Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

• Crimes Committed by the Police in Weifang City, Shandong Province

  2009-02-15
  Yuhe Police Station officers in Weifang City arrested practitioners and also extorted money from them. In addition, the police ransacked the practitioners' homes and did not even have a search warrant. On October 29th, 2008, police barged into the residence of practitioner Ms. Li Shuqin. They confiscated a Falun Gong materials. They took Ms. Li Shuqin to Yuhe Police Station and incarcerated her. The police tried to extort twenty thousand yuan from her family but did not succeed. Because the family did not agree to their demands, the persecutors dragged Ms. Li to Yuhe Hospital for a blood test, blood pressure test, and electrocardiogram. While undergoing the electrocardiogram, Li Shuqin had a heart attack. Her whole body twitched. Even so, the police still took her to the Weifang City Detention Centre.
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• Recent Persecution of Practitioners in Xintai City, Shandong Province

  2009-02-14
  Around June 20th, practitioner Ms. An Yan, a teacher, was arrested by Xintai City Education Department and the 610 Office. In the detention centre, she was persecuted until she lost consciousness. Because Ms. An did not cooperate with the interrogation and did not give up her practice of Falun Gong, she was sentenced to two years of forced labour. She is now in the Shandong No. 1 Women's Forced Labour Camp. Because she has some illnesses, she was released on medical parole and is now at home.
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• Nine Practitioners Receive Harsh Sentences in Shouguang City, Shandong Province

  2009-02-12
  From January 1st, 2008 to August 24th, 2008, 89 practitioners in Shouguang City were arrested. Fourteen of them were sentenced to forced labour. Nine practitioners were sentenced to up to 14 years in prison on December 25th, 2008, by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) court in Shouguang City, Shandong Province.
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• Tumen National Security Brigade Brutally Tortures Falun Gong Practitioners

  2009-02-11
  In mid-December 2008, police from the Tumen National Security Brigade arrested Ms. Liu Shanzhen, Ms. Meng Fanqin, and four or five other Falun Gong practitioners, most of whom were women. Liu Shanzhen, Meng Fanqin and other practitioners were arrested because they distributed leaflets exposing the persecution and told people the facts about Falun Gong, and were reported by someone. The police brutally tortured them, which resulted in severe injuries. Meng Fanqin, who is over 60, was beaten so badly by the police that one could hardly bear to look at her.
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• Ms. Sun Cuiqing and Ms. Xu Na Sentenced to Prison

  2009-02-11
  Police officers from Tanghai County, Hebei Province stole from Falun Gong practitioners and made up a story to frame them. Police recorded finding 1,200-1,300 pieces of Falun Gong material in Ms. Sun Cuiqing's home at the time. Li Fuguo and other officers later falsified a report saying that they found 9,258 pieces of Falun Gong materials there. As a result, the Tanghai County Court sentenced Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Sun Cuiqing to four years and Ms. Xu Na to four and a half years of imprisonment.
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• Three Falun Gong Practitioners Brutally Arrested in Dalian City and Sent to Forced Labour

  2009-02-08
  On December 2nd, 2008, police forcibly took away married couple Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Yan Shoulin and Ms. Yang Chunmei, from their workplace. Several eyewitnesses said, "We saw a few plain clothes policemen surround and brutally beat Yan Shoulin. The first one stepped on Yan's head while another one stepped on his legs. The third one kicked Yan's body brutally." Yan's ribs were broken. A couple of them carried Yan Shoulin to the car. Yang Chunmei was dragged into the car, and her clothes were torn in the struggle. Two days later the same police arrested Ms. Miao Yuhuan (also a Falun Gong practitioner) for no valid reason.
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• Older Practitioner Ms. Shi Guiming Sentenced to Three Years in Prison--Her Grandson Left Alone

  2009-02-07
  60-year-old Ms. Shi Guiming is a Falun Gong practitioner from Wenling in Zhejiang Province. After being detained for six months, she was sentenced to a three-year prison term by the Wenling Intermediate Court in December 2008, and is currently detained at the Hongzhou Women's Prison. The young grandson that she was raising is left alone, spending his days in fear.
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• Honest Farmer in Shanxi Province Arrested, Sentenced to Forced Labour and Tortured

  2009-02-06
  On January 11th, 2009, practitioner Shang Yongfa's family went to Zaozihe Forced Labour Camp to visit him. They noticed a big swollen bloody lump on the back of his head. There were wounds on his forehead, and the back of his right hand was frostbitten. When a family member asked him what happened, Shang Yongfa merely cried and did not reply. Mr. Shang Yongfa, 52 years old, is an honest, benevolent, and helpful man. He was arrested for no legitimate reason and his family is worried about his safety.
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• Ms. Zhao Guiqin Paralysed from Torture and Sentenced to Three and a Half Years in Prison

