Additional Persecution News from China – November 8, 2021 (21 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 19 cities or counties in 11 provinces, where at least 55 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Ms. Li Caixia and Ms. Zhang Ling Arrested and Detained
2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Seven Practitioners Arrested
3. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] Mr. Wang Jinyu and Mr. Ji Mingming Sentenced to Three Years and Four Years in Prison Respectively
4. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Sun Lijuan Faces Trial
5. [Jining City, Shandong Province] 12 Practitioners Arrested Recently
6. [Shanghai] Ms. Zhou Ling and Mr. Chen Jie Under Police Surveillance
7. [Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Cao Xiaomei Persecuted
8. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Cao Guirong Detained
9. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Mr Deng Chuanjiu Harassed
10. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Six Practitioners Harassed
11. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Xueqin Harassed
12. [Jining City, Shandong Province] Mr. Ma Hongliang Detained
13. [Tianjin] Mr. Zhang Guoqing and Ms. Feng Meiru Arrested and Detained
14. [Yueyang City, Hunan Province] Ms. Jiang Shutao Arrested
15. [Dongying, Shandong Province] Five Practitioners Arrested or Detained
16. [Huadian City, Jilin Province] Ms. Fang Zhilan Harassed
17. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Wenjing Arrested
18. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Cui Weiwei Arrested and Detained
19. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Fu Jinfeng Arrested and Detained
20. [Jingzhou City, Hubei Province] Ms. Feng Tingting Arrested and Detained
21. [Pingliang City, Gansu Province] Ms. Dou Xueqin Harassed

1. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Ms. Li Caixia and Ms. Zhang Ling Arrested and Detained

Ms. Li Caixia from Taihe County of Fuyang City works in Hefei City. She took Ms. Zhang Ling on her e-bike and went to Binhe to distribute truth clarifying materials. They were arrested by the police officers who were tracking and monitoring her on the night of November 2, 2021. Her home was ransacked the next day. Practitioner Sun’s home was also ransacked. Ms. Li and Ms. Zhang were both detained.

2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Seven Practitioners Arrested

Ms. Liu Jinlan was arrested right in front of her home when she was returning home on November 5, 2021. Four officers took her to the Sheling Police Station in the Shuangyang District. Then they went back to ransack her home. Many personal belongings were confiscated, including a photo of Falun Gong’s founder, six Falun Gong books, a media player, USB drive, etc.

Ms. Liu was interrogated in the police station, but she refused to cooperate. She was taken to have a physical exam and a nucleic acid test, and was found to have high blood pressure up to 177 and a tumor in her liver. When she was taken to the Weizigou Detention House, she went through the physical exam again, but was denied admission because of her high blood pressure. Her child was called to the police station and was pressured to write a guarantee statement on her behalf, otherwise Ms. Liu would not be released. Her child gave in and Ms. Liu came back home with her child around midnight.

More practitioners were arrested in Shuangyang District including Ms. Liu Changchun, Ms. Wang Guilan, Ms. Han Chunying, Ms. Li Yuhuan, Ms. Pan Yanbo, Teacher Ye, and elderly Li.

Ms. Liu Jinlan and Ms. Han Chunying were released. The other practitioners’ situations are unknown.

3. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia] Mr. Wang Jinyu and Mr. Ji Mingming Sentenced to Three Years and Four Years in Prison Respectively

Mr. Wang Jinyu and Ms. Ji Mingming, both from Kalaqinqi, were sentenced to three years and four years in prison respectively. They appealed their cases, but were quickly rejected by the Kalaqingqi Court. They are currently still detained in the Kalaqingqi Detention Center because of the pandemic.

4. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Sun Lijuan Faces Trial

Ms. Sun Lijian will be tried online by the Linghai Court at 9:30 a.m. on November 11, 2021.

