(Minghui.org) Ms. Li Xiuqin, 66, from Dalian City, Liaoning Province, is set to stand trial in September 2025 for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.
Ms. Li credits Falun Gong for resolving her tracheitis, bronchitis, slipped disc, and chronic cough. She was walking near a railway crossing in Ganjingzi District, Dalian City around 4 p.m. on June 11, 2025, when two plainclothes officers suddenly stopped her. They searched her and found two flash drives, several Falun Gong amulets, and about 200 yuan in cash. All of the confiscated items had information about Falun Gong. The police took her to the Beizhan Police Station.
Around 8 p.m. that evening, about eight people, including police officers and property management personnel, raided Ms. Li’s son’s home. They didn’t find anything related to Falun Gong and transferred Ms. Li to the Dalian City Detention Center later that night.
On June 20, 2025, agents from the Dalian City Railway Police Department together with property management personnel raided Ms. Li’s home. They confiscated a music player, one amulet, one Falun Gong flyer, an experience sharing article, and a five-yuan bill imprinted with information about Falun Gong.
Ms. Li’s family made several requests to meet with the officer in charge of the case, but the Beizhan Police Station denied them each time. The family then visited the Dalian City Railway Police Department, and officer Zhao (+86-13898485838) accepted them. They submitted a request to drop the case. Zhao took the document but refused to issue a receipt despite the family’s repeated requests. He said he’d forward the request to the judicial system.
A deputy chief surnamed Zhou from the Beizhan Police Station led a uniformed officer and a plainclothes officer surnamed Gao (+86-15842437023) to interrogate Ms. Li’s husband on June 25, 2025. They ordered him to sign a piece of blank paper. He was confused and signed it but didn’t press his fingerprints as they ordered.
The police later realized they used the wrong letterhead on the paper, which automatically voided the document as evidence. They made many attempts later to have Ms. Li’s husband re-sign a new one with the correct letterhead. By then he realized he should not sign any blank paper so the police failed.
The Dalian City Railway Procuratorate (+86-411-62834268) issued a formal arrest warrant for Ms. Li on July 18, 2025, despite insufficient evidence. Her family received a formal notice two days later. The notice also stated that her court date was set for two months later (exact date unknown). Her son decided to be her non-lawyer defender in the upcoming trial.
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