Three Falun Gong Practitioners from Hongjiang City, Hunan Province Arrested

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On May 28th, 2008, people from Hongjiang City Police Bureau and the 610 Office1 arrested three Falun Gong practitioners from Anjiang Township in Hongjiang City.

On the morning of May 28th, police officers from Hongjiang City broke into Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Biyun's home. They ransacked the home, arrested Ms. Wang, and then detained her at Baihunao Detention Centre in Anjiang Township. At 7:00 p.m., police officers broke into Ms. Yang Jinlan's home, and arrested Ms. Yang, who is in her seventies, then detained her at the Anjiang Township Baihunao Detention Centre. On May 30th, each was extorted of 800 yuan2 before they were released.

At 8:00 a.m. on May 28th, police officers Yi Zhongxian, Wang Zhiguang, Duan Liu, and other officers (about 10 people in total) arrested practitioner Ms. Xue Baoyu on her way to work. The police then broke into Ms. Xue's parent's home, using an axe to break down the front door. They confiscated her son's computer, printer, and an MP3 player. The three items were valued at over 4,000 yuan. Currently Ms. Xue is detained at Anjiang Township Baihu Detention Centre.

On the afternoon of May 28th, six police officers broke into practitioner Ms. Li Julan's home. They forced open her cabinets and then confiscated all of her Falun Gong books.

According to a witness, people from the 610 Office told practitioner Ms. Yi Xianmei, who teaches at Tangwan Township in Hongjiang City, that they would give her 5,000 yuan in exchange for taking her to the Huaihua City Brainwashing Centre. They also claimed that conditions there are great. Ms. Yi refused.

Related workplace and individuals:

Liu Keli, secretary of Hongjiang City CCP Committee: 0745-7732696 (Office), 13907450156
Mayor Ding Youping: 0745-7732698, 13807450180
Xiang Shuzhao, secretary of the CCP Committee: 0745-7732537, 13707453328
Yu Yuejun, in charge of the 610 Office: 0745-7733038, 13907454018
Yi Zhongxian, from the Politics and Security Department in the Police Bureau,: 13974503398

Note

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

2. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/6/9/179993.html

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