(Minghui.org) Today’s news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 10 cities or counties in 6 provinces, where at least 12 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.
Ms. Li Lian’e of Quzhou County was arrested by Quzhou County Domestic Security Division officers on February 26, 2024. She has been held in the Handan City Detention Center for nearly eight months. Ms. Li was tried by Handan City’s Congtai District Court at 2 p.m. on October 21, 2024.
Ms. Yu Shuhui, in her 60s, from the Jiulongpo District, was arrested at home on January 23, 2024. She has been held in the Dadukou District Detention Center for nearly nine months. She was scheduled to appear in the Jiulongpo District Court at 10:30 a.m. on October 25, 2024.
Mr. Hu Zihua, a native of Chenxi County, Hunan Province, was arrested on December 24, 2023 at his son’s home in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, by Doumen District Domestic Security Division officers. He has since been held in a local detention center. He was scheduled to appear in the Xiangzhou District Court in Zhuhai at 9 a.m. on October 29, 2024.
Ms. Li Caijun was taken to the Ningbo Brainwashing Center by 610 Office agents in late September 2024. She was previously arrested on June 14, 2024 and held in a local detention center for 15 days.
Ms. Ma Lingxian was arrested by Huili City Domestic Security Division officers on the evening of May 18, 2024. She has since been held in a local detention center. Ms. Ma appeared in court on October 17, 2024. Her attorney entered a not guilty plea for her.
Ms. Liu Chunhua, who lives in the North Market area of Ranghulu District, was arrested by Longnan Police Department officers on May 10, 2024. The police submitted her case to the Ranghulu District Procuratorate.
Ms. Zhou Min was harassed at home by people from the Yingfeng Street Office and residential community clerk Yang Qinghui on October 18, 2024. They demanded that she sign statements to renounce Falun Gong. Ms. Zhou refused. In the evening, Yang called her son and intimidated him.
Ms. Zhang Qiaoxiu and Ms. Wang Meiqi of Kuaidamao Town both completed 3.5-year prison terms on October 19, 2024. Their families and friends arrived at Jilin Province Women’s Prison between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. to take them home. But instead of releasing them, the prison guards handed the two practitioners to officers from the Tonghua City Police Department. The practitioners were allowed to go home later that day.
A practitioner surnamed Tao, who is a teacher, and several other practitioners were arrested around mid-October 2024.
Ms. Fan Guoping, her husband, and several other family members were stopped by officers at the Jiaxing Railroad Station in Zhejiang Province on October 16, 2024, while they were returning from a trip to Zhejiang. The officers found a player with Falun Gong exercise music in their luggage and took them to the police station for interrogation. They missed their train at 5 p.m. and had to take another one at 7 p.m. The family finally arrived in Shanghai after 10 p.m.