(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 22 cities or counties in 12 provinces, where at least 32 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.
1. [Shanghai] Ms. Yao Guizhen’s Original Verdict Upheld
2. [Beijing] Ms. Shan Shujiang Arrested
3. [Linjiang City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Jinghua Arrested
4. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhao Shanying and Family Members Arrested
5. [Neijiang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Liu Erwa Arrested
6. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Chen Dechun Arrested
7. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zeng Bifang Arrested
8. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Ms. Wu Yuedi Displaced
9. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Shuxiang Taken to Detention Center
10. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Three Practitioners Arrested
11. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Homes of Ms. Li Meijun and Ms. Wang Zhongfang Ransacked
12. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Teng Wenzhi Held in Detention Center
13. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Duan Xiuguo Harassed
14. [Xinxiang City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhang Cuiyun’s Home Ransacked
15. [Tongcheng County, Hubei Province] Ms. Lei Shengli’s Pension Suspended
16. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Tong Li and Ms. Li Yanxia Missing
17. [Yongzhou City, Hunan Province] Ms. Xiao Minhua Facing Trial
18. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Tian Guoyou’s Wife and Son Arrested
19. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Huang Lihua’s Daughter Harassed
20. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Xiao Fengzhi Arrested
21. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Han Harassed
22. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Zhang Yutang and Mr. Zhang Chuanfu Arrested
23. [Jinchang City, Gansu Province] Ms. Chong Jinxia Harassed
1. [Shanghai] Ms. Yao Guizhen’s Original Verdict Upheld
Ms. Yao Guizhen was sentenced to four years and three months in prison and fined 20,000 yuan.
The Jing’an District Intermediate Court upheld her original verdict on November 29, 2020. It is not clear whether she is in the Baoshan Detention Center or in prison.
2. [Beijing] Ms. Shan Shujiang Arrested
Ms. Shan Shujiang from the Shunyi District was harassed by four or five officers from the Liqiao Town Police Station and village women’s association staff members on January 7, 2021. They had just finished searching her bedroom and took pictures of Zhuan Falun on the table.
Ms. Shan wasn taken to the police station and then to Shunyi Hospital for nucleic acid testing. Four or five officers ransacked her home again that afternoon and confiscated Falun Dafa books and keepsakes. Ms. Shan was released at noon on January 8.
3. [Linjiang City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Jinghua Arrested
Ms. Li Jinghua was arrested by division head Shen Youfa of the Domestic Security Division in October 2020. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
4. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhao Shanying and Family Members Arrested
Feng Xianlong and other officers from the Erdao Domestic Security Division arrested 74-year-old Ms. Zhao Shanying on November 26, 2020. She is still being held in the disease monitoring ward set up by the police department in Changchun Hospital.
During that time, Ms. Zhao’s son Mr. Zhu Xiaoguang went to the Rongguang Road Police Station to demand her release several times but was not successful. He learned that his mother’s case had been turned over the Erdao Procuratorate.
Officers including Jiang Tiecong from the Hongqi Street Police Station arrested Mr. Zhu and his wife Ms. Yang Li on December 16, 2020. They ransacked their home and confiscated a computer, cell phones, Falun Dafa books, five USB drives, and two mobile hard drives. Mr. Zhu was released that evening for health reasons.
Ms. Yang was taken to the Changchun City No. 4 Detention Center. Her case was turned over to the Chaoyang Procuratorate.
Shenzhen Street Police Station officers called Mr. Zhu and harassed him on January 18, 2021.
5. [Neijiang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Liu Erwa Arrested
Mr. Liu Erwa, in his 40s, from the Dongxing District was arrested at his own shop on December 20, 2020, for distributing Falun Gong materials.
6. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Chen Dechun Arrested
Ms. Chen Dechun from the Changqing Company was arrested by the Pengzhou City police on January 19, 2021.
7. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zeng Bifang Arrested
Ms. Zeng Bifang, 67, was arrested by Sanjie Town Police Station officers on December 28, 2020. They took her to the Pengzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for a physical exam and then to the police department to interrogate her. She was forced to sit in an iron chair and had a sample of her blood taken against her will.
She was held in the detention center for six days.
8. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Ms. Wu Yuedi Displaced
When Ms. Wu Yuedi put Falun Gong materials in the basket of an electric car on January 9, 2021, the owner saw her and reported her to the police. She was arrested by Wanghu Police Station officers who then ransacked her home and confiscated photos of the founder of Falun Gong and printed materials. The police came to harass her again over the next few days. She could not return home and was displaced.
9. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Shuxiang Taken to Detention Center
Ms. Li Shuxiang from the Weicheng District was arrested by plainclothes officers from the Beiguan Police Station for talking to people about Falun Gong at the intersection of Xiangyang Road and Beigong Street on January 11, 2021.
The police took her for a physical exam on January 12 and made her eldest daughter pay 1,200 yuan for it. They ransacked her home that afternoon and confiscated all her Falun Dafa books and 500 yuan in paper bills with Falun Gong information printed on them. She was taken to the Changyi Detention Center.
10. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Three Practitioners Arrested
Ms. Sun Xiu’e, Ms. Li Guihua, Mr. Chen Jun, and other practitioners were harassed over the phone by officers of the Liaocheng Railway Station Police Station on January 12, 2021. The officers convinced them to come to the police station to pick up security deposits on January 13. Ms. Sun and Ms. Li were taken into custody when they did.
Zhou Shengqiao and other officers from the Dongchangfu District Domestic Security Division harassed Mr. Chen Jun and Lu Fengyun (gender unknown) in the Pipeline Bureau family quarters on the morning of January 13.
11. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Homes of Ms. Li Meijun and Ms. Wang Zhongfang Ransacked
Officers from the Yunshan Town Police Station in Pingdu City went to Shanwang Village and ransacked Ms. Li Meijun’s home on the morning of January 19, 2021. They confiscated a printer, Falun Dafa books, and printed materials.
Then they went to Diaoyutai Village and ransacked Ms. Wang Zhongfang’s home. Her son’s home was also ransacked.
12. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Teng Wenzhi Held in Detention Center
Ms. Teng Wenzhi was arrested by Shangjing Police Station officers on the afternoon of December 26, 2020. She was transferred from the police station to the Longgang Detention Center on January 1, 2021.
On January 5, Ms. Teng’s family hired a lawyer to make an appointment for the first time to meet with her on January 11. The detention center canceled the meeting due to a conflict with interrogation schedules. On January 15, the lawyer made another appointment to meet with Ms. Teng, but the detention center refused on the grounds that the lawyer's documents did not meet the requirements.
13. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Duan Xiuguo Harassed
Deputy head Li Shiping of Wanquan Town in the Wanquan District, director Liu Quansheng of Dongqiao Village, and six police officers broke into Ms. Duan Xiuguo’s home on January 15, 2021.
They pressured her to sign the three statements, but she refused. They then pressured her non-practitioner husband to sign them. They threatened that if the couple did not sign the statements, they would arrest her. They kept pushing Ms. Duan until she fell down. Her husband was afraid that they would take her away and signed the statements against his will.
They also ransacked the home and confiscated photos of the founder of Falun Gong and about 18 Falun Dafa books.
14. [Xinxiang City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhang Cuiyun’s Home Ransacked
Ms. Zhang Cuiyun’s home was ransacked by Hongqi District Police Department officers at the end of December 2020. Her computer was confiscated.
15. [Tongcheng County, Hubei Province] Ms. Lei Shengli’s Pension Suspended
Ms. Lei Shengli’s pension has been suspended since November 2019. Her pension in 2019 was over 3,800 yuan per month. Based on calculations by the country retirement bureau, Ms. Lei had to return 207,460.69 yuan. Her family borrowed from everyone they could think of and returned 138,243 yuan.
Ms. Lei was sentenced to three years in prison (April 2012 to April 2015) for practicing Falun Gong.
16. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Tong Li and Ms. Li Yanxia Missing
Ms. Tong Li, 43, and Ms. Li Yanxia, 67, from the Hanyang District were arrested for talking to people about Falun Gong on Chuhehan Street, Zhongbei Road in the Wuchang District, on January 1, 2021. They were released at 12 a.m. that night.
On January 12, both of them disappeared and their current whereabouts are unknown.
17. [Yongzhou City, Hunan Province] Ms. Xiao Minhua Facing Trial
Ms. Xiao Minhua, 70, was sentenced to one year in prison in April 2017 (starting in April 2017 and ending in April 2018) for adhering to her belief and telling people the facts about Falun Gong.