  2009-02-06
  Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhao Guiqin was arrested in September and during her detention was tortured to the point that her legs were paralysed. On October 27th, Ms. Zhao's seventy-year-old mother received a phone call telling her that Ms. Zhao was dying and her legs had been paralysed. Her mother was extremely sad and worried because her daughter had been almost persecuted to death several times before. On December 12th, the court secretly sentenced Ms. Zhao to three and a half years in Donggang Prison.
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• National Security Agents in Shuangcheng City Arrest Mr. Jia Shuangyou and His Wife, Ms. Jiang Xiuzhen

  2009-02-04
  Since the Chinese Communist Party began its persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, Mr. Jia Shuangyou and his wife, Jiang Xiuzhen, have been arrested and detained several times. Once Ms. Jiang was jailed in Wanjia Women's Forced Labour Camp and Mr. Jia in Changlinzi Men's Forced Labour Camp at the same time, leaving their teenage daughter on her own. Missing her parents, along with all the terror she faced, she developed chronic depression, became very sickly, and suffered from many illnesses. She passed away on December 11th, 2004, at the age of 22. On January 16th, 2009, the couple were arrested again because they practise Falun Gong.
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• Professor at Sichuan University Sentenced to Prison, His 94-Year-Old Father Seeks Help for His Release

  2009-02-03
  Mr. Ding Zeyang, a professor of the Macromolecule Chemistry Faculty of Sichuan University in Sichuan Province, was sentenced on August 10th, 2008 to 4 years of imprisonment by the Wuhou District Court, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Mr. Ding's case has entered the next stage in the court, but his lawyer was not allowed to make any photocopies of the court documents. The court required that the lawyer hand in his defence for Mr. Ding as soon as possible, so that they could conclude the case soon. Since Mr. Ding was arrested on September 13th, 2007, his 94-year-old father has attempted to see him over 10 times.
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• Mr. Wang Jinglun, 76, Sentenced to Seven Years of Imprisonment in Heilongjiang Province

  2009-02-02
  Mr. Wang Jinglun, 76, is a retired teacher. He had helped develop the talent of many students and is highly respected in the educational community of Bing County. This well-respected educator was recently sentenced to seven years of imprisonment because he practises Falun Gong. The trumped-up charge was "undermining the implementation of law." The government prosecutor charged the practitioners on the evidence that they had gathered at Mr. Wang's home on the evening of August 12th, 2008. There, the police found Falun Gong books, Falun Gong informational materials that detailed the persecution of Falun Gong, and a printer to make the materials. Regarding this charge, Mr. Wang and the other practitioners all proclaimed to the court that they were innocent of any wrongdoing.
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• Lawyers for Three Practitioners Turn the Tables in the Courtroom and Announce a List of the Misdeeds Conducted by Law-enforcement Officials in Persecuting Their Clients in Tangshan City, Hebei Province

  2009-02-01
  On January 4th and 5th, 2009, Mr. He Yixing, his wife Zhang Yueqin and their son-in-law Sun Fengli were tried in two trials at the Lubei District Court. Their defence lawyers enumerated the crimes which the public security personnel, prosecutors, and the law-enforcement officials committed in the persecution of He Yixing and his family. The prosecutor and the judge gave no reply during the entire trial procedures. The four defence lawyers sternly and eloquently listed the various crimes that public security personnel, prosecutors and the law-enforcement officials committed. The trial turned into a trial of the Chinese Communist Party, and the judge had to adjourn the trial four times.
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• Practitioners Mr. Liu Wenyuan and Ms. Zhou Lan from Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province Sentenced

  2009-01-31
  Practitioners Mr. Liu Wenyuan and Ms. Zhou Lan have recently been sentenced by a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) court. On October 14th, 2008, Mr. Liu Wenyuan's home was ransacked by police. He was detained at the Chai Village Detention Centre and his family was not allowed to visit him. Practitioner Ms. Zhou Lan was arrested on July 25th, 2008 when she was distributing Falun Gong leaflets exposing the persecution.
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• Mr. Lai Xiaoyun Given Four-year Prison Sentence in Heshan City, Guangdong Province

  2009-01-29
  Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th, 1999, practitioner Mr. Lai Xiaoyun and his family have had to endure constant torment by CCP agents. In May 2001, Mr. Lai was sentenced to one and a half years because he was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong. After he was released from the forced labour camp, the police went to his home and harassed him. On June 30th, 2008, Mr. Lai Xiaoyun was arrested and in December the Heshan City Court sentenced him to four years in prison.
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