(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 26 cities or counties in 14 provinces, where at least 45 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.
1. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Duan Lianying Tried in Court
2. [Beijing] Mr. Shi Yingji Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
3. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Six Practitioners Harassed
4. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Mr. Wang Wei’s Family Harassed
5. [Neijiang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Liu Jian Imprisoned
6. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Two Practitioners Detained
7. [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Four Practitioners Detained
8. [Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province] Lin Jingrong Arrested
9. [Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Cai Qing Abused in Prison
10. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Zhou Meili Deprived of Pension
11. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Guo Yuexia’s Case in Procuratorate
12. [Xianghe County, Hebei Province] Ms. Yang Shufang and Ms. Zhang Guizhen Harassed
13. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Five Practitioners Arrested, One Detained
14. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Yuan Jinghong Arrested
15. [Leihe City, Henan Province] Three Practitioners Detained
16. [Zhumadian, Henan Province] Xu Huichun Arrested
17. [Yichang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Qin Li Harassed
18. [Changcha City, Hunan Province] Yu Hua Harassed
19. [Zhangye City, Gansu Province] Ms. Liu Yugui Harassed
20. [Baiyin City, Gansu Province] Ms. Hao Guofang Harassed Repeatedly
21. [Dashiqiao City, Liaoning Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
22. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Li Kai’s Case Submitted to Procuratorate
23. [Chongqing] Ms. Zhou Zulan Arrested
24. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Lihua Harassed
25. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Shan Guizhen Arrested
26. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] Zhao Jianmei Arrested
1. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Duan Lianying Tried in Court
Ms. Duan Lianying was tried in October 2020. She has appealed to the Chifeng City Intermediate Court.
Ms. Duan was arrested in December 12, 2019, by Hongshan District Police. She has since been held at the Songshan District Detention Center.
2. [Beijing] Mr. Shi Yingji Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
Mr. Shi Yingji was arrested in February 28, 2019. He was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 5,000 yuan by the Daxing Court. He will be released on February 27, 2021.
3. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Six Practitioners Harassed
Qu Yuemei, Fan Hua, Sun Zhenlan, Jia Xiufeng, Shao (first name unknown), and Jin (first name unknown) were harassed by police and community clerks. The harassers went to the practitioners’ homes and ordered them to sign a guarantee statement. Any practitioners who disobeyed were taken to a brainwashing center or into police custody.
4. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Mr. Wang Wei’s Family Harassed
Mr. Wang Wei’s family received a harassing call from the Qinghe Police Station on December 23, 2020. The officer wanted Mr. Wang’s address, phone number, etc. The family refused to provide the information.
5. [Neijiang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Liu Jian Imprisoned
Mr. Liu Jian was sentenced to six-and-a-half-year in prison by the Zizhong Court in June 2020. After his appeal to intermediate court was rejected, he appealed to the Neijiang City Procuratorate. The Procuratorate took his appeal and stated that a response would be made around January 20, 2020. Mr. Liu was imprisoned in the Ninth Ward of Jiazhou Prison around November 20, 2020.
6. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Two Practitioners Detained
Xu Ziqun (gender unknown) of Mengyang Town was arrested on the morning of December 28, 2020, while talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. A practitioner (name and gender unknown) from Sanjie Town was arrested the same day. Both practitioners are being held at the Lichun Town Detention Center.
7. [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Four Practitioners Detained
Mr. Huang Zhili, his son (in his 20s), Mr. Yin Tingxu (his father-in-law), and Ms. Xie Shunfang (his mother-in-law) were arrested at his apartment by the Mengyin County police on the afternoon of December 18, 2020. The officers ransacked the place and seized over 100,000 yuan in cash. His son was released the next day. The remaining three are being held in Yinan County.
8. [Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province] Lin Jingrong Arrested
Lin Jingrong (gender unknown) was arrested in Leizhou City in early December 2020. Lin’s whereabouts are unknown.
9. [Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Cai Qing Abused in Prison
Mr. Cai Qing, 38, of Shaoguan City, a senior engineer of a foreign company in Shanghai, was sentenced to four years in prison by the Qujiang District Court on December 30, 2019. He is imprisoned in the Sihui Prison and has been abused.
He became very sick in prison, and started to take medicine on July 14, 2020, three times a day, including irbesartan, propranolol, Danshen tablets, amlodipine, and HcT. His blood pressure is under control, between 110 and 120, but he is suffering from heart arrhythmia. It is suspected that he was poisoned and his nerves were damaged.
10. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Zhou Meili Deprived of Pension
Ms. Zhou Meili was released from prison on November 8, 2020. She learned that her pension had been stopped. The social security office told her that her monthly pension would not be issued before she returned about 110,000 yuan in pension payments, which she received during her two prison terms.
11. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Guo Yuexia’s Case in Procuratorate
Ms. Guo Yuexia of Qian’an City was arrested early on the morning of September 8, 2020. Her family was notified by the Zunhua Procuratorate around December 17, 2020, that her case would be handled by the Procuratorate and the Zunhua Court.
12. [Xianghe County, Hebei Province] Ms. Yang Shufang and Ms. Zhang Guizhen Harassed
Ms. Yang Shufang and Ms. Zhang Guizhen were interrogated in the Chenfu Town Police Station on the morning of December 8 and 15, 2020. The involved officers were Xianghe County Domestic Security Division head Yang Yongli, deputy head Cao Junying, and two officers from the Qianwang Town Police Station. The officers tried to collect “evidence” for further persecution. They ordered Ms. Yang and Ms. Zhang to sign on a sheet of paper. The two practitioners refused.
13. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Five Practitioners Arrested, One Detained
Ms. Si Xiufang, Ms. Luo Cuiying, Ms. Wang Huimin, Peng Cailian (gender unknown), and Zhang Gaicong (gender unknown) of Shenze County were arrested on December 21, 2020, for talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong in an open market. By December 30, Ms. Si, Ms. Luo, Ms. Wang, and Peng were released, while Zhang was still being held at the Shijiazhuang Detention Center.
Ms. Hu Jiqiong was arrested by seven or eight plainclothes officers on December 4, 2020, for distributing software to circumvent China’s internet censorship. She was handcuffed and taken to the Taoyuan Police Station. She started a hunger strike. The officers took her to a hospital for a physical exam the next day, which included taking blood samples and an eye exam. She did not cooperate and accused them of trying to harvest organs.
She was taken to a detention center on December 6. The detention center denied her admission. Her family took her home. The officers followed, ransacked the place, seized her Falun Gong books and materials, U-drive, several dozen card readers, a dozen headsets, a tablet computer, and other items.
14. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Yuan Jinghong Arrested
Ms. Yuan Jinghong was illegally arrested at home by officers from the Yinmeng Police Station, Anyang City, Henan Province, on December 19, 2020. The officers did not have an arrest warrant and did not show any legal documents. She was taken to Anyang City for detention.
On December 20, the officers informed her hometown relatives to get her six-day detention notification. They took her to hospital for physical exam, the prerequisite for sending her to a detention center. The exam showed that she had tuberculosis. They then took her to her hometown.
15. [Leihe City, Henan Province] Three Practitioners Detained
Ms. Yan Yueli, Ms. Chen Aihua, and Ma Huanyun (gender unknown) were arrested at their homes without reason by officers from the Ganhechen Police Station on December 22-25, 2020. Their homes were ransacked. The three practitioners are being held at a detention center.
16. [Zhumadian, Henan Province] Xu Huichun Arrested
Xu Huichun (gender unknown) was arrested by Shangcai County police on December 16, 2020. Xu’s home was ransacked. Many Falun Gong books were confiscated. The case was submitted to the Procuratorate.
17. [Yichang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Qin Li Harassed
Ms. Qin Li, 82, was harassed at home several times by Zhang Xiaoping, a manager of a community office. Zhang tried to force her to sign a guarantee statement, but she refused. Zhang threatened taking her to the Wuhan Brainwashing Center, and called her children home to pressure her. The children complained, blamed, cried, and made a fuss.
18. [Changcha City, Hunan Province] Yu Hua Harassed
Yu Hua (gender unknown) has been closely watched by community personnel for a long time. The watchers are under the command of Peng Yaodong, director of the Juyuan Residential Committee. They stalked Yu Hua, entered the house pretending to be checking residential cards, took pictures sneakily, and used other means to violate Yu’s fundamental rights. Yu’s family has a small shop. The residential committee has gone there to make trouble several times in recent months.
The family shop posted two “available for lease” ads on its windows facing the street. The residential committee sent people to scrape them off, openly, around October 20, 2020. Several days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the committee had two men go to the shop. The two, in their 30s, pretended to be interested in leasing, but actually came to make trouble. On December 28, the committee installed a surveillance camera facing the shop.
19. [Zhangye City, Gansu Province] Ms. Liu Yugui Harassed
Ms. Liu Yugui was harassed at home by officers from the police station and clerks from the community office on December 7, 2020. They tried to take photos and were stopped by her family.
