(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 13 cities or counties in 7 provinces, where at least 35 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Beijing] Several Practitioners Arrested
2. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Yuhua Abused in Prison
3. [Tianjin] Ms. Guo Huili Faces Trial
4. [Foshan City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Chen Yanmei and Her Mother Arrested
5. [Dongning City, Heilongjiang Province] Five Practitioners Held in Custody
6. [Beijing] Ms. Huo Zhifang Arrested
7. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. He Guiying Harassed
8. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Several Practitioners Harassed
9. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Jiang Shumei and Ms. Xu Zhenying Arrested
10. [Dengta City, Liaoning Province] Three Practitioners Arrested
11. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Xiang Dong Held in Detention Center
12. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Yulian Arrested Several Times
13. [Shanghai] Ms. Guan Longmei’s Pension Deducted
14. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Mr. Pang Zhonglin Detained
15. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wang Anzhen and Husband Arrested
16. [Beijing] Mr. Guo Zhenge and Ms. Wang Chaoying Held in Detention Center

1. [Beijing] Several Practitioners Arrested

At around 9:00 a.m. on March 4, 2021, the Mulin Police Station dispatched numerous officers in several police cars to arrest Falun Gong practitioners, citing that the two sessions (the annual meetings of the People’s National Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) were being held in Beijing.

The practitioners arrested included Mr. Wang Guohai, Mr. Wang’s wife Ms. Zhang Xiufang (both from Mafang Village), Ms. Sun Xiuying, Ms. Du Haihua (both from Dongyantou Village), and Ms. Zhang Xiujuan (from Jiashan Village).

When the officers went to Mr. Huang Luyong’s home no one was at home. The officers jumped over the courtyard wall to break in, ransacked the place, and confiscated a book of Master’s lectures given in various places, along with a handwritten copy of Master’s recent writings. They then went to the vegetable field and tried to arrest Mr. Hang, but failed.

The arrested practitioners are being held in the Shunyi Detention Center.

2. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Yuhua Abused in Prison

Ms. Liu Yuhua was transferred from the Tieling Detention Center to the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison on March 4, 2021. She is now very weak and thin, as a result of abuses she endured. She has difficulty eating, and suffers from high blood pressure and paraplegia. She has difficulty walking.

3. [Tianjin] Ms. Guo Huili Faces Trial

Ms. Guo Huili from Baodi District will be tried on the afternoon of March 10 by the Wuqing District Court.

4. [Foshan City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Chen Yanmei and Her Mother Arrested

Ms. Chen Yanmei and her mother from the Nanhai District were followed and arrested by officers from the Yanbu Police Station on March 4, 2021. Their home was ransacked. They are being held in the Nanhai Detention Center. Ms. Chen’s daughter who is about ten years old and attends elementary school, is left at home by herself.

5. [Dongning City, Heilongjiang Province] Five Practitioners Held in Custody

Five practitioners went to the Xilinhe area, in the suburbs of Suiyang Town, to distribute Falun Gong materials on the evening of March 6, 2021. They were arrested at the Xilinhe checkpoint by officers from the Suiyang Forest District Police Department and the Linye Police Station.

The practitioners arrested were Ms. He Meiyan, Ms. Zhang Cuifeng, Mr. Zhang Liancai, Mr. Wang Xiangjun, and Mr. Zhao Guangcai. They are being held at the police station.

6. [Beijing] Ms. Huo Zhifang Arrested

Ms. Huo Zhifang was arrested at home by officers from the Zhongguancun Police Station on the afternoon of March 7, 2021.

7. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. He Guiying Harassed

Officers from the Shiqiao Police Station and the Xili Police Station in Panyu District went to Ms. He Guiying’s home and harassed her. They collected her personal information, as well as that of other practitioners, under the name of filling out registration forms. They asked if she had gone to Beijing to petition, if she had been sentenced to forced labor, if she still practiced Falun Gong, and where she worked, among other things.

8. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Several Practitioners Harassed

Ms. Wu Fengqin, Luo (gender unknown), Ms. Gao Yaqin, Ms. Wang Shulan, and Mr. Zhang Baochun from Longfeng District were harassed on March 7, 2021. Their families were also harassed and pressured to sign paperwork.

9. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Jiang Shumei and Ms. Xu Zhenying Arrested

Officers from the Xinle Police Station, Huanggu District, broke into Ms. Jiang Shumei’s home on February 26, 2021. They arrested her and Ms. Xu Zhenying, who were reading the Falun Gong teachings at her home. They ransacked the place and confiscated Falun Dafa books, a computer, a printer, and supplies. The whereabouts of the two practitioners are unknown.

10. [Dengta City, Liaoning Province] Three Practitioners Arrested

Ms. Fan Guifen, Ms. Shen Yajun, and Zhang Xiaofeng (gender unknown) were arrested by the Dengta City police on February 24, 2021.

11. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Xiang Dong Held in Detention Center

Ms. Xiang Dong, in her 40s, a former real estate executive, was reported to the police on March 1, 2021. Seven or eight officers from the Xishan District Domestic Security Division and the Fuhai Township Police Station ransacked her home, and confiscated Falun Dafa books. She was arrested at 8:00 p.m. that night by Domestic Security and police station officers who were waiting near her home when she returned from work. She was taken to the police station for interrogation, and then to the Kunming City Detention Center.

12. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Yulian Arrested Several Times

Ms. Li Yulian from Yilaxi Township, Yongji County, was reported to the police while distributing Falun Gong materials in June 2020. She was arrested and was to be detained for 15 days. Since it was at the height of the pandemic, she was released the same day.

Ms. Li was arrested and taken to a detention center on July 3. She was taken to the county hospital for a physical examination, including blood tests and chest X-rays. She paid over 600 yuan in physical examination fees. She was diagnosed with chronic pneumonia and high fever, and was sent home after four days of quarantine in the hospital.

Officers took her to the detention center again on August 20. Taking her temperature midway, she had a high fever and was disqualified. She was released.

On November 3, village officials and the head of the Armed Forces Office went to Ms. Li’s home and forcibly took her to the town government for a talk. Five people, including 610 Office staff and the Political and Legal Affairs Committee members, brainwashed her and threatened her child’s future to pressure her into renouncing her belief, but to no avail. She was released.

Village officials and the head of the Armed Forces Office took Ms. Li to the detention center again on January 5, 2021. After another physical examination, she was diagnosed with chronic pneumonia and liver hemangioma. She was taken to the Baishan Detention Center, which refused to admit her due to her high fever. The officers continued threatening her that the matter was not over, and that she would have to be taken to the detention center in the future. Repeated persecution has inflicted great harm on her and her family, physically and psychologically.

13. [Shanghai] Ms. Guan Longmei’s Pension Deducted

There was no pension deposit shown on Ms. Guan Longmei’s salary card at all on January 16, 2021. After inquiry, she learned that the Social Security Bureau of Yangpu District had suspended her pension. The staff of the Social Security Bureau also insisted that she pay back the pension she received during the three and a half years when she was in prison. Her pension has been reduced from over 3,700 yuan per month to 2,300 yuan, which counts towards paying back the amount taken from her pension.

14. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Mr. Pang Zhonglin Detained

Mr. Pang Zhonglin from Fushan District was caught on video surveillance cameras when he was distributing Falun Gong materials. He was arrested at home by the Fushan District police on March 4, 2021. It is not clear where he is being held.

15. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Wang Anzhen and Husband Arrested

Ms. Wang Anzhen and her husband from Gaoping District were arrested at the Huafeng Town Post Office in Shunqing District and taken to the Beicheng Police Station by the Shunqing District police on the morning of March 2, 2021. The couple were released 11 hours later. Their home was ransacked.

16. [Beijing] Mr. Guo Zhenge and Ms. Wang Chaoying Held in Detention Center

Mr. Guo Zhenge from Qianjiadian Town, Yanqing District, was arrested by officers from the Qianjiadian Police Station on March 4, 2021. He is being held in the Yanqing District Detention Center.

Ms. Wang Chaoying from Qianjiadian Town has been held in the Pingchang District Detention Center for four months.

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Category: Accounts of Persecution