Additional Persecution News from China – April 24, 2022 (15 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 15 cities or counties in 9 provinces, where at least 33 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] 610 Office of Shengli Oilfield Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners
2. [Miyi County, Sichuan Province] Ms. Gao Longying and Mr. Luo Banglin Persecuted
3. [Xiangtan City, Hunan Province] Ms. Mo Liqiong Faces Trial
4. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Shao Taken to a Brainwashing Center
5. [Mei County, Guangdong Province] Mr. Xie Hanzhu Tried Online
6. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Xu Jirong Arrested and Detained
7. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Mr. Wang Zhisheng Arrested
8. [Baoqing County, Heilongjiang Province] Yin Feng Arrested
9. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Six Practitioners Harassed
10. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Sha Shuyan Arrested
11. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yang Guomei Harassed
12. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Li Manying and Lang Dongyue Arrested
13. [Xinyang City, Henan Province] Three Practitioners Arrested
14. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. He Rongtao and Ms. Hu Juan Harassed
15. [Chongqing] Ms. Ren Xuying and Ms. Zhao Li Harassed

1. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] 610 Office of Shengli Oilfield Persecutes Falun Gong Practitioners

Since April 2022, the 610 Office of the Shengli Oilfield has intensified the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Han Zhenlong, secretary of the Party Committee of the Geological Exploration and Development Research Institute of Shengli Oilfield, has collaborated with the 610 Office of Shengli Oilfield to harass every practitioner in the institute. They went to the practitioners’ homes to photograph or videotape them, and threatened them to make them sign a guarantee statement. For those who refused to cooperate, they implemented all kinds of means including surveillance, either partially or completely suspending their salary, no job arrangement, taking them to brainwashing centers, or even dismissing them from public office.

Here is the information we know: Mr. Zhou Deyong was arrested. Mr. Wang Baoyan, Ms. Zhang Jing, Mr. Wang Zhibang, Mr. Wang Zhanguo, and Mr. Xu Ren were harassed.

2. [Miyi County, Sichuan Province] Ms. Gao Longying and Mr. Luo Banglin Persecuted

Ms. Gao Longying was sentenced to two years in prison with two-year probation and fined 3000 yuan. Mr. Luo Banglin is currently detained in the Yanbian Detention Center. His case will be soon submitted to the procuratorate. Both cases are handled by Zhang Lin, head of the Miyi County Domestic Security Division, and deputy Zhu Tianpeng.

3. [Xiangtan City, Hunan Province] Ms. Mo Liqiong Faces Trial

Ms. Mo Liqiong, an accountant from the Yuhu District, will be tried online by the Yuhu District Court at 9 a.m. on April 27, 2022. Her two defense lawyers will defend her online from their own offices in Guangzhou City and in Beijing respectively. Ms. Mo will remain in the Xiangtan City Detention Center during the trial.

4. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Shao Taken to a Brainwashing Center

Ms. Shao in her 80s, from the Qiaokou District, was arrested in the Yingnan Community on the morning of April 18, 2022. She has been taken to the Qiaokou Brainwashing Center.

5. [Mei County, Guangdong Province] Mr. Xie Hanzhu Tried Online

Mr. Xie Hanzhu was tried online by the Mei County Court on the morning of March 4, 2022. Because of Internet problems in the Meijiang District Detention Center, the court session was unable to continue and the trial will be rescheduled.

6. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Ms. Xu Jirong Arrested and Detained

Ms. Xu Jirong was arrested on March 13, 2022. After she was quarantined in the Police Hospital for 21 days, she was sent to the Qinhuangdao City Detention Center. It is said that her case will be submitted to the court on May 13, 2022.

7. [Yantai City, Shandong Province] Mr. Wang Zhisheng Arrested

Three officers from the Chengnan Police Station and Qixia District Police Department went to Mr. Wang Zhisheng’s home on the morning of April 20, 2022. They took Mr. Wang away for interrogation. His home was ransacked in the afternoon. The police confiscated many new lectures given by Falun Gong’s founder, the book Zhuan Falun, two photos of Falun Gong’s founder, wall calendars, etc. Mr. Wang did not cooperate with the police during interrogation. Because of his poor health, he was allowed to be bailed out pending trial.

8. [Baoqing County, Heilongjiang Province] Yin Feng Arrested

Yin Feng (gender unknown) was arrested and taken to the Wanjinshan Police Station around 2 p.m. on April 13, 2022. The police ransacked Yin’s home and confiscated his Falun Gong books. Yin was released in the evening.

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

People from the Qinglong Police Station, Shuangshuinian Police Station and local communities went to harass many practitioners in mid-April 2022, including Ms. Du Fengqin, Ms. Zhu Shuyu, Ms. Li Changfeng, Ms. Qin Xuzhen, Ms. Li Yuqing, Ms. Zhang Longying, etc. They photographed the practitioners.

10. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Sha Shuyan Arrested

Several officers, led by the head of the Guangming Police Station, went to Ms. Sha Shuyan’s home in the residential compound of the Hulan District Grain Bureau on the evening of March 4, 2022. They ransacked Ms. Sha’s home and confiscated three Falun Gong books, a photo of Falun Gong’s founder, a Falun Gong pendant, and other items. Ms. Sha was taken to the police station and pressured to sign a guarantee statement, which she refused to do. She was released around midnight.

11. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yang Guomei Harassed

Three officers from the Fuping County Police Department went to Ms. Yang Guomei’s home at around 9 a.m. on April 20, 2022. They began searching around upon arriving but didn’t find anything they were looking for.

12. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Li Manying and Lang Dongyue Arrested

Li Manying (gender unknown) and Lang Dongyue (gender unknown) from Huailai County were arrested on December 14, 2021. They have been placed under official arrest. Their cases were transferred from the Huailai County Procuratorate to the Xuanhua Procuratorate.

13. [Xinyang City, Henan Province] Three Practitioners Arrested

Three practitioners from Huangchuan County, Ms. Wan Guirong in her 70s, Ms. Zhang Suling in her 60s, and Ms. Wu Shaorong in her 50s, were arrested in a cloth market on April 13, 2022. Their homes were ransacked. Their personal belongings including Falun Gong books, media players and truth clarifying materials were confiscated. They were detained for one night and were released the next day after their family members signed a guarantor document.

14. [Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province] Ms. He Rongtao and Ms. Hu Juan Harassed

Ms. He Rongtao’s husband received two calls from the local community office in the Chaisang District in April 2022. They pressured him to make his wife give up practicing Falun Gong. He asked them, “She has practiced Falun Gong for more than 20 years and she is now healthy. Can you guarantee her health?”

Ms. Hu Juan’s husband is an assistant police officer in the district police department and will retire in four years. Liu Xiaohua, head of the Domestic Security Division, came to talk to him in April 2022 and threatened him that if he could not make his wife sign a guarantee statement, he would lose his job before he retired. Ms. Hu’s husband was frightened and worried about losing his benefits. He began pressuring his wife to quit practicing.

15. [Chongqing] Ms. Ren Xuying and Ms. Zhao Li Harassed

Ms. Ren Xuying, 48, has a family member in the Shihao Mine of Songzao Coal and Electricity Company in Qijiang District. She has been harassed many times and left home to avoid further persecution. Cai Guojian, a guard at the Tianchi Community in Shihao Town in Qijiang District, went to Ms. Ren’s daughter’s home for an unrelated issue around 2 p.m. on April 20, 2022. After finding Ms. Ren, he questioned her, photographed and videotaped her.

Ms. Zhao Li, who has a family member in the Datong Mine in Qijiang District, was harassed at her family-owned shop on April 21, 2022. Those people came and photographed her shop.