(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 23 cities or counties in 11 provinces，where at least 23 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Beijing] Five Practitioners Arrested
2. [Shanghai] Ms. Cao Mingzhen and Mr. Li Fujun Detained
3. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Jin Jie Detained
4. [Linjiang City, Jilin Province] Ms. Qin Siying Arrested
5. [Qian'an County, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhou Shuzhi and Ms. Mu Chunping Arrested
6. [Qingyuan County, Liaoning Province] Ms. Gao Guilan Sentenced to Prison
7. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Xu Changlan’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate
8. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Three Practitioners’ Cases Turned Over to Procuratorate
9. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Wenhuan and Ms. Feng Lixia Detained
10. [Changli County, Hebei Province] Ms. Lang Shuying Detained
11. [Lincheng County, Hebei Province] Mr. Su Dongze Detained
12. [Xinxiang City, Henan Province] Three Practitioners Mistreated While Incarcerated, Another Practitioner Detained
13. [Jiaozuo City, Henan Province] Ms. Li Xuemei Detained
14. [Pingdingshan City, Henan Province] Three Practitioners Detained
15. [Yuanping City, Shanxi Province] Mr. Jin Hai’en’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate
16. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Shuying Arrested
17. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Junlan and Another Practitioner Arrested
18. [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Mr. Li Yongxin Arrested
19. [Changle County, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Huizhen Extremely Weak When Released from Prison in 2008
20. [Fuyang City, Anhui Province] Ms. Ding Meirong’s Home Ransacked; Ms. Zhao Shouhong and Ms. Zhuang Xiuyun Arrested
21. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Huang Yuzhen Arrested
22. [Yunxi County, Hubei Province] Ms. Huang Xingchu and Her Daughter Ms. Wang Hui Arrested
23. [Jingzhou City, Hubei Province] Ms. Wang Qiong and Ms. Ma Shijun Tried
24. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Ms. Xing Xiaoqing Held in Custody
25. [Huaihua City, Hunan Province] Ms. Lei Huamei Taken to Brainwashing Center
26. [Pengxi County, Sichuan Province] Ms. Chen Xiufang Arrested

1. [Beijing] Five Practitioners Arrested

Ms. Ye Lin and Ms. Liu Zixuan were arrested by officers from the Xisanqi Police Station on August 9, 2019. Their whereabouts are unknown.

Ms. Li Shuang and Ms. Liu, who were working on odd jobs in Beijing, were arrested by the Fuchengmenwai Police Station on August 11.

Ms. Liu Chunai, from the Fuwai area of the Xicheng District, was arrested on the evening of August 11.

2. [Shanghai] Ms. Cao Mingzhen and Mr. Li Fujun Detained

Mr. Li Fujun, 54, an associate professor and the Medical Director of a foreign enterprise in Shanghai, was arrested by plainclothes officers on his way to work on the morning of July 4, 2019. His home was ransacked. He was taken to the Shanghai No.2 Detention Center, and was officially placed under arrest by the Shanghai Railway Transport Procuratorate on August 9.

Ms. Cao Mingzhen from the Pudong New Area was arrested on the morning of August 2. Her home was ransacked. She is being held in the Sunqiao Detention Center.

Participants in the persecution of Ms. Cao and Mr. Li:Shanghai Urban Rail and Bus Department: +86-21-5249110 ext. 40000Shanghai Railway Transport Procuratorate: +86-21-51236208

3. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Jin Jie Detained

Mr. Jin Jie was arrested by officers from the Jianshe Police Station on the morning of July 29, 2019. His home was ransacked, and over 70 copies of Falun Dafa books were confiscated.

Mr. Jin was taken to the Heitong Detention Center for ten days. He returned home on the morning of August 8.

4. [Linjiang City, Jilin Province] Ms. Qin Siying Arrested

Ms. Qin Siying was arrested on August 9, 2019.

