College Teacher Mr. Meng Fanquan from Hebei Polytechnic University Was Arrested and Tried

Practitioner Mr. Meng Fanquan was a teacher in the Light Industry Institute of Hebei Polytechnic University in Tangshan. He was arrested and sent to Fengrun District Detention Centre in Tangshan City. On September 12th, he was tried.

Mr. Meng Fanquan, a teacher in the Light Industry Institute of Hebei Polytechnic University in Tangshan

Mr. Meng started to practise Falun Dafa in December 1994 and benefited both mentally and physically. After July 20th, 1999, he was persecuted repeatedly. He had already been detained four times and "illegally sentenced¹" to a forced labour camp for one year. On April 18th, 2006, he was arrested in his own department by Tangshan Lubei Police Branch officers. Around 5:30 p.m. that day, there was only a 13-year-old child in Mr. Meng's home. The police tricked the child into opening the door and then ransacked the home. The leader was the Team Leader of the National Security Team, Chen Hong. The police stole their personal savings of approximately 10,000 "yuan², " plus computers and an MP3 player. The child's mobile phone was also stolen.

Mr. Meng suffered grave persecution. He was once a tenor, but now does not even have the strength to speak loudly. The police still do not allow his family to meet with him.

Around 9:30 a.m. on September 12th, 2006, Mr. Meng Fanquan was brought to Lubei Court in a police car and subjected to an illegal trial. Only three of his family members were allowed in to listen. It ended about 11:10 a.m. Mr. Meng represented himself, defending his innocence.

When he walked out of the Lubei Court in a dignified and upright manner, people noticed that he was very thin. There were about 50 or 60 people in the yard who had come to support him. One of them cried: "Release Meng Fanquan and declare him not guilty!" As he was about to step into the car, his wife bravely rushed over the security line, but officers pushed her away. Someone called out: "Don't beat people!"

We appeal to all the righteous people in China and abroad to pay attention to this event.

Team Leader of the National Security Team in Tangshan Lubei Police Branch: Chen Hong (female, about 40 years old)

Secretary in Hebei Polytechnic University: Liu Yunzheng

Light Industry Institute in Hebei Polytechnic University:

Office of the CCP: 86-315-3828558

Dean of the Light Industry Institute in Hebei Polytechnic University: Gao Yachun

Lubei Court in Tangshan City

Address: No.12, Longze South Rd, Zip 063000

Lubei Court in Tangshan City: 86-315-3712759, 3718088, 2838196, 2828042, 2837598, 3716628, 3731455, 3716528, 2847249

Political Section: 86-315-3716683

Fax: 86-315-3716988

First Criminal Court: 86-315-2838424

Chief Justice of the Lubei Court in Tangshan City Wang Bingquan

Deputy Chief Justice of Lubei Court in Tangshan City Li Wei: 86-315-2683586

Judiciary of the First Criminal Court Qian Jueming

First Judge Liu Yuman: 86-315-3838008

Note

1. Illegally sentenced: Contrary to what former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who initiated the persecution, and the Chinese Communist Party would like the world to believe, practising Falun Gong is NOT illegal in China. Although the Public Security Department issued an unconstitutional set of restraints on the practice at the onset of the persecution in 1999, no laws have been passed by the only legislative body in China, the People's Congress, banning Falun Gong or granting the police the authority to arrest Falun Gong practitioners for practising the exercises or distributing flyers. For a more complete discussion of the illegality of the persecution of Falun Gong, please refer to the article "The Ban on Falun Gong—A Dictator's Whim, Not the Rule of Law". (Variation: "illegally arrested")

2. "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://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/10/1/139061.html