Illegal Detention and Imprisonment
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Police Arrest Several Practitioners in Xiangtan County, Hunan Province
2008-05-26
Police officers in Xiangtan County, Hunan Province arrested five Falun Gong practitioners in February 2008. When police arrested Mr. Zhu Guangquan, his computer, printer and 12,900 "yuan" cash were seized from his home. In March, Ms. Zhang Yaqin was arrested. Her husband refused to cooperate with the police officers, so they threatened to arrest him for "hindering official business". -
Many Retired Schoolteachers Harassed and Arrested in Chongqing City
2008-05-25Practitioner Ms. Hu Zhanying is almost 70 years old. She retired with honours from No. 18 Middle School in Chongqing City. On the afternoon of March 24th, 2008, as she entered her home with her grandson, a group of police officers led by Liang Shibin rushed in and arrested her. They also ransacked her home, seizing many items including purses, computers, and some materials exposing the persecution of Falun Gong. It is reported that Ms. Hu is being detained and mistreated in a brainwashing centre in Chongqing City. -
Practitioners in Lingyuan City Jailed, Family Members Arrested When They Attempted to Visit
2008-05-23In February, 2008, a dozen people, including two lawyers, went to Shenyang City in order to visit Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Feng Guofu in jail. On February 25th, 2008, they were arrested while they slept. After they had money extorted from them, everyone in the group except 50-year-old Ms. Li Shuming was released. She has been beaten, jailed, and endured forced labour many times because she practises Falun Gong. She has been deaf for four years, ever since the township's government ordered 15 people to beat her. -
Police in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, Arrest and Harass a Good Person
2008-05-22On March 3rd, 2008, the chief of police led a dozen agents from the security section and the 610 Office to break into Ms. Zheng Caiyun's home and take her away. Her husband and children tried to stop them, demanding to know if they had a legal basis to do such a thing. They replied, "The chief said so." Her family had to watch Zheng Caiyun being taken away. After cultivating Falun Gong, Ms. Zheng always thought of others and was appreciated by her neighbours. Now this wonderful person has been arrested and locked up and continues to be persecuted. -
Ms. Huang Qian Arrested and Facing Trial for Allegedly Rescuing Her Brother in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
2008-05-22On September 23rd, 2007, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Huang Qian was taken into custody by 610 Office agents. The agents suspected that Ms. Huang was involved in rescuing her younger brother, Mr. Huang Jiang, who had been arrested and detained at a brainwashing centre. She was arrested by police officers from the Tianhe District Station and had been previously detained at the Tianhe District Detention Centre for over six months. On March 20th, 2007, Mr. Huang Jiang was arrested and taken to the brainwashing centre. -
Police from Furong District, Changsha City Arrest Falun Gong Practitioner Lai Jinming and Plan to Sentence Her to Forced Labour
2008-05-21
Ms. Lai Jinming, 49, was reported to the police by a gate guard when she distributed leaflets exposing the persecution of Falun Gong in the apartment building of the Hunan Province Art Institute. Later, she was arrested by police and was detained at the Changsha City Detention Centre. Since no visits are allowed, her current situation and how badly she has suffered from torture is still unknown. -
Seventeen Students from Harbin Arrested
2008-05-20At about 11 a.m. on March 20th, 2008, a group of plainclothes police officers suddenly rushed into a school in Nangang District in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. The police took away 17 students who were attending class, and confiscated two computers. The students' parents are Falun Gong practitioners who are being detained and persecuted. Some students' parents were persecuted to death. Under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) persecution, these children were forced to drop out of school. -
Mr. Xie Yunhuan Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison after Returning to China and Recently Severely Beaten in Prison
2008-05-20Mr. Xie Yunhuan was arrested in 2000 and sentenced to ten years in prison for appealing to stop the persecution of Falun Gong. In Hadagang Prison, Mr. Xie was forced to do dangerous hard labour underground in the coal mine everyday. He was whipped or beaten with a club by the guards if he did not work fast enough. Recently in Mudanjiang City Prison he was beaten badly for speaking out for justice for Falun Gong. -
Large Number of Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Guangzhou City on April 15th, 2008
