(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 13 cities or counties in 9 provinces, where at least 23 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.
1. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Liu Lixia Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison
2. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Liu Lan Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
3. [Kaifeng City, Henan Province] Ms. Wang Ying Sentenced to One Year in Prison
4. [Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province] Homes of Ms. Wang Guofang and Ms. Lin Zhenghua Ransacked
5. [Kaifeng City, Henan Province] Ms. Ji Hairong and Ms. Cai Yuhua Arrested
6. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wei Caiyan’s Pension Suspended
7. [Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Yang Haiyan Arrested
8. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhang Liyun Arrested
9. [Leshan City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Shen Guixiang Arrested
10. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Ms. Chen Shujie Repeatedly Harassed
11. [Huanggang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Chen Yuying and Ms. Zhang Baolin Arrested
12. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Homes of Ms. Zhao Guozhen and Ms. Chen Lanzhi Ransacked
13. [Xinji City, Hebei Province] Mr. Cai Hengjun’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate
14. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhou Lifen Detained
15. [Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Yang Rong Arrested
16. [Yangquan City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Zhu Shengxiao Harassed
17. [Tianjin] Ms. Gao Chun’e and Family Harassed
18. [Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Mr. Sun Donggui Harassed
19. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhu Lulin Repeatedly Harassed
1. [Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Liu Lixia Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison
Ms. Liu Lixia was arrested by officers from the Bao’an District Police Department for using paper bills with Falun Gong content written on them in a supermarket in the Bao’an District. The officers ransacked her home and confiscated 2,500 paper bills with Falun Gong messages. They copied Falun Gong-related documents off her computer. She is being held in the Nanshan District Detention Center.
She has been sentenced to 8 years by the Nanshan District Court.
2. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Liu Lan Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
Ms. Liu Lan, 56, from the Xinzhou District was arrested at her rented lodgings by plainclothes officers who staked out there at noon on October 17, 2019. She has been held in the Wuhan City No. 1 Detention Center. The detention center staff secretly mixed drugs into her food. It was reported recently that she was secretly sentenced to four years in prison and fined 4,000 yuan. She has appealed.
3. [Kaifeng City, Henan Province] Ms. Wang Ying Sentenced to One Year in Prison
Ms. Wang Ying was followed and arrested in May 2020. She was held in a detention center. It was reported recently that she was sentenced to one year in prison. There is no information on where she is being held.
4. [Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province] Homes of Ms. Wang Guofang and Ms. Lin Zhenghua Ransacked
Officers from the Wangcang County Domestic Security Division and the Donghe Town Police Station harassed Ms. Wang Guofang on the afternoon of December 9, 2020. They ransacked her home and confiscated photos of the founder of Falun Gong, Falun Dafa books, and copies of Minghui Weekly.
Nine officers from the Wangcang County Domestic Security Division and the Donghe Town Police Station broke into Ms. Lin Zhenghua’s home on December 11.
They asked her if she still practiced Falun Gong. They then ransacked her home without a warrant and confiscated photos of the founder of Falun Gong, Falun Dafa books, and an incense burner.
5. [Kaifeng City, Henan Province] Ms. Ji Hairong and Ms. Cai Yuhua Arrested
Ms. Cai Yuhua and Ms. Ji Hairong were recorded by video surveillance cameras when they were handing a Falun Dafa keepsake to a street cleaner on the morning of January 26, 2021. Within three minutes, they were arrested by officers from the Tieta Police Station. They were taken to the Shunhe Police Department, and both of their homes were ransacked.
On the afternoon of January 27, Ms. Cai was released on bail due to high blood pressure. Ms. Ji was taken to a detention center.
6. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wei Caiyan’s Pension Suspended
In August 2020, Ms. Wei Caiyan’s pension was suspended without notice. She lives in the Jiutai District.
7. [Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Yang Haiyan Arrested
Division head Chen Gang of the Shuocheng District Domestic Security Division and three officers broke into Ms. Yang Haiyan’s home and ransacked it on January 29, 2021.
They confiscated photos of the founder of Falun Gong, Falun Dafa books, calendars, and small speakers. Ms. Yang was taken to the police department. She was not released that day.
8. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Mr. Zhang Liyun Arrested
On his way home from a trip, Mr. Zhang Liyun from Qingshan Township was arrested by an unidentified official and taken to a detention center at around 10 p.m. on January 26, 2021. The detention center refused to accept him. He is being quarantined in a police department.
9. [Leshan City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Shen Guixiang Arrested
Ms. Shen Guixiang from Tangfang Township, Shuangfu Town, Jiajiang County, went to Ganjiang farmers market to tell people the facts about Falun Gong and was arrested on her way home.
10. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Ms. Chen Shujie Repeatedly Harassed
In early April 2020, Fu Yadong of the Huachang Sub-district Administration Office twice went to harass Ms. Chen Shujie in the health center where she worked and pressured her to sign the three statements.
Personnel from the Huachang Sub-district Administration Office and the Tiexi Community went to the health center to harass Ms. Chen on November 27, 2020. Ms. Chen was operating on a patient at the time. Just as she finished, the head of the department told her that four people from Huachang Sub-district Administration Office were there to see her. They pressured her to write the three statements and took out cell phones to take pictures of her. She refused.
