Hebei Man Sentenced By Out-of-Province Court, Wife Still on the Run Due to Persecution of Their Shared Faith

(Minghui.org) Mr. Guo Yuanrong’s family recently confirmed that he has been sentenced to two years for his faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

The sentencing of Mr. Guo, a 59-year-old native of Wei County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, stemmed from an earlier arrest of him and his wife Ms. Cai Jinchuan on August 30, 2019, when both of them were targeted in a group arrest of eight in both Hebei and nearby Guangling County, Datong City, Shanxi Province.

Mr. Guo suffered high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and heart palpitations while being held at the Hunyuan County Detention Center in Shanxi Province. He was released on bail after 30 days. Ms. Cai held a hunger strike at the Zhangjiakou City Women’s Detention Center in Hebei Province and was released on bail eight days later. Both of them were later forced to live away from home to avoid further persecution.

Mr. Guo was arrested again on September 8, 2022, at his nephew’s home in Guangling County. He was held at the Hunyuan County Detention Center in Shanxi. He was transferred to a prison hospital shortly after due to his health condition.

When Mr. Guo’s family contacted judge Sun Jianjiang of the Yungang Court in Datong City on January 12, 2023, Sun promised that he would inform them when he scheduled a hearing of Mr. Guo’s case. But when the family called Sun again on February 2, Sun revealed that he had sentenced Mr. Guo to two years in prison and he was blatant with the fact that he didn’t inform the family of the trial. He claimed that Mr. Guo was an adult so he didn’t have the obligation to inform his family of his sentencing.

Mr. Guo’s family also confirmed that he has been taken back to the Hunyuan Detention Center from the hospital, but the guards still denied them from visiting him.

Ms. Cai is still on the run at the time of writing.

Below is the current situation of the six other practitioners arrested on August 30, 2019:

- Ms. Cao Guihu, of Wei County, Hebei Province, was released after 15 days of detention.- Mr. Han Junde, of Baoding City, Hebei Province, was sentenced to 8.5 years. He passed away on April 14, 2022, while serving time in the Jidong Prison.- Ms. Li Yanqiu and Ms. Sun Liying, of Baoding City, Hebei Province, were each sentenced to eight years.- Ms. Gao Sulan, of Guangling County, Shanxi Province, was sentenced to 2.5 years.- Ms. Tian Jin’e, of Guangling County, Shanxi Province, was released after ten days of detention. Due to the mental pressure from the persecution, she suddenly passed away in May 2020.

Perpetrators’ contact information:

Song Zhiqiang (宋志强), police officer of Guangling County Police Department: [phone]Li Fang (李芳), director of Guangling County Domestic Security Office: [phone]Ma Xin (马新), prosecutor of Guangling County Procuratorate: [phone]

(More perpetrators’ contact information is available in the original Chinese article.)

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