Additional Persecution News from China – August 7, 2021 (9 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 7 cities or counties in 6 provinces, where at least 13 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Longkou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yuan Yuqin Faces Imprisonment
2. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Zhao Kai Officially Arrested
3. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhu Sufang Harassed
4. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Luo Libin Sentenced to Prison
5. [Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region] Ms. Deng Qiuli Taken to Brainwashing Center
6. [Fuxin City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Guifeng Arrested
7. [Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Dai Yuzhi Arrested
8. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] Ms. Cui Qunying Faces Trial Again
9. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Several Practitioners Harassed

1. [Longkou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yuan Yuqin Faces Imprisonment

Ms. Yuan Yuqin was arrested by officers from the Longkou City Domestic Security Division on July 3, 2019. They tracked her down through cell phone signals. She was held in the Yantai Detention Center. The lawyer hired by her family was repeatedly prevented from meeting with her.

Ms. Yuan was tried and sentenced to four years in prison via video link by the Longkou Court on June 18, 2020. The prison refused to admit her as she failed the medical examination. She has since returned home.

Domestic security officer Guo Fudui kept making phone calls to harass and intimidate Ms. Yuan’s family members. Guo told her she needed to regularly report to the Longkou Domestic Security Division. Guo said that as soon as Ms. Yuan passed the physical examination, she would immediately be put in prison.

Around July 3, 2021, Ms. Yuan was required to undergo multiple rounds of physical examinations by the Domestic Security Division. She failed the examination five times, and the Shandong Women’s Prison refused to accept her. Guo later told her family that from now on, she would have to undergo a monthly physical examination for three consecutive months.

On July 23, Guo went to Jinan City, arrested Ms. Yuan, and took her back to Longkou City. Guo “arranged” for her to be hospitalized in the Beihai Hospital in Yantai City, and to undergo a laboratory test once a day. The intention was to send her to prison as soon as she was physically qualified. Guo threatened to have her imprisoned before August 10.

2. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Zhao Kai Officially Arrested

Mr. Zhao Kai was arrested at his father-in-law’s home by officers from the Lijiang Police Station, Daoli District, on the morning of June 10, 2021. He has been officially placed under arrest and is being held in a detention center.

Mr. Zhao’s father-in-law was frightened and worried. He passed away at the end of June. Mr. Zhao’s nearly 80-year-old mother-in-law, physically weak wife and a two-year-old child were left at home. His arrest has made his family’s lives difficult.

Despite the psychological blow of Mr. Zhao’s arrest and his father-in-law’s death, Daoli District Domestic Security officers disregarded the grief of his wife as she mourned her father-in-law. They promptly called her to the police station to gather information about Mr. Zhao and the rest of the family. The family has endured significant psychological pressure and harm.

3. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhu Sufang Harassed

Ms. Zhu Sufang from Wenjing Township, Xinjin District was doing farm work in the fields on the morning of May 8, 2021. A woman walked into the fields and started taking pictures of her. Ms. Zhu stopped her.

On the morning of July 6, Ms. Zhu sold vegetables at the farmers market and was about to go home. Xie Fei and Party secretary Zhou of the Wenjing Township Comprehensive Management Office came to her car and rummaged through her personal items. They did not find anything they wanted.

4. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Luo Libin Sentenced to Prison

Mr. Luo Libin was tried on July 27, 2021. He was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and fined 30,000 yuan. He will be taken to prison soon.

5. [Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region] Ms. Deng Qiuli Taken to Brainwashing Center

Ms. Deng Qiuli was arrested by officers from the Nanhu Police Station on June 16, 2021, for distributing information about Falun Gong. She was detained for 15 days and returned home on July 1. On July 4, she was taken to a brainwashing center by the local Political and Legal Affairs Committee.

6. [Fuxin City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Liu Guifeng Arrested

Ms. Liu Guifeng from Fuxin City, Liaoning Province, went to Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, to help babysit her daughter’s child. She was arrested by Shaoxing police on July 24, 2021, for talking to people about Falun Gong. Further information is pending.

7. [Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Dai Yuzhi Arrested

Ms. Dai Yuzhi, 75, was taken to the Zhen’an District Court, Dandong City, by her family on August 2, 2021. She was arrested for validating the Fa and clarifying the truth. It is not clear where she is being held.

Ms. Dai was arrested by officers including Yu Zilong from the Fenghuangcheng Police Department on May 25, 2020, for distributing Falun Gong informational materials in the Longyuancheng Residential Community. She was taken to a detention center, which refused to admit her as her blood pressure was extremely high. She was taken home.

On November 7, 2020, Ms. Dai’s family took her to the Zhen’an District Procuratorate, where she refused to be “transformed.” The procuratorate brought her case to the court and told her to go home and wait for court notification.

After that, she left home and remained displaced for a few months. The Zhen’an District Court looked for her several times in order to place her on trial.

When Ms. Dai returned home recently, people from the community management office and the Fengcheng Police Department relied on her family to try to force her to “transform.” Her family took her to the court. Once there, Ms. Dai refused to renounce Falun Gong and continued to clarify the truth. The police arrested her.

8. [Yanji City, Jilin Province] Ms. Cui Qunying Faces Trial Again

Ms. Cui Qunying from Chaoyangchuan Town was scheduled to be tried again on August 10, 2021.

9. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Several Practitioners Harassed

Zeng Renquan from the Wenjia Village Committee in Longfeng Town, Pengzhou City, and three other people went to Ms. Wu Kaiyu’s home and photographed it in April 2021. Village Party secretary Wang and two others went to her home and took pictures in early May.

Ms. Li Daixiu and Ms. Xie Zhangyun were reported to the police in November 2017 for talking to people about Falun Gong in Danjingshan Town. They were arrested by officers from the Longfeng Town Police Station. The officers body-searched them, ransacked their homes, and confiscated Falun Gong books, photos of the founder of Falun Gong, a copy of Hongyin, and other printed materials.

On July 20, 2021, Party secretary of the Li’an Community and Tian Jun and Zhou Li from the Pengzhou City “Care Center” went to Ms. Yang Tingju’s home. They pressured her to sign paperwork, which she refused. They threatened, “If you don’t sign, the police will come after you, and you will be given a hard time when you come to the community office to process any routine requests.”

Two officers from the Fanjiang Road Police Station and two people, responsible for monitoring Internet content in Leiyin Village, Tianpeng Town, pried open the windows and broke into Ms. Song Fangju’s home on April 19, 2021. They took away her Falun Gong books.