(Minghui.org) A 71-year-old woman in Yanji City, Jilin Province, was sentenced to four years and nine months because she practices Falun Gong, Minghui.org learned recently.
The wrongful conviction of Ms. Sheng Guilan, born in November 1953, stemmed from her initial arrest on January 9, 2024. Nearly 30 other local Falun Gong practitioners, most of whom are in their 60s or 70s, were also arrested that day.
The police raided the practitioners’ homes and had them sign the lists of confiscated items. The practitioners were taken to the hospital for physical examinations and then sent to a local brainwashing center. They were all released on January 11, 2024. Ms. Sheng posted a 3,000-yuan bail bond.
The police summoned Ms. Sheng to the local procuratorate on January 6, 2025 to sign a renewal of her bail release paperwork. She and other practitioners who were arrested in January 2024 were harassed at home on January 10, 2025 and had their pictures taken against their will by the police.
The procuratorate notified Ms. Sheng on January 20, 2025 to come to their office to sign her indictment. She received another notice in May 2025 saying that a court date had been set for May 16. The details of her trial remain to be investigated.
After Ms. Sheng was sentenced (exact time unknown), she was taken back into custody on October 2, 2025. She was given six physical exams in total and each time her systolic blood pressure registered at over 200 mmHg (a normal range is 120 or lower). The court nonetheless still ordered her admitted to the Yanji City Detention Center.
This is not the first time that Ms. Sheng has been targeted for her faith, which she took up on September 3, 1996 and credits for helping her recover from rheumatism, bone spurs, and multiple tumors.
Six officers from the Henan Police Station pried open Ms. Sheng’s door in March 2003 and raided her home. Without finding any Falun Gong books or related information, they confiscated her father’s Beijing opera tape. They took her to the police station and soon turned her over to the Yanji City Domestic Security Office.
Ms. Sheng was interrogated for 24 hours. She was handcuffed and shackled the entire time. An officer grabbed her hair and slammed her head against the wall. He also slapped her face hard. Her mouth bled and her face became swollen.
Another officer surnamed Meng took over after midnight and he stomped on her feet with his leather shoes. She still refused to answer any questions.
The police later deceived Ms. Sheng’s family into paying a 5,000-yuan bail bond. They continued to harass her in person or through phone calls after she was released.
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