(Minghui.org)

Summary of Key Persecution Facts:

Name: Zhao Lijun (赵丽君)
Gender: Female
Age: 39
Address: Shanghai
Occupation: Administrative Manager at the Hi-Show PV Science & Technology
Date of Most Recent Arrest: May 30, 2013
Most Recent Place of Detention: Xuhui District Detention Center (徐汇区看守所)
City: Shanghai
Persecution Suffered: Forced labor, brainwashing, illegal sentencing, detention

An administrative manager was arrested and has been illegally detained for four months for sending Falun Gong truth-clarification articles online through QQ, an online Chinese chatting service community. She is being held at the Xuhui District Detention Center.

Ms. Zhao Lijun, 39, is a good person who obeys the law, treats others with kindness, and never intrudes in other people's affairs. Besides working, she does the chores at home and takes care of the elderly in her family. She was an administrative manager at the Hi-Show PV Science & Technology in Shanghai before she was arrested.

Officers from the Xuhui District Police Department's Domestic Security Division and the Huajing Police Station arrested Ms. Zhao on the morning of May 30, 2013. They also ransacked her home. Fourteen officers participated in the arrest.

Ms. Zhao was arrested for sending 15 Falun Gong truth clarification articles in the QQ chatting community. These articles were forwarded by others more than 400 times. She also gave two co-workers DVD's of the Shen Yun performance. The arrest warrant was issued on July 5, 2013, and Ms. Zhao was charged with promoting Falun Gong and “using a heretical organization to undermine the implementation of law.”

Ms. Zhao has been detained for over four months and is facing sentencing.

Ms. Zhao has been repeatedly harassed and persecuted for practicing Falun Gong during the past 14 years, and not all of her persecution has been documented.

She received a security warning on February 23, 2000, for having a meal with her friends. During the Chinese New Year in 2001, she was arrested and forced to undergo several months of brainwashing at a brainwashing center. She was sentenced to two years of forced labor in October 2001.

The Chinese Communist Party is using many methods to control the Internet, and even monitoring the chatting service QQ.

Parties involved in persecuting Ms. Zhou:

Ma, Xuhui District Domestic Security Division
Xu Jianzhou, director of the Huajing Police Station, +86-21-54822774 (Office)
Zhou Yongfa, officer of the Huajing Police Station, +86-13386268763 (Cell)