Hubei Court Forcibly Collects Fine from Falun Gong Practitioner’s Bank Accounts, Blacklists Him on Social Credit System

(Minghui.org) Mr. Wang Meiqing’s family recently discovered that the local court had withdrawn funds from three of their bank accounts without their knowledge to pay his 6,000-yuan fine for practicing Falun Gong. He was also blacklisted on the social credit system and is no longer allowed to travel or even renovate his own home.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Mr. Wang, of Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, was arrested on April 15, 2021 for talking to people about Falun Gong in nearby Dangyang City. He was sentenced to two years and two months with a 6,000-yuan fine by the Dangyang City Court on October 12, 2021. He was transferred to the Fanjiatai Prison in mid-May 2022. 

Without his family’s knowledge, the Dangyang City Court withdrew 2,321 yuan from one of their bank accounts, took the 157-yuan balance from a second account, and withdrew the entire 2,390-yuan balance from a third account. The court also froze the third account, which Mr. Wang was using to buy daily necessities at the local detention center, without giving any explanation. Now the court is ordering Mr. Wang’s family to pay the remaining 1,132-yuan balance on the fine.

On June 3, Mr. Wang’s family received an express mail from the court stating that the court had designated Mr. Wang as an “untrustworthy person” and put him on a blacklist, which means he is no longer allowed to travel, take boats or flights, renovate his home, or have his children study at private schools.

Perpetrators’ contact information:
Zhang Lei (张磊), president of Dangyang City Court: [phone]Dong (董), judge of Dangyang City Court: [phone], [phone]

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