(Minghui.org) Today’s news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 6 cities or counties in 3 provinces, where at least 23 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Shanghai] Ms. Li Hong Detained
2. [Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province] Sixteen Practitioners Harassed
3. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Zhao Zhongrong Detained
4. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Xu Shoufu Officially Arrested, and Mr. Zhang Guisheng Detained
5. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Lijuan Arrested
6. [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Mr. Xu Yansan Harassed

1. [Shanghai] Ms. Li Hong Detained

Officers from the Caoyang Police Station in the Putuo District arrested Ms. Li Hong on September 9, 2022. She was placed under criminal detention and transferred to the Putuo District Detention Center.

2. [Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province] Sixteen Practitioners Harassed

Plainclothes officers broke into a practitioner’s home in the Chikan District on September 8, 2022. They arrested 15 practitioners who were reading Zhuan Falun together.

The practitioners were first held in the Zhongshan Police Station. They were then transferred to the Zhonghua Police Station, Cunjin Police Station, and the Minzhu Police Station.

Among the 15 practitioners, one practitioner, a teacher, was taken away in handcuffs by the police. Two elderly practitioners returned home at 6:00 a.m. the following day.

Officers from the Zhanjiang City Domestic Security Division ransacked these practitioners’ homes the following evening, September 9, 2022.

One practitioner’s family refused to open the door when the police officers came to ransack their home, which included three plainclothes and two in uniform. The officers then broke a window and took a bag near it containing more than 1,000 yuan in cash. The practitioner’s family went to the police station that night and got the money back.

3. [Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Zhao Zhongrong Detained

Ms. Zhao, 69, was sentenced to four years and fined 5,000 yuan on June 7, 2022, for passing out informational materials about Falun Gong. She has been held in the Panyu Detention Center.

4. [Benxi City, Liaoning Province] Mr. Xu Shoufu Officially Arrested, and Mr. Zhang Guisheng Detained

Local police officers arrested at least ten practitioners on July 13, 2022. Mr. Zhang Guisheng has been held in a detention center since then. Mr. Xu Shoufu was officially arrested.

Ms. Qu Kun was arrested by officers from the Gongren Police Station in the Pingshan District on July 23, 2022. The Nanfen District Procuratorate withdrew the case against her for lack of evidence. Ms. Qu was released without charge and returned home on the evening of August 15, 2022.

5. [Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Wang Lijuan Arrested

Ms. Wang Lijuan, about 60 years old, a retired employee of the Lingyuan Iron and Steel Company, was arrested from her home by officers from the local police department in late August.

It was said that a surveillance camera recorded her when she visited Chen Hua, a practitioner who was officially arrested earlier.

Ms. Wang returned home that day.

6. [Linyi City, Shandong Province] Mr. Xu Yansan Harassed

Xu Binsan, party secretary of Xujialing village in Dadian Town, Junan County, brought three people from the Junan County 610 Office to Mr. Xu Yansan’s home on September 7, 2022.

They confiscated several Falun Gong books and two audio players and pressured Mr. Xu to sign several pieces of paper.