Additional Persecution News from China – November 9, 2022 (11 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 10 cities or counties in 4 provinces, where at least 26 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province] Practitioners Officially Arrested
2. [Fuyu City, Jilin Province] Mr. Liu Qing Suffers Stroke in Prison
3. [Shanghai] Ms. Liu Meiying Monitored and Followed
4. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Han Xinxiao Harassed
5. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Elderly Mr. Sun Arrested
6. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Elderly Mr. Jiang Jingde Arrested
7. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Liu Qunlin Held in Custody
8. [Beijing] Three Practitioners Arrested
9. [Tianjin] Ms. Liu Shuling Arrested
10. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Ms. Pei Fengru Arrested
11. [Tianjin] Six Practitioners Arrested

1. [Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province] Practitioners Officially Arrested

Li Jing (gender unknown), Ms. Li Xianghong, and Mr. Zhang Tao were officially placed under arrest by the Qian County Procuratorate on November 4, 2022. Li Jing and Ms. Li Xianghong went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. They were given unknown substances against their will, and their lives were in imminent danger. They are being held in the Liquan County Detention Center. Mr. Zhang was held in the Qian County Detention Center.

Xiaoyan and Mr. Shang Gaochao were each detained for 15 days. Zhang Lan was placed in criminal detention and held for 34 days. All three have returned home.

2. [Fuyu City, Jilin Province] Mr. Liu Qing Suffers Stroke in Prison

Mr. Liu Qing, 52, from Donghuang Village, Wujiazhan Town, was arrested on August 15, 2019. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison on September 23, 2019, and taken to Jilin Prison. Shortly after he arrived, Mr. Liu suffered a stroke. He was bedridden for some time and admitted to a public security hospital. His family applied for medical parole on his behalf, but it wasn’t approved. He eventually improved, but he moved slowly, and two people had to help him. Since 2020, prison officials have used the pandemic as an excuse to deny family visits.

Mr. Liu recently called his family and said that he could not put up with the situation any longer. He hoped they could apply for medical parole for him. Mr. Liu’s family called Wang Yuanchun, head of the prison’s education section, to apply for medical parole. It was denied again. Wang said that a stroke did not qualify him for medical parole, that only cancer patients qualified.

3. [Shanghai] Ms. Liu Meiying Monitored and Followed

Elderly Ms. Liu Meiying from the Hudong Sub-district in Pudong New Area was persecuted until she could no longer see clearly, but the authorities kept up the pressure. Around the time the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing in October, she was monitored and followed. During the Shanghai International Import Expo in November, the authorities also sent people to stake out near her home to monitor and follow her.

4. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Han Xinxiao Harassed

A Shangkou Town Police Station officer knocked on the door of Ms. Han Xinxiao’s home in Jiawang Village on October 21, 2022, but no one answered. The officer then climbed over the wall and tried to enter, but the door was locked. He left.

The next day, three officers went to Ms. Han’s home again. As soon as she let them in, they asked her if she still practiced Falun Gong. When Ms. Han said she did, they ransacked her home, found nothing, and left.

5. [Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province] Elderly Mr. Sun Arrested

Xiancheng Police Department officers picked up elderly Mr. Sun at his home on November 7, 2022, and took him to the police station. They asked him where he got his Falun Gong materials.

Mr. Sun and three female practitioners were previously arrested by officers from that police department. They were released due to the pandemic. After returning home, Mr. Sun suffered a stroke and was hospitalized for two weeks.

His wife, who also practiced Falun Gong, died a few years ago at home after being tortured in prison.

6. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Elderly Mr. Jiang Jingde Arrested

Mr. Jiang Jingde, 90, from the Huancui District was arrested by two officers while he was distributing desk calendars with Falun Gong information on November 1, 2022. They took samples of his blood at the police station. They confiscated amulets, cards with information about Falun Gong, and four or five calendars he was carrying. The officers had gone to the rented home where he lived before but were not able to search it. They then released Mr. Jiang, who returned home safely.

7. [Nanchong City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Liu Qunlin Held in Custody

People from the Lidu Town Political and Legal Affairs Committee and officers from the Hantang Police Station went to the home of Ms. Liu Qunlin, a retired teacher in her 70s, on October 24, 2022. They claimed that Ms. Liu tested positive when she was given a nucleic acid test and took her, her non-practitioner husband, and her sister to quarantine. The officers also ransacked her home.

More than a week later, Ms. Liu’s husband and sister were released. It is not clear where Ms. Liu is being held.

8. [Beijing] Three Practitioners Arrested

Xue Haifeng and other officers from the Jiuxian Town Police Station went to Ms. Li Shuping’s home on November 2, 2022. Ms. Wang Lanzhi and Wang Genxiong (gender unknown) were also there. The officers arrested the three practitioners and confiscated all their printed materials and equipment. The practitioners were taken to the Changping District Detention Center.

The next day, all three were taken back to the station at the same time, all for high blood pressure. The police told them to show up at the police station every day.

9. [Tianjin] Ms. Liu Shuling Arrested

Ms. Liu Shuling from the Ninghe District was reported to the police in early October 2022. The police arrested her and ransacked her home. They did not find anything they were looking for. Ms. Liu was released the same day after her family paid 5,000 yuan.

10. [Yushu City, Jilin Province] Ms. Pei Fengru Arrested

Three officers from the Gongpeng Town Police Station broke into Ms. Pei Fengru’s home and arrested her at 7 a.m. on November 8, 2022. They confiscated a photo of the founder of Falun Gong and a Minghui desk calendar. The officers took her to the Yushu City Police Department, where they took her fingerprints and shoe prints and photographed her. She was then taken back to the police station and told to sign a printed sheet of paper. She refused to. She returned home after 11 a.m.

11. [Tianjin] Six Practitioners Arrested

On September 26, 2022, the homes of seven practitioners in the Ninghe District were raided. The seven practitioners were: Yue Huaijiang, Yu Wenxiu, Feng Shihua, Feng Guoru, Zheng Zhihua, Yue Dongmei, and Sun Jianyue. Due to Yue Dongmei’s physical condition, she was not taken away. The other six were arrested and taken to the police station. All six have now returned home.