(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 27 cities or counties in 10 provinces, where at least 46 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Xu Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
2. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Lu Guanru Passes Away in Prison
3. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Ms. Su Guihua to Be Returned to Prison
4. [Xinxiang City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhong Huizhen’s Home Ransacked
5. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] Ms. Guo Hongyan Arrested
6. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Lin Guihuan Arrested
7. [Wenxi County, Shanxi Province] Ms. Chou Fenghua and Family Harassed
8. [Shifang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Xu Yuanxiang and Ms. Zhang Wenju Harassed
9. [Xiuyan County, Liaoning Province] Zheng Quanyou Harassed
10. [Siping City, Jilin Province] Many Practitioners Harassed
11. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Mr. Peng Shuming Arrested
12. [Beijing] Ms. Li Chunfang Detained
13. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Xu Harassed
14. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Gao Hua’s Home Ransacked
15. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Several Practitioners Harassed
16. [Shanghai] Several Practitioners Harassed
17. [Qian’an City, Hebei Province] Several Practitioners Harassed
18. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Huang Honglei Officially Arrested
19. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhou Guiling Harassed
20. [Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Xu Lan Arrested
21. [Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Wei Hongya Passes Away Due to Persecution
22. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Several Practitioners Harassed
23. [Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Jiang Chunya Harassed
24. [Anqiu City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Yufen’s Home Ransacked
25. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Mr. He Zhiqiang and Wife Arrested
26. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Hui Arrested
27. [Chongqing] Ms. Liu Yuanxue and Her Family Harassed
28. [Qixia City, Shandong Province] Three Practitioners Harassed
29. [Zhucheng City, Shandong Province] Three Practitioners Harassed

1. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Practitioner Xu Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

Elderly practitioner Xu (gender unknown) from Caijia Village, Dengshahe Town, Jinpu New Area was arrested during the “7/11 Incident” in 2020 when the police rounded up a large number of practitioners. Xu was released the next day due to health issues. The police ordered Xu to report to the police station once a month. It was reported that Xu was later sentenced to five years in prison and served his/her sentence outside the prison during the pandemic.

Around March 20, 2021, Xu went to report to the police station and was immediately arrested and taken to prison.

2. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Lu Guanru Passes Away in Prison

Mr. Lu Guanru, 69, was abused in the Tailai Prison until he had a brain hemorrhage and passed away on April 4, 2021.

Mr. Lu was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Ranghulu District Court on July 1, 2019. He was taken to the Hulan Prison on July 30. Later, because he remained steadfast in his belief and refused to be “transformed,” he was transferred to the Tailai Prison.

3. [Qingdao City, Shandong Province] Ms. Su Guihua to Be Returned to Prison

Ms. Su Guihua was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2018. She was taken to the hospital from the Pudong Detention Center for medical reasons. The hospital issued two critical illness notices the day she was brought there. Afterward she was taken home to live under surveillance.

On April 23, 2021, Ms. Su’s family received a notice from the Dagang Police Station that the court ordered that she be returned to prison.

4. [Xinxiang City, Henan Province] Ms. Zhong Huizhen’s Home Ransacked

When Ms. Zhong Huizhen, in her 80s, was distributing Falun Gong materials on April 11, 2021, someone photographed her with their cell phone and reported her to the police. The police tracked her down through surveillance cameras and staked out near her home for a few days after locating her address.

Ms. Zhong was arrested at home by more than twelve officers from the Muye Police Department on April 22. The officers ransacked her home and confiscated her Falun Dafa books among other personal belongings. She was given five days of detention to be served at home due to her age.

5. [Dongying City, Shandong Province] Ms. Guo Hongyan Arrested

Ms. Guo Hongyan was arrested at work by officers from the Jidi Police Department on April 23, 2021. The officers ransacked her home and confiscated some personal belongings. They tried to arrest Ms. Guo’s mother but gave up because her mother was not feeling well.

6. [Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Lin Guihuan Arrested

Ms. Lin Guihuan was arrested at home by officers from the Mishan City Domestic Security Division on January 19, 2021. She was taken to the police department to verify Xiaoyangzi’s claim that she gave Xiaoyangzi money to produce desk calendars. Ms. Lin firmly denied this when she talked to Xiaoyangzi face to face. In the end, the domestic security officers demanded a guaranteed deposit of 10,000 yuan from her. Ms. Lin returned home on January 20.

7. [Wenxi County, Shanxi Province] Ms. Chou Fenghua and Family Harassed

From November 2020 to the end of March 2021, Ms. Chou Fenghua was harassed five or six times by Yang Li, director of the community management office.

