Illegal Detention and Imprisonment
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Deputy Division Head of the Jiamusi Railroad Bureau Persecuted and Disabled--His Wife Also Arrested
2009-10-09
On September 19th, 2009, the home of Mr. Ma Xuejun was invaded by a large number of police. Multiple police vehicles surrounded his home. Prior to the invasion, his wife, Ms. Chuang Jing, and 14 other practitioners were arrested by officers. Ms. Chuang Jing and nine other practitioners are being detained in the Jiamusi City Detention Centre, and Mr. Ma's residence is still being monitored. Since the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20th, 1999, Mr. Ma has been subjected to arrests, detention, and forced labour. He has also been dismissed from his job, cut off from sources of income, and sentenced to a 12-year prison term, as well as a series of brutal tortures. In December 2002, he was so severely tortured that he became disabled. -
Mr. Du Zhenjun from Liaoning Province Forced to Leave Home Due to Arrest Threat
2009-10-09Mr. Du Zhenjun was released from jail on August 7th, 2009, and within a month, he was forced to leave his home. At the time, he had just completed the one-year labour camp sentence that had been forced on him in 2008. Police officers are now trying to track him down, and are monitoring the phones of his family members. This is the second time he has had to flee his home. He has been arrested, extorted and sentenced to a forced labour camp at the hands of the Chinese Communist regime, simply because he holds a firm belief in the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. -
The Plight of Four Falun Gong Practitioners from Chicheng County, Hebei Province Being Tortured at Jidong Prison in Tangshan City, Hebei Province
2009-10-08Falun Gong practitioners Liu Yang, Wang Sheng, Zhao Bingheng and Wang Yuhai are incarcerated at the Jidong Prison. Liu Yang was arrested in 2002 while making and distributing Falun Gong materials with other practitioners and was sent to Jidong Prison for a 8-year term. Mr. Wang Sheng, 62, was given a three-year sentence in May 2009. Mr. Wang Yuhai was given three years in prison in November 2008. The brutal torture has turned his hair white, and his vision and hearing have deteriorated. He was forced to do hard labour even though he is almost sixty years old. -
United Nations Refugee Zhang Xinyi Was Arrested Again by Changsha City 610 Office
2009-10-07On September 8th, 2009, Ms. Zhang Xinyi, a Falun Gong practitioner and a retired teacher from Changsha City, and her friend, He Minna, went to the Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine to try to persuade the school administrators and others to release a school employee, Tang Min, a Falun Gong practitioner. Tang Min is being detained at the No. 2 People's Hospital in Hunan Province. Ms. Zhang Xinyi and He Minna were seized by the school security section and reported to Hanpu Police Station. In the afternoon, the two practitioners were taken to the Changsha City Rule of Law Education Training Centre (a brainwashing centre) in Changsha City. This is the fourth time Ms. Zhang has been arrested. -
Linghai City Court Tried Practitioner Jin Bowen
2009-10-07On September 10th, 2009, the Linghai City Court of Liaoning Province tried practitioner Jin Bowen. Mr. Jin's family had hired two lawyers to defend him. In attendance were Mr. Jin's family, his work unit superiors, his co-workers, his lawyers, the judge, and other legal professionals. It was said that the legal professionals were there to hear how the lawyers defended a Falun Gong practitioner. In court, the Linghai City procuratorate claimed that Mr. Jin "utilized a cult organization to sabotage law enforcement." The two defence lawyers spoke firmly in favour of Mr. Jin's innocence. Many times the presiding judge and assistants did not have a reply and simply pounded on the table in great anger. -
Fifteen Practitioners Arrested in Jiamusi City
2009-10-06On September 19th, 2009, 15 practitioners in Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province were studying Falun Gong and sharing experiences at a practitioner's home in Jianan District. As soon as they sat down, someone knocked on the door and yelled: "It is flooded upstairs. I need to check in here." Since the owner did not suspect anything, he opened the door, and six or seven police officers rushed in. The officers searched everyone and their belongings. They seized Falun Gong articles as well as other materials. The police ransacked the house, and seized a computer and some other property. They then dragged all of the practitioners into a police vehicle and took them to the police station for interrogation. -
Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Yanyan Arrested Again
2009-10-06Falun Gong practitioner Wang Yanyan was arrested again and sent to the Siping City Brainwashing Centre by police on September 16th. One month before her latest arrest, Wang Yanyan and her mother had been arrested for having talked to people about the persecution of Falun Gong and having distributed DVDs about Falun Gong. The two women were detained at the county detention centre for 15 days and sent to the Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City soon after. Wang Yanyan's mother was punished with one year of imprisonment. -
Schoolteacher Ms. Hu Meizhi Arrested in Jiayu County, Hubei Province
