Additional Persecution News from China – August 17, 2018 (15 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 11 cities or counties in 7 provinces. According to this report, 8 Falun Gong practitioners were subjected to mistreatment during their detention, and at least 9 were illegally arrested.

1. [Beijing] Mr. Xu Huaquan Remains in Detention after Prison Term Ends
2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhang Jinling Detained
3. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Mr. Su Chengyuan Detained
4. [Zigong City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Ni Bo Sentenced to Prison
5. [Meizhou City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Chen Xinfeng Sentenced to Prison
6. [Shantou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Li Ruixi Taken to Prison
7. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Chen Xi Sentenced to Prison
8. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhang Xianlan Sentenced to Prison
9. [Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Zhao Xia Arrested
10. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Liu Bangcheng and Mr. Gao Yonghui Arrested
11. [Baicheng City, Jilin Province] Mr. Liu Meng Sentenced to Prison
12. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Li Kuan and His Wife Ms. Zhong Shujuan Sentenced
13. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhu Jiman Sentenced to Prison
14. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Mr. Dai Shunxi Sentenced to Prison
15. [Baiyin City, Gansu Province] Ms. Li Fenglan Harassed

1. [Beijing] Mr. Xu Huaquan Remains in Detention after Prison Term Ends

Mr. Xu Huaquan was sentenced to a four-and-a-half-year prison term in 2014. He was not released when his sentence ended on August 12, 2018, and is being held in detention under the surveillance of the Haidian Police Department.

2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhang Jinling Detained

Ms. Zhang Jinling was arrested at her home by officers from the Nanling Police Station in the Nanguan District on the afternoon of August 15, 2018. She was taken to the Weizigou Detention Center and held for five days.

3. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Mr. Su Chengyuan Detained

Mr. Su Chengyuan was arrested at work by Qingmingjie Police Station officers on the afternoon of August 16, 2018. He is being held in a detention center.

4. [Zigong City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Ni Bo Sentenced to Prison

Mr. Ni Bo was tried for the second time in the Ziliujing District Court on August 14, 2018. He was sentenced to a two-year prison term and fined 6,000 yuan. He is being held in the Zigong City Police Department's Regulatory Center's Detention Center.

Participants in the persecution of Mr. Ni:Zeng Xiangzheng (曾享政), presiding judge, Ziliujing District Court: [phone]Wen Ming (闻名), court clerk: [phone]Qiu Lin (邱琳), Ziliujing District Procuratorate: [phone]

5. [Meizhou City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Chen Xinfeng Sentenced to Prison

Mr. Chen Xinfeng was arrested in Shenzhen City on June 1, 2017. He was taken to the Longgang District Detention Center and then transferred to the Yantian District Detention Center in February 2018.

Mr. Chen was tried in the Yantian Court on March 22 and sentenced to a three-and-a-half-year prison term on August 6.

6. [Shantou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Li Ruixi Taken to Prison

Ms. Li Ruixi from Xilu Town in the Chaoyang District was sentenced to five years in prison in the Sanshui District Court in Foshan City on February 5, 2018. She appealed to the Foshan Intermediate Court, but the original verdict was upheld on May 22.

Ms. Li was taken to the Beijiang Prison in Shaoguan City on June 20.

Participant in the persecution of Ms. Li:Beijiang Prison: [phone], [phone], [phone]

7. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Chen Xi Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Chen Xi from Wuhan City was arrested in Jiangsu Province by Changzhou City police in mid-June 2017. She was in a hotel on a business trip in the city. She was taken to the Xilin Detention Center.

Ms. Chen was sentenced to a three-year prison term in March 2018. She is being held in the Zhuze Women's Prison in Liyang City, Jiangsu Province.

8. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhang Xianlan Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Zhang Xianlan was tried in the Xinzhou District Court on June 20, 2018. She was sentenced to an 18-month prison term and fined 2,000 yuan.

Ms. Zhang was taken to the Baofenglu Women's Prison.

9. [Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Zhao Xia Arrested

Ms. Zhao Xia was arrested in mid-August 2018, and her computer was confiscated. Her whereabouts are unknown.

