(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 25 cities or counties in 12 provinces, where at least 63 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Tianjin] Ms. Niu Yueqin Sentenced to Prison
2. [Linfen City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Guo Suling Sentenced to Prison
3. [Cang County, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
4. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhang Tianpeng and Family Harassed
5. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Three Practitioners Arrested
6. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Chen Jinqing Arrested
7. [Hulin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhou Xiuqiong Arrested
8. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Ma Fengcai Officially Arrested
9. [Tonghua County, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhang Qiaolei and Family Members Arrested
10. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Xu Xianda and Mr. Sun Shihong Held in Custody
11. [Shifang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Zhu Chaobing’s Pension Suspended
12. [Tianjin] Several Practitioners Harassed
13. [Dingxi City, Gansu Province] Practitioner Liu Wei Harassed
14. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Gao Xiulan Held in Detention Center
15. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] Ms. Xu Yufen Missing
16. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Luo Jiaqiong Tried Again
17. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhao Xin Sentenced to Prison
18. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] Ms. Ju Zongmei Harassed; Ms. Xu Xiuying Detained
19. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Long Shangfu Arrested
20. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Four Practitioners Arrested
21. [Yangquan City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Yan Xiuzhen Harassed
22. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Guo Jingxia and Family Harassed
23. [Shantou City Guangdong Province] Ms. Zhang Suhua Arrested
24. [Puning City, Guangdong Province] Three Practitioners Sentenced to Prison
25. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] 77-Year-Old Ms. Wang Xiuying Sentenced to Prison
26. [Beijing] Ms. Yan Fangfang Detained
27. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Li Kai and Ms. Li Xia Arrested
28. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Gao Shuyan and Ms. Sun Shuyun Harassed
29. [Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region] Four Practitioners Harassed
30. [Tianjin] Mr. Jin Chengrong Held in Detention Center

1. [Tianjin] Ms. Niu Yueqin Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Niu Yueqin from Huangzhuang Township, Wuqing District, was arrested on July 5, 2019. She was held in the Wuqing District Detention Center. It was reported not long ago that she was sentenced to a one-year-and-six-month prison term. She has returned home.

Thirteen practitioners including Ms. Niu were going to hang “Falun Dafa is Good” banners on the evening of May 12, 2016. However they were arrested as the police had been monitoring their phone communications.

Seven practitioners were extorted from 5,000 to tens of thousands of yuan. One practitioner had a heart attack and went home that night. The remaining six practitioners were released on bail and went home on the evening of June 17, 2016.

Six other practitioners Mr. Fang Keshan, Ms. Zhang Shulan, Wang Hui (gender unknown), Ms. Li Jianchun, Ms. Yuan Xiuqing, and Ms. Lan Deman were sentenced to two to five years in prison.

2. [Linfen City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Guo Suling Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Guo Suling from Houma City received the verdict from the Quwo County Court on December 25, 2020. She was sentenced to three years in prison, with three years of probation, and fined 5,000 yuan. She is preparing to appeal.

3. [Cang County, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Harassed

Officers including Lin Shiwang from Daguanting Township Police Station went to Ms. Jin Yue’s workplace on the afternoon of December 17, 2020. They asked her to go with them to the police station. They led her to a room and told her several times to sign paperwork, but she refused.

They dragged her into the courtyard of the criminal police team. After taking her into a room there, they still told her to sign, but she refused.

Ms. Jin’s mother-in-law came to visit her with Ms. Jin’s two children. The police took the opportunity to pressure her to sign, saying that she would be detained if she did not sign, which would adversely impact her children’s future. Ms. Jin kept refusing to sign, and she was released and was home after 7 p.m.

Staff member Wang Hui of Daguanting Township government and others went to the home of Ms. Xie Enling’s grandson and harassed her on the afternoon of December 17.

Party secretary Ma Jixiang of Zaolin Village led Wang Hui and others to Ms. Yang Xiuyun’s home on the afternoon of December 17 and asked her to press her fingerprints. They also asked her daughter-in-law to persuade her to give up Falun Gong practices.

4. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhang Tianpeng and Family Harassed

Security director Zhang Xihua of Sijian Village and the Huancheng Township government officials broke into elderly Mr. Zhang Tianpeng’s home several times to intimidate and harass him.

Mr. Zhang’s wife is frail and sickly. Every time she was harassed, she would suffer significant physical and mental harm and become bedridden. To avoid harassment, he had to take his sick wife to live in a different place.

His cell phone number was not changed, and security director Zhang called again to harass him on December 22.

5. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Three Practitioners Arrested

Security director Ma Fang of Xinzhuang Village, Xinzhuang Township, and others broke into Ms. Liu Guixia’s home in early December 2020. They told her to go to the Yushu City Brainwashing Center. Ms. Liu did not cooperate. They took away her husband’s cell phone.

Security director Zhao of Xipo Village, Xinzhuang Township, broke into Mr. Xu Qingwu’s home and pressured him to sign three statements in early December.

Ms. Liu Guijie from the Erdaotun area in Xinzhuang Township was arrested and taken to the Yushu City Brainwashing Center in early December. She returned home that day.

6. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Chen Jinqing Arrested

At about 11 a.m. on December 23, 2020, Ms. Chen Jinqing was washing clothes at home and found that there was no water, so she opened the door and went out to ask her neighbors. At this time, over a dozen people hiding in the floor connection area along the stairwell rushed out and pushed her into her home.

They then confiscated photos of the founder of Falun Gong, keepsakes, and Falun Dafa books on the table.

Ms. Chen was taken to the Xinghua Street Police Station. The officers called her daughter and told her that Ms. Chen was at the police station. Ms. Chen’s daughter and son immediately went to the police station and demanded for their mother’s release, but was not successful.

7. [Hulin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhou Xiuqiong Arrested

A group of people broke into Ms. Zhou Xiuqiong’s home in the No. 856 Farm in Hulin City and arrested her on the morning of December 23, 2020. Her current whereabouts are unclear.

8. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Ma Fengcai Officially Arrested

Ms. Ma Fengcai, in her 60s, has been held in the Zhengzhou City No. 3 Detention Center for a month. She was officially placed under arrest.

9. [Tonghua County, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhang Qiaolei and Family Members Arrested

Ms. Zhang Qiaolei was arrested by officers including Zhu Wenxin from the Tonghua County Domestic Security Division on the afternoon of December 9, 2020. She is being held in the Changliu Detention Center.

Ms. Wang Meiqi (Ms. Zhang’s daughter), her second aunt, and her third aunt Ms. Zhang Qiaoxiu went to the Domestic Security Division to get her arrest warrant on December 11. They were arrested by officers from the Domestic Security Division and the Tonghua County Police Station.

Ms. Wang and her third aunt Ms. Zhang Qiaoxiu were detained for 15 days. her second aunt was detained for 13 days. They are being held in the Tonghua County Detention Center.

10. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Xu Xianda and Mr. Sun Shihong Held in Custody

Among the practitioners arrested on December 11, 2020, Mr. Xu Xianda and Mr. Sun Shihong are still being held in the detention center.

11. [Shifang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Zhu Chaobing’s Pension Suspended

Mr. Zhu Chaobing was harassed again by Nanquan Town government employee Yu Hua and others in December 2020. Deductions have been taken from his pension since October 2020.

12. [Tianjin] Several Practitioners Harassed

In recent days, the residential committees and town governments of Baodi District have coordinated with local police stations to harass Falun Gong practitioners, coerce everyone to sign statements renouncing Falun Gong. They threatened to have their family members’ jobs terminated or wages suspended, and their children prevented from attending school.

Li Song, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, harassed Ms. Zhang Hongmei’s family.

Ms. Guo wenjuan from Baodi District was expelled from her job. She has been repeatedly harassed by the police station and residential committee personnel.

Ms. Li Baoling from Shiqiao Township, Baodi District, was repeatedly harassed by the village committee and the police station. They coerced her family to pressure her to sign paperwork.

