Elderly Practitioner Ms. Shan Zhiying from Beijing Arrested for the Third Time

Sixty five year-old Falun Dafa practitioner, Ms. Shan Zhiying, from Beijing was arrested for the third time in a coordinated effort by her employer, the local police, and the street community office on June 14th, 2006. She is detained at a brainwashing centre in Fangshan District, Beijing. Before this Ms. Shan Zhiying and her husband left Beijing due to the persecution.

Ms. Shan Zhiying is a retired staff member of the Beijing Guodian Northern China Electricity Engineering Company, Ltd. Police and her employer have repeatedly harassed her since 1999. Regarded as a 'person to watch', she has been asked to go to the local police station before each festival, holiday, or so-called 'sensitive day', and then, detained there. In 2000, upon learning that Ms. Shan's company planned to send Ms. Shan Zhiying and her nearly 70-year-old husband to a brainwashing centre, the couple left Beijing and went from one place to another to avoid arrest.

Despite this, the police issued a warrant to arrest the peaceful elderly couple and searched for them throughout the country. Police were even stationed outside their relatives' house. In November 2004, the couple was arrested in their hometown in Zhejiang Province, taken back to Beijing, and sent to a brainwashing centre.

In April 2006, the couple was again arrested when they were explaining the true situation about Falun Dafa in their hometown in Zhejiang Province. At a detention centre, Ms. Shan Zhiying held a hunger strike and clarified the truth about the persecution to people around her. She was detained for nearly a month before she was released. While the couple was detained, Ms. Shan's employer and the police ransacked their residence in Beijing. A month later, she went back to Beijing and was arrested for the third time in a coordinated effort by her employer, the local police, and the street community office.

The following company and persons are responsible for the arrests:

Northern China Electricity Designing Institute Engineering Company, Ltd., Beijing Guodian Northern China Electricity Engineering Company, Ltd.

Jia 24 Huang Si Boulevard, Xicheng District, Beijing 100011
Phone: (86) 10-82281188 ext. 5652
Fax: (86) 10-82281800

Wu Xiaoling: female, Director of the 610 Group at Beijing Guodian Northern China Electricity Engineering Company, Ltd. (She is also a staff member of the company's Retirement Office). Her mobile phone: (86) 139-1061-9110.

Dai Dafang: male, Deputy Director of the 610 Group at Beijing Guodian Northern China Electricity Engineering Company, Ltd. His mobile phone: (86) 136-9136-4741.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/6/25/131328.html