(Minghui.org) An 82-year-old woman in Chongqing was arrested on June 13, 2026, for distributing informational materials about Falun Gong.
Ms. Zhou Liangrong is currently held at the Beibei Police Hospital. The police claimed that she was found to have heart failure and needed treatment. Her family was denied visits with her.
Ms. Zhou is a retired employee of the Jiangbei Yuzui Orchard. Her grandfather was an influential banker who left the family a substantial inheritance. After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took over China, local government officials seized their assets and placed the family under surveillance. In 1996, Ms. Zhou and six of her seven sisters took up Falun Gong and were able to take material gain lightly. They stopped trying to get the family’s assets back from the CCP.
On July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party ordered the nationwide persecution campaign to eradicate Falun Gong. The Zhou sisters were targeted again for upholding their faith. One of the sisters, Ms. Zhou Liangzhu, was arrested for visiting her sister on July 20, 2000, and was given a 15-month labor camp term. She was on the verge of death from torture endured in detention when she was released on December 12, 2002. She died ten months later on October 17, 2003.
Ms. Zhou Liangrong’s Persecution
First Labor Camp Term
Ms. Zhou Liangrong was arrested in December 2000 for appealing for the right to practice Falun Gong, and was given a two-year labor camp term. She was often handcuffed and held in solitary confinement. She held multiple hunger strikes to protest. In March 2002, Ms. Zhou was transferred from the Chongqing Women’s Forced Labor Camp to the Sichuan Province Women’s Prison where she was subjected to a program of brainwashing.
Second Labor Camp Term
Ms. Zhou and her younger sister, Ms. Zhou Liangjuan, were arrested on March 19, 2004, for talking to people about Falun Gong on a bus. The police beat the sisters the next day. Ms. Zhou Liangrong suffered a concussion. Despite her condition, the police still took her and her sister to the Nan’an District Lockup and gave them three-year labor camp terms on April 2. They were denied family visits while serving time at the Chongqing Women’s Forced Labor Camp.
Forced to Live Away from Home
A group of officers from the Yuzhong District Domestic Security Office broke into the residence that Ms. Zhou Liangrong shared with her daughter in early July 2011. As she wasn’t home, the police told her daughter that she was already on their wanted list for mailing letter with information about Falun Gong. Unable to find Mr. Zhou, the police frequently harassed her daughter.
The police went to Ms. Zhou’s home again on the evening of March 29, 2012, in another failed attempt to arrest her. She was forced to live away from home in order to avoid arrest.
Sent to Brainwashing Center
Given continued police harassment, Ms. Zhou went to the community office, trying to clarify the facts about Falun Gong. She was arrested during the second visit on October 26, 2016, and taken to the Nanshan Brainwashing Center.
Harassed and Home Ransacked
A group of officers harassed Ms. Zhou at home on 23, 2019. Xu from the Nan’an District Domestic Security Office showed her a photo and accused her of distributing Falun Gong flyers with another practitioner, Ms. Liu Changxiu. They confiscated her Falun Gong books, a photo of Falun Gong’s founder, Falun Gong lecture tapes, and informational materials.
Ms. Zhou tried to clarify the facts about Falun Gong to them, but they refused to listen.
The police took Ms. Zhou to the Huangjueya Police Station around noon and then brought her to the Nanping Police Station for fingerprinting and to collect a blood sample. She was released in the afternoon.
Put on House Arrest
On the afternoon of May 12, 2020, an officer from the Nanshan Police Station went to Ms. Zhou’s home and ordered her to stay home the next day, which was World Falun Dafa Day. She refused to comply.
Around 7 p.m. the next day, several officers broke into Ms. Zhou’s home and put her on house arrest for six months. Two officers stayed outside her home to monitor her daily activities.
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