Additional Persecution News from China – October 22, 2021 (19 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 17 cities or counties in 9 provinces, where at least 34 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Four Practitioners Taken to Prison
2. [Chongqing] Ms. Tan Zuqiong Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
3. [Tieling City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Qiu Tieling and Ms. Wang Jinhui Face Trial
4. [Chenzhou City, Hunan Province] Four Practitioners Arrested
5. [Beijing] Ms. Wang Shuying Arrested
6. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhang Shenglian Harassed
7. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhou Xiaoling Arrested
8. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Sun Sanlong Harassed
9. [Shanghai] Mr. Xu Yongqing Held in Detention Center
10. [Pingliang City, Gansu Province] Mr. Yang Zonglin Harassed
11. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Huimin Faces Trial
12. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Ms. Zhou Weiqun Arrested
13. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Mr. Sun Yubin Arrested
14. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Hu Yaping Arrested
15. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Falun Gong Practitioners in Dongchangfu District Harassed in a Coordinated Campaign
16. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhang Fengzhi Arrested
17. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Rong Tiewen Taken to Prison
18. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Case Against Ms. Li Yaping Turned Over to Procuratorate
19. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Case Against Ms. Wu Shuzhen Turned Over to Procuratorate

1. [Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region] Four Practitioners Taken to Prison

It was reported that Ms. Yu Dezhen, Ms. Shi Meilan, and Ms. Liu Cuimei from the Huinong District were taken to the Yinchuan Women’s Prison from the Shizuishan Detention Center on September 18, 2021. Ms. Chen Xiuping, a native of Shaanxi Province, was taken to the Shaanxi Prison.

Ms. Yu was severely abused in the detention center, and her physical condition deteriorated. She suffered from a prolapsed uterus. She could not walk on her own, and others had to help her along.

Up to now, the prison officials have not allowed relatives to visit the four practitioners and threatened that they would not be allowed to meet them unless they were transformed.

Ms. Yu, Ms. Chen, Ms. Shi were arrested by domestic security officers on April 30, 2020. Their homes were ransacked. They were released that night. Afterwards police secretly monitored and tracked them. About two weeks later, on May 16, 2020, Ms. Shi, Ms. Chen, Ms. Yu, Ms. Liu and Ms. Gao Xueling were arrested.

The cases against Ms. Yu, Ms. Chen, Ms. Shi, and Ms. Liu were turned over to the Dawukou District Procuratorate. They were tried by the Dawukou District Court on January 12, 2021, and sentenced to prison on April 22. Ms. Yu was sentenced to four years in prison and fined 30,000 yuan. Ms. Chen was sentenced to three years and six months in prison and fined 25,000 yuan. Ms. Shi was sentenced to three years and two months in prison and fined 10,000 yuan. Ms. Liu was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 10,000 yuan.

2. [Chongqing] Ms. Tan Zuqiong Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

Ms. Tan Zuqiong, about 70, from Kaizhou District, was arrested and taken to a detention center in mid-June 2021. She was sentenced to three years in prison in September. She has been taken to the Chongqing Women’s Prison. Details about her situation are not yet available.

3. [Tieling City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Qiu Tieling and Ms. Wang Jinhui Face Trial

Ms. Qiu Tieling and Ms. Wang Jinhui from Xincheng District were arrested. They were scheduled to be tried at 9 a.m. on October 26, 2021.

4. [Chenzhou City, Hunan Province] Four Practitioners Arrested

Beihu District Political and Legal Affairs Committee and 610 Office personnel interrogated Ms. Tang Jiangnan for nearly 20 days and forced her to implicate four other practitioners.

Several people from the Political and Legal Affairs Committee and the 610 Office went to the home of Mr. Zhu Zhixiong and his wife Ms. Tang Xueying at noon on October 13, 2021. They ransacked the place and confiscated a computer, a copy of Zhuan Falun, an MP3 player, and a printer receipt. The couple was taken to the local police station in the Shizhuyuan area for interrogation. They were not released until 8 p.m.

These people went to Ms. Zeng Qinling’s home on October 14, ransacked the place, and confiscated Falun Gong books, printed materials, a computer, and several cell phones. Ms. Zeng has been held in the Xiameiqiao Brainwashing Center.

