Additional Persecution News from China – June 24, 2021 (30 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 25 cities or counties in 10 provinces, where at least 46 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Sun Xiuhua Taken to Prison
2. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] Sun Yuyun Arrested
3. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Cuiling and Mr. Hu Chunyi Arrested
4. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Chunhong Arrested
5. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Pan Hong and Ms. Huang Yuru Arrested
6. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
7. [Guang’an City, Sichuan Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
8. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Jiang Xiaorong Taken Into Custody
9. [Tianjin] Ms. Chen Ruiqin Passes Away in Prison
10. [Tai’an City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Xiumei Harassed
11. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Jinying Under Surveillance
12. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Dong Limei’s Home Ransacked
13. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Several Practitioners Harassed
14. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Two Practitioners Arrested; Ms. Dong Guilan’s Home Ransacked
15. [Meizhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Qiu Renying and Younger Sister Ms. Qiu Yuanxiang Sentenced to Prison
16. [Heyuan City, Guangdong Province] Ms. He Mianmian and Mr. Ya Bin Arrested
17. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Li Ping Harassed
18. [Yichun City, Jiangxi Province] Mr. Wu Rui Stopped from Visiting Relatives in Inner Mongolia
19. [Laishui County, Hebei Province] Ms. Tang Fenghua Harassed
20. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Runmei Detained
21. [Xianning City, Hubei Province] Ms. Chen Fang Harassed Again
22. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Elderly Ms. Zhang Displaced after Her Home Was Ransacked
23. [Zunyi City, Guizhou Province] Ms. Tu Xiaomin Harassed Repeatedly
24. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Bai Mingfang’s Pension Suspended
25. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Xu Yunlan Arrested
26. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhou Shuhua Arrested
27. [Tieling City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhang Lizhen Arrested
28. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Xing Yanbo and Ms. Han Naixiu Arrested
29. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Xu You’ai and Lu Guorong Arrested
30. [Xiangyang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhang Yongqing Harassed

1. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Sun Xiuhua Taken to Prison

Ms. Sun Xiuhua from the Heshuojin Village, Xizi Town, Ningcheng County, was reported to the police when she distributed Falun Gong informational calendars in the countryside on December 2, 2019. She was arrested and sentenced to one year and four months in prison.

She had been staying at home due to high blood pressure symptoms and was constantly harassed by people from the police department, the procuratorate, and the court. She was taken to the Inner Mongolia Women’s Prison on May 26, 2021.

2. [Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province] Sun Yuyun Arrested

Sun Yuyun (gender unknown) was arrested at home by seven or eight police officers on the morning of June 2, 2021. The officers ransacked the place and confiscated a computer, a printer, and a DVD burner. They put a black hood over Sun’s head and took Sun away. Sun’s current whereabouts are unknown.

3. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Cuiling and Mr. Hu Chunyi Arrested

Ms. Li Cuiling was released from prison over a year ago, and lived in her parents’ home to avoid police arrest. At around 3 p.m. on June 14, 2021, two men from the Xin’an Police Station broke into her parents’ home and arrested her. Her current whereabouts are unknown.

Mr. Hu Chunyi from the Xinghua Village, Jinzhu Township, Longtan District, was arrested by officers from the Jinzhu Township Police Station on May 13, 2015 (World Falun Dafa Day). Due to his high blood pressure, the officers took him home. The officers said they would return on May 17. As a result, Mr. Hu and his wife were afraid to stay at home.

During this period, the officers continued to harass Mr. Hu at his home, and he was arrested again on May 24. The officers took him to several places to have a physical examination. His blood pressure remained high and he was brought back home. Later, he was taken again for a medical examination. The officers said that if his blood pressure measured high this time, they would not come to his home anymore. Yet they still continued to go to his home and harass him.

4. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Chunhong Arrested

Ms. Yang Chunhong from Lushuihe Town, Fusong County, was arrested by officers from the Dapuchaihe Police Department on June 17, 2021. After numerous inquiries, it was learned that Ms. Yang was being held in Yanji City together with Ms. Yuan Shufang and Ms. Xu Hongxiang, who were arrested a few days earlier.

5. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Pan Hong and Ms. Huang Yuru Arrested

Ms. Pan Hong from Yushu City met a man in the Yushu City Park on June 9, 2021 and suggested he recite the nine words, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” The man said, “I have read your materials. Falun Dafa is very good. Do you have any more materials? I want to read them.” Ms. Pan told him to wait in the park, and she would go get the materials for him.

Ms. Pan went to the park with Ms. Huang Yuru and gave a U disc to the man. At this point, seven plainclothes officers gathered around to arrest them. They were taken to the Zhengyang Police Station, where the officers questioned the source of the U disc, but the two practitioners refused to answer.

Ms. Huang returned home at 6 p.m. that evening. Ms. Pan was taken to the hospital by the officers and had an electrocardiogram, a blood test, a urine test, and her blood pressure taken. Her blood pressure remained high. She was not released until 11 p.m. Ms. Pan’s cell phone was confiscated.

6. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Three Practitioners Harassed

Officer Li Youchen, from the Yushu City Domestic Security Division, led people to Mr. Zhao Ximin’s home in Huzhu Village, Wukeshu Town, on June 12, 2021, and asked him for his national ID card. They said they were concerned that he might go to Beijing around July 1, which was the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) centenary.

Three Domestic Security Division officers went to Mr. Zhao’s home again on June 20, but he was not at home. They told Mr. Zhao’s family to tell him to sign paperwork. They said if he did not sign, he would be taken to the Yushu City Brainwashing Center. Then the three officers went to the home of Mr. Wang and his wife. The couple was forced to sign statements that they would quit practicing Falun Gong.

7. [Guang’an City, Sichuan Province] Three Practitioners Harassed

Mr. Luo Rongjian and Ms. Zhang Juhua from Lingshui County were harassed over the phone by community residential committee personnel on June 16, 2021.

Ms. Li Birong was harassed in person and on the phone by director Chen of the Shuanghekou Community. Chen pressured her to sign paperwork and express her disapproval of Falun Gong. She refused to cooperate.

8. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Jiang Xiaorong Taken Into Custody

Officers from the special task force of Gongnongcun Police Station in the Jingyang District went to the home of Jiang Xiaorong (gender unknown) and arrested Jiang on the afternoon of June 21, 2021. They ransacked the place and confiscated Falun Dafa books.

9. [Tianjin] Ms. Chen Ruiqin Passes Away in Prison

Ms. Chen Ruiqin was brutally persecuted since she was taken to the Tianjin Women’s Prison in 2015, to serve a four-and-a-half-year prison term. Whenever she was pushed to the brink of death, the prison guards would hypocritically give her medicine. When her health improved slightly, they would carry out another round of abuse.

When she was first incarcerated, under the instigation of prison guards Du Yan and Xu Liying, inmate Wang Hong tortured Ms. Chen. Wang kept Ms. Chen from sleeping and made her stand facing the wall all day long, until Ms. Chen could not stand up straight or walk upright. Wang did not allow her to go to the bathroom. After she soiled her pants, Wang did not let her wash or change her clothes. Wang did not like the smell and tied up Ms. Chen’s trouser legs and called taunted her, calling her a “mummy.”

Later, guards Du and Xu ordered inmate Cui Hongyu to monitor and torture Ms. Chen. Cui tortured, insulted, and pinched Ms. Chen. Cui also deprived her of sleep.

Ms. Chen passed away in prison around February 10, 2017, at the age of 44.

10. [Tai’an City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Xiumei Harassed

Ms. Li Xiumie is retired from the Tai’an Chemical Fertilizer Factory. A member of the Guanzhuang Community in the Daimiao Sub-district Administration Office of Taishan District called her husband on June 22, 2021, and told him to tell Ms. Li to go to the Guanzhuang Community Comprehensive Management Office to sign paperwork. They claimed that they would not disturb her after she signed the paperwork.

11. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Jinying Under Surveillance

Ms. Zhang Jinying’s case was turned over to the Kuiwen District Procuratorate by officer Gu Zhiyong from the Kuiwen District Domestic Security Division on April 7, 2021.

