Additional Persecution News from China - October 17, 2007 (44 Reports)

(Clearwisdom.net)

Today's report relates persecution incidents that involve 34 cities or counties in 18 provinces. Seventy-six practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during detention, and at least 54 practitioners were illegally arrested.

1. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Sun Lianying Arrested
2. [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Xiao Youxue Has Been Held for Two Weeks
3. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Personnel from the Ergezai Police Station Arrested Practitioner Ms. Mo Xiuqin from Niuchang Township, the Baiyun District
4. [Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Xie Baocai Arrested
5. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Police from Daguanzhuang Village Arrested Two Practitioners on the Afternoon of October 14, 2007
6. [Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province] Police Confiscated a Satellite Receiver from a Practitioner's Home
7. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Song Ping Arrested in Zhenjiang City--Her Whereabouts Unknown
8. [Sichuan Province] Personnel from the Wangjiang Street Police Station Arrested Practitioner Mr. Li Ming at Sichuan University on the Morning of October 15, 2007
9. [Li County, Hunan Province] Practitioners Li Lanzhen, Yu Shuhui and Zhang Zhongnian Forced to Live in Exile
10. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Wang Wei Arrested
11. [Anqing City, Anhui Province] Personnel from the City's 610 Office Arrest Several Practitioners
12. [Miyi City, Sichuan Province] Practitioners Gu Xingfeng and Li Jiaming Arrested
13. [Chongqing] Ms. Zhu Guofeng Arrested
14. [Junan County, Shandong Province] Practitioner Cao Guozhen Arrested
15. [Hubei Province] Visits from a Practitioner's Family Denied at the Shayang City Fanjiatai Prison
16. [Liaoning Province] Several Practitioners Held at the Tieling City Detention Center
17. [Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province] Practitioner Liao Jun Arrested
18. [Chongqing] Practitioner Ms. Gao Yunxia from the Changshou District Sentenced to Three and a Half Years in Prison
19. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Practitioner Wu's Whereabouts Unknown
20. [Lechang City, Guangdong Province] Practitioners Huang Xiangui and Liu Zaihua Arrested
21. [Beijing] Practitioner Couple Zhao Jianzhong and Cui Xinhong Arrested
22. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Liu Suhuan Arrested
23. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Ms. Yuan Arrested
24. [Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province] 610 Office Agents Arrest Practitioner Wu Bo
25. [Antu County, Jilin Province] Mr. Li Leyou Arrested
26. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Supplemental Information Regarding the Arrests of a Few Practitioners
27. [Shandong Province] Personnel from a Pingdu City Office Arrested Practitioners
28. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] A Practitioner's Husband Arrested
29. [Beijing] Practitioner Wu Shuhua Arrested
30. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Lu Cuiying Arrested
31. [Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province] Five Practitioners Arrested
32. [Qingyang City, Gansu Province] Practitioner Xia Jiayan Persecuted
33. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] More Than 50 Practitioners Held at the City's Detention Center Facing Illegal Sentences
34. [Shandong Province] Personnel from the Liaocheng City Radio and TV Administration Bureau Damage Many Satellite TV Receivers
35. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Two Practitioners Arrested
36. [Yinchuan City, Ningxia Autonomous Region] Practitioner Ms. Gao Jingjie Sentenced to One and a Half Years of Forced Labor
37. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Wu Yuexia Arrested
38. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Li Zhuping Arrested
39. [Beijing] Persecution Incidents Regarding Ms. Zhuang Yanhong
40. [Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province] Practitioner Jin Caihua's Whereabouts Unknown
41. [Shizuishan City, Ningxia Province] Practitioner Li Lanfeng Arrested
42. [Shandong Province] Mr. Li Fangheng and His Wife Arrested
43. [Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province] Practitioners Ms. Qin Lianyu and Her Daughter, Ms. Hong Jijing, Arrested
44. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Several Practitioners Arrested

1. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Sun Lianying Arrested

Personnel from the Nanshi District Police Department's Hongxing Street Police Station in Baoding City broke into Ms. Sun Lianying's home again and arrested her at 11:00 a.m. on October 15, 2007. Her son, who studies in another city, did not know of her arrest.

Hongxing Street Police Station chief Song Wei had led four station officers and ransacked Ms. Sun's home at 10:00 p.m. on September 21, 2007. They confiscated all Dafa books, a desktop computer, and some cash. Ms. Sun was released the afternoon of October 22, 2007.

