(Minghui.org) A Jiangmen City, Guangdong, woman was sentenced to prison for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
Ms. Liang Qiuchang, a 51-year-old hair salon owner, was arrested on July 14, 2020, while distributing informational materials about Falun Gong in a residential area. The police took her back home in the afternoon and searched her residence without a search warrant. A Falun Gong keepsake was found and taken away. She was held at the Xinhui District Detention Center. Her arrest was approved on August 21.
Ms. Liang was tried by the Pengjiang District Court on May 28, 2021. She was sentenced to five years and fined 10,000 yuan.
Past Persecution
Ms. Liang has been arrested multiple times since she took up Falun Gong in 2000, and was incarcerated for three years.
She was first arrested on the evening of September 13, 2004, for distributing materials about Falun Gong. The police ransacked her home the next afternoon and terrified her parents-in-law who lived with her family. She was given one year of forced labor three weeks later.
Ms. Liang was arrested again on October 16, 2016. The police searched every room of her home, including her daughter’s room. Ms. Liang was then taken to the Xinhui District Detention Center. She was tried by the Xinhui District Court on September 28, 2017, and sentenced to two years with a 6,000-yuan fine.
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