Additional Persecution News from China – May 23, 2021 (17 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 12 cities or counties in 6 provinces, where at least 66 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhao Shanying Sentenced
2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Four Practitioners Transferred to Jilin Prison
3. [Beijing] Ms. Wang Lei Faces Trial
4. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhu Fuju Detained
5. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Practitioners’ Home Ransacked, Some Arrested
6. [Beijing] Ms. Yu Peiling Harassed After Imprisonment
7. [Beijing] Additional News on Mr. Ke Guoming’s Arrest
8. [Hengyang City, Hunan Province] Six Practitioners Harassed
9. [Guang’an City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Liu Guihua and Ms. Xu Mingzhen Arrested
10. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Hou Xicai Released on Bail
11. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Mr. Zhang Changming and Ms. Ling Li Arrested
13. [Macheng City, Hubei Province] Mr. Luo Liteng Arrested
14. [Baicheng City, Jilin Province] Ms. Du Mujing’s Family Harassed
15. [Meishan City, Sichuan Province] Additional News on Three Arrested Practitioners
16. [Qian’an City, Hebei Province] Practitioners Harassed
17. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Practitioners Harassed and Arrested

1. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhao Shanying Sentenced

Ms. Zhao Shanying was taken away from her home by officer Feng Xianlong from the Erdao Domestic Security Division on November 26, 2020. She was held in the “Sick Ward.” When her family went to the Chaoyang District Court on May 21, 2021 and asked about her situation, they were told that Ms. Zhao was sentenced to prison.

2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Four Practitioners Transferred to Jilin Prison

Mr. Meng Fanjun, Mr. Wang Kemin, Mr. Han Jianping, and Mr. Tan Qiucheng were transferred from the Siping City Detention Center to the Jilin Prison on May 21, 2021.

3. [Beijing] Ms. Wang Lei Faces Trial

Ms. Wang Lei has been detained for a year for distributing Falun Gong flyers. The Xicheng Court has scheduled a trial for May 25, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.

4. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Zhu Fuju Detained

Ms. Zhu Fuju was arrested by officers, including Gu Liya, from the Forestry Police Department on the evening of May 18, 2021. She was given criminal detention and held at the Forestry Bureau Detention Center. Police repeatedly ransacked her home and confiscated her personal belongings.

5. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Practitioners’ Home Ransacked, Some Arrested

The home of Ms. Zhao Yuqin, 80, was ransacked by officers from the Longtan District Police Department and the Longtan Police Station on the afternoon of May 13, 2021. The officers confiscated all of her Falun Gong books.

Police then checked each household in the two nearby buildings. They said someone hung Falun Gong banners and they were monitoring the area. They ransacked a rental property on the second floor, third gate, ninth building. It was recently leased to a female practitioner. They seized printers, banners, and many other items. Neighbors saw a young lady and a middle-age lady being handcuffed and taken away.

Two practitioners, mother and daughter who lived on the third floor, first gate, ninth building, were arrested on May 14, 2021. Police ransacked their home and confiscated many items. Their current whereabouts are unknown.

Song (first name and gender unknown) lived in the fifth floor, third gate, seventeenth building. Song was arrested but was released in the evening.

6. [Beijing] Ms. Yu Peiling Harassed After Imprisonment

Ms. Yu Peiling of Beijing was released from the Shandong Women’s Prison on February 14, 2021. It was her fourth sentencing. She was sentenced to three years and three months in prison and fined 5,000 yuan. She was incarcerated for a total of fourteen years and nine months.

When she returned home to Beijing, the police put her at the top of a monitoring list. Officers from the the Tianqiao Police Station, clerks from the street office and the neighborhood committee repeatedly harassed her at her home and made harassing calls. They ordered her not to contact any practitioners or talk about the persecution. She lost her low income qualification and thirteen years of service. They threatened to confiscate her home.

