(Minghui.org) Today's news from China includes incidents of persecution that took place in 6 cities or counties in 3 provinces, where at least 7 practitioners were recently persecuted for their belief.

1. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Fan Meiling Taken to Prison
2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhang Chunjie Held in the First Hospital of Jilin University
3. [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Ms. Feng Guihua Sentenced to Prison
4. [Hulin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Li Meizhi Harassed
5. [Hengshui City, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Lanying Harassed
6. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Mr. Zhang Hemin Harassed Again

1. [Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province] Ms. Fan Meiling Taken to Prison

Ms. Fan Meiling from Chifeng City, Heilongjiang Province was taken to Hebei Province Women’s Prison on December 19, 2023, but her family was not notified. Prison personnel said that Ms. Fan was now under “strict control” and was not allowed to meet with her family members. They also demanded that she sign a statement to admit guilt and accept punishment, otherwise her family could not visit her.

2. [Changchun City, Jilin Province] Ms. Zhang Chunjie Held in Jilin University Hospital

Ms. Zhang Chunjie was sentenced to three years in prison and taken to the No. 8 Ward in Jilin Province Women’s Prison on December 25, 2023. On December 31, prison officials notified her family that Ms. Zhang was ill and asked them to deposit 20,000 yuan for medical treatment.

On the evening of January 4, 2024, the prison officials notified her family and told them to go to the No. 2 Department of the First Hospital of Jilin University at 8 a.m. the following day, January 5, and the doctors would update them about her condition. Her family members went to the hospital. The prison staff members shifted all the responsibility and risk to her family and told the doctor to have a talk with them. The doctor asked her family to sign an agreement, which turned the situation into a hospital-patient agreement, and the hospital would bill her family for treatment. Ms. Zhang’s family would be responsible for any unexpected development of her illnesses during the hospital treatment. Her family refused to sign the agreement or pay the bill.

Ms. Zhang is being held on the sixth floor of the No. 2 Department of the First Hospital of Jilin University. This is a dedicated site run by Jilin Provincial Women’s Prison where practitioners are persecuted, and is guarded by people appointed by the prison.

3. [Tonghua City, Jilin Province] Ms. Feng Guihua Sentenced to Prison

Judge Lu Xu of Liuhe County Court collected over 30,000 yuan from 74-year-old Ms. Feng Guihua in December 2023. The 3,000 yuan deposit she was forced to pay earlier was not returned to her. Ms. Feng was sentenced to one year in prison with two years of probation.

4. [Hulin City, Heilongjiang Province] Ms. Li Meizhi Harassed

Three officers from the Shuguang Police Station went to Ms. Li Meizhi’s home in mid-November 2023. After entering her home, they started video recording and taking photos without saying anything. Ms. Li asked for their names. They did not answer, and continued videotaping and taking pictures. One officer asked Ms. Li: “What are you busy with nowadays?” After they took many pictures, they left. On their way out, they told Ms. Li’s husband: “You have to watch her closely.”

5. [Hengshui City, Hebei Province] Ms. Liu Lanying Harassed

Ms. Liu Lanying was reported to the police when she distributed Falun Gong informational calendars around 9:30 a.m. on December 28, 2023. She was arrested by officers from the nearby Lubei Police Station. The officers tracked down Ms. Liu’s family members and verified her information. They told Ms. Liu she could leave after she signed some paperwork, and they pressured her to sign. Later, the officers took out a subpoena which had words like [slanderous term deleted] and “superstition” written on it, and said that someone reported her to the police. They told Ms. Liu to sign the subpoena. She refused.

Around 6:30 p.m., four officers in police uniforms went to Ms. Liu’s home and searched the bag of her daughter, Ms. Chen Minghua (who was held in the city detention center for a year when she delivered Falun Gong materials to the police station). They found and confiscated Falun Gong amulets and USB drives from her bag. They asked her when Ms. Liu [her mother] moved to the area and said she [her mother] violated Article 27 of the Public Security Regulations and could be summoned at any time.

6. [Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province] Mr. Zhang Hemin Harassed Again

Zhang Yongchun, director of Xinji Town Police Station in Changli County, and officer Zhang once again went to Mr. Zhang Hemin’s home in Taoyuan Village, Xinji Town, around 7 p.m. on January 3, 2024. They videotaped and took photos of Mr. Zhang as soon as they entered his home. Director Zhang threatened him and told him not to distribute Falun Gong materials, otherwise his children would be adversely impacted. They confiscated photos of the founder of Falun Gong.