(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 10 cities or counties in 7 provinces, where at least 29 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Beijing] Mr. Lei Zhongfu Arrested
2. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Bai Shaoping and Her Sister Ms. Bai Shaojie Facing Trial
3. [Tianjin] Ms. He Yun Arrested
4. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Guo Xiuqiong’s Family Harassed
5. [Ya’an City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Gan Yufeng Arrested
6. [Ya’an City, Sichuan Province] Elderly Ms. Wang Guangying’s Pension Reduced
7. [Wuhu City, Anhui Province] Ms. Zhang Ruifang Harassed
8. [Heyuan City, Guangdong Province] Practitioners Harassed
9. [Gaocheng County, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Yuekun and Ms. Zhang Gaiying Abused in Detention Center
10. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhu Chunlian Harassed
11. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Sun Shujie Mistreated in Detention Center

1. [Beijing] Mr. Lei Zhongfu Arrested

Mr. Lei Zhongfu from the Fatou area in Chaoyang District was arrested by the Beijing police on February 10, 2021.

It was reported that Mr. Lei had been arrested during the “zero-out” campaign to round up all Falun Gong practitioners in March 2020. He was taken for a physical examination, blood test, and nucleic acid test. The police took pictures of him, pressured him to sign paperwork, and then released him.

2. [Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province] Ms. Bai Shaoping and Her Sister Ms. Bai Shaojie Facing Trial

During the Chinese New Year season in early February 2021, Ms. Bai Shaoping and her younger sister Ms. Bai Shaojie were notified to report to the Taihe District Domestic Security Division after the Chinese New Year Holiday, and then to the Linghai City Procuratorate to make recorded statements. Officials intended to sue the two sisters.

The sisters were arrested while talking to people about Falun Gong at the Santun Village farmers market on the morning of May 24, 2019. They were held in the Jinzhou City Detention Center and released on June 3.

Four or five officers from the Taihe District Domestic Security Division led by director Zhang Kai of Fantun Village security broke into Ms. Bai Shaoping’s home on the afternoon of April 26, 2020. They confiscated Falun Dafa books, DVDs, and other personal belongings. Ms. Bai Shaoping was taken to the Beijiao Police Station with her sister and sister’s five-year-old granddaughter who was there. They were released after 9 p.m. that night.

3. [Tianjin] Ms. He Yun Arrested

Ms. He Yun from Beichen District was arrested at a steamed buns restaurant where she works near Tianjin Railway Station by division head Liu Feng of Beichen District Domestic Security Division and officers from the Jiarongli Police Station on January 26, 2021.

The officers took her home and ransacked the place. They confiscated Falun Dafa books, photos of the founder of Falun Gong, a computer, printed materials, and some paper bills with Falun Gong facts printed on them. Ms. He is being held in the Beichen District Detention Center.

4. [Suining City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Guo Xiuqiong’s Family Harassed

Ms. Guo Xiuqiong is from the Laochi Township. Her husband received a harassment phone call from a female staff member of the township police station on February 2, 2021. Two days later, her second son received a call from the police station.

5. [Ya’an City, Sichuan Province] Ms. Gan Yufeng Arrested

Ms. Gan Yufeng, in her 70s, from Yucheng District, was caught on surveillance cameras while distributing Falun Gong materials around in October 2020. The police ransacked her home and confiscated all her Falun Dafa books and copies of Minghui Weekly.

Then she was sentenced to prison, to be served outside prison. Someone would follow her all the time. Residential officer Dai Peng was in charge of monitoring several Falun Gong practitioners on Hebei Street every day.

Ms. Gan was taken to a prison on January 17, 2021. The prison refused to admit her after she failed the physical exam. Officers took her to four government agencies to sign paperwork and released her on bail.

Ms. Gan was sent to a forced labor camp for three years in 2011. Residential officer Dai ransacked her home many times and harassed her continuously.

