(Minghui.org) A Huizhou City, Guangdong Province resident has been detained since her arrest on July 3, 2024, after she was reported for talking to people about the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of her faith, Falun Gong. The arresting officers of Dahuxi Police Station submitted Ms. Xia Honglan’s case to the Huizhou City Procuratorate, which has approved her arrest.
Since last year, Ms. Xia, 68, has been repeatedly targeted for raising awareness of the persecution, which has been going on since 1999.
Ms. Xia was reported by a young man on October 2, 2023, for talking to people about Falun Gong at a bus station. Seven officers from the Xihu Police Station took her to their office and called the 610 Office. Two 610 Office agents came within the hour. One of them confiscated Ms. Xia’s purse, which had 100 yuan in banknotes with information about Falun Gong printed on them (as a way to raise awareness about the persecution given the strict censorship in China), her home keys, and other belongings.
Two people dragged Ms. Xia into a waiting car and took her home. They handcuffed her hands behind her back so tightly that she was almost suffocated. They used her keys to get in and confiscated over 60 Falun Gong books, a computer, a media player, a digital camera, a cellphone, and a portrait of Falun Gong’s founder. They verbally abused Falun Gong’s founder during the raid. They left Ms. Xia there.
Ms. Xia was reported for talking to people about Falun Gong again on November 29, 2023, and was arrested by officers from the Hengli Police Station. They handcuffed her hands behind her back, took her to the police station, searched her bag, and confiscated several dozen yuan in banknotes that had Falun Gong information printed on them.
Five people, including police officers, 610 Office agents, and residential committee members, knocked on Ms. Xia’s door at 7 p.m. on January 21, 2024. She refused to let them in. Although they left shortly after, they called Ms. Xia’s son and ordered him to keep her home. They also threatened to arrest Ms. Xia again if she went out to talk to people about Falun Gong. Under tremendous pressure, Ms. Xia’s son forbade her from going out.
Two people from the residential committee harassed Ms. Xia again at around 3 p.m. on February 5, 2024.
Ms. Xia was reported to the Maan Town Police Station for talking to people about Falun Gong in Maan Town on April 19, 2024. While she was being interrogated at the police station, agents from the 610 Office took her home keys from her purse and left. After the interrogation, the police took her to the Huizhou City Third People’s Hospital for a physical examination. She was detained at the Huizhou City Lockup for seven days and then released.
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