Additional Persecution News from China – June 18, 2022 (12 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 11 cities or counties in 8 provinces, where at least 15 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Nie Yunhong Arrested
2. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Hao Zhiqiang and His Wife Ms. Chen Hua Detained
3. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] Case Against Mr. Ji Yongcheng Brought to Court
4. [Jiujiang County, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Tong Yinping and Ms. Tong Jinping Arrested
5. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Mr. Li Zhuquan Sentenced to Prison
6. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Wang Dezhen Detained
7. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wei Guanghua Arrested
8. [Chongqing] Mr. Lin Decai Harassed
9. [Yingcheng City, Hubei Province] 610 Office Plans to Hold Brainwashing Sessions
10. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Jiang Yongqin Held in Custody
11. [Chongqing] Ms. Quan Qiming Harassed
12. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Yang Sizhen and Husband Displaced and Their Family Harassed

1. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Nie Yunhong Arrested

Ms. Nie Yunhong, about 60, from the Jiang’an District was arrested near her home on Aomen Road on the afternoon of June 10, 2022. Her home was ransacked. She was taken to the Laodong Street Police Station in the Jiang’an District. Her whereabouts are unknown.

2. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Hao Zhiqiang and Wife Ms. Chen Hua Detained

On June 1, 2022, Mr. Hao Zhiqiang, former chairman of the board of directors at the Lingyuan Iron and Steel Company, accompanied his wife Ms. Chen Hua to get a haircut. While they were gone, officers from the Domestic Security Division of the Chaoyang City Police Department and from Kazuo County Police Department ransacked their home and confiscated their Falun Gong books. Mr. Hao and his wife were arrested on their way home. The couple were held in a hotel with the excuse that they would be placed under residential surveillance.

The couple were later placed in criminal detention. On June 9, Mr. Hao was taken to the Kazuo County Detention Center, and Ms. Chen was taken to the Chaoyang City Detention Center.

3. [Mengyin County, Shandong Province] The Case Against Mr. Ji Yongcheng Brought to Court

The case against Mr. Ji Yongcheng was brought to the Lanshan District Court.

4. [Jiujiang County, Jiangxi Province] Ms. Tong Yinping and Ms. Tong Jinping Arrested

Ms. Tong Yinping and Ms. Tong Jinping from Yongquan Township were arrested by officers from the Ruichang City Police Department and the Yongquan Township Police Station around 4 a.m. on June 16, 2022.

5. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Mr. Li Zhuquan Sentenced to Prison

Mr. Li Zhuquan was arrested on the first day of Chinese New Year in 2021, February 12. He was sentenced to five years in prison and taken to the Gongzhuling Prison in March 2022.

6. [Langfang City, Hebei Province] Mr. Wang Dezhen Detained

Mr. Wang Dezhen from Jiuzhou Town, Guangyang District, talked to people about Falun Gong at the Gu’an County farmers market a few days ago. His car was impounded by officers from the Chengdong Police Station. On June 16, Mr. Wang went the police station to get his car back. Instead, he was arrested and forced to undergo a medical examination. After failing to meet the health requirements, he was taken to the county police station and detained for three days.

7. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wei Guanghua Arrested

Ms. Wei Guanghua from the Weicheng District was reported to the 110 Response Unit while she talked to people about Falun Gong on the morning of June 15, 2022. She was arrested and taken to the Xiguan Police Station in the Weicheng District by officers from the 110 Response Unit. Ms. Wei’s family went to the police station and demanded her release. The police station said that the Domestic Security Division in the Weicheng District was responsible for the matter. Ms. Wei was released the following day.

8. [Chongqing] Mr. Lin Decai Harassed

On the evening of April 16, 2022, Jin Jianming, a residential registration officer from the Babin Road Police Station in Banan District, met with Mr. Lin Decai at the police station close to Mr. Lin’s home. An officer took a few photos of Mr. Lin. He stopped the officer from continuing to take more pictures on the grounds that they violated the inviolability of portrait rights as stated in General Principles of the Civil Law. The officers asked about Mr. Lin’s practicing Falun Gong, and why practitioners outside China made phone calls to the staff members who previously harassed him.

Around May 13, officer Jin twice made phone calls to ask if Mr. Lin was at work and wanted to gather information about his wife and son.

On May 26, officer Jin tried to call Mr. Lin’s son to ask about his son’s condition, but he dialed Mr. Lin’s mobile phone instead.

On June 15, a total of 5 people from the Lijiatuo Sub-district Administration Office, Mawangping No. 2 Neighborhood Committee, and the Babin Road Police Station went to Mr. Lin’s work unit to gather his personal information, in the name of the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

In addition, in March and April, Mr. Lin received two letters from the community or the sub-district administration office, in which they advised him to give up practicing Falun Gong.

9. [Yingcheng City, Hubei Province] 610 Office Plans to Hold Brainwashing Sessions

Yang Hongfa, Party secretary of Yangda Village in Langjun Town, led four officers from the Langjun Police Station to Mr. Yang Muqing’s home on June 15, 2022. The officers videotaped and took pictures of his home. They said they wanted Mr. Yang and his wife to go to the Tian’e Brainwashing Center the next day. Mr. Yang clarified the truth to them. They refused to listen and threatened that they would arrange for people who are violent to come to deal with the couple next time.

10. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Jiang Yongqin Held in Custody

A group of police officers broke into Ms. Jiang Yongqin’s home in the Changyi District on the morning of June 12, 2022. Without showing any search warrants they ransacked Ms. Jiang’s home and arrested everyone in her family.

At the same time, the homes of two of Ms. Jiang’s relatives were also ransacked by the police, and everyone in their family was also arrested.

All the arrested family members were released on the same day. The officers confiscated two computers, a tablet, and five cell phones. Ms. Jiang was held in the Xin’an Police Station in the Longtan District.

11. [Chongqing] Ms. Quan Qiming Harassed

Ms. Quan Qiming, 58, was sentenced to five years in prison. After being released from prison last year, she returned to her children’s home and wrote about the brutal persecution she suffered in prison and published it on the Minghui website in June 2022. For details, see “Woman Displaced for 13 Years and Tortured in Prison for 5 Years for Upholding Her Faith in Falun Gong.”

In recent days, the Dazhulin Police Station and the community management office in the Yubei District phoned Ms. Quan’s daughter. They said that Ms. Quan published an article on the Minghui website, and they wanted to come to her home and have her write a report on the matter and sign the three statements.

As a result Ms. Quan left her daughter’s home. The officers could not find her, and they threatened her family that they would put Ms. Quan on the CCP’s most wanted list if her family did not reveal her whereabouts.

12. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Yang Sizhen and Husband Displaced and Their Family Harassed

Officers from the Fuyuan Road Police Station called Ms. Yang Sizhen’s daughter in mid-April 2022 and asked where Ms. Yang was. They wanted her to tell Ms. Yang to return home.

On June 11, the officers asked the village Party secretary to call Ms. Yang’s daughter and tell her to go to the police station on June 13.

Ms. Yang and her husband have been displaced for almost 14 years. They are nearly 70 years old. Worried that they would be persecuted by police, they have lived out of town. They also avoid contacting or implicating their family members. The officers have kept pressuring her family to turn Ms. Yang in.