(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Yang Guizhi and Mr. Wang Shengxin from Tieling City, Liaoning Province were tried in court on January 20, 2016 for practicing Falun Gong and distributing Falun Gong informational materials.

The court recently announced their sentences: Mr. Yang was sentenced to three-years-and-three months. Mr. Wang was sentenced to three-years-and-six months. They were transferred to Shenyang Prison on April 13.

Judge Zhang Yan warned them not to appeal, or they would receive longer sentences.

Mr. Yang and Mr. Wang distributed informational materials about the persecution of Falun Gong in Majiazhai Town in Kaiyuan City on August 27, 2015 and were arrested by officers from the Kaiyuan Domestic Security Division. The police went to Mr. Wang's home, ransacked it, and confiscated Falun Gong books and a computer.

Before sentencing, the two practitioners were held in the Kaiyuan Detention Center. They were tortured. Both lost weight and became emaciated. Family visitation rights were denied.