On April 9, 2021, after the new secretary of the Shanxi Province Political and Legal Affairs Committee took office, he began to implement the “zero-out” policy and harassed Falun Gong practitioners across the province.

During this period, Yang harassed Ms. Zhou’s two children by making phone calls and sending them threatening text messages.

8. [Shifang City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Xu Yuanxiang and Ms. Zhang Wenju Harassed

Liu Longwei, director of Jianshe Village security, and Yang Zexing, the production team leader, Yinfeng Township, Majing Town, went to the homes of Ms. Xu Yuanxiang and Ms. Zhang Wenju, harassed them and photographed them on April 19, 2021.

9. [Xiuyan County, Liaoning Province] Zheng Quanyou Harassed

Zheng Quanyou (gender unknown) was harassed by the Xiuyan County Political and Legal Affairs Committee on April 7, 2021. On April 22 and April 23, members of the committee accompanied officials from the provincial civil affairs department, went to Zheng’s home and pressured Zheng to write guarantee statements renouncing Falun Gong.

10. [Siping City, Jilin Province] Many Practitioners Harassed

Recently, the Yitong Autonomous County Police Department, various sub-district administration offices, and police stations in towns and townships hired people to harass Falun Gong practitioners within their jurisdictions. If the practitioner was at home, he would be taken directly to a brainwashing center. If the practitioner was not at home, these people would go to the homes of his relatives and friends and ask where he was. Several practitioners are known to have been taken to brainwashing centers.

Mr. Guo Ping was arrested at his home in the Menjiatun area and taken to the Party School Brainwashing Center on the afternoon of April 22, 2021.

11. [Liaocheng City, Shandong Province] Mr. Peng Shuming Arrested

Mr. Peng Shuming from Gaotang County was arrested by officers from the Gaotang County Police Department or the Yuqiuhu Police Station around April 10, 2021. Further details are pending.

12. [Beijing] Ms. Li Chunfang Detained

Ms. Li Chunfang was arrested by officers from the Puhuangyu Police Station while talking to people about Falun Gong in the Puhuangyu Community at noon on April 21, 2021. The officers ransacked her home and confiscated all her Falun Dafa books and media players for doing the Falun Gong exercises. Ms. Li’s family demanded her release, but the police told them to come back after her seven-day detention.

13. [Zibo City, Shandong Province] Practitioner Xu Harassed

Practitioner Xu (gender unknown), over 70 years old, from Chengli Street, Zichuan District, was harassed at home by officers from the Banyang Police Station in early April 2021. The officers asked Xu to sign guarantee statements, but Xu refused.

14. [Huludao City, Liaoning Province] Gao Hua’s Home Ransacked

Liu Huanyu, head of the Suizhong County Domestic Security Division, led people to Gao Hua's (gender unknown) home and ransacked the place on the afternoon of April 24, 2021.

15. [Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province] Several Practitioners Harassed

On April 14, April 20, and April 21, 2021, Ji Xiangfei and others from the Qingsheng Village Committee, Zeng Feng and others from the police station, went to local practitioners’ homes and harassed them.

Ms. Yang Shanrong, Ms. Wang Guanghui, Hu Zhangqiong (gender unknown), Ms. Wang Suqing, Mr. Hu Yiyin, and Ms. Zeng Bifang were harassed.

16. [Shanghai] Several Practitioners Harassed

Ms. Rong Meiying, 71, is from the Pudong New Area. Starting from April 21, 2021, plainclothes officers staked out close to her home to monitor her. The authorities began monitoring practitioners as the anniversary of “4/25 Zhongnanhai Appeal” drew near (when over 10,000 practitioners went to Beijing to present their case outside the Central Government Compound in 1999).

Ms. Xu Jiayu, 66, and Ms. Shen Yizhi, 78, are from the Pudong New Area. Starting from April 21, the Hudong New Village Police Station paid people to stake out near their homes to monitor them. Even before the anniversary of 4/25, Ms. Xu and Ms. Shen were followed by plainclothes officers, who sometimes followed them in cars or on electric bicycles.

Some other Falun Gong practitioners were also monitored around the anniversary of 4/25.

17. [Qian’an City, Hebei Province] Several Practitioners Harassed

Officers from the Yangdianzi Town Police Station harassed Falun Gong practitioners in the area under the pretext of verifying their personal information. They took photos of practitioners and asked for their information, including their names, addresses, ages, and cell phone numbers.