20. [Baiyin City, Gansu Province] Ms. Hao Guofang Harassed Repeatedly
Ms. Hao Guofang was harassed and photographed at home by clerks from the Xiguan Community and community officer in mid-August 2020.
In early September 2020, community clerks brought several forms to her home and ordered her to sign them. She refused.
On September 25, 2020, community clerks and a community officer came to her home, but she was not home. The harassers called her child several times, and ordered the child to sign. The child refused.
On the afternoon of October 5, four people from Tiaoshan Town and the Xiguan Community came to her home and ordered her to sign.
On the afternoon of November 4, people from the Jingtai County Political and Legal Affairs Committee, town Comprehensive Management Office, and Xigua Community, as well as a community officer, came to her home. She was not home. They called her father-in-law to the community office, and threatened him that if she did not come and sign, his child’s job and grandchild’s education would be in jeopardy; their paycheck would be stopped, she would be visited by police, etc. The poor eighty-five-year-old man was stressed and in pain.
On the morning of November 10, two from the Jingtai County Political and Legal Affairs Committee, three from the town Comprehensive Management Office, as well as community clerks and a community officer, totaling 12 people, came to her home. They lied, lured, threatened, and tried to force her to sign. She refused.
On the afternoon of November 24, a dozen of people from the Jingtai County Political and Legal Affairs Committee, town Comprehensive Management Office, and Xiguan Community, as well as a community officer came to her and tried to force her to sign. They humiliated her, cursed at her, and threatened her for over three hours. Ms. Hao did not sign.
21. [Dashiqiao City, Liaoning Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
Ms. Fu Qiang, Ms. Zheng Guizhen, and Ms. Zhou Yanzhi were harassed at their homes by officers from the Gangdu Police Department on December 10, 2020. The officers took photos and videos, ordered them to sign a guarantee statement, and threatened them. The practitioners refused to sign. The officers then forced their families to sign.
22. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Li Kai’s Case Submitted to Procuratorate
Mr. Li Kai was arrested for distributing Falun Gong flyers by officers from the Shiqiaozi Police Station on the morning of December 16, 2020. Police ransacked his home and confiscated dozes of Falun Gong books, over 80 copies of Falun Gong flyers, 30 Falun Gong pendants, a cell phone, a notebook computer, and a printer, CD burner, paper cuter, etc. Police also took away and are still holding his home title, household register booklet, identity card, retirement book, and release certificate.
Mr. Li was admitted to the city detention center the same day. His family was notified by a call after 6 p.m. His case was submitted to Procuratorate. The officers from the Shiqiaozi Police Station threatened his family with a five year sentence. The family was scared. The family hired a lawyer. The lawyer met Mr. Li on December 28, and learned that the Linghai City Procuratorate interrogated him around December 25. He told the lawyer he had liver pain, and a physical exam showed he had hepatitis B.
23. [Chongqing] Ms. Zhou Zulan Arrested
Ms. Zhou Zulan was arrested for talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong by three officers from the Liuyin Town Police Station on November 25, 2020. The officers searched her bag, then ransacked her home with officers from the Jingguan Town Police Station. Without showing any search warrant, the officers seized recent writings of Falun Gong’s founder, hand copied versions of Hong Yin and Lunyu, as well as seven talismans.
The officers then took her to the Liuyin Police Station and interrogated her. They forced her to sign a search warrant, and ordered her to sign a paper defaming Falun Gong. She refused. An officer signed Sun Haitao and Li something. She was released after 5 p.m.
On November 26, officers from the Jingguan Police Station looked everywhere for Ms. Zhou, and made a harassing call to her family.
On December 1, four men and a woman came to her home and tried to force her to sign and fingerprint guarantee statements.
24. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Lihua Harassed
Ms. Wang Lihua, 64, was harassed by agents from the Yuelai Town Government in August and November, 2020.
On December 1, she was taken to the Chengbei Police Station from work by officers from the police station. The officers tried to force her to sign. She refused.
25. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Shan Guizhen Arrested
Shan Guizhen (gender unknown) was arrested at home by officers from the Nanshan Police Station on December 17, 2020. The officers ransacked the place, seized a picture of the founder of Falun Gong. They took Shan to the police station and ordered Shan to step on the picture. Shan refused, and was released at around 10:30 p.m.
26. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] Zhao Jianmei Arrested
Zhao Jianmei (gender unknown) was arrested on the evening of December 28, 2020, while posting Falun Gong flyers. Many officers, plus those arriving in three police cars, ransacked Zhao’s home on early morning of December 29. Items being confiscated are unknown.
