(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 19 cities or counties in 9 provinces, where at least 35 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Jiaohe City, Jilin Province] Ms. Liu Li Harassed
2. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Six Practitioners Harassed
3. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Dongmei Detained
4. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Liao Mingxiang Harassed
5. [Tianjin] Ms. Chen Shuanling Harassed
6. [Tianjin] Ms. Xing Zhenhua and Ms. Ping Yurong Arrested
7. [Tongling City, Anhui] The Couple Mr. Huang Yongqing and Ms. Zhang Hong Sentenced to Prison
8. [Qixia City, Shandong Province] Mr. Li Aihua Harassed
9. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Meizhi Harassed
10. [Laixi City, Shandong Province] Mr. Wu Jiajian Arrested
11. [Zhao County, Hebei Province] Ms. Xie Cuixia Harassed
12. [Tianjin] Mr. Luan Ruiqiang Arrested
13. [Huaihua City, Hunan Province] Six Practitioners Harassed
14. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Ms. Zhou Yuanxun Arrested
15. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Yan and Ms. Guo Peilu Arrested
16. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Liu Li Arrested
17. [Chongqing] Ms. Li Yamin Suspected of Being Arrested
18. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Sun Fenghuan Harassed
19. [Tonghe County, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Ma Jiying Robbed by Police
20. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. He Tingli Harassed
21. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Su Yarong Arrested
22. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Gu Qiaoling and Mr. Zhu Xueshuang Arrested

1. [Jiaohe City, Jilin Province] Ms. Liu Li Harassed

People from Huadong Community repeatedly called Ms. Liu Li’s husband and asked whether Ms. Liu was at home. They then came to her home and knocked on the door. When they couldn’t get in, they went to her husband’s company and demanded that Ms. Liu sign the so-called “guaranteed statement.”

2. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Six Practitioners Harassed

A brainwashing session was held in Dongfeng County in mid-to-late October 2020. Several practitioners were harassed, including Zhu Deyan, Wu Chunfeng, Dai Shuli, Wang Rongyuan, Zhao Chunmei, and Wu.

3. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Dongmei Detained

Ms. Wang Dongmei is a teacher at Hongqi Elementary School. She was reported to school authorities for teaching Chinese traditional culture in the class. After school officials talked to her for three consecutive days demanding that she give up her practice of Falun Gong, she was handed over to the police in June 2020. She has since been detained in No. 4 Detention Center.

4. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Liao Mingxiang Harassed

Ms. Liao Mingxiang lives in Hanwang Village of Mengyang Town. She was harassed at home on October 27, 2020 by Yang Qiongying, deputy director of the village, and four police officers. They forcibly held her hand to fingerprint a document.

Yang Qiongying and four others came to harass Ms. Liao again on November 3, 2020. They questioned whether she still practiced Falun Gong, which pressured her entire family.

5. [Tianjin] Ms. Chen Shuanling Harassed

Ms. Chen Shuanling (in her 70s) was harassed at home on the morning of October 29 2020 by two police officers from Shengli Police Station in Dagang, Binhai New District. They forced her to go with them to the police station to sign a document. However, they took her directly for a medical exam at Dagang Hospital, and were going to send her to Tanggu Detention Center. Because of her high blood sugar found in the physical exam, she was not qualified to be accepted by the detention center. They had to take her back home.

6. [Tianjin] Ms. Xing Zhenhua and Ms. Ping Yurong Arrested

Ms. Xing Zhenhua and Ms. Ping Yurong are from Lutai Town, Ninghe District. They were arrested by several police officers when two of them were talking on the side of the road. Their homes were ransacked. A photo of Falun Gong’s founder was found in Ms. Xing’s home. Ms. Xing was detained and Ms. Ping was released later that day.

7. [Tongling City, Anhui] The Couple Mr. Huang Yongqing and Ms. Zhang Hong Sentenced to Prison

The couple Mr. Huang Yongqing and his wife Zhang Hong were arrested in May 2020 for distributing truth-clarifying materials. They were sentenced to prison in October 2020 with two years for Mr. Huang, and one year with two years suspended for Ms. Zhang. Now the couple have been fired from their jobs at Tongling College.

8. [Qixia City, Shandong Province] Mr. Li Aihua Harassed

Mr. Li Aihua, an outstanding teacher who had been fired years ago for practicing Falun Gong, received a harassment call from Tangjiabo Town Police Station on November 4, 2020. He was demanded to write the so-called “guaranteed statement,” which he firmly refused.

9. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Meizhi Harassed

Ms. Li Meizhi was harassed at home on October 24, 2020 by five people from Qingdao City and the Pingdu City 610 Office. They took a couple of photos at her home and threatened that her children would be implicated if she continued to practice Falun Gong.

10. [Laixi City, Shandong Province] Mr. Wu Jiajian Arrested

Mr. Wu Jiajian lives in Taiguang Community, Jiangshan Town. Officers from the Liquanzhuang Police Station broke into his home at around 6:00 p.m. on November 7, 2020 and took him away with the excuse of needing to verify some information at the police station. He was wearing pajamas, and didn’t even have time to put on socks before being taken away. When his family members went to the police station at around 9:30 p.m. to deliver food to him, they were told that he had already been taken away. The destination was unknown.

