Shanghai relocation victim Liu Dongbao, who has been detained 11 times by the Shanghai authorities on charges of “provocation and troublemaking” in recent years after being intercepted and repatriated when he went to Beijing to appeal, recently received a reply from the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Xicheng Branch that the information he requested does not exist.
In the first half of this year, Liu Dongbao was detained 3 more times for entering Beijing, with the most recent detention just released on July 28. This marks the 14th time he has been detained in recent years.
Since 2018, Liu Dongbao has been going to Beijing to appeal, being intercepted 10 times on Fuyou Street and once on Chang’an Street, and then handed over to the Shanghai police by the Beijing police, where he was detained. The detention notice stated that he was criminally detained in Beijing for “provocation and troublemaking” on Fuyou Street.
Liu Dongbao believes he has not committed any illegal acts in Beijing and applied to the Xicheng Branch of the Beijing Public Security Bureau on January 21, 2026, to obtain the criminal records of his 11 instances of detention from July 11, 2018, to June 6, 2025. This includes evidence of criminal behavior, reports from on-site informants, information discovered by the Beijing police, admonishments from the Beijing police, testimonies and video recordings of witnesses to the provocation and troublemaking activities, Liu Dongbao’s statements and defense evidence after being discovered by the Beijing police, information on the case acceptance and filing by the Xicheng Branch, and the transfer of the case to the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Recently, in the “Government Information Reply Notification” from the Xicheng Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, it stated that upon retrieval, no information was found about the request. According to Article 36, Paragraph 4 of the “Regulations on Open Government Information of the People’s Republic of China,” it is hereby notified that the requested information does not exist.
Liu Dongbao, 70 years old, a relocated petitioner, suffers from diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, and severe hypertension (extremely high risk). Thirty years ago, his only house was demolished due to relocation, he could not afford to buy a new house due to inadequate compensation, so he had to rent a place and run a restaurant. After Shanghai was locked down for two months due to the epidemic in 2022, his restaurant closed, and subsequently, his business equipment was subjected to brutal enforcement actions of demolition, smashing, and confiscation by urban management officials. He sought help from local street offices, district governments, city governments, as well as the public security, procuratorate, and disciplinary agencies, but was all met with excuses. He was repeatedly sent to illegal detention black prisons by the government for stability maintenance, where he was injured, abused, and even poisoned. Currently, his feet are disabled and he cannot walk.
Subsequently, Liu Dongbao began to go to Beijing to report issues to the State Council, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the Ministry of Public Security, but was also met with excuses and blame-shifting. He was forced to appeal to the central leadership, but every time he approached the office of the central leaders a few hundred meters away from Zhongnanhai, he was intercepted by the police, brought back to Shanghai by the Shanghai liaison office in Beijing, and then immediately criminally detained.
Liu Dongbao told a reporter from The Epoch Times, “I have hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease. I have been detained 11 times, and 3 more times this year. The problem is I have not committed any crimes! There is no justice left!”
Mr. Yu, a Shanghai petitioner, told The Epoch Times reporter, “According to the clear provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, criminal detention is an emergency coercive measure against suspects of ongoing or serious crimes, and can only be initiated in statutory emergency situations such as ‘preparing to commit a crime, being identified as a criminal by the victim, or discovering evidence of a crime around them.’ Liu Dongbao not only has a ‘zero violation’ record but also suffers from severe diseases such as third-stage hypertension and diabetes. According to the Criminal Procedure Law and regulations of the Ministry of Public Security, he should not be detained in a detention center, plus Liu Dongbao carries a medical certificate from a third-grade hospital in Shanghai detailing his condition. However, in Shanghai, where power prevails over the law, Liu Dongbao still falls into the hands of the authorities every time and is repeatedly detained.”