[Beijing] College Classmate of Chinese Vice President Sentenced to Two Years of Forced Labor

Last April, during a Tsinghua alumni gathering, Zhang Meng-ye, an associate professor from the Guang-dong School of Electricity, told his story of getting rid of severe lung disease by practicing Falun Gong to all his college classmates including Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao

Since the Chinese government started to crack down on Falun Gong in July 21, Prof. Zhang and his wife have gone to Beijing many times to appeal for Falun Gong. Each time, however, they got arrested and escorted back before they were able to tell the truth to the authorities. They have been sentenced to two years of forced labor recently.

[Beijing] Police to Enter "High-Degree Alert" Starting from Next Week

According to "Singdao Daily", Beijing police will enter the "high-degree alert" starting from next week. 70,000 security officers and armed police officers have been mobilized in Beijing. Expecting another wave of Falun Gong petition during the "two conferences", the central authorities require all local governments to tighten their control over Falun Gong practitioners and meanwhile, require customs to prevent overseas Falun Gong practitioners from entering China.

The authorities will also tighten security measures on Tiananmen Square, People's Auditorium and the hotels where the representatives of the two conferences stay.

[Beijing] The United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner, Ms. Mary Robinson, Will Visit Beijing on March 1.

[Guangzhou] Ten Printing Factories Closed Down for Printing Falun Gong Materials

Ten printing factories in Guangzhou were closed down by the authorities because they had printed Falun Gong materials. According to the Yangchen Evening Newspaper, these ten printing factories had printed Falun Gong books and pictures in large amount before this January. These ten enterprises were fined and four of them had their licenses revoked.

[Guangdong Province] Practitioners Arrested During Jiang Ze-min's Visit Still in Police Custody

Some practitioners in Guangzhou City and other places got arrested during Jiang Ze-min's visit in Guangdong Province. Some of them are still being detained.

Police claimed that the authorities ordered them to arrest practitioners whenever they gather together, no matter what they are doing.

[Mei-zhou City, Si-chuan Province] Appealing practitioners would receive "culture revolution" treatments

At 10am of February 24, the Party Secretary of Fu-dong Village, Hu, warned Falun Gong practitioners that if one went out of village to appeal to the central government or other levels of governments for Falun Gong, one and one's family members would be punished like the "four types of people" (i.e., landlords, rich people, reactionary people, and bad people) in the "great culture revolution". After Hu finished his speech, the police arrested the local contact person Xie Hui-ying on the spot and sent her to the local Da-qiao detention center. After that, they confiscated the ID cards of all local practitioners to prevent them from traveling out of town.

[Cheng-du City, Si-chuan Province] Practitioners arrested for copying an open letter

On the afternoon of February 26, the Qing-yang district police station arrested three practitioners, Zhu Yi-fang, who was copying the Chengdu practitioners' open letter to the National People's Congress, Cheng Tao and Liao Chen-yu. The police also ransacked their homes and confiscated their Falun Dafa materials and computers. Now the police are waiting in their homes in order to arrest those who would come to sign the open letter. Hua-yi Service located near the Huang-wa Street Office was closed down and the owner was arrested. These arrested practitioners have been given 15 days of administrative detention. The police planed to give them criminal detention after 15 days of administrative detention.

Writing letter to government departments is the constitutional right of every citizen. We urge the National People's Congress, the News Media, and all kind-hearted people to investigate this issue.

Qing-yang District Police Station is located at Jiang-han Street, Chengdu; Phone: 011-86-28-6645100 (011-86=China)

Huang-wa Street Police Station is located at Ji-xiang Street, Chengdu; Phone: 011-86-28-6630345

[Cheng-du City, Si-chuan Province] Practitioners facing fine and torture with no hatred or complaints

The institute of social science of Si-chuan Province was imposed a fine of 10,000 Yuan because the wife of its employee, Mr. Long, went to Beijing to petition for Falun Gong. Meanwhile, Mr. Long himself was fined 10,000 Yuan. Later, Mr. Long was fined another 8,800 Yuan.

Yang Shu-hua, Liao Qi-zhen and other three practitioners from Bao-he Village of Chenghua district of Chengdu City went to Beijing to petition for Falun Gong. They were first detained in a drug-stopping institute for 48 hours after they were escorted back from Beijing. Later, they were transferred to the Bao-he Village police station for 15 days of detention center, where they were tortured by police using electric clubs. After Yang Shu-hua was detained for 12 days, she was thrown into a small and dirty iron cage for 3 days and nights. They got released after paying a heavy fine. The village government announced that the bonus of all appealing practitioners for the next three years would be confiscated. The village also confiscated the clinic of doctor Liao Qi-zhen. The clinic is worth 200,000 Yuan.

Zhang Xiao-feng, a faculty member of the Aviation School of Chengdu, was detained for 30 days for having gone to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. He got released after paying a fine of 6,300 Yuan. Now the school has suspended his salary and is pressuring him to resign.

Following the principles of Falun Gong, practitioners have neither hatred nor complaints when facing all these tribulations.