(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 20 cities or counties in 14 provinces, where at least 37 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.
1. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Xiuchun Sentenced to Five and a Half Years in Prison
2. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Four Practitioners Harassed or Arrested
3. [Baoji City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Zhang Caixia Detained in a Mental Hospital
4. [Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province] Third Hearing Held Against Ms. Meng Meizhen
5. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Ren Haifei and Ms. Sun Zhongli Tried in Court
6. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Wang and Ms. Cui Yanling Possibly Arrested
7. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yan Aiqin and Ms. Yan Kuihua Arrested
8. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] 80-year-old Liu Xiyong Persecuted in Detention Center
9. [Jingzhou City, Hubei Province] Ms. Chen Shunying Not Allowed Visitors in Prison
10. [Luohe City, Henan Province] Ms. Huang Chunlan Persecuted in Detention Center
11. [Chenzhou City, Hunan Province] 82-Year-Old Ms. Tang Jiangnan Arrested
12. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Cases Against Five Practitioners Submitted to Court
13. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Yuling Under Residential Surveillance
14. [Linjiang City, Jilin Province] Five Practitioners Harassed
15. [Beijing] Ms. Zhang Guizhi Harassed
16. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Feng Suying Missing
17. [Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Yu Tao Missing
18. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Wu Xiumian Harassed
19. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhang Jingyan Arrested and Detained
20. [Baiyin City, Gansu Province] Mr. Feng Xinglei Harassed
21. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] 84-year-old Ms. Xing Yaozhi Harassed
22. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] Ms. Ji Yunzhi’s Home Ransacked
1. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Xiuchun Sentenced to Five and a Half Years in Prison
Ms. Liu Xiuchun was arrested and taken to the No.1 Detention Center of Shenyang City on July 1, 2019. In May 2021, it was learned that Ms. Liu was sentenced to five and a half years in prison. Her family was not notified of her trial. She is detained in the No. 2 Women’s Prison of Liaoning Province. Three months later her family was notified and told they could visit her in prison.
2. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Four Practitioners Harassed or Arrested
Ms. Li Tiaoxiu in her 80s was harassed at home around 3 p.m. on September 7, 2021. Five people from the Wenmiao Community and the local police station in Jingyang District, including police officer Liao, went to Ms. Li’s home and pressured her to sign a guarantee statement, which she refused.
Mr. Lu Yongkai, 89, and his wife 77-year-old Ms. Ni Wanxiu live in Baijiang Village, Tianyuan Community, Jingyang District. The village chief’s wife led a government official to the couple’s home around 11 a.m. on August 28, 2021. When the government official entered the home, he did not say anything. He used his cell phone to photograph everything in the house. Three times Mr. Lu asked why he took photos, but the official did not answer.
Six officers from Jingyang District went to Ms. Qian Shuju’s home around 10 a.m. on July 7, 2020. They ransacked her home and confiscated about 2,000 yuan in paper bills imprinted with Falun Gong facts, three USB drives, a photo of Falun Gong’s founder, two MP3 players, a copy of Zhuan Falun, a printer and two computers.
Ms. Qian, in her 70s, was arrested and taken for a physical examination. She was found to have high blood pressure up to 186 mmHg. During the process, the police forcibly held her wrists, which caused a lot of bruises that she had for two weeks.
Ms. Qian was taken to a police station in Jingyang District around 1 p.m. that afternoon and was later transferred to Deyang City Detention Center around 2 a.m. on July 8, 2021.
Ms. Qian was arrested last year and released on bail pending trial on December 29, 2020. The day she was released, she refused to sign on the release form. Her daughter-in-law signed it on her behalf.
3. [Baoji City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Zhang Caixia Detained in a Mental Hospital
Ms. Zhang Caixia, originally from Wuxing Village, was arrested at her workplace (a hospital) by police on August 26, 2021. Her family did not know she was arrested until September 7 or 8, 2021. When they went to local police station to ask where she was, they learned Ms. Zhang was detained in a mental hospital. They were not allowed to visit her and could only see her via video conference.
4. [Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province] Third Hearing Held Against Ms. Meng Meizhen
Ms. Meng Meizhen’s home was ransacked on April 17, 2020 because she was reported to police for distributing Falun Gong informational materials.
Ms. Meng was interrogated by officers from the Domestic Security Division on April 15, 2021. She was taken for a physical examination but was denied admission by the detention center due to high blood pressure.
Ms. Meng received a subpoena from the court on the morning of June 28, 2021, alledging that she had committed the crime of “using a heretical organization to undermine implementation of the law” and would be tried.
The second hearing in Ms. Meng’s rial was held at the beginning of August 2021. She was taken to have another physical examination. The detention center still refused to admit her due to her high blood pressure.
