Below is information that we have collected about the unjust arrests of more than 20 Falun Gong practitioners by police officers in Zhucheng City, Weifang Area in April and May 2008. The information is incomplete, and in reality, many more practitioners were harassed. It has been reported that Zhang Xingye (male), director of the Zhucheng City Police Department, went to the Weifang Area for a meeting before this recent round of persecution started. He was rebuked because he had arrested fewer Falun Gong practitioners than the police in Shouguang City and other cities. After Zhang returned, he ordered all police stations under his command to escalate the persecution.
On the night of April 16th, 2008, police officers from the Zhucheng City Police Department arrested practitioners Mr. Wang Pingsheng, Mr. Liu Peihong from Xinhua Village, Ms. Yu Ruiyan, Ms. Liu Tingzhuo, and Ms. Li Fengying, and detained them in the Zhucheng City Detention Centre. On April 21st, they were sentenced to one year in a forced labour camp.
After 10:00 a.m. on April 17th, when Ms. Wang Shuhua, 54, from Xiangjiagou Village, Huanghua Town, Zhucheng City, was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong in Huanghua Town, she was arrested. On May 16th, Ms. Wang was sentenced to one year in the Wangcun Women's Forced Labour Camp.
On April 19th, Ms. Qu Fengmei, a 32-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Guanzhuang Village, Wanjia Township, was arrested by police officers from the Criminal Police Team while at work at the International Trade Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant. At present, she is detained in the Zhucheng City Detention Centre.
At about 6:00 p.m. on April 25th, Mr. Wang Honglaing, from South Zhujie Village, Mizhou Street, Zhucheng City, was arrested by police officers and detained in the Zhucheng City Detention Centre.
At about 9:00 a.m. on April 26th, Ms. Zhang Shumei, 50, from Beiguan Community, Zhucheng City, was arrested in her grocery store by a group of police officers who stormed in all of a sudden. Her store was searched and she was taken to the Zhucheng Detention Centre, where she was handcuffed and body-searched upon arriving. Her shoes and belt were confiscated and burned. During her ten days of detention, Ms. Zhang was interrogated twice. Each time, she was handcuffed to a metal chair.
On April 28th, police officers from the Shiqiaozi Police Station broke into the home of Mr. Zhang Jixiang in Tianjiayuewang Village. They searched his home and arrested 60-year-old Mr. Zhang. He has been detained in the Zhucheng Detention Centre.
On the morning of May 10th, police officers at the former Haoge Township Police Station broke into Ms. Chen Xiuling's home and searched it. Later, she was arrested and taken to the Political Security Division of the Zhucheng Police Department.
On the morning of May 11th, police officers from the Shuwang Street Police Station broke into Ms. Wang Chengxiang's home in Hujialou Village. They arrested her and searched her home. She has been detained in the Zhucheng City Detention Centre.
On May 12th, police officers from the Shuwang Street Police Station arrested 60-year-old Mr. Wang Jinzhi and searched his home. He has been detained in the Zhucheng City Detention Centre.
On the afternoon of May 12th, a police officer from the Jiayue Town Police Station, together with Feng Jinliang (male), the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Wangjiazhuang Village, Jiayue Town, broke into Ms. Zhang Xiuyun's home. Without showing any ID, they arrested Ms. Zhang, searched her home, and seized a TV set and a Video CD player. Meanwhile, practitioner Ms. Guo Xihui of the same village was also arrested. On the afternoon of May 14th, a police officer from the Jiayue Town Police Station hurried to Xianjia Village in Jiayue Town, arrested Ms. Meng Qinglan, and searched her home. All three practitioners are being detained in the Zhucheng Detention Centre.
On the morning of May 13th, 2008, Mr. Li Chenjing and Mr. Cao Haibo, Falun Gong practitioners from Ludui Village, Shuwang Street, were arrested by Yang Yong (male), Xu Shunqing (male) and Wang Shoujun (male), police officers from the Development Zone.
On May 13th, Mr. Liu Bingjun and his wife Ms. Dong Yujuan, Falun Gong practitioners from Guanzhuang Village, were arrested by police officers from the Development Zone when they were doing business in Longcheng Market.
On May 13th, after harassing Falun Gong practitioners in Lanjia Village, police officers from the Renmin Road Police Station went to Ms. Zou Ximei's home in No. 3 Village, Kongge Township, searched her home and arrested her. She was taken to the Zhucheng Detention Centre.
On May 19th, police officers from the Jiayue Town Police Station broke into Ms. Wang Jingxiang's home in Wangjiazhuang Village, Jiayue Town, searched her home and arrested the 60-year-old woman.
On the afternoon of May 20th, Fan Weigang (male), a police officer from the former Haoge Township Police Station, went to Shangzhuang Village, Huanghua Town (formerly Haoge Town) and called several practitioners' homes to harass them. After being ignored, he went to Ms. Wang Jinghua's home, arrested her and searched her home.
Under the excuse of the upcoming Olympic Games, the Zhucheng City police have created an atmosphere of terror, harassing and terrorizing innocent people.
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/5/24/179054.html
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