(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 25 cities or counties in 9 provinces, where at least 45 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.
1. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Liu Duanhui Facing Trial
2. [Xinxiang City, Henan Province] Ms. Lang Gaiqin Secretly Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
3. [Maoming City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Pan Peide Sentenced to Prison
4. [Yunfu City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Shen Xuemei and Ms. Chen Yuanying Sentenced to Prison
5. [Wangqing County, Jilin Province] Mr. Huang Jiaming and Wife Ms. Zhao Lan Arrested
6. [Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Wang Suqin Sentenced to Prison
7. [Hengshan County, Hunan Province] Ms. Wang Qiudong Harassed
8. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Yuhua Arrested
9. [Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Chen Quanrong Arrested
10. [Shanghai] Mr. Zhang Shuqiang and Mr. Tian Hui Facing Trail
11. [Shanghai] Ms. Yang Hui Officially Arrested
12. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
13. [Shanghai] Ms. Guo Yuhong Held in Detention Center
14. [Beijing] Ms. Yu Junxiao and Daughter Ms. Hu Fangyan Detained
15. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Mr. Yang Zhixiong Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
16. [Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Zhao Xiuyun Held in Detention Center
17. [Xinxiang City, Henan Province] Ms. Wang Suqin Detained
18. [Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Zhu Ying Held in Detention Center
19. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Arrested
20. [Beijing] Mr. Wang Yu’s Family Harassed
21. [Tianjin] Three Practitioners Harassed
22. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yang Yufu Harassed
23. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Deng Zhixuan and Husband Harassed
24. [Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region] Ms. Tan Zezhen and Ms. Xu Shanping Arrested
25. [Fuyuan City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Xu Qinxiang Detained
26. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhuang Hongyan Detained
27. [Qianwei County, Sichuan Province] Ms. Liu Cuilan Held in Detention Center
28. [Sanhe City, Hebei Province] 92-Year-Old Ms. Wang Wenying Harassed
29. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Qinghua Harassed
30. [Chongqing] Ms. Yu Shulin and Family Harassed
31. [Haiyang City, Shandong Province] Mr. Wang Fengxian Held in Custody
1. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Liu Duanhui Facing Trial
Ms. Liu Duanhui, 65, from No. 853 Farm in Baoqing County was scheduled to be tried at the Jiansanjiang Court at 9 a.m. on December 24, 2020.
Ms. Liu was reported to the police for distributing Falun Gong materials on May 2, 2020. She was arrested and her home was ransacked. She was placed under residential surveillance. Sub-district Administration Office personnel came to her home to search it once in about ten days.
In mid-November, the indictment against her was turned over to the procuratorate, and in early December, the procuratorate accepted it.
2. [Xinxiang City, Henan Province] Ms. Lang Gaiqin Secretly Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
Ms. Lang Gaiqin was arrested on July 9, 2019. She was secretly sentenced to seven years in prison and was taken to the Xinxiang Women’s Prison.
3. [Maoming City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Pan Peide Sentenced to Prison
Mr. Pan Peide from Dianbai District was sentenced to three years in prison by the Maonan District Court on the morning of December 17, 2020. He did not appeal due to his family’s financial difficulties.
4. [Yunfu City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Shen Xuemei and Ms. Chen Yuanying Sentenced to Prison
Ms. Shen Xuemei and Ms. Chen Yuanying were sentenced to prison by the Yun’an District Court on December 16, 2020.
Ms. Shen was sentenced to a three-year prison term and fined 3,000 yuan. Ms. Chen was sentenced to a one-year-and-six-month prison term and fined 2,000 yuan.
5. [Wangqing County, Jilin Province] Mr. Huang Jiaming and Wife Ms. Zhao Lan Arrested
Mr. Huang Jiaming and his wife Ms. Zhao Lanfu from Tianqiaoling Town were arrested by officers from the Forestry Police Department on December 17, 2020. They are being held in the Yanji City Brainwashing Center.
6. [Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Wang Suqin Sentenced to Prison
Ms. Wang Suqin was sentenced to three years in prison, and taken to a prison.
7. [Hengshan County, Hunan Province] Ms. Wang Qiudong Harassed
Zheng Hongzan, from the Lianglukou Community, and two people from the town government went to Ms. Wang Qiudong’s home again on December 11, 2020.
