Mr. Zheng Guodong Sentenced to Three Years for Sending Three Text Messages

(Minghui.org) Mr. Zheng Guodong was illegally sentenced to a three-year prison term in March for sending three text messages about the persecution of Falun Gong. His lawyer has appealed his case.

Mr. Zheng’s family recently went to the Anshan City No. 1 Detention Center to visit him, but were told that he was transferred to the Dabei Prison on April 2.

The Tiedong District Court tried Mr. Zheng on February 4 and March 12, 2015, without informing his family.

Court Refuses to Accept Lawyer's Documents

Mr. Zheng’s lawyer, along with his family, went to the court to submit the defense documents on March 16, 2015. The lawyer was told that the presiding judge Yan Rong was not in his office, although Mr. Zheng’s family overheard the judgeanswering a phone call. The lawyer then sent the documents by mail that day.

The judge called Mr. Zheng’s lawyer on March 17 and told him that the verdict had been rendered and therefore the documents were not accepted. However, the lawyer noticed when he received the verdict that it was rendered on March 19, 2015, two days after the judge had called him.

Arrested and Home Ransacked

Mr. Zheng, from Anshan City, Liaoning Province, was arrested at home by a dozen officers from the Qilingzi Police Station on December 4, 2014. The police ransacked his home and confiscated a computer, a laptop computer, and Falun Gong books.

Mr. Zheng was taken to the Anshan City No. 1 Detention Center. The Tiedong Procuratorate approved Mr. Zheng’s arrest on December 16, 2014, and unlawfully prosecuted him on January 15, 2015.

Mr. Zheng's company has stopped paying his salary since his arrest. His son, a high school student, has had to work odd jobs to support his grandmother and mother.

Parties involved in the persecution of Mr. Zheng:
Yan Rong (颜容), presiding judge: [phone]
Liang Bing (梁冰), secretary of the Anshan City Political and Legal Affairs Committee: [phone], [phone]
Xie Rongfang (谢荣芳), director of the Anshan City 610 Office: [phone], [phone]
Wu Gangzhuang (吴刚壮), director of the Tiedong Police Department: [phone], [phone], [phone], [phone]
Qin Zheng (秦政), head of the Tiedong District Court in Anshan City: [phone], [phone]