Shanghai visitor Ms. Yin arrived in Beijing on September 3 during the CCP military parade day. Shortly after passing the security check upon exiting the station, she was intercepted by Beijing station police. After multiple transfers, she was ultimately handed over to the Shanghai Xuhui District petition intercept personnel and sent back. She stayed in Beijing for less than 4 hours.
Ms. Yin told Epoch Times reporters, “After the military parade, I recorded an audio clip of my ‘thoughts on the military parade,’ but it was blocked. The content of the audio did not mention my interception, yet it was still censored! The only explanation could be that they feared exposing my petition number, as they often engage in such practices.”
“I was the only one from Shanghai to enter the Beijing station on September 3. I underwent a security check within 100 meters of exiting the station, but was intercepted by Beijing station police, who promptly handed me over to the Shanghai Municipal Police. The Shanghai Municipal Police then immediately transferred me to the Shanghai office in Beijing, which then handed me over to my petition unit, the Xuhui District petition intercept personnel. I was sent back to Shanghai by the Xuhui District personnel in Beijing within 4 hours.”
Ms. Yin arrived at Beijing station at 8:25 am on September 3 and was sent back to Shanghai on a high-speed train by 12 pm. “They were so quick to censor my story of being intercepted and sent back; it shows how guilty they are,” she expressed.
Ms. Yin’s experience confirms the statement made by Shanghai rights activist Song Jiahong recently, revealing that “in anticipation of the September 3 military parade, the Shanghai government implemented special two-tier plans to achieve ‘zero petitioners’ and did not let a single visitor to Beijing slip through, although the goal was not fully achieved.”
“To prevent visitors from entering Beijing, Shanghai authorities deployed interception teams to Beijing, reportedly with a massive number of personnel and intimidating stability maintenance costs. Calculating five individuals per grassroots unit (town governments and street offices) in Shanghai, totaling 216 grassroots units, and in accordance with stability maintenance requirements, at least a 10% increase in mobile personnel was required, amounting to a total of 1,188 government personnel participating in the intercept operation in Beijing.”
To prevent visitors from entering Beijing, numerous Shanghai visitors were tracked and detained in black prisons. After the military parade, some visitors were gradually released from the black prisons on September 5, but there are still some who remain in custody, leading some visitors to take protest actions.
Shanghai Jing’an District visitors Chen Tinglan, Zhang Jinhua, and Zheng Jinggen were sent to Chongming Island black prison for over a month and were supposed to be released after the military parade ended. However, as of September 5, the authorities had not released them, prompting the three individuals to engage in a “gas canister protest” due to their patience reaching its limit. They are currently unaccounted for.
Similarly, Shanghai Jing’an District visitor Li Huifang was forcibly returned to Shanghai on July 19 from a rental property in Beijing by Shanghai Beijing liaison office, the municipal public security bureau, Jing’an District government, and public security agencies, and was subsequently taken to the Chongming Island Jianglian Road No.3 black prison for illegal detention.
Li Huifang mentioned in a rights advocacy group, “Black security personnel from the so-called Shanghai City Hongzhicheng City Service Center, hired by the Jing’an District government in Shanghai, are responsible for guarding the black prison. After stability maintenance ended on September 4, when other visitors were released, the head of the black security personnel from the Hongzhicheng City Service Center informed me that the government authorities required me to stay and could not leave.” Li Huifang demanded an explanation.
“On September 5, at 9 am, I dialed 110 for police assistance. After the arriving police officers assessed the situation and communicated with the local government, they informed me that the government authorities replied that they would meet with me before next Friday and asked me to patiently wait at the Chongming Nongjiale black prison.”
“However, the next day, the head of the security personnel from the Shanghai City Hongzhicheng City Service Center asked them to vacate the premises immediately and that they could not stay there any longer, saying that the local police station officers would clear the scene in the afternoon. After holding my ground and refusing to move until they explained clearly, the black security were instructed by the local government to send me back to a downtown hotel for continued detention.”
On September 8, Li Huifang was released from the downtown hotel and promptly went to the Jing’an District government to demand an explanation.
Due to illegal expropriation of public rental housing, Li Huifang and her son were deprived of compensation benefits, with their residence forcibly demolished and their belongings lost, resulting in them being homeless.
Born into a family with a background in public security, Li Huifang comes from a Red revolutionary family where previous generations made contributions in the public security sector. She stated, “Now, while local governments are commemorating and learning from the spirit of resistance against Japanese aggression, they are also engaging in repression and persecution of the descendants and children of veterans of the resistance.”