Illegal Detention and Imprisonment
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Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zeng Aihua from Hong Kong Sentenced to Three Years in Prison in Shanghai
2007-02-15
Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zeng Aihua was detained for nearly nine months in Shanghai. She was tried at the Pudong District Court in Shanghai on February 12th, 2007 and sentenced for three years in prison. It is said that the Shanghai 610 Office made an internal decision regarding her sentence before the trial. Up to the trial Zeng Aihua was held at the Pudong District Detention Centre in Shanghai. She was not allowed to wear her glasses while being forced to do intensive manual labour that requires good eyesight. During multiple interrogation sessions, the guards demanded her to reveal information on other Dafa practitioners. They planned to use her testimony as evidence to persecute other practitioners -
Ms. Gu Zhengfen from Sichuan Province Sentenced to Five Years in Prison in Yunnan Province
2007-02-11Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong, Ms. Gu Zhengfen persisted in her belief in Falun Gong and "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance." As a result, she was persecuted many times. Between 2000 and 2003, she was detained twice and sent to a forced labour camp for over a year. While at the detention centre, she was brutally beaten by police. Several of her front teeth were knocked out, and her mouth was taped shut. She wrote a letter to her employer to explain the facts about Falun Dafa, and later her home was broken into and she was arrested on February 28th, 2004. She was sentenced to five years in prison in January 2005. -
Report on the Unjust Trial of Mr. Ye Zhenghui and Mr. Mao Dexing Held at Mishan Court in Heilongjiang Province
2007-02-08On January 12th, 2007, Mishan City Court held an unjust trial of two Falun Dafa practitioners, Mr. Ye Zhenghui and Mao Dexing. When the judge asked Mr. Ye Zhenghui if the public prosecutor’s statement was true, Mr. Ye replied that Jixi City National Protection Team agents had extorted a confession from him via torture. They had beaten him by putting an electric baton into his mouth and shocking him, and shocking his genital areas and other sensitive areas with electric batons. The presiding judge interrupted him crudely and asked why he insisted on practising. The presiding judge had been breaking the law during his executing the law, and he declared that Mr. Ye Zhenghui was guilty. -
Ms. Lin Lixia from Hong Kong Arrested in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province
2007-02-02On September 24th, 2006, Ms. Lin Lixia, a Hong Kong resident, was arrested along with several other practitioners. Because of rescue efforts by fellow practitioners, and due to reports that exposed her arrest on the Internet, police called Ms. Lin's husband to come and get her from the police station. Without Ms. Lin's knowledge, her husband was forced to sign a guarantee statement stating that she would not leave the local area within a one year period. She was constantly harassed by police. On January 18th, 2007, she was coerced into going downstairs at home, after which she went missing for a period of time. Her husband finally discovered that she is being detained in the Futian District Detention Centre, where she is facing trial. -
Update on Four Liaoning Province Dafa Practitioners Arrested on a Train
2007-01-28Four Dafa practitioners in Liaoning Province were arrested on train No. 1230 from Fuxin to Shanghai. They are currently detained at the Jinan Railroad Detention Centre and started a hunger strike to protest the detention. Their families called Jinan Railroad Detention Centre and Jinan Railroad Police Station many times. They were told, "You can bring them some clothing, but you can't see them." -
Mr. Wu Youchui Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Telling People "Falun Dafa Is Good"
2007-01-26Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Wu Youchui is in his 50s. Mr. Wu and his wife started cultivating Falun Dafa in 1998 and both became mentally and physically healthy. He was arrested by policemen from Boxi District Police Department in Cangzhou City simply because he told people that Falun Dafa is good. He was detained for eight months in the Cangzhou City Second Detention Centre and was sentenced to three years in prison, which is a very heavy term. -
Forced to Become Destitute and Homeless for Three Years, Mr. Xu Jingwen's Family of Three from Gansu Province Arrested
2007-01-25In mid-December 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Xu Jingwen and his son, Xu Changfeng, 19 years old, were arrested at home by local police and their belongings confiscated. The approximately 9000 yuan that the family had borrowed from relatives to pay for the eldest son's wedding was also taken. Afterwards, the police arrested Mr. Xu's wife, Ms. Xu Guixiang, and sent this family of three to the Yongchang County Detention Centre in Jinchang City. Prior to this, Mr. Xu Jingwen and his wife had been forced to become destitute and homeless for three years to avoid arrest. -
Three Practitioners Arrested on the Jinan City Railway and Sentenced to Forced Labour