6. [Ya’an City, Sichuan Province] Elderly Ms. Wang Guangying’s Pension Reduced

Ms. Wang Guangying, in her 80s, from Yucheng District, was arrested in March 2017 for distributing Falun Gong materials. She was sentenced to three years in prison. After a few months in prison, her health deteriorated. She was in critical condition. She was sent home and served her term outside prison. A camera was installed in her home and she had to sweep the street every day.

She was required to report to the Dongcheng Police Station once a week. After the three-year period ended, she remained under persecution financially. Her monthly pension was over 3,000 yuan, and the government now only gives her about 1,500 yuan.

7. [Wuhu City, Anhui Province] Ms. Zhang Ruifang Harassed

Officers from the Yijishan Police Station located Ms. Zhang Ruifang and pressured her to sign a guarantee statement renouncing Falun Gong in January 2021. They threatened to suspend the jobs of her son, daughter-in-law, daughter, son-in-law, and grandson if she did not sign the statement.

8. [Heyuan City, Guangdong Province] Practitioners Harassed

Since the second half of 2020, dozens of Falun Gong practitioners were harassed at their homes.

Ms. Zhang Chunying was sentenced to prison.Five practitioners were pressured to sign paperwork.Families of eight practitioners were pressured to sign paperwork.Three practitioners were taken to the police station to sign paperwork.One practitioner was pressured to sign paperwork at home by over 30 people from the police department, the 610 Office, the Stability Maintenance Office, and the police station.

9. [Gaocheng County, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Yuekun and Ms. Zhang Gaiying Abused in Detention Center

Ms. Liu Yuekun and Ms. Zhang Gaiying were reported to the police while talking to people about Falun Gong in Zhangjiazhuang Township, Gaocheng District, in 2008. They were arrested by officers from the Zhangjiazhuang Police Station.

In the detention center, four people held Ms. Liu on the ground to forced her to press her fingerprints, but did not succeed. During the physical examination in the hospital, she was again forced to press fingerprints, but she resisted. After leaving the hospital, she was taken to the Gaocheng District Detention Center. In the detention center, she was forced to do slave labor, sometimes late into the night. One month later, she was taken to the Shijiazhuang Women’s Forced Labor Camp, serving a term of one and a half years.

In the labor camp, Ms. Liu refused to wear a prison uniform and refused to answer roll calls. Team leader Liu Ziwei cut her clothes with scissors, stripped her naked, and beat her up. Ms. Zhang Junmei in the same labor camp with her was also beaten.

10. [Wuhan City, Hubei Province] Ms. Zhu Chunlian Harassed

Staff member Zhou of the Qingshan District Stability Maintenance Office and staff member Wu Hao of the Yejin Sub-district Stability Maintenance Office went to Ms. Zhu Chunlian’s home and harassed her on the morning of February 8, 2021. They threatened her not to go out.

11. [Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Sun Shujie Mistreated in Detention Center

Ms. Sun Shujie was heading to the Social Security Bureau on December 23, 2020, to ask for her pension payments that were suspended while in prison. On the way, she was dragged into a police car by deputy director Sun Yang and other officers from the Lixin Police Station in Jianshan District. The officers took her keys and ransacked her home without showing any documents.

They rummaged through drawers and cabinets, but could not find what they called evidence. Finally, they confiscated Falun Dafa books and her daily necessities.

After arriving at the police station, deputy director Sun Yang told the young officers that they did not need to interrogate, and just make up a falsified transcript. They dragged Ms. Sun into a solitary confinement room and kept her there for a day and night without food or drink. She was taken to the Shuangyashan City Detention Center at 4 p.m. the following day.

In the detention center, Ms. Sun was abused. Her health deteriorated, and she was taken to a hospital. Her condition was very serious, and the detention center was afraid of taking responsibility and released her on January 28, 2021. She was placed under residential surveillance.

Ms. Sun had previously been sentenced to five years in prison and held in the Harbin Prison. She returned home in 2019, and went to ask the deputy director Sun for her national ID card. Sun did not give it to her until a year later.