(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 12 cities or counties in 6 provinces, where at least 37 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.
1. [Anguo City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Xinling Sentenced to Prison
2. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Pengying Detained
3. [Baoji City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Xi Fengru Arrested
4. [Hengyang City, Hunan Province] Ms. Liu Lizhen Harassed
5. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Harassed
6. [Beijing] Ms. Ren Shuhua's Whereabouts Unknown
7. [Shanghai] Ms. Chen Ping Monitored by People Outside Her Home
8. [Shaodong City, Hunan Province] Mr. Zeng Zhiyuan Taken to Prison
9. [Ya’an City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Peng Guangfu Detained
10. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Several Practitioners and Their Family Members Harassed
11. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Yaping Arrested
12. [Laishui County, Hebei Province] Several Practitioners Arrested or Harassed
1. [Anguo City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Xinling Sentenced to Prison
Ms. Wang Xinling, a retired teacher, was arrested by plainclothes officers from the Domestic Security Division on April 10, 2019, for talking to people about Falun Gong at a farmers’ market.
She was tried and sentenced to a two-year-and-three-month prison term in early July 2020. Ms. Wang was taken to the Shijiazhuang Women’s Prison.
2. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Pengying Detained
Ms. Wang Pengying was arrested around September 28, 2020, and is being held in the Jilin City Detention Center.
3. [Baoji City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Xi Fengru Arrested
Ms. Xi Fengru from Jujia Village, Gaojia Town, Weibin District, was arrested at home by the Weibin and Gaojia police on September 27, 2020. Her home was ransacked, and Falun Dafa books and cash were confiscated.
Ms. Xi’s sick husband and elderly mother are left unattended at home.
4. [Hengyang City, Hunan Province] Ms. Liu Lizhen Harassed
Ms. Liu Lizhen’s husband received a phone call from Zhang, director of the Xiaoxiang Sub-district Administration Office in the Shigu District, on September 21, 2020. She was told to go there to sign a statement renouncing Falun Gong. They videotaped the proceedings and took photos of her.
5. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Harassed
Ms. Li Shufen was harassed by officials and police in Jingkeshan Village, Yi County, on July 24, 2020.
Mr. Xu Jinrong and his wife Ms. Niu Xiu’e were harassed by officials in Shen Village and officers from the Gaomo Township Police Station on September 22.
They later went to harass Ms. Zhao Suzhen.
6. [Beijing] Ms. Ren Shuhua's Whereabouts Unknown
Ms. Ren Shuhua from Liubinbao Township in the Yanqing District was arrested by officers from the Zhangshanying Police Station on September 26, 2020, for talking to people about Falun Gong. Her home was ransacked. She was released later that day.
Ms. Ren was arrested again at home on September 28. Her whereabouts are unknown.
7. [Shanghai] Ms. Chen Ping Monitored by People Outside Her Home
Ms. Chen Ping was monitored by people who were staked outside her home on October 1, 2020.
8. [Shaodong City, Hunan Province] Mr. Zeng Zhiyuan Taken to Prison
Mr. Zeng Zhiyuan from Wanzhu Village in Shuidong Town was sentenced to a five-year prison term in September 2019. He was taken to Shaodong City and recently transferred to Loudi Prison.
9. [Ya’an City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Peng Guangfu Detained
Mr. Peng Guangfu from Fengming Township was arrested at home by officers from the Mingshan District Domestic Security Division on September 17, 2020. He was detained in Mingshan for five days. He was then taken to the Shimian Detention Center.
10. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Several Practitioners and Their Family Members Harassed
Officers from the Jianshe Police Station harassed Mr. Wan Fang’s wife on September 17, 2020, and ordered her to sign their paperwork.
Wang, director of the Yongsheng Police Station, harassed Ms. Li Yan and Ms. Li Xue around September 20. He told their family members to sign paperwork on behalf of the two practitioners.
Two officers from the Fanrong Police Station harassed Ms. Li Xiaohua on September 21. They then went to Ms. Li’s husband’s workplace to harass him, resulting in tensions among Ms. Li’s family members.
