(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 36 cities or counties in 12 provinces, where at least 69 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Xichang City, Sichuan Province] Six Practitioners Sentenced
2. [Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Chen Jing and Hu Youping Tried in Court
3. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wang Zhongsheng Formally Arrested
4. [Chengde City, Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Harassed
5. [Fuyu County, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Zhao Zhongkui Faces Trial
6. [Qingshan District, Shandong Province] Ms. Yu Shiying Harassed
7. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Kao Aihua Harassed
8. [Bayan County, Heilongjiang Province] Four Practitioners Harassed
9. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Mr. Guo Wen Deprived of Retirement Benefits
10. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yu Suying Harassed
11. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Mr. Lu Zhengwei Arrested
12. [Shanghai] Ms. Guo Yuhong Arrested
13. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Jiang Yanling Detained
14. [Shanghai] Police Illegally Collected Mr. Gu Bin’s Biometrics Collected
15. [Dangshan County, Anhui Province] Ms. Wang Suxia Detained
16. [Daxing’anling Prefecture, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Yang Yunjie and Mr. Yang Zongbo Harassed
17. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
18. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Liu Xiangge Harassed
19. [Jiangxi Province] Mr. Xu Yong Harassed
20. [Dachang County, Hebei Province] Ms. Song Shufen Harassed
21. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wu Chengjun Formally Arrested
22. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Wang Xuezhen and Mr. Ma Minqing Face Trial
23. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Jun’e and Ms. Shang Xifeng Harassed
24. [Jingzhou City, Hubei Province] Mr. Fu Wanhua Deprived of Pension
25. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Sun Wenjun Harassed
26. [Qi County, Henan Province] Yang Qi Arrested
27. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Shuying and Nie Arrested
28. [Tianjin] Mr. Yang Yingjian and Family Harassed
29. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Yang Fan Arrested
30. [Beijing] Mr. Ke Xingguo Harassed
31. [Tianjin] A Practitioner Harassed, Two Detained
32. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Sun Jianzhong Faces Trial
33. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Mr. Qu Jun Harassed
34. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Mr. Sun Yuming and Ms. Zhang Shaozhen Harassed
35. [Xiangyang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Liu Xueyan Detained
36. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Tang Zhiyu Harassed
37. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Zhang Xijun Arrested
38. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Zou Xiuqin and Ms. Xiuxiu Arrested
39. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhong Dianjun Arrested
40. [Pengzhou City, Sichan Province] Ms. Su Yuanzhen Arrested
41. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Ji Lanxiang Harassed
42. [Renqiu City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Fenghua Detained
43. [Tianjin] Ms. Jiao Yanping Arrested
44. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Mr. Zhao Xiushun Arrested
45. [Yangling District, Sha’anxi Province] Three Practitioners Detained

1. [Xichang City, Sichuan Province] Six Practitioners Sentenced

Six practitioners were sentenced on December 10, 2020. Mr. Huang Biao was sentenced to five years in prison and fined 20,000 yuan. Ms. Luo Mingchun was sentenced to four years in prison and fined 20,000 yuan. Ms. Zhao Jun was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 10,000 yuan. Ms. Zhao Xianrong was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 8,000 yuan. Ms. Yu Hongying was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined 6,000 yuan. Ms. Xu Shaoqiong was sentenced to 14 months in prison and fined 5,000 yuan. Pan (first name and gender unknown) was sentenced to six months in prison and fined 3,000 yuan.

2. [Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Chen Jing and Ms. Hu Youping Tried in Court

Ms. Chen Jing and Ms. Hu Youping were arrested on July 22, 2020 for distributing Falun Gong flyers. Their homes were ransacked. They were tried by the Yuhua District Court on December 14, 2020.

3. [Fushun City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wang Zhongsheng Formally Arrested

Mr. Wang Zhongsheng is being held at the Nangou Detention Center. The Shuncheng District Procuratorate approved his arrest.