On the morning of April 18, 2021, three officers from the police station arrived in Shenjiaying Village and ordered the village officials to take them to the homes of Ms. Wen Cuijuan, Chen Zhiying (gender unknown) and Mr. Liu Dapeng.

On the morning of April 20, officers went to Cheyuanzhai Village and ordered the village officials to take them to the homes of Ms. Liu Yuzhen and Ms. Liu Yanrong. They asked Ms. Liu Yanrong’s father and sister-in-law for her contact information.

18. [Tangshan City, Hebei Province] Huang Honglei Officially Arrested

Huang Honglei (gender unknown), an employee of the Kailuan Zhongrun Coal Chemical Co., Ltd., Haigang Economic Development Zone, was reported to the police for distributing Falun Gong materials on March 30, 2021, and was arrested by domestic security officers of Haigang Economic Development Zone. Huang was held in custody for 12 days at the Haigang Economic Development Zone Police Department. Huang’s home was ransacked.

Huang was taken to the Laoting Detention Center on the afternoon of April 2, but the detention notice was dated March 31.

On April 11, Huang’s lawyer went to the detention center to visit Huang. Detention center staffers gave the lawyer a lot of trouble. They required the lawyer to have a nucleic acid test report as well as a letter (it was not clear what kind of letter they wanted).

On April 13, the lawyer had a nucleic acid test and took the letter to the detention center, but was still not allowed to meet with Huang. The lawyer and Huang’s family protested, so the director of the detention center moved the meeting time ahead to after 4 p.m. Due to other commitments, the lawyer could not wait until then to meet with Huang.

On April 22, Huang was officially placed under arrest by the Haigang Economic Development Zone Procuratorate.

19. [Dalian City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Zhou Guiling Harassed

Two officers from the Ganjingzi Police Station and Liu, a member of the community management office, went to Ms. Zhou Guiling’s home on April 23, 2021. As soon as they entered the room, they began taking videos with their cell phones. There was a device on the residential police officer’s shoulder that was taking pictures. Ms. Zhou told him to turn it off. The residential officer said he wanted to take photos of her with her daughter, which she refused.

20. [Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Xu Lan Arrested

Ms. Xu Lan from Zhenghong Township, Binhai County, was reported to the police for talking to people about Falun Gong around Chinese New Year’s Day (February 12) in 2021, when her husband was sick and hospitalized. She was arrested and her home was ransacked by officers from the Dingji Police Station.

When her husband passed away, she was released and returned home, but when her husband’s funeral was over, she was arrested again. She has not returned home.

21. [Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Wei Hongya Passes Away Due to Persecution

Ms. Wei Hongya was persecuted and passed away at 4 p.m. on March 7, 2021.

22. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Several Practitioners Harassed

Since the “zero-out” campaign began in March 2020, people from the Qinglong County Political and Legal Affairs Committee, 610 Office, Police Department, Domestic Security Division, and officials of various communities, towns, and villages have harassed Falun Gong practitioners. They threatened, intimidated, and deceived practitioners and their families to sign the guarantee statements to renounce Falun Gong. They also tracked, staked out individual practitioners and monitored their phone calls.

Incomplete statistics indicated that by April 24, 2021, at least 65 Falun Gong practitioners in the county were harassed. This has seriously disrupted the normal life of practitioners and their families.

Three people from the Long County Political and Legal Affairs Committee went to Ms. Li Guiyun’s small shop in the downtown area on April 23, 2021. They pressured Ms. Li’s husband to sign “transformation" statements for her. Prior to this, Zhu Ziwei of the Yuxiangyuan Community Management Office contacted Ms. Li and her husband six times. Zhu said that if she did not “transform,” three upcoming generations in her family would not be able to join the army, go to college, or take civil service exams. Ms. Li did not cooperate with them and did not sign the statements. The community management office staff turned their attention to her husband. Her husband was deceived by their lies and wrote and signed the statements saying his wife would give up the practice on her behalf.

In September 2020, personnel from the Louzhangzi Township Political and Legal Affairs Committee harassed Mr. Liu Fang for a long time. Not only did Mr. Liu not sign the statements himself, he didn’t allow anyone to sign them on his behalf. The township officials threatened Mr. Liu’s children, saying that if their father did not sign, they would immediately send Mr. Liu’s daughter, who was in college, back home, and would take Mr. Liu to the brainwashing center. If Mr. Liu did not sign, they would not let his children join the army. They threatened that Mr. Liu’s two sons would have to sit in the brainwashing class with him, and Mr. Liu would not be allowed to go home until he signed the statements. Mr. Liu’s daughter-in-law asked for a divorce and refused to let her husband return home. Due to the constant harassment Mr. Liu and his wife, both in their 70s, cannot live a normal life.

