(Minghui.org) A Beijing woman was tried at home on May 15, 2024, and sentenced to one year with two years probation. Ms. Zhang Lianyu refused to sign the verdict and the Yanqing District Court officials forced her family to sign on her behalf.

Ms. Zhang’s ordeal stemmed from her arrest six years ago. At 10 a.m. on May 14, 2018, two plainclothes officers from the Xiadu Police Station suddenly showed up at her home. One man talked to her while the other walked around. Upon noticing a printer and a portrait of the founder of Falun Gong, the second man immediately called in more officers. They ignored Ms. Zhang when she demanded to see their IDs. They raided her home and confiscated her Falun Gong books.

Falun Gong is a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.

After five hours of ransacking the place, the police took Ms. Zhang and the confiscated items to the Xiadu Police Station. They drove her to their supervising agency, the Yanqing District Police Department, at midnight. Two hours later, they transferred her to the Changping District Detention Center. She was denied admission after she failed the required physical exam. The police took her back to the Xiadu Police Station at 6 a.m. on May 15, 2018. She was released on bail at noon.

The police kept harassing Ms. Zhang at home after that, attempting to make her renounce her faith. Ms. Zhang had no way but to live away from home. Her health declined and she eventually returned home. As soon as the police found out about it, they hastened the prosecution of her, resulting in her at-home trial and sentencing on May 15, 2024.