(Minghui.org) Four elderly residents in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, were arrested in September 2025 for their faith in Falun Gong, and two of them remain detained at unknown locations.
Mr. Pan, 78, and Mr. Yan, 74, visited Ms. Huang Shixiang, 80, on the morning of September 19, 2025. As soon as the two men (whose first names remain to be investigated) left, they were seized by eight plainclothes officers from the Beita Police Station right outside Ms. Huang’s apartment building.
The police then used a master key to open Ms. Huang’s door. Her other guest, Ms. Liu Tingxiu, 82, who was still there, demanded to see their IDs and a search warrant. One officer flashed a piece of paper, but the women couldn’t see what was written on it.
Ms. Huang was restrained in a bedroom for nearly two hours, during which time the police confiscated her Falun Gong books and informational materials, as well as 38,000 yuan in cash.
The police did not allow Ms. Huang to verify the confiscated items or give her a list of the items. They then took her and Ms. Liu to the Beita Police Station, where they snatched Ms. Liu’s house key.
With Ms. Liu held at the police station, the police raided her home and confiscated all of her Falun Gong books. She was also not given a list of the confiscated items.
After interrogation, Ms. Liu and Ms. Huang were taken to the 739 Hospital for physical exams. Ms. Liu was found to have a systolic blood pressure of over 200 mmHg. Even before she finished the exam, the police took her to the Shenyang City First Detention Center, which declined to accept her due to her poor health.
Ms. Huang was also denied admission because of her nearly 90-degree hunch back. The police extorted 3,000 yuan from her family and 2,000 yuan from Ms. Liu’s family before releasing them on bail that night.
Ms. Liu went to the police station multiple times to seek the return of the confiscated Falun Gong books, but to no avail. Ms. Huang made the same requests to get her confiscated items back, but the police denied having seized 38,000 yuan in cash. They claimed that they only kept a bit over 1,000 yuan in banknotes printed with Falun Gong messages and had returned the rest of the money to her husband. Her husband said the police only returned 1,000 yuan in cash to him.
The police still have not returned the remaining 37,000 yuan to Ms. Huang. She and Ms. Liu also have not gotten their Falun Gong books back.
Mr. Pan and Mr. Yan are still in detention, and their families have not been told of their whereabouts.
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