They took pictures of her when they entered the house. She clarified the truth to them, but they did not listen and left after taking pictures.
8. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Yuhua Arrested
Ms. Wang Yuhua was arrested at her workplace by officers Zang Weijian and Wang from the Chuncheng Street Police Station on the afternoon of November 22, 2020.
The officers took her back to her home and ransacked the place, they confiscated Falun Dafa books and photos of the founder of Falun Gong. She was then taken to a detention center, which refused to admit her for health reasons. She was released.
9. [Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Chen Quanrong Arrested
Mr. Chen Quanrong, retired employee of Mishan City Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, was arrested by the Mishan City Domestic Security officers on the afternoon of December 19, 2020. He was taken to the Jixi Detention Center two days later.
10. [Shanghai] Mr. Zhang Shuqiang and Mr. Tian Hui Facing Trail
Mr. Zhang Shuqiang, from the Pudong New Area, will be tried at the Fengxian District Court on the afternoon of December 29, 2020.
Mr. Tian Hui from the Puxing Sub-district, Pudong New Area, was arrested by the Yangpu District police on February 4. He was officially placed under arrest on March 6. His case was turned over to the Yangpu District Procuratorate in early May and to the court on May 21. He is being held in the Yangpu District Detention Center. He will be tried in the Criminal Division of Jing’an District Court on the morning of December 29.
11. [Shanghai] Ms. Yang Hui Officially Arrested
Ms. Yang Hui, a senior engineer from the Pudong New Area, was arrested by the police waiting near her home when she was out on November 8, 2020. Her home was ransacked. She is being held in the Pudong New Area Detention Center. She was officially placed under arrest.
12. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
Officers from the Chengguan Town Police Station, Yutian County, went to homes of Ms. Wang Xiuyan and Ms. Wang Shurong in Xiakan Village on December 5, 2020. The officers videoed and photographed them.
The officers then went to Ms. Liang Xiumei’s rented apartment and videotaped and photographed her on December 16.
13. [Shanghai] Ms. Guo Yuhong Held in Detention Center
Ms. Guo Yuhong was arrested by the Xuhui District police on December 10, 2020. She is being held in the Xuhui District Detention Center.
14. [Beijing] Ms. Yu Junxiao and Daughter Ms. Hu Fangyan Detained
Ms. Yu Junxiao and her daughter Ms. Hu Fangyan from Yindong Village, Liudian Township, Pinggu District, were arrested on November 11, 2020. They were held in the Dongcheng District Detention Center for 37 days. They were released on bail on the evening of December 18.
15. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Mr. Yang Zhixiong Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
Mr. Yang Zhixiong was sentenced to seven years in prison on December 1, 2020.
16. [Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Zhao Xiuyun Held in Detention Center
Ms. Zhao Xiuyun, about 75, was arrested at home on December 12, 2020. She is being held in the Sanpu Detention Center.
17. [Xinxiang City, Henan Province] Ms. Wang Suqin Detained
Ms. Wang Suqin was arrested by officers from the Hongqi Police Department on December 2, 2020. The officers ransacked her home and confiscated a computer and several Falun Dafa books. She was detained for 15 days and returned home on December 17.
18. [Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Zhu Ying Held in Detention Center
Six people including Shen Rui from the Chengxi Police Station and Zhu Wang and a residential officer from the Yupo Community Residential Committee, Jingjiang City, arrested Ms. Zhu Ying on December 9, 2020. She was taken to the Taizhou City Detention Center.
19. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Arrested
Ms. Si Xiufang, Ms. Luo Cuiying, Ms. Wang Huimin, and Ms. Peng Cailian in Shenze County were followed and arrested by plainclothes officers when talking to people about Falun Gong at a farmers market on the morning of December 21, 2020. They are being held in the Shenze County Urban Area Police Department.
20. [Beijing] Mr. Wang Yu’s Family Harassed
Party secretary Wang Dianyin of Beizhuang Village, Yanshou Town, Changping District, called Mr. Wang Yu’s mother and told her to sign paperwork on December 21, 2020. She refused to do so.
