(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 17 cities or counties in 8 provinces, where at least 53 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Liangshan County, Shandong Province] Ms. Chen Qiuxiang Faces Trial; Ms. Qi Gui’e Serves Her Term Outside Prison
2. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Twenty Practitioners Held in Detention Centers; Some Exceeding Maximum Duration Set by Law
3. [Qixia City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Xiuting’s Home Ransacked
4. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhang Cui’s Family Harassed
5. [Gulin County, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhou Xianfen Harassed
6. [Beijing] Mr. Fu Chensheng Missing
7. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Zhang Yanling Harassed
8. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Guo Sufang Summoned
9. [Xining City, Qinghai Province] Ms. Bao Shenglian Arrested
10. [Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Thirteen Practitioners Harassed
11. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhou Huizhu Harassed Several Times
12. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Dong Guihuan Harassed Several Times
13. [Tianjin] Ms. Liu Xiuqin Held in Detention Center
14. [Liangshan County, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Yilong and Ms. Li Xiufang Arrested
15. [Liuzhou City, Guangxi Autonomous Region] Mr. Liang Zhongcheng Arrested
16. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Fengju Detained; Ms. Jia Wenfang Harassed
17. [Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Yumei Detained
18. [Jining City, Shandong Province] Mr. Si Xiangchao Arrested
19. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yuan Yinglai Not Allowed to Leave Town

1. [Liangshan County, Shandong Province] Ms. Chen Qiuxiang Faces Trial; Ms. Qi Gui’e Serves Her Term Outside Prison

Ms. Chen Qiuxiang of Maying Township was arrested on August 29, 2019. She was constantly harassed after returning home. Her case was brought to the Liangshan County Court. She will be tried on September 8, 2020.

Ms. Qi Gui’e is to serve her term outside prison.

2. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Twenty Practitioners Held in Detention Centers; Some Exceeding Maximum Duration Set by Law

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, 20 practitioners have remained in custody in detention centers in Chaoyang City and Chaoyang County. Some practitioners have been held there exceeding the maximum duration as set by law. Their families found officers in charge of the cases and asked for their release. The police still refuse to release them.

List of practitioners detained in detention centers are as follows.

Chaoyang City Detention Women's Ward:Ms. Wang Zaixia, Ms. Xin Zhihua, Ms. Lin Jiangyue, Ms. Hu Xuefei, Ms. Zhang Xiaoyan, Ms. Zhang Guizhi, Ms. Zhang Shuzhi, Ms. Li Guiping, Ms. Pan Yunxiang, Ms. Liu Ying, and Ms. Zhang Dongqing.

Chaoyang City Detention Center Men’s Ward:Mr. Wang Zhanfa, Mr. Pan Yufeng, Mr. Yin Baohe, Mr. Zou He, and Mr. Wang Huaiyu.

Jianping County Detention Center:Mr. Meng Xianchen.

Chaoyang County Detention Center:Mr. Yuan Fengshan and Mr. Hu Shaowei.

3. [Qixia City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Xiuting’s Home Ransacked

Two officers from the Cuiping Police Station broke into 84-year-old Ms. Sun Xiuting’s home and ransacked the place on August 26, 2020. They confiscated all her Falun Dafa books, printed materials, and a laptop computer.

4. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhang Cui’s Family Harassed

The Longwangtang Police Station called Ms. Zhang Cui’s daughter on August 20, 2020, and asked why she did not answer the phone call from the procuratorate. They told her to go to the police station to sign paperwork. The daughter refused to go or sign anything; the police threatened to use this against her mother.

Ms. Zhang was previously under residential surveillance by the Gaoxinyuan Police Department. Her case was again turned over to the Ganjingzi District Procuratorate. Ms. Zhang was told to go to the procuratorate to sign paperwork, but she refused to do so.

5. [Gulin County, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhou Xianfen Harassed

Wang Jin, Ma Jian, and two other people went to Ms. Zhou Xianfen’s home in Taiping Village, Taiping Town, on July 24, 2020. They told Ms. Zhou, who is in her 60s, to give up practicing Falun Gong. Ms. Zhou refused.

Ma went into her bedroom, looked around, found a copy of Zhuan Falun in her bag hanging by the bed, and took it away.

6. [Beijing] Mr. Fu Chensheng Missing

Mr. Fu Chensheng from Wenquan Township, Haidian District, has been missing since May 2020. So far, no one has heard anything about him or his whereabouts.

7. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Zhang Yanling Harassed

People from the Youzha Town government went to the homes of Ms. Zhang Yanling’s parents and her husband’s parents several times to look for her, but did not find her.

They went to her workplace in a supermarket and told her to sign paperwork, which she refused. They threatened that not signing it would adversely impact her work and her children's schooling.

8. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Guo Sufang Summoned

Ms. Guo Sufang from Fangzi District, Weifang City, was arrested on May 7, 2020, for talking to people about Falun Gong in Anqiu City. She was released on bail.

Her son received a phone call, in mid-August, from the Economic and Technological Development Zone Police Station, Anqiu City. He was told that his mother had to go to the police station.

