(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 16 cities or counties in 9 provinces, where at least 29 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Jiang Dejie Arrested
2. [Kangbao County, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
3. [Beijing] Ms. Yao Junqing and Ms. Li Ruiling Tried
4. [Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Tan Haiyan Sentenced to Prison
5. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Ms. Jiang He Tried
6. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Yaping Detained
7. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Pang Yanmei and Ms. Yu Xiaowei Officially Arrested
8. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Xiao Chunrong and Ms. Yu Wei Held in Detention Center
9. [Tianshui City, Gansu Province] Ms. Wang Lixia and Her Mother Arrested
10. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Fu Xizhen and Ms. Gao Chengzhi Arrested
11. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Ju Zhanglan and Ms. Yu Guofen Harassed
12. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Qiu Baicheng and Wife Ms. Ding Shuyan Arrested
13. [Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Lu Xueqin’s Home Ransacked
14. [Beijing] Ms. Fan Shuqin Arrested
15. [Gaobeidian City, Hebei Province] Mr. Zhang Bianrong Harassed
16. [Daxing’anling Prefecture, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Liu Kaixin Detained
17. [Meishan City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Xu Jianhua Harassed
18. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Cases of Ms. Zhao Feng and Ms. Chen Guilan Turned Over to Procuratorate

1. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Jiang Dejie Arrested

Mr. Jiang Dejie was intercepted at a checkpoint in the Fushun North Railway Station as he was heading to Qingdao City, Shandong Province on August 13, 2020. During the ticket check and national ID check, the security officer found that Mr. Jiang was a Falun Gong practitioner. In less than a minute, several railway police officers came over, searched his bag, checked his cell phone, and searched his body.

A Falun Dafa keepsake, five blessing cards, and five cards with QR codes to access the Internet were found. Four officers handcuffed him. They then went to his home, and ransacked the place. They confiscated over 30 Falun Dafa books and over 20 Falun Dafa keepsakes.

The officers took him to a detention facility, handcuffed and shackled him, and took samples of his blood. They demanded to know if he still practiced Falun Gong.

2. [Kangbao County, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Harassed

Personnel from Kangbao Town government went several times to Ms. Yang Xiumei’s fruit stand and home to harass her in the first half of 2020. They forced her to sign the three statements. They photographed her, and pressured her to cooperate with them and slander Dafa on TV. She refused. Both Ms. Yang and her husband’s subsistence allowance were canceled for no reason.

Xu Jin, village head of Gejia Village, and Liu Jucai, a villager, Kangbao Town, in September 2020, threatened Ms. Zhu Yu’e, who works out of town, and told her to come back to the village to sign paperwork. Otherwise, her granddaughter would not be allowed to take the civil service examination.

Four people from Kangbao Town, Tuchengzi Town, and Kangbao County Education and Sports Bureau went to Mr. Yang Jinbiao’s home in Zhangbei County on the afternoon of September 25, 2020. After they saw Falun Dafa books in the house, they called the police. The Zhangbei County police came, and ransacked and photographed the place. When they attempted to confiscate photos of the founder of Falun Gong, Mr. Yang stopped them. They grabbed and took away some Falun Dafa books.

In April 2020, Ma Yujun, principal of the Tuchengzi Town Primary School, went to the home of retired teacher Ms. Wang Huiping, who is Mr. Yang Jinbiao’s wife. The principal pressured Ms. Wang to sign the three statements. She refused.

3. [Beijing] Ms. Yao Junqing and Ms. Li Ruiling Tried

Ms. Yao Junqing in Fengtai District was tried on September 30, 2020. For health reasons, she was accompanied by an ambulance and medical staff.

Ms. Li Ruiling in Chaoyang District was tried on September 30, 2020. Ms. Li defended herself in court, and her lawyer defended her innocence from the legal perspective.

Since Ms. Li did not plead guilty, the prosecutor suggested that she be dealt with severely, and sentenced to three years in prison. Ms. Li was arrested by officers from the Huashi Police Station, Dongcheng District, for posting Falun Gong materials.

4. [Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Tan Haiyan Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Tan Haiyan was given a three-and-a-half-year prison term by the Dong District Court. She has appealed.

5. [Guiyang City, Guizhou Province] Ms. Jiang He Tried

Ms. Jiang He was tried by the Nanming District Court.

6. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Yaping Detained

Ms. Li Yaping in Shanhaiguan District was intercepted at a train station on the afternoon of October 1, 2020. She was arrested and her home was ransacked by officers from the Xidajie Police Station. She is being held in the Qinhuangdao Detention Center for ten days of detention.

7. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Pang Yanmei and Ms. Yu Xiaowei Officially Arrested

Ms. Pang Yanmei was officially arrested on September 3, 2020. Ms. Yu Xiaowei was officially arrested in mid-to-late August 2020.

8. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Xiao Chunrong and Ms. Yu Wei Held in Detention Center

Ms. Xiao Chunrong and Ms. Yu Wei in Xiangfang District were arrested on September 22, 2020, and their homes were ransacked. They are being held in the Harbin City No. 4 Detention Center.