According to instructions from the district 610 Office, the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau has withheld her pension since September 2018.
She was held in a forced labor camp for two years and spent five years in prison before 2018. Her pension paid to her during those years has also been deducted, totaling over 300,000 yuan.
Ms. Xiao brought charges against the Lingling District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau at the Dao County Court in August 2020 for illegally suspending her pension.
The Dao County Court ruled that the Lingling District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau should pay Ms. Xiao except for the one year she was in prison (from April 2017 to April 2018).
The Lingling Human Resources and Social Security Bureau refused to accept the judgment and appealed to the Yongzhou Intermediate Court. The Yongzhou Intermediate Court will hold a hearing on January 26, 2021.
18. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Tian Guoyou’s Wife and Son Arrested
Over ten officers from the Xiangyang Police Department and the Xidayingzi Police Station in the Longcheng District broke into Mr. Tian Guoyou’s home and ransacked it on the morning of January 19, 2021. They confiscated a computer, a printer, and tens of thousands of yuan in cash.
The police wanted to take Mr. Tian’s wife away. His wife was watching their two grandchildren. The police went to where their daughter-in-law worked and ordered her to go home to watch the children.
Mr. Tian’s wife and son were arrested by Xiangyang Police Department officers.
19. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Huang Lihua’s Daughter Harassed
Someone with the Gongren Residential Community in Suizhong County called Ms. Huang Lihua’s daughter on January 18, 2021. The daughter was pressured to sign three statements on behalf of her mother, but she refused to. She was told to “transform” her mother, which she also refused to do. The caller planned to show up in person.
20. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Xiao Fengzhi Arrested
Ms. Xiao Fengzhi was arrested by Suizhong Domestic Security officers on January 6, 2021. They ransacked her home and confiscated Falun Gong informational materials.
Officers ransacked the homes of several practitioners in Wangjiadian Village recently and confiscated Falun Dafa books and printed materials.
Division head Wang Baomin and deputy head Liu Huanyu of the Suizhong County Domestic Security Division ransacked Ms. Li Xiaoming’s barbershop on January 14. They confiscated Falun Dafa books and arrested Ms. Li and her third sister Ms. Li Xiaoguang. The sisters returned home after 5 p.m.
21. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Han Harassed
Officer Wang Liang from the Hexing Road Police Station called Mr. Han’s wife on January 14, 2021, and told her that community staff members would come to her home to take pictures.
Party secretary Wang Yuying and the deputy secretary of the Keda Community showed up at Mr. Han’s door to take pictures of his family members at around 6 p.m. on January 18. The family warned them not to take pictures.
22. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Zhang Yutang and Mr. Zhang Chuanfu Arrested
Party secretary Han Xianji of Mishan Town talked to Mr. Zhang Yutang and pressured him to write a guarantee statement on December 11, 2020.
On the afternoon of December 17, seven police officers knocked on Mr. Zhang’s door several times, but he did not open up.
Cao Hai, head of the Armed Forces Department of Mishan Town, and six or seven officers from the No. 4 Police Station harassed Mr. Zhang at home at around 9:30 p.m. on December 18.
Mr. Zhang Chuanfu was arrested after work by officers from the No. 4 Police Station in front of his home on December 21. They confiscated Falun Dafa books, two cell phones, two small speakers, and over 2,000 yuan in cash.
They took Mr. Zhang to the police station for interrogation. Mr. Zhang was later taken to the Mishan Detention Center and held for 10 days.
During that time, Cao Hai and others went to the home of Mr. Zhang’s daughter and harassed her several times. They asked her to sign her parents’ names on three statements, but she refused to.
Mr. Zhang’s son-in-law later agreed to sign the statements and they stopped harassing the family. That round of harassment cost Mr. Zhang’s family almost 3,000 yuan.
23. [Jinchang City, Gansu Province] Ms. Chong Jinxia Harassed
A Jinchuan Road Police Station officer called Ms. Chong Jinxia’s husband on January 16, 2021, to tell him his wife had to come to the police station so that they could collect her personal information. The police said they were collecting the personal information of all “convicted” persons. Ms. Chong refused to go.
The police station called her on January 18 and 19, ordering her to come to the station to get her information. They threatened to go to her home if she did not.