On the morning of June 22, Ms. Zhang received a call from officer Liu Baojun from the Guangwen Police Station and was told to go to the procuratorate. She went there that afternoon. Prosecutor Tang said that if she had a guarantor, she could apply for bail; if not, she could apply for residential surveillance. Ms. Zhang’s family lives elsewhere. She ended up being placed under residential surveillance. Tang also said that if she pleaded guilty, her case would be handled with leniency. Ms. Zhang refused to plead guilty and refused to sign any paperwork.

12. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Dong Limei’s Home Ransacked

Two officers from the Shouguang City Domestic Security Division went to Ms. Dong Limei’s home in the old family quarters of the Transportation Bureau on the morning of June 15, 2021. They ransacked her home and confiscated her Falun Dafa books, photos of the founder of Falun Gong, an audio player, several copies of Minghui Weekly, some printed materials, and some paper bills with Falun Gong facts printed on them.

13. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Several Practitioners Harassed

Mr. Liu Liangmin, Ms. Hao Ruiying, Mr. Li Xiangrong, and other practitioners from the Wutu Sub-district in Changle County, were harassed to varying degrees in early June 2021. Some of them were harassed by phone calls, and others were harassed at home by officers led by village officials. These people started taking videos and photographs as soon as they entered the house. Officer Zhao Huawei from the Changle County Police Department also pressured practitioners to sign paperwork, saying that whoever gave up the practice would receive 2,000 yuan. Practitioners did not cooperate and clarified the truth to them instead.

On the afternoon of June 21, officers from the Tanfang Town Police Station in Qingzhou City went to practitioner Shan Yuanchun’s home in the Zhangyang Village to take photos and harass Shan.

On May 23, Changle County Political and Legal Affairs Committee and 610 Office personnel crossed district boundaries and went to Mr. Yao Wenrong’s home in Zhangyang Village, Tanfang Town, Qingzhou City to arrest him, but did not succeed. At about 10 a.m. they knocked on Mr. Yao’s door again. They subsequently searched his father’s home.

14. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Two Practitioners Arrested; Ms. Dong Guilan’s Home Ransacked

Ms. Su Qun was summoned by the police station for interrogation on May 27, 2021. On June 3, she was detained for 15 days. She returned home on June 18.

Ms. Yang Mingxiang was arrested by officers from the Chengnan Police Station while taking care of her child at home on the morning of May 23, 2021. The officers ransacked her home and confiscated three Falun Dafa books, photos of the founder of Falun Gong, U discs, several memory cards, card readers, three audio players, two cell phones, and 280 yuan in paper bills with Falun Gong facts printed on them. On the afternoon of May 24, Ms. Yang was taken to the Changyi Detention Center, which refused to accept her after she failed the physical exam. That night, her family had to pay a deposit of 10,000 yuan. She was released on bail and returned home.

Ma Liansheng from the Heguan Police Station in Qingzhou City and another officer went to Ms. Dong Guilan’s home in Dongjia Village, Heguan Town in June 2021. They ransacked the place and confiscated a Chinese New Year painting with Falun Gong information on it.

15. [Meizhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Qiu Renying and Younger Sister Ms. Qiu Yuanxiang Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Qiu Renying from Yetang Town in Xingning City was arrested by officers from the Longchuan County Police Department, Heyuan City, on September 8, 2020.

Her younger sister Ms. Qiu Yuanxiang was also arrested by the officers at her home in Yetang Town in the morning on the same day.

It was reported that the two sisters were each sentenced to two years and six months in prison in June 2021 for persisting in practicing Falun Gong.

16. [Heyuan City, Guangdong Province] Ms. He Mianmian and Mr. Ya Bin Arrested

More than twelve officers from the Xinyuanshan Police Station broke into Ms. He Mianmian’s home and ransacked the place at noon on May 27, 2021. They confiscated Falun Dafa books, an audio player, a computer, and photos of the founder of Falun Gong. They took Ms. He to the police station and told her to wait while her case was being processed, but she was kept there overnight.

