Additional Persecution News from China - March 15, 2019 (9 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 9 cities or counties in 6 provinces, where at least 12 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] Ms. Cai Yuxia and Others Arrested
2. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Li Shouyan Persecuted in Prison
3. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Geng Shemei Detained
4. [Tai’an City, Shandong Province] Ms. Su Xiuying Detained
5. [Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Cui Shuzhen Arrested
6. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhou Minglan Detained
7. [Beijing] Mr. Huang Luyong Detained
8. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Three Practitioners Imprisoned
9. [Yangquan City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Yang Erbian and Ms. Jia Baoling Detained

1. [Gaomi City, Shandong Province] Ms. Cai Yuxia and Others Arrested

Several agents and officers from the Gaomi 610 Office, Domestic Security Division, and the Jiangzhuang Police Station arrested practitioners in Xinzhuang Village on the morning of March 12, 2019. It is known that Ms. Cai Yuxia was among those arrested arrested. Her computer, printer, and Falun Gong books were confiscated.

Parties involved in this round of persecution:Jiangzhuang Police Station: [phone], [phone]Zhang Jiping (张吉平), director, 610 Office: [phone], [phone]Wang Baozhong (王保忠), captain, Domestic Security Division: [phone], [phone], [phone]

2. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Li Shouyan Persecuted in Prison

Ms. Li Shouyan was imprisoned in the Seventh Ward of the Shenyang Women's Prison. She and others in her squad were forced to sit on a narrow board for a prolonged period of time, a painful form of corporal punishment, on March 5, 2019 because she did the Falun Gong exercises.

3. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Geng Shemei Detained

Ms. Geng Shemei of Bokou Township, Wei County was arrested by officers from the Nanshuangmiao Township Police Station for talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong on the afternoon of March 12, 2019. She was subjected to 15 days of administrative detention and taken to the Wei County Detention Center.

Parties involved in persecuting Ms. Geng:Zhao Guoning (赵国宁), Wei County Police Department: [phone]Jiang Shejun (蒋社军): [phone]Li Zhangmin (李章民), Domestic Security Division: [phone]Wang Yong (王勇): [phone]Yang Xueping (杨学平), Nanshuangmiao Township Police Station: [phone]Zhang Li (张力): [phone]Chen Jian (陈剑), Detention Center: [phone]Li Wenhai (李文海): [phone]

4. [Tai’an City, Shandong Province] Ms. Su Xiuying Detained

Ms. Su Xiuying of Shanglaozhuang Village, Dongping County was arrested at home on the evening of March 7, 2019. Her home was ransacked. She was taken to the Wali Detention Center in Liangshan County that night, and released on March 13, 2019.

Parties involved in persecuting Ms. Su:Huang Tao (黄涛), director, Liangshan County Police Station: [phone], [phone], [phone]Chu Xianhai (楚宪海), secretary, Political and Legal Affairs Committee, Police Department: [phone]Han Xingyue (韩兴跃), director, 610 Office, Police Department: [phone]Zhang Jianwei (张建炜), captain, Domestic Security Division: [phone]

5. [Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Cui Shuzhen Arrested

Ms. Cui Shuzhen, 66, from Yantai City, Shandong Province, is helping take care of her grandchild in her daughter's home in Hangzhou City. She was arrested on the afternoon of March 12, 2019 when she was handing out Falun Gong pamphlets in the Hangzhou Supermarket.

6. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhou Minglan Detained

Ms. Zhou Minglan was arrested by the Ligezhuang police on March 10, 2019 when she was talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong in Huangjiatun Village, Ligezhuang. She was taken to the Pudong Detention Center in Jimo City on March 11, 2019.

7. [Beijing] Mr. Huang Luyong Detained

Mr. Huang Luyong, 65, was arrested when he was working in his vegetable field with his wife and son on March 5, 2019 by officers from the Mulin Police Station and Shunyi District Domestic Security Division. His home was ransacked and Falun Gong books were confiscated. Mr. Huang is being held at the Nihe Detention Center in the Shunyi District.

Parties involved in persecuting Mr. Huang:Jia Jianjuan (贾建娟), officer, Mulin Police Station: [phone], [phone]Wu Weifeng (吴卫锋): [phone], [phone]Nihe Detention Center: [phone]Sun Shoudong (孙守东), director: [phone]Zhang Xiaofeng (张晓峰), secretory, Shunyi District Political and Legal Affairs Committee: [phone]

8. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Three Practitioners Imprisoned

Ms. Che Pingping, Ms. Jin Yan, and Ms. Wang Hongyan were taken to the Jilin Province Women's Prison from the Yushu City Detention Center on March 6, 2019.

The Chaoyang District Court secretly sentenced Ms. Wang to two years and six months in prison; Ms. Jin to three years; and Ms. Che to three years and two months.

Parties involved in persecuting Ms. Che, Ms. Yan and Ms. Wang:An Tongyu (安彤宇), warden, Jilin Province Women's Prison: [phone]Wei Lihui (魏丽慧), deputy warden: [phone], [phone]Zhu Xiaoyan (朱晓艳), sector chief, Prison Political Sector: [phone]

9. [Yangquan City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Yang Erbian and Ms. Jia Baoling Detained

Ms. Yang Erbian and Ms. Jia Baoling were arrested by officers from the Yangquan City Development Zone Police Department and the Wanglong Police Station on the morning of March 12, 2019 for distributing information about Falun Gong.

The officers ransacked Ms. Yang's home, then went to Ms. Jia's home with agents from the Residential Committee and the Women's Association, as well as several reporters. They ransacked the place and took videos.

Ms. Yang and Ms. Jia were taken to the Yangquan City Detention Center that day.

Parties involved in persecuting Ms. Yang and Ms. Jia:Wanglong Police Station: [phone], [phone]Yangquan City Detention Center: [phone]Fan Junjie (范俊杰), director: [phone]