chongqing City between late June and early July.
Beijing
More than twenty practitioners in Miyun County were illegally arrested and taken to brainwashing centers between late June and early July.
Personnel involved in these arrests are from the public security, the domestic security divisions, 610 Offices, and neighborhood committees.
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