Additional Persecution News from China – July 4, 2021 (28 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 25 cities or counties in 12 provinces, where at least 44 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Linyi County, Shanxi Province] Mr. Xiao Hong Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Prison
2. [Siping City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Rui Arrested
3. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Mr. Chen Jianxia and Mr. Dai Xuebing Arrested and Detained
4. [Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Shi Qinfang and Xue Jianbo Arrested
5. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Case against Wang Guifeng Submitted to Procuratorate
6. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] 11 Practitioners Harassed
7. [Mianyang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Mu Zhitai Arrested
8. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] 79-year-old Ms. Ji Xiangying Arrested
9. [Tianjin] Ms. Xu Guomin and Ms. Gao Shuli Harassed
10. [Tianjin] 76-year-old Ms. Cheng Fenlin Arrested
11. [Taian City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Jinhui Arrested
12. [Yichun City, Heilongjiang] Case Against Ms. Wang Shubo Submitted to Court
13. [Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Tang Shuxian Harassed
14. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Dong Lihua Harassed
15. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Yuan Huaxiu Arrested
16. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Mr. Xu Jie and His Wife Arrested
17. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Cao Changqi Detained
18. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Yan Lijun Detained
19. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Female Practitioner Arrested
20. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Ms. Li Xueqi Arrested
21. [Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Gu Xiufang Arrested
22. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Ms. Zhou Guoqing Arrested
23. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Yongmei and Ms. Li Meina Harassed
24. [Hui County, Henan Province] Mr. Yang Jinhan's Home Ransacked
25. [Zunhua City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yang Cuijun Harassed
26. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Deng Yulin and Ms. Zhang Limin Sentenced to Four Years and Three and a Half Years in Prison Respectively
27. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Meng Xiu’e's Pension Suspended
28. [Shanghai] Ms. Yang Manye Indicted

1. [Linyi County, Shanxi Province] Mr. Xiao Hong Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Prison

Mr. Xiao Hong, in his 50s from Sanguan Town, was arrested during the pandemic in early 2020. The detention center refused to admit him because of the pandemic, so he was released. Several months later, Mr. Xiao was arrested by officers in Linyi County and tried in court. He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Mr. Xiao is currently detained in the Jinzhong Prison in Qi County.

2. [Siping City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Rui Arrested

Elderly Ms. Li Rui was arrested at her home by local police officers at around 6 p.m. on June 17, 2021. Her home was ransacked. Her Dafa books and a photo of Falun Gong's founder were confiscated. Ms. Li is currently detained in the Pingdong Detention Center. Her family is not allowed to visit her.

3. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Mr. Chen Jianxia and Mr. Dai Xuebing Arrested and Detained

Mr. Chen Jianxia, 55, was arrested by local police officers on June 22, 2021 and put into custody.

Mr. Dai Xuebing has been detained for more than a month.

4. [Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Shi Qinfang and Xue Jianbo Arrested

Shi Qinfang (gender unknown) and Xue Jianbo (gender unknown) were reported to police for talking to people about Falun Gong and were arrested at their homes on the evening of June 29, 2021. Their homes were ransacked. They are currently detained in the Xilin Detention Center.

5. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Case against Wang Guifeng Submitted to Procuratorate

Ms. Wang Guifeng lives in Xiaxinzhuang Village, Tanfang Town, Qingzhou City. She was reported to police for talking to people about Falun Gong in Beiyan Town, Changle County. She was arrested by officers from the Qiaoguan Police Station in Changle County on March 5, 2021. She was detained in the Changyi Detention Center for one month. Then she was transferred to the Weifang City Detention Center.

The case against Ms. Wang was submitted to the Changle Procuratorate on April 10, 2021 and she was placed under official arrest. Currently, Ms. Wang is still detained in the Weifang City Detention Center.

6. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] 11 Practitioners Harassed

Five practitioners in the Niguantun Village of Baoguantun Town were harassed on the afternoon of June 20, 2021. They are Ms. Chen Xiuzhi, Ms. Sun Yueying, Ms. Ding Huiping, Ms. Bai Fengru, and Mr. Chang Shouxuan. Village official Sun Yuxin, the head of police station Li Jingqin and another officer came to the village to harass the practitioners. They took photos of the practitioners and asked whether they still practiced Falun Gong.

The other practitioners who have been harassed in Baoquantun Town and the surrounding villages in mid-June 2021, are Bai Junfeng, Zhang Chundong, Chi Junran, Zhang Hongge who are from Dongdingzhuang Village, Wang Changfen from Baoguantun Village, and Huang Pingfa from Xiaoji Village.