The next day, the officers called in Ms. He’s husband and put pressure on him. Her husband said to her, “Don’t implicate the whole family.” The officers pressured Ms. He to sign the three statements, which she refused. The officers threatened her again, “We can send you and your husband to the detention center.” They even threatened her by saying, “We can suspend your son from his job.”

They also put pressure on their son who works out of town and even implicated her sister who lives with her parents. Ms. He’s family, regardless of whether they lived locally or out of town, all pressured Ms. He to sign the three statements.

Seven or eight people, including Wu Weixiong from the State Security Division and some from the Xinyuanshan Police Station, broke into Mr. Ya Bin’s home and ransacked the place on April 10. They confiscated his computer and cell phone. Mr. Ya was taken to the detention center. They found no evidence and released him 15 days later.

17. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Li Ping Harassed

Ms. Li Ping, an examiner from the Kunming Center for Disease Control, returned home from prison in August 2019. She has since been repeatedly harassed and persecuted by people at her work unit, the local police station, and the community management office.

The Jinbi Justice Agency required Ms. Li to sign in at the judicial office every month as part of so-called “help and education,” which would go on for five years.

In April 2021, officer Xu Shu from the Dongluqiao Police Station called Ms. Li to the police station for questioning. While taking notes, Xu told her that he would call her work unit’s “help and education” personnel and tell them to enhance the surveillance on her.

In May, the community management office asked officials at Ms. Li’s work unit to tell her that she had to participate in a community panel discussion, which would showcase the effectiveness of the community’s management of Falun Gong practitioners. Ms. Li refused to participate.

On June 22, Ms. Li’s case was handed over to officer Lin Shu’an. Lin forced Ms. Li to go to the police station and write a commitment letter, which Ms. Li refused. Lin threatened, “If you don’t write it, I will immediately ask your work unit to expel you from public office.”

Lin asked 610 Office personnel to search Ms. Li’s home. Lin threatened that if the personnel found a piece of paper about Falun Gong, he would handcuff and arrest her. Lin continued to threaten that the next step was to get her husband to divorce her, cut off her sources of income, prevent her from seeing her son, and drive her out of her home, until she had nothing left.

18. [Yichun City, Jiangxi Province] Mr. Wu Rui Stopped From Visiting Relatives in Inner Mongolia

Mr. Wu Rui was previously sentenced to two years in prison, and has just returned home from prison. On June 20, 2021, Mr. Wu bought a high-speed rail ticket to visit relatives in Inner Mongolia on June 22. He would be transiting via Beijing on his way there.

The local State Security Division acquired information about the ticket Mr. Wu purchased, and they immediately notified the local police station. Peng Gaosheng, director of the community management office, was dispatched to persuade and threaten Mr. Wu to cancel the trip and immediately return the ticket. Peng told him that he should not travel before July 1, the CCP centenary, especially not to Beijing. Peng made it clear that they were afraid that Mr. Wu planned to go to Beijing to petition. If he did not obey their order, he would be forcibly taken from the rail station.

Mr. Wu and his family were forced to cancel their trip. Peng still did not give up, calling Mr. Wu’s family and relatives and asking them to bring Peng to Mr. Wu’s home for “ideological discussion and indoctrination.” Peng’s demand was rejected. On the morning of June 22, when Mr. Wu’s relatives left the community, they noticed people were following and monitoring them.

19. [Laishui County, Hebei Province] Ms. Tang Fenghua Harassed

Ms. Tang Fenghua from Gao Village in Shiting Town was caught on surveillance cameras while distributing Falun Gong materials in Beijing in April 2021. Officers from the Gaobeidian Police Station, Chaoyang District, Beijing, notified Ms. Tang’s family to tell her to turn herself in. Ms. Tang did not go to the police station.

On the afternoon of June 13, Beijing police officers and officers from the Shiting Town Police Station surrounded the rented house where Ms. Tang was taking care of the property owner's children. The officers searched the house thoroughly but did not find Ms. Tang. They took the landlady, her kindergarten-age grandson, and one-year-old granddaughter to the police station for questioning. The landlady was interrogated for two to three hours before she was allowed to return home.