5. [Jining City, Shandong Province] 12 Practitioners Arrested Recently

At least 12 practitioners were arrested in Jining City within a week or so. Here are some of their situations:

The homes of Mr. Chu Fuhua and Ms. Mi Jinying were ransacked. Ms. Hou Chengfu was arrested and taken to Yutai. Ms. Zhu Xiujuan, 72, was arrested and later released on bail pending trial. Her home was ransacked. Mr. Ma Hongliang was arrested and taken to Liangshan. Xie Yugong (gender unknown) has been missing since October 28, 2021. Ms. Wang Xiling was arrested. More practitioners were arrested including Mr. Dalin, Ms. Li Hongxia, Ms. Chang Guifang, Mr. Wang Xuejun, and Mr. Man Zhengyu.

6. [Shanghai] Ms. Zhou Ling and Mr. Chen Jie Under Police Surveillance

During the Shanghai International Expo on November 4, 2021, Ms. Zhou Ling and Mr. Chen Jie were placed under police surveillance. The officers came to the residential community where they live to monitor them.

7. [Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Cao Xiaomei Persecuted

Since Ms. Cao Xiaomei escaped to avoid the persecution on September 14, 2021, the police have been searching for her. They went to the home of her daughter-in-law’s parent to look for her. They also went to the homes of her younger brother and her younger sister to search for her.

Ms. Cao’s son took his two-year-old son to visit his classmate around mid-to-late October 2021. His classmate’s home was 50 km away. Four police cars suddenly showed up there and his son was asked where his mother was. The police tracked his phone and followed him to his classmate’s place. Now Ms. Cao’s son has quit his job and stays at home to take care of his child and his grandparents. The police still come back to harass them from time to time.

8. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Ms. Cao Guirong Detained

Ms. Cao Guirong is currently detained in the Xiangyang Detention Center.

9. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Deng Chuanjiu Harassed

Mr. Deng Chuanjiu was released on October 15, 2021 after serving four years in prison. He was harassed by local community staff members and local police officers and was pressured to sign the three statements, which he refused.

10. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Six Practitioners Harassed

Ms. Zheng Xiuju, Ms. Zheng Qiuguo and Ms. Feng Rongmei live in Dutong Village, Dahe Town, Luquan District. Because they distributed truth clarifying materials in a neighboring village in March 2021, they were taken to the Dahe Police Station for interrogation.

The three practitioners were harassed in June 2021 by officer Bai Xiangnan from the Dahe Police Station and had samples of their blood taken in the police station.

Officers from the Dahe Police Station went to the three practitioners’ homes in July, August, and September 2021 and pressured them to write guarantee statements and to undergo a physical exam.

Practitioners from Dutong Village, including Zhou Sheng, Wang Fengyin, and Li Zhenfang, were also harassed by officers from the Dahe Police Station this year during the Zero-out campaign. Their family members were harassed and threatened as well.

11. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Xueqin Harassed

Ms. Sun Xueqin was arrested on May 18, 2021 and released on bail pending trial. Her family received a call from the Chengxi Police Station in Changle County on the afternoon of November 4, 2021, informing them that Ms. Sun went to the Xihe Community Office to take a photo. Ms. Sun did not go. The police called again the next day at around 10 a.m. on November 5, 2021. No one answered the call.

12. [Jining City, Shandong Province] Mr. Ma Hongliang Detained

Mr. Ma Hongliang is now detained in the Liangshan Detention Center.

13. [Tianjin] Mr. Zhang Guoqing and Ms. Feng Meiru Arrested and Detained

Mr. Zhang Guoqing, who is in his 50s, was reported to police by the village officials Gao Youguo and Wang Baowang in early September 2021 for talking to people about Falun Gong in Mapengwa Village. He was arrested and detained in the Wuqing Detention Center.

Ms. Feng Meiru, around 70, was recorded by surveillance cameras when she put up stickers around late July or early August 2021. She was arrested and detained in the Wuqing Detention Center.