The third hearing was held on the afternoon of September 2, 2021. She was told that she would be taken to prison the next hearing.
5. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Ren Haifei and Ms. Sun Zhongli Tried in Court
Mr. Ren Haifei and Ms. Sun Zhongli were tried online by the Jingsi District Court at 1 p.m. on September 8, 2021. The trial lasted over an hour. The court announced an adjournment and that the next hearing would be held before October 2021.
6. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Wang and Ms. Cui Yanling Arrested Possibly
Wang (first name and gender unknown) went to Ms. Cui Yanling’s home near Kuanping Bridge on the morning of September 9, 2021 but did not return home that day. It was later learned that Ms. Cui Yanling’s home was ransacked by police and she might be arrested on September 9, 2021. The details are unknown.
7. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yan Aiqin and Ms. Yan Kuihua Arrested
Ms. Yan Aiqin, 59, and her husband from Dongan Village, Jixia Sub-district Office of Linzi District, were tricked into going to the Sunlou Police Station on the morning of August 24, 2021. Ms. Yan was arrested and taken for a physical examination. She was detained in the Zhangdian Detention House for 10 days. She was released on September 3, 2021.
Ms. Yan Kuihua, 57, Ms. Yan Aiqin’s sister, was arrested at home at the same time her sister was. Four officers including Wang Qingtao from the Sunlou Police Station and Wang Dongfang from the Linzi District Domestic Security Division went to arrest her at her home. Ms. Yan was taken to have a physical examination but was denied admission by the Zhangdian Detention House due to her health. She was released that evening.
8. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] 80-year-old Liu Xiyong Persecuted in Detention Center
Mr. Liu Xiyong, 80, was sentenced to four years in prison and fined 6,000 yuan because he distributed the book, The Ultimate Goal of Communism. When he was released from Dongling Prison in Shenyang City on April 9, 2021, he was directly taken by officers from the Paotai Police Station and put into the Sanli Detention Center in Jinzhou District, Dalian City.
Mr. Liu was beaten in the detention center. Sometimes officers covered him with a quilt to beat him. He coughed a lot and had a hard time breathing around September 3, 2021. He was taken to the Jinzhou Chinese Medicine Hospital and was found to have pleural effusion and diabetes. Four police officers watched him in the hospital. He was seen wearing handcuff and shackles. His family members were informed and were allowed to visit him in the hospital.
9. [Jingzhou City, Hubei Province] Ms. Chen Shunying Not Allowed Visitors in Prison
Ms. Chen Shunying from Jingzhou District was taken to the Hankou Prison of Hubei Province in September 2020. She has been held for one year, but her family members are still not allowed to visit her.
10. [Luohe City, Henan Province] Ms. Huang Chunlan Persecuted in Detention Center
Ms. Huang Chunlan from the Yancheng District was arrested by police officers including Zhen Jiangong from the Domestic Security Division and Chen Weixu from the procuratorate. Ms. Huang is held in a detention center, where she is forced to stand for several hours every day. She is emaciated and often vomits blood. Her condition is worrying.
11. [Chenzhou City, Hunan Province] 82-Year-Old Ms. Tang Jiangnan Arrested
Ms. Tang Jiangnan, 82, lives in No.1 of No.14 Building, Furong Street, Shizhuyuan Community, Suxian District. Twelve police officers arrived in several cars on the afternoon of September 6, 2021, when Ms. Tang was in a neighbor’s home. Ms. Tang refused to open the door to her home, but the police forcibly unlocked it. They ransacked her home and confiscated many personal belongings, including her printer, copy machine, Falun Gong books, several bank books, and thousands of yuan in cash.
Ms. Tang was taken for a physical examination the next day. She was found to have dark spots on her lungs and high blood pressure of 180 mmHg. She was released.
12. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Cases Against Five Practitioners Submitted to Court
Five practitioners from Changle County including Ms. Qin Xiaoli, Ms. Feng Changli, Ms. Sun Xueqin, Ms. Yang Mingxiang, and Mr. Gao Peng, were arrested on May 18, 2021. The cases were submitted to the Qingzhou Court on September 10, 2021.
Mr. Gao Guangcheng, father of Mr. Gao Peng, went missing on September 9, 2021. His family later learned that he was arrested and detained in the Changle County Detention Center. Mr. Gao Guangcheng was placed in detention last year but a sentence was not carried out. It was carried out this year.
13. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Yuling Under Residential Surveillance
Elderly Ms. Wang Yuling lives in Jiezhuang Village of Hongshan Town, Zichuan District. She was arrested twice by officers from the Chengnan Police Station for talking to people about Falun Gong in the Shihu Market and the Hongshan Market. She was interrogated in the Zichuan District Police Department. She was released that evening after her family paid a 2,000 yuan fine. Her home was ransacked. Her Falun Gong books and related materials were confiscated. Ms. Wang is now under residential surveillance.
