(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 30 cities or counties in 12 provinces, where at least 72 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Four Practitioners Face Trial
2. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Qu Fengrong Faces Trial
3. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Taimin and Ms. Zhen Jinwen Face Court Hearing Again
4. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Hu Cuimei Harassed
5. [Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Zhong Weiling and Ms. Li Xinrong Face Trial
6. [Pingxiang County, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Shuling Subjected to Brainwashing
7. [Dazhu County, Sichuan Province] Four Practitioners Arrested
8. [Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Chen Guangyun Detained
9. [Pingyu County, Henan Province] Ms. Liu Shuan Released, Ms. Yang Jieling Faces Trial
10. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Yu Shenglian Arrested
11. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Yinghui Harassed
12. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. He Jingxin Lost Her Job for Practicing Falun Gong
13. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wang Xibin Arrested
14. [Chongqing] Ms. Yuan Daizhen and Husband Harassed
15. [Tianjin] Ms. Duan Yongxia Harassed16. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Nine Practitioners Arrested
17. [Xilinhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Pang Chunxiang Detained
18. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Yaozhong Detained
19. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Meihong Subjected to Criminal Detention
20. [Baicheng City, Jilin Province] Ms. Qi Fengzhen Detained
21. [Laizhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Shuxiang Arrested
22. [Tianjin] Mr. Jin Chengrong Detained
23. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhao Mei Arrested
24. [Anguo County, Hebei Province] Mr. Xia Suozhong Arrested
25. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Wu Chun Detained
26. [Anguo City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Shuqin Harassed
27. [Dingzhou City, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
28. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Li Qingwen and Family Harassed
29. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Four practitioners Face Trial
30. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhu Yafen Deprived of Pension
31. [Mianyang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Sun Houze Harassed
32. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Du Guizhen Harassed
33. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Two Practitioners Harassed, Three Detained
34. [Wenling City, Zhejiang Province] Ten Practitioners Harassed
35. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Seven Practitioners and Their Families Harassed

1. [Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province] Four Practitioners Face Trial

Ms. Chen Liping, Ms. Yang Jinfeng, Ms. Wan Xiaoping, and Ms. Wan Jinlian will be tried in the Xihu District Court on the morning of December 21, 2020. The four practitioners were released on bail.

2. [Dezhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Qu Fengrong Faces Trial

Ms. Qu Fengrong was arrested by officers from the Domestic Security Division in August 2020 for talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. She will be tried in Lingcheng District Court at 2 p.m. on December 15, 2020.

3. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Taimin and Ms. Zhen Jinwen Face Court Hearing Again

Mr. Li Taimin and his wife Ms. Zhen Jinwen had a court hearing in the Luannan County Court on the morning of November 10, 2020. Their attorney was notified that another hearing would be held on the morning of December 14, 2020.

4. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Hu Cuimei Harassed

Officers from the Hashuang Police Station went to Ms. Hu Cuimei’s home around November 14, 2020, but she was not at home. They threatened her husband over their children’s future and made him write and sign a statement slandering Falun Gong on her behalf.

5. [Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Zhong Weiling and Ms. Li Xinrong Face Trial

Ms. Zhong Weiling, around 70, and Ms. Li Xinrong, 60, will be tried in the 6^th Court, Haizhou District Court at 3:00 p.m. on December 14, 2020.

6. [Pingxiang County, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Shuling Subjected to Brainwashing

Ms. Liu Shuling, an employee of the price bureau, was taken from home to the Xingtai City Brainwashing Center on the morning of December 12, 2020, by a group of seven or eight people. Li Zelong, the director of her work unit, led the group. The people were from the county Political and Legal Affairs Committee, as well as the police department.

7. [Dazhu County, Sichuan Province] Four Practitioners Arrested

Ms. Zhang Qimei, Ms. Yu Shenghua, and Ms. She Xiaomin were arrested on the morning of December 6, 2020. They were stalked by plainclothes officers when they were talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong at the gate of the Xuefushangcheng Community. The officers followed them to Ms. Tan Zemin’s home inside the community, and arrested them at the community gate when they were leaving. Their homes were ransacked. Two computers, an e-book reader, and a set of Falun Gong books were confiscated. They were released that night.

Ms. Tan Zemin’s home was ransacked. Her daughter was held to the ground while police seized a computer and all Falun Gong books. Mr. Gao Ming, her husband, was arrested and released in the afternoon.

8. [Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Chen Guangyun Detained

Ms. Chen Guangyun is being held at the Zhuhai City No. 1 Detention Center.

