(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 15 cities or counties in 8 provinces, where at least 36 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] More Than 10 Practitioners Sentenced from 2 Years to 10 Years in Prison
2. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] 67-year-old Ms. Dang Baofen and Nearly-70-year-old Ms. Wang Pengying Sentenced to Prison up to Six and a Half Years
3. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Shuxiang Faces Trial
4. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yu Xiuying Detained
5. [Chongqing] Ms. Hu Kaijun and Ms. Liu Deying Face Trial
6. [Yutian County, Hebei Province] Mr. Liu Shangzhu Arrested and Detained
7. [Ziyang City, Sichuan Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
8. [Pingquan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Sulan and Ms. Fan Guijie Harassed
9. [Huolingol City, Inner Mongolia] Meng Lingbo Arrested
10. [Zhumadian City, Henan Province] Mr. Li Jiangshe Dies During Detention
11. [Luoding City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Li Beifang Arrested
12. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Ms. Song Changping Arrested 
13. [Shanghai] Ms. Ni Cuiping Arrested and Detained
14. [Tianjin] Ms. Yang Daixiu Harassed
15. [Dazhou City, Sichuan Province] Zhang Ying Arrested and Detained
16. [Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province] Six Practitioners Harassed

1. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] More Than 10 Practitioners Sentenced from 2 Years to 10 Years in Prison

More than 10 practitioners from Nong’an County were sentenced from 2 years to 10 years in prison and fined up to 20,000 yuan by the Dehui City Court on July 26, 2021. Some practitioners’ families went to the court to ask for the verdict on August 2, 2021, but were unsuccessful. They went to the court again the next day. Li Kuiliang, head of the criminal division said the following two reasons that the verdicts were not given to the family members, especially the family who insisted on suing them are:

1). The cases are classified as criminal cases. 2). The Falun Gong cases are considered special and involve secrets

Later the practitioners’ family members went to the procuratorate to complain but were told that it was not under their jurisdiction. 

2. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] 67-year-old Ms. Dang Baofen and Nearly-70-year-old Ms. Wang Pengying Sentenced to Prison up to Six and a Half Years

Ms. Dang Baofen, 67, was arrested on May 13, 2021. It was learned that she was sentenced to four years in prison. 

Nearly-70-year-old Ms. Wang Pengying was arrested on September 28, 2020. It was learned that she was sentenced to six and a half years in prison.

3. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Shuxiang Faces Trial

Ms. Li Shuxiang from the Weicheng District has been detained in the Weifang Detention Center for more than half a year. Her family was informed recently that Ms. Li will be tried in the Kuiwen District Court on August 7, 2021.

4. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yu Xiuying Detained

Ms. Yu Xiuying was reported to police for distributing the peace cards and was arrested by officers from the Henan Police Station on March 20, 2020. The police confiscated 127 yuan in paper bills imprinted with Falun Gong facts and 15 banners. Ms. Yu was detained for 7 days in the Yanji Detention House. Seven days later, she refused to sign the documents that the police presented on March 27, 2020. She was taken to have a medical examination in the Yanji City Hospital. Since her temperature was a little higher than normal, she was forced to unbutton her upper clothes and stand in the cold wind. Her temperature did not drop after three attempts. Then the officers told her to sign the bail document for medical treatment, which she refused. The officer signed it on behalf of her. Her family members were called. After they paid the 570 yuan medical examination bill she was allowed to go home. 

Ms. Yu was harassed by police twice from May 2020 to July 2021. She was pressured to sign some documents which she refused each time. 

Ms. Yu was informed on July 20, 2021, that her trial would be at 8:30 a.m. on July 23, 2021. She went to the Yanji City Court but has not returned home. It was learned that Ms. Yu was detained in the Yanji City Detention Center. 

5. [Chongqing] Ms. Hu Kaijun and Ms. Liu Deying Face Trial

Ms. Hu Kaijun, 66, and Ms. Liu Deying, 80, received a subpoena from the Kaizhou District Court on August 2, 2021, stating that they would be tried in court at 9 a.m. on August 19, 2021. 

Ms. Hu Kaijun was arrested on the afternoon of July 17, 2020, when she went to Ms. Liu Deying’s home to deliver truth-clarifying materials. Her home was ransacked. The police confiscated her Falun Gong books, computer, printer, peace cards, 1000 yuan in paper bills imprinted with Falun Gong facts, Minghui Weekly, a photo of Falun Gong’s founder, media player, etc. Ms. Hu was detained for 12 days in a brainwashing center. On July 26, 2020, she was released on bail for one year pending trial. After being forced to write the five statements, she was released home on July 29, 2021. 

Ms. Liu Deying was arrested on the same day on July 17, 2021. Her home was ransacked. Her Falun Gong books and truth-clarifying materials were confiscated. She was detained for 19 days in a brainwashing center. She was forced to write the five statements and was placed under residential surveillance. 

Ms. Xiang Tianyu in her 80s was also arrested on July 17, 2021. Her home was ransacked. She was released the same day. 

