Ms. Wang Yaojun and Ms. Guo Shuzhen, Both Over 60, Sentenced To Seven Years in Jail (photos)

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Ms. Wang Yaojun and Ms. Guo Shuzhen, Both Over 60, Sentenced To Seven Years in Jail (photos)

January 11, 2009

(Clearwisdom.net) On November 16, 2008, Ms. Wang Yaojun and Ms. Guo Shuzhen were sentenced to seven years in jail in Jianshan District Court, Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province. The two women are Falun Gong practitioners. They had been detained for over 10 months. They are going to appeal their case.

Photo of Ms. Guo Shuzhen

Ms. Guo Shuzhen, 62 years old, lived in the Jianshan District in Shuangyashan City. At around 9:00 a.m. on January 9, 2008, officers from Xiangyang Police Station raided her home while no one was there. They stole 7000 yuan in cash as well as several valuable items of personal property. Later Ms. Guo and three other relatives were arrested. Her relatives were released after being detained for over 25 hours. She was taken to Shuangyashan Detention Center.

Ms. Guo's daughter, Tian Xiaoxuan, was arrested in June 2008 in Baoqing County, Shuangyashan City. She was sentenced to eight years in jail on November 18, 2008, just two days after her mother was sentenced.

Ms. Wang Yaojun, 61, also lived in the Jianshan District of Shuangyashan City. On the morning of January 7, 2008, she was arrested while she was outside. Police raided her home around 11 a.m. and stole about ten boxes of materials and other miscellaneous items. Ms. Wang was brutally tortured while she was illegally detained in the Xiangyang Police Station. She was locked up in handcuffs and shackles that weighed over 20 kg. She was deprived of sleep for three days and two nights. Her eyes were blackened with bruises. Her legs were beaten so badly that she couldn't even get in the bed in the detention center although it was only 20 inches off the ground.

On the afternoon of January 7, 2008, Ms. Wang's grandson, who is about eight or nine years old, was snatched away from the very door of his grandmother's home, which was being monitored by plainclothes police. They took the boy to the local police station and threatened to not let him go home unless he cooperated with them. He was made to look at photos on the computer and to identify those people who had contact with his grandmother. He recognized her daughter, Tian Xiaoxuan. Two days later, the police raided Ms. Guo Shuzhen's home.