Authorities Detain Falun Gong Practitioners in Prisons or Forced Labour Camps in Tangshan City, Hebei Province

Since the persecution began on July 20th, 1999, a total of 58 Falun Gong practitioners in Tangshan City, Hebei Province have been sentenced to imprisonment. Among them, four Falun Gong practitioners have completed their terms and been released, and two practitioners have received suspended prison terms. At this time, at least 52 Falun Gong practitioners are being detained in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) prisons or detention centres and are there being persecuted. Since 2007, under orders from the CCP, officials have used the pretext of ensuring the "safety" of the Beijing Olympic Games as a justification for the persecution. Many Falun Gong practitioners have been arrested and forty-four of them have been sentenced to prison. Sixty-eight have been sentenced to forced labour. Many Falun Gong practitioners are still detained at Tangshan Detention Centre, some for over one and a half years.

1. Forty-four Falun Gong practitioners have been sentenced:

Tangshan City (11): Yu Shuying, Zhang Zongsu, Jiao Xuemei, Zhao Yabin, Luo Zhijian, Yue Chunpu, Hui Hui, Li Guocai (male). Li Guocai was detained at Jidong Prison in Tangshan City, and all other practitioners were persecuted at the Shijiazhuang Women's Prison. He Yixing was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment, Zhang Yueqin five years, Sun Fengli three years.

Guye District (2): Bi Junqing (Jidong Prison), Wang Shouping (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison)

Fengrun District (6): Jin Shuxia, Chen Lijuan, Wang Lifen, Liu Zhihua, Yang Yanping (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison), Niu Jiming (Jidong Prison)

Fengnan District (4): Zhang Qiuping, Liang Shufen, Zhao Shumin, Li Yanling (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison)

Zunhua City (7): Zhang Mengxia, Xu Shuqin, Li Liping, Zhao Fengxia, Zhang Yuehua (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison), Wang Cuihua (three years in prison) Wang Ning (Zunhua Detention Centre)

Tanghai County (5): Wu Junshi (Jidong Prison, released), Zhang Jinping, Tong Ruifen, Xu Na, Sun Cuiqin (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison)

Qianxi (5): Chuai Cuijun, Cai Junxia (Shijiazhuang Women's Prison), Chen Baihe, Liu Yunjiang (Jidong Prison), Wang Xiuhua (three years in prison)

Luannan (4): Liu Xiaoling, Qin Pengzhen, Yang Shuzhi, Zhao Yufang (Luannan County Detention Centre)

2. Sixty-nine Falun Gong practitioners were sentenced to forced labour:

Tangshan City (13): Guo Lixia, Zhang Yanchun and Zhang Jin (Shijiazhuang Women's Detention Centre), Liu Wenbo (Handan Forced Labour Camp, released), Han Huliang (two years forced labor at Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp), Lu Shuwen, He Yang, An Wenxia, Liu Xiaojun, Du Yulan, Wang Xing, Han Shufen (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp), Cao Dafu (released)

Kaiping District (5): Xu Xiangzhi, Zhao Yunlong (Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp, released), Xu Xiuchun (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp, released), Wang Ruixia (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp), Zheng Wei (Two years forced labor at Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp)

Fengrun District (11): Xiong Suyang, Han Jiuxiang (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp), Cao Xiaoling, Wang Lanfeng (released), Liu Hongli, Su Xiangqin, Li Chengshun (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp), Wang Xiaodong, Zhao Guowu, Mo Anqi, Lu Weidong (Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp)

Fengnan District (8): Shan Yongxiang, Zhang Zhiguo, Dong Jianquan (Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp), Wang Huilin, Wu Xiuling, Li Yuejuan (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp), Dong Huiquan, Dong Jinbo (Hehuakeng Labour Camp)

Guye District (3): Ren Shufen, Zhou Shuyin (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp), Wang Zhiqi (Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp)

Zunhua City (7): Hao Xiuling (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp), Wu Shuxian (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp), Wu Shumeng, Lu Suhua (Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp), Wen Cuiying, Wen Ruihua (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp, released), Zheng Baohua (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp)

Qianan City (6): Zhou Xiuxia (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp, released), Zhou Huizhong (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp, released), Pang Wendong (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp, released), Wang Weiyue (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp), Liang Xiusheng (Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp), Zhao Chunhua

Tanghai County (6): Yang Xiuyun (one year of forced labour in Shijiazhuang), Chi Yanlan (Two year forced labour in Kaiping Labour Camp), Zheng Chunshan, Hou Fang (Shijiazhuang), Liu Lianhao, Ning Dandan (Kaiping)

Qianxi County (4): Cai Shuzhen (female) and Gao Fengzhi (Female) (sentenced to two years of forced labour, Kaiping Forced Labour Camp, released), Wang Shuyan, Zhang Yinfu (Kaiping)

Leting County (4): Xing Xiujun and He Wenli (one year in Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp), He Wenmei (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp), Gu Lijun (Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp)

Yutian County (1): Li Zhimin (Kaiping Forced Labour Camp)

Luan County (1): Yang Fengjiu (two years of forced labour at Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp)

In addition, ten Falun Gong practitioners had been detained at Jidong Prison previously, including Meng Fanquan, Sun Jianzhong, Zhang Yunping, Han Xueyu, An Zhenjie, Bian Changxue, Liu Zongyong, Song Naiwen, Liu Wuquan, Li Xiangjie

Others (4): Zhang Jinlu, Cao Shunting (Jidong Prison, released), Zhang Lianzhi (Shijiazhuang Prison, released), Li Linong (Baotou Prison in Inner Mongolia)

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/5/13/200810.html