(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 18 cities or counties in 11 provinces, where at least 162 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Shifang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhu Chaobin’s Case Turned Over the Procuratorate
2. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Li Ying Sentenced to Prison
3. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Fan Zhigang and Wife Ms. Su Shuang Sentenced to Prison
4. [Zigong City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Peng Junying Facing Trial
5. [Meishan City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Xu Jianhua Harassed
6. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Jia Guirong Harassed
7. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Four Practitioners Facing Trial
8. [Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Ding Junhua Harassed
9. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Lu Guansuo Harassed
10. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Ma Fengcai’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate
11. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Ms. Xu Yumei Held in Detention Center
12. [Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region] Ms. Huang Dongying Taken to Brainwashing Center
13. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Jiang Shuxian and Husband Arrested
14. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Over 120 Practitioners Remain in Custody
15. [Fuyu City, Jilin Province] Several Practitioners Harassed
16. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Liu Lijuan and Family Harassed
17. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhou Min’s Son Harassed
18. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Ran Hong Harassed
19. [Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Yu Xiufen and Family Repeatedly Harassed
20. [Xinyang City, Henan Province] Several Practitioners Arrested

1. [Shifang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhu Chaobin’s Case Turned Over the Procuratorate

Four officers from the Nanquan Town Police Station went to Ms. Zhu Chaobin’s home and summoned her to the Shifang City Procuratorate on December 4, 2020. She refused to go with them.

When they started to drag her to the police car, she shouted, which alerted the neighbors, who gathered to watch. One officer called in two people from the procuratorate.

On December 13, the procuratorate gave Ms. Zhu a notice authorizing her to hire a lawyer to defend her.

2. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Li Ying Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Li Ying from the Development Zone was secretly tried via video link and sentenced to two years in prison. The court did not notify her family. She is being held in the Yaojia Detention Center. Only when her family called the police to demand her release did they learn she had been sentenced to prison.

3. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Fan Zhigang and Wife Ms. Su Shuang Sentenced to Prison

Mr. Fan Zhigang and his wife Ms. Su Shuang were arrested on April 15, 2020. Their home was ransacked. They were tried at the Huludao City Detention Center by the Lianshan District Court on December 10.

The court issued a judgment on December 29, 2020. Mr. Fan was sentenced to one and half years in prison and fined 10,000 yuan. He was also sentenced to one year for the crime of “false accusation.” His total sentence is two years and six months.

Ms. Su was sentenced to nine months in prison for false accusation.

4. [Zigong City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Peng Junying Facing Trial

Officer Liu Yihong from Chengjia Police Station went to 78-year-old Ms. Peng Junying’s home and pressured her to sign the indictment on December 31, 2020. She refused to sign it. Liu said that, whether she signed it or not, the indictment would be filed at the procuratorate.

5. [Meishan City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Xu Jianhua Harassed

Mr. Xu Jianhua from Qinglong Town in the Pengshan District was harassed on December 31, 2020, by four people from the Guanyin Community and the Pengxi Town Police Station.

6. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Jia Guirong Harassed

Five people from the Yaozhanzhuang Village Committee and North Industrial Park Police Station in the Haigang District went to Ms. Jia Guirong’s home and harassed her on December 30, 2020, disrupting the family.

7. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Four Practitioners Facing Trial

Mr. Zhou Guoqiang, Mr. Zhang Bo, Mr. Xiong Youyi, and Mr. Li Jun were released on bail on December 25, 2020. They are in very poor health due to mistreatment in custody. They received notice on December 31 that they would be tried on January 3, 2021.

8. [Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Ding Junhua Harassed

Officer Li Zhengwen from the No. 854 Farm Police Department went to Ms. Ding Junhua’s home but she wasn't there. Li then called Ms. Ding’s brother-in-law and asked if Ms. Ding had a computer at home.

Ms. Ding uses the broadband network registered under her brother-in-law’s name. The farm’s Communications Division also called her brother-in-law and told him to take a look at his broadband setup. Her brother-in-law did not cooperate.

9. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Practitioner Lu Guansuo Harassed

Personnel from the Yanjiao Community in Sanhe City knocked on practitioner Lu Guansuo’s door on the evening of December 31, 2020. Lu did not open the door. They turned off the power to the home and left around 7:30 p.m.

10. [Zhengzhou City, Henan Province] Ms. Ma Fengcai’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate

Ms. Ma Fengcai from the Erqi District was arrested and taken to the No. 3 Detention Center in November 2020. Her case was turned over to the procuratorate.

11. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Ms. Xu Yumei Held in Detention Center

Ms. Xu Yumei and Ms. Xu Jimei from Gantun Township were reported to the police for talking to people about Falun Gong at the Liulin Town Farmers’ Market on December 25, 2020. They were arrested by officers from the Liulin Town Police Station. They were forced to have a physical exam and take medicine for high blood pressure.

The officers ransacked their homes. Ms. Xu Jimei’s blood pressure remained high and she returned home on December 27. Ms. Xu Yumei was taken to the Guan County Detention Center.