21. [Tianjin] Three Practitioners Harassed
From November to December 2020, people from the Cuihuangkou Township government, police stations, and villages in Wuqing District asked families of Falun Gong practitioners to go to village committees and threatened them with termination of their jobs, suspension of pension payments, and shutdown of water and electricity supply.
They demanded the family members to pressure practitioners to sign three statements renouncing Falun Gong. At night, five village officials repeatedly went to homes of practitioners Ms. Wen Xiuzhen, Niu Sutian (gender unknown), and Ms. Tan Jiang’e and pressured them to sign three statements.
On December 16, the village officials led over 20 government personnel to practitioner Niu’s home, ransacked the place, and confiscated photos of the founder of Falun Gong and Falun Dafa books.
22. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yang Yufu Harassed
Four people from the Donghuan Road Community and police station broke into Ms. Yang Yufu’s home on December 19, 2020. They took pictures of her, threatened her, and pressured her to sign three statements, She refused. They pressured her family members to have her sign the statements.
23. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Deng Zhixuan and Husband Harassed
Staff member Chen Rui of Comprehensive Management Office of Kaijiang Town, Zhongjiang County, called Ms. Deng Zhixuan and told her to sign paperwork renouncing Falun Gong on the afternoon of March 16, 2020.
Ms. Deng, nearly 70, and her husband Mr. He Mingjun, in his 60s, went to Dabei Street Community to go through the annual retirement review in early October 2020. Community worker Luo Yan took pictures of the couple, which was not part of the official procedure and violated the couple’s privacy.
24. [Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region] Ms. Tan Zezhen and Ms. Xu Shanping Arrested
Ms. Tan Zezhen and Ms. Xu Shanping were arrested on December 19, 2020. Their current whereabouts are unclear.
25. [Fuyuan City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Xu Qinxiang Detained
Ms. Xu Qinxiang was displaced on August 22, 2020, and had been over four months. She was arrested and taken to the Fuyuan City No. 2 Detention Center on the morning of December 21. Officers interrogated and pressured her to write statements slandering Falun Dafa and renouncing Falun Gong. She refused.
Ms. Xu was taken to the Jiamusi Detention Center on the afternoon of December 22 for 10 days of detention.
26. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhuang Hongyan Detained
Ms. Zhuang Hongyan from the Tienan area in Dehui City was arrested at home by officers from the Huifa Police Station at 1 p.m. on December 22, 2020. She is being held in the Dehui City Detention Center for five days of detention.
27. [Qianwei County, Sichuan Province] Ms. Liu Cuilan Held in Detention Center
Ms. Liu Cuilan, 49, and Ms. Chen Baoqiong, 78, were arrested respectively at home on November 24, 2020. They were taken to the Leshan Detention Center by Liu Yong and other officers from the State Security Division. Ms. Chen was taken home that night due to high blood pressure.
28. [Sanhe City, Hebei Province] 92-Year-Old Ms. Wang Wenying Harassed
Personnel from Yanjiao Town harassed 92-year-old Ms. Wang Wenying around September 2020. They wanted to videotape her and turn the video to the town government.
29. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Qinghua Harassed
Officer Fang Yanhan from the Xingjian Road Police Station, director Shi Lei of Xingwang Community, and other people, Xing’an District, went to Ms. Wang Qinghua’s home on the afternoon of December 21, 2020. They pressured her to sign three statements, but she refused.
30. [Chongqing] Ms. Yu Shulin and Family Harassed
Ms. Yu Shulin from the Lanqinyuan Community, Tiaodeng Town, Dadukou District, was repeatedly harassed by community members over the phone recently.
Three community members led by residential officer Rong Daqi went to the company where Ms. Yu’s second daughter worked on December 17. She was pressured with her job to have her sign a sheet, which she did not read and did not pay attention to its content.
31. [Haiyang City, Shandong Province] Mr. Wang Fengxian Held in Custody
Mr. Wang Fengxian was followed and arrested by the Haiyang City Domestic Security officers on the afternoon of November 10, 2020. He was held in the Fangyuan Police Station before being taken to the Qixia Detention Center. He was later transferred back to the Haiyang City Detention Center, where he has remained in custody so far.
