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Latest News from China - March 17, 2004

April 06, 2004 |  

(Clearwisdom.net)

  1. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Dafa Materials Production Center Destroyed; Four Practitioners Abducted
  2. [Xiuwen County, Guizhou Province] Educational System Brainwashes Students
  3. [Xinbin County, Liaoning Province] Education Committee Distributes Dafa-Slandering Picture Albums to Poison Students' Minds
  4. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Police Arrest Dafa Practitioner Li Xiuying
  5. [Guiping City, Guangxi Province] News from Guiping City
  6. [Zunhua City, Hebei Province] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Dang Xiaoyan
  7. [Zunhua City, Hebei Province] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Li Guoliang and His Brother Li Guosheng
  8. [Changji City, Xinjiang Autonomous Region] Arrest of Five Dafa Practitioners During the Two Conferences
  9. [Shihezi City, Xinjiang AR] Arrest of Four Practitioners, Including Chen Zhong
  10. [Shanghai] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Cai Yufang at the Longbai Police Precinct
  11. [Shandong Province] Persecution of Dafa Practitioners in the Petroleum University
  12. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] The Torture of Dafa Practitioner Wang Mingjiang at the Nanguan Police Precinct
  13. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Liu Yongmin Is Arrested and Imprisoned at the Dadong District Detention Center

1. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Dafa Materials Production Center Destroyed; Four Practitioners Abducted

Recently, between March 7 and 10, a Falun Dafa materials production center in Cangzhou City was destroyed, and several computers, printers and CD burners were confiscated. Dafa practitioners Ms. Zhang Libo, Ms. Zhang Songfeng, Ms. Zhang Songzhi, and Ms. Chen were abducted in succession. They were first held at Cangzhou City's Daodong Police Station and then, as of the time that this information was sent, Zhang Libo, Zhang Songfeng and Ms. Chen are being held at Cangzhou City's No.2 Detention Center. Zhang Songzhi is being held at the Cangzhou City Development Zone Vice Squad offices. Details will be investigated.

Telephone numbers of relevant units:

Cangzhou City Daodong Police Station; Chief Zhang: 86-317-3086110

Cangzhou City's No.2 Detention Center; Dong Yajun, head: 86-317-3062329

2. [Xiuwen County, Guizhou Province] Educational System Brainwashes Students

Recently, persons from the Xiuwen County Education Bureau launched a county-wide campaign to slander Falun Dafa in all junior and senior high schools. All people, including primary school students, middle, and high school students and all teachers, have to write their understandings and experience-sharing articles. In these schools, located in remote mountains, some teachers who don't know the truth of Dafa even composed songs and ballads to slander Dafa.

3. [Xinbin County, Liaoning Province] Education Committee Distributes Dafa-Slandering Picture Albums to Poison Students' Minds

The Xinbin County Education Committee distributed CDs and picture albums that slander Teacher, to all primary schools across the county. The CDs and albums have now reached the principals of all the schools. The County Experimental Primary School has already given them to the children and officials have attempted to brainwash the teachers and students. Principals in rural schools have had the teachers explain the picture album to their students.

4. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Police Arrest Dafa Practitioner Li Xiuying

On March 2, 2004, the police arrested Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Xiuying from Wangjiang County.

5. [Guiping City, Guangxi Province] News from Guiping City

Around the Spring Festival of 2004, the Guiping City "610 Office"(1) slandered Falun Dafa through the means of television, slogans, exam papers and others. Since March, practitioners Ms. Chen Yuelian, Ms. Huang Zhaoxia, Ms. He Lijun, Mr. Chen Qiang and others have been taken away and their homes have been ransacked.

Main responsible unit:

Political and Ideological Work Section, Guiping City Police Department; Chief Liu Yongxiang: 86-775-3381062

6. [Zunhua City, Hebei Province] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Dang Xiaoyan

Dang Xiaoyan is a resident of Qujiapu Village, Shimen Town, Zunhua City, Hebei Province. On February 7, 2004, Dang Xiaoyan was distributing Dafa truth-clarifying materials at a country fair. He encountered a middle-aged man and handed him a flyer. This man, however, was a plainclothes policeman, Wen Jingchun, the political instructor of the Shimen Town Police Precinct. Dang Xiaoyan was taken to the precinct and afterwards transferred to the Zunhua City Xisanli Detention Center.

Shimen Town Police Precinct:

Wang Bao'an, chief: 86-315-6098008

Wen Jingchun, instructor: 86-315-6099110

7. [Zunhua City, Hebei Province] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Li Guoliang and His Brother Li Guosheng

Mr. Li Guoliang and his brother Mr.Li Guosheng are from Xiaonianzhuang Village, Baozidian Town, Zunhua City, Hebei Province. They have been renting a home and living by selling glasses in the Dongsanqi Brigade in Beijing for years. At noon on February 25, 2004 they did the Dafa exercises in their rented home. But Han Wu, a member of the Changping County Dongsanqi Joint Defense Team in Beijing, found out about it and sent them to the Joint Defense Team. The team members beat up Mr. Li Guoliang, and then sent the brothers to the Xipingbao Police Precinct. Enforcer Han Wu received a 3,000 yuan (2) reward.