Ms. Guo went there. The police asked her how many practitioners she went out with to tell people about Falun Gong in May. They also demanded to know their names. Ms. Guo refused to answer their questions. Then the police told her to sign a sheet of paper.

9. [Xining City, Qinghai Province] Ms. Bao Shenglian Arrested

Ms. Bao Shenglian was arrested and her home was ransacked by the local Domestic Security officers on August 27, 2020.

10. [Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Thirteen Practitioners Harassed

Several practitioners have been harassed by their local police stations, neighborhood committees, and workplace personnel since mid-July 2020.

The authorities resorted to photographing them, questioning them, making repeated home visits for registration and verification, pressuring them to sign the three statements, pressuring them to sign other paperwork, gathering fingerprints, etc.

They tried to force practitioners to give up their belief and pay Chinese Communist Party membership dues. They threatened that if they failed to pay the membership dues, their pensions would be suspended.

Those who have been harassed include Ms. Wu Jinfang, Ms. Wang Guoxia, Mr. Xie Yiqiang, Ms. Li Jinhua, Mr. Xin Linyuan, Ms. Zhang Xiaoping, Ms. Li Shuxia, Ms. Bai Fengxiang, Ms. Li Xiufang, Mr. Wang Jianjun, Ms. Yao Jinxia, and Ms. Zhang Jiuxiang (from Helan County).

Ms. Feng Jianhong’s home and shop were ransacked in recent days.

11. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhou Huizhu Harassed Several Times

Two officers from the Dengfeng Street Police Station knocked on the door of Ms. Zhou Huizhu’s home and harassed her several times on August 26, 2020.

They told Ms. Zhou to sign paperwork and threatened to take her to the detention center if she refused to sign.

12. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Dong Guihuan Harassed Several Times

Zheng Lianyong, Xige Town Party secretary, and a 610 Office agent broke into Ms. Dong Guihuan’s home and harassed her on August 26, 2020. They told Ms. Dong to sign a guarantee statement renouncing Falun Gong. When Ms. Dong refused, they told her that they would come again.

Zheng and three other people broke into Ms. Dong’s home again on August 27. Under escalated pressure and threats by the police station director, Ms. Dong’s husband signed the statement for her and grabbed her hand to press her fingerprint.

13. [Tianjin] Ms. Liu Xiuqin Held in Detention Center

Ms. Liu Xiuqin of the Hongqiao District was arrested at home and taken to the Changzhoudao Police Station, Hedong District, by officers from the Hedong Police Department on the afternoon of July 14, 2020.

Ms. Liu was taken to the Tianjin City No. 1 Detention Center on the afternoon of July 15. She was transferred to the Hedong District Detention Center on August 21. She has been held there since.

14. [Liangshan County, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Yilong and Ms. Li Xiufang Arrested

Ms. Zhang Yilong, 68, and Ms. Li Xiufang, about 50, were reported to the police when they talked to people about Falun Gong on August 26, 2020. Officers from the Dalukou Township Police Station and the Liangshan County Police Department, chased and arrested the two practitioners at their homes. The practitioners’ current whereabouts are not clear.

15. [Liuzhou City, Guangxi Autonomous Region] Mr. Liang Zhongcheng Arrested

Mr. Liang Zhongcheng was arrested in the Hexie Residential Community, Liunan District, by officers from the Wulika Police Station around 6 p.m. on August 12, 2020. He was later released on bail.

16. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Fengju Detained; Ms. Jia Wenfang Harassed

Eight officers from the Dianshang Township Police Station, Jize County, led by their director went to Ms. Li Fengju’s home in Qianzhuzhuang Village, Zhengxi Township, Yongnian District, and arrested her on the morning of August 22, 2020. She was transferred to the Jize County Detention Center for 10 days of detention.

The director of the Lingnan No. 1 Community, Hualin Sub-district Office, Fuxing District, went to Ms. Jia Wenfang’s home on August 18, 2020.

The director told Ms. Jia to sign a transformation statement. Ms. Jia refused. The director threatened to cancel her qualification for low-rent housing in the upcoming review this year.

17. [Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Yumei Detained

Officers from the Chengzihe District Domestic Security Division, the Donghaikuang Police Station, and Donghaikuang Residential Community personnel went to Ms. Wang Yumei’s barbershop and harassed her on August 21, 2020. They took her keys and ransacked her home. They confiscated over 70 Falun Dafa books and paper bills with Falun Gong messages printed on them. Ms. Wang was taken to the Jixi City Detention Center for 15 days of detention.

18. [Jining City, Shandong Province] Mr. Si Xiangchao Arrested

Mr. Si Xiangchao from Tushanji Village, Maji Township, Jiaxiang County, was arrested on August 11, 2020. His current whereabouts are not clear.

19. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yuan Yinglai Not Allowed to Leave Town

Ms. Yuan Yinglai of Zhuolu County was taking a ride to her daughter’s home in Mentougou District on August 17, 2020. She was intercepted at the Donghuayuan checkpoint in Huailai County when her national ID was checked.

As soon as the officer examined her national ID card, he immediately called Zhangjiabao Township, Zhuolu County. Ms. Yuan was taken back home. Her personal freedom was restricted, and she was not allowed to go out of town again.