Recent Crimes Committed by Officials in Zhucheng City, Shandong Province

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in Zhucheng City, Shandong Province, including the head of the Zhucheng City Municipal Committee, Zou Qingzhong, recently had the Taojialing Dongjiao School remodelled. In addition, the outer wall was structurally reinforced. As it turns out, the school was remodelled into a full-fledged prison camp at Zou's orders. Zou is also in charge of the persecution of Falun Gong.

On March 30th-31th, 2009, the Zhucheng City Municipal Committee, along with the Political and Judiciary Committee, the 610 Office¹, and officers from the Zhucheng City Police Department, arrested over 20 practitioners in their local area.

At approximately 7:00 p.m. on March 30th, 2009, a group of officers led by Chen Hong from the Chenguan Police Station tried to break into Ms. Dong Yuehua's home, which is located in Lianghe Village, but she refused to open the door. Three hours later, a riot squad arrived and broke in. Ms. Dong was arrested and her residence was ransacked.

At approximately 5:30 p.m. on March 30th, Ms. Liu Honghua, an employee of the Electric Bureau, was tricked into opening the door of her residence. Four police officers immediately rushed in and kicked and punched Zhang Xinming and Ms. Liu's son, a non-practitioner. Then they dragged her away.

At 9:00 a.m. on March 31st, Mr. Guo Rufeng was arrested. One hour later, Ms. Wang Xiuying, a retired employee of the Zhucheng City Tobacco Company, had her home broken into by three plain clothes police officers, who arrested her. She was later taken to the Zhucheng City Brainwashing Centre.

On March 31st, Ms. Li Lanqin, an employee of the Zhucheng City Industrial and Commercial Bank, was arrested at her workplace and later taken to the local brainwashing centre.

On the morning of March 31st, a plain clothes police officer went to Ms. Gao Jinfang's home, located in Baiyushanzi Village, under the pretence of looking for a room to rent. When her child came home from school, seven or eight officers lying in ambush suddenly burst into Ms. Gao's home and arrested her. When her family members tried to stop the officers from arresting her, the officers shouted at them. Fan, the leader of the National Security Division, ordered the officers to ransack Ms. Gao's home. Although the officers did not find any Dafa materials, they still took her away.

At approximately 4:00 p.m on April 3rd, 2009, Ms. Song Zhengyun and her youngest daughter, Xu Chao, both residents of Wulibao, Zhucheng City, were arrested by officers from the Mizhou Road Police Station.

Practitioners recently arrested in Zhucheng City:

Zhujie Town: Wang Hongliang
Jiayue Town: Dou Jinbao
Baichihe Town: Ju Baogui
Zhigou Town: Li Liang
Textile Mill: Sui Hongju (female)
Cotton Seed Oil Mill: Liu Huaxiang (female)
Dianzi Neighborhood: Wang Wenfu
Renmin Garden Community: Liu Peizhi
Zhigou Town: Zhao Yonggang
Jianguo Community: Lin Shuhua, Lu Guijuan (female)
Lianghe Village, Chengguan Town: Dong Yuehua (female)
Dashutang District: Zhuang Rufeng (female)
Huanghua Town: Zhang Shisheng
Longwangmiao Community: Dou Guizhen (female)

In 2008, over twenty practitioners in Zhucheng City were sentenced to forced labour, and several have been detained. Ms. Liu Xiumei from Shunwang Street was tortured to death at a local detention centre. Ms. Wang Jinxiu from the Dianzi District was forced to jump from a third story window and suffered compound fractures in her legs.

Ms. Liu Xixiang from the Baiyushanzi District was arrested by Wang Peibiao, the section chief of the Zhucheng City Police Department, along with Director of the Mizhou Road Police Station Zhang Shiyong, Director of the Shunwang Street Police Station Wang Zhixian, and police officer Song Wei.

Ms. Liu was taken to the Foreign Trade Hotel, where she was restrained in a metal chair² and deprived of sleep for over 20 days. While confined to the chair, officers beat and forced-fed her, and tortured her by putting electric lights very close to her eyes. After being in the metal chair for so long, her legs became extremely swollen. When she was released, she was unable to walk and had to be taken to the local hospital. The doctor who examined her told her that the blood circulation in her lower limbs was severely compromised.

In order to avoid being arrested and persecuted, some practitioners in Zhucheng City left their homes. Local officials then distributed their photos to every community in their area. A comprehensive investigation ensued, where city personnel went to the practitioners' homes, their children's schools, and their relatives' homes in an effort to locate these practitioners. They also tried to bribe the practitioners' neighbours and classmates to try to locate and arrest them.

Officials responsible for the persecution:

Song Ruiliang, former Secretary of the Zhucheng City Political and Judiciary Committee

Zhang Xingye, Director of the Zhucheng City Police Department

Chen Ruxiao, Mayor of Zhucheng City

Li Hongde, Secretary of the Zhucheng City Political and Judiciary Committee

Zou Qingzhong, Secretary of Zhucheng City

Note

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

2. Iron Chair: The "Iron chair" is made of iron pipes. Victims are restrained on the iron chairs with both arms and legs tied for a long period of time, see illustration at http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/1/9/17577.html

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/4/6/198462.html