(California, U.S. — June 20, 2025) Former lawyer Zhou Junhong from Shenzhen publicly accused the Yingchunting Police Station of Wugang City, Hunan Province, and its deputy director Liu Xingbang of serious human rights violations and multiple illegal and disciplinary actions. Zhou Junhong stated that due to her political speech in the United States criticizing the Chinese government, her family members in China, especially her elderly mother, have been continuously subjected to threats, intimidation, insults, and physical assault by the local police.
Ms. Zhou Junhong revealed that her mother’s recent experiences were shocking.
Police Assault and Unjust Settlement Attempt
On May 15, 2025 (China time), Wugang police officer Deng Wuliang and his wife Tang Aiwu went to the home of Zhou’s mother under the pretext of trivial matters, they proceeded to insult and beat her. After reporting the incident, Yingchunting Police Station not only failed to detain the assailants but instead, on May 23, forced Zhou Junhong’s mother to sign what was considered an unfair settlement agreement aimed at exempting the perpetrators from legal responsibility. When Zhou’s mother refused to sign, the police station immediately stopped processing the case.
Escalation and Coerced Biometric Data Collection
The situation escalated further on June 19, 2025. According to Zhou Junhong’s account, Deputy Director Liu Xingbang of Yingchunting Police Station lured her mother to the station under the pretense of “mediation” and took her to the Wugang City Public Security Bureau’s law enforcement and case management center. There, the police unlawfully confiscated her mother’s phone, forced her to sign unreadable documents, and treated her like a prisoner by collecting her personal biometric data.
Zhou stated that when her mother refused to cooperate, Liu Xingbang and three or four other officers surrounded her, grabbed her arm, and forcibly completed the biometric data collection, leaving her arm severely bruised. Zhou provided related photos as evidence.
Illegal Detention and Threats Against the Family
Zhou Junhong recounted her mother’s resistance, stating that Liu Xingbang and others illegally detained her mother at the center for six hours, during which she was not allowed to contact the outside world.
During this time, Liu Xingbang repeatedly threatened and intimidated her mother, saying: “Your daughter is against the CCP in the United States; China doesn’t want your family anymore and wants to kick your whole family out of China. Isn’t your daughter so capable? Let her come back and solve this! Since you are against the CCP. Your grandchildren’s schooling and work will be affected in the future!” Liu also threatened: “Your daughter’s contact with you in China will be cut off. I’ve already reported this to my superiors. Let’s see how you contact each other!”
Fear of Reprisal and Pattern of Abuse
Zhou Junhong expressed deep concern, noting that her critical comments about the Chinese government online had already led to the closure of all her real-name social media accounts. She is now using anonymous accounts, but even so, she fears losing contact with her family or worse, that her mother may be beaten to disability, death, or mysteriously disappeared, confined to a psychiatric hospital, or falsely sentenced with trumped up charges and wrongfully imprisoned.
Zhou Junhong cited the case of Hunan woman Dong Yaoqiong, who was confined to a psychiatric hospital after splashing ink on a portrait of Xi Jinping, and her father Dong Jianbiao, who was beaten to death during his efforts to defend the rights of his daughter, stressing that such incidents are not isolated in China.
Violation of Constitutional Rights
Ms. Zhou Junhong emphasized that according to Article 33, Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, “All citizens of the People’s Republic of China are equal before the law” and “The state respects and preserves human rights,” as well as Article 35, which stipulates that “Citizens of the People’s Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration.” She pointed out that merely because of her speech in the United States criticizing the Chinese government, the Chinese police have engaged in cross-border suppression and arbitrarily persecuted her family in China, clearly violating the basic provisions of Chinese law.
Call for International Attention
Zhou Junhong finally called on the international community to pay attention to this case and urged the Chinese police to handle the case in accordance with the law and to bear legal responsibility for their violations.
Information on Zhou Junhong
Zhou Junhong, former criminal defense lawyer in Shenzhen, native of Wugang, Hunan, Christian, baptized in 2014. Mother of three, holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Peking University and a Master of Laws degree from China University of Political Science and Law.
In March 2024, she was forced to remain in the United States after posting comments in her WeChat Moments mocking the CCP’s autocratic dictatorship and disregard for human rights and rule of law. Her lawyer’s license was revoked, her bank cards frozen, and all her social media and payment accounts including WeChat, public accounts, and Alipay were shut down. She currently resides in the United States.
(Reported by Special Correspondent Gao Zhensai of ChinaAid)