9. [Tianshui City, Gansu Province] Ms. Wang Lixia and Her Mother Arrested

Ms. Wang Lixia, 55, and her mother were heading out to Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province on the morning of September 8, 2020. When they were waiting for the train in the waiting room of Tianshui South Station, police officers forcibly took them to a checkpoint. The officers searched their bags and found a sheet that contained the table of contents for “spelling corrections of Chinese characters” in Falun Dafa books. The officers forcibly took Ms. Wang and her mother to the High Speed Rail Station Police Office. The officers checked their cell phones but did not find anything. They told the mother and daughter to sign a piece of paper before allowing them to return to the waiting room.

10. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Fu Xizhen and Ms. Gao Chengzhi Arrested

Ms. Fu Xizhen and Ms. Gao Chengzhi were arrested and taken to the Tianfushan Domestic Security Division by the Tianfushan plainclothes officers when they were talking to people about Falun Gong at Tianfushan farmers market in Wendeng City on the morning of October 2, 2020.

Paper cuts of “Blissfulness” and cards with QR codes to access the Internet were found in Ms. Fu’s bag and confiscated. The officers forcibly took their fingerprints. Ms. Fu was extorted of 5,000 yuan. The two practitioners returned home at around 1:30 p.m. that day.

11. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Ms. Ju Zhanglan and Ms. Yu Guofen Harassed

Information officers from Longshan Office and Hebuzhuang Village, Wendeng District, led by Li Guojun, and personnel from the Hebuzhuang Village Committee, went to Ms. Ju Zhuanglan’s home and harassed her on September 27, 2020. They asked if she still practiced Falun Gong. She answered, “Yes!”

Three people from Longshan Office went to Ms. Yu Guofen’s home to harass her on October 2, 2020. She did not open the door, and they left after a while.

12. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Qiu Baicheng and Wife Ms. Ding Shuyan Arrested

Mr. Qiu Baicheng was arrested in his store at noon on September 18, 2020. His car was impounded. His wife Ms. Ding Shuyan was arrested earlier.

13. [Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Lu Xueqin’s Home Ransacked

When Ms. Lu Xueqin lost her wallet in a supermarket when she was shopping. The wallet contained paper bills with Falun Gong information printed on them, and keepsakes. The supermarket owner turned her wallet over to the Chengbei Police Station.

Mu Linbing, a residential police officer, led residential community personnel to Ms. Lu’s home and ransacked the place on September 30. They did not let her move, and threatened to beat her. The officers confiscated over 10,000 yuan in cash, over 1,000 yuan in paper currency bills with Falun Gong information printed on them, several Falun Dafa books, a computer, and photos of the founder of Falun Gong. The police did not show any documents, and gave no receipt for the confiscated items.

14. [Beijing] Ms. Fan Shuqin Arrested

Ms. Fan Shuqin was reported to the police by her second daughter-in-law for talking to people about Falun Gong on September 6, 2020. Officers from the town police station and the 610 Office broke into Ms. Fan’s home and arrested her. They confiscated Falun Dafa books. Ms. Fan was released after 24 hours.

Town government officials went to her home. They harassed her and threatened to “implicate her family and relatives.”

15. [Gaobeidian City, Hebei Province] Mr. Zhang Bianrong Harassed

Four plainclothes officers went to Mr. Zhang Bianrong’s home in Dongmaying Township and ransacked the place on September 24, 2020. They asked Mr. Zhang if he still practiced Falun Gong. He answered, “It is my constitutional right to practice or not to practice.”

16. [Daxing’anling Prefecture, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Liu Kaixin Detained

Ms. Liu Kaixin was reported to the police for talking to people about Falun Gong on March 18, 2020.

This was at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, and no detention was enforced. During the period, the police and the Political and Legal Affairs Committee personnel came to her home to harass her several times.

Zhou Benhua, head of the Domestic Security Division, went to Ms. Liu’s home on the morning of September 18. Zhou took Ms. Liu to the Jiagedaqi District to undergo nucleic acid testing. After the test, she was taken to the Songling District Police Department. She was taken to a hospital for a physical exam in the afternoon.

She was then taken to the Jiagedaqi District Detention Center for seven days of detention. She has since returned home.

17. [Meishan City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Xu Jianhua Harassed

Personnel from Guanyin Residential Community, Pengxi Town, Pengshan District, went to 64-year-old Mr. Xu Jianhua’s home and harassed him on the morning of September 29, 2020.

They used mobile phones to video and audio record the entire process of harassment, which lasted over 20 minutes.

18. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Cases of Ms. Zhao Feng and Ms. Chen Guilan Turned Over to Procuratorate

Ms. Zhao Feng, in her 50s, and Ms. Chen Guolan, in her 60s, from the Liaohe Oilfield Jinzhou Oil Production Plant, were arrested by officers from the Yanjia Town Police Station when they were distributing Falun Gong materials at Jincai New District farmers market on September 15, 2020.

They are being held in the Jinzhou City Detention Center. Their cases were turned over to the Linghai City Procuratorate.