13. [Dingxi City, Gansu Province] Practitioner Liu Wei Harassed

Three people who claimed to be members of the Xijiao community went to the home of Liu Wei (gender unknown) in the Xijiao Community of Longxi County on the afternoon of December 25, 2020.

They said they would videotape the home and record personal information. They wanted to enter the home without permission, and kicked on the door continuously for 20 minutes.

14. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Gao Xiulan Held in Detention Center

Ms. Gao Xiulan from the No. 1 Branch of Hongguang Farm, Baiyilaga Township, Qianguo County, was arrested at home by officers from the Changlong Township Police Station on December 21, 2020. She is being held in the Guaibodian Detention Center.

15. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] Ms. Xu Yufen Missing

Ms. Xu Yufen from Chaoyangchuan Town has lost contact with her family. It was reported that someone went to her home and harassed her in early November 2020. She has been missing for three weeks.

16. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Luo Jiaqiong Tried Again

Ms. Luo Jiaqiong was tried via video link by the Kuancheng Court on December 10, 2020. The court notified two of her family members to attend the hearing.

She was brought to the courtroom for trial on December 22. This time the court notified her family members that they were not allowed to go to the court on the grounds that the epidemic was serious.

17. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhao Xin Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Zhao Xin, 69, was arrested on August 16, 2020, and tried in November. She was later sentenced to one year in prison, with one year of probation. She returned home on December 20.

18. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] Ms. Ju Zongmei Harassed; Ms. Xu Xiuying Detained

Five or six officers from the Xiguan Police Station jumped over the wall and entered Ms. Ju Zongmei’s home on the morning of December 18, 2020. They threatened her children and asked where their mother was. They talked about arresting her children. After looking around the house, they left.

Seven or eight officers from the Xiguan Police Station broke into Ms. Xu Xiuying’s home and ransacked the place at 8 p.m. on December 17. They took her to the police station, where she was physically abused when the officers tried to extract information from her. She was held there overnight.

The next morning, three police officers forcibly took her to the Chinese Medicine Hospital for physical examination. They threatened her, and held her still to take blood samples from her. The officers took her to a detention center for two days of detention. Ms. Xu has returned home.

19. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Long Shangfu Arrested

Mr. Long Shangfu from Yangwan Residential Community, Mengyang Town, was arrested at 1:30 p.m. on December 17, 2020. The officers ransacked his home and confiscated Falun Dafa books. He was taken to the Mengyang Town Police Station, where the officers pressured him to sign paperwork and took his blood samples. He did not cooperate. He was released and got home around 7 p.m.

20. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Four Practitioners Arrested

Ms. Xu Lina, 48, from Kouqian Town, Yongji County, was reported to the police by a taxi driver while talking to the taxi driver about Falun Gong on the afternoon of December 17, 2020. She was stopped by a police car from the Chengnan Police Station. Her head was injured and had to be taken to the hospital for bandaging.

Mr. Sun Zhiwen was taken to the Jilin City Detention Center on April 20, 2020. When his mother went to deposit money for him, she could not deposit anymore. The detention center said that he was transferred away, and they do not know where he was transferred.

In addition, Ms. Zhou Bo and her husband Mr. Han Zaiping were arrested on July 23. Their family has not heard anything about them.

21. [Yangquan City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Yan Xiuzhen Harassed

At 6 p.m. on December 20, 2020, Ms. Yan Xiuzhen was having dinner at home, when three people who claimed to be from the community suddenly came. They asked her to sign “four statements,” and said that she would not be bothered again after signing. Ms. Yan refused to do so.

22. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Guo Jingxia and Family Harassed

Ms. Guo Jingxia from Fuyu County lives at her daughter’s home in Xiangfang District, Harbin City.

The Party secretary of the No. 3 Communities of Fuyu County, officer Yang Bo from Fuyu County, and officers from the Minsheng Road Police Station in Xiangfang District went to the home of Ms. Guo’s daughter on the afternoon of December 24, 2020.

They told Ms. Guo to sign three statements, but she refused. Subsequently, the Minsheng Road officers called and threatened her daughter.

