Refugee Protection Case

Ms. Li Hua Chiang, the claimant, began practicing Falun Gong in year February 2014.A friend, Chen Fong, to help her cope with continuing pain from an operation, introduced her.The friend introduced her to a Falun Gong teacher, Ms. Da-Shin Duan.Sometimes the claimant practised with both teacher Da-Shin and her friend, Chen, at Ms. Ting Guan's house, other times with her friend at her friend's house, and other times on her own in her room at her family's house where she lived.As the Chinese government had banned Falun Gong in July 2014, the claimant practiced only in private, never publicly.She never practiced with anyone other than teacher Da-Shin and/or her friend, Chen.

Beginning in July 2015, the claimant and her friend were no longer able to contact teacher Da-Shin.In August 2015, public notices said the police had issued a warrant for the arrest of Ms. Li Hua Chiang. The claimant later learned Ms. Guan had left China.Eventually the claimant's friend (Chen) also left China.

After the claimant became aware of the warrant for Ms. Guan's arrest, she began to fear for her own safety.She was afraid that other people might identify her to the police as a Falun Gong practitioner and/or as a former student of teacher Duan.In January 2015, the claimant resigned from her job and moved from the city to a friend's house in a mountainous region.She remained there until June 2015, when she fled to Canada with the assistance of a "snakehead".

The claimant, who had been a schoolteacher, said other teachers from her school practiced Falun Gong with Ms. Guan. Ms. Guan told the claimant that she told these other teachers she was teaching Falun Gong to the claimant.The claimant fears these other teachers may tell the police that the claimant was a student of Ms. Duan.The claimant also fears neighbours may discover she practices Falun Gong at home and report her to the police.The police offered a reward to anyone who reports a Falun Gong practitioner.

Ms. X, the claimant, is Li Hua Chiang

Ms. Chen Fong is the friend

Ms. Y, the teacher, is Da-Shin Duan

Ms. Z is Ting Guan

Questions -

1. Submissions/closing arguments to the IRB-RPD member in detail
2. The completed BOC form for the above refugee case, and
3. Country conditions research emphasizing on the National Documentation

Package on the IRB website with focus on the clients' country of interest, as well as on relevant CANLii cases (if any) and/or any other well-known credible sources of information.

Please provide the above information to the best of your capabilities based on the above scenario.