7. [Beijing] Additional News on Mr. Ke Guoming’s Arrest

Mr. Ke Guoming (also known as Ke Xingguo) was arrested at 8:00 a.m. on April 23, 2021. Four plainclothes officers from the Wanshou Road Police Station entered his home on the pretext of vaccinations. They arrested him, ransacked the place, and confiscated his Falun Gong books, cell phone, Falun Gong calendars, and other items. His wife, who was sitting in her wheelchair, begged them to release him. They threatened her, handcuffed him in front of her, and took him away. Ms. Li Yunying, who lives nearby, was arrested at the same time.

Mr. Ke was released on May 18. He learned that practitioners who visited his home, include Ms. Jia Xiaoling, were also arrested.

8. [Hengyang City, Hunan Province] Six Practitioners Harassed

Ms. Yang Yueping, Ms. Yuan Meiyun, Peng Chunhe (gender unknown), Kuang Yingmei (gender unknown), Ms. Hu Chengying, and Tan Weiqing (gender unknown) were harassed at home by officers from the police stations in Nanyue District around May 13, 2021. Some officers phoned in advance, while others just broke into the practitioners' homes.

9. [Guang’an City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Liu Guihua and Ms. Xu Mingzhen Arrested

Ms. Liu Guihua and Ms. Xu Mingzhen of Linshui County were arrested at the home of Yu (first name and gender unknown) on May 19, 2021. The officers had Ms. Xu identify practitioners from photos. Five or six of them were male practitioners. The officers also asked for information about a female practitioner in the county. Ms. Xu was released around midnight. Ms. Liu is being held at an unknown location.

10. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Hou Xicai Released on Bail

Mr. Hou Xicai of Mudanjiang City worked in Harbin City. He was arrested in front of his apartment building by officers from the Railroad Domestic Security Division when he left home to go to work at 7:00 a.m. on April 19, 2021. He was given criminal detention and held in the Harbin Detention Center.

He paid 2,000 yuan for bail and was released at 11:00 p.m. on May 19, 2021.

11. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Mr. Zhang Changming and Ms. Ling Li Arrested

Mr. Zhang Changming and his wife, Ms. Ling Li, were arrested by officers from the Yiyuan Street Police Station around May 18 to 20, 2021. It was learned that they are being held at a brainwashing center.

12. [Macheng City, Hubei Province] Four Practitioners Harassed

Ms. Zhang Hehua was harassed at home by six people, including Liu Wenliang, from the local residential committee on April 27, 2021. They ransacked her place and looked for anything related to Falun Gong. They photographed her against her will. They demanded her identity card and phone number. She refused to comply.

Ms. Zhang Meirong was harassed at home by three officers from the Qiting Police Station on April 22, 2021. The officers ransacked the place, confiscated three Falun Gong books, a picture of the founder of Falun Gong, and other items. They seized her family’s household registration card and her identity card.

When four officers went to Ms. Zhang’s home on April 24, she was not there. Four officers went to her home again on April 25. They arrested her and took her to the police station for interrogation. An officer associate wrote a guarantee statement denouncing Falun Gong in her name. The officers used force to press her fingerprint on it.

Officers from the Qiting Police Station went to Ms. Guo Menglan’s home on April 26, 2021. The door was locked, so they left. Six officers went to her home on April 27. She was out, and the officers had her husband phone her. She did not come home. They ordered her husband to relinquish the couple's identity cards and phone numbers.

Officers from the Qiting Police Station saw Ms. Zhang Wenying sweeping the street on April 27, 2021. They rushed over and barred her way. They photographed her and demanded her identity card and phone number.

13. [Macheng City, Hubei Province] Mr. Luo Liteng Arrested

Mr. Luo Liteng headed to Wuhan City for work on May 21, 2021. He was arrested for having Falun Gong content in his cell phone around 5:00 p.m. at the check point of the Macheng Railroad Station by officers from the Macheng Railroad Police Station. His home was ransacked at 1:00 a.m. His Falun Gong books, a picture of the founder of Falun Gong, 300 yuan in paper money printed with Falun Gong messages, and all of his Falun Gong materials were confiscated. His mother, practitioner Ms. Wu Yanwen, is missing.