The Beijing officers threatened to catch Ms. Tang. They said if they did not achieve their goal, they would stake out the village with security personnel monitoring multiple locations. Ms. Tang is afraid to return home, and her husband is too afraid to stay at home as well.

20. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Runmei Detained

Officers from the Xingucheng Police Station, Shijingshan District, Beijing, went to Ms. Li Runmei’s workplace, body-searched her, and flipped through her bag on May 12, 2021. They all wore body cameras.

Then they pushed her into a car, drove to her home, and ransacked the place. They confiscated a Falun Dafa book, a keepsake, two seals for stamping messages on paper bills, last year’s wall calendars, and two audio players. Ms. Li was held in custody at the police station for over 20 hours.

On May 21, the officers went to Ms. Li’s home again and pressured her to go to the police station to sign paperwork. She was taken to the Shijingshan Detention Center and held overnight. She had another medical examination the following day and was taken to the Fengtai Detention Center for 14 days of detention.

21. [Xianning City, Hubei Province] Ms. Chen Fang Harassed Again

Staff members from the Baicha Village Committee in Wenquan Sub-district followed Ms. Chen Fang to her family’s storefront on the afternoon of May 6, 2021. They went into the store the following day and harassed her.

Officers from the Sanhaoqiao Police Station and Wenquan Police Department went to Ms. Chen’s store and took photos with their cell phones on the morning of June 22.

22. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Elderly Ms. Zhang Displaced after Her Home Was Ransacked

Elderly Ms. Zhang from Mujiajing Community, Dabu Street, Xinzhou District, was caught on video surveillance cameras when she was distributing Falun Gong materials in a residential community in Qingshan District in 2020. Her home was ransacked twice by officers from the Qingshan Police Station. The officers coerced the Mujiajing Community management officials into participating in the persecution of Ms. Zhang. In order to avoid further persecution, Ms. Zhang left home and became displaced in early May 2021.

23. [Zunyi City, Guizhou Province] Ms. Tu Xiaomin Harassed Repeatedly

A “zero-out” campaign against Falun Gong practitioners was launched across Guizhou Province in 2020. Various agencies of the Daozhen County Political and Legal Affairs Committee looked for Ms.Tu Xiaomin everywhere. In the past, they issued orders that she was restricted from leaving China. She was told the restriction could be lifted if she returned home. She did not respond. She had applied for a passport twice but was rejected because she is a Falun Gong practitioner.

Four people, including deputy secretary of the Daozhen County Political and Legal Affairs Committee, a section head of the Zunyi City Political and Legal Affairs Committee, and a residential police officer, went to Beijing to look for Ms. Tu at her sister’s home on the morning of June 2, 2021. Ms. Tu went to Beijing to take care of her mother who was ill. Without permission, they checked both upstairs and downstairs at her sister’s home before leaving.

Residential officer Xu Wei and others went to the home of Ms. Tu’s sister on the morning of June 3. A police assistant used a law enforcement recorder to take pictures everywhere.

On the morning of June 4, Xu and three other officers once again harassed Ms. Tu at her sister’s home. Xu said that as long as she stayed there, he would be visiting frequently, and he would also install a camera facing the entrance door. An officer refused to listen to Ms. Tu and rebuked her loudly. A police assistant used a law enforcement recorder to take videos. Xu said he would come again that night.

At around 8 p.m. on June 4, Xu and another police assistant came back and told the family that all it took was for her to show up at home. Xu said, “This is Beijing. It is probably due to the sensitive day of June 4, the anniversary of the CCP's crackdown of the student movements in 1989.”

On June 5, a person from the community property management office came to see if Ms. Tu was at home. The person said that it was a task assigned by a higher authority, and they had to follow orders.

On June 8, Xu and a police assistant came again but left when they saw Ms. Tu at home, without entering the door.

On June 11, Xu called Ms. Tu and asked her if she was at home. He told her not to go out to post or distribute anything.

On June 15, Xu sent a property management staff member to see if Ms. Tu was at home. He also told the person to take pictures.

On the afternoon of June 17, Xu and a female police assistant went to Ms. Tu’s sister’s home to check if she was at home. After a while, Xu turned on the body camera. Ms. Tu asked, “Why did you turn it on?” Xu said that he did it to have a record that he had been here.

24. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Bai Mingfang’s Pension Suspended

Ms. Bai MingFang sued the Jinzhou Service Center of Human Resources and Social Security Bureau regarding their administrative management of labor and social security. She disputed the administrative judgment of the Taihe District Court and the Jinzhou Intermediate Court. She applied to the Liaoning Higher Court for a retrial. The higher court issued her an administrative ruling which rejected the retrial application on May 25, 2021.

Ms. Bai was previously sentenced to seven years in prison for practicing Falun Gong, which ended in September 2019. From September 2012 to November 2016, she received her pension normally. Since December 2016, her pension was suspended by the Jinzhou Social Security Bureau.

On March 20, 2020, after Ms. Bai could not reach a consensus after communicating with the Jinzhou Social Security Bureau, she filed an administrative case against the Jinzhou Social Security Bureau. The Songshan New District Court of Jinzhou City accepted the case. Ms. Bai lost the case. Subsequently, she appealed to the Jinzhou Intermediate Court.

25. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Xu Yunlan Arrested

Ms. Xu Yunlan, 66, was arrested by officers from the Nansha Police Station in early June 2021. The officers confiscated hundreds of copies of printed materials. Ms. Xu developed very serious symptoms of high blood pressure and heart disease during the physical examination in the hospital, and was eventually brought home by her family.

Three officers from the Ershilipu Police Station in the Free Trade Zone broke into Ms. Lu Chunyu’s home on the morning of June 23. They handcuffed and arrested her. Ms. Lu’s cell phone was confiscated and she was taken to the police station. The officers took Ms. Lu to the Shengjing Hospital in the Development Zone for a physical examination and forcibly took her fingerprints. Ms. Lu did not cooperate. They called officer Wu Wei to slander Master and slander Dafa, and twisted Ms. Lu arms behind her and raised her arms up. Ms. Lu returned home at 6 p.m.

Ms. Liu Renping, 75, was arrested by officers from the Dalianwan Police Station around June 2, 2021. She is being held in the Yaojia Detention Center.

26. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhou Shuhua Arrested

Ms. Zhou Shuhua was arrested and taken to the Jianshe Police Station by officers from the Fushun Domestic Security Division on the afternoon of April 23, 2018. The officers took pictures of her and interrogated her. She was taken to the Nangou Detention Center. The officers forcibly took her blood and conducted a physical examination. Every day she was forced to stand up when on duty and to engage in forced, unpaid labor. She was restricted access to the bathroom, and was discriminated against. She was released 38 days later. She endured enormous physical and psychological suffering.

27. [Tieling City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhang Lizhen Arrested

Ms. Zhang Lizhen from Changtu County was arrested at her sister’s home by Domestic Security officers, including Guo Xiaofeng on June 22, 2021. Her current whereabouts are unknown.

28. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Xing Yanbo and Ms. Han Naixiu Arrested

Ms. Xing Yanbo and Ms. Han Naixiu were reported to the police for talking to people about Falun Gong on the afternoon of June 21, 2021. They were arrested by officers from the College Police Office in the Xincun High-tech Development Zone.

29. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Xu You’ai and Lu Guorong Arrested

Xu You’ai (gender unknown) and Lu Guorong (gender unknown) from Fenghuang Sub-district in Xinzhou District were reported to the police for posting Falun Gong materials in early 2021. After checking the surveillance camera footage, the officers took Lu to the Liuji Brainwashing Center. Lu returned home two months later.

In order to avoid persecution, Xu left home to work on odd jobs in Hunan Province. However, officers went to Hunan and arrested Xu, and took Xu to the Wuhan Detention Center for 15 days of detention. Xu has returned home.

30. [Xiangyang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhang Yongqing Harassed

Staff members from the Hanjiang North Road Community Residential Committee in Fancheng District went to Ms. Zhang Yongqing’s home on June 17, 2021. They pressured her to sign three statements, saying that if she signed the statements, her name would be removed from the CCP's blacklist, and they would no longer contact her. Ms. Zhang refused to cooperate.