Many Practitioners from Weifang City, Shandong Province Unjustly Arrested on April 18th, 2007

On the night of April 18th, 2007, the authorities from the Weifang City Police Station arrested over 10 Falun Gong practitioners.

One practitioner's workplace was ransacked. After the door was pried open, the officers stole a van and two motorcycles, among other belongings. The warehouse gate where many Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution were stored was broken into and the materials taken away. The perpetrators had been monitoring some practitioners for a long time and then arrested them in different places.

At about 7:30 p.m. on April 18th, Mr.Wang Xinmin and Mr. Wang Yu were arrested in Wang Yu's home in Beiwanger Village.

At about 7:00 p.m. that same evening, practitioners Ms. Wang Changxiu, Ms. Liu Aimei, and Ms. Han Yuhua were all arrested. Their residencies were ransacked. All the Dafa books and 1700 yuan¹ were stolen from Wang Changxiu. Mr. Dai Zongqiu from Anqiu City, and Dai Zongzhen from Kuiwen City were arrested. The television and DVD player in Dai Zongzhen's home were stolen. The arrested practitioners were detained in the Beiyuan Police Station in Weifang City. Their family members went to appeal for their release at about 8 a.m on April 19th.

Personnel from Weifang City State Security Bureau and police broke into Mr. Tan Foli's home the same night. They arrested him and stole some belongings.

Also that same night, officers from Weifang City 610 Office² arrested practitioner Mr. Hua Yuliang. Details are still being investigated.

We appeal to people to help stop the persecution by the Weifang City authorities.

Note

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

2. "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.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2007/4/20/153156.html