14. [Yueyang City, Hunan Province] Ms. Jiang Shutao Arrested

Ms. Jiang Shutao, 66, lives in the residential compound of Hongri Industrial Co., Ltd. in the Jintao Development Zone. She was arrested on the train when she returned to Yueyang City from Guangzhou City on November 1, 2021.

15. [Dongying, Shandong Province] Five Practitioners Arrested or Detained

Officers from the Chaoyang Police Station in Haibin District went to the homes of Bai Xingwen and Ms. Yang on October 6, 2021. Ms. Ji Yingmei, Ms. Wang Ying and Mr. Li Long were there too. The officers claimed to take the practitioners to the Xianhe Town Hospital for nucleic acid tests, but they actually took them to a detention house. Ms. Bai and Ms. Yang were denied admission due to their high blood pressure. Mr. Li Long was beaten for refusing to take the physical exam.

Ms. Bai Xingwen, Ms. Yang and Mr. Li Long were released that evening. Ms. Wang Ying and Ms. Ji Yingmei were detained in the Niuzhuang Detention House.

16. [Huadian City, Jilin Province] Ms. Fang Zhilan Harassed

Ms. Fang Zhilan, who is in her 60s, lives in Xiaohongshi Village in Hongshi Town. She has been subjected to forced labor before. Several officers from the Hongshi Town Police Station including Yang, head of the police station, went to her home on October 18, 2021. They confiscated a photo of Falun Gong’s founder from her home.

17. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Wenjing Arrested

Ms. Wang Wenjing was arrested near her home when she returned from her work at around 5 p.m. on November 5, 2021. Her home was ransacked. She was taken to the Gongyuan Police Station. She was injured when those people forcibly took her bag and her house key from her. When she was examined in the hospital, she was found to have neck injuries. As a result, she had a hard time swallowing and was unable to raise her head when she lay down.

Ms. Wang refused to cooperate during the interrogation. She was placed in 10-day detention on the morning of November 6, 2021. It was later changed. Ms. Wang was released on bail pending trial that afternoon.

18. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Cui Weiwei Arrested and Detained

Ms. Cui Weiwei was arrested by officers from the Xingfu Police Station in the Chaoyang District on November 9, 2021. Her home was ransacked. Her personal belongings were confiscated including a computer, a printer, some paper bills imprinted with Falun Gong facts, 200,000 yuan, etc. Only her son’s cell phone has been returned.

Ms. Cui had two hearings in Chaoyang District Court on May 14, 2021 and September 5, 2021. Her family was not informed about them. The verdict has not come out yet. Ms. Cui has been detained in the No. 4 Detention Center for nearly one year.

19. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Fu Jinfeng Arrested and Detained

Ms. Fu Jinfeng, 59, was arrested by officers from the Dunzitang Police Station around October 16, 2021 for talking to people about Falun Gong. She was placed in 15-day administrative detention and was detained in a detention house. She was under official arrest on November 1, 2021 and was taken to the No. 1 Detention Center of Nanchang City.

The following practitioners are currently detained in the No. 1 Detention Center, including 73-year-old Ms. Liang Meihua, 75-year-old Ms. Mei Yufeng, 71-year-old Ms. Liu Yonghong, Ms. Lei Meirong, Ms. Xu Guizhen, and Ms. Lu Linxiang.

20. [Jingzhou City, Hubei Province] Ms. Feng Tingting Arrested and Detained

Ms. Feng Tingting was arrested on October 19, 2021 and has been detained for 20 days. Her electric bike was confiscated. Her family has not been informed where she was detained.

21. [Pingliang City, Gansu Province] Ms. Dou Xueqin Harassed

Ms. Dou Xueqin lives in Wangou Village, Baishui Township, Kongtong District. Three police officers went to her home around 3 p.m. on July 2, 2021 and took her to have a physical exam. She was then detained in the police department for one night. The next day, after she refused to sign a guarantee statement, she was placed in 10-day detention, which was later extended by another five days. A few days after she was released, she received a harassing call from police pressuring her to sign a guarantee statement.