Family of Five Arrested in Qingdao City, Shandong Province for Practising Falun Dafa

On October 16th, 2006, at around 6:00 a.m., Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Xue of Jiaozhou City, a suburb of Qingdao City, was awakened by the sound of someone pounding on her door. Local 610 Office¹ personnel and public security police officers, totalling around 16, forced their way in and ransacked her house. The confiscated a computer, CD-burner, copy machine, fax machine and personal items including some United States currency. At the same time, they arrested 30-year-old Li Xue and her father Mr. Li Yuzhen. On the following day they also arrested Li Xue's sister Li Mei and her older brother Li Jun.

Ms. Li Xue's mother, Ms. Song Guixiang, who was not home at the time, was not arrested. However, on January 22nd, 2007, she was turned in by a police officer's relative. Another Dafa practitioner in the area, Ms. Song Guilan, was also arrested.

Ms. Li Xue and her father, Li Yuzhen, were taken to Jiaozhou City's Beiguan No. 3 platoon for interrogation. There they were detained for 15 days. Afterwards, Li Xue was transferred to the Qingdao City Dashen Detention Centre, where she is still being held. After interrogation, Li Mei was detained and Li Gun was sent back to where he works and put under strict surveillance.

After being detained for 15 days, Song Guixiang was transferred to Shandong Province's Wang Cun Women's Labour Camp. Authorities planned to keep her in the labour camp for two years, but on February 17th she walked right out of the camp and returned home safely. The authorities intend to keep Song Guilan in the labour camp for 18 months. Her husband has passed away and her 86-year-old mother is left at home alone.

In order to persecute them, officials in Jiaozhou are withholding pension money belonging to Mr. Li Yuzhen and his wife Ms. Song Guixiang. Li Jun's salary has also been withheld. The whole amount totals about 5000 yuan² per month. They are not even permitted basic living expenses.

On March 15th, 2007, Jiaozhou Court was holding a so-called "court hearing." Li Xue refused to say that she was guilty and declared that Falun Dafa is good, that Dafa practitioners are good people and that she is not guilty. The judge had nothing to say, and the so-called "court hearing" ended with no result.

Director of Jiaozhou Court: Jiang Benhao: 86-532-87291616 (office), 86-13905425076 (mobile)
In charge of persecuting Dafa practitioners in Jiaozhou City
Assistant director: Wang Ronghai, currently 610 Office manager

Note

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

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://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/4/4/152132.html