(Clearwisdom.net) On the morning of June 23, 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Xiu was secretly put on trial and sentenced to four years in prison by the Tiexi District Court in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province.

Ms. Chen Xiu, 40, was arrested on March 3, 2006 at the home of one of her fellow practitioners'.

On June 23, 2006, none of Ms. Chen Xiu's friends or family were allowed to be present at the court, but people from the 610 Office and CCP Political and Judiciary Committee were all there. The prosecutor (female) read out Ms Chen Xiu's "crimes," and Ms. Chen Xiu defended herself, requesting an appeal. The trial ended quickly.