(Minghui.org) According to articles published on the Minghui website, at least 10 Falun Gong practitioners from Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province, were subjected to persecution in 2016. Among them, six were sentenced to prison, and two were taken to a brainwashing center.
The Jinshantun District Court sentenced Ms. Liang Cuirong, 68, to seven-and-a-half years in prison and fined her 10,000 yuan on August 22, 2016. Ms. Liang appealed, but the Yichun Intermediate Court upheld the original sentence.
Mr. Zhuang Huicheng was sentenced to four years in prison and taken to the Hulan Prison at the end of December 2016.
Four practitioners were sentenced to prison by the Wumahe District Court on June 23, 2016, for producing and handing out calendars containing information about the persecution of Falun Gong. They appealed, but the Yichun Intermediate Court upheld the original sentences. They were taken to the Harbin Women's Prison on October 19, 2016.
Ms. Fang Zhizhen, 71, was sentenced to eight years in prison. Ms. Li Cuiling was sentenced to four years. Ms. Wang Yuying and Ms. Fu Yanhua were each sentenced to two-and-a-half years.
The four practitioners were arrested by officers from the Wumahe Police Department on November 23, 2015.
Mr. Tan Fengjiang was tried by the Wuying District Court on October 27, 2016. He was accused of sending text messages about Falun Gong via a cellphone. He was arrested in September 2016 and is being held at the Youhao District Detention Center.
Several officers from the Minzhu Police Station in the Nancha District broke into Mr. Guo Shuxue's home and arrested him and Mr. Chang Lichen on April 7, 2016. Both practitioners were taken to the Yichun Brainwashing Center. The officers ransacked Mr. Guo's home and confiscated Falun Gong books.
Mr. Wang Zhongbao was arrested at his workplace by officers including Li Xiaokui from the Wumahe Police Department on January 4, 2016. The police ransacked his home and confiscated a satellite receiver, Falun Gong informational materials and other personal belongings.
The number of practitioners persecuted in Yichun City in 2016 could well be higher than 10, as the Chinese Communist Party does its utmost to hide its crimes against Falun Gong practitioners.