(Minghui.org) A 71-year-old Hefei City, Anhui Province, resident was sentenced to one year and eight months in mid-August 2024 for her faith in Falun Gong. This is the second time that Ms. Jiang Zhaoying has been sentenced since the Chinese communist regime began to persecute Falun Gong in 1999.

Ms. Jiang was arrested in early December 2023 and detained incommunicado. Prior to her arrest, the police contacted her son and told him that she was reported for talking to people about Falun Gong. The police also