(Minghui.org) A famous Chinese medicine doctor is facing prosecution for his faith in Falun Gong. To collect evidence against Dr. Li Jianxi, the police harassed his patients and questioned them about whether they had received Falun Gong materials from him.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
Dr. Li, of Xiamen City, Fujian Province, has practiced Chinese medicine for over 30 years and is specialized in treating patients in critical condition. He once treated a 750-gram premature baby with severe lung condition and helped the baby to breathe on its own a month later.
Since the onset of the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, Dr. Li has faced constant harassment for upholding his faith, especially after he was put on the police blacklist for appealing for the right to practice Falun Gong in 1999.
Between March and July 2020, the Jimei District Political and Legal Affairs Committee ordered the local Health Bureau and Drug Administration to inspect Dr. Li’s clinic three times. Each time, the officials were accompanied by armed officers. When no significant problems were found, the authorities attempted to force Dr. Li’s landlord to terminate the lease of his clinic, with the excuse that he engaged in “illegal activities.”
Lyu Huoqu, the new deputy director of Jimei District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, personally harassed Dr. Li at his clinic on February 23, 2021.
In a continued effort to collect information to frame Dr. Li, the authorities later arranged officials to approach him under the pretext of medical consultation.
During a police sweep in Fujian province, Dr. Li was arrested at home at 8: 30 a.m. on June 19. His wife and son, as well as staff members of his clinic, were also taken away and briefly detained. His other residence in his hometown in Zhangping City, about 100 miles from Xiamen, was ransacked as well.
The police first put Dr. Li on 14-day residential surveillance under COVID-19 quarantine and took him into custody at Xiamen City No.3 Detention Center on July 4.
The Jimei District Procuratorate approved his arrest on August 10. To collect information against him, the police confiscated the profile of his patients in the past eight years and called them about whether Dr. Li had given Falun Gong materials to them.
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