(Minghui.org) Minghui.org previously reported the wrongful conviction of five Falun Gong practitioners in Anlu City, Hubei Province in 2024. It has recently confirmed six additional cases of Anlu residents sentenced to prison for their faith in Falun Gong between 2023 and 2024, including a practitioner in her 80s and another practitioner who is 79 years old.
Ms. Huang Mingfang, in her 80s, was first arrested at home on December 6, 2022, by thirteen officers led by Huang Yajun, the deputy head of Fucheng Police Station. Her 61 Falun Gong books, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a printer, and several thousand yuan in cash were confiscated. The police interrogated her at the Fucheng Police Station from 3:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. before releasing her on bail.
Police chief Huang and another officer surnamed Wang broke into Ms. Huang’s home again on July 20, 2023 and took her to the Anlu City Court. A court staffer said they had scheduled a hearing of her case and that she could hire a lawyer to represent herself.
When Ms. Huang returned home on July 27, a neighbor alerted her that he had seen a police car parked outside of their apartment building earlier that day. To avoid further persecution, she went into hiding the next day. She was subsequently arrested at practitioner Ms. Liu Jiaoya’s home at 3 a.m. on April 29, 2024.
Ms. Huang appeared in the Anlu City Court on May 10, 2024. She refused to plead guilty for practicing Falun Gong. She experienced some dizziness during the court session. The judge adjourned the hearing and later sentenced her to one year in prison. She is now being held in the Anlu City Detention Center.
Ms. Xu Guiyun was seized by officers of the Anlu City Domestic Security Division and Fucheng Police Station at around 11 a.m. on September 19, 2023. She was first held at the Changsong Village Brainwashing Center, then transferred to a detention center. The Anlu City Court sentenced her to seven months in prison with a 3,000-yuan fine on April 17, 2024.
Ms. Liu Ping was arrested on August 11, 2023. The police promised her family that they would release her in two weeks, but when her family went to the lockup to pick her up on August 25, the police refused to release her. She was sentenced to a three-year prison term some time in 2023 and transferred to the Hubei Province Women’s Prison in June 2024.
Ms. Sun Youlan, around 79, was taken to the Changsong Village Brainwashing Center in September 2023. She was transferred to a detention center in November 2023 and later sentenced to two years in prison.
This wasn’t the first time that Ms. Sun had been targeted for her faith. She was previously arrested on December 16, 2016 and sentenced to three and a half years by the Anlu City Court in June 2017.
Ms. Wei Qingzhen was arrested by officers from the Fucheng Police Station on December 6, 2022 after being reported for talking to people about Falun Gong. She was sentenced to fourteen months some time in 2023.
Ms. He zhizhen was sentenced to a one-year prison term some time in 2023. Details about her case aren’t clear.