2007-01-24Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Wang Yingwei, Ms. Li Guang, Ms. Li Xiaoyan and Ms. Zhou Yingchun were arrested on the evening of December 13th, 2006 by the chief of the Jinzhou City Railway Policemen Department, when they spoke out for justice and explained the facts about Falun Dafa to passengers on the train. They were detained at Jinan City Railway Detention Centre for about a month. At present, Ms. Li Guang has been sentenced to two years of forced labour, Ms. Li Xiaoyan sentenced to eighteen months , and Ms. Zhou Yingchun has been sentenced to two years. They are being detained in Shandong Province, at the First Women's Labour Camp. -
Corrupt Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Officials in Xinjiang Autonomous Region Attempt to Sentence Dafa Practitioners Ms. Wang Junhua and Mr. Zhang Zhiming to 10 Years in Prison
2007-01-23Dafa practitioners Ms. Wang Junhua and Mr. Zhang Zhiming from Tianshui City, Gansu Province have been detained for one year in Hutubi County, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities are attempting to sentence them to 10 years in prison. Ms. Wang Junhua was reported for distributing out Dafa leaflets exposing the persecution and arrested. The police extorted over 10,000 yuan from her. Mr. Zhang Zhiming was searched by a policeman while walking on the street and because he had Dafa leaflets with him, he was arrested and tortured by the police. The police also stole 10,000 yuan from his bank account. -
After Five Years of Torture in Prison, Ms. Shi Dengling from Guizhou Province Has Been Arrested Again by Chinese Communist Party Authorities
2007-01-22Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Shi Dengling has for the past five years while imprisoned in Duyun Jail, been brutally tortured for refusing to renounce her beliefs. She was recently released in September 2006. However, on December 25th, 2006, she was arrested again by the officials from the 610 Office, the local community committee and the police station. She was taken to the Lannigou Brainwashing Centre for further persecution. Ms. Shi's young daughter and mother, who is still recovering from a serious illness, are grieving for her suffering again. -
Older Practitioner Ms. Hu Zhenru Arrested in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province - Her Daughter from Hong Kong Asks for Help in Rescuing Her Mother
2007-01-21
Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Hu Zhenru, 59, began practising Falun Dafa in 1999. She was arrested on January 14th, 2007 and taken to Nanjing City Detention Centre. As she was being arrested, her home was ransacked by seven or eight police officers. Her husband and younger daughter resisted the ransacking of their home, and condemned the police for violating the law. The police injured her husband with brutal force. -
Many Practitioners Recently Arrested in Pingyuan County, Shandong Province
2007-01-17In the first half of 2006 alone, the police in Pingyuan County ransacked five practitioners' homes, arrested ten practitioners and sentenced two practitioners to a forced labour camp. In addition, the local police have ransacked and harassed more than twenty households of local practitioners and extorted money from them. Since November 2006, police have been conducting illegal searches at will in Yuzhuang Village, Qiancao Town. They forced practitioners to renounce Falun Gong and sign guarantees not to practise Falun Gong. Those practitioners who refused to comply were arrested or fined. -
89 of Ms. Bai Yufang's Neighbours Condemn the Elderly Practitioner's Arrest and Detention by Beijing National Security Bureau
2007-01-16On October 26th, 2006, the Beijing National Security Bureau and the Neighbourhood Committee of the Institute of Air Force Equipment collaborated to arrest Falun Dafa practitioner 72-year-old Ms. Bai Yufang and ransack her house. Ms. Bai has been detained for over 68 days for "Practising Falun Gong, serving and leading the group," and "distributing flyers of counter-revolutionary propaganda." -
Disabled Practitioners Arrested and Persecuted by Police in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province
2007-01-14On December 22nd, 2006, practitioners Mr. Jin Chengshan and Ms. Cui Xin were arrested by the police. Mr. Jin and Ms. Cui are both disabled and are unable to walk or even to tend to themselves. The Deputy Bureau Chief of the Hulan Public Security Bureau Jiang Jimin, relied on the influence Jiang Jizhi, his brother, to become the mayor of the Hulan District. In the past few years, he has sent more than 60 practitioners to labour camps, more than 20 other practitioners were sentenced to prison, and three practitioners were persecuted to death. Now, he has arrested two disabled practitioners who cannot even tend to their daily needs. -
Mr. Liu Ruisheng from Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province Secretly Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison
2007-01-12On April 23rd, 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Liu Ruisheng was arrested by State Security agents and detained for three months in the City Detention Centre. Liu Ruisheng vomited blood three times during this time period, and he was bailed out on the evening of July 28th, 2006. A few months later agents arrested him again at home. Mr. Liu's family heard that the Longshan District Court had sentenced Mr. Liu Ruisheng to nine years in prison.
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