(Minghui.org) The Dadong District Court in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, sentenced a 68-year-old local woman to four years and fined her 30,000 yuan on November 25, 2025.
Ms. Wang Shuhua was arrested on August 23, 2025, because she practices Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999. She was indicted on September 24 and stood trial on November 19. The guilty verdict was issued six days after her court hearing.
Ms. Wang Shuhua
The verdict stated that, “The prosecution read out aloud all allegations against the defendant and presented case details, including the arrest and the police raid.”
Missing from the verdict was “cross examination.” By law, all prosecution evidence should be presented during trial for the defense to examine and ask questions. The prosecutors in charge of Ms. Wang’s case only called a prosecution witness to the stand but did not present any other prosecution evidence during her trial.
Ms. Wang, an award-winning former teacher and assistant principal at the Daxing Township Middle School in Changtu County, filed an appeal with the Shenyang City Intermediate Court on December 3, 2025. She asked the higher court to overturn her illegal conviction, issue her state compensation, and hold responsible those who arrested, indicted, and sentenced her without any legal basis.
The related reports detailed Ms. Wang’s arrest, indictment, and trial, as well as her past persecution for practicing Falun Gong. This report provides additional detail regarding her two defenders’ arguments regarding whether Dadong District had jurisdiction over her case.
The defenders pointed out that Dadong District is neither Ms. Wang’s home district nor where she was arrested. The case file did not include any legal document authorizing the Dadong District Procuratorate or the Dadong District Court to handle the case.
Judge Zhang Jutao said that the Shenyang City Intermediate Court designated the Dadong District to handle all Falun Gong cases but he did not show any written documents to back up his claim. He added that this centralized case handling was in line with the Criminal Procedure Law, which allows higher courts to designate lower courts to prosecute cases outside their jurisdictions.
The defenders refuted that centralized case handling only applies to individual cases that have already happened, not to a group of cases yet to happen. Across China many regions have a specific court deal with all future Falun Gong cases in the region. Ms. Zhao’s defenders argued that doing this was misinterpreting the Criminal Procedure Law and had no legal basis. They asked judge Zhang be recused but he went ahead with the trial and eventually sentenced Ms. Wang.
Related Reports:
68-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Stands Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
68-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Indicted for Practicing Falun Gong
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