Arrested By Out-of-Province Police, Chongqing Woman Faces Trial for Her Faith

(Minghui.org) A 67-year-old Chongqing resident is set to appear in court on February 9, 2023, about two and half years after she was arrested for her faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Ms. Yu Hong, 67, was arrested at home on October 25, 2020, by the police from both Chongqing and Shangshui County, Henan Province. The police spent four hours ransacking her home and confiscated her computer and flash drive.

Ms. Yu’s arrest came months after the Internet police in Shangshui County arrested another Chongqing practitioner, Ms. Yu Xiurong (no relation to Ms. Yu Hong). The police in Shangshui accused Ms. Yu Xiurong of publishing information about Falun Gong on Sina Weibo, a popular Chinese microblogging website. They traveled over 700 miles to arrest her on December 31, 2019.

Following Ms. Yu Xiurong’s arrest, three more practitioners in Chongqing, Ms. Han Weifang, Ms. Wang Daiqing, and Ms. Yuan Rong, were also arrested by the police from Henan in July and October 2020, respectively. The Chuanhui District Court in Zhoukou City, Henan Province sentenced the three practitioners to prison: Ms. Han and Ms. Yuan each received five years, and Ms. Wang three years.

Suspecting Ms. Yu Hong of submitting information of the other four practitioners’ arrests to Minghui.org, the police arrested her and held her at the Chongqing No.1 Detention Center.

Ms. Yu Hong’s incapacitated mother in her 90s, who was in a confused state and also had incontinence, relied on her for care. Following Ms. Yu’s arrest, her mother was taken to a senior living center and died there four months later on February 11, 2021.

Ms. Yu is now scheduled to appear in Jiulongpo District Court in Chongqing on February 9, 2023.

Prior to Ms. Yu’s latest ordeal, she has been sentenced twice for practicing Falun Gong. In 2002, she was given four years at the Chongqing Women’s Prison. After her term ended in March 2006, the authorities held her at the Nanshan Brainwashing Center for another ten days before releasing her.

Because of writing to Chongqing mayor Wang Hongju, demanding the authorities approve her retirement application, Ms. Yu was arrested again on September 27, 2006. The police ransacked her home and confiscated her computer. She was later sentenced to five years.

Before her latest arrest, she was seized by the police on September 22, 2017, and held in custody until November 1 of that year.

Perpetrators’ contact information:

Meng Weihong (孟卫红), president of Jiulongpo District Procuratorate: [phone]Tang Jiahuan (唐家欢), prosecutor of Jiulongpo District Procuratorate: [phone]Wang Ziwei (王子伟), president of Jiulongpo District Court: [phone]Chu Haotian (楚浩天), presiding judge of Jiulongpo District Court

(More perpetrators’ contact information is available in the original Chinese article.)