(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 12 cities or counties in 8 provinces, where at least 52 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Jining City, Shandong Province] About 35 Practitioners Arrested
2. [Tianjin] Ms. Zhu Mei Sentenced
3. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Ms. Zhu Ruiying and Ms. Sun Fangyun Face Trial
4. [Jinzhai County, Anhui Province] Ms. Liu Jinping Arrested
5. [Honghu City, Hubei Province] Mr. Wei Shaoming arrested
6. [Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Zhao Qingxiang Detained
7. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Chen Huan Detained
8. [Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Zhang Yuping Faces Trial
9. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Xiumin Harassed
10. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Practitioners Harassed
11. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Yu Kaixin Missing
12. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Practitioners and Their Families Harassed
13. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Mr. Sun Yubin Detained
14. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Yuxiang Harassed

1. [Jining City, Shandong Province] About 35 Practitioners Arrested

About 35 practitioners were arrested on October 28, 2021. It was said that they were under cellphone and camera surveillance for several months. Some practitioners were released on bail. The rest were held in Yutai County and Liangshan County.

The following are among those arrested: Li Honexia, Chang Guifang, Wang Xuejun, Man Zhengyu, Chu Fuhua, Mi Jinying, Hou Chengfu, Zhu Xiujuan, Ma Hongliang, Xie Yugong, Wang Xiling, and Dalin (nickname).

2. [Tianjin] Ms. Zhu Mei Sentenced

Ms. Zhu Mei was sentenced to two and a half years in prison by the Jinnan District Court on October 22, 2021. She was arrested by officers from the Jinnan Police Department on September 24, 2019, and has since been held in the Dongli Detention Center.

3. [Hefei City, Anhui Province] Ms. Zhu Ruiying and Ms. Sun Fangyun Face Trial

Ms. Zhu Ruiying, 75, was arrested at home by officers from the Xiaoyaojin Police Station on the morning of April 21, 2021. The officers ransacked her home and seized 15 copies of Falun Gong books, a picture of the founder of Falun Gong, and other items. She was interrogated in the police station.

Ms. Sun Fangyun, 65, was arrested at home at noon on the same day. During the interrogation, the officers said they had stalked the two practitioners for over two months and brought out photos taken of the practitioners talking, shopping, and asking for directions. Ms. Zhu was taken to a detention center. But the center did not admit her because of her poor health. Both practitioners were put under residential surveillance.

A surveillance camera was installed in front of Ms. Sun’s home. The cases against them were submitted to the Shushan District Procuratorate in mid-October after the period of residential surveillance was finished. It is now in the Shushan District Court. They are still under residential surveillance.

4. [Jinzhai County, Anhui Province] Ms. Liu Jinping Arrested

Ms. Liu Jinping was arrested in early October 2021.

5. [Honghu City, Hubei Province] Mr. Wei Shaoming arrested

Mr. Wei Shaoming drove to Shanghai for business. During the hotel check in, he was put in police custody because his identity card showed he did not sign the three statements renouncing Falun Gong. Officers from Honghu City came and took him to the Honghu Brainwashing Center.

6. [Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province] Zhao Qingxiang Detained

Zhao Qingxiang (gender unknown) was arrested on the afternoon of November 3, 2021, after someone reported when Zhao talked to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. Zhao was interrogated in a police station for several hours and then brought home. Officers ransacked the place, seized all Falun Gong books and two bags of related materials. Zhao has been in police custody since.

7. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Chen Huan Detained

Ms. Chen Huan is being held in the Dalian City Detention Center.

8. [Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province] Ms. Zhang Yuping Faces Trial

Ms. Zhang Yuping was arrested by officers from the Wenmiao Police Station for exchanging paper currency with Falun Gong messages printed on them. She has been held in the Taiyuan City No. 4 Detention Center for five months. Her case is in the Yingze District Court. Her husband, following the law, went to register as her defender in the court. The judge’s assistant stopped him from doing it.

9. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wang Xiumin Harassed

Ms. Wang Xiumin, 82, of Shouguang City, has been repeatedly persecuted since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Gong practitioners in July 20, 1999. Her home was ransacked. She was stalked, arrested, forced to walk down the street while being publicly humiliated, and was taken to a forced labor camp.

Around 11:30 a.m. on November 7, 2021, seven or eight officers from the Shouguang Police Department and police station knocked on her door. She did not open it. They called her son, ordered him home, and made him open the door. Without displaying a warrant, they searched her home, photographed and videotaped it, and left.

10. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Two Practitioners Harassed

Zhou (first name and gender unknown) was harassed at home for one hour and a half on October 18, 2021 by two agents from Dongchangfu District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, two clerks from Liuyuan Community Office, and three officers from the local police station.

Zhou was harassed at home for an hour on October 20, 2021 by eight or nine people, including two agents from the Dongchangfu District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, two clerks from Liuyuan Community Office, and two from the provincial government.

Zhou was harassed at home on November 4, 2021, by Bai and Xue from the Dongchangfu District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, Zhi from Liuyuan Community Office. Zhi left in ten minutes. The other two left in an hour.

The son of Xu (first name and gender unknown) was harassed at work on November 5, 2021, by Bai and Xue from the Dongchangfu District Political and Legal Affairs Committee.

11. [Chengdu City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Yu Kaixin Missing

Mr. Yu Kaixin, a retired teacher, left home to avoid being persecuted and relocated to Wenjiang District in 2018. He has been missing since August 2021.

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

The family members of Ms. Du Jing, Tian Yuqing (gender unknown), Wang Bin (gender unknown) and Ma Weidong (gender unknown) received harassing calls from the Wuguocheng Police Station, Yilan County, between October 27 and early November, 2021. Zhang Dongmei (gender unknown) got a harassing call. Elderly practitioner Yan Guiyun (gender unknown) was called by police nine times a day. Officers went to Ms. Du Jing’s home three times, ordered her to write the three statements renouncing Falun Gong, and interrupted her family’s car wash business.

13. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Mr. Sun Yubin Detained

Mr. Sun Yubin, in his 70s, was arrested by officers from the Xiangjiang Police Station on October 13, 2021, when he was posting Falun Gong flyers along a street. He is being held in the Chiping District Detention Center.

14. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Liu Yuxiang Harassed

Ms. Liu Yuxiang has been repeatedly harassed since August 18, 2021, by people from the Dongchangfu District government, Liangshui Town government, etc. Two went to her home on October 18. Eight went to her home on October 19.

She was taken to the town government and brainwashed on October 21 by agents from the town government and two people claiming to be “provincial study group members.”