(Minghui.org) It’s recently confirmed by Minghui.org that a Yang County, Shaanxi Province, resident has been sentenced to one year for her faith in Falun Gong. Ms. Yan Ru, around 60, is scheduled to complete her prison term in June 2024.
Ms. Yan took up Falun Gong at the recommendation of her brother, Mr. Yan Shujun after the practice helped him recover from his terminal illness. For distributing informational materials about Falun Gong one night in June 2023, Ms. Yan was reported to the police and arrested. She was detained at the Hantai Detention Center. The local court later sentenced her to one year, but details about her indictment, trial, and sentencing aren’t clear.
One month before Ms. Yan’s arrest, Mr. Yan was seized by officers of the Yang County Domestic Security Division, after being reported by a villager for giving him a copy of Falun Gong material. Although the police released Mr. Yan after a brief interrogation, they arrested him again ten days later at home and confiscated his Falun Gong books.
The police forced Mr. Yan to admit that it was he who wrote the words “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance is good” on a public wall. They then released him on six-month house arrest. Terrified by the police, Mr. Yan’s health declined very quickly. He passed away in early 2024. He was around 70.
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