23. [Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province] Ms. Jiang Chunya Harassed

Three people including Wang Xueyong from the Comprehensive Management Office of Gaoqiao Town, Haishu District, knocked on the door of Ms. Jiang Chunya’s home on April 23, 2021. Ms. Jiang did not let them in. They had to talk to her from outside the door.

Around 9 a.m. on April 24, the three people went to Ms. Jiang’s home with officer Zhang and an assistant police officer. Officer Zhang also asked to go to rooms upstairs to take a look.

24. [Anqiu City, Shandong Province] Ms. Sun Yufen’s Home Ransacked

Three officers from the Dongguan Police Station went to Ms. Sun Yufen’s home and ransacked the place on April 22, 2021. They confiscated Falun Dafa books and photos of the founder of Falun Gong.

25. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Mr. He Zhiqiang and Wife Arrested

Mr. He Zhiqiang’s wife wore a Falun Gong emblem while traveling, and she was spotted, tailed, and reported to the police. Mr. He was arrested at his home by officers from the Jiangang Police Station on April 8, 2021. His wife was also arrested at home the following day. No further information is available at this time.

26. [Weifang City, Shandong Province] Ms. Li Hui Arrested

Ms. Li Hui, 19, a freshman of Weifang Vocational College of Nursing, was reported to the police for talking to people about Falun Gong in the school. She was arrested and is being held in the Changyi City Detention Center.

27. [Chongqing] Ms. Liu Yuanxue and Her Family Harassed

Officers from the Xuanhua Police Station, Yongchuan District, went to Ms. Liu Yuanxue’s home twice on April 21, 2021. They did not find her, and they called and harassed her husband instead. After 4 p.m. residential committee personnel showed up to harass them again.

28. [Qixia City, Shandong Province] Three Practitioners Harassed

Officers from the Taocun Town Police Station went to Mr. Zhang Lin’s home in February 2021 and asked if he still practiced Falun Gong.

Officers from the police station went to Mr. Liu Guoai’s home in early March. They began taking photos as soon as they walked into the yard. Mr. Liu was at work; only his 86-year-old mother was at home. His mother was frightened by the frequent police visits.

The Tangjiabo Town Police Station called Ms. Li Aihua to have a talk with her. She said, “I’m busy and don’t have time.” The police asked where she was, but she did not tell them.

Ms. Li Aihua, who was awarded the title “outstanding teacher,” is virtuous and talented. She was expelled from the school for practicing Falun Gong and suffered years of imprisonment. She makes a living by working odd jobs. The police still would not leave her alone, and have kept pestering and harassing her.

29. [Zhucheng City, Shandong Province] Three Practitioners Harassed

Mr. Zhong Mingshuang, Mr. Liu Peiliang, and Ms. Feng Cuixia were reported to the police by a villager while they talked to people about Falun Gong in Shihetou Village, Shihetou Township, on the evening of March 30, 2020. They were arrested by officers from the Shihetou Police Station. They were taken to a brainwashing center the following day.

Liu Shuqin, Song Jun, and others from the Zhucheng City Domestic Security Division resorted to coercion in order to extract confessions from the three practitioners. Song Jun threatened the practitioners and said that “the police are a violent agency.”

Mr. Zhong was extorted 30,000 yuan, Mr. Liu and Ms. Feng were each extorted 20,000 yuan. Mr. Liu’s car was impounded.

Liu Shuqin said, “If you pay the amount in full, we will let you go, and Liu’s car will be returned to him. That’s the end of it, and you will no longer be held responsible for anything.”

The families of the three practitioners believed Liu’s words and paid the police. It turned out the matter was far from over. Instead, the three practitioners were forced to answer questions and sign paperwork at the local police station every month.

The three practitioners’ cases were turned over to the Zhucheng City Procuratorate on January 8, 2021, and then transferred to the Gaomi City Procuratorate.

To avoid further persecution, Mr. Zhong and Ms. Feng had to leave home on January 12, 2021, and became displaced. The Zhucheng police are still looking for them.

In early April 2021, the Zhucheng Court found Mr. Liu and returned 20,000 yuan to him, but his car was not returned. The police wanted to seize his national ID card and driver’s license, but Mr. Liu refused to cooperate. Mr. Liu is now under residential surveillance by the police.