(Minghui.org) Nongken Court in Baoquanling City, Heilongjiang Province, illegally sentenced six Falun Gong practitioners on May 10, 2012. Zhao Hongyu was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment, Li Guiyun to 4.5 years, Qi Xiumei to 4 years, Liu Hongbin to 3 years, Lu Chengying to 2 years, and Liu Gui to 1 year.

In order to prevent practitioners' families from appealing the verdicts, the court did not notify the family members of Li Guiyun, Zhao Hongyu, Qi Xiumei, Liu Hongbin, or Liu Gui about the sentencing. Li and Zhao are planning to file an appeal.

A hearing for the six practitioners was held on April 19, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. at the Nongken Court. A defense lawyer from Beijing argued for their unconditional release.

The six practitioners were arrested on August 22, 2011, by officers from the Baoquanling Nongchang Police Department. Li Guiyun's home was ransacked by police. Practitioners Wang Fengyu and Hu Dongling, who had come to Baoquanling from Harbin on official duty, were also arrested but later released.

Li Guiyun, Zhao Hongyu, and Qi Xiumei were detained at the Hegang Second Detention Center. Liu Hongbin and Liu Gui were detained at the Baoquanling Detention Center.

Lu Chengying was released on a 30,000 yuan bond, but taken into custody again at 3 p.m. on May 11, 2012, following the sentencing. His family was not notified of the sentence until the following day.

Parties involved in the persecution:

Baoquanling Agriculture and Reclamation Administrative Bureau, Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province (postal code 154211, area code 468):
Xu Lianbin, director, Administrative Bureau Police Department: +86-468-3762861, +86-13555106999.
Liu Bingdong, CCP secretary, Administrative Bureau: +86-468-3762825 (Office), +86-468-3791888 (Home), +86-18945179888 (Cell)
Liu Changyou, chief, Administrative Bureau: +86-468-3762812, +86-468-3780816, +86-13304685007 (Cell)
Hao Wenshan, director, 610 Office, Political and Legal Affairs Committee, Administrative Bureau: +86-468-3762713, +86-13351936399
Yang Dejun, deputy director, 610 Office, Political and Legal Afairs Committee, Administrative Bureau: +86-468-3762713, +86-15146889380 (Cell)
Bai Bolin, chief procurator, Procuratorate, Administrative Bureau: +86-468-3762721, +86-468-3777505, +86-15204683456 (Cell)
Ding Huachun, chief, Administrative Bureau Court: +86-468-3762722, +86-468-3749666 +86-13763635177 (Cell)
Zhang Xiaohui, deputy chief, Administrative Bureau Court: +86-468-3763370, +86-468-3770601, +86-13329586677 (Cell)
Huang Dongfeng, judge, Administrative Bureau Court: +86-468-3765473, +86-13009974235 (Cell)
Chen Jiadao, judge, Administrative Bureau Court: +86-468-3765234, +86-15546591669 (Cell)
Gao Lingjiang, judge, Administrative Bureau Court: +86-468-3765235, +86-468-3765538, +86-13304685168 (Cell)
Dong Jiayou, chief, Administrative Judicial Bureau: +86-468-3762714, +86-468-3763076, +86-13394681076 (Cell)
Zhou Huaqin, deputy chief, Administrative Judicial Bureau: +86-468-3762714, +86-468-3761260, +86-13009970275 (Cell)

Nongken Court in Baoquanling City, Heilongjiang Province:

Xu Min, prosecutor
Guan Shuang, presiding judge
Pan Hongjun and Huang Xuekun, judges
Lin Qian, clerk
Zhao Yehua, Han Junqiu, Dong Maoquan, Shi Youying, Gao Jianguo, Chen Bingshan, Xu Shujie, and Li Aimei, “witnesses” for the prosecution