(Minghui.org) Two women in Changchun City, Jilin Province, were sentenced to prison for distributing information exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Falun Gong.
Ms. Sun Shuxia, in her 60s, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. The exact sentence handed down to Ms. Dong Yu, in her 50s, remains to be investigated.
Ms. Sun and Ms. Dong were arrested on March 4, 2022, after being reported for distributing Falun Gong informational materials near Pingquan Road in Changchun City. The arresting officers were from Shuguanglu Police Station.
Yu Lei of the Nanguan District Domestic Security Office and three other officers raided the two practitioners’ homes shortly after their arrests. The police confiscated their Falun Gong books and other valuables.
Ms. Sun and Ms. Dong were held in the Weizigou Detention Center for one month before being released under house arrest when there was a local COVID-19 outbreak. They were taken back into custody on June 14, 2022. Their families learned of their wrongful convictions in mid-June 2023, but it is unclear when they were tried and sentenced.
Ms. Sun used to suffer from many ailments but all her symptoms disappeared after she took up Falun Gong.
Ms. Dong was the chief physician in the Ophthalmology Department of the First Hospital of Jilin University and a professor at the university. She specialized in treating complex and difficult eye diseases and was well respected by her patients.
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