(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Hu Weixue and Ms. Chen Junjie were tried separately on August 1 and August 2, 2016 by Beijing Changping District Court.

Mr. Hu, Ms. Chen, and other two practitioners, Ms. Yuan Wen and Mr. Che Yong, were arrested while putting up banners in Changping District about the persecution of Falun Gong on January 13, 2016.

The police ransacked Mr. Hu's home without providing a search warrant and confiscated his computer, a printer and other personal items.

Mr. Hu was tried on August 1, and Ms. Chen was tried on August 2. The defense argued that practicing Falun Gong is not a crime.

Ms. Yuan Wen and Mr. Che Yong are scheduled to be tried on August 8 and August 9.