Text of report by Hong Kong Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy on 3 June

According to information obtained by this centre, at 10:30 this morning, four Beijing police officers came to the residence of Wang Dan's parents, Wang Xianzeng and Wang Lingyun, in Xicheng District. Three of them stayed at the door of the house, while the other one had a conversation with Wang Dan's mother, Wang Lingyun. In a rather polite manner, this police officer warned Wang Dan's parents not to go out these days, nor to give interviews to any media. The conversation is still going on at the time this report is dispatched.

Three "Tiananmen mothers," Ding Zilin, Zhang Xianling, and Xu Jue, planned to go this evening to the place where their sons were killed to pay homage to them, but they were prevented from doing so. Ding Zilin told us that a lot of police were staying at the door of her house. This morning, she wanted to go out to buy sacrificial offerings for her dead son, but was prevented by the police. The police also visited Zhang Xianling this morning, warning her not to go to Changan Road to pay homage to her son, Wang Nan, a high school student. Xu Jue, another mother whose son was killed, also received a police warning against going out this evening to mourn the death of her son. Xu Jue's son, Wu Xiangdong, was a college student, who was killed by gunshots at Muxudi, along with Ding Zilin's son, Jiang Jielian, a 17-year-old high school student. The original plan of Ding and Xu was to pay homage to the dead this evening at Muxudi.

In another development, we were told by Bao Tong's daughter, Bao Jian, that Bao Tong and his wife, Jiang Zongcao, were taken away from Beijing by police. Now, they are under house arrest somewhere in Zhejiang.

Chen Ziming, known as the black hand of the "4 June" Incident, who was sentenced to 13 years in jail, has been put under strict surveillance. When he goes to the hospital to see the doctor, a police car takes him to and picks him up from the hospital. He planned to participate in an academic activity in Hong Kong, but was prevented from doing so. His Hong Kong travel permit has been taken away by police.

Also under surveillance is Jiang Yanyong, the SARS hero, who wrote a letter to the central authorities requesting the redress of the "4 June" Incident. Departments concerned have warned him not to give interviews to any media. During the "4 June" Incident, Dr Jiang witnessed a lot of people killed or injured and treated many of the injured. He once revealed that senior CCP leader Yang Shangkun believed during his later years that the CCP would without doubt reset the verdict on the '4 June" Incident, and that the way the CCP dealt with that incident was a big mistake. According to information learned by this centre, Dr Jiang Yanyong met with Yang Shangkun on many occasions after the "4 June" Incident.

Source: Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong, in Chinese 3 Jun 09