Additional Persecution News from China – September 25, 2021 (9 Reports)

(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 8 cities or counties in 5 provinces, where at least 11 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Case Against Mr. Shi Chunlai Turned Over to Procuratorate
2. [Changde City, Hunan Province] Ms. Fan Ying Tried
3. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Qin Yuxiang’s Child Harassed
4. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Lihong Harassed
5. [Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Li Yan and Ms. Zhang Shuqing Arrested
6. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Hu Huarong and Xu Heqing Arrested
7. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Qing Xiuying Harassed
8. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Xu Changying Harassed
9. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wu Yanguang Arrested

1. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Case Against Mr. Shi Chunlai Turned Over to Procuratorate

Mr. Shi Chunlai from Liangyu Village, Yaozhuang Township, Mancheng District, was arrested on May 27, 2021. He has been held in the Mancheng District Detention Center.

The case against Mr. Shi was turned over to the Shunping Procuratorate on August 26. It is reported that the procuratorate is expected to bring the case to the Shunping Court before September 26 and has recommend a three-year prison sentence.

2. [Changde City, Hunan Province] Ms. Fan Ying Tried

Ms. Fan Ying was tried by the Taoyuan County Court on September 14, 2021. The trial lasted more than two hours. In the courtroom, Ms. Fan described how practicing Falun Gong improved both her physical and mental health. Her lawyer defended Ms. Fan’s innocence and demanded that she be acquitted. No verdict was pronounced that day.

Ms. Fan was arrested at home by personnel from the Wuling District Domestic Security Division, the Danyang Police Station, and the Siguajing Community Management Office on December 16, 2020. She has been held in the Changde City Detention Center.

3. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Qin Yuxiang’s Child Harassed

People from the brainwashing center of the Fujia Township Government in Zhangdian District went to the storefront operated by Ms. Qin Yuxiang’s child on September 23, 2021. They pressured her child to cooperate with them. Later, they called officer Guo Hongrui from the Fujia Township Police Station and others to the store to collect Ms. Qin’s family members’ personal information.

Fujia Town government officials went to Ms. Qin’s home around September 14. She was not there, so these people pressured and harassed her child instead.

4. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Lihong Harassed

Party secretary Jia Qiguang of Songjiafang Village, a Kunlun Town 610 Office staff member surnamed Ma, of the Zichuan District, and seven or eight other people went to Zhangdian District to harass Ms. Wang Lihong on September 23, 2021. They pressured her to sign paperwork renouncing Falun Gong. They told her that they would stop harassing her after she signed. She was about to ride an electric bicycle to leave when these people surrounded her and pressured her to sign, which she refused to do.

5. [Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Li Yan and Ms. Zhang Shuqing Arrested

When Ms. Li Yan, who lives in Fuyu County, was recently distributing cards in a residential community with the QR code to freely access the Internet, members of an interim office set up during the pandemic for inspecting health code data in residents’ cell phones intercepted her. They took her cell phone and impounded her electric bicycle.

Afterwards, several officers from the Tiedong Police Station went to Ms. Li’s home. They told her to go to the police station and sign paperwork in exchange for her electric bicycle. Ms. Li felt that the officers were setting up a trap, so she did not go to the station to pick up her electric bicycle.

Several officers from the Tiedong Police Station arrested Ms. Li, as well as Ms. Zhang Shuqing, on September 23, 2021. They ransacked the two practitioners’ homes. Both practitioners were released on bail as the police could not take them into custody during the pandemic.

6. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Hu Huarong and Xu Heqing Arrested

Hu Huarong and Xu Heqing (their genders unknown), from Xujia Village, Qingyun County, were arrested at home by officers from the Changjia Police Station on September 13, 2021. The officers confiscated Falun Gong books. The two practitioners’ current whereabouts are unknown.

7. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Qing Xiuying Harassed

Residential officer Wang Yu from the Wanlian Police Station, Party secretary of the community management office, and other office personnel went to Ms. Qing Xiuying’s home on September 24, 2021. They pressured her to sign paperwork and demanded that she not go out to talk to people about Falun Gong or distribute information about Falun Gong. Ms. Qing refused their demands.

8. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Xu Changying Harassed

Officer Liu Shengquan from the Baishu Township Police Station, in Yu County, and Party member Kang Wenzhi of Zhuangke Village, went to the home of Xu Changying (gender unknown) to harass and photograph Xu.

9. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wu Yanguang Arrested

Ms. Wu Yanguang from Ganjingzi District was reported to the police for talking to people on Yangliu Street about Falun Gong on the morning of September 23, 2021. She was arrested by officers from the Ganjingzi Police Station. She was taken to the Jinjiajie Drug Rehabilitation Center for 15 days of detention.