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The Center District Court of Jining City, Shandong Province unjustly sentenced three Falun Gong practitioners
to prison. Mr. Zhou Ning was sentenced to five years, and Ms. Yue Lihua and Mr.
Li Ruifeng to three years each. The court neither announced the sentences nor
informed the families.
From last December to August 2008, at least 48
Falun Gong practitioners in Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province, were
arrested by the CCP regime under the guise of "protecting" the Olympic games.
On July 24, 2008, the Center District Court of Jining City, Shandong Province unjustly sentenced three Falun Gong practitioners to prison. Mr. Zhou Ning was sentenced to five years, and Ms. Yue Lihua and Mr. Li Ruifeng to three years each. The court neither announced the sentences nor informed the families. The three practitioners are appealing to the Intermediate Court.
Practitioner Mr. Li Ruifeng
On the morning of July 14, 2008, without a trial date being announced or the families being notified, the Center District Court secretly tried the three practitioners. Since the persecution began in 1999, there have not been any lawyers brave enough to stand up to the pressure of the CCP Judicial Bureau and defend Falun Gong practitioners in court. The court expected a quick trial with predefined sentences as usual. But the court was caught off guard because this time Mr. Zhou Ning and Ms. Yue Lihua had lawyers, hired by their families. The court made an excuse to delay their trials, but went ahead with the trial of Mr. Li Ruifeng, which took less than an hour.
At 2:30 p.m. on July 24, 2008, the court convened the trial of Mr. Zhou Ning and Ms. Yue Lihua. Lawyer Mr. Li Subin, representing Mr. Zhou, made the defense that "constitutional rights are supreme, believing in Falun Gong is not a crime." The judge interrupted Mr. Li's arguments many times.
Mr. Zhou Ning protested the judge's unfair interruptions in his self-defense. He also talked about how practicing Falun Gong had improved his body and mind as well as how innocent practitioners were persecuted just for telling people about the miracles of practicing Falun Gong and appealing for the right to practice. He ended his defense, "Today I stand here to appeal for justice for my Teacher and practitioners. My Teacher is innocent! Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance is good! Falun Dafa is the righteous way!" Ms. Yu Lihua echoed his words with "Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance is good!" The judge didn't say anything.
Mr. Zhou Ning, 39, taught Industrial Arts in a special education program for students with hearing disabilities in Jinan City Special Education Technical Middle School. He is also one of founders of the school and its former administrative director. In May 1997, the Chinese Art Museum in Beijing hosted the "Silent Heart Words" wood craft exhibition, displaying artworks done by 28 of his hearing-impaired students. It was a huge success, and six of the works were collected by the Chinese Art Museum. However, just for professing his faith in Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance, this artist and teacher has been arrested many times. He lost his job, his home was confiscated, and he became homeless. He was last arrested in an apartment in Hanxi Village, Center District, Jining City, on September 12, 2007.
Ms. Yue Lihua, 46, lives in the Beimen Community of Center District, Jining City. In October 2002, she was sentenced to two years of forced labor and later an additional two months for renting an apartment to homeless practitioners. At around 8 a.m. on September 12, 2007, officer Guo Hongtao (male) and officers from the Center District Police Department arrested Ms. Yue at her home.
Mr. Li Ruifeng, 44, lives in the Hongxi Community in Center District, Jining City. He used to suffer from second degree hearing loss. After practicing Falun Gong, he made marked improvements. After the CCP started the persecution in 1999, he appealed many times. He tried to use his own experience to tell others that Falun Dafa is good and a righteous way. He was arrested many times, was sentenced to three years of forced labor, and suffered from torture such as the "back cuff," severe beatings, being kept outside in winter, etc.
Mr. Zhou Ning, Ms. Yue Lihau, and Mr. Li Ruifeng are now in the Jining City Detention Center. They have been held there for eleven months.
Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/8/22/184540.htmlFrom last December to August 2008, at least 48 Falun Gong practitioners in Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province, were arrested by the CCP regime under the guise of "protecting" the Olympic games.
On December 19, 2007, practitioners Wang Haiyang, Dong Mingfen, and Qi Zhiguo in Jianshan District, Shuangyashan City, were arrested.
On January 7, 2008, six practitioners, including Wang Yaojun and Guo Suzhen, were arrested by officers Han Xiaoqiu, Peng Jianqiu, Hong Wei, and others from Shuangshan Police Station.
On January 8, 2008, practitioner Gao Lijie was illegally arrested.
On January 20, 2008, five practitioners, including Jin Wei, who lived on Erma Road, Jianshan District, were arrested.
In the morning on January 15, 2008, two officers from Shuangshan Police Station took Ms. Zhao Juan away from her job. Four policemen then searched her house, but they did not find any "evidence" and had to release her that evening.
On the morning of January 15, 2008, practitioners Yao Shuzhi and Liu Guihua were arrested by Chen Xiang Jun, the head of the Political Defense section of 8511 Farm Police Sub-bureau, policeman Wang Jianhui, and others. That afternoon, Liu Qiliang and Lu Jiwen were also arrested and the four practitioners were taken to a detention center in Lianzhushan Town, Mudanjiang City.
On April 4, 2008, a practitioner in Baoqing County, Ms. Chang Ping, was taken to the mental hospital, but hospital authorities did not admit her. Three days later, police officers Qian Gang, Luan Shujie, and Xu Xiaoming, along with officials including Wang Wei from the 610 Office and Wang Ming, the CCP Secretary of the Education Committee, went to Ms. Chang's home and tried to take her to see a doctor at the Mental Hospital, but she refused to cooperate.
On June 11, 2008, practitioner Lao Jiang was arrested at home, and nine more practitioners in Baoqing County, including Wang Junhong, Tian Qi, Jiang Jie, Wang Yarong, Er Zhenzi, Yu Zhanhong, Jiang Guifu, Meng Xianguo, and Liu Junying, were also arrested. The police involved in these arrests were: Deng Longbo, Zhang Ruiguang, Xie Yuntong and others
On June 23, 2008, practitioner Mr. Liu Junzhong was taken away by police from Baoqing County and Shuangyashan. His whereabouts are not known.
On July 21, 2008, practitioners Fu Xiufen and Bao Siyu in Jianshan District, Shuangyashan City, were taken away by officers Tang Junbao, Xu Jie, Qin Qiong, and Zhang Hongyu from the Yonghong Police Station. Presently the two practitioners are in the Shuangyashan Detention Center.
On July 24, 2008, practitioner Mr. Xu Zhuo in Liming Village, Sanrenban Township, Raohe County, was arrested and is still being held in Raohe County Detention Center. The police threatened that he would be detained until the Olympic games and Olympic style games for athletes with disabilities are over.
In the afternoon on July 28, 2008, seven practitioners including Zhu Mingjun, Liu Junying, Xiaozhuzi and Liu Shuling were arrested by officials in Baoqing County. They are now in a detention center in the Agricultural Administration Bureau of Hongxinlong, Heilongjiang Province.
On the afternoon of July 29, 2008, practitioner Peng Yamei was taken away from her job in Youyi County Agriculture Bank by officers from the Shuangyashan and Youyi County Police Departments. Ms. Peng Yamei is now in Hongxinlong Detention Center.
In the afternoon on July 30, 2008, the police from Youyi County Domesticl Security Team monitored and tracked a practitioner surnamed Xu. At about 4:00 AM on July 31, police broke into the practitioner's house and found nothing, since the practitioner had already left home to avoid further persecution.
August 13, 2008
Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/8/14/184075.html