(Minghui.org) It’s recently confirmed by Minghui.org that a Tianjin resident has been sentenced to four years for practicing Falun Gong, a mind-body discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999. Ms. Liu Guirong is now serving time at Tianjin Women’s Prison. Her family has visited her twice.
Ms. Liu was arrested on November 19, 2022, by officers of Jiarongli Police Station, for using banknotes printed with information about Falun Gong. Due to strict information censorship in China, many Falun Gong practitioners use creative ways to raise awareness about the persecution, including printing messages on banknotes. She was convicted after a year of detention, but details about her indictment, trial, and sentencing aren’t clear.
This is the fourth time that Ms. Liu has been sentenced for her faith. Her latest arrest came only three years after she completed her third prison term.
Third Prison Term
Ms. Liu was previously arrested on July 7, 2017. Officers of the Jiarongli Police Station raided her home and confiscated her computer, Falun Gong books and other personal items. On August 28, two weeks after she was released on bail, she was informed by the police to pick up her impounded electric bike. She went there, only to be arrested again shortly after she returned home.
The Beichen District Court held a hearing of Ms. Liu’s case on December 13, 2017. Her lawyer entered a not-guilty plea for her. She also testified in her own defense. The judge sentenced her to two years in September 2018 and she also served time at the Tianjin Women’s Prison.
Two Earliest Prison Terms
The details of Ms. Liu’s first two prison terms remain to be investigated. It was only known that she was arrested two other times, on February 14, 2004, and then around March 2012. It was unclear whether her two earliest prison terms followed those two arrests or were a result of other unreported arrests.
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