Mr. Luo was once sentenced to 10 years in prison for practicing Falun Gong. His father, Mr. Luo Kaijun, was beaten to death for practicing Falun Gong by officers from the Zhongyi Police Station.

14. [Baicheng City, Jilin Province] Ms. Du Mujing’s Family Harassed

Ms. Du Mujing’s husband received a call from their community director on May 11, 2021. The director tried to deceive him into signing for her in the community office.

Her son, who lives in another city, received a call from her community officer on May 12, 2021. The officer asked if she was still practicing Falun Gong.

The community officer and clerks from her community knocked on her door on May 17, but nobody answered. They called her husband and ordered him to report to the community office the next morning and sign, on her behalf, on a document renouncing Falun Gong. Clerks from the community called her husband three times on May 18. Her husband did not answer the phone.

15. [Meishan City, Sichuan Province] Additional News on Three Arrested Practitioners

Ms. Wang Xuezhen, Liang Xuebin (gender unknown), and another practitioner (name and gender unknown) were arrested. Police had them undergo physical exams in a hospital and took them to the Pengshan Detention Center. The guards said they were elderly in their 70s or 80s and refused to admit them. They were released to their families the same day.

16. [Qian’an City, Hebei Province] Practitioners Harassed

Mr. He Haiwen and his wife, Ms. Cui Xiaoying, were harassed at home by two officers from the Wuchong’an Township Police Station on April 28, 2021. Officer Bai Xueguang questioned them and asked if they still practiced Falun Gong while the other officer videotaped them.

Ms. Cui Qingru was harassed at home by officers from the Wuchong’an Township Police Station on May 12, 2021. An officer called her daughter and demanded her cell number. Her daughter did not cooperate.

Ms. Zhou Huiting was harassed at home by three officers from the Kouzhuang Township Police Station one afternoon in mid-April 2021. The director of her village women's office led the way. They questioned if she still practiced Falun Gong and videotaped the process.

Ms. Liu Fengzhi was harassed at her home by officers from the Kouzhuang Township Police Station on April 15, 2021. They questioned her on whether she still practiced Falun Gong. They got her and her son’s cell numbers and took away several copies of Minghui Weekly.

Ms. Wang Yuhua was harassed at home by three officers from the Kouzhuang Township Police Station on April 19, 2021. They questioned her on whether she still practiced Falun Gong and videotaped the process.

Officers from Yanjiadian Township went to Mr. Liu Wuquan’s home on May 18, 2021. He was not at home. The officers asked his wife if he still practiced Falun Gong.

17. [Shulan City, Jilin Province] Practitioners Harassed and Arrested

From May 11 to 13, 2021, Shulan City Political and Legal Affairs Committee, Police Department, Domestic Security Division, and police stations arrested practitioners and their family members, ransacked their homes, subjected them to security detentions and criminal detentions. The officers did not knock on their doors, instead they climbed over fences around midnight, broke locks or doors, entered practitioners' homes, and seized their personal belongings.

At least eight practitioners were detained. They were Ms. Xu Zhiping, Ms. Wang Yanfen, Ms. Lian Shufang, Ms. Wang Chunling, Sun Rui (gender unknown), Zhao Ying (gender unknown), one (name and gender unknown) from Bao’an Village, and one (name and gender unknown) from Songlin Village.

Ms. Tang Baofen was given criminal detention.

Three were arrested. They were Mr. Xu Wenguo, Ms. Guo Xiuqing’s husband (non-practitioner), and Mr. An Yingqin (non-pracititioner, husband of Ms. Wang Chunling).

Ms. Liu Shuqin, Mr. Yang Jianwei, Ms. Li Yajie, and Ms. Jiang Jingfu were harassed. Their homes were ransacked.

Ms. Niu Yuxia, Ms. Zhao Shuyun, Ms. Zhang Yu’e, and Ms. Liu Jingfan were harassed. Police knocked on their doors.

Among the practitioners being harassed, the eldest one was in his or her 80s.