Five Dafa Practitioners Imprisoned in the Pingquan Detention Centre in Hebei Province

Five Dafa practitioners are currently imprisoned in the Pingquan Detention Centre in Hebei Province: Ms. Han Shuzhen from Taitoushan, Ms. Tao Suqin (sixty years old), Mr. Yu Hanying (sixty-seven years old) from Xiaojigou Village in Taitoushan, Yu's daughter Ms. Yan Shumei, as well as one other anonymous Dafa practitioner who had travelled to Yu Hanying's home and was also arrested. This anonymous practitioner has already held a hunger strike for more than twenty days at the detention centre, become severely ill, and is on the brink of death. Yet the detention centre refuses to release this practitioner and is instead covering up any information about the practitioner.

At approximately 9:00 a.m. on August 16th, 2006, leader Ji and Hu Qiwen of the National Security Team in Pingquan County, together with chief of the Taitoushan Police Station Wang Xuzi, broke into the homes of practitioners Yu Hanying, Han Jingyu and Han Shuzhen. The practitioners' houses were searched, belongings confiscated and the practitioners were arrested.

All the shops owned by self-employed practitioner Yu Hanying, from Xiaojigou Village, Taitoushan, Pingquan County, were shut down. Yu was robbed of 8,000 yuan¹ in cash, a notebook computer, a printer, books, as well as approximately 20,000 yuan worth of personal belongings. Yu and his daughter were arrested by the police, while another anonymous female practitioner who was visiting Yu was also arrested. Passersby and witnesses to the break-in were threatened by the police and forced to leave.

Thereafter, police broke into Han Jingyu's home, which was in the same village. A radio cassette player, mp3 player, Dafa books and approximately 1,000 yuan worth of personal belongings were confiscated. As Han was not at home at the time of the break-in, the police forcibly threw his spouse, Ms. Tao Suqin (also a practitioner) into the police car. When Han's eldest son (not a practitioner) tried to stop the policemen from taking away his mother, but he was ruthlessly slapped by Wang Xuzi, chief of the Taitoushan Police Station. It was raining heavily that day and Han Zhijun stood in the rain reasoning with the police. As a result, he was handcuffed by seven or eight policemen and thrown into the police car as well. Han's house door was closed shut and locked up, and neighbours were prohibited from coming near. Plainclothes policemen were dispatched to secretly monitor, spy on, and eavesdrop on the activities of Han Jingyu's family members in an attempt to locate and arrest him. Han, unable to return home, was forced to live away from home. His eldest son Han Zhijun was imprisoned for one day and extorted out of 200 yuan before being released.

Dafa practitioner Ms. Han Shuzhen from Taitoushan, Pingquan County was also similarly arrested at home after dozens of policemen broke into her home at noon. Several Dafa books were also confiscated.

Relatives of these arrested practitioners were prohibited from visiting. All they could do was to send some clothes and money. The situation inside the police station is very worrisome to them. Policemen have already brutally force-fed the anonymous Dafa practitioner. This entire campaign of arresting practitioners was done with a reporter from the Pingquan County Television Station following along and taping the entire process. According to sources, this campaign was initiated due to someone's reporting Falun Gong practitioners' activities to the authorities. More details will be available through investigations to be conducted in the future.

Postal Code of Pingquan County, Hebei Province: 067500
Postal Code of Taitoushan Police Station in Pingquan County, Hebei Province: 067504
District Code of Pingquan County: 0314

Direct Perpetrators of the Persecution:

Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Council in Taitou Village, Pingquan County, Hebei Province: Zhao Zhenwen, mobile phone: 86-13832451168
Xiaojigou Village (Yu Hanying's hometown) Council, Taitoushan, Pingquan County, Hebei Province: 86-341-6470137
Chief of the Xiaojigou Village Council, Taitoushan, Pingquan County, Hebei Province: Li Shan (male) Home phone: 86-341-6472136

Chief of the Pingquan County Detention Centre: Yuan Bingjun

Hu Qiwen, chief of the National Security Team:Office: 86-314-6039481, Home: 86-314-6026481, Mobile: 86-13703143715
Wu Xuzi, chief of the Taitoushan Police Station: Office phone: 86-6470110, Home phone:86-314-6028290, Mobile: 86-13831405158, Address: Public Security Bureau Residence

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/9/8/137317.html