2008-05-19At 7:30 a.m., a group of persecutors from the Political and Legal Committee in the Yuexiu District, personnel from the 610 Office and the local police department went to practitioner Cai Yuzhen's home. They confiscated a computer, printer, an MP3 player and other personal belongings. The 75-year-old Cai Yuzhen immediately experienced symptoms of high blood pressure and was hospitalized for four days. Her children were forced to write a "guarantee statement" to give up Falun Gong and provide copies of their identification cards. They then had to send their mother to the home of a daughter who lives in another city. This was only one of the persecution events that were due to the "Olympic Torch" coming to Guangzhou. -
Beijing Practitioners Mr. Yu Ping and His Wife Arrested
2008-05-19Mr. Yu Ping and his wife were arrested by seven police officers on April 19th. Because he went to Tiananmen Square to appeal for justice for Falun Gong on June 20th, 2000, Mr. Yu's PhD was withheld and not granted. Mr. Yu received a full scholarship from Ohio State University in the US, but he lost his opportunity to study there because he was sentenced to four years in prison and held in the notorious Seventh Division of the Beijing Police Department and Beijing Qianjin Prison because he dared to expose the persecution of Falun Gong. Mr. Yu Ping's wife, Ms. Zhao Yumin, was also sentenced. She was held in Beijing Women's Prison. Both of them suffered all kinds of torture. -
Several Practitioners Harshly Sentenced by Nanguan District Court in Changchun City
2008-05-18Falun Gong practitioners, Mr. Gao Weixi, Mr. Shi Guoliang, Ms. Wang Fuxia and Ms. Yang Defang from Changchun City, Jilin Province were tried and harshly sentenced on April 29th, 2008. This was after they had been held in detention for nearly a year. Among them, Ms. Wang Fuxia and Mr. Shi Guoliang, were sentenced to nine-year prison terms. Mr. Gao Weixi and Ms. Yang Defang were sentenced to seven-year prison terms. Eyewitnesses said that the Nanguan District Court tried another group of Falun Gong practitioners, after they sentenced these four practitioners. -
Falun Gong Practitioners Song Wenhua and Li Lixin from Tiangjin City Sentenced to Prison
2008-05-18Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Song Wenhua and Ms. Li Lixin of Tianjin City were arrested on January 25th, 2008, and were detained at the Beichen Detention Centre in Tianjin City. On February 4th, they were given arrest documents. On the morning of April 25th, they were sentenced by the Beichen Court in Tianjin City, charged with the crime of installing a satellite dish to watch programmes from a sympathetic to Falun Gong TV network, New Tang Dynasty Television. The judge only allowed two family members to attend. All other relatives and friends were not allowed to enter the court. The court also appointed lawyers. -
Recent Large-scale Arrests of Falun Gong Practitioners in Jilin Province
2008-05-17Using "Security for the Olympics" as an excuse, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials in Jilin Province have been arresting large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners since April 23rd, 2008. According to inside information, an order was given that if anyone went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was arrested, the mayor of the city where the person comes from would be removed from office. On April 23rd, 2008, police arrested practitioner Li Shigang when he was picking up his child from school. At 6:00 p.m., the police broke into Li's brother-in-law's house (where Li and his family temporarily lived) with a blank search warrant. When questioned on the legitimacy of the warrant, the police filled out the warrant at the scene and continued the search. Li Shigang's whereabouts are currently unknown. -
Ms. Mou Xiaoqin and Mr. Wu Yucheng from Gulin County, Sichuan Province Subjected to Persecution
2008-05-16Ms. Mou, 51, was arrested and taken to a brainwashing centre. At the brainwashing centre, they forced Ms. Mou to submit her "living expenses." Afterwards more than ten police officers rushed into Ms. Mou's home demanding the money for her living expenses. The police then confiscated her family's television and tape recorder, among other things. In September 2004, Ms. Mou's family was also attacked, and Ms. Mou was imprisoned for a month. In 2006, Ms. Mou was taken away by the police again and imprisoned for allegedly "attacking the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)." -
Hunan Province Maternal and Children's Hospital Nurse He Xianggu Arrested for the Eighth Time After Being Persecuted at Mental Hospitals Twice and Labour Camps Three Times
2008-05-15On the night of April 23rd, 2008, police officers in Changsha City arrested practitioner Ms. He Xianggu at her home. After they arrested her, they ransacked her home. Her personal belongings, including her computer, were taken away. On April 24th, after being held in custody for 24 hours, she was transferred to the Changsha City Detention Centre. This is the eighth time Ms. He Xiangguu has been arrested and jailed since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999 by the Chinese Communist Party. Ms. He was detained twice at mental hospitals, and sent to labour camps three times.
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