(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 9 cities or counties in 9 provinces, where at least 11 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.
Ms. Zhao Peizhou was sentenced to four years in prison in 2015 and was detained in the Zhejiang Province Women’s Prison.
Ms. Zhao was arrested again in early June 2022 for sending messages online which contained information about Falun Gong. She has been detained since then.
Ms. Lu Baoqin, 84, was reported to police for telling people about Falun Gong and was arrested by officers from the Yuebei Police Station in Chuanying District. Her case has been submitted to the Chuanying District Procuratorate. Ms. Lu is currently out on bail pending trial. Her pension has been suspended.
Mr. Wang Xinghui, 67, from Daiyue District, and Mr. Li Cunguo, 63, were arrested by officers including Tian Lin, head of the Taishan District Police Department, on the evening of September 13, 2022. The practitioners were taken to the Sanli Police Station that night and were transferred to the Xintai City Detention Center the following afternoon. They were placed under 30-day detention.
Ms. Dong Guizhi was arrested at home by officers from the Baquan Police Station around August 19, 2022. Her home was ransacked. She is detained in the No.1 Detention Center in the Xialu District.
Three officers from the Xicheng Police Station in Bin County went to Ms. Che Guiqin’s home at 10 a.m. on September 13, 2022. They photographed and videotaped around. They also asked whether Ms. Che still practiced Falun Gong.
Mr. Wang Qinghua was transferred from the Funing County Detention Center to the Changli County Detention Center on September 13, 2022.
Ms. Rong Xiuzhen, around 55, lives in Jianming Community, Shijiazhuang City. She went to her daughter’s home in Kunming City in April 2021 to help take care of her grandchild. It was recently learned that Ms. Rong was arrested in Kuming City.
Three officers including the head of the Nanxiaowang Township Police Station and a village official Qin XX went to Ms. Jia Suxia’s home at 12 p.m. on September 16, 2022. They climbed over the wall from the neighbor’s yard and entered Ms. Jia’s home. They confiscated a photo of Falun Gong’s founder, a computer, printer, truth-clarifying booklets, CDs, USB drives, etc.
Ms. Li Fengqin, 84, was tricked into going to the Minghua Police Station in late April 2021. She was arrested and taken to the local court. She was later bailed out. Ms. Li was sentenced to three years in prison in late 2021. The term was executed outside of the prison because of her age. Ms. Li is now too weak to walk downstairs.
Zhang Bowu (gender unknown) from Tangshan City was arrested by officers from the Shengli Road Police Station in Shunyi District in early 2022. Zhang was released on bail pending trial for one year after being detained for one month.
Zhang has received several harassing calls. A local officer called on September 4 and requested to meet Zhang on September 17, 2022.