Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Officers Seal Off Village After Mr. Cui Zhanxiang's Case Is Disclosed on the Internet

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Cui Zhanxiang, a resident of Liangtun Village, Botou City in Hebei Province, was arrested in May 2006. After he was forced to make a payment to the police, he was released. In June 2008, Mr. Cui was arrested again. Over a hundred residents of Liangtun Village then co-signed a letter asking the Botou City Court for his release.

The Minghui/Clearwisdom website published an article about this case and exposed the persecution of Mr. Cui. (http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/8/27/100164.html) Police officers from the Botou City Department found out and threatened all of the co-signers of the letter, Mr. Cui's relatives, and their employers. They said that if foreign reporters investigated this case, they would be fired from their jobs. Agents from the Botou City 610 Office¹ and the Political and Judiciary Committee are in charge of this case. They have twice assigned people to the government office of Xixindian Township. The head of the village, the chief of the village residential committee who wrote the letter, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary of the village have all answered detailed questions from government authorities about the petition for Mr. Cui. Later, Xixindian Township officials took away the seal of authority from the village committee, effectively dissolving the village's local government.

Currently every entrance to the village is being blocked by people assigned by Xixindian Township officials. Everyone entering or leaving the village is investigated, in an attempt to keep information about the case from getting out.

After the case was disclosed on the Internet, CCP officials from Botou City suspected that Mr. Cui's younger daughter Ms. Cui Sufang sent the article, and they ordered police officers from the Botou City Department to arrest her. Currently Mr. Cui Zhanxiang is still being detained at the Botou City Detention Centre. Every day he is forced to perform physical labour and is physically abused. One month ago, he was emaciated and had trouble eating and drinking. He was also on the brink of mental collapse. His current condition is unknown.

We urgently call on people all over the world to pay attention to this case.

Related persons and/or telephone numbers:

Hui Baozhu (male), mayor of Botou City
Zhang Xinghua (male), CCP secretary of Botou City
Botou City CCP Political and Judiciary Committee: Xu Guizhi (male), Wang Yuyin (male)
City Government Office: 86-317-8181593, 86-317-8182119, secretary: 86-317-8182515
Botou City CCP Committee: 86-317-8182091, 86-317-8183687
Botou City Political and Judiciary Committee: 86-317-8183723
Botou City Police Department: 86-317-8182567
Director's office of the police department: 86-317-8181198, 86-317-8186433, switchboard: 86-317-8186470
Zhao Fuzeng (male), director of the Botou City Police Department: 86-317-8187709 (Office), 86-317-5566101 (Home)
Wang Haitao (male), deputy director of the Botou City Police Department: 86-317-5566108 (Office), 86-317-8184778 (Home), 86-13803253309 (Mobile)
Office of the State Security Division: 86-317-5566152
Zhao Dongsheng (male), director of the State Security Division: 86-317-8191068 (Home), 86-317-5566150 (Office), 86-13932771656 (Mobile)
Liang Yuheng (male), director of the State Security Division: 86-317-5566151 (Office), 86-317-8198066 (Home), 86-13703276038 (Mobile)
Zhang Zihai (male), personnel of the State Security Division: 86-317-8297172 (Home)
Zhou Ziping (male), deputy director of the State Security Division: 86-317-8290361 (Home)
Zong Hongfeng (male), personnel of the State Security Division: 86-317-8180034 Ext.5740
Botou City Detention Centre: 86-317-8222676, 86-317-8221876
Government office of Xixindiang Town: 86-317-8342046
CCP secretary's office: 86-317-8342188, director of the township's office: 86-317-8342168, deputy secretary's office: 86-317-8342176, 8342865, deputy director of the township: 86-317-8342862, 86-317-8342868
Xixindian Township Police Station: 86-317-8342158
Li Guodong (male), resident of Dafu Village, Xixindian Township: 86-13582751238 (Mobile), 86-317-8194518 (Home)
Yang Zhuping (female), resident of Xixindiang Village, Xixindiang Township: 86-317-8342099

To reach the Botou City mayor, visit the following website: http://www.botou.gov.cn

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.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/8/23/184589.html