Hongxing Street Police Station: 86-312-2023572
Ma Wenhe, Baoding City Security Maintenance Office head: 86-312-3089759
Fan Xiuhui, deputy head: 86-312-3089738
Zhang Feng, Baoding City Police Department chief: 86-312-3025666 (Office), 86-13333120056 (Cell)

2. [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Falun Gong Practitioner Xiao Youxue Has Been Held for Two Weeks

About 20 officials from the Honghua Township Party Committee concocted a scheme. They ordered Ms. Xiao Youxue from Hanzhuang Village, Honghua Township, Dancheng County, Linyi City, to "come have a talk" the end of September 2007 and arrested her later on. Ms. Xiao has been held more than two weeks. Ms. Zhang's family asked the Party committee to release her. These people had the nerve to say they had not arrested Ms. Xiao.

Practitioner Ms. Xiao, 53 years old, is a retired teacher. She was already arrested the end of October 2000 when she posted facts about the persecution of Falun Gong. Her family paid the police off and got her released. Nevertheless, Ms. Xiao was put in the Linyi City Brainwashing Center.

Honghua Township Party Committee' Office: 86-539-6531001, 86-539-6531003, 86-539-6531274

3. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Personnel from the Ergezai Police Station Arrested Practitioner Ms. Mo Xiuqin from Niuchang Township, the Baiyun District

4. [Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Xie Baocai Arrested

Lingyuan City Goumenzi Police Station deputy chief Wang Shiliang and political head Liu Jingkui went to harass Mr. Xie Baocai at his home at 3:00 p.m. on October 12, 2007. They saw one of Master's pictures and consequently arrested Mr. Xie, using this as cause for the arrest. They took him to the city's No.2 Detention Center.

Li Heguang, Goumenzi Police Station chief: 86-421-6489004 (Office), 86-421-6828436 (Home), 86-13842113131 (Cell)
Wang Shiliang, deputy chief: 86-13942152988 (Cell)
Liu Jingkui, political head: 86-421-2316631 (Home), 86-15942141810 (Cell)

5. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Police from Daguanzhuang Village Arrested Two Practitioners on the Afternoon of October 14, 2007

6. [Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province] Police Confiscated a Satellite Receiver from a Practitioner's Home

Mohudian Police Station chief Li Guojun led two officers to practitioner Ms. Mao Yongchun's home and confiscated a satellite receiver on October 13, 2007.

7. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Practitioner Song Ping Arrested in Zhenjiang City--Her Whereabouts Unknown

Police from the Zhenjiang City Railway Station arrested 40-year-old Ms. Song Ping from the Futian District, Shenzhen City, the end of September 2007. Ms. Song's whereabouts are unknown. Ms. Song's brother, her sole relative, does not know her whereabouts.

8. [Sichuan Province] Personnel from the Wangjiang Street Police Station Arrested Practitioner Mr. Li Ming at Sichuan University on the Morning of October 15, 2007

Wangjiang Street Police Station: 86-28-85433699
Wang Chengrong, a policeman: 86-28-88087159

9. [Li County, Hunan Province] Practitioners Li Lanzhen, Yu Shuhui and Zhang Zhongnian Forced to Live in Exile

About ten policemen from Li County in Hunan Province went to Ms. Li Lanzhen's home on the night of the 2007 Mid Autumn Festival. They were determined to find Falun Gong information. The intruders messed up her home, but fortunately Ms. Li escaped. Police also ransacked Ms. Yu Shuhui's home and confiscated some Falun Dafa books. Ms. Yu was not at home during the home search. Police attempted to arrest Mr. Zhang Zhongnian that night, but no one was at his home. The three practitioners were forced to live in exile to avoid further persecution.

10. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Practitioner Wang Wei Arrested

Personnel from the Qingming Police Station arrested Ms. Wang Wei on July 13, 2007. His whereabouts are unknown.

11. [Anqing City, Anhui Province] Personnel from the City's 610 Office Arrest Several Practitioners

Policemen from the Anqing City 610 Office arrested about 20 practitioners and took them to a brainwashing center in the city's cadre recreation institute.

12. [Miyi City, Sichuan Province] Practitioners Gu Xingfeng and Li Jiaming Arrested

Five officers from the Baima Town Police Station arrested Ms. Gu Xingfeng and Ms. Li Jiaming, in their 60s, from their homes in Huilong Village, Guabang Township, Miyi County, the morning of October 13, 2007.

