(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 20 cities or counties in 13 provinces, where at least 45 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.
1. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Nie Bihua and Ms. Yan Yuqiong Detained
2. [Longjing City, Jilin Province] Mr. Piao Jinzi and Three Other Practitioners Arrested
3. [Yu County, Hebei Province] Mr. Guo Qi Arrested
4. [Luohe City, Henan Province] Practitioners Harassed and Arrested
5. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Huang Zhibin and Luo Yungui Arrested
6. [Shenmu City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Li Huili Harassed
7. [Shanghai] Ms. Zhu Yunxiang Harassed
8. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wei Yuchi and Mr. Jin Arrested
9. [Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Wang Chunmei Officially Arrested
10. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Song Liqin Faces Trial
11. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Elderly Ms. Chen Arrested
12. [Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Mr. Ma Zhiqu Officially Arrested
13. [Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wang Xiuying Arrested
14. [Shanghai] Ms. Xie Hongzhu Arrested
15. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
16. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Zhang Qingtao Held in Detention Center
17. [Beijing] Mr. Xing Changwang and Wife Ms. Wang Xiuzhen Harassed
18. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Several Practitioners Arrested
19. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhao Xiulan and Ms. Yu Jiaoru Arrested
20. [Beijing] Four Practitioners Arrested
21. [Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Zhu Peiqin Faces Trial
22. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Yuan Fengshan Arrested
23. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Jiansuo Subpoenaed
1. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Nie Bihua and Ms. Yan Yuqiong Detained
Ms. Nie Bihua, in her 60s, was arrested by Domestic Security officers around September 2019. Ms. Yan Yuqiong, in her 40s, was arrested in March 2020. Both practitioners are being held in the Kunming City Women’s Detention Center.
2. [Longjing City, Jilin Province] Mr. Piao Jinzi and Three Other Practitioners Arrested
Several plainclothes officers broke into Mr. Piao Jinzi and his wife Ms. Jin Fenglu’s home and ransacked the place on the morning of July 18, 2020. They confiscated Falun Dafa books, printed materials, and two cell phones. Three other practitioners were at the couple’s home at the time. They were all arrested, and held in the Yanji City Detention Center. Ms. Jin was released due to her age.
3. [Yu County, Hebei Province] Mr. Guo Qi Arrested
Wang Lijun and other officers from the Yu County Domestic Security Division, along with Zhang Jianbing, an officer from the Xiagong Township Police Station, broke into Mr. Guo Qi’s home in Nuanquan Town and arrested him on June 23, 2020. Wang also scolded Mr. Guo’s wife Ms. Cao Guihua.
Mr. Guo was taken to the police department. The following evening, he was taken to the Yu County Detention Center for five days of detention.
During the detention, the guards coerced and enticed Mr. Guo to give up practicing Falun Gong. The guards also forced him to find Mr. Guo Yuanrong, who has been displaced. Mr. Guo was forced to pay 50 yuan for living expenses. The guards took information from his cell phone. Mr. Guo returned home on the morning of June 30.
Officers led by Wang broke into Mr. Guo’s home on August 29, 2019. They ransacked the home and confiscated Falun Dafa books and informational booklets. Mr. Guo’s wife Ms. Cao was arrested and detained for 15 days.
Four months earlier, officers led by Zhang and Wang broke into Mr. Guo’s home on April 29, 2020. Mr. Guo was not at home at the time, so the officers told his wife that he had to go to the police station. They threatened that if he did not go, they would return.
4. [Luohe City, Henan Province] Practitioners Harassed and Arrested
Officers from the Linying County Police Department harassed and arrested practitioners in Beichang Village on July 19, 2020. If any items related to Falun Dafa are found at a practitioner’s home, the practitioner is arrested.
The officers found Falun Dafa books, printed materials, and paper bills with Falun Gong facts written on them at Ms. Cheng Fengqin’s home. She escaped, so the officers took her daughter as a hostage, and pressured her son-in-law to file a case to help the police locate Ms. Cheng.
5. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Huang Zhibin and Luo Yungui Arrested
Elderly Ms. Huang Zhibin and another practitioner, Luo Yungui, from Chaisang District, were arrested while shopping in a supermarket on the morning of July 11, 2020. Both practitioners were taken to the Shahe Street Police Station.
Luo’s home was ransacked, and all Falun Dafa books and related items were confiscated. Ms. Huang’s home was pried open and ransacked.
A member of Luo’s family went to the police station to demand Luo’s release. Luo returned home at 11:00 a.m. that day. Ms. Huang was released at 11:00 p.m. that night.
6. [Shenmu City, Shaanxi Province] Ms. Li Huili Harassed
Meng Diaofang, an officer from the Yingbilu Police Station, called Ms. Li Huili on July 21, 2020, and demanded to know if she still practiced Falun Gong
7. [Shanghai] Ms. Zhu Yunxiang Harassed
Ms. Zhu Yunxiang was recently phoned twice by an officer from the Daqiao Sub-district.
The first time she was told that the police needed to collect blood samples and fingerprints from her, and that she needed to write a 300 word statement. The second time she was told that they would not collect her blood samples, but she had to write the statement. Ms. Zhu refused to comply with their demands.
8. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wei Yuchi and Mr. Jin Arrested
Ms. Wei Yuchi, 41, and Mr. Jin, in his 80s, from Huanggu District, were arrested by over 20 officers on the evening of July 15, 2020. Ms. Wei’s home was ransacked while no one was at home. Her Falun Dafa books, photos of the founder of Falun Gong, and a cell phone were confiscated.
