Liaoning Woman Faces Prosecution for Talking to People about Her Faith

(Minghui.org) A 64-year-old woman in Heishan County, Liaoning Province is facing prosecution for raising awareness about the persecution of Falun Gong.

Ms. Qi Sumei was reported for talking to people about Falun Gong at a farmers’ market on March 1, 2023. The police arrested her and took her to the Jinzhou City Detention Center. Due to her high blood pressure, she was denied admission and released on bail.

Ms. Qi went to the Heishan County Domestic Security Office on March 21, 2023, and tried to persuade its head Wang Zhen not to participate in the persecution anymore. Wang refused to listen and attempted to take her to the Linghai City Procuratorate, which has been designated to handle Falun Gong cases in the region. Ms. Qi held tightly to the chair she was sitting in the domestic security office and the officers couldn’t move her. After one hour of standoff, they let her go home.

Wang and a few officers from the procuratorate went to Ms. Qi’s home on March 27, ordering her to go with them to the police station to answer some questions. Ms. Qi refused to let them in. Her son, who was visiting her and her husband, said to the police that his father, a stroke patient, was trembling after being terrified by them and that they would be held responsible if his condition worsened due to the mental pressure. The police soon left.

Two clerks from the Linghai City Court came with the police to Ms. Qi’s home on April 3. They told her that she had been indicted. Her son signed her indictment for her.

Ms. Qi said to them, “I didn’t violate any law.”

“After the judge sentences you, you will be the criminal,” the court clerks said to her and then left.

Ms. Qi took up Falun Gong in October 1998. Many of her ailments disappeared soon after. Because she refused to give up the practice after the communist regime ordered the persecution, she has been repeatedly targeted. The police raided her home during the Beijing Olympics in 2008. They attempted to incarcerate her in a labor camp but had to release her after she failed the physical examination.

Perpetrators’ contact information:

Wang Zhen (王震), head of Heishan County Domestic Security Office: [phone]Ma Liang (马量), president of Linghai City Procuratorate: [phone], +86-416-81910676093Zhang Fengwu (张凤武), president of Linghai City Court: [phone]Xu Bing (许冰), judge of Linghai City Court: [phone], [phone]

(More perpetrators’ contact information is available in the original Chinese article.)