Outstanding Workplace Leader Imprisoned and Tortured by Chinese Communist Party for Practising Falun Gong

Name: Zhang Jianping
Gender: Male
Occupation: Deputy General Manager of Production, Hangzhou Cement Corporation, Zhejiang
Date of Most Recent Arrest: November 28th, 2010
Most Recent Place of Detention: Hangzhou Detention Centre
City: Hangzhou
Province: Zhejiang
Persecution Experienced: detention

Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Jianping worked as a deputy general manager at the Hangzhou Cement Corporation in Zhejiang Province. On November 28th, 2010, police officers from the Xihu Police Station arrested him and his colleague, Wei Xiang, and detained them at the Hangzhou Detention Centre. Police from the Hangzhou City 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) said that Zhang and Wei had given Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in Zhang's work unit Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution.

Wei Xiang started practising Falun Gong before July 20th, 1999, when the persecution began. Later, he was detained and tortured at Jidong Prison. Zhang Jianping is an accomplished leader in his field and at his workplace. One of the executives at the company called Mr. Zhang's arrest a huge loss for the company.

While Zhang Jianping was detained, one of his research articles won an award. He was scheduled to give a talk in Shenzhen on December 7th, and to go to Japan to speak at a technology conference in January.

Zhang Jianping and Wei Xiang's homes were searched, and their personal belongings (computers, printers, mobile phones, identification cards, bank deposit slips and office supplies) were confiscated.

Five days after they were arrested, their families finally learned of their whereabouts from officials in the work unit.

The 610 Office has not allowed the two practitioners to hire an attorney. In addition, the National Security Bureau will not allow their families, colleagues or lawyers to visit them. They also threatened Zhang's family for trying to get him released.

Well aware of the brutal torture of Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP during the past eleven years, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wei's family, friends and colleagues are deeply concerned about their safety. They call on the international community to help stop their imprisonment.

Hangzhou Detention Centre: 86-571-87285200
The National Security Division: 86-571-87285538th, 87285535
Legal system office: Zhao (chief) 86-571-87285569

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2010/12/17/233773.html