4. [Chengde City, Hebei Province] Four Practitioners Harassed

Four practitioners were harassed on December 14, 2020 by Fan Chengyi, secretary of Fengyingzi Town Political and Legal Affairs Committee, and Wang Haiyong, member of village Communist Party Committee. The harassers made a call to Ms. Chen Yanqiu, then tried to make Mr. Li Tang and wife Ms. Zuo Lihua sign while they photographed the process. Mr. Li rejected. They then went to Ms. Chen Fengxia’s home, and ordered her to sign and be photographed. Ms. Chen refused.

5. [Fuyu County, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Zhao Zhongkui Faces Trial

Mr. Zhao Zhongkui of Fuyu County was arrested in Qiqihar City on December 13, 2020 by director Zheng Chengbin and another officer from the Fu Road Police Station in Fuyu County. He was taken directly to the police station, and underwent a nucleic acid test the next day, a preliminary step to take him to a detention center. He was taken to a detention center, but the center did not take him in. He was returned to the police station, and underwent two more nucleic acid tests on December 16. He is facing trial.

6. [Qingshan District, Shandong Province] Ms. Yu Shiying Harassed

Ms. Yu Shiying, 84, was harassed at home by community clerks on the morning of December 2, 2020. The clerks stole several Falun Gong books and a picture of the founder of Falun Gong from her home. After she found out, she went to the community office and asked that the items be returned. The clerks pointed her to each other. Her items have not yet been returned.

7. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Kao Aihua Harassed

Ms. Kao Aihua was harassed at home on November 16, 2020 by Xu Fangquan, Wangguzhuang Village head, and Pan Hongfa from Panjia Village. The harassers ordered her to sign a guarantee statement.

8. [Bayan County, Heilongjiang Province] Four Practitioners Harassed

Ms. Zhou Yuzhen’s daughter received a phone call from an officer from the Xinghua Police Station on December 11, 2020. The officer told her to have her mother report to the police station and sign a guarantee statement. The daughter said that her mother was in her 80s and too old to go. The officer then ordered the daughter to sign for her mother in the police station.

Mr. Gao Fuzhi’s daughter recently received a phone call from an officer from the Xinghua Police Station. The caller told her to persuade her father to sign. Officer Liu Tianhao and others went to Mr. Gao’s home and ordered him to sign. He refused.

Ms. Li Yajie was ordered to sign and threatened with her children’s well-being by officers from the Shiqiao Police Station. She did not sign.

Mr. Ming Xiaoguang received two harassing calls. One was from the Shiqiao Police Station and the other from Political and Legal Affairs Committee.

9. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Mr. Guo Wen Deprived of Retirement Benefits

A request to restore Mr. Guo Wen’s retirement benefits was denied in the review meeting by the Bairin Left Banner Supervisory Committee on December 10, 2020.

The committee illegally deprived Mr. Guo’s retirement benefits on September 23, 2020 based on a single fact that Mr. Guo was a Falun Gong practitioner.

10. [Baoding City, Hebei Province] Ms. Yu Suying Harassed

Ms. Yu Suying was harassed at home by Xiaotao (surname unknown), an agent from the Xifuluo government and brigade Communist Party secretary, on December 9, 2020. The harassers ordered her to stop practicing Falun Gong. She refused.

11. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Mr. Lu Zhengwei Arrested

Mr. Lu Zhengwei was arrested at work on December 14, 2020.

12. [Shanghai] Ms. Guo Yuhong Arrested

Ms. Guo Yuhong, around 25, was arrested on December 10, 2020 by the Shanghai police. Her whereabouts are unknown.

13. [Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region] Ms. Jiang Yanling Detained

Ms. Jiang Yanling’s home was ransacked on July 6, 2020, and she was given a one-year released on bail notification issued by the county police department. In late October 2020, she was taken from home to the criminal detention ward in a detention center by officers from the Linxi County Domestic Security Division. Ms. Jiang, 69, is disabled and unable to take care of herself. She is facing charges.

Ms. Jiang was arrested in 2005 by officers from the Linxi County Domestic Security Division for printing Falun Gong materials. Her home was ransacked, and she was abused during an interrogation. She jumped from the third floor of the county police department, and became severely disabled and unable to take care of herself. She was carried to the county court and sentenced to three years in prison.

