(Minghui.org) An 86-year-old woman in Xinxiang City, Henan Province, was arrested for her faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
A group of officers broke into Ms. Luo Shuhua’s home on March 13, 2026, and attempted to take her away. As she firmly resisted the arrest, they called in an ambulance and carried her inside. They claimed that she had a “shadow on her lung” and took her to the Xinxiang Infectious Diseases Hospital. They also threatened to detain her after the treatment.
Ms. Luo’s ordeal stemmed from an earlier arrest in December 2020, after a surveillance camera recorded her distributing Falun Gong materials. Officers from the Muye Police Station took her to the Xinxiang City Detention Center. Due to health reasons, she was denied admission and released under “residential surveillance” on December 4, 2020. While the police lifted her “residential surveillance” on May 3, 2021, they changed her case status to “on bail.” They made a few more attempts to detain her but failed.
The Tiexi Police Station submitted Ms. Luo’s case to the Weihui City Procuratorate in 2024. She was indicted and faced trial by the Weihui City Court. Weihui is under the jurisdiction of Xinxiang. It’s not clear whether she was sentenced.
Prior to her latest arrest, Ms. Luo had been repeatedly arrested and harassed since the persecution began 27 years ago. Her husband, Mr. Ma Yunxian, also a practitioner, was forced to live away from home to avoid the persecution. The mental distress and physical torture he suffered during previous detentions took a toll on his health. He died in April 2008. He was 70.
Mr. Ma Yunxian Dies After Suffering Extensive Persecution in Henan Province