(Minghui.org) A 75-year-old man in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, was sent to the Shenyang City First Prison to serve a 7-year term for his faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.
Mr. Liu Yingjun was arrested on May 10, 2024, and sentenced to seven years with a 10,000-yuan fine in late April 2025. The Dalian City Intermediate Court rejected his appeal at an unknown time and he was subsequently transferred from the Dalian City Detention Center to the Shenyang City First Prison. He is currently held in Division 13.
Details of Arrest and Prosecution
Mr. Liu was arrested on May 10, 2024, while putting up Falun Gong banners. The police raided his home and confiscated 30,000 yuan in cash and other items. Ms. Wang (first name not known) happened to make a call to Mr. Liu during the police raid. They tracked her down and went to her home around 8 p.m. She was having dinner with her father and opened the door. Nine plainclothes officers barged in and arrested her. They confiscated her computer, printer, Falun Gong books, and other personal belongings.
Ms. Wang’s family went to the Gezhenbao Police Station to seek her release, yet the officers said they were not involved in her arrest. The family then checked with seven nearby police stations and got the same answer. They later confirmed that it was officers from the Hongqi Town Police Station who arrested both Ms. Wang and Mr. Liu. They took the two practitioners to the Dalian City Detention Center (also known as the Yaojia Detention Center, located on Yaogong Street in the Ganjingzi District.
Officer Han Shengjin from the Hongqi Town Police Station interrogated Ms. Wang at the detention center several times. He attempted, unsuccessfully, to make her admit she also hung up Falun Gong banners. While it is completely legal to put up such banners, she was home on May 10, 2024, and denied the allegation. Han then tried to get her to say she made the banners when she was never involved in producing banners. Despite the lack of evidence, she was indicted together with Mr. Liu by the Ganjingzi District Procuratorate in December 2024.
The Ganjingzi District Court held an in-person hearing on January 9, 2025, before switching to a virtual session on March 14, 2025. In both hearings, the police and the prosecutor claimed that Ms. Wang made banners for Mr. Liu to hang up. They both denied doing anything wrong but were convicted in late April 2025.
Ms. Wang, a widow, worked hard to pay for her younger son’s college and her mortgage, and to support her nearly 80-year-old father. With her in detention, they struggle to survive.
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