9. [Pingyu County, Henan Province] Ms. Liu Shuan Released, Ms. Yang Jieling Faces Trial

Ms. Liu Shuan and her daughter Ms. Yang Jieling were arrested and taken to a detention center around October 20, 2020, by officer Shu Xinkuan and others from the Pingyu County Domestic Security Division. Ms. Liu was released on November 29, 2020. Ms. Yang faces trial.

10. [Weihai City, Shandong Province] Yu Shenglian Arrested

Yu Shenglian (gender unknown) was stalked and arrested by two officers from the Qiaotou Town Police Station on December 11, 2020, for talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong in the Qiaotou Open Market. Yu was released.

11. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Yinghui Harassed

Under the command of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, two male clerks from the Heping Community, Yushu City knocked at the door of Ms. Yang Yinghui’s home on December 10, 2020. No one answered the door. They then called her husband, “have Yang Yinghui report to the community and sign a guarantee statement.”

12. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. He Jingxin Lost Her Job for Practicing Falun Gong

On December 9, 2020, Ms. He Jingxin was forced to give her husband’s cell number to the Communist Party secretary of her work unit, 2^nd Mine Squad, Daqing City No. 6 Factory.

At 8 a.m. on December 11, 2020, the secretary told Ms. He to report to the mine and sign a guarantee statement in the afternoon and said she would be fired if she did not comply. After 9 a.m., Lu Gang and others from the 610 Office of the factory knocked at Ms. He’s door. She did not open it. She was fired from work for not signing the guarantee statement.

13. [Shenyang City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wang Xibin Arrested

Mr. Wang Xibin was arrested at home by officers from the Guihe Police Station on December 10, 2020. The officers took him to the hospital for a physical exam, so they could thereafter send him to a detention center. The doctor found a shadow on his chest. He was released. But the officers from the Tiexi District Domestic Security Division intent on persecuting him and said that he should be taken to the Chest Hospital and do another exam on December 11.

14. [Chongqing] Ms. Yuan Daizhen and Husband Harassed

Ms. Yuan Daizhen was harassed at home by five officers from the Liaoyuan Police Station at 10:30 a.m. on November 27, 2020. The same day, her husband got a harassing call from a clerk in Longfeng Community.

15. [Tianjin] Ms. Duan Yongxia Harassed

Ms. Duan Yongxia of Dagang Oil Field was harassed at home on December 10, 2020, by community officer Xu (first name unknown), Fanghua Residents Committee director Zhu Zhen, and others. The harassers threatened that they would frequently check on her at home if they could not get what they want from her.

16. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Nine Practitioners Arrested

Ms. Yu Aiji was arrested by four officers from the Erdao District Domestic Security Division around 6:30 p.m. on December 11, 2020, while she was having dinner in a small restaurant on Dongnanhu Boulevard. One of the officers was Feng Yongxin. Her whereabouts are unknown.

Ms. Li Guiling was arrested by officers from the Guigu Boulevard Police Station at noon on December 11, 2020. Her home was ransacked. She managed to escape from the police station.

Ms. Zhang Miao was arrested at home by officers from the Jiutai District Domestic Security Division at noon on December 10, 2020. The officers ransacked her home and seized her Falun Gong books and other items. She was taken to the police department. Details are unknown.

Mr. Teng Guojun and his wife Ms. Xiaoqin (surname unknown) of Jiutai District were arrested on December 10, 2020. The wife was released the same day because of her health condition.

Four practitioners of Jiutai District were arrested and taken to the police department the on December 10, 2020, by plainclothes officers for talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. Their ages are 90, 88, 84, and 78. Details are unknown.

17. [Xilinhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Pang Chunxiang Detained

Ms. Pang Chunxiang was arrested on the afternoon of September 21, 2020. She has since been held in a detention center.

18. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Mr. Li Yaozhong Detained

Mr. Li Yaozhong was arrested by cadres of Yu Village on December 7, 2020, for distributing Falun Gong calendars. He is being held at the Renqiu City Detention Center.

19. [Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Meihong Subjected to Criminal Detention

Ms. Wang Meihong was arrested and subjected to 15 days of detention by officers from the Haxi Police Station on November 23, 2020. After her completion of the 15-day term on December 9, the police station refused to release her and subjected her to criminal detention. She is being held at the Harbin City No. 2 Detention Center.

20. [Baicheng City, Jilin Province] Ms. Qi Fengzhen Detained

Ms. Qi Fengzhen was arrested on July 15, 2020, when she was distributing Falun Gong flyers. She has been held at the Baicheng City Detention Center. Her family is not allowed to visit her, and worries about her health.

