(Minghui.org) A 72-year-old woman in Huangchuan County, Henan Province, was recently arrested, and is likely to start serving a two-year term given around 2021 for her faith in Falun Gong.

Ms. Ding Zerong gave out a few Falun Gong flyers while shopping at the Huangchuang County Market on June 5, 2021. She was arrested by Beicheng Police Station officers and taken to the Huangchuan County Lockup. Thirteen days later she was transferred to the Xinyang City Detention Center. Xinyang oversees Huangchuan County. As she failed the required physical exam, she was released on bail.

The Huangchuan County Police Department later submitted Ms. Ding’s case to the Huangchuan County Procuratorate. After she was indicted, the Huangchuan County Court summoned her several times to sign her case documents. Officers from the Jiangji Village Police Station also harassed her at home multiple times at the court’s order. One day, a procuratorate staffer put her indictment through her door. She noted that it was signed by Xu Shikun and Li Wei.

The police broke into Ms. Ding’s home at an unknown date shortly after and took her to the Xinyang City Detention Center. She was denied admission due to high blood pressure, but the police refused to release her and held her in the Huangchuan County Detention Center. Ms. Ding was later sentenced to two years and allowed to serve time at home. Details about her sentencing aren’t clear.

The police seized Ms. Ding on the street in August 2025. She was again denied admission to the Huangchuan County Detention Center for health reasons, and then released.

To avoid further persecution, Ms. Ding was forced to live away from home, only to be arrested by the bailiffs of the Huangchuan County Court on March 17, 2026. She was admitted to the Xinyang City Detention Center. It’s unclear if the court intends to transfer her to a prison in the near future.