(Minghui.org) A married couple in Chongqing were both sentenced to two years with a 6,000-yuan fine on August 2, 2024, for their shared faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.

Mr. Li Dajiu and his wife Ms. Dong Juyun, both 77, were arrested on May 11, 2021, and released on bail after an unknown amount of detention. It is unclear whether they were later taken back into custody. The Wanzhou District Court heard their joint case on February 21, 2024, and convicted both of them on August 2. The ruling bore the signatures of presiding judge Tan Shumin, judges Hu Li and Lan Feng, clerk He Xin, as well as assistant to judges, Wu Min.

Other details of the couple’s case remain to be investigated.