5. [Qian'an County, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhou Shuzhi and Ms. Mu Chunping Arrested

Ms. Zhou Shuzhi was arrested by the Qian’an County police on August 1, 2019, for talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. Her whereabouts are unknown.

Ms. Mu Chunping was arrested at the Halahai Train Station on August 7.

6. [Qingyuan County, Liaoning Province] Ms. Gao Guilan Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Gao Guilan was arrested by officers who were staked out near her home on November 13, 2018. She was held in the Fushun City Detention Center, and was tried in the detention center by the Qingyuan County Court on April 4, 2019.

Ms. Gao was sentenced to a three-and-a-half-year prison term. She appealed to the Fushun Intermediate Court. Ms. Gao’s family learned on July 24 that the intermediate court upheld the original verdict, without holding a second trial.

Participants in the persecution of Ms. Gao:Li Huanhuan (李欢欢), prosecutor, Qingyuan County Procuratorate: +86-24-53030232, +86-13904931135Yuan Chao (袁超), judge, Qingyuan County Court: +86-15041361601

7. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Xu Changlan’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate

Ms. Xu Changlan, 69, was arrested by officers from the Ganjingzi Street Police Station in the Ganjingzi District on July 4, 2019, for talking to people about Falun Gong. Her home was ransacked.

She is being held in the Yaojia Detention Center, and her case has been turned over to the Ganjingzi Procuratorate.

Participants in the persecution of Ms. Xu:Li Dongjiang (李东江), director, Ganjingzi Street Police Station: +86-411-86672591, +86-411-86786998Wang Yan (王岩), head, Domestic Security Division: +86-41186766223Yang Ke (杨科), chief: +86-41188052999, +86-13941121628Zhu Nianyong (朱年永), deputy chief: +86-13840875755Fan Lixin (范立新): +86-13704943788Li Hui (林徽), procurator-general, Ganjingzi District Procuratorate: +86-411-86601656, +86-411-86105024

8. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Three Practitioners’ Cases Turned Over to Procuratorate

Mr. Deng Yulin, Mr. Zhang Pengzhu, and Ms. Zhang Limin were arrested on May 23, 2019. The Huanren County Domestic Security Division passed their cases to the Huanren Procuratorate.

Participants in the persecution of these practitioners:Wang Chenggang (王成刚), head, Huanren County Domestic Security Division: +86-13841474555Wang Hao (王皓), officer, Pulebu Town Police Station: +86-13130136048Han Dianfeng (韩殿凤), director, Benxi City Detention Center: +86-24-45998227Sun Jinjia (孙金甲), Prosecution Section, Huanren County Procuratorate: +86-2448860305, +86-13842481825

9. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Wenhuan and Ms. Feng Lixia Detained

Ms. Liu Wenhuan and Ms. Feng Lixia from the Xinglong Neighborhood in the Taihe District were arrested on August 7, 2019, for talking to people about Falun Gong. They are being held in the Jinzhou City Women's Detention Center.

10. [Changli County, Hebei Province] Ms. Lang Shuying Detained

Ms. Lang Shuying from Ruhe Town was arrested on the morning of July 24, 2019, when the traffic police checked her ID card on a bus to Qinhuangdao City. She was taken to the Qinhuangdao Detention Center, but was not accepted because she had high blood pressure.

Ms. Lang was arrested again on July 26 and taken to the detention center. She went on a hunger strike.

Participant in the persecution of Ms. Lang:Chang Jianjun (常建军), director, Chengguan Police Station: +86-335-2669819

11. [Lincheng County, Hebei Province] Mr. Su Dongze Detained

Mr. Su Dongze was arrested on August 8, 2019, when he clarified the facts about Falun Dafa to the Ministry of Education in Beijing. He was taken to the Xicheng District Detention Center.

12. [Xinxiang City, Henan Province] Three Practitioners Mistreated While Incarcerated, Another Practitioner Detained

Ms. Guo Zhiqin was brutally beaten by guards from the newly established riot squad in Xinxiang Women's Prison.

