(Minghui.org) It was recently confirmed by Minghui.org that an 80-year-old Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, resident was sentenced to over three years (the exact term unknown) for practicing Falun Gong. Her appeal was rejected by the Taiyuan City Intermediate Court.

Ms. Zhang Liwen, a retiree from the Xishan Coalmine Machine Repair Shop, lives in Wanbailin District of Taiyuan City. She was arrested on April 28, 2023, for talking to people about Falun Gong at a fair in the neighboring Jiancaoping District. The arresting officers from the Yingxin Street Police Station submitted her case to the Jiancaoping District Procuratorate, which then transferred it to the Wanbailin District Procuratorate.

Prosecutor Shi Yuan indicted Ms. Zhang and submitted her case to the Wanbailin District Court. She stood trial on March 18, 2024 and was convicted months later.

This is not the first time that Ms. Zhang has been targeted for her faith. She was previously given two years of forced labor in 2002 and briefly detained in 2015.

See the report below for details of her past persecution.

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