14. [Shanghai] Police Illegally Collected Mr. Gu Bin’s Biometrics Collected

Officer Xu Mingqing and others from the Jinqiao Police Station illegally collected Mr. Gu Bin’s fingerprints and blood samples on December 13, 2020.

15. [Dangshan County, Anhui Province] Ms. Wang Suxia Detained

Ms. Wang Suxia of Dangshan County was arrested in Shanghai by officers from the local police station on November 10, 2020 after someone reported her. She stayed there with her son to take care of her granddaughter. The officers ransacked her son’s apartment, seized several Falun Gong books, and detained her for 20 days in the Zhangjiang Police Station, in Shanghai. The officers had the landlord cancel her son’s lease and ordered her son to move out of the area.

16. [Daxing’anling Prefecture, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Yang Yunjie and Mr. Yang Zongbo Harassed

Ms. Yang Yunjie and brother Mr. Yang Zongbo were harassed at their home in Changchun City, Jilin Province by officers, one named Yang Kai, from Daxing’anling on December 9, 2020. The officers ordered them to sign promising to give up Falun Gong practice, and took photos of them. In the following days, the officers went to their family store and child’s home, and harassed and threatened the family.

17. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Three Practitioners Harassed

Mr. Zhang Qingxuan, Mr. Huang Kejun, and Ms. Sun Sulan were successively harassed at home by three officers from the Caitingqiao Town Police Station, and Huang Kexin, a village cadre, on December 7, 2020. The harassers questioned practitioners if they still practiced Falun Gong.

18. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Liu Xiangge Harassed

Ms. Liu Xiangge, 70, was harassed by clerks from the community on the afternoon of December 14, 2020. She did not open her door to them.

19. [Jiangxi Province] Mr. Xu Yong Harassed

Mr. Xu Yong, an employee of Jiangxi Finance and Economics University, has been repeatedly harassed and threatened by his employer. He was ordered to write a guarantee statement.

20. [Dachang County, Hebei Province] Ms. Song Shufen Harassed

Ms. Song Shufen was harassed on November 30, 2020. Agents from the Shaofu Town Political and Legal Affairs Committee, one named Yang Jin, went to her home. She was not home. They left and returned at around 5:00 p.m. Her family told them she was visiting her mother. Yang ordered the family to have their relative send a video to prove it.

21. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Wu Chengjun Formally Arrested

Mr. Wu Chengjun was arrested by officers from the Beidi Police Station on October 15, 2020. He was held for about a month in an isolation ward in the Liaoyang County Detention Center because he was found to have a black spot on his lung during a physical exam. He was formally arrested and is being held at the Liaoyang City Detention Center.

22. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Wang Xuezhen and Mr. Ma Minqing Face Trial

Ms. Wang Xuezhen, 76, and her son, Mr. Ma Minqing, will be tried in the Haizhu District Court in December 2020.

Ms. Wang and Mr. Ma were arrested on July 10, 2019 by officers from the No. 2 Investigation Brigade of the Public Transportation Police Department and the Subway Huangsha Station Police Station. The Haizhu District Court had a hearing on their case in early January 2020. They are being held at the Haizhu District Detention Center. Ms. Wang was abused and is not able to stand.

23. [Handan City, Hebei Province] Ms. Li Jun’e and Ms. Shang Xifeng Harassed

Ms. Li Jun’e and Ms. Shang Xifeng were harassed at their respective homes by officers from the Yuangu Township Police Station on November 12, 2020. The officers questioned if they still practiced Falun Gong and took photos of them. They have been harassed multiple times.

24. [Jingzhou City, Hubei Province] Mr. Fu Wanhua Deprived of Pension

Mr. Fu Wanhua was sentenced to seven years in prison and incarcerated from September 2009 to September 2016. He was deprived of his pension on August 10, 2020. He asked for administrative reconsideration, but the Human Resource and Social Security Bureau ignored his case. He submitted it to the Shashi District Court, and is waiting for the case-filing confirmation.

25. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Sun Wenjun Harassed

Ms. Sun Wenjun went to the Ershilipu Police Station on December 8, 2020 as police called her to pick up her confiscated computer. The police had her undergo a nucleic acid test, then go to interrogation room and sign. She got back her computer but not the other items.

On December 15, 2020, Ms. Sun was harassed at work by three officers from the police station.

26. [Qi County, Henan Province] Yang Qi Arrested

Yang Qi (gender unknown) of Qi County was arrested in Zhengzhou City, where Yang went to school, by Zhengzhou police. At the request from Henan Province Public Security Department, officers from Qi County Police Department ransacked Yang’s home in Qi County and confiscated Falun Gong books and materials on December 10, 2020. Details are unknown.

27. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Shuying and Nie Arrested

Ms. Wang Shuying and Nie (first name and gender unknown) were arrested by officers from the Beiguan Police Station on the afternoon of December 10, 2020 after someone reported them talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. Ms. Wang’s home was ransacked. Police ordered her to sign. She refused. Police then forced her family to sign. She was released. Nie was released the same day.

28. [Tianjin] Mr. Yang Yingjian and Family Harassed

Mr. Yang Yingjian and his family were repeatedly harassed by clerks from the Baoping Street after November 25, 2020. Five unidentified people came to his home on the afternoon of November 25. They failed to get his signature because he was on an out of town long term assignment. They called his child several times and tried to locate and call his wife. The family was stressed.

29. [Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Yang Fan Arrested

Ms. Yang Fan was arrested at home by local Communist Party members on the afternoon of December 11, 2020. Ms. Yang had been subjected to forced labor, sentenced to three years in prison, and deprived of her teacher status and work.

30. [Beijing] Mr. Ke Xingguo Harassed

Mr. Ke Xingguo was harassed at home by a community officer from the Wanshou Road Police Station and clerks from the community on the morning of December 15, 2020. The harassers photographed and videotaped inside and outside of his home.

31. [Tianjin] A Practitioner Harassed, Two Detained

Ms. Sun Yuzhi was harassed at home several times by five officers from the Baoping Police Station, one named Han Baoxiang, chief of Armed Forces of the police station. They tried to force her to sign, and threatened her with her son’s job. They also harassed her son at work. Her husband and son were under severe stress.

Yu Junping and Han Jinling (both practitioners’ genders are unknown) were arrested by officers from the Cuihuangkou Township Police Station in December 2020 when they were reading the book Zhuan Falun together. They are being held at the Wuqing District Detention Center.

32. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Mr. Sun Jianzhong Faces Trial

Mr. Sun Jianzhong’s case was submitted to the Zunhua Court.

33. [Songyuan City, Jilin Province] Mr. Qu Jun Harassed

A half dozen officers from the Qianguo County Police Department and the Baiyilaga Township Police Station tried to arrest Mr. Qu Jun at home on December 15, 2020. Their efforts were in vain, as Mr. Qu was not home. They came back and harassed the family two hours later.

34. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Mr. Sun Yuming and Ms. Zhang Shaozhen Harassed

Mr. Sun Yuming and wife Ms. Zhang Shaozhen were harassed at home by township a Communist Party deputy secretary and another person on the afternoon of December 11, 2020. The harassers ordered them to sign a three statements document, threatened stopping their salaries and taking them to a brainwashing center, and lured them with softening their hardship. Mr. Sun and Ms. Zhang refused.

35. [Xiangyang City, Hubei Province] Ms. Liu Xueyan Detained

Ms. Liu Xueyang, a retiree from Xiangmian Corp., was arrested by officers from the Domestic Security Division and the Niushou Police Station on November 25, 2020. She was returning home from grocery shopping when she was intercepted in the downstairs of her home by officers led by Li Xuejun from the Domestic Security Division. She was taken to the Fancheng Administrative Detention Center on the morning of November 27, and released 15 days later.