Ms. Wang Fengyun and Ms. Yue Julan were held in a psychiatric ward. They persevered in doing the Falun Gong exercises, and as a result one of them was forced to wear a straitjacket, while the other was put in solitary confinement.

Ms. Cheng Yanling was arrested at home on August 1, 2019. Her residence was ransacked. She is being held in the Xinxiang City Detention Center.

13. [Jiaozuo City, Henan Province] Ms. Li Xuemei Detained

Ms. Li Xuemei was arrested on July 23, 2019, because the police suspected her of distributing information about Falun Gong in her community. She is being held in a detention center.

14. [Pingdingshan City, Henan Province] Three Practitioners Detained

Ms. Xing Rong and Ms. Li were arrested in July 2019. They were detained for ten days.

Ms. Yao Weini was arrested, and is being held in the Baofeng Detention Center.

Participants in the persecution of Ms. Xing and Ms. Li:Yang Honglai (杨红来), officer: +86-13623759501Yao Haimin (姚海民): +86-13507629996Ma Kai (马凯), head, Domestic Security Division: +86-15136976999Chen Jian (陈健), deputy chief: +86-13603756778

15. [Yuanping City, Shanxi Province] Mr. Jin Hai’en’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate

Mr. Jin Hai’en was arrested in early May 2019, and taken to a detention center. His case was filed at the Procuratorate on August 12.

16. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Shuying Arrested

Ms. Wang Shuying was arrested at home by officers from the Jianshe Street Police Station in the Decheng District on the morning of August 9, 2019.

Participants in the persecution of Ms. Wang:Jianshe Street Police Station:Wei Jiangang (魏建刚): +86-18562145033Sun Hao (孙浩): +86-17605345380Wang Xiaodong (王晓东): +86-17605345381Li Yanzhen (李彦臻): +86-17605345382

17. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Junlan and Another Practitioner Arrested

Ms. Li Junlan and another practitioner from the Economic and Technological Development Zone were arrested on August 10, 2019, for talking to people about Falun Gong.

Ms. Li was taken to the Economic and Technological Development Zone Chinese Medicine Hospital due to her poor health. The other practitioner was taken to a detention center.

Participants in the persecution of these practitioners:Zhang Baozhen (张宝镇), chief, Economic and Technological Development Zone Police Department: +86-13705342656Zhou Fangjun (周方军), political commissar: +86-13905348587Li Baoguo (李保国), deputy chief: +86-13953421808Xu Shangwei (许尚伟): +86-13793498668

18. [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Mr. Li Yongxin Arrested

Mr. Li Yongxin from the Lanshan District was reported to the authorities for distributing Falun Gong materials on August 4, 2019. He was arrested by officers from the Hongbusi Police Station.

Participant in the persecution of Mr. Li:Hongbusi Police Station: +86-13563989333, +86-539-8373110

19. [Changle County, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Huizhen Extremely Weak When Released from Prison in 2008

Ms. Wang Huizhen has been arrested, detained, and subjected to brainwashing sessions on numerous occasions by the local police in Weifang City since the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999.

She was arrested at home by Chang Quanbin, head of the Domestic Security Division, and other officers on November 26, 2001, and held in the Changle County Detention Center.

Ms. Wang was tried by the local court on April 17, 2002, and sentenced to seven years in prison.

By the time she was released on November 27, 2008, she was extremely weak.

20. [Fuyang City, Anhui Province] Ms. Ding Meirong’s Home Ransacked; Ms. Zhao Shouhong and Ms. Zhuang Xiuyun Arrested

Officers from the Shahelu Police Station in the Yingzhou District broke into Ms. Ding Meirong’s home and ransacked it on August 7, 2019. They confiscated a computer, printer, and over 2,000 yuan in cash.