21. [Laizhou City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Shuxiang Arrested

Ms. Wang Shuxiang was arrested by officers from the Zhuqiao Town Police Station on November 29, 2020. The officers ransacked her home and confiscated a picture of the founder of Falun Gong, Falun Gong books, and an MP3 audio player. In the police station, she was ordered to sign a guarantee statement, but she refused. She was released two hours later.

22. [Tianjin] Mr. Jin Chengrong Detained

Mr. Jin Chengrong was arrested by officers from the local police station on December 10, 2020. His home was ransacked. He is being detained.

23. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Ms. Zhao Mei Arrested

Ms. Zhao Mei was arrested by officers from the Park Police Station on November 9, 2020. She was distributing Falun Gong flyers in the Center Park Community when a community security person reported her. She was released on bail on the evening of November 10 after her family paid 1,000 yuan.

24. [Anguo County, Hebei Province] Mr. Xia Suozhong Arrested

Mr. Xia Suozhong, in his 70s, was harassed on December 9, 2020. The harassers warned him not to post Falun Gong flyers.

Mr. Xia was arrested on the afternoon of December 10, 2020, by officers from the county Domestic Security Division. The officers ransacked his home and confiscated three pictures of the founder of Falun Gong, Falun Gong books, and three boxes of paper.

In the police department, he was held on a metal chair. He kept shouting “Falun Dafa is good,” and talking about the facts of Falun Gong. The officers covered his mouth and covered his head with a plastic bag. He refused to sign. They beat his hand, which became swollen. Finally in the evening, the officers called his family to take him home.

25. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Wu Chun Detained

Wu Chun (gender unknown) was arrested at home by officers from the Desheng Street Police Station on the morning of March 26, 2020. The officers ransacked the home, took Wu to the police station, and returned and ransacked the home again. Wu was released at around 6:00 p.m.

Wu was notified by the Procuratorate in early June that they had accepted Wu’s case.

On November 28, 2020, the Procuratorate notified the case had been reviewed. Wu was taken away from home by officers from the Desheng Street Police Station on December 10, 2020. Wu is being held at the Ganjingzi Detention Center.

26. [Anguo City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Shuqin Harassed

Ms. Wang Shuqin was harassed at home on December 9, 2020, by Tian Jing, Xicheng Township Communist Party deputy secretary, and Han Mei, an agent monitoring residents in the area. They wanted to videotape her saying “I no longer practice Falun Gong.”

27. [Dingzhou City, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Harassed

Mr. Liu Liguo, 78, was harassed at home by officers from the Xicheng Police Station on December 10, 2020, after someone reported him for distributing Falun Gong flyers on the street. The officers seized a set of Falun Gong books and 1,000 yuan in cash.

Mr. Zhang Tao was harassed at work by officers from the Xicheng Police Station on December 10, 2020. The officers demanded that he sign a form titled, “Ceasing Falun Gong practice.”

Mr. Xu Lizhen was harassed at home by officers from the Nancheng Police Station on the afternoon of December 11, 2020. The officers knocked at his door, demanded that he signed and pressed fingerprints on a form for “Ceasing Falun Gong practice.” He refused.

28. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Li Qingwen and Family Harassed

Mr. Li Qingwen and his family were harassed by clerks from the local community and officers from the police station on December 11, 2020. The harassers tried to force Mr. Li to write the three statements. They illegally ransacked his home but found nothing.

29. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Four practitioners Face Trial

Ms. Mao Kun, Ms. Zhang Zhenhua, Chen Bo (gender unknown), and Ms. Du Rong will be tried in the Jinniu Court on December 21, 2020.

30. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhu Yafen Deprived of Pension

Ms. Zhu Yafen, 71, was arrested by officers from the city Domestic Security Division and the Zhanqian Police Station on August 24, 2019. She was sentenced to a year in prison and fined 4,000 yuan. She was released on August 23, 2020, from the Fushun Detention Center. She was deprived of her pension since October 2020.

31. [Mianyang City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Sun Houze Harassed

Mr. Sun Houze was harassed at home on December 5, 2020. Liang Qinghu, village Women Union director, and Li Rong, community grid monitor, demanded that he signed a paper, saying that his cell phone would no longer be monitored if he signed.

32. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Du Guizhen Harassed

Ms. Du Guizhen, around 65, was harassed at home by officers from the Mengjiaqiao Police Station in November 2020.