Participant in the persecution of Ms. Zhao:Hanzhong City Police Department: [phone]

10. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Liu Bangcheng and Mr. Gao Yonghui Arrested

Mr. Liu Bangcheng and Mr. Gao Yonghui were arrested by officers from the Xiyujie Police Station on August 21, 2017. Mr. Gao's case was filed in the Qingyang District Court a few months ago. He is being held in the Anjing Detention Center.

Participants in the persecution of Mr. Liu and Mr. Gao:Qingyang District Procuratorate: [phone], [phone]Kuang Guangxue (邝光学), deputy president: [phone]Chengdu City Detention Center: [phone], [phone], [phone]

11. [Baicheng City, Jilin Province] Mr. Liu Meng Sentenced to Prison

Mr. Liu Meng was sentenced in November 2017, but it was only recently learned that he was given a four-year prison term and fined 10,000 yuan.

Mr. Liu was arrested in January 2017 at the Da'an City Train Station. Although the Procuratorate withdrew its indictment against him after a trial on June 15, the authorities still kept him in custody and the court sentenced him to prison months later.

12. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Li Kuan and His Wife Ms. Zhong Shujuan Sentenced

Ms. Zhong Shujuan, 64, her husband Mr. Li Kuan, and their daughter Ms. Li Liuxi were arrested on June 28, 2016. Mr. Li and Ms. Li were released hours later, but Ms. Zhong remained in detention and appeared in court on April 10, 2017.

Mr. Li was summoned to the Ganjingzi Court by judge Jin in early February 2018. Though he was free to return home that time, the police monitored him. Judge Jin called him on March 7 and told him to report to the court.

At the courthouse Mr. Li learned that his wife had been sentenced to a seven-and-a-half-year prison term and he had been sentenced to a three-and-a-half-year suspended sentence. He refused to sign the documents and was detained for 15 days.

The couple's daughter, Ms. Li, was once a typical college student, but she developed a mental disorder after she was repeatedly pressured by the authorities to give up her belief in Falun Gong. She gradually lost her ability to take care of herself.

While her father went to help a neighbor on September 22, 2017, a fire broke out in their own home and soon spread to another neighbor's apartment. Mr. Li was able to get his daughter out, but he is now struggling to care for her while his wife is still in prison.

13. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhu Jiman Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Zhu Jiman was arrested on April 7, 2017, for distributing Falun Gong informational materials in a residential area. She was held in the Yangyuan Brainwashing Center before being transferred to the Erzhigou Detention Center.

The Wuchang District Court prevented Ms. Zhu's lawyer from reviewing her case files. The lawyer was later forced to drop the case after the court threatened to revoke his license.

Ms. Zhu was tried on April 3, 2018. The new lawyer hired by Ms. Zhu's family pleaded “not guilty” on her behalf, and Ms. Zhu also defended herself.

The judge sentenced Ms. Zhu to a three-year prison term and fined her 3000 yuan.

Ms. Zhu appealed, but the intermediate court upheld the original verdict on June 28, 2018, without a hearing.

14. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Mr. Dai Shunxi Sentenced to Prison

Mr. Dai Shunxi was arrested in May 2017 after he was seen on a surveillance camera putting up banners about Falun Gong. The police ransacked his home.

Mr. Dai's case was accepted by the Procuratorate, and the prosecutor worked with the police to prevent his lawyer from reviewing the case documents, even after the lawyer filed a complaint against the prosecutor.

The lawyer later withdrew from the case, and Mr. Dai's family hired another lawyer. It is unclear whether the new lawyer was allowed to review the case documents.

Mr. Dai was tried and sentenced to two years in prison and fined 2000 yuan in mid-May 2018. He was taken to Shayang Prison in Hubei Province in mid-June.

15. [Baiyin City, Gansu Province] Ms. Li Fenglan Harassed

Ms. Li Fenglan, 63, from Baiyin City, Gansu Province, has been subjected to constant police harassment over the past two years.

Ms. Li was arrested in August 2016 for posting information to expose the persecution of Falun Gong. The police tried to have her put in a detention center, but she was not accepted because she had high blood pressure.

After Ms. Li was released, the police routinely harassed her. They took her to the hospital several times to measure her blood pressure, which was always very high. The police fined her three times for a total of 9,000 yuan.