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Latest News from China - February 27, 2005

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  1. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Hongmei and Ms. Wang Wei Again Sentenced to Seven and Five and one-half Years in Prison, Respectively
  2. [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Mr. Liu Fuquan and Other Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms
  3. [Quzhou County, Hebei Province] Mr. Huang Yunzhang, His Wife and Ms. Huo Junmei Arrested
  4. [Shandong Province] Ms. Jia Xiufang Taken to the Jinan Legal System "Education" Center
  5. [Jilin Province] Practitioner Ms. Xue Xiuhua Held in the Tumen Detention Center for Clarifying the Truth about Falun Gong
  6. [Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Mr. Zhang Zhongli Arrested
  7. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Mr. Du Xishan Brutally Beaten and Sentenced to One Year of Forced Labor
  8. [Xuchang City, Henan Province] Mr. Chen Zhanyong and His Wife, Ms. Chen Ke, Arrested for Clarifying the Truth about Falun Gong

1. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Hongmei and Ms. Wang Wei Again Sentenced to Seven and Five and one-half Years in Prison, Respectively

On October 1, 2001, Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Liu Hongmei, Ms. Wang Wei and Ms. Li Chengxiang were sentenced to threes years of forced labor for distributing truth-clarifying materials at Mount Tai. They were held at Jinan City's Jiangshuiquan Forced Labor Camp. Later they were transferred to the city's Liuchangshan Detention Center, where they were detained beyond their term for one and a half years. Furthermore, they were bound onto the dead person's bed for one month. (In this torture, the four limbs of the practitioner are stretched out and tied to the four corners of an icy-cold metal bed. The practitioner is tied down at all times and must therefore be fed by someone else. Sleeping, eating, excreting and menstruating are all done on the bed. For this reason the practitioner is often stripped naked. This treatment may last from several hours up to many weeks, in which case the practitioner feels the pain of his whole body atrophying.)

In April 2003 at the city's Lixia District Court, Ms. Liu spoke out that Judge Zhu Qingzhen did not follow the law. Judge Zhu therefore issued an order forbidding her from saying anything. Ms. Wang announced in court that she would continue to practice Falun Dafa.

Ms. Liu and Ms. Wang were sentenced to seven and five and one-half years in prison, respectively. They are currently being detained at Wards No. 7 and No. 1 in the Shandong Provincial Women's Prison. Since being in prison, Ms. Liu has been on a hunger strike over half a year. She is the only one who doesn't wear a prisoner's uniform.

Ms. Liu's father was a senior officer with the Weihai City's Public Prosecutor's Office. After he saw how his daughter was brutally tortured, he passed away.

Ms. Wang has an eight-month old son. Her husband is being held at Jinan City's Forced Labor Camp, so the boy is deprived of his parent's care.

2. [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Mr. Liu Fuquan and Other Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms

According the latest information, several Falun Gong practitioners including Mr. Liu Fuquan from Tonghua City's Erdaojiang Electric Factory in Jilin Province have been secretly sentenced to eleven years in prison. Their appeals were rejected. Mr. Liu's family did not know of his sentence until he was secretly sent to the Siping Prison. When his family went to the prison to see him, the prison refused to allow the visit. Mr. Liu's wife Ms. Gong Chengmei is also a Falun Gong practitioner.

3. [Quzhou County, Hebei Province] Mr. Huang Yunzhang, His Wife and Ms. Huo Junmei Arrested

At about 3:00 a.m. on February 22, 2005, a group of officers from the No.3 Team at the Chengguan Police Station in Quzhou County's Police Department climbed over the wall and broke into practitioner Mr. Huang Yunzhang's home, without showing any documentation. After breaking the window to gain entry, they ransacked the house. They confiscated Dafa books and arrested Mr. Huang Yunzhang, his wife Shumei and a fellow practitioner Ms. Huo Junmei. They are being held at Quzhou County's Detention Center.

4. [Shandong Province] Ms. Jia Xiufang Taken to the Jinan Legal System "Education" Center

Personnel from the 610 Office in Jinan City's Licheng Police Department arrested practitioner Ms. Jia Xiufang and sent her into the city's Legal System "Education" Center at noon on February 23, 2005. She is still in detention.

Related phone numbers:

Zhang Wenyuan, a policeman from the "610 Office," Jinan City's Licheng Police Department: 86-531-2878849

Escort personnel, Jinan City's Legal System "Education" Center: 86-531-6537690

5. [Jilin Province] Practitioner Ms. Xue Xiuhua Held in the Tumen Detention Center for Clarifying the Truth about Falun Gong

On February 5, 2005, personnel from the Xiangshang Police Station arrested practitioner Ms. Xue Xiuhua when she was clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. They also ransacked her home, confiscating Dafa books and truth clarification materials. Ms. Xue is now being held at Tumen City's Detention Center.

6. [Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Mr. Zhang Zhongli Arrested

On around February 14, 2005, personnel from Xuzhou City's Police Department and the Security Section of the Xuzhou Warehousing and Transportation Company in the Sino Petrochemical Group arrested practitioner Mr. Zhang Zhongli from the Zoucheng Warehousing and Transportation Company. Then they ransacked his home. They took him to Xuzhou City's Police Department and it is unknown where he is detained.

7. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Mr. Du Xishan Brutally Beaten and Sentenced to One Year of Forced Labor

Police arrested practitioners Du Xishan, Jin Baocai and Zhang Shuzhen from Hejiagou Village, Hongqi Administration Village, Yujia Township, Yushu City, Jilin Province.

On November 21, 2004, Guan Xiujun, head of the Hongqi Village Security Team conspired with Sun Shouquan and Wu Hongtao from Yujia Township's Police Station. They broke into practitioner Mr. Du Xishan's home to arrest people, using the excuse that someone reported that he was clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. The police beat him with sticks and shocked him with an electric baton. Mr. Du lost consciousness, and was packed into a vehicle and sent to Yushu City's Detention Center that same day. After 20 days of detention he was sentenced to one year of forced labor. He is currently being held in Changchun City's Chaoyanggou Forced Labor Camp.

Others arrested that same day include Jin Baocai and Zhang Shuzhen who were sent to Yushu City's Detention Center as well.

8. [Xuchang City, Henan Province] Mr. Chen Zhanyong and His Wife, Ms. Chen Ke Arrested for Clarifying the Truth about Falun Gong

During the night on February 23, 2005, practitioners Mr. Chen Zhanyong and his wife, Ms. Chen Ke, from the Weidu District, Xuchang City, were arrested when they went out to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. Their baby was left at home.