Officers from the Shuangfa Police Station in Zhaozhou County called Ms. Xu Xiufeng’s son, who was working in another area, on September 22. They told him to tell his mother to sign their paperwork.
Officers from the Yongle Police Station and village officials harassed Ms. Ban Yuhuan on September 24. They threatened Ms. Ban the next day, saying that she had to put her fingerprints on their documents. They also told the village officials to put their fingerprints on the documents along with Ms. Ban's.
11. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Yaping Arrested
Ms. Li Yaping from the Shanhaiguan District was intercepted and searched at the Shanhaiguan Railway Station on the afternoon of October 1, 2020, when she was heading out to Beijing. She was arrested, and her home was ransacked.
12. [Laishui County, Hebei Province] Several Practitioners Arrested or Harassed
Since May 2020, the Laishui Police Department, Political and Legal Affairs Committee, the 610 Office, various township governments, police stations, and village committee personnel have continually harassed Falun Gong practitioners and forced them to sign the three statements.
The Laishui County Police Department and the town police station dispatched nearly ten police vehicles to ransack the homes of Falun Gong practitioners in several villages in Loucun Township on May 20.
The homes of Ms. Wang Xiufen, Ms. Zhang Fulan, Mr. Li Zhiqing, Mr. Liu Hesheng, and Ms. Qu Shulan were ransacked, and Falun Dafa books, photos of the founder of Falun Gong, and printed materials were confiscated.
Several people from the Wangcun Town Police Station and SWAT Team broke into Mr. Chen Shuyi’s home in Dongwangzhuang Village, Wangcun Town, and ransacked the place on the morning of May 25. They confiscated Falun Dafa books, two computers, a printer, several boxes of printing paper, paper bills with Falun Gong information printed on them, and other personal belongings. Mr. Chen was arrested, and taken to the Laishui Detention Center the next day.
Mr. Chen’s family went to the detention center to see him, but were denied. The family members were also not allowed to send clothes and food for Mr. Chen, on the grounds of the epidemic. Only money could be deposited. Sometimes police cars were parked outside his home.
Several people from the Laishui Police Department, the Loucun Police Station, and Loucun Village Committee broke into Mr. Li Jinshu’s home in Yanling Village, Loucun Township, and ransacked it without showing a search warrant in July. Ms. Li Guifen was also harassed at home, and Falun Dafa books were confiscated.
Ms. Xing Wenyan in Mingyi Village, Mingyi Township, was harassed at home by village officials and township government personnel in August.
Mr. Zhang Tailiang in Yongyang Town was harassed at home by Li Hongsen, Yongyang Town Justice Office official, and village officials in late August. They tried to force Mr. Zhang to sign paperwork, but he refused. They also told Mr. Zhang’s daughter and son-in-law to persuade him to sign.
Ms. Cheng Yuzhi in Yongyang Town was also harassed at home by the officials. They tried to force her to sign paperwork, but she refused.
Ms. Yan Qinghua in Xiwuquan Village and Mr. Li Wenqi in Wanggezhuang Village were harassed at home by Ma Shuhai, Party secretary of Hujiazhuang Township and head of the Armed Forces Department, the Party secretary of Wuquan Village, the Party secretary of Wanggezhuang Village Lu Baorui, and Guo Guang and other officers from the Hujiazhuang Police Station on September 9. They tried to force Ms. Yan and Mr. Li to sign paperwork and took photos of them. But they did not cooperate.
Head of Dongzu Village Wang Jianqi, Laishui Town Government personnel Liu Hongfei, and others broke into Mr. Wang Hongjun’s home on September 18. They demanded that he sign the three statements renouncing Falun Gong, but he refused. They threatened him by saying that if he didn't sign they would take him to a brainwashing session.
Ms. Yang Lanying, Ms. Su Xiuying, and Ms. Yu Xiuhong from Beiwazhai Village and Ms. Liao Shujin from Beinanzu Village were harassed by the township government and village officials. Some of the officials directly found practitioners’ family members without letting the practitioners know and tricked them into signing the statements on their behalf.