13. [Chongqing] Ms. Zhu Guofeng Arrested

Personnel from the Nanqiaosi Area in the Jiangbei District arrested practitioner Ms. Zhu Guofeng and another practitioner surnamed Wang from Chongqing and took them to the district's detention center.

14. [Junan County, Shandong Province] Practitioner Cao Guozhen Arrested

Police from Junan County arrested 30-year-old Mr. Cao Guozhen from Zhulu Town, Junan County, on October 13, 2007. They ransacked his home the next day. Mr. Cao is presently being held at the county's detention center.

Mr. Cao had already been sentenced and has served three years of forced labor beginning in 1999.

Liu Xipeng, Junan County 610 Office: 86-539-7220334 (Office), 86-13205392801 (Cell)
Junan County Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-539-7212410

15. [Hubei Province] Visits from a Practitioner's Family Denied at the Shayang City Fanjiatai Prison

Practitioner Mr. Shi Lei's 60-year-old parents, his wife, and his son traveled three hours by bus to Fanjiatai Prison in Shayang City on October 1, 2007. In complete violation of the Chinese constitution, police denied their right to visit, saying it was "because Mr. Shi refused to wear a criminal's uniform."

16. [Liaoning Province] Several Practitioners Held at the Tieling City Detention Center

Several practitioners are presently being held at the Tieling City Detention Center in Liaoning Province. Practitioners Ms. Sun Shufen and Mr. Li Zhongyuan are on a persecution-protest hunger strike.

17. [Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province] Practitioner Liao Jun Arrested

Hanzhong City National Security Section chief Du Jiucheng led a few officers and broke into Ms. Liao Jun's home. They ransacked the place on September 10, 2007. Ms. Liao is presently being held at the Nanzheng County Detention Center.

Ms. Liao is a former employee of the Huayan Meter Factory. The authorities had already persecuted Ms. Liao and several other practitioners on September 14, 2002. They extorted 4,000 yuan from her.

Du Jiucheng: 86-13572629669 (Cell)

18. [Chongqing] Practitioner Ms. Gao Yunxia from the Changshou District Sentenced to Three and a Half Years in Prison

19. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Practitioner Wu's Whereabouts Unknown

We have lost any contact with practitioner Mr. Wu from Nanchang City since he went to Yifeng County, Jiangxi Province, to explain the facts of the persecution of Falun Gong on September 27, 2007.

20. [Lechang City, Guangdong Province] Practitioners Huang Xiangui and Liu Zaihua Arrested

Personnel from the Pingnan Police Station in Pingshi Town, Lechang City arrested Mr. Huang Xiangui and Ms. Liu Zaihua at 7:00 a.m. on October 10, 2007.

Pingnan Police Station: 86-751-5523214

21. [Beijing] Practitioner Couple Zhao Jianzhong and Cui Xinhong Arrested

Personnel from the Beijing Police Department and from the Pinggu District Police Department arrested Ms. Cui Xinhong and her husband, Mr. Zhao Jianzhong, from the district at noon on October 13, 2007. The arrest happened because Internet police found they had logged on to the Clearwisdom.net. Police ransacked their home and confiscated a lot of items worth more than 100,000 yuan. The couple is 30 years old. Mr. Zhao works at the district's Power Supply Bureau; Ms. Cui works at the district's Customhouse Brokerage.

22. [Anshan City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Liu Suhuan Arrested

Personnel from the Nanhua Police Station in Tiexi District, Anshan City, broke into Ms. Liu Suhuan's home in the district's Nantao Area on October 14, 2007. They ransacked her home and confiscated some jewelry. Ms. Liu is the sister of recently arrested practitioner Ms. Liu Suzhi.

Nanhua Police Station: 86-412-8234442
Liu Shibo, Tiexi District Political and Judiciary Committee head: 86-412-8511177 (Office), 86-412-2222866 (Home)
Jin Jun, Tiexi District Police Department chief: 86-412-8813999 (Office), 86-412-5551033 (Home)

23. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Ms. Yuan Arrested

Personnel from the Pingshan Police Station in Beixi City arrested 54-year-old Ms. Yuan the night of October 12, 2007.

