(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 17 cities or counties in 9 provinces, where at least 25 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Rizhao City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yang Jie and Han Gongying Face Trial
2. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] 79-year-old Ms. Ji Baozhen Tried in Court
3. [Shanghai] Ms. Yang Manye and Ms. Gu Jihong Face Trial
4. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Ms. Ma Qin Faces Trial
5. [Huanggang City, Hubei Province] Four Practitioners Arrested and Detained
6. [Beijing] Ms. Meng Jiying Arrested and Detained
7. [Nong'an County, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhang Jingyuan Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
8. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Shubo Sentenced to One Year in Prison
9. [Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Wang Huafen and Ms. Li Guiying Arrested and Detained
10. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Ms. Shao Suyun Arrested
11. [Suizhou City, Hubei Province] Case Against Ms. He Xiuli Submitted to the Procuratorate
12. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Guiqin Harassed
13. [Zunyi City, Guizhou Province] Gao Guoyuan Arrested and Detained
14. [Beijing] Ms. Du Suying Harassed
15. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wu Xiumei Harassed
16. [Tianjin] Ms. Zhang Baohua Harassed
17. [Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Cao Xiaomei’s Home Ransacked
18. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Hongying and Ms. Meimei Arrested and Detained

1. [Rizhao City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yang Jie and Han Gongying Face Trial

Ms. Yang Jie and Han Gongying (gender unknown) have been monitored and followed by police since April 2020. They were summoned and threatened by people from the police department and the procuratorate. They were recently informed by the Wulian Court that they would be tried at 9 a.m. on September 17, 2021. 

2. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Elderly Ms. Ji Baozhen Tried in Court

Ms. Ji Baozhen, 79, was arrested at home by officers from the Leifeng Police Station in the Wanghua District on September 4, 2021. Ms. Ji was tried in court at 10 a.m. on September 10, 2021. She was exempted from the punishment as well as the 5,000 yuan fine. 

3. [Shanghai] Ms. Yang Manye and Ms. Gu Jihong Face Trial

Ms. Yang Manye and Ms. Gu Jihong will be tried in the Jing’an District Court at 2:30 p.m. on September 24, 2021. 

4. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Ms. Ma Qin Faces Trial

The case against Ms. Ma Qin from Pingdu City was submitted to the Huangdao District Court of Qingdao City on August 1, 2021. She will be tried in court at 2 p.m. on September 22, 2021. 

5. [Huanggang City, Hubei Province] Four Practitioners Arrested and Detained

Four practitioners from the Huangzhou District were arrested in Macaomiao Town of Tuanfeng County for distributing truth clarifying materials on September 14, 2021. They are Ms. Xu Xiulan, Ms. Dai Qiuju, Ms. Zhang Yu’e, and Ms. Zhou Jianxiang. Officers from the Macaomiao Town Police Station and the Huangzhou District Domestic Security Division, ransacked the practitioners’ homes. The practitioners are now detained in the Tuanfeng County Detention House. 

6. [Beijing] Ms. Meng Jiying Arrested and Detained

Ms. Meng Jiying from the Daxing District has been imprisoned for a total of 22 years because she persisted in her faith, Falun Gong. Ms. Meng was last released in 2019. 

After Ms. Meng was released the Social Security Bureau of Daxing District requested that she return the pension she was paid while she was detained. Now 800 yuan is deducted from her pension each month. 

When Ms. Meng appealed to the Social Security Bureau of Daxing District regarding her pension, she was arrested by officers from the Linxiao Police Station in Daxing District on August 25, 2021. She is currently detained in the detention house. 

7. [Nong’an County, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhang Jingyuan Sentenced to Two Years in Prison

Mr. Zhang Jingyuan was arrested by police in Nong’an County on July 15, 2020. He was tried by the Dehui Court on April 9, 2021 and was sentenced to two years in prison on July 26, 2021. Mr. Zhang appealed his case, which was filed on September 13, 2021 with the case number No. 408, Ji01 of 2021. 

8. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Shubo Sentenced to One Year in Prison

Ms. Wang Shubo was arrested on the afternoon of September 14, 2020. Her home was ransacked. Ms. Wang was tried in the Xiangyang District Court on the morning of December 25, 2020 and was sentenced to one year in prison. She was detained in the Jiamusi City Detention Center. 

Ms. Wang was released on the morning of September 15, 2021. Her husband went to the Jiamusi City Detention Center and brought her back home.

9. [Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Wang Huafen and Ms. Li Guiying Arrested and Detained

Police officers from the Qingjiangpu District went to Ms. Wang Huafen’s home on July 24, 2021. They knocked on the door so forcefully that they broke the mirror. The next morning when Ms. Wang’s husband was leaving to go to work, several police officers came and forced him to open the door. Ms. Wang Haufen was arrested and taken to a detention center. 

Ms. Li Guiying was harassed by police. She was arrested at home by officers from the Qingjiangpu District on August 23, 2021 and was taken to a detention center. 

10. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Ms. Shao Suyun Arrested

Ms. Shao Suyun from Hunan University was arrested at home by officers from the Xiahe Street Police Station on September 2, 2021. They did not show any legal documents and ransacked her home. All her Falun Gong books were confiscated. Ms. Shao Suyun was released the next day. 

11. [Suizhou City, Hubei Province] Case Against Ms. He Xiuli Submitted to the Procuratorate

Ms. He Xiuli was arrested near the Orient Heights Apartments by officers from the Nanjiao Police Station around 10:30 p.m. on August 28, 2021. Her home was ransacked. Ms. He is currently detained in the No.2 Detention Center. Her case is now submitted to the procuratorate. 

12. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Guiqin Harassed

Ms. Li Guiqin from the Licheng District received a harassing call from the Chaoshan Street Sub-district Office on the morning of September 9, 2021. She was pressured to sign a guarantee statement, which she refused. Ms. Li’s husband then received a call from a community property manager and was pressured to sign a guarantee statement on behalf of his wife. 

13. [Zunyi City, Guizhou Province] Gao Guoyuan Arrested and Detained

Gao Guoyuan (gender unknown) was arrested in June 2021 and has been detained since then.

14. [Beijing] Ms. Du Suying Harassed

Ms. Du Suying was harassed at home by officers from the Ganjiakou Police Station in the Haidian District and the director of the neighborhood committee on September 8, 2021. Ms. Du’s adult child received four harassing calls before and was threatened that all their family members would be implicated if Ms. Du refused to sign a guarantee statement. 

15. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wu Xiumei Harassed

Ms. Wu Xiumei was harassed by officers from the Dongxiaozhuang Police Station in Zhuolu County on the morning of August 10, 2021. She was photographed by the police officers. Ms. Wu was harassed again in the afternoon.

Villager Chen Hongjun led another police officer from the Dongxiaozhuang Police Station to Ms. Wu’s home around 8 a.m. on August 12, 2021. Ms. Wu told them to remember, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance is good.”

16. [Tianjin] Ms. Zhang Baohua Harassed

Ms. Zhang Baohua was harassed at home in mid-March 2021. Zhao Baowang from the local police station and some government officials from Niujiapai Town came to her home and pressured her to sign a guarantee statement, which she refused. 

The police went to Ms. Zhang’s home again at the end of May 2021 but she was not at home. Later, a surveillance camera was installed at the door of Ms. Zhang’s home by the local police officers with the help of the village Party committee secretary.

17. [Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Cao Xiaomei’s Home Ransacked

Ms. Cao Xiaomei lives in Zhuotong Village of Matou Town. Several people including Liang Yufeng, head of the Zhuozhou City Domestic Security Division, went to her home on the morning of September 14, 2021. Ms. Cao was not at home. The police ransacked her home and confiscated her Falun Gong books, a photo of Falun Gong’s founder, truth clarifying materials, a laptop, 3000 yuan in cash, and other items. 

18. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Hongying and Ms. Meimei Arrested and Detained

Ms. Wang Hongying and Ms. Meimei went out to talk to people about Falun Gong and were arrested by officers from the Hancun North Road Police Station in Jingxiu District on the morning of September 15, 2021. They were taken to the Baoding City Detention House and were placed under an eleven-day detention.