Ms. Zhang Xueying, another elderly practitioner, was found with Ms. Wang via surveillance video when she talked to people about Falun Gong. Her family was forced to pay a 2,000-yuan fine.
14. [Linjiang City, Jilin Province] Five Practitioners Harassed
Police officers went to harass many practitioners at home on September 6 and 7, 2021, including Ms. Li Qingzhen, Ms. Jiang Xiaomin, Mr. Wang Weizhi, Ms. Cao Yulan, and Ms. Zhang Yuqin. The officers videotaped the practitioners. The police also harassed the practitioners via phone calls and harassed the practitioners’ family members.
15. [Beijing] Ms. Zhang Guizhi Harassed
Ms. Zhang Guizhi was harassed at home on September 9, 2021. Instigated by the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, people from the Qingyuan Sub-district and the Neighborhood Committee of No.50 Kangzhuang went to her home and pressured her to sign a “guarantee statement” to renounce her faith. Under the pressure, Ms. Zhang’s husband threatened to divorce her if she did not sign it.
16. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Feng Suying Missing
Ms. Feng Suying in her 70s was arrested by several people wearing black clothes around 10 a.m., on September 9, 2021 when she talked to people about Falun Gong in Luyin Street, Chengnan District. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
17. [Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Yu Tao Missing
Mr. Yu Tao is a teacher in No.1 Middle School of Dajing Town. Because he refused to give up his faith, Falun Gong, he was forced to teach at an elementary school.
Police officers from the Gaozhou City Domestic Security Division talked to him in the first half of 2021 and pressured him to sign a guarantee statement. He was threatened and told that he would lose his job if he did not cooperate.
Mr. Yu lost contact around August 11, 2021. Before he went missing, he mentioned that people from the municipal police department, the district police department and the Dajing Town Police Station, went to talk to him.
18. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Wu Xiumian Harassed
Mr. Wu Xiumian, 71, was harassed at home on September 8, 2021. Li Hua, head of Economic Development Zone Police Department, led several police officers to Mr. Wu’s home and claimed that he had been reported for distributing Falun Gong informational materials. They ransacked his home and confiscated some materials, Falun Gong books, a photo of Falun Gong’s founder, and several bookmarks imprinted with the words, “Falun Dafa is good.” An officer said that the bookmarks could be ignored, but Mr. Wu insisted they be listed.
While the police searched his home, Mr. Wu suddenly had a heart attack and collapsed. The police hurriedly left. Mr. Wu stayed away from his home to avoid further persecution.
19. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhang Jingyan Arrested and Detained
Ms. Zhang Jingyan from the Shuangcheng District was arrested near her home by officers from Zhanqian Police Station on September 9, 2021. She was first detained in the Erdao Street Patrol Team and then transferred to another place. Her family was told that she was placed under a 37-day detention.
Ms. Zhang was arrested in 2001. She held a hunger strike and managed to escape from the hospital. In order to avoid further persecution, she stayed away from home for two years.
20. [Baiyin City, Gansu Province] Mr. Feng Xinglei Harassed
Mr. Feng Xinglei’s mother was harassed at home around 11 a.m. on September 8, 2021. Three village officers in Fengyuan Village, Baoji Town, Pingchuan District, including Wang Yong, came to ask for Mr. Feng’s information including his address, labor contract, etc.
21. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] 84-year-old Ms. Xing Yaozhi Harassed
An officer from the Wenmiao Police Station went to 84-year-old Ms. Xing Yaozhi’s home one day in mid-August 2021. He came in and searched every room two or three times and then left.
Three officers from the Wenmiao Police Station including Deputy Xing went to Ms. Xing’s home again on August 20, 2021. They found a CD and a photo of Falun Gong’s founder. Ms. Xing tried to keep them but they claimed that she had to sign a guarantee statement, which she refused. Ms. Xing tried to have them understand why she practiced Falun Gong. They recorded what she said.
22. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] Ms. Ji Yunzhi’s Home Ransacked
A group of officers from the Lindong Town Police Station including Huang Jian, head of the police station, went to Ms. Ji Yunzhi’s home on September 9, 2021. They ransacked her home and confiscated a photo of Falun Gong’s founder, more than 100 Dafa books, multiple media players, one MP3 player, some stickers, some paper bills imprinted with Falun Gong facts, about 1,000 yuan in cash, more than 40 USB drives, and a safe.
The police also wanted to arrest Ms. Ji. But she had symptoms of a heart attack caused by being extensively shocked with electric batons in the forced labor camp. The officers gave up.
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