24. [Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province] 610 Office Agents Arrest Practitioner Wu Bo

Policemen from the Taierzhuang District 610 Office in Zaozhuang City arrested practitioner Mr. Wu Bo on September 12, 2007. They recently also arrested a 60-year-old woman practitioner from Taozhuang Town.

25. [Antu County, Jilin Province] Mr. Li Leyou Arrested

Personnel from the Baihe Forest Police Department arrested practitioners Mr. Li Leyou and Ms. Yang from the Erdao Baihe Area in Antu County the morning of October 16, 2007. Police officer Wang Yong from the Baihe No.2 Police Station followed Ms. Yang to Mr. Li's home.

26. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Supplemental Information Regarding the Arrests of a Few Practitioners

Practitioner Mr. Zhang Guodong from the Gao District in Weihai City was arrested on October 11, 2007. Practitioner Mr. Bi Jiankai was also arrested that day. They are presently being held at the city's detention center.

Police went to practitioner Mr. Dong Huanxiang's workplace, the Tianhe Chess Institute, that same day. They arrested him and confiscated his students' tuition fee, about 50,000 yuan. They also confiscated a car parked at the city's International Haishui Swimming Pool's parking lot.

27. [Shandong Province] Personnel from a Pingdu City Office Arrested Practitioners

Several practitioners were arrested between the end of August and the early part of October 2007. They were: Ms. Wan Dexiang, Mr. Wang Xuejun, Ms. Fu Yunxiang, Cui Zhaozhen, and Mr. Zhang Hongli from Wanjia Town.

28. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] A Practitioner's Husband Arrested

Police attempted to arrest a practitioner in Zhouge Village, Damujia Town, Gaomi City, on October 15, 2007, but the practitioner was not at home. They then arrested her husband, Mr. Liu Mingzhi, and confiscated a computer, a printer, some persecution truth-explanation materials, and Dafa books. Mr. Liu's whereabouts are unknown.

29. [Beijing] Ms. Wu Shuhua Arrested

Personnel from the Yanqing County Police Department arrested 40-year-old practitioner Ms. Wu Shuhua from Mapiying Village, Shenjiaying Town, Yanqing County, on September 21, 2007. Ms. Wu is presently being held at the county's detention center.

30. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Lu Cuiying Arrested

Practitioner Ms. Lu Cuiying from Zhengzhou City, who had been held at the Zhongyuan District Detention Center, was transferred to the city's No.4 Detention Center at 6:00 p.m. on October 15, 2007.

31. [Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province] Five Practitioners Arrested

Officer Jiao Heping from the Hujiamiao Police Station duped 40-year-old practitioner Mr. Chen Mingan to come outside and arrested him the night of September 30, 2007. Mr. Chen was taken to the Chang'an County Worker's Nursing Department, actually a brainwashing center. Mr. Chen has been arrested many times.

Personnel from the Baqiao Police Station arrested 67-year-old practitioner Ms. Li Xueqing near the Shilipu Area in the Eastern Xi'an suburb at 11:00 a.m. on October 6, 2007. Her family did not know she was arrested and inquired everywhere. Eventually they found out that Ms. Li was being held at the Chang'an County Brainwashing Center. Ms. Li's family went to visit her. Agents from the brainwashing center and from the Baqiao District Police Department ransacked Ms. Li's home.

Practitioner Ms. Li Guiqing, 60, and her non-practitioner husband were arrested and taken to the Chang'an County Brainwashing Center on October 10, 2007. Police shut down the family-owned factory. Ms. Li's daughter requested her parent's release, but her request was refused.

Practitioners Ms. Wang Jiali and Ms. Wang Dong are being held in the county's brainwashing center.

32. [Qingyang City, Gansu Province] Practitioner Xia Jiayan Persecuted

Ms. Xia Jiayan is a teacher at Qingyang City's Xifeng Trade School. The police often harassed her and had sentenced her to one year of forced labor. They attempted to arrest Ms. Xia on August 3, 2007, but she was not at home. Ms. Xia eventually chose to live in exile.

Xifeng Trade School president: 86-934-8686463
Vice president: 86-934-8685431, 86-934-8682950
Secretary: 86-934-8685433

33. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] More Than 50 Practitioners Held at the City's Detention Center Facing Illegal Sentences

34. [Shandong Province] Personnel from the Liaocheng City Radio and TV Administration Bureau Damage Many Satellite TV Receivers

Personnel from the Liaocheng City Radio and TV Administration Bureau, from the city's police department, and from the city's business bureau damaged over 500 satellite TV receivers and 126 antennas the afternoon of October 11, 2007. They found 15 satellite receiver-selling dealers and fined those dealers and their customers.

