(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 14 cities or counties in 8 provinces, where at least 23 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.
1. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Ma Minqing’s Appeal Denied
2. [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Mr. Li Hua Sentenced, Ms. Lin Guolan Faces Trial
3. [Fuyang City, Anhui Province] Ms. Mei Xinying Detained
4. [Yingcheng City, Hubei Province] Mr. Cheng Xianggou Held in Brainwashing Center
5. [Zhucheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yi Mingxiang Faces Trial
6. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Sun Guixia Formally Arrested
7. [Luoyang City, Henan Province] Ms. Mao Chunxia Arrested
8. [Hulin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Peixiu Arrested
9. [Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wen Guoxiang Arrested
10. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Detained
11. [Huaian City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Li Jiuping Imprisoned
12. [Fusong County, Jilin Province] Xu Xikun and Ms. Xu Arrested
13. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Yunjie Arrested
14. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Du Xiuli and Ms. Du Xiuxia Arrested
15. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Four Practitioners Arrested
16. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Han Lihua Tried in Court
1. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Mr. Ma Minqing’s Appeal Denied
Mr. Ma Minqing was sentenced to seven-and-a-half-years in prison and fined 10,000 yuan by the Zhuhai District Court on December 20, 2021. He appealed to the Guangzhou City Intermediate Court and asked the court to reject the illegal evidence. Without verifying the basic facts the intermediate court affirmed the lower court’s decision on June 13, 2022.
2. [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Mr. Li Hua Sentenced, Ms. Lin Guolan Faces Trial
Mr. Li Hua of Tonghua City and his wife, Ms. Zhao Guiyong, were arrested by officers from the Tonghua County Police Station on the afternoon of October 27, 2021, when they were talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong in Tonghua County. Ms. Zhao was released. Mr. Li was sentenced to four years in prison. He is being held in the Tonghua County Detention Center.
Ms. Lin Guolan faces trial.
3. [Fuyang City, Anhui Province] Ms. Mei Xinying Detained
Ms. Mei Xinying of Datianji, Yingzhou District, was arrested in 2020 for distributing information about Falun Gong in Jiangtang Town, Yingquan District. She was detained. The Yingquan District Procuratorate charged her. She was released on bail for a year. On June 10, 2022, she was arrested by people from the Yingquan District Police Department, the court, and the procuratorate. She is being held in a detention center.
4. [Yingcheng City, Hubei Province] Mr. Cheng Xianggou Held in Brainwashing Center
Mr. Cheng Xianggou was arrested at his home and taken to the Yingcheng City 610 Office Brainwashing Center by officers from the Silipeng Police Station on the morning of June 30, 2022. His home was ransacked.
Officers from the Silipeng Police Station and clerks from the Yankuang Community went to his home on June 24, 2022. They tried to have him go to the brainwashing center. He refused. On the morning of June 27, 2022, they called him and said that they would go to his home and take him to the brainwashing center. He refused.
His wife is left at home alone. She is sick and cannot take care of herself.
5. [Zhucheng City, Shandong Province] Ms. Yi Mingxiang Faces Trial
Ms. Yi Mingxiang of Hugou Village, Huanghua Town, will be tried by the Gaomi City Court on July 7, 2022.
She was arrested in the summer of 2020 for distributing Falun Gong flyers. She was taken to the Huanghua Police Station. Officers tried to make her renounce Falun Gong. She did not give in. They harassed and threatened her family several times, and finally released her on bail after they extorted 10,000 from her family.
On February 2022, officers deceived and used force to take her to the Huanghua Police Station. Agents from the Zhucheng 610 Office illegally recorded her statements and used them against her.
6. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Sun Guixia Formally Arrested
Ms. Sun Guixia of the Nanguan District was arrested by officers from the Shuguanglu Police Station on March 4, 2022, after a resident reported her for distributing Falun Gong flyers. She was released some time ago but was told she would be formally arrested. She was recently formally arrested.
7. [Luoyang City, Henan Province] Ms. Mao Chunxia Arrested
Ms. Mao Chunxia was arrested on June 23, 2022, by unidentified officers.
