Toyota Tsusho Employee Arrested in Beijing

Name: Wang Yanmei
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Address: Unknown
Occupation: Employed by the Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Changchun Office
Date of Most Recent Arrest: March 16th, 2010
Most Recent Place of Detention: Shuangqiao Detention Centre
Persecution Suffered: Detention

In the morning on March 16th, 2010, Ms. Wang Yanmei, an employee of Toyota Tsusho Corporation's Changchun Office, left Changchun to attend a training session at the company's headquarters in Beijing. She arrived in Beijing around noon and checked into the Huadu Hotel, where the company had made a reservation for her. Before she had a chance to report to the Beijing office, police officers broke into her room, searched her luggage, and tried to take her away. Ms. Wang refused to co-operate and tried to reason with the police, who would not allow her to leave her room. At approximately 3:00 p.m., Ms. Wang was taken to a local police station.

Upon learning that Ms. Wang had been taken into police custody, Toyota Tsusho's headquarters sent its Japanese executive to approach the local police and explain to them that Ms. Wang was in Beijing for business reasons. The police refused to release Ms. Wang. At approximately noon the next day, Ms. Wang was taken by force to the Shuangqiao Detention Centre located in Beijing's Tongzhou District. The detention centre is under the authority of the Chaoyang Public Security Branch.

Ms. Wang was still being held in the detention centre at the time of this report.

Below is the contact information for the police stations near the Shuangqiao Detention Centre:

Guanzhuang Police Station: Building 21, Dong Li, Guanzhuang Region, Chaoyang District. Zip code: 100024. Telephone: 86-10-65761489
Sanjianfang Police Station: A6 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District. Zip code: 100024. Telephone: 86-10-65420101

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2010/3/18/220004.html