12. [Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region] Ms. Huang Dongying Taken to Brainwashing Center

Ms. Huang Dongying from Tiandong County was arrested and her home ransacked by members of the local Political and Legal Affairs Committee and 610 Office in April 2020. She was removed from her teaching position.

After she refused to be “transformed” by local government agents, she was arrested and taken to the Qinzhou City Brainwashing Center in August.

13. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Jiang Shuxian and Husband Arrested

Three officers from the Jiaoqu Domestic Security Division knocked on the door of 68-year-old Ms. Jiang Shuxian’s home at 10:30 a.m. on November 24, 2020. They ransacked her home without showing IDs or a warrant. They confiscated Falun Dafa books, a laptop, a printer, an MP3, a radio, and a USB drive.

Ms. Jiang and her husband were taken to the Aoqu Police Station and held in a small dark room.

The officers took her to a hospital for a physical exam. Her blood pressure was measured three times, with three different results. Later, she was taken to a detention center, which refused to accept her due to unstable blood pressure. The couple were released.

14. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Over 120 Practitioners Remain in Custody

Based on incomplete statistics on Minghui.org, as of New Year’s Day 2021, about 126 Falun Gong practitioners in the Dalian area are still being held in prisons and detention centers.

Practitioners Wang Chuang, Sun Jun, Jiang Shilin, and Zhou Xing were in Shenyang No. 1 Prison.

There are 63 practitioners detained in the Women’s Prison in Liaoning Province: Xu Meihua, Chen Yazhou (No. 13 Team in No. 1 Ward), Zou Hui, Wang Fengjun, Wang Weizhen (Masanjia Ward), Zhang Xia, Xu Guilan, Zhang Jing, Li Yuhua (No. 3 Team in No. 10 Ward), Sheng Jie, Zhong Shujuan, Fang Fang, Lin Jingping, Shi Ningyao, Zhan Shuhua, Cao E, Lai Guifang, Gu Xiuhua, Zhang Sanman, Tan Chunrong, Yu Chunxiang (No. 3 Ward), Wang Liguo, Sun Baoying, Liao Jie (No. 2 Team in No. 5 Ward), Zhang Guimin, Hu Zhiqin, Zhou Haiyan, Li Gang, Zhang Yali, Cheng Yurong, Jiang Lianxiang, Xu Li, Wang Sumian, Yang Lihua, Han Xuesong, Jin Cuixiang, Li Daorong, Li Caiwen, Wen Ying, Wang Xiuxiang, Zhu Weijun, Chen Yaorong, Song Xuecun, Xu Yanxia, Xu Changlan, Yu Yinghua, Yang Ping, Pan Shufeng, Wu Chunhua, Liang Shengmei, Teng Yunqing, Liu Xia, Xu Liming, Sun Guifang, Zhang Huanying, Yang Xiaosong, Gu Xuezhen, Lin Jun, Song Yuanhui, Ma Guizhen, Ma Hui, Hou Ruiyue, and Xu Qiang.

There are five practitioners being held in Dongling Prison: Guo Shuchun (No. 6 Ward), Zhang Shude, Wang Zhao, Han Jianhai, and Zhou Hongxu.

There are two practitioners in Xihu Prison: Li Tianxue and Liu Xiyong.

There are two practitioners in the Dalian City Prison: Liu Renqiu and Hao Fukui.

There are 34 practitioners in the Dalian City Detention Center: Pan Xueming, Zhao Zhenhua, Qin Shuzhen, Yang Shumei, Wang Shubin, Li Furong, Fu Lihua, Wang Zhiqing, He Yongqin, Song Shuchan, Li Ying, Liu Xiaohong, Zhang Cui, Ye Qingli, Niu Sijing, Guo Peilu, Zhang Baoling, Jiang Shubo, Ci Meiyun, Sun Ailan, Ren Haifei, carpenter Xu, Wu Chun, Cong Xia, Zhou Yanbo, Qi Yan, Li Xinping, Xu Minghua, Zhang Shujie, Zhai Jing, Sheng Lianying, Yu Chunmei, Sun Meiyan, and Feng Jimei.

There are three practitioners being held in the Pulandian Detention Center: Gu Yanqing, Zhang Qingtao, and Su Junsheng.

There are two practitioners in the Wafangdian Detention Center: Xie Bing and Yu Xichun.

There are three practitioners in the Development Zone Detention Center: Liu Qingtao, Lin Maocheng, and Qu Hua.

There is one practitioner being held in the Shijiazhuang Women’s Prison: Liu Xia.

There is one practitioner in the Xinjiang No. 1 Detention Center: Pan Yanchun.

Six other practitioners are also in custody, but details are not available: Liu Jinglong, Wang Zhuang, Wang Shangjie, Zhang Renguang, Yu Xiangjia, and Zhang Kexin.