These destructive individuals damaged over 80 satellite receivers in Xiedian Township, Guan County, on September 27, 2007. They also destroyed 30 satellite receivers in Gaotang County.

35. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Two Practitioners Arrested

Practitioner Mr. Luo lives on Jianshe Street in the Wanghua District, Fushun City. His wife reported him to personnel in the Bawei Street Police Station. Police arrested him the afternoon of October 15, 2007. His wife also reported another gentleman practitioner. The two practitioners' whereabouts are unknown.

36. [Yinchuan City, Ningxia Autonomous Region] Practitioner Ms. Gao Jingjie Sentenced to One and a Half Years of Forced Labor

37. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioner Wu Yuexia Arrested

Policeman Zhao Kui from the Baoshan District, Shuangyashan City, broke into Ms. Wu Yuexia's home at 6:30 p.m. on September 28, 2007. Ms. Wu is a teacher at the district's middle school. Police arrested her and ordered her family to pay 20,000 yuan. Her family did not have enough money, so the police put her into a forced labor camp. Baoshan District Police Department's Anti-Falun Gong Division chief Chen Zhen extorted money from Ms. Wu several times.

38. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Li Zhuping Arrested

Police ransacked a practitioner's copy center on October 11, 2007. Ms. Li Zuping from the copy center was arrested and her home was ransacked.

39. [Beijing] Persecution Incidents Regarding Ms. Zhuang Yanhong

Personnel from the Fengtai District Police Department arrested practitioner Ms. Zhuang Yanhong on September 11, 2007. They told her family that she would be held for 30 days. Though the 30-day detention has expired, police still do not release her. They did not give any explanation for the extension.

Fengtai District Police Department: 86-10-63811992, 86-10-63897701

40. [Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province] Practitioner Jin Caihua's Whereabouts Unknown

Ms. Jin Caihua, an employee from the Hanzhong City No. 2 Factory was arrested on October 11, 2007. Her whereabouts are unknown.

41. [Shizuishan City, Ningxia Province] Practitioner Li Lanfeng Arrested

Personnel from the Dawukou District Police Department in Shizuishan City broke into Ms. Li Lanfeng's home and ransacked the place at 7:00 p.m. on September 17, 2007. They confiscated one of Master's pictures, a few Dafa lecture tapes, some Dafa books, and a laptop computer. Practitioners Ms. Liu Xiaoning and Ms. Li's husband, Mr. Chen Baozhong, were also arrested. Practitioners Ms. Li and Ms. Liu from Zhongwei City were taken to the district's police department. Mr. Chen, a senior engineer, was held at a restaurant for three days and was then released because his workplace needed his technical support skills. Ms. Li is presently being held at the city's No.1 Detention Center and Ms. Liu was sent back to Zhongwei City Police Department.

Fu Fukui, Dawukou District Police Department deputy chief: 86-13995262886 (Cell)
Jing Ping, Dawukou District Police Department's National Security Division chief: 86-952-2034722, 86-952-2033974

42. [Shandong Province] Mr. Li Fangheng and His Wife Arrested

About ten officers from the Qingzhou City 610 Office, from the National Security Division and from the Huanglou Town Police Station arrested practitioner Mr. Zhao Qifu's wife and practitioners Mr. Li Faheng and his wife from Liujiapo Village, Huanglou Town at 2:00 p.m. on September 10, 2007. The practitioners are presently being held at the Qingzhou City Detention Center.

43. [Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province] Practitioners Ms. Qin Lianyu and Her Daughter, Ms. Hong Jijing, Arrested

44. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Several Practitioners Arrested

Personnel from the Songyuan City Police Department followed three practitioners at 7:00 p.m. on October 13, 2007. The arrest happened when the three practitioners were on their way to a practitioner's home in Changshan Town. Officers arrested them and body-searched them. They found severa truth-clarification brochures and two removable discs. The practitioners were sent to the town's police department and later transferred to the city's police department.

The police had the three practitioners' house keys. They ransacked a practitioner's home and confiscated a computer, a printer, a CD-burner, a car, and 45,000 yuan cash.

October 16, 2007