23. [Shantou City Guangdong Province] Ms. Zhang Suhua Arrested

Ms. Zhang Suhua was arrested by officers from the Wenguang Police Station in Chaoyang District in mid-December. When she was taken to the detention center, she failed the medical examination and was released on bail. The officers had ransacked her home and confiscated Falun Dafa books and her cell phone.

24. [Puning City, Guangdong Province] Three Practitioners Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Chen Meihua, Ms. Huang Aihua, and Ms. Huang Luanqing were held in the Jiedong Detention Center.

Among them, Ms. Huang Aihua was sentenced to one year in prison, and returned home on December 14, 2020.

Before she returned home, Ms. Cheng and Ms. Huang Luanqing’s blood samples were taken for medical examinations. They were ready to be transferred elsewhere.

25. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] 77-Year-Old Ms. Wang Xiuying Sentenced to Prison

On December 4, 2020, the Shushan District Court notified Ms. Wang Xiuying to go to the court. The court clerk Chen Shanshan verbally pronounced the sentence on the spot that she was sentenced to seven months in prison and fined 1,500 yuan. The court did not give her the verdict. Her family later got the verdict, which was dated September 7, 2020.

The court took her to the Shuanggang Police Station. The police station tried to put her in prison and took her for a physical examination. In the end, she was denied admission, and she returned home late at night

26. [Beijing] Ms. Yan Fangfang Detained

Ms. Yan Fangfang works in Fengsheng Hutong, Xicheng District. She was arrested by officers from the Fengsheng Police Station in the early morning of December 12, 2020, for distributing a Falun Gong informational brochure.

She was placed under criminal detention and held in the Xicheng District Detention Center.

27. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Li Kai and Ms. Li Xia Arrested

Mr. Li Kai and Ms. Li Xia were arrested by officers from the Shiqiaozi Town Police Station around 8 a.m. on December 16, 2020, when they were distributing Falun Gong materials at Shiqiaozi morning market.

The officers notified Mr. Li’s family at 6 p.m. that day. His family then found that Mr. Li’s home was ransacked and things scatters all over the place. The officers confiscated two printers, a laptop, a laminator, Falun Dafa books, and printed materials. His housing certificate and retirement certificate were also confiscated.

Ms. Li Xia’s current whereabouts are unclear.

28. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Gao Shuyan and Ms. Sun Shuyun Harassed

Shuini Road Community employees in Daowei District knocked on the door of Ms. Gao Shuyan’s home around 2 p.m. on November 13, 2020. No one opened the door, and they left. They went to her home again around 5 p.m. They told her to “transform” and sign paperwork.

The community director called Ms. Sun Shuyun’s sister and asked her to tell Ms. Sun to go to the community office to be “transformed” and sign paperwork.

29. [Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region] Four Practitioners Harassed

Mr. Guo Ruihua from Tazhi Village, Kouxiang Town, Fenxi County, Shanxi Province, went to Xinjiang to work on an odd job in May 2020. The Urumqi Train Station police stopped him and took his cell phone.

Nothing happened when he returned home from part-time work. However on December 2, two officers from Xinjiang suddenly came to his home and ransacked the place.

They two Xinjiang officers then went to and ransacked homes of Ms. Guo Jiming and Ms. Zhang Lihua. They also took a box from the home of Ms. Guo’s son. They forced Ms. Guo Jiming’s daughter to hand over keys. They left the place a big mess.

Mr. Guo Ruihua and his wife Ms. Yang Yuai were taken to the Qingxiang Town Police Station, where the couple were interrogated for several hours.

A few days ago, when Mr. Guo went out of town to work, the officials pressured him to come back home. They threatened that a warrant would be issued and put online if he did not return.

30. [Tianjin] Mr. Jin Chengrong Held in Detention Center

Mr. Jin Chengrong, a retired engineer of Tianchen Engineering Co., Ltd. was followed and arrested by officers from the Ruijing Police Station on December 9, 2020. The officers ransacked his home and confiscated Falun Dafa books, and over 90 printed materials, a printer, among other personal belongings. He is being held in the Beichen Detention Center.