(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 17 cities or counties in 7 provinces, where at least 18 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Luoding City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Shen Xuemei Sentenced to Prison
2. [Tianjin] Ms. Gu Xueshuang Harassed
3. [Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Mr. Zheng Yongxin and Wife Ms. Yang Jie Missing for Nearly Two Months
4. [Xianning City, Hubei Province] Mr. Yu Jinguang Harassed
5. [Shihezi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region] Ms. Zhan Ying and Daughter Ms. Zou Xiaoyu Continuously Harassed
6. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Three Practitioners Arrested
7. [Jining City, Shandong Province] Ms. Gao Jiju Arrested
8. [Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province] Four Practitioners Sentenced to Prison
9. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Qu Yuxia Arrested
10. [Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province] Mr. He Weifeng’s Home Ransacked

1. [Luoding City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Shen Xuemei Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Shen Xuemei was arrested on September 30, 2019. She was held in the Luoding City Detention Center. She was transferred to the Yunfu City Detention Center in October 2020.

Ms. Shen was tried by the Yun’an District Court in November 20. She received the verdict in December and was sentenced to three years in prison. She appealed to the Yunfu City Intermediate Court.

2. [Tianjin] Ms. Gu Xueshuang Harassed

Ms. Gu Xueshuang from the Binhai New Area was deceived to go to the Yueyuan Residential Community Committee on the afternoon of December 10, 2020, and was held there for over 20 hours.

During that period of time, over 20 people from the Hangzhoudao Sub-district Administration Office, the Hangzhoudao Police Station, and the Yuyuan Residential Community Committee pressured her to sign the three statements, but she firmly refused.

She returned home the following afternoon.

3. [Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Mr. Zheng Yongxin and Wife Ms. Yang Jie Missing for Nearly Two Months

Mr. Zheng Yongxin and his wife Ms. Yang Jie returned to Zhongwei City to visit Ms. Yang’s parents in early October 2020, and have since lost contact with their family members.

4. [Xianning City, Hubei Province] Mr. Yu Jinguang Harassed

Mr. Yu Jinguang from Wenquan Sub-district received a call from staff member Zhang of the Baicha Community on December 18, 2020. Zhang pretended to purchase purified water and asked where the storefront was located where Mr. Yu was selling purified water as part of an effort to collect information on practitioners.

Officers in a police car from the No. 3 Bridge Police Station also secretly took pictures of Mr. Yu with a cellphone.

5. [Shihezi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region] Ms. Zhan Ying and Daughter Ms. Zou Xiaoyu Continuously Harassed

Ms. Zhan Ying and her family were continuously harassed in November 2020 by people from the No. 23 Residential Community, the Xiangyang Sub-district, the local police station, and the Domestic Security officers. She was later taken to a brainwashing center, and has since been held there.

Those people also harassed her daughter Ms. Zou Xiaoyu.

6. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Three Practitioners Arrested

Mr. Fu Lianhua, Xu Rongshi (gender unknown), and Ms. Guo Shufen were arrested by officers from the No. 857 Farm Police Station, Mudanjiang Reclamation, on November 16, 2020. Mr. Fu was released for health reasons. The other two practitioners are still being held in the Jixi City Police Department.

7. [Jining City, Shandong Province] Ms. Gao Jiju Arrested

Ms. Gao Jiju was followed and arrested by officers from the East Hongxing Road Police Station in Rencheng District on the afternoon of December 20, 2020.

8. [Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province] Four Practitioners Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Chen Yuhua, Ms. Yao Yuling, Ms. He Aihua, Ms. He’s husband, Ms. Zhang Fengying, Ms. Ren Qinghua, and Ms. Ren’s husband were arrested by officers from the Yingze Police Department on October 20 and 21, 2018.

Four of them were sentenced to prison:Ms. Chen Yuhua, 66, was sentenced to a one-year-and-eight-month prison term and fined 10,000 yuan.Ms. He Aihua, 59, was sentenced to a five-year-and-six-month prison term and fined 20,000 yuan.Ms. Zhang Fengying, 76, was sentenced to an eight-year-and-six-month prison term and fined 20,000 yuan.Ms. Ren Qinghua, 79, was sentenced to a one-year-and-eight-month prison term and fined 10,000 yuan.

Ms. Yao Yuling escaped. The court called off reviewing her case, and the police put out an arrest warrant for her online.

9. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Qu Yuxia Arrested

Officers from the Songlin Police Station and staff members of Linji Community knocked on the door of Ms. Qu Yuxia’s home on November 24, 2020, but she refused to open it. These people waited in the corridor and kept pounding on her door.

At about four o’clock in the afternoon, the officers outside the door began to kick the door vigorously. Then the officers called in a locksmith and removed the entire lock, handle, and peephole on the door. The parts were scattered on the ground and these people rushed to break into her home.

They ransacked the place and confiscated photos of the founder of Falun Gong, Falun Dafa books, a computer, and a printer. Ms. Qu was held at the police station overnight and was then told that she would be detained for 10 days.

Early morning on November 25, she was forcibly taken to the Jiamusi City Central Hospital for nucleic acid testing and physical examination. She was taken to the Jiamusi City Detention Center in the afternoon.

When Ms. Yu took the routine physical examination at the detention center, her blood pressure remained high and the detention center refused to admit her. Officers took her to the Jiamusi City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine to get an IV and take medicine to reduce her blood pressure. She was then taken back to the detention center, which still refused to admit her, as her blood pressure readings remained high. She returned home on the evening of November 25.

10. [Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province] Mr. He Weifeng’s Home Ransacked

Mr. He Weifeng, in his 50, is an employee of the Gaozhou Development and Reform Bureau.

His home was ransacked on December 16, 2020, by deputy head Zhou Weixue of the Gaozhou City Domestic Security Division, officer Feng Zengguo from the Chengnan Police Station, and half a dozen people, including staff members from the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, the 610 Office, and Sub-district administration office.