6. [Yutian County, Hebei Province] Mr. Liu Shangzhu Arrested and Detained

Mr. Liu Shangzhu lives in Jiayanzhuang Village, Woluogu Town. He was arrested in the field by people from the Yutian County Police Department and the Woluogu Town Police Station on the morning of May 12, 2021. His home was ransacked. His nephew’s house, which is next to his house was also ransacked and left in shambles. Many personal belongings were confiscated.

Mr. Liu was taken to the Yutian County Detention Center from the Woluogu Town Police Station on the same day. His family was not allowed to visit him in the detention center.

Mr. Liu was transferred to the Zunhua City Detention Center on July 31, 2021. 

7. [Ziyang City, Sichuan Province] Three Practitioners Harassed

Three people including the head of the Tongxian Town Police Station in Anyue County and the director of the local community office took Ms. Zhou Nanxiu from her home to the police station on April 4, 2021. Ms. Zhou was pressured to sign a guarantee statement, which she refused. 

Elderly Ms. Wen Jiafen was harassed by the local community members three times and was pressured to sign a guarantee statement, which she refused. On June 19, 2021, the same people came to her home again with Ms. Zhou’s son and daughter-in-law who were deeply poisoned by the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda. They did not leave until Ms. Zhou was forced to copy the guarantee statement they prepared. 

Two officers took Mr. Yu Tinggui from his home to the Industrial Park Police Station on the morning of July 28, 2021. He was pressured to sign a guarantee statement, which he refused. His son was called in and signed it on his father’s behalf. Mr. Yu was then released. 

8. [Pingquan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Sulan and Ms. Fan Guijie Harassed

Ms. Liu Sulan and Ms. Fan Guijie from Qijiadai Township have been harassed multiple times by police officers and township government officials in recent months. They were pressured to sign a guarantee statement, which they refused. 

9. [Huolingol City, Inner Mongolia] Meng Lingbo Arrested

Meng Lingbo (gender unknown) was reported to the police by three older men for posting banners with information about Falun Gong and was arrested around 6:30 p.m. on July 24, 2021. Meng is now detained in the Holingol City Detention Center. 

10. [Zhumadian City, Henan Province] Mr. Li Jiangshe Died During Detention

Wang Pengyun, head of Yicheng District Domestic Security Division, and other officers arrested Mr. Li Jiangshe who lives in the residential compound of the textile factory on Xuesong Road, on June 26, 2021. Mr. Li was taken to the Zhumadian City Detention Center. Ms. Gao Changyun, who lives in the residential compound of Xiyuan Hotel in Zhonghua Road, was also arrested on the same day. 

Mr. Li Jiangshe’s family was informed on July 2, 2021, that he was in a hospital emergency room. His family members went there and noticed his back, arms and neck were badly swollen. Mr. Li died in the hospital on July 7, 2021. 

Ms. Gao Changyun is currently detained in the detention center. 

11. [Luoding City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Li Beifang Arrested

Ms. Li Beifang was arrested by officer Tang Boyong from the domestic security division and officers from the local police station on August 2, 2021. Her home was ransacked and her personal belongings including her Falun Gong books, truth-clarifying materials, cell phone, and electric bike were confiscated. She was fined 500 yuan and was released on the same day.

12. [Dehui City, Jilin Province] Ms. Song Changping Arrested 

Ms. Song Changping worked in Mingzhou Middle School. She was arrested a few days ago. It was learned that her family depends on her part-time job to support them. Her youngest son suffers from severe mental depression. Her arrest cut off the family’s income. 

13. [Shanghai] Ms. Ni Cuiping Arrested and Detained

Ms. Ni Cuiping who lives on Xietu Street was reported to police for talking to people about Falun Gong and was arrested on the afternoon of June 25, 2021. She was placed under official arrest on July 30, 2021. She was detained in the Huangpu District Detention Center.

14. [Tianjin] Ms. Yang Daixiu Harassed

Four officers from the Bohai Petroleum Police Station went to 68-year-old Ms. Yang Daixiu’s home around 9 p.m. on July 20, 2021. After Ms. Yang refused to open the door for them, they called in a locksmith to unlock the door and forcefully entered her home. They ransacked the house and confiscated some 100-yuan and 50-yuan bills and a cell phone. They claimed that Ms. Yang was seen on a surveillance camera talking to people about Falun Gong.

15. [Dazhou City, Sichuan Province] Zhang Ying Arrested and Detained

Zhang Ying (gender unknown) in his or her 50s lives in Jieyang City, Guangdong Province. Zhang Ying returned to his or her hometown in Sichuan Province for the 2021 Chinese New Year and was arrested on January 27, 2021, for talking to people about Falun Gong in Qu County, Dazhou City. Zhang was first detained 15 days. Because Zhang refused to sign some documents, he or she was taken to the Dazhou City Detention Center. It is not clear where Zhang is now.

16. [Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province] Six Practitioners Harassed

During the Zero-out campaign, many practitioners in Zhaodong City and the surrounding towns have been harassed at home or received harassing calls from local government officials and police officers since April 2021. 

Six practitioners in Wuzhan Town have been harassed by the town mayor Xie and the town police officers. They are Fang Shuhua, Li Jun, Zhang Jun, Qi Yabin, Gu Yazhi, and Hao Shuxia. The practitioners were forced to have their photos taken.