The officers, led by the police station director, tried to grab her Falun Gong books. She blocked them as hard as she could. They stopped, took her and her son to the police station, and then without her knowledge, returned to her home with her son and seized all of her Falun Gong books.

Ms. Du was taken to the hospital for a physical exam, which was a prerequisite for sending her to the detention center. She did not pass the exam and was released with her son after 2:00 a.m.

Thereafter officers and clerks from the community have been harassing her at home every Sunday afternoon, brainwashing her, trying to “transform” her. They said openly that they would make her go to prison if she did not “transform.”

33. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Two Practitioners Harassed, Three Detained

Ms. Liang Xiutao was harassed at home by Guo Junfeng, officer from Xiwanzi Town Police Station, and Zheng Jianguo, head of Domestic Security Division, on December 7, 2020. They ransacked her home and seized a picture of the founder of Falun Gong, Falun Gong books, and other belongings.

Another practitioner (name unknown) was harassed at home the same day by Zheng Jianguo and others.

Ms. Wang Yuling was arrested at around 5:00 p.m. on December 7, 2020. She is being held at the Zhangjiakou City Detention Center.

Bai Tao (gender unknown) was arrested at home on December 8, 2020 by five officers, including Zhang Xu, deputy director of Gaojiaying Town Police Station, and Wu Likui, an officer. They ransacked the place and seized Falun Gong books, a picture of the founder of Falun Gong, and other belongings. Bai is being held at the Zhangjiakou City Detention Center.

Mr. Xuan Huaiji was arrested and is being held at the Zhangjiakou City Detention Center.

34. [Wenling City, Zhejiang Province] Ten Practitioners Harassed

Ms. Lin Guilian, Mr. Han Ping, Ms. Lin Guilai, Lin Weiguo (gender unknown), and Ms. Wu Meiju were arrested in early December 2020. Communist Party members of Taiping Town tried to force them to sign a guarantee statement.

Ms. Jiang Chunmei was harassed on November 24, 2020. Communist Party members of Binhai Town tried to force her to sign a “guarantee statement.” The next day, she was out and did not see them. The third day, the harassers returned, but she did not see them. They then repeatedly called her daughter for her whereabouts.

Ms. Jin Hua, Ms. Ding Jinhe, and Ms. Lu Xianqin were arrested in November 2020. Communist Party members of Xinhe Town tried to force them to sign a “guarantee statement.”

Mr. Yu Lixin and his parents were harassed by Communist Party members of Xihe Town. The harassers installed a surveillance monitor in front of his home.

35. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Seven Practitioners and Their Families Harassed

Ms. Yu Fengxia’s husband was called by a clerk from his community at around 4:00 p.m. on November 26, 2020. The clerk asked him to take Yu Fengxia to the community officer and sign a guarantee statement.

Ms. Liu Fujin’s son was called by community personnel on November 20, 2020. The caller asked, “Is Liu Fujin your mother?” The son answered that he didn’t know the person and hung up.

Ms. Fang Guilan’s husband was called by an officer from the Zhanqian Police Station in early November, 2020. The officer told him not to let Fang leave town. In late November, he got another call from Zhang Hongwei, a teacher of Shuangcheng City Vocational Center. Zhang asked to talk to Fang, and said if the talk went nowhere, then the Shuangcheng Education Committee would send people to talk again. Several days later, Ms. Fang’s daughter was asked by a community clerk about her mother’s whereabouts. The daughter replied, “No idea.”

Mr. Yu Yanjiang and wife Ms. Shen Lifang were harassed. Their son got a harassing call on November 14, 2020. The caller asked if his parents were at home and their address. The son asked who the caller was. The caller answered that he was from the local police station.

Ms. Yin Yumei’s son was called on the morning of September 20, 2020, by Wang Mingwu, a clerk from Lequn Township government. The clerk said, “Have your mother go to the community and write a guarantee statement tomorrow, otherwise her salary will be stopped.” The son replied, “Then I will go and write it for her.” The answer was it would not work and must be herself, since she would be photographed while writing the statement.

Ms. Yin’s son and her brother-in-law Wang Wenhong got several calls on November 25, 2020. Lequn Primary School headmasters Huang Yan and Tong Xiangwei called and said that Falun Gong would be zero out by December 30. They ordered Yin to go to the community to write a guarantee statement, otherwise her salary would be stopped.

Ms. Zhou Yingqi’s daughter-in-law got a call from the police station on November 25, 2020, asking for Ms. Zhou’s whereabouts. She heard someone knocking at her door the next day, but did not answer. She got two calls right after that. She said that was from yesterday’s caller.