36. [Deyang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Tang Zhiyu Harassed

Ms. Tang Zhiyu was harassed at home by five members from the village Communist Party Committee on December 11, 2020. They forced her husband to sign for her.

37. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Zhang Xijun Arrested

Mr. Zhang Xijun was arrested at noon on December 14, 2020 for talking to an officer about the persecution of Falun Gong on his way home. Officers went to his home in three police cars in the afternoon and ransacked the place.

38. [Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Zou Xiuqin and Ms. Xiuxiu Arrested

Ms. Zou Xiuqin and her daughter Ms. Xiuxiu (last name unknown) were arrested by officers from the Chenjiawa Township Police Station on February 15, 2020 when they were talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong in an open market.

39. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Zhong Dianjun Arrested

Ms. Zhong Dianjun was arrested at home on December 11, 2020 by officers from the Mengyang Police Station and Xie Bing, son of village head Xie Changwen. They ransacked the place, seized Falun Gong books and several copies of Minghui Weekly, and tore down all the Falun Gong related decorations and calendars in her home. They took her to the police station, ripped off her shoes and socks, wrestled her jacket open, and snatched all of her hair clips away.

40. [Pengzhou City, Sichan Province] Ms. Su Yuanzhen Arrested

Ms. Su Yuanzhen of Mengyang Town was arrested in Sanjie Town by officers from the Sanjie Police Station on the morning of December 10, 2020. She was taken to Pengzhou City. Police grabbed her hand to press fingerprints. She was released at night.

41. [Cangzhou City, Hebei Province] Ms. Ji Lanxiang Harassed

Ms. Ji Lanxiang, a temperate worker in a school, was harassed at work on December 11, 2020 by Cao Bing, a clerk from Comprehensive office of Xihuan Road Office, Renqiu City, and an officer from the Xihuan Road Police Station. They were part of the zero-out campaign, a concerted effort to force every single practitioner on the government’s black lists to renounce Falun Gong. Ms. Ji did not comply. They called her supervisor and had her job removed.

A week ago, Cao pretended to be an officer from police station and called Ms. Ji’s daughter, who was studying out of town. In the summer of 2020, Cao and others harassed Ms. Ji at home.

42. [Renqiu City, Hebei Province] Ms. Wang Fenghua Detained

Ms. Wang Fenghua was arrested by officers from the Qingta Township Police Station on May 24, 2020 for talking to people about how to keep safe during the pandemic in an open market. She was detained for two days and was released on May 26 after police extorted over 200,000 yuan from her family.

Several months later, the Renqiu City Procuratorate called Ms. Wang multiple times and ordered her to report to the Procuratorate. She was tried by the Renqiu City Court on November 16. She defended herself in court. She was arrested at home and taken to the Renqiu City Detention Center on November 29.

43. [Tianjin] Ms. Jiao Yanping Arrested

Ms. Jiao Yanping and her husband were arrested and taken to the community committee by seven people from the police station and community on the morning of December 11, 2020. They ordered her to sign the three statements document, but she refused. After a two-hour deadlock, they held her hand to sign on a blank paper, and grabbed her husband’s hand to make fingerprints. She and her husband were released.

44. [Shouguang City, Shandong Province] Mr. Zhao Xiushun Arrested

Mr. Zhao Xiushun was arrested by officers from the Gucheng Police Station on the morning of December 11, 2020 while he was talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong in the Gucheng Open Market. He was taken to the police station. Officer Yang Yigui from Shouguang Domestic Security Division and officers from the Gucheng Police Station ransacked his home. He was released at sunset.

45. [Yangling District, Shaanxi Province] Three Practitioners Detained

Ms. Xu Lanxia was arrested by agents from Yangling District 610 Office on the afternoon of October 14, 2020. Her home was ransacked. She was detained in the Gan County Detention Center, and released 15 days later.

Ms. Xu Caili and Ms. Chen Puyun were arrested at home respectively on the morning of November 17, 2020. Their homes were ransacked. Ms. Xu is being held at the Nanren Detention Center in Wugong County. Ms. Chen is being held at the Puji Detention Center.