9. [Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Wang Chunmei Officially Arrested
Ms. Wang Chunmei was arrested and detained by the Kaiyuan City police on May 27, 2020, for talking to people about Falun Gong and the pandemic, distributing Falun Gong materials, and handing out keepsakes. She was officially arrested on June 10, and has been held in the Honghe Prefecture Detention Center. No family or relatives have been allowed to visit her, and only limited communication was allowed through her lawyer.
Prior to her most recent arrest, Ms. Wang had been arrested, detained, and lived under surveillance eight times since 1999. Her home was ransacked numerous times, and a large number of personal belongings and items related to Falun Gong were confiscated.
10. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Song Liqin Faces Trial
Ms. Song Liqin will be tried by the High-tech Development Zone Court on July 28, 2020.
11. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Elderly Ms. Chen Arrested
Ms. Chen, 76, was arrested by four or five plainclothes officers on the morning of July 21, 2020, for talking to people about Falun Gong.
12. [Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Mr. Ma Zhiqu Officially Arrested
Mr. Ma Zhiwu was arrested by Yang Fuchun and other officers from the Yuanzhou District Police Department, Guyuan City, when he visited his hometown in Guyuan City in early June 2020. He was held in the Guyuan City Detention Center.
He was officially arrested by the Yuanzhou District Procuratorate on June 25. He immediately went on a hunger strike, and was taken to a hospital.
Ms. Zhang Junqin and Ms. Zhang Lifang are also being held in the detention center.
13. [Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wang Xiuying Arrested
Ms. Wang Xiuying was arrested and her home was ransacked by officers from the Dong District Police Department on July 11, 2020. She is being held in the Yanbian Detention Center.
14. [Shanghai] Ms. Xie Hongzhu Arrested
Ms. Xie Hongzhu was arrested by the Baoshan District police on July 21, 2020. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
15. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
Officers from the Yuguantun Police Station went to 80-year-old Ms. Song Baolian’s home and confiscated an incense burner and two Falun Dafa books in May 2020.
Personnel from the Tianqu West Road Sub-district Administration Office phoned Ms. Peng Fengyun’s husband, and asked if Ms. Peng had phoned him, and if she still practiced Falun Gong.
Mr. Lu Qingrong, a retired teacher from Wucheng County, received a call on May 8, 2020. He was told to go to the school, and sign a statement renouncing Falun Gong.
16. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Zhang Qingtao Held in Detention Center
Mr. Zhang Qingtao and his non-practitioner brother-in-law Mr. Xu Qiang from Pulandian District were arrested on July 11, 2020. They are being held in the Pulandian District Detention Center. Their family members went to the Fengrong Police Station and demanded to see them. The police refused.
17. [Beijing] Mr. Xing Changwang and Wife Ms. Wang Xiuzhen Harassed
Mr. Xing Changwang, 70, and his wife Ms. Wang Xiuzhen, 68, are residents of Fengtai District.
More than twelve officers from the Majiapu Police station, the Fengtai Police Department, the Domestic Security Division, and the Political and Legal Affairs Committee recently broke into the couple’s home and ransacked the place.
18. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Several Practitioners Arrested
Elderly Mr. Zhao, along with seven or eight other practitioners, were arrested when they were reading the Falun Gong teachings together at Mr. Zhao’s rented home on July 14, 2020. The police ransacked the place and confiscated at least two computers, about seven printers, printed materials, printer paper, supplies, and other items.
Officers from the Xiaji Police Station, in Panlongcheng Economic Development Zone, Huangpi District, broke into Ms. Zhang Linmei’s home on July 15, 2020, and confiscated a computer and other belongings.
The police pried open Ms. Huang Jun’s home and ransacked the place on July 16, 2020.
19. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhao Xiulan and Ms. Yu Jiaoru Arrested
Plainclothes officers broke off the door lock and broke into Ms. Yu Jiaoru’s fifth floor apartment and ransacked the place at 7:00 p.m. on July 15, 2020. Ms. Yu and her parents were arrested.
Ms. Zhao Xiulan lives alone in an apartment on the fourth floor. Her storeroom downstairs was ransacked, and all the items were taken away.
20. [Beijing] Four Practitioners Arrested
Mr. Li Zongze, Mr. Li Lixin, and two other practitioners were arrested at home by officers from the Yongding Town Police Station and the Domestic Security Division in Mentougou District on the morning of July 19, 2020.
21. [Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Zhu Peiqin Faces Trial
Ms. Zhu Peiqin will be tried by the Wujiang Court on July 22, 2020.
22. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Yuan Fengshan Arrested
Yuan Fengshan, 75, was arrested by officers from the Beipiao Police Department on July 21, 2020.
23. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Jiansuo Subpoenaed
Officers from the Li County Police Department went to Mr. Li Jiansuo’s home in Duikanzhuang Village to arrest him on July 16, 2020. Mr. Li was not at home, so they took his wife Ms. Zhao Yumei to the police department. They took blood samples, fingerprints, and photos of her. They forced her to write the three statements renouncing Falun Gong.
Under the guarantee of the village Party secretary and others, Ms. Zhao was released at around 8:00 p.m. that night. Ms. Zhao’s cell phone was confiscated. Mr. Li was subpoenaed on July 20, and was told to go to the police department.
