Two Practitioners in Hebei Province, Die Shortly After Being Arrested

At around 7 pm on March 7th, 2006, police officer Wang Mingxue from the Daonan Police Station and a Mr. Li from the Coal Mine residential committee, along with some other people, broke into a home in the area. They arrested practitioners She Hongyan, Li Guixia, Hong Fei and another female practitioner whose name is unknown. Both Hong Fei and the unknown female practitioner had been plagued by sickness for a long period of time. Mr. Hong, around 20, used to have kidney problems. After he took up the practice of Falun Gong, his symptoms improved, however, the kidney problem still relapsed from time to time. The female practitioner used to have cancer. On the day of the arrest, after he was taken to the police car, the police saw that Hong Fei was not in good health and they threw him out of the car and onto the street. As a result, Hong Fei died. The female practitioner fainted when she was arrested. Not long after, she also passed away. The details of these two deaths are being investigated. At present, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is spreading the rumour that the two practitioners died because of their practice of Falun Gong.

She Hongyan and Li Guixia are currently jailed in Daonan Police Station and the police do not allow their family members to visit them.

At around 3:00 pm on March 10th, 2006, people from Qinhuangdao City Party Committee led dozens of national security brigade policemen and broke into the home of practitioner Chang Li. They took away his laptop, printer, Falun Dafa books, materials exposing the persecution, tape recorder, DVD, money and some other personal belongings. Another elderly female practitioner who was visiting Chang Li was also arrested along with him. At present, Chang Li is being detained at the Qinghuangdao First Detention Centre. It has also been discovered that another practitioner, Ji Qingyu, was arrested at his workplace on the same day. He was taken away by national security brigade policeman Lu Ping. At present, Ji is detained at the Qinghuangdao Second Detention Centre.

Practitioner Chang Li, in his 30s, is a medical doctor at the Qinhuangdao Chinese Medicine Hospital. Their child is only 8 years old. According to local residents, they saw some suspicious people wandering around several days before Chang's arrest. When the police arrested him on March 10th, people condemned the police for arresting good people. The police lied and said that practitioners are involved in politics. When Chang Li told people that Falun Dafa is good, the police beat him up in front of onlookers.

At around 3:00 pm on March 10th, 2006, there was another incident of arrest in Qinglong County, Qinhuangdao City. Zhang Shujun, Qinglong County national security brigade captain, is the main culprit. Practitioner Liu Huimin, in his 40s, from Haihong Village, was released last year after five years of unjust imprisonment. Since he lost his job and did not have a place to live, he was living with Chen Zhiling temporarily. On March 10th, policeman Zhang Shujun and other people knocked on the door of Chen Zhiling's home, claiming to be a relative. After they got in, they ransacked the home and took away Liu Huimin.

Mr. Wu Wenfeng and Ms. Wu Wenjin were also arrested recently. Lian Baochang had his home ransacked. At present, in order to avoid further persecution, Lian Baochang has been forced to leave his home and move from place to place.

Daonan Police Station: 17 Haibin Rd, Qinhuangdao City, zip code 066000; Tel: 86-335-3412924

Qinhuangdao City national security brigade

Captain Wang Xianzeng: 86-335-3034387 (Office), 86-335-3050974, 86-335-3205644, 86-13803351637 (Mobile)

Lu Ping: formerly a section chief in Haigang police office

Yu Xiaojun and Niu Mingfu: 86-335-3034387 (Office), 86-13582803508 (Mobile)

Lu Shuli: deputy head of 610 Office: 86-13803380755 (Mobile), 86-335-3034919 (Office)

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/3/16/122979.html