(Minghui.org) Today’s news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 6 cities or counties in 5 provinces, where at least 8 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Xiulian’s Case Brought to Court
2. [Hanchuan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Wang Yanhong’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate
3. [Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Dou Changying Sentenced to Five Years
4. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Yao Zize and His Wife Fu Shangqing Arrested
5. [Foshan City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Hu Yating Detained for 15 Days
6. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Lu Guiru Harassed
7. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Qiu Arrested

1. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Wang Xiulian’s Case Brought to Court

Officer Pan Quanye from the Jiaohe City Police Department deceived Ms. Wang Xiulian into going to the police department on October 23, 2024. He then forcibly took Ms. Wang to the courthouse to process the paperwork for her case.

2. [Hanchuan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Wang Yanhong’s Case Turned Over to Procuratorate

Ms. Wang Yanhong was reported to the police on October 2, 2024, for distributing Falun Gong informational materials. She was arrested by officers from the Xiaohe Police Station and held in the Hanchuan City Second Detention Center. When her father went to the detention center to demand her release, he learned that the Domestic Security Division was sending her case to the Hanchuan City Procuratorate.

On October 25, when Ms. Wang’s father went to the Xiaohe Police Station to inquire about her case status, the police told him that the procuratorate had issued an arrest warrant for Ms. Wang. She is now facing indictment.

3. [Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province] Mr. Dou Changying Sentenced to Five Years

Mr. Dou Changying, 74, was arrested on May 13, 2023. His home was ransacked. His family learned in January 2024 that he had been sentenced to five years in Hulan Prison.

This is the second time that Mr. Dou had been sentenced for practicing Falun Gong. He was previously given another five-year term on December 4, 2011, also at the Hulan Prison. He became emaciated due to torture and almost died.

4. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Mr. Yao Zize and His Wife Fu Shangqing Arrested

Mr. Yao Zize and his wife Ms. Fu Shangqing, both 74, went to Pengzhou City in the same province for summer vacation on July 21, 2024. They were arrested by the local police on the afternoon of August 28, after being reported for sending information about Falun Gong with their cell phones.

The police confiscated their laptops, cell phones, 3,600 yuan in cash (3,200 yuan was later returned), among other personal items. They interrogated the couple at the Pengzhou City Police Department in the evening, and forced them to sign the three statements and fingerprint the documents.

The couple were released on bail the next day. They were ordered to report to the Jiahe Road Police Station in Suining upon returning home.

5. [Foshan City, Guangdong Province] Ms. Hu Yating Detained for 15 Days

Ms. Hu Yating was arrested at work on the afternoon of September 27, 2024, by officers from the Dayan Police Station in Nanhai District. They also broke into her rental home and confiscated her Falun Gong books and printouts.

Ms. Hu was given 15 days of detention by the Hainan Police Department. After she was released, her landlord was coerced by the local police and community personnel to cut off her water and electricity. She was forced to move out and her rental deposit wasn’t returned.

6. [Jilin City, Jilin Province] Ms. Lu Guiru Harassed

Ms. Lu Guiru was harassed at home by the director and a staff member of the Luomahu Community Committee in Chuanying District on the evening of October 24, 2024. They claimed to be checking her heating system and took photos of her.

7. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Qiu Arrested

Ms. Qiu was arrested by Heping Street Police Station officers on April 22, 2024, after being reported for talking to people about Falun Gong. The officers confiscated her photos of the founder of Falun Gong and Falun Gong books. They released her after midnight after forcing her daughter and son-in-law to sign her case document.