(Minghui.org) The family of a Tianjin resident recently learned that their loved one has been sentenced to two years in 2023 for her faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Ms. Liang Hui divorced years ago and was given the custody of her two daughters. Her incarceration left the two teenage girls in a dire situation.

Ms. Liang first read Zhuan Falun, the main text of Falun Gong, in September 2020 and found answers to many questions she had about life. She decided to practice Falun Gong in October 2021.

To raise awareness about the persecution, she distributed informational materials in her neighborhood, but was followed and arrested by officers of the Balitai Police Station on March 26, 2023. Her family contacted several lawyers to defend her, but all of them refused to take up the case, citing an internal notice from the communist regime that no lawyers were allowed to represent Falun Gong practitioners.

Ms. Liang’s family learned in early May 2024 that she was sentenced to two years and has been taken to the Tianjin Women’s Prison sometime in 2023.