Human
Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Shanghai lawyer Zheng Enchong, released from prison in June, was prevented from
attending a church service as part of ongoing restrictions on his personal
liberty. In addition, HRIC has learned of a mass roundup of petitioners in
Sources in
Meili, left their home at around 6 a.m. on Saturday, October 14, with the
intention of attending a religious service at the Mu’en Christian Church near
However, as they left their neighborhood, they were reportedly surrounded by a
dozen police officers, who prevented them from proceeding. When Zheng insisted
on attending the church service, police reportedly knocked him to
the ground.
Sources say Zheng sat on the ground in protest, and soon
drew a crowd of several hundred onlookers. Eventually three police vehicles arrived
along with another dozen police officers. Police officers grabbed Zheng by his
arms and legs and took him to a small room on the ground floor of his
building. Zheng was allowed to return home later that day.
Around the
same time, a friend who had arranged to accompany Zheng and his wife to church,
Shen Peilan, was reportedly also stopped outside
her home by police
officers and prevented from attending the service.
Earlier this month, on October 4, shortly before the
Chinese Moon Festival, sources say that Zheng Enchong’s former high school
teacher, a 76-year-old man surnamed Zhu, attempted to visit Zheng along with
several old classmates, but police prevented them from going to Zheng’s home.
On the day of the Moon Festival, October 6, police also reportedly prevented
Zheng and his family from visiting his 94-year-old mother as is custom during the holiday. Police also reportedly refused to
allow delivery of a box of moon cakes from Zheng’s Beijing-based legal advisor,
Zhang Sizhi. A police officer reportedly told Zheng Enchong that
committee secretary, Liu Yungeng, had specifically ordered that Zheng be kept
under the tightest possible restrictions at home. Police officers have also
reportedly harassed Zheng’s daughter at school.
HRIC has also received information that
police recently carried out a large-scale roundup of petitioners to prevent
them from going to
during the sixth plenary session of the 16th Communist Party
Congress. HRIC has learned of
more than 30 people detained or placed under other forms of restriction since
September, but sources say the names below represent only a portion of
the people harassed under orders from deputy Party secretary Liu Yungeng and
others:
Zhu Libin, along with his wife and two
children aged 10 and 8 – from September 30 to October 11, security officers at
District train station held Zhu and his family in a room of the Nanning
Bathhouse.
Guo Rong – from September 30 to October 12,
police officers from
Hongkou District detained Guo in a room in the Yuanzhen Hostel in
elder sister died while he was in detention, but police did not allow Guo to
attend her funeral on October 7.
Wei Qin – After signing a petition to the
Central Discipline Inspection Committee in September, Wei was detained on
September 21 and held for 15 days in the Jing’an District Detention Center.
When his term of detention was completed on October 6, he was transferred to
the Qingpu Clubhouse, where he was held until October 11.
Liang Faxiang – Liang was placed under
administrative detention in the Jing’an Detention Center for nine days
beginning on September 19. She was then transferred to the Qingpu Clubhouse,
where she was held until October 11.
Chen Enjuan – Chen was detained from September
29 to October 11 at the
After she was found to have made phone calls, her cell phone was confiscated and
she was transferred to a tourist resort outside of the city.
Zhou Jinmei – detained September 30 to October 11
at the Jing’an District Transit Center.
Lü Longzhen – detained September 30 to October
11 at the
Li Shujia – detained September 30 to October
11 in a guest room at the
Ma Zhishen – detained September 30 to October
11 at the
Duan Muyun – detained September 30 to October
11 at the
Wang Linzhen – detained September 30 to October
11 at the
Wang Feiyue – detained September 30 to October
11at the
Ou Chunfang – detained from September 30 to
October 11 at the
Ou suffered from a heart ailment, but was not provided with medical treatment.
Wu Yuping – placed under administrative
detention from September 13 to 28 at the
then transferred to the Jiajiang Hostel in
Chen Zonglai – placed under administrative
detention from September 20 to 29 at the
Shen Yonghai – detained from September 28 to
October 11 in the guardroom of the Dongqian Company in
Ma Changfa – placed under administrative
detention from October 2 to 11 in the
Zhang Xinzhen – placed under administrative
detention from October 2 to 11 in the
Zheng Shumei – placed under administrative
detention from October 2 to 11 in the
Shao Zhegen – Detained from September 28 to
October 11 in the
Deng Weixiu – placed under administrative
detention in an unnamed detention center for 10 days starting on September 20,
then transferred to an unnamed hostel until October 11.
Liu Pingying – detained October 1 to 11 in the Qibaotian
Hostel.
Yang Chunhua – detained September 28 to October
11 in the Zinjiang Zhi Xing Hotel.
Lu Shanming – detained October 6 to 11 in a
building at
where he was given only a small amount of rice each day and was deprived of
sleep.
Wang Hong – held under house arrest from
September 27 to October 11.
Li Caidi – held under round-the-clock house
arrest from September 27 to October 11.
Zhu Donghui – placed under round-the-clock
surveillance from August 21 to the present.
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