5. [Beijing] Ms. Wang Shuying Arrested

Ms. Wang Shuying was arrested at home on October 8, 2021. Details about her current situation are not clear.

6. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhang Shenglian Harassed

Ms. Zhang Shenglian, in her 50s, was stopped on her way to work by officers from the Dujing Town Police Station and staff members from the sub-district administration office on October 15, 2021. She was taken to a teahouse and pressured to sign “three statements” renouncing Falun Gong. Despite the threat that her not signing the statements would adversely impact her children, Ms. Zhang firmly refused to cooperate.

7. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhou Xiaoling Arrested

Ms. Zhou Xiaoling was arrested on October 18, 2021. Further details are pending.

8. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Sun Sanlong Harassed

Staff members from the Sanji Township government, Pingshan County, led by village Party secretary Sun Yongbo, went to Mr. Sun Sanlong’s home on the morning of October 20, 2021. They pressured Mr. Sun to write guarantee statements renouncing Falun Gong, which he refused.

9. [Shanghai] Mr. Xu Yongqing Held in Detention Center

Mr. Xu Yongqing, a senior engineer, went to his hometown of Longquan City, Zhejiang Province, on a business trip on October 20, 2021. At the Longquan Railway Station checkpoint, security guards found a Falun Gong book, a USB flash drive and a computer in his bag. Officers from the Jianchi Police Station arrested him.

Mr. Xu was taken to the Longquan City Detention Center on the afternoon of October 21.

10. [Pingliang City, Gansu Province] Mr. Yang Zonglin Harassed

Mr. Yang Zonglin of the Forestry Research Institute was repeatedly harassed by people from Pingliang City and Kongtong District Political and Legal Affairs Committees, 610 Offices, Domestic Security Divisions, and his own community in 2021 for practicing Falun Gong. They pressured Mr. Yang to sign the three statements, which he refused.

As a result, the Political and Legal Affairs Commission instructed the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau to stop Mr. Yang’s pension, which remained effective from June through October 2021. Mr. Yang went to the relevant organizations to complain, but the officials dodged responsibility and refused to resolve the issue.

On October 21, people from the Kongtong District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, the 610 Office, the Domestic Security Division, and the Nanhedao Community Management Office knocked on the door of Mr. Yang’s house. He refused to open the door. When it was past 9 p.m., they called in a professional locksmith and forcibly opened the door.

They pressured Mr. Yang to sign a guarantee not to mail letters regarding Falun Gong, which he refused. Later, they took Mr. Yang to the Nanhedao Community office.

11. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Huimin Faces Trial

Ms. Wang Huimin and two other practitioners from Shenze County were arrested by people including Chang Liwei while distributing Falun Gong informational calendars on December 21, 2020. Ms. Wang was released on bail for health reasons and has since stayed at home.

Ms. Wang’s case was turned over to the Jinzhou City Procuratorate on August 9, 2021, by Zhang Yongji of the Shenze County Procuratorate. On September 10, the Jinzhou City Procuratorate delivered an indictment to her, and her case was brought to the Jinzhou City Court.

On October 12, Ms. Wang received a notice from the Jinzhou City Court, notifying her that she would be tried on October 27.

12. [Changsha City, Hunan Province] Ms. Zhou Weiqun Arrested

At noon on September 24, 2021, when Ms. Zhou Weiqun’s son came home for dinner, five or six plainclothes officers who were hiding in front of the house suddenly broke in. They told Ms. Zhou, who was 85 years old, to go to the Changsha Police Department and the Changsha No. 1 Detention Center on the grounds that some students spotted her distributing leaflets with Falun Gong content and reported her to the police. They ransacked her home without presenting any documents and confiscated photos of the founder of Falun Gong, over 40 Falun Gong books, and exercise tapes, among other personal belongings.

They took Ms. Zhou to the Juzizhou Police Station and the Changsha City No. 1 Detention Center. They took measurements of Ms. Zhou’s height and weight. They gathered her fingerprints, toe prints, blood samples, and saliva.

They originally planned to hold Ms. Zhou in the detention center, which refused to accept her as she was 85 years old.

