A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 52 Para 33. Country Date 01/02/06 Type JUA Mandate Allegations transmitted WGAD; HRD; TOR; VAW municipal office. When her husband telephoned the office, an official, Mr Jiang, he indicated that she would remain for several days. Her family has had no contact with her since her detention in Daqiao. On 15 December, petitioners Zhou Xiudi, Chen Zonglai, Wu Yuping, Jin Huijun and others have been placed under criminal detention on charges of "disturbing public order" by Shanghai Hongkou public security authorities for their participation in a petition to the Shanghai municipal committee conference. On December 22, Shanghai petitioner Ma Yalian was also detained by local police and neighborhood committee members and held until December 28 without informing her family of her whereabouts. Ms Mao Hengfeng, Shanghai (subject of a previously transmitted communication, see above). On 15 January, Mao Hengfeng had traveled to Beijing with her daughter to take part in an unofficial memorial service marking the first anniversary of the death of former Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang. On 24 January, they were detained by four Shanghai police officers at their hotel in Beijing. According to her daughter, the police treated Mao Hengfeng roughly, lifting her in an arm-lock and leaving her with bruising to her neck, arms and legs. The police took them to another hotel where Shanghai Residents’ Committee officials were waiting to take them back to Shanghai by train. When the train arrived in Shanghai early the next day, Mao’s daughter was released but Mao Hengfeng was taken to Daqiao Police Station, Yangpu District. She was held Government Response dispatch station in Shanghai. In dealing with Mao Hengfeng, Zhou Xiudi and others by issuing summonses or placing them in administrative detention, the Shanghai public security authorities acted in accordance with the law; the case had nothing to do with freedom of expression and opinion. By letter dated 14/06/06, the Government reported that on 17 January 2006, she and other persons assembled a crowd in a public area in Chongwen District in Beijing, thereby disturbing the peace. Pursuant to the provisions of article 34 of the regulations on punishments relating to the maintenance of law and order, the Yangpu Office of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, acting in accordance with the law, served a summons on Mao Hengfeng for a public order offence, for the period from 7.45 am on 25 January 2006 to 7.45 am on 26 January. Upon expiry of this period, no further measures of restraint were applied against Mao Hengfeng and, in the course of this process, all her lawful rights were fully upheld, and the allegations that she was subjected to beatings have no foundation

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