Additional Persecution News from China – March 16, 2022 (10 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 9 cities or counties in 6 provinces, where at least 13 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Beijing ] Ms. He Weidong Harassed
2. [Tianshui City, Gansu Province] Ms. Liu Xiaoqin and Ms. Wang Lixia Arrested
3. [Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yang Guangxin’s Husband Harassed
4. [Beijing] Mr. Li Lanqiang Transferred to Prison
5. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Original Verdict Against Ms. Sun Shujie Upheld
6. [Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region] Ms. Fu Shujie and Ms. Lu Bo Sentenced to Prison
7. [Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Yan Lin Arrested
8. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Zhang Yujun Held in Custody
9. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Ji Weirong and Ms. Yu Zhi Sentenced to Prison
10. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Guifeng Held in Detention Center

1. [Beijing ] Ms. He Weidong Harassed

Ms. He Weidong was harassed during the 2022 Winter Olympics and the annual meetings of the People’s National Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Residential officer Ren Shan from the Baizhifang Sub-district, Xicheng District, told Ms. He’s daughter at 9 a.m. on February 21, 2022, that Ms. He had to go to the sub-district office.

As soon as Ms. He arrived at the office, two men and two women attempted to force her to sign a sheet titled, “Not to Practice Falun Gong.” They threatened her and said that she would face endless trouble if she refused to sign, but the trouble would disappear if she signed it. Ms. He refused to comply. One person said that they had just graduated from college and were sent by the district authority to handle Falun Gong cases. Three other men later joined, and they kept pressuring her until that afternoon.

The next day, two men and one woman were sent to follow Ms. He for another day. On February 23, they harassed her daughter, who did not practice Falun Gong, and prevented her from going to work. They talked to her daughter every afternoon, and pressured her to talk Ms. He into signing paperwork. The third day they stopped harassing Ms. He’s daughter. Instead her daughter’s work unit called her to go there for a nucleic acid test.

On March 2, two more people from a residential committee in the Baizhifang Sub-district came to harass Ms. He and her daughter.

2. [Tianshui City, Gansu Province] Ms. Liu Xiaoqin and Ms. Wang Lixia Arrested

Ms. Liu Xiaoqin, about 70, and Ms. Wang Lixia, about 60, from the Qinzhou District, were reported to the police around 10 a.m. on March 14, 2022, after they talked to people about Falun Gong in the Xiguan Sub-district. Four officers arrested them and took them to the Xiguan Police Station. Seven or eight officers, including domestic security officer Wu Lingwei, interrogated them. The officers ransacked both practitioners’ homes without a search warrant. They were released that afternoon.

3. [Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yang Guangxin’s Husband Harassed

Huang Xueliang, director of the Dongqucheng Village Committee, led three officers from the Canzhuang Police Station to the homes of Guo and Zhao (first names and genders are unknown) and harassed them around 3 p.m. on February 7, 2022. These people then went to Ms. Yang Guangxin’s home. Ms. Yang was not at home at the time, but her non-practitioner husband was. They confiscated a copy of Zhuan Falun and an audio player.

4. [Beijing] Mr. Li Lanqiang Transferred to Prison

Mr. Li Lanqiang was arrested by officers from the Fangshan Police Department on April 23, 2021. He was officially placed under arrest by the No. 1 Branch of Beijing Municipal Procuratorate on May 28. The Mentougou District Court sentenced him to five years in prison at the end of 2021. He was transferred to the Beijing No. 2 Prison in March 2022.

5. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Original Verdict Against Ms. Sun Shujie Upheld

Recently, the Shuangyashan City Procuratorate received Ms. Sun Shujie’s appeal. They dismissed her appeal and stated that the original judgment was to be implemented.

6. [Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region] Ms. Fu Shujie and Ms. Lu Bo Sentenced to Prison

In 2021, Ms. Fu Shujie and Ms. Lu Bo were sentenced by the Qingxiu District Court of Nanning City in the first instance. Ms. Fu was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 5,000 yuan. Ms. Lu was sentenced to ten months in prison and fined 3,000 yuan.

7. [Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Yan Lin Arrested

Ms. Yan Lin was arrested by police in early March 2022.

8. [Guan County, Shandong Province] Zhang Yujun Held in Custody

In mid-March 2022, Zhang Yujun (gender unknown) from Liutun Village was heading for Beijing. When he boarded the train, security guards checked his ID card and then searched his bags. He was taken to the Guanxian Detention Center.

9. [Baishan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Ji Weirong and Ms. Yu Zhi Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Ji Weirong and Ms. Yu Zhi from Fusong County were tried by the Jingyu County Court on December 30, 2021. Ms. Ji was sentenced to ten months in prison and Ms. Yu to eight months. They were each fined 2,000 yuan.

Initially the court officials promised their families that the sentences would be brief, and the two practitioners would not be taken to the prison in Changchun City. Instead they would be kept in the Baishan Detention Center until the end of their prison terms. However, after the trial the two practitioners were taken directly to the Changchun Women’s Prison. Their families were not notified. Only when the prison called their families to make deposits at the prison, did their families know that the two practitioners had been taken there.

10. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Guifeng Held in Detention Center

Ms. Wang Guifeng from Xiaxinzhuang Village was arrested by officers from the Qiaoguan Town Police Station while talking to people about Falun Gong at the Beiyan farmers market in Changle County on March 5, 2021. She was held in the Weifang Detention Center. She was officially placed under arrest on April 10, 2021.

At the end of last year, Ms. Wang’s family went to the detention center to visit her, but the detention center did not allow them to see her. Ms. Wang has been held there for over a year.