7. [Mianyang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Mu Zhitai Arrested

Mr. Mu Zhitai was arrested by officers from the Fucheng District on the evening of June 22, 2021. His rented apartment was ransacked. Mr. Mu is currently detained in the Mianyang City Detention Center.

8. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] 79-year-old Ms. Ji Xiangying Arrested

Ms. Ji Xiangying, 79, lives in the Sanding Spring Residential Community in the Ganjingzi District. She was arrested at home by several officers from the Xinzhaizi Police Station at the end of May or early June 2021. Her home was ransacked. Her personal belongings including her Dafa books, a photo of Falun Gong's founder, two printers, one laptop, 500 paper bills imprinted with Falun Gong facts and USB drives, were confiscated. Ms. Ji was taken to the Yaojia Detention Center. She had a fall in the detention center and was sent to a hospital. She was released and returned home around 2 a.m. that night. She has been placed under residential surveillance.

9. [Tianjin] Ms. Xu Guomin and Ms. Gao Shuli Harassed

Ms. Xu Guomin has been harassed at home multiple times by officers from the Hangzhou Road Police Station and the Jingshan Road Neighborhood Committee in the Binhai New District since June 18, 2021. Ms. Xu was pressured to sign the three statements, which she refused. Her family members were pressured to sign on her behalf, which they also refused.

Ms. Gao Shuli was harassed at home by officer Hang Pu and others on June 29, 2021. She refused to sign the three statements. The officers threatened her and said that they would come to harass her every day.

10. [Tianjin] 76-year-old Ms. Cheng Fenlin Arrested

Ms. Cheng Fenlin, 76, lives in Junliangcheng Town, Dongli District. She was arrested by officers from the Domestic Security Division one day in July. Her home was ransacked and her cell phone was confiscated. Her family members have not been allowed to see her and do not know where she is detained.

11. [Taian City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Jinhui Arrested

Ms. Sun Jinhui, 46, lives in Ningjiajiezhuang, Shanggao Sub-district, Taishan District. Ms. Sun was arrested at home by officers from the Gaoxin District Domestic Security Division at noon on June 28, 2021. She was taken to the Feicheng City Procuratorate and was pressured to sign some documents, which she refused. She was released and returned home around 4:30 p.m. that day.

12. [Yichun City, Heilongjiang] Case against Ms. Wang Shubo Submitted to Court

Ms. Wang Shubo is currently detained in the Jiamusi Detention Center. Her lawyer visited her in the detention center on June 24, 2021. The lawyer learned that her case had been submitted to the Xiangyang District Court after talking to Wang Hongwei in the Xiangyang District Procuratorate. The lawyer went to the court, but was unable to read the case file since it was just submitted and was not ready yet.

13. [Wuchang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Tang Shuxian Harassed

Ms. Tang Shuxian was harassed at home by four officers around 3 p.m., on June 22, 2021. They photographed the interior of her home.

14. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Dong Lihua Harassed

Ms. Dong Lihua lives in Changde Village, Guangming Township. Some officials from the Tuqiao Town Police Station went to her home on July 1, 2021. Ms. Dong’s relative told the officers that no one was at home. The officers said that Ms. Dong needed to sign a document and they would come back the next day.

15. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Yuan Huaxiu Arrested

Yuan Huaxiu (gender unknown) from Jinjiang District was arrested at home by two officers at around 1 p.m. on July 1, 2021. Yuan's home was ransacked and some truth-clarifying materials were confiscated.

16. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Mr. Xu Jie and His Wife Arrested

Mr. Xu Jie and his wife from Mozhuang Village of Jiuzhai Township were arrested at home by more than 20 officers from the Jiuzhai Township Police Station and the Mengyin County Police Department around 9 a.m. on June 22, 2021. Their home was ransacked. Their personal belongings, including more than 200,000 yuan were confiscated.

Mr. Xu’s wife was released due to her poor health after being detained for one week. Mr. Xu Jie is still detained in the Yinan County Detention Center.

17. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Cao Changqi Detained

Cao Changqi (gender unknown) has been transferred from the Yinan County Detention to the Mengyin County Detention Center.

18. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Yan Lijun Detained

Ms. Yan Lijun is still detained in the Jinzhou City Detention Center.

19. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Female Practitioner Arrested

A female practitioner in her 50s from the Qiaodong District was reported to police for talking to people about Falun Gong in the street across from the Legou Supermarket on the morning of June 28, 2021. She was taken to the Maludong Police Station.

20. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Ms. Li Xueqi Arrested

Ms. Li Xueqi was arrested at her daughter’s home in late June 2021 and her home was ransacked. She was taken to the Liuyang Detention Center.

21. [Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Gu Xiufang Arrested

Ms. Gu Xiufang was arrested at home by three officers, including Zhong Hang from the Zhanggong District Police Department at 8:30 a.m. on June 25, 2021. Her home was ransacked. It is said that she was reported to police for distributing truth-clarifying materials on June 12, 2021.

Ms. Gu was taken to have a physical examination in the People’s Hospital of Ganzhou City twice. The detention center refused to admit her and she was released on the same day.

22. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Ms. Zhou Guoqing Arrested

Ms. Zhou Guoqing left home to avoid the persecution and temporarily stayed with her younger sister. Her sister was threatened by officers from the Gongjiazhai Police Station, who said that Ms. Zhou should not be allowed to stay with her.

Ms. Zhou was arrested in the street on June 1, 2021. The police ransacked her rented place but did not find anything. She was detained for two nights in the police station and then taken to the Baiyun District Police Department on June 3, 2021. The police put some truth-clarifying materials next to her and tried to take her photo with them, but she did not cooperate. Ms. Zhou was detained in the Sanjiang Detention Center for 15 days.

23. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Yongmei and Ms. Li Meina Harassed

Ms. Wang Yongmei's husband received a call from the Shangyao Neighborhood Community Office in the Zhifu District on June 22, 2021. He was asked whether his wife still practiced Falun Gong.

Ms. Li Meina's sister-in-law received two calls from the Huaxin Neighborhood Community Office in the Zhifu District to inform Ms. Li Meina to go to the office to sign a guarantee statement. Ms. Li did not go. A few days later, they directly phoned Ms. Li. They threatened her and said that her children's jobs would be jeopardized if she did not cooperate. Ms. Li did not cooperate.

24. [Hui County, Henan Province] Mr. Yang Jinhan's Home Ransacked

Three officers from the Zhangcun Township Police Station came to Mr. Yang Jinhan’s home a few days ago. They did not show a search warrant and ransacked his home. They confiscated a Dell laptop computer and a router.

25. [Zunhua City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yang Cuijun Harassed

Ms. Yang Cuijun was harassed at her daughter’s home by officers from the Ping’ancheng Town Police Station on the morning of July 3, 2021. They asked whether Ms. Yang still practiced Falun Gong. This is the third time they came in four days. Ms. Yang’s daughter did not cooperate with them. They threatened her and said her children’s schooling would be impacted.

Ms. Yang was videotaped on the evening of July 3, 2021 when she went out.

26. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Deng Yulin and Ms. Zhang Limin Sentenced to Four Years and Three and a Half Years in Prison Respectively

Mr. Deng Yulin and Ms. Zhang Limin were arrested on May 23, 2019. They were tried in the Huanren Court on September 4, 2020. Mr. Deng was sentenced to four years in prison and fined 20,000 yuan; Ms. Zhang, three and a half years in prison and fined 15,000 yuan.

Their families filed a petition to the Benxi Intermediate Court on November 30, 2020 and requested to release them with no charge. Their families also asked that the persons in charge be investigated, including Wang Sijie, president of the criminal division, Chen Xiaoyun, deputy of the criminal division, Sun Jinjia, prosecutor of the Huanren County Procuratorate, and Xiong Tiening, deputy of the No. 2 Criminal Division of the Benxi Intermediate Court.

Their petition was accepted. Xie Xiangrong, judge of the Benxi Intermediate Court is in charge of the case and claims that it will be handled fairly according to the law.

27. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Meng Xiu’e's Pension Suspended

Ms. Meng Xiu’e, 69, is a retiree from the Fushun Power Company. Her pension has been suspended for three years.

Ms. Meng was arrested by officers from the Guchengzi Police Station on the way to attend an open trial for Ms. Hao Lizhong and Ms. Zhao Jin, on October 14, 2016. Her home was ransacked. She was interrogated for three days and three nights non-stop. Ms. Meng was tried in the Shuncheng District Court on February 28, 2017 and was sentenced to three years in prison. She was detained in the Liaoning Women’s Prison. Her pension of 3700 yuan per month was suspended in December 2017. It has been suspended for three years now.

28. [Shanghai] Ms. Yang Manye Indicted

Ms. Yang Manye was arrested on February 25, 2021. She is detained in the Jing'an District Detention Center. The Jing'an District Procuratorate indicted her on June 18, 2021 and she is now facing trial by the Jing'an District Court.