Los Angeles, U.S.A.: Peaceful Protest in Front of Chinese Consulate Calls for Release of Relatives Persecuted in China

(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners peacefully protested in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles on May 31, 2022, and called for an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution. They called on the CCP to release their relatives who are incarcerated in China for their belief in Falun Dafa.

Practitioners peacefully protested in front of the Chinese Consulate to call for the release of relatives being persecuted in China for their belief.

Mr. Zhang Yiyuan calls on the CCP to release his sister Zhang Yibo.

“Immediately Release My Sister Zhang Yibo”

Mr. Zhang Yiyuan who lives in Los Angeles called on the Chinese authorities to immediately release his sister Zhang Yibo. Ms. Zhang Yibo was a business manager of a foreign company in Shanghai. She was arrested by the CCP authorities on October 9, 2021, and is still being held in the Changning District Detention Center in Shanghai. On February 15, 2022, the case against Zhang Yibo and her husband He Binggang was transferred to the Shanghai Changning District Procuratorate.

“In March of this year (2022), the case was sent to a court,” said Mr. Zhang Yiyuan, “In other words, the CCP’s law enforcement agencies were still preparing to illegally prosecute Falun Dafa practitioners. Visiting them was prohibited under the excuse of “endangering national security.” We have no idea about her situation in the detention center. It was not until March 2022, when the lawyer finally visited my sister, that we knew the case had been sent to the court.”

Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhang Yibo continues to be held in the Changning District Detention Center in Shanghai.

“After my sister practiced Falun Dafa, she became smart and capable,” said Mr. Zhang Yiyuan, “I strongly condemn the Shanghai authorities who persecute Zhang Yibo and other good people who follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.”

Mr. He Binggang

Mr. Zhang Yiyuan’s brother-in-law, Mr. He Binggang, was persecuted to the point of disability for not giving up his belief in Falun Dafa. His mother was illegally sentenced to three and a half years in prison for practicing Falun Dafa.

Mr. Zhang Yiyuan said, “Because we live in a free society in the United States, it is hard to imagine that many people in China face cruel persecution and even lose their lives because of their beliefs.”

Mr. Zhang Yiyuan said that Chinese law protects religious freedom. Falun Dafa conforms to current Chinese laws and to China’s traditional culture.

He called on the CCP authorities to release his sister Zhang Yibo immediately and warned all those involved in the persecution to not follow the CCP to do evil. He said, “The instructions and orders from the upper levels to persecute Falun Dafa are illegal. Good will be rewarded and bad deeds are punished.”

A Practitioner Calls to Rescue Her Brother

Los Angeles resident Ms. Dong Xinhua’s younger brother, Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Dong Yiran, was arrested at the beginning of this year for distributing information about Falun Dafa. He is currently being held in the Heping District Detention Center in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. The police banned relatives and friends from visiting him, citing the pandemic.

Los Angeles Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Dong Xinhua (left) calls for the Chinese regime to release her brother Mr. Dong Yiran in China.

Mr. Dong Yiran was an engineer in the Technology Section of the Criminal Police Division of the Shenyang Police Department. Because he practiced Falun Dafa, he was deprived of his post. He was incarcerated in forced labor camps twice and was sentenced to three years in prison. He was jailed for a total of seven and a half years.

Ms. Dong Xinhua said that on February 24 this year, her 61-year-old brother Mr. Dong Yiran was arrested by six police officers including Zhang Kai and Du Yong from the Maluwan Police Station of the Heping District Branch of the Shenyang Police Department while he was distributing information about Falun Dafa. The police illegally raided his home and stole blank CDs, truth clarification materials, Dafa books, and other personal items.

Ms. Dong Xinhua said, “We have contacted many parties, but now there is no information about his plight. The police said that due to the pandemic, no visits are allowed, including from his lawyer. We are worried about his safety and don’t know his condition.”

Ms. Dong Xinhua’s mother, Ms. Liang Yuqin, and her brother, Mr. Dong Xinran, passed away because the CCP persecuted them for their belief in Falun Dafa.

Mr. Dong Yiran was tortured, deprived of sleep for 24 days, splashed with cold water, beaten with a belt, and subjected to electric shocks. He was imprisoned for a total of seven and a half years.

Mr. Li Youwu Is Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison, Relative in Los Angeles Calls for His Release

Los Angeles resident Ms. Tong Cuihua said that her brother-in-law, Mr. Li Youwu, was arrested by the Domestic Security Division of Yushui District, Xinyu, Jiangxi Province on July 17, 2017, for distributing Falun Dafa materials. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined 10,000 yuan (US $1,500).

Ms. Dong Cuihua calls for the immediate release of her brother-in-law Mr. Li Youwu.

Mr. Li Youwu used to be unemployed and fought with others. But after he began practicing Falun Dafa, he became a good person. He opened an after-school training center with his wife. He is conscientious in his work, honest and kind, and praised by the teachers, students, and parents. His school has a good reputation locally.

In 2011, Mr. Li Youwu was falsely accused of talking to students about the persecution. He was arrested by the district’s Domestic Security Division and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. He was freed in 2015. Because he was beaten in the detention center, his leg was injured and has not healed.

Ms. Tong Cuihua condemned the illegal behavior of the Xinyu Public Procuratorate, the 610 Office, the Domestic Security Division, and the relevant personnel of the Xinyu education system who repeatedly threatened, blocked, and deceived her family members during the rescue process.

She demanded that the CCP authorities immediately release Mr. Li Youwu and all illegally detained practitioners, and bring the perpetrator Jiang Zemin, former head of the CCP, to justice.

Background: What Is Falun Dafa and Why Is the CCP persecuting It?

Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) was first introduced to the public by Mr. Li Hongzhi in Changchun, China, in 1992. The spiritual discipline is now practiced in over 100 countries and regions worldwide. Millions of people who have embraced the teachings, which are based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and learned the five exercises, have experienced improved health and well-being.

Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology and on July 20, 1999, issued an order to ban the practice.

Minghui.org has confirmed the deaths of thousands of practitioners as a result of the persecution over the past 23 years. The actual number is believed to be much higher. More have been imprisoned and tortured for their faith.

There is concrete evidence that the CCP sanctions the harvesting of organs from detained practitioners, who are murdered to supply the organ transplant industry.

Under Jiang’s personal direction, the CCP established the 610 Office, an extralegal security organization with the power to override the police and judicial systems and whose sole function is to carry out the persecution of Falun Dafa.