Mass Arrest of Falun Dafa Practitioners in Heilongjiang Province

On February 28, 2004, a mass arrest of Falun Dafa practitioners throughout Handian Town and Shuangcheng City were conducted by the Handian Town Police Station and the Shuangcheng City Police Department of Heilongjiang Province.

On the afternoon of February 28, a dozen people, including policemen Sui Guangcheng, Yu Zhanjun, and Secretary of the Political and Judicial Commission Sun Jihua, drove three cars into all surrounding villages that have Falun Dafa practitioners. They searched the houses of suspected practitioners looking for Falun Dafa books, and materials about the persecution of Falun Dafa, forcing anyone who had Falun Dafa banners, CDs, or fliers to go to a forced labour camp.

Mr. Liu Quanguo, 45, is a villager of Qian Sanjiazi Village, Handian Town. On the afternoon of February 28, the village security officer, Yu Zhanming, brought policemen from the Handian Town Police Station and the Shuangcheng Police Department to Mr. Liu's house. They questioned him about whether he would continue practising Falun Dafa, and he said, "Yes." So they illegally forced him into a police vehicle. Afterward, they intended to search the house but were stopped by Mr. Liu's father. Mr. Liu was brutally beaten by policeman Sui Guangcheng at the Handian Town Police Station, then illegally detained at the Shuangcheng City Jail, and sentenced to three years forced labour in the name of disturbing the social order. He is currently detained at Harbing Changlingzi Forced Labour Camp.

Mr. Lang Huiling, who is over 50 years old, is a villager from Hongyue Village, Handian Town. On the afternoon of February 28, policemen from Handian Town Police Station and Shuangcheng City Police Department ransacked his home and confiscated his Falun Dafa books and related materials. Mr. Lang was illegally arrested and taken to the Handian Town Police Station. On the same day, he escaped by jumping off the second floor of the detention centre, and he is now homeless in order to avoid further persecution. However, the police still harass his family from time to time.

Ms. Liu Guangzheng, who is in her 40s, is a villager from Handian Town. On the afternoon of February 28, policemen from Handian Town Police Station and Shuangcheng City Police Department confiscated Falun Dafa books from her house. Ms. Liu was illegally arrested and taken to the Shuangcheng City Detention Center. She protested by holding a hunger strike. For this she was savagely force-fed until her esophagus ruptured. Not until after medical treatment to repair her esophagus and the confirmation that she was at risk of dying if such abuse continued, was Liu released.

Persons who are directly involved and responsible: (February 28, 2004)
Qiansanjiazi village: Yu Zhanming
Handian Town Police Station:
Sui Guangcheng: 86-451-53230407 (Office), 86-451-53230386 (Home)
Yu Zhanjun: 86-451-53230407 (Office), 86-451-53230286 (Home)
Chief of the Police Station, Sui Zhongqiang: 86-451-53246009 (Office), 86-451-53115808 (Home)
Secretary of Communist Party of Handian Town, Handian Village, Pan Hongling: 86-451-53230159, 86-13936214443 (mobile)
Head of Handian Village, Xi Zhenjiu: 86-451-53230844
Security officer of Handian Village, Liu Guohua: 86-451-53230900
Secretary of Political and Judicial Commission of Handian Town, Sun Jihua: 86-13936489088 (mobile), 86-13199527365 (mobile)
The Government of Handian Town, Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province
Su Liguo: 86-451-53230139
Wang Wenyuan: 86-451-53230339
Principal of the Handian Middle School, Wang Yifeng : 86-451-53230023
Principal of the Central Elementary School, Wang Chunhui: 86-451-53230382
Zhang Jiabing: 86-451-53230228
Accountant, Zhou Cunfu: 86-451-53230065
Head of Xiaomajia Village, Handian Town, Wang Guoxue: 86-451-53230299
Principle, Ling Zijun: 86-451-53230362
Villager of Xiaomatun Village, Handian Town, Li Guoxue, who has extorted money from Falun Dafa practitioners, 86-13796183641 (mobile)
Li Mingxing, who cursed Falun Dafa: 86-451-53232533, 86-451-53173182
The Grain Depot of Handian Town:
Secretary of Communist Party, Zhang Dekui: 86-451-53230073
Vice director, Wang Peng
Vice director, Zhang Fengli: 86-451-53230089
Employee, Wang Xingli: 86-451-53230372
Director of the Post Bureau: Li Zhixiang: 86-451-53230168
Head of Handian Town, Liu Chengjiang still persecutes Falun Dafa practitioners by confiscating the property of those practitioners. 86-13845024276 (mobile)

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/7/11/79145.html