Additional Persecution News from China – March 19, 2021 (16 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 14 cities or counties in 10 provinces, where at least 29 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Tieling City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Qingxiang Taken to Prison
2. [Nong’an County, Jilin Province] Ms. Wu Dongmei Sentenced to Prison
3. [Baoji City, Shaanxi Province] Three Practitioners Arrested
4. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Several Practitioners Harassed
5. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Zhu Xiaohong’s Pay Deducted
6. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Liang Xiuying Detained
7. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Hou Yufei Harassed
8. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Han Qingbo Harassed
9. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Three Practitioners Arrested
10. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Four Practitioners Arrested
11. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Suping Held in Custody
12. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Ms. Jiang Yuzhi Arrested
13. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Zhang Qixiang Arrested
14. [Shantou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Cai Yuchan’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate
15. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Practitioner Chen Harassed
16. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Zhang Li Harassed

1. [Tieling City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Qingxiang Taken to Prison

Ms. Liu Qingxiang from the Qinghe District was arrested by deputy head You Xianchuan and others from the Qinghe District Domestic Security Division while she was talking to people about Falun Gong at a farmers’ market on May 11, 2020. Her home was ransacked.

Ms. Liu was sentenced to three years in prison by the Qinghe District Court in August. She was transferred to Shenyang Women’s Prison from the Tieling City Detention Center in early February 2021.

2. [Nong’an County, Jilin Province] Ms. Wu Dongmei Sentenced to Prison

Ms. Wu Dongmei was sentenced to seven years in prison.

3. [Baoji City, Shaanxi Province] Three Practitioners Arrested

Ms. Yang Xiaohong, Ms. Li Genqiao, and Ms. Li’s sister from the Weibin District were reported to the police when they spoke to people about Falun Gong on the afternoon of March 11, 2021. They were arrested by officers from the Jing’er Road Police Station. Their homes were ransacked.

Ms. Yang is being detained for 15 days at the Jintai Detention Center. The Li sisters’ current whereabouts are unknown.

4. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Several Practitioners Harassed

Three officers from the Wuliugang Police Station in the High-tech Zone went to Ms. Yuan Bixiu’s home and confiscated music players on the morning of March 10, 2021. Then they knocked on the doors of Ms. Liu Xiaoli and Ms. Tan Xiaorong and harassed them.

The officers went to Ms. Tan’s home and took her to the police station on March 11. They photographed her with their cell phones, cursed her, and slandered her. They pressured her to write and sign a guarantee statement to renounce Falun Gong. She refused. Her son took her home after 8 p.m. that evening.

Officers also went to the homes of Mr. Gong Shuliang and Duan Jiyong (gender unknown) and harassed them on the morning of March 11, 2021.

5. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Zhu Xiaohong’s Pay Deducted

Ms. Zhu Xiaohong, who worked at the Zhuolu Mining Co., Ltd. of Zhang Mining Group, went to Beijing to speak out for Falun Gong in 2002. Company representatives took her home.

Her 5,000-yuan deposit in the company savings association was frozen, and the company’s accounting section never resolved the issue. When the company had to settle its accounts on May 7, 2020, they deducted 4,600 yuan from her deposit and returned only 400 yuan to her.

6. [Kunming City, Yunnan Province] Ms. Liang Xiuying Detained

Ms. Liang Xiuying, 71, from Kunyang Town, Jinning County, was reported to the police and was arrested by officers from the Kunyang Police Station on March 4, 2021. She was placed under criminal detention at the Kunming City Detention Center.

7. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Hou Yufei Harassed

Two people from the Qianjin District Political and Legal Affairs Committee and six people from the Yong’an Sub-district Administration Office and Yi’an Community went to Hou Yufei’s (gender unknown) work unit on February 22, 2021. They pressure Hou to sign paperwork renouncing Falun Gong. Hou refused.

8. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Han Qingbo Harassed

Officer Wang Liang from the Hexing Road Police Station and director Wang Yuying of the Kexing Community in the Nangang District went to Mr. Han Qingbo’s home in the Keda Residential Community and harassed him around 8 p.m. on March 16, 2021. They asked him if he still practiced Falun Gong.

9. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Three Practitioners Arrested

People from the Ciyinsi Police Station and the community residential committee broke into Mr. Wang Xueping’s home and photographed and ransacked the place on March 11, 2021. They confiscated all of Mr. Wang's Falun Dafa books and over 1,000 yuan in paper bills with Falun Gong information printed on them. Mr. Wang’s wife was at home and appeared to be seriously ill. After they finished searching his home the officers interrogated him for over an hour.

Ms. Lu Xiuqiong and Ms. Tang Suqiong, who were reading the Falun Gong teachings with Mr. Wang and his wife, were arrested and taken to the police station for interrogation. They were released a few hours later.

10. [Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province] Four Practitioners Arrested

Mr. Li Wenyi, Ms. Zhang Bingkun, and two elderly practitioners were arrested by officers from the Dongcheng Police Station and the Xicheng Police Station in Tangyuan County on March 18, 2021.

11. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhang Suping Held in Custody

Ms. Zhang Suping was arrested at a highway ramp in early March 2021 and is being held in custody.

12. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Ms. Jiang Yuzhi Arrested

Ms. Jiang Yuzhi from Dongshenjiatun Village, Yumin Township, was arrested at home and taken to a brainwashing center by village security director Zhang Zhiquan and police officers on the morning of March 18, 2021. Ms. Jiang was to spend seven days there.

At the same time, they took a neighbor named Lijie to the center and paid Lijie 100 yuan a day to monitor Ms. Jiang.

On the afternoon of March 15, community staff members called and harassed the family members of Ms. Liu Shuzhen and Ms. Yang Yinghui, but their family members resisted the harassment.

13. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Zhang Qixiang Arrested

Zhang Qixiang (gender unknown) from the Wendeng District was arrested while talking to people about Falun Gong on the morning of March 16, 2021.

14. [Shantou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Cai Yuchan’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate

Ms. Cai Yuchan from Lianzhong Village, Waisha Town, the Longhu District, was reported to the police when she talked to people about Falun Gong at a supermarket on the afternoon of December 12, 2020. She was arrested by officers from the Jichang Police Station.

Her case was turned over to the Longhu District Procuratorate on February 23, 2021. They transferred her case to the Jinping District Procuratorate on February 5.

Her lawyer went to the Jinping District Procuratorate to review her files and met with her at the Tuopu Detention Center.

15. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Practitioner Chen Harassed

Changlun Community Committee staff and a residential officer from the Wuchang District broke into the home of Chen (gender unknown) on the evening of March 18, 2021. They pressured Chen to write the three statements renouncing Falun Gong, otherwise they would take Chen to a brainwashing center.

16. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Zhang Li Harassed

Officers from the Datang Street Police Station, the Yuexiu District Police Department, and the Huale Street Police Station called and harassed Ms. Zhang Li’s husband on March 8, 2021. They said that Ms. Zhang had been released on bail for three months and she had to go to the police station for questioning.

The officers threatened that if she did not go, they would come to her home.

Ms. Zhang and her husband went to the Datang Street Police Station at 9 a.m. on March 9 as officer Cao had demanded.

On March 10, officers from the Yuexiu District Police Department and the Huale Street Police Station ransacked the couple’s home while Ms. Zhang was not at home. They confiscated Falun Dafa books, keepsakes, and several U discs.