(Minghui.org) Mr. Wang Zhengting and his wife Ms. Lu Guilian were sentenced to prison by the Licang District Court on June 16, 2017.

For practicing Falun Gong and trying to raise awareness about the persecution, Mr. Wang was given a three-year prison term, while Ms. Lu was sentenced to eight years.

Both are appealing the verdict.

Mr. Wang and Ms. Lu were tried on April 20, 2017. During the trial, their lawyers asked the prosecutor to name the law that the practitioners had violated. Both prosecutors refused to respond.

The two practitioners were arrested at their home by officers from the Fushanlu Police Station on December 2, 2016. They were held at the Pudong Town Detention Center in Jimo City.

Mr. Wang and Ms. Lu are from Qingdao City, Shandong Province.