Ms. Zhao Shouhong was arrested at home on the afternoon of August 8. Her whereabouts are unknown.

Ms. Zhuang Xiuyun was arrested by officers from the Shahelu Police Station and the Yingzhou District Police Department on August 8.

Participants in the persecution of these practitioners:Wang Hui (王辉), director, Shahelu Police Station: +86-13705585886, +86-558-2219356Zheng Junjie (郑俊杰), political head: +86-13605583326Wang Guowei (王国威), head of Domestic Security Division: +86-13955898887Zhang Xiaolan (张小兰), deputy head: +86-13705583606Ren Meigang (任梅岗), head, Yingzhou District 610 Office: +86-13515579016, +86-18055833222

21. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Huang Yuzhen Arrested

Ms. Huang Yuzhen, 75, was arrested at the security checkpoint of the Wuhan subway station on August 5, 2019, for carrying Falun Gong materials, including keepsakes and DVDs with software to circumvent the Internet Firewall on them.

The police ransacked her home and confiscated Falun Dafa books, photos of the founder of Falun Gong, and over 3,000 yuan paper bills with Falun Gong information printed on them.

Ms. Huang was later released due to having high blood pressure.

22. [Yunxi County, Hubei Province] Ms. Huang Xingchu and Her Daughter Ms. Wang Hui Arrested

Ms. Huang Xingchu and her daughter Ms. Wang Hui from Shiyan City were arrested by officers from the Yunxi County Domestic Security Division on July 23, 2019. Their home was ransacked. Ms. Huang was released in the early hours of July 24.

Ms. Wang was detained for ten days, and was placed under criminal detention on August 8. The police are currently preparing materials to file her case with the Procuratorate.

Participants in the persecution:Ma Lianglin (马良林), head, case handler, Yunxi County Domestic Security Division: +86-18986906075Zhang Anfu (张安富), political head, case handler: +86-1370728609Qin Hanming (秦汉明), chief, Yunxi County Police Department: +86-18986906363Yu Qin (余芩), procurator-general, Yunxi County Procuratorate: +86-13508678669

23. [Jingzhou City, Hubei Province] Ms. Wang Qiong and Ms. Ma Shijun Tried

Ms. Wang Qiong and Ms. Ma Shijun were arrested by officers from the Haoxue Police Station and Chaoyang Police Station in the Shashi District on the morning of August 12, 2018.

They were both taken to the Ximen Detention Center, and tried by the Jingling County Court on the morning of August 9, 2019.

24. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Ms. Xing Xiaoqing Held in Custody

Ms. Xing Xiaoqing was arrested by officers from the Dingwangtai Police Station in the Furong District on the afternoon of August 10, 2019, for talking to people about Falun Gong. She is being held in the police station.

Participant in the persecution of Ms. Xing:Zhu Xiaojiang (朱晓江), officer, case handler, Dingwangtai Police Station: +86-13973160146

25. [Huaihua City, Hunan Province] Ms. Lei Huamei Taken to Brainwashing Center

Ms. Zhang Shengying and Ms. Lei Huamei went to the Huaihua City Detention Center to ask about Ms. Yang Linying’s situation on the morning of August 9, 2019. Ms. Lei was arrested on her way home by officers from the Zhongfang County 610 Office, and taken to a brainwashing center.

Participants in the persecution of Ms. Lei:Hu Guogang (胡国刚), director, Chengbei Police Station, Zhongfang County: +86-13874530800Yang Xinjun (杨新军), political head: +86-17774580380Yang Xizhe (杨晰哲), deputy director: +86-15274587707

26. [Pengxi County, Sichuan Province] Ms. Chen Xiufang Arrested

Ms. Chen Xiufang was arrested by Jiang Xiongfei, director of the Zhixi Police Station, on February 23, 2019, for talking to people about Falun Gong. Her home was ransacked, and photos of the founder of Falun Gong, Falun Dafa books, printed materials, and keepsakes were confiscated.