(Minghui.org) Five women in Huadian City, Jilin Province, were harassed in July 2020 for practicing Falun Gong, an ancient spiritual and meditation discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
On July 4, the police attempted to force Ms. Li Fengqin, in her 70s, to sign a document and threatened that they wouldn’t let her son go to work if she refused to sign it. Ms. Li didn’t comply.
Ms. Quan Jinzi and her daughter received several harassing phone calls from the residential committee director in July.
Several residential committee members harassed Ms. Quan’s daughter at home in late July, when they didn’t find Ms. Quan in her own home. Seeing that Ms. Quan’s grandson was preparing for the civil service exam, the residential committee director threatened that he wouldn’t be allowed to become a government employee as long as Ms. Quan still practiced Falun Gong.
The director told Ms. Quan’s daughter that they were hosting a brainwashing session, which still had three spots open. “This is her last chance. If she goes and fulfills the requirements, we will remove all her information on our system.”
Ms. Quan’s daughter replied, “My mother can’t go to your class due to her age.”
The director then offered to send people to Ms. Quan’s home for one week to host the session. He also threatened to arrest Ms. Quan and take her to a detention center if she refused to attend the session.
Both Ms. Li and Ms. Quan were arrested on June 24, 2020, after being reported for distributing materials about Falun Gong. The police searched Ms. Quan’s purse and confiscated all of her materials. She was forced to sign her case document but Ms. Li refused to comply. Both women were released that afternoon.
On July 10, Ms. Wu Shuqin’s family received a harassing phone call from a man who demanded to know if Ms. Wu still practiced Falun Gong and why she did. Her family replied that she practiced Falun Gong to improve her health. The man said he would contact them again at any time and urged them to tell Ms. Wu to be prepared to attend their brainwashing session.
Ms. Wang Fengqin was approached by an officer with a camera. The officer showed her a video clip of someone putting up information about Falun Gong and asked if it was her. Ms. Wang said it wasn’t.
Another practitioner, whose name is unknown, was also harassed and ordered to attend a brainwashing session. She replied that she was busy taking care of her grandchild and didn’t have time to go. The residential committee members who harassed her said they could take care of her grandchild for her. The practitioner’s son said he wouldn’t believe them and told them not to harass his mother anymore.
One more practitioner, surnamed Jiang, has been living away from home since late June after discovering that the authorities were monitoring her phone calls.