2009-10-06Ms. Hu Meizhi, a schoolteacher at the Paizhouwan Central School in Jiayu County, Hubei Province, was arrested on September 9th, 2009. The school leaders led the local police to arrest her. Chen Zhe (school principal of the Paizhouwan Central School as well as the Lantian Secondary School) and Yin Zuozhong (vice principal) read the newsletter "Words from the Heart in Jiayu County" and discovered that their bad deeds were exposed there. In order to take revenge on Falun Gong practitioners, Chen Zhe and Yin Zuozhong requested personnel from the County 610 office to arrest teacher Ms. Hu Meizhi and send her to a brainwashing centre. -
Ms. Zhao Juanjuan, a Retired Cadre, Arrested for the Tenth Time
2009-10-05On September 12th, 2009, Ms. Zhao Juanjuan, 70, was arrested by 610 Office police in Doumen County as she was handing out materials that explained the facts about Falun Gong at Niwan Market in Jingan Town, Juhai City. She was detained in the Second Hotel in Jingan Town. This is her tenth arrest. She has been monitored, arrested, detained, and sentenced to a labour camp over ten times. -
Husband Almost Loses Eyesight after Eight Years in Prison--Wife Arrested Again
2009-10-04
On September 8th, 2009, the police arrested Ms. Zhang Ying at her in-law's home. When her in-law asked the police why they were arresting her and ransacking their home, and if they had any legal justification, one of the police officers answered, "We are arresting her for interrogation and investigation. The proof will be found eventually." This was her fourth arrest. Ms. Zhang's husband, was sentenced to ten years in prison and had almost lost his eyesight after eight years of imprisonment at the Shanghai Lanqiao Prison. -
Mr. Wang Dejun and His Wife Arrested in Gaomi City, Shandong Province
2009-10-03Mr. Wang Dejun and Mrs. Wang Xianglan are husband and wife. On August 31st, 2009, when their daughter left for school, officers from Jiangzhuang, hid near their home and arrested this couple. They are detained in the Gaomi Detention Centre and are being tortured. This couple has been persecuted for many years just because they believe in Falun Gong. Ms. Wang Xianglan was sentenced to two years of forced labour. -
Ms. Yang Songli from Chongqing Arrested, Son Beaten
2009-10-02On September 17th, 2009, police charged into the home of Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yang Songli to arrest her. Her son Gao Yang leaped up to protest and protect his mother. However, Domestic Security police officer Chen Xiaodong beat him to the ground, and policeman Liang Shibin forced his knee into Gao Yang's face. He then stomped on his face, wearing shoes, while continually cursing at him. I was among the crowd that witnessed the event and it broke my heart to see a young man of 20 being beaten to the ground like that. Gao Yang was forcefully taken away. -
Crimes Committed by Chang Zhanglin, a Policeman from Linzhou City, Henan Province
2009-10-01On March 31st, 2009, Chang Zhanglin, a 610 Office policeman, arrested eleven Falun Gong practitioners at Hongqi Square in Linzhou City, Henan Province. For years, Chang Zhanglin has persecuted local practitioners. He is notorious for making unjust arrests. In July 2000, Chang Zhanglin arrested practitioners Zhang Tianshun and Wang Jianbin; Zhang Tainshun was imprisoned for 50 days and Wang Jianbin for 40 days. During the opening of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Sixteenth National Party Congress, both practitioners were arrested again, and taken to a 610 Office brainwashing unit in Linxhou City. -
Ms. Zhang Ying from Shanghai Arrested Again after Long-term Persecution
2009-09-30Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang Ying was arrested at her mother-in-law's home on September 8th, 2009, by police. Ms. Zhang's parents-in-law questioned the police: "Why do you arrest her and ransack our homes for no reason? Do you have any legal evidence for doing this?" Officer Yang Ying replied, "We are arresting her for the purpose of interrogation--evidence will be produced later. Our responsibility is only to arrest her." Ms. Zhang is being held in the Changning District Detention Centre in Shanghai. This is the fourth arrest for Ms. Zhang. Because she practises Falun Gong, she was sentenced to forced labour for two and a half years in 2001. Not long after she was released from the labour camp, she was sent to a brainwashing centre and then sentenced to forced labour for one year in 2005. -
The Persecution of Mr. Zhang Hongzhang in Wuyishan City, Fujian Province
2009-09-30Mr. Zhang Hongzhang was once Head of Education Bureau Workers' Union as well as Head of the Education Bureau Finance Department. Because of pressure from higher government agencies, the Education Bureau removed these titles from him because he practised Falun Gong. Mr. Zhang was arrested by police on April 30th. As a result he suffered many illnesses. On May 9th, he passed out due to high blood pressure during an interrogation and the police sent him to hospital. Many friends and co workers went to the hospital to visit him. However, the police were afraid that his situation would be exposed and thus forcibly took him away although he was severely ill. Mr. Zhang Hongzhang is now detained at Wuyishan Detention Centre.
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