(Minghui.org) Ms. Wang Kuilan, 80, from Tianjin was sentenced to five years in January 2025 for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.
Ms. Wang lived in Beijing for many years before she moved back to her hometown, Tianjin, a few years ago. She went out to talk to people about Falun Gong on August 8, 2023 and was reported to police. Officers from the Guzhuang Police Station raided her home the next day and confiscated her Falun Gong books, informational materials, computer and 4,000 yuan in cash. They returned on August 10, arrested her and took her to the Wuqing District Police Department. She was given a one-year bail and released.
Ms. Wang was later taken back into custody at an unknown time. She was sentenced to five years by the Wuqing District Court in January 2025. The court-appointed lawyer notified her family on February 26, 2025 to visit her at the Tianjin Women’s Prison (located in Xiqing District). Only then did her family learn about her wrongful conviction and prison admission.
Ms. Wang’s family soon visited her and saw that she had difficulty walking well. She asked them to bring her a wheelchair. Before her arrest, she was very healthy and energetic.
The same Wuqing District Court previously sentenced two other Tianjin residents in July 2024, giving Ms. Luo Lanfen, 78, four years, and Mr. Qi Zhiyin nine years.
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