(Minghui.org) The authorities in Boli County, Heilongjiang Province, continue to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. According to information collected by Minghui.org, in the first half of 2021, at least 28 Falun Gong practitioners and their family members were harassed at home or through phone calls.

Below are details of some of those incidents.

1. The chief of Dasizhan Town Police Station, his driver, another officer, and Zhai Yulan of Xiaolian Village went to Mr. Yu Huiqing’s home on the afternoon of June 21, 2021. They told Mr. Yu to go to the police station to answer some questions and promised that it would take only a few minutes.

Mr. Yu went with them. At the station, an officer asked him, “Have you let others use your phone or internet connection?” After Mr. Yu replied no, the officer continued to question him, “Do you promote Falun Gong?” Mr. Yu replied, “My illnesses were gone after I started practicing Falun Gong.” The officer recorded their conversation.

2. The same police chief took a young man and Zhai Yulan to Ms. Ji Yujie’s home in the afternoon on June 21. The police chief said the same thing he said to Mr. Yu, “We want to get some information from you and you need to come with me to the police station.”

Ms. Ji also went with them. An officer asked her, “Do you know how to browse online? Has anyone used your identification card? Do you promote Falun Gong?” Ms. Ji told the officer, “I benefit from the practice. Everyone who knows me knew that I was always sick. Now I am well and it is because of the practice. What happened to me is a miracle.”

3. The Chengxi Police Station police harassed Ms. Lu Yuhong’s daughter, who lived outside of Boli County, three times in May and June.

The police went to the daughter’s place at 7 p.m. on May 26 and made her promise that Ms. Lu would stop practicing Falun Gong or going out to promote it. The next day at 8:30 p.m. the police wanted the daughter to give them Ms. Lu’s address. In the afternoon on June 23, an officer went to the daughter’s place again to ask for her mother’s address.

4. The police called the families of three practitioners, Ms. Chen Wanxia, Ms. Zhang Jihua, and Ms. Wang Yongzhen, between May 21 and 24. The police wanted to find out if the practitioners were home.

Local officials went to Ms. Liang Jinhua’s home. Her child told them that Ms. Liang was out of town.

5. Twelve practitioners and their family members in Boli County were harassed by the authorities between April 6 and 19. They were Ms. Kang Yongxiang’s family, Ms. Rong Shufen’s family, Ms. Gao Shuhua, Ms. Liu Yumei, Ms. Zhao Fengzhi, Ms. Zhu Lanying’s family (over the phone), Ms. Liu Chunyang, Ms. Han Xiuzhen, Ms. Tang Yuqin’s family (over the phone), Ms. Bai Yushui, Ms. Hu Qizhi’s family (over the phone), and Ms. Xue Jinrong.

6. The authorities also harassed at least nine practitioners in the suburban villages in April. They were Ms. Li Xiuqin from Hefa Village, Ms. Lu Shuqin from Sanhe Village, Zhang (first name unknown) from Bajiazi Village, Mr. Liu Guichen from Sanxing Village, one practitioner from Yuanfa Village, one practitioner from Qinglongshan Village, Mr. Kou Junjiang from Boxin Village, Ms. Yang (first name unknown) from Qingshan Village, and Ms. Zhang Yuchen from Sanhe Village.