8. [Hulin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Wang Peixiu Arrested
Ms. Wang Peixiu was arrested by officers from the Hulin City Domestic Security Division and the Xigang Police Station on May 17, 2022. She was taken to the police station. The officers called her family. They wanted to search her home. She refused to cooperate. An officer from the Domestic Security Division grabbed her purse, took her key, ransacked her home, and seized her Falun Gong books, a laptop, a picture of the Falun Gong’s founder, and other items. The officers from the police station ordered her to sign their records of what was said when they interrogated her. She refused. She was released around 1:00 p.m.
9. [Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province] Ms. Wen Guoxiang Arrested
Ms. Wen Guoxiang was arrested by officers on the morning of June 16, 2022, when she was talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong in the Daqinjia Open Market. Her home was ransacked. Officers seized her Falun Gong books, a cell phone, and several Falun Gong printouts. They tried to force her to tell them where the printouts came from. She did not cooperate. She was released the same day.
10. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Li Detained
Ms. Li, 65, lives in the No. 1 Teacher Family Compound of Northeast Formal University in the Nanguan District. She was arrested in the second half of June 2022 after someone reported her when she distributed Falun Gong flyers in the Nanguan District. She is being held in a detention center.
11. [Huaian City, Jiangsu Province] Ms. Li Jiuping Imprisoned
Ms. Li Jiuping was sentenced to eight months in prison for distributing Falun Gong flyers. She was imprisoned in the Huaian City Detention Center on September 23, 2021, and was transferred to the Nanjing Women’s Prison two months later. She was released on May 22, 2022.
12. [Fusong County, Jilin Province] Xu Xikun and Ms. Xu Arrested
Ms. Xu, 78, was arrested by Fusong County officers on the afternoon of June 30, 2022. Xu Xikun (gender unknown) was arrested at the same time. The officers notified their families. The two practitioners were released at midnight.
13. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Yang Yunjie Arrested
Ms. Yang Yunjie left home on June 13, 2022. Just as she walked downstairs to the gate, two men suddenly approached her, grabbed her bag, and emptied it. Two other men stepped forward, tied her hands with a rope, seized her key, went upstairs, opened her door, and illegally searched the place. She was taken to the Chongqinglu Police Station for interrogation. They ordered her to sign the records of what they wrote down when they interrogated her. She did not comply. They subjected her to a nucleic acid test and a physical exam. It went on until 7 to 8 p.m. She was taken to the quarantine station operated by the Chongqing Police Department. She was taken back to the police station after 3:00 p.m. on June 15. Police had her sign a “house arrest.” She was released.
14. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Du Xiuli and Ms. Du Xiuxia Arrested
Ms. Du Xiuli of Jilin City and Ms. Du Xiuxia of Huadian City were arrested on the street on June 14, 2022. They were taken to the Minzhu Police Station. Ms. Du Xiuli’s home was ransacked. Officers seized two copies of Zhuan Falun and four MP3 players. The officers claimed that she broke the law when she said in public, “Falun Gong is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Ms. Du Xiuli was subjected to 10 days of detention. Ms. Du Xiuxia was subjected to five days of detention. Since detention centers did not take in any new inmates due to the pandemic, the detentions were postponed. The two practitioners were released to their families after midnight.
15. [Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province] Four Practitioners Arrested
Meng and Xia of Hulan District (their first names unknown) were arrested by officers from the Yuanye Police Station on June 2, 2022, when they were talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. They were taken to the police station. Because of the pandemic, officers had them sign detention notices and released them.
Ms. Ma Yan and Ms. Ju Wenyan of Hulan District were arrested by officers from the Yuanye Police Station on June 12, 2022, when they were talking to people about the persecution of Falun Gong. They were taken to the police station. Officers had them sign on detention notices and released them after 5:00 p.m.
16. [Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Han Lihua Tried in Court
Ms. Han Lihua was tried by the Ranghulu Court on July 1, 2022.
Her home was ransacked by officers from the Tieren Police Department and the Daqing Domestic Security Division on October 20, 2020. Her property and Falun Gong materials were confiscated.
The Tieren Police Department submitted her case to the Ranghulu Procuratorate ten days ago. The procuratorate filed charges against her.
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