The next morning when the family members went to the police station again, they were told that he was taken by domestic agents from Luoyang City, Henan Province. His whereabouts are still unknown.

11. [Zhao County, Hebei Province] Ms. Xie Cuixia Harassed

Ms. Xie Cuixia is a practitioner from Beilijiatuan Village, Nanbaishe Township. Her husband was harassed on November 6, 2020 by the village director and the township officials to fingerprint a so-called guaranteed statement on behalf of Ms. Xie.

12. [Tianjin] Mr. Luan Ruiqiang Arrested

Mr. Luan Ruiqiang was arrested at home on the evening of July 20, 2020 by officers from the Hongqi Road Police Station in Dagang Oilfield of Binhai New District. His home was ransacked. He was released later that day.

13. [Huaihua City, Hunan Province] Six Practitioners Harassed

Multiple organizations including the Huaihua Politic and Legal Committee, Xupu County 610 Office, Xupu County neighborhood communities, and the workplaces of Falun Gong practitioners, united to have the so-called “clearing” movement targeting the Falun Gong practitioners. They forced the practitioners and even their family members to sign a so-called guarantee statement, and threatened to put the practitioners in jail if they refused. The following practitioners have been harassed: Wu Ligeng, Yang Lanying, Yang Dongqing, Zhang Boxing, Mao Yanping, and Shu Qiuju.

14. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Ms. Zhou Yuanxun Arrested

Ms. Zhou Yuanxun was arrested at home on August 11, 2020 by seven or eight plainclothes police officers, including Zhang Zhu from Yunyan District Domestic Security Division. They ransacked her home and took away many personal belongings including a jade necklace worth more than one thousand yuan. Ms. Zhou was later taken to the Yunyan Police Department for interrogation and was sent to the Tongmuling Drug Rehabilitation Center of Huaxi on August 12. She was released home on August 26 after being detained for 15 days.

15. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Yan and Ms. Guo Peilu Arrested

Ms. Wang Yan was reported to police and arrested at Sanba Square Street of Zhongshan District at around 7:30 p.m. on November 9, 2020. She was taken to Guilin Street Police Station and has since been detained there.

Ms. Guo Peilu was arrested for mailing the truth-clarifying letters to the government and police officials.

16. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Liu Li Arrested

Liu Li (gender unknown) from Tiexi District was arrested on the afternoon of September 28, 2020 for clarifying the truth. Liu’s home was ransacked and Dafa books were confiscated. Liu has since been detained in the No. 1 Detention Center.

17. [Chongqing] Ms. Li Yamin Suspected of Being Arrested

Ms. Li Yamin disappeared on November 8, 2020. Her home was turned upside down. She may have been arrested by police, and her home was ransacked. Her 80-year-old mother lives in a nursing home and cannot take care of herself. She does not know that her daughter is missing. Currently, Ms. Li’s whereabouts are unknown.

18. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Sun Fenghuan Harassed

Ms. Sun Fenghuan was harassed at home on the afternoon of November 9, 2020 by seven or eight people from the Olympic New Village Community and Xinjian Police Station of Huanan County. They photographed her home and then demanded that she sign the so-called three statements. Ms. Sun didn’t cooperate. The assistant police officer Tao Shuming threatened her that she would be called to the police station the next day if she refused to sign.

19. [Tonghe County, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Ma Jiying Robbed by Police

Ms. Ma Jiying was body searched when passing the security check at the Fangzheng Railway Station on October 19, 2020. Her personal belongings included a laptop computer, 20 or 30 memory cards, and a number of cards were taken away. The railway police later ransacked her home and confiscated two cell phones and more than 30 pamphlets.

20. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. He Tingli Harassed

Ms. He Tingli was harassed at her barbershop at around 10:00 a.m. on November 9, 2020 by Jiao, director of Sugar Machine Factory Community of Acheng District, and Yang Jun, director of the neighborhood committee. They demanded that Ms. He Tingli sign the so-called guaranteed statement, which Ms. He refused to do.

21. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Su Yarong Arrested

Ms. Su Yarong, 59, from Xinzhan Town of Zhaoyuan County, was arrested at home at around 10:00 a.m. on November 9, 2020, by the officers from the Xinzhan Town Police Station and Zhaoyuan County Police Department. Her home was ransacked and personal belongings including Dafa books, a photo of Falun Gong’s founder, a computer, and an MP5 player were taken away. Ms. Su was taken to the Zhaoyuan Police Department for interrogation. She was released home at around 6:00 p.m. that day because of a physical condition.

22. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Gu Qiaoling and Mr. Zhu Xueshuang Arrested

Ms. Gu Qiaoling from Xingkai Lake Farm was arrested on October 1, 2020 for distributing truth-clarifying materials. Her home was ransacked and her husband Mr. Zhu Xueshuang was arrested as well. The couple was sent to Jixi Detention Center. Mr. Zhu was released home on November 1, 2020. Ms. Gu is still detained.