That same day that the Zunhua City Committee received the information about the arrest of the two brothers, they did another bad deed. In collusion with the deputy secretary, the supervisor of Baozidian Town and personnel from the Baozidian Town Police Precinct, they took the two practitioners back to the police precinct from Beijing at 10:00 p.m. On February 26, 2004 they placed the practitioners in the Xisanli Detention Center.

8. [Changji City, Xinjiang Autonomous Region] Arrest of Five Dafa Practitioners During the Two Conferences

On March 4, 2004, during the Two Conferences (3), Police Chief Yang and a gang of policemen from the Changji City Chengjiao Police Precinct in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region broke into Dafa practitioner Mr. Ma Jujun's home and arrested him. He is currently being detained in the Changji City Detention Center.

At the same time, practitioners Ms. Tan Zhiyan and her father, mother and cousin were also arrested.

9. [Shihezi City, Xinjiang AR] Arrest of Four Practitioners, including Chen Zhong

On March 9, 2004, during the Two Conferences, policeman Wang of the Political Security Section from the Xiayedi Police Precinct, Shihezi City's No. 134 Army Division, Xinjiang AR, in collusion with local police, arrested and detained four practitioners including Mr. Chen Zhong. The homes of these practitioners were also searched.

After the persecution began in 1999, policemen from the Political Security Section of the No. 134 Army Division had detained Mr. Chen once before. Later, policemen from the Shihezi City Chengqu Police Precinct detained him because he went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. Afterwards he was put into a brainwashing class. Because of the long-term persecution, his wife left him and they eventually got a divorce. Mr. Chen has had to take care of his elderly mother and school-aged son on his own. Now that the police have arrested Mr. Chen again, no one is taking care of his son.

Shihezi City Xiayedi Police Precinct:

Director's office: 86-993-5912030

Political Commissar's office: 86-993-5912146

10. [Shanghai] Arrest of Dafa Practitioner Cai Yufang at the Longbai Police Precinct

The Longbai Residential Committee had tried to persuade Ms. Cai Yufang to force her to give up her belief in Falun Dafa, but Ms. Cai refused. Then on March 1, 2004, the committee ordered policemen from the local precinct to lay in wait for her at her house. Ms. Cai didn't open her door during the daytime. At night a relative went to see her. As soon as she opened the door, the policemen waiting outside arrested her. She is now detained in the Shanghai Qingpu Forced Labor Camp's brainwashing class.

Related phone numbers:

Li Guozhong from the Minxing District "610 Office" in Shanghai: 86-21-64121700

Longboxin Village Police Precinct: 86-21-64490393

11. [Shandong Province] Persecution of Dafa Practitioners in the Petroleum University

Dafa practitioners in the Petroleum University, formerly called the Eastern China Petroleum University, located in Dongying City, Shandong Province have been persecuted and unconstitutionally sentenced to prison. Mr. Tang Qingming, Mr. Chen Diwu, Mr. Zheng Junbo, and Mr. Wang Yanshu were sentenced to forced labor; Mr. Chen Guangchang, Mr. Tang Qingming, Mr. Zheng Junbo, Mr. Wang Yanshu, Mr. Yu Lijian, Ms. Han Huiqiong, Ms. Dong Cuiling, He Yali, Ms. Wang Rufeng, Ms. Zhu, and a Dafa practitioner with last name Sun were put into detention. Mr. Yu Lijian and Ms. Li Qingying were forced to suspend their studies at the university. Mr. Su Xiaoliang and Mr. Yu Lijian were expelled from the university.

12. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] The Torture of Dafa Practitioner Wang Mingjiang at the Nanguan Police Precinct

Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Mingjiang from Jiaozhou City is currently detained at the Nanguan Police Precinct. He has suffered from all kinds of tortures. According to witnesses, he has been forced to wear handcuffs that are too tight which has resulted in his wrists becoming bloody and bruised. During the beatings he has endured, Mr. Wang's head was always covered so that he couldn't see who beat him.

13. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Dafa Practitioner Liu Yongmin Is Arrested and Imprisoned at the Dadong District Detention Center

Dafa practitioner Mr. Liu Yongming from Shenyang City is 52 years old. On February 18, 2004, when he went to Beijing to validate Dafa, he was arrested and is currently being detained at the Dadong District Detention Center in Shenyang City.

Notes

(1) The "610 Office" is an agency specifically established to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

(2) 500 Yuan is the average monthly income for a worker in Chinese urban areas.

(3) Two Conferences: The People's Congress and People's Political Consultation Conference