Cases of Falun Gong Practitioners Being Persecuted in Yunnan Province

In view of the establishment of "the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG)" and the shortage of detailed information collected by the Clearwisdom website from different regions in China, we hereby wish to provide more information about the persecution, and send it to Clearwisdom as a supplement. We hope that this will be of some help in enlarging the database of "persecution cases" in our region as well as the "list of evil personnel." We hope to provide more information and to help make it more accessible for indexing.

Dafa practitioner Mr. Ye Baofu, about 58 years old, was the former deputy head of the Forestry Hospital of Yunnan Province. He was arrested on January 10th, 2005 when he was at home, and was later sentenced to five years of imprisonment. Mr. Ye is now detained in the First Prison of Yunnan Province. The home is now empty because all of his family members have been arrested.

Mrs. Yang Mingqing, about 54 years old, is the wife of Mr. Ye Baofu and had been the office director of the Linhai Hotel. She was arrested on January 10th, 2005 when she was at work, and was sentenced to three years of imprisonment. Ms. Yang is now held in the Second Women's Prison of Yunnan Province.

Ms. Ye Mao, about 25 years old, is the daughter of Mr. Ye Baofu. She was arrested on January 10th, 2005, when she was at home. She was sentenced to three years of imprisonment and is being held in the Second Women's Prison.

Ms. Zhang Zhengchun, 53 years old, was a worker of the Kunming Cloth Shoe Factory. She was arrested in December 2005. The place of her imprisonment is unknown.

Ms. Guo Cen, about 50 years old, is disabled and has been in poor health. She was arrested around October 2001 and was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment. Ms. Guo is now held in the Second Prison of Yunnan Province.

Ms. Li Guoping lived in the Hualong Village, Baiyi Town, Songming Region, Kunming City. She was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment because she firmly believed in Dafa. She is now held in the Second Prison of Kunming City.

Mr. Wu Guiyou, about 40 years old, is from Hualong Village, Baiyi Town, Songming Region, Kunming City. He was sentenced to three years of forced labour after he was arrested when he was distributing Falun Gong materials exposing the persecution. He is now detained in the Second Labour Camp, Dapingba, Lufeng County, Yunnan Province.

Ms. Li Ping, 33, lived in the Heavy-duty Machine Factory of Kunming City. She had been a teacher in a normal university. Because of her firm belief in Dafa, she was expelled from her position. In March 2006, Ms. Li was shadowed by some spies when she was distributing materials exposing the persecution, and was arrested after she came home. She was sentenced to three years of imprisonment. The place of her detention is unknown.

Ms. Gu Xiufen, in her 40s, worked at the Gear Wheel Factory of Kunming City. She was arrested in January 2005 and is now held in the Women's Labour Camp of Yunnan Province. Ms. Gu was sentenced to three years of forced labour.

Ms. Feng Lihua, about 40 years old, worked at the Gear Wheel Factory of Kunming City. Her home was also at the factory. Ms. Feng was sentenced to three years of forced labour after she was arrested for distributing materials in 2004. She is now held in the Women's Labour Camp of Yunnan Province.

Ms. Tai Yan, 38, was a former employee of the Industry and Commerce Management Bureau of Mengla County. She was taken to the Women's Labour Camp of Yunnan Province on April 4th, 2006 by police from the Mengla County Police Department. Another practitioner, Ms. Jiang Hongling, 38, was also taken away along with her by the police.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/23/125880.html