The police placed Ms. Zhou under residential surveillance, which prevented her from leaving Changsha City. She was not allowed to return home until 2 to 3 a.m. that night.

13. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Mr. Sun Yubin Arrested

Mr. Sun Yubin, in his 70s, from the Dongchangfu District was arrested by officers from the Xiangjiang Police Station while posting Falun Gong materials on October 13, 2021. The officers ransacked his home at 7 p.m. and confiscated his Falun Gong books and a computer.

14. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Hu Yaping Arrested

Ms. Hu Yaping from the Dongxihu District was arrested by officers from the Wansongyuan Street Police Station, Jianghan District, when she visited a dentist in Wuhan City for dental treatment on October 12, 2021. The officers forcibly ransacked her home and collected her blood samples.

Ms. Hu was placed under criminal detention and taken to the Wuhan City No. 1 Detention Center on the evening of October 14. The detention center refused to admit her for health reasons. She was released on bail and brought home by her family.

15. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Falun Gong Practitioners in Dongchangfu District Harassed in a Coordinated Campaign

The Dongchangfu District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, sub-district administration offices, and police stations have jointly harassed Falun Gong practitioners since the beginning of October 2021.

Around October 4 and on October 8, 2021, Political and Legal Affairs Committee personnel called Ms. Shi’s husband and threatened him, who in turn coerced Ms. Shi to sign paperwork when she returned home.

Around October 5, six or seven people from the district Political and Legal Affairs Committee, the community management office, and the police station harassed practitioners Ren and Xu. Ren’s daughter worked in a kindergarten, was implicated in June, and was fired by the kindergarten principal.

Around October 11, people from the district Political and Legal Affairs Committee, the community management office, and the police station harassed Ms. Zhou. They asked her son to come back home and then went to her husband’s work unit. They pressured Ms. Zhou to sign paperwork, saying they would not let her family members go to work otherwise.

On October 11, Liuyuan Sub-district Administration Office personnel called practitioner Zhou (gender unknown) and asked Zhou to go to their office, which Zhou declined.

On October 13, a staff member from the district Political and Legal Affairs Committee, one from the community management office, two from the sub-district administration office, and three others from the police station went to practitioner Zhou’s home for more than half an hour. They told Zhou to go to their office on October 18.

At 2 p.m. on October 12, about 30 people, including Liu Xiaozhi and others from the district Political and Legal Affairs Committee, officers from the Gulou police station, and staff members of the community management office, went to Liaocheng University, where Ms. Zhang Yan’s husband worked, and harassed him. On October 15, they went to the home of Ms. Zhang Yan’s daughter in Tianjin and forced Ms. Zhang to sign paperwork.

On October 14, officers from the Gulou Police Station called Ms. Yang’s husband and went to his work unit and harassed him. Her husband did not cooperate. They told Ms. Yang to go to the Gulou administration office on October 19, on the grounds that the provincial inspection team would come. Personnel from the District Political and Legal Affairs Committee also located practitioner Chen’s son and asked him to take them to where Chen was. Chen’s son grabbed his father’s hand to fingerprint the paperwork.

16. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhang Fengzhi Arrested

Ms. Zhang Fengzhi, in her 60s, from Nuanchitang Township, Nanpiao District, was arrested by officers from the Nuanchitang Police Station while talking to people about Falun Gong and distributing calendars at the Nuanchitang farmers market on the morning of October 20, 2021. The officers ransacked her home.

17. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Rong Tiewen Taken to Prison

Ms. Rong Tiewen, 74, from Jiangnan Township, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison and was taken to the Jilin Province Women’s Prison.

18. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Case Against Ms. Li Yaping Turned Over to Procuratorate

On the afternoon of October 22, 2021, officer Sun from the Pre-trial Division of the Shanhaiguan Police Department called Ms. Li Yaping who had been released on bail. He notified her that after review, a case had been filed against her and would be turned over to the procuratorate the following day.

19. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Case Against Ms. Wu Shuzhen Turned Over to Procuratorate

Ms. Wu Shuzhen was arrested by officers from the Xiangyang Police Department on June 11, 2021. The officers recently notified her family that her case was turned over to the Longcheng District Procuratorate.