11. [Huanggang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Chen Yuying and Ms. Zhang Baolin Arrested
Ms. Chen Yuying and Ms. Zhang Baolin from Baiguo Town, Macheng City, were reported to the police by Lijiatai Village officials for talking to people about Falun Gong in the village on January 15, 2021. Both women were arrested and taken to the Baiguo Police Station. They were taken to the Hong’an County Detention Center on January 21.
Ms. Chen was released that evening for failing the physical exam. The officers ransacked her home the following day and confiscated Falun Dafa books.
Ms. Zhang was detained for five days and returned home on January 26, 2021.
12. [Jinan City, Shandong Province] Homes of Ms. Zhao Guozhen and Ms. Chen Lanzhi Ransacked
Ms. Zhao Guozhen, 79, from the Licheng District was caught on video surveillance cameras at an activity center when she was distributing Falun Gong materials in the north Huayuan area, Hongjialou Sub-district, on the afternoon of December 2, 2020.
Zhang Xiaoguang and other officers from the Hongjialou Police Station and Domestic Security officers went to Ms. Zhao’s home the following morning and confiscated Falun Dafa books. She was released on bail and fined 1,000 yuan.
On January 15, 2021, Ms. Chen Lanzhi, 85, put five small calendars with “Minghui Faxes” flyers in them on stone benches in Daminghu Park. Two security guards followed her and reported her to the police. She was arrested and taken to the Daminghu Police Station.
Ms. Chen was released around 10 that night. The officers ransacked her home but did not find anything they were looking for. They told her daughter to pay 1,000 yuan. They also said that Ms. Chen’s 3,000 yuan fine from last year would not be returned.
13. [Xinji City, Hebei Province] Mr. Cai Hengjun’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate
Mr. Cai Hengjun from Dongchenjiazhuang Village, Nanzhiqiu Town, Xinji City, Hebei Province, was taking care of his son’s child in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province.
He was arrested at his son’s home by officers from the Longtian Police Station in Shenzhen City on October 2, 2020. He is being held in the Longgang Detention Center in Shenzhen City. His family learned on January 17, 2021, that his case was turned over to the Yantian Procuratorate on January 14.
14. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhou Lifen Detained
Ms. Zhou Lifen was arrested and taken to the Jinkou Police Station for talking to people about Falun Gong in Jinkou Town, the Jiangxia District, on the afternoon of January 21, 2021. She refused to cooperate during the interrogation and was taken to the Jiangxia Police Department that evening. The following day, she was taken to the Wuhan City No. 1 Detention Center for 10 days of detention.
15. [Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Yang Rong Arrested
Ms. Yang Rong was arrested by officers from the Nanen Police Station at the Niuxu Farmer Market in the Jiangcheng District on January 22, 2021. Her home was ransacked. She is being held in the Yangjiang City Detention Center.
Ms. Yang was sent to a forced labor camp for three years in 2001.
16. [Yangquan City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Zhu Shengxiao Harassed
Personnel from the Chaoyang Community and sub-district administration office broke into the home of 75-year-old Ms. Zhu Shengxiao in early 2021.
They saw photos of the founder of Falun Gong and told Ms. Zhu to put them away. Ms. Zhu refused. They told her that this was part of the zero-out campaign.
Three or four days later, the community leader and the sub-district administration office specialists who persecuted Falun Gong came to harass her again. They pressured Ms. Zhu to put away the photos of the founder of Falun Gong.
17. [Tianjin] Ms. Gao Chun’e and Family Harassed
Ms. Gao Chun’e is retired from the Offshore Oil General Hospital in Bohai Oil Zone III. Her second daughter received a phone call from someone claiming to be an officer with the Nanjiang Police Department on January 28, 2021. The officer claimed to be conducting a household survey and asked for her home address.
Such police harassment upset her, her husband, and her daughter.
18. [Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Mr. Sun Donggui Harassed
Mr. Sun Donggui from Fangmao Village, Hengshanqiao Town, Economic Development Zone, was harassed at home by three people from the town government on January 29, 2021. They meant to interfere with her practicing Falun Dafa.
19. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhu Lulin Repeatedly Harassed
From August 20 to October 9, 2020, several community staff members frequently called and harassed Ms. Zhu Lulin. They pressured her to sign guarantee statements renouncing Falun Gong, and repeatedly tried to coerce her to “transform” and give up practicing Falun Gong. They also threatened that the police would come to her home. Ms. Zhu refused to cooperate and told them she would not sign such statements.
After returning from vacation on October 15, she was told to go talk to the supervisor at work. The supervisor encouraged her to sign the guarantee statements and threatened that if she did not sign, it would adversely impact her child’s future and her husband’s job. Ms. Zhu refused. The supervisor threatened that she could be fired.
On the evening of October 22, community staff member Li Jing and others harassed her at home. They videotaped her and her family with cellphones.
On October 27, Li Jing called Ms. Zhu’s husband and pressured him to sign paperwork on behalf of his wife, but he refused.
On November 11, community staff member Wang called her husband and asked him to persuade Ms. Zhu to sign the paperwork, which he refused to do.
On November 16, the general manager of her department and the executive in charge of the department talked to her and pressured her to sign the guarantee statements or she would be fired.