15. [Fuyu City, Jilin Province] Several Practitioners Harassed

Zhao, head of Caijiagou Town; judicial officer Wang Yahui; and Party secretary Zhang Wen of Zhushan Village went to Ms. Yu Guifen’s home in Zhushan Village around December 13, 2020. Ms. Yu did not let them in. They pressured her to sign paperwork, but she refused.

They also called Mr. Wang Shutan and harassed him a while back.

Zhao and Wang went to Ms. Yu Xiulan’s home in Shaoguo Village and coaxed her to sign paperwork.

Several Caijiagou Town government employees went to the home of elderly Ms. Zhao in Wanjiatuozi Village and pressured her to sign paperwork, but she refused to.

They also went to Mr. Ren Changyou’s home in the Sanxingtun area and pressured him to sign statements to give up practicing Falun Gong.

They called Mr. Ren Qingji and harassed him.

In each instance they insisted: “If you simply sign the form, your name will be removed from the list, and we will not bother you in the future. From now on, your children and grandchildren can go to college, join the army, or take civil service exams unhampered. If you do not sign it, the future of your children, grandchildren, and even of their posterity will be adversely impacted.”

Personnel in the Sanchahe Town government resorted to the same tactic to harass Falun Gong practitioners.

Judicial officers in the town led by Gan Xiaowei, head of Dongjiuhao Village, went to the home of practitioner Liu Yongxue (gender unknown) and pressured Liu to sign paperwork. Liu refused. They then went to harass practitioner Wang Cheng.

16. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Liu Lijuan and Family Harassed

People from the Xilin Police Station, the Yongping Community, and the Xiangyang District Political and Legal Affairs Committee went to the home of 56-year-old Ms. Liu Lijuan’s daughter on November 17, 2020. They told her to sign paperwork for her mother and prevent her mother from attending Falun Gong gatherings.

17. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhou Min’s Son Harassed

Director Huang of the Mazu Town Comprehensive Management Office in Shifang City, a government official, and a police officer went to where Ms. Zhou Min’s son works on December 21 and 22, 2020, and ordered him to sign the three statements for his mother. He refused. They threatened that if he did not sign, all three generations of his family would be implicated.

Her son’s supervisor talked to him on December 25 and said that the Political and Legal Affairs Committee had called and put pressure on him.

18. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Ran Hong Harassed

Yang Shaoqi from the Aoping Town government and officials from the Chengdu City government, Pengzhou City government, and Ziquan Village to Ms. Ran Hong’s home in the village and harassed her on December 28, 2020. They slandered Falun Dafa and told her to give up practicing. She refused and told them the facts about Falun Gong.

19. [Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Yu Xiufen and Family Repeatedly Harassed

Party secretary Li Xiaoyun of a community in Sha’erhure Sub-district, Huolin Henan Square, and four others went to Ms. Yu Xiufen’s home on November 15, 2020. Ms. Yu was not at home. They called her the next dayand said they needed to talk to her in person.

All five again went to Ms. Yu’s home on November 17 and talked to her family members for over half an hour. They asked her husband for her phone number, but he did not give it to them. They said that they would come again.

Those five people went to her home again on November 18 and pressured her to sign “transformation” statements. She refused.

When they went to her home again on November 21 and ordered her to sign the “transformation” statements, she tore them up.

They went to her son’s workplace on December 4 and pressured him to sign, but he refused. They harassed Ms. Yu’s daughter-in-law and attempted to go to Ms. Yu’s grandchild’s school for harassment.

20. [Xinyang City, Henan Province] Several Practitioners Arrested

Ms. Yu Sufang from Huangchuan County was arrested by officers from the Beicheng Police Station on November 10, 2020. They ransacked her home and confiscated Falun Dafa books and a cell phone, among other personal belongings. She returned home around 9 p.m. that evening.

Mr. Liu Guiyuan and his wife Ms. Wang Junqing from Huangchuan County were arrested by officers from the Huangchuan County Domestic Security Division and community personnel on November 20. They ransacked their home and confiscated Falun Dafa books, a cable box, and truth-clarification currency. Mr. Liu returned home the following day. Ms. Wang was detained for five days.

Ms. Guo Puqin from Huangchuan County was arrested by Domestic Security officers on November 30. They ransacked her home and confiscated Falun Dafa books, bank cards, and a cell phone, among other personal belongings. She returned home on December 1.

Ms. Li Dianqiu from Huangchuan County was arrested near the Xiya Supermarket around 10 a.m. on December 2. The officers ransacked her home and confiscated Falun Dafa books and other personal belongings. She was taken to the Xinyang City Detention Center. She returned home around 6 p.m. the following day.

Mr. Wei Yongbing from Huangchuan County was arrested at home by seven or eight Domestic Security officers led by Zeng Qingyun, a member of the Cotton Spinning Mill Community, around 9 a.m. on December 15. They ransacked his home and confiscated a computer, a cell phone, and Falun Dafa books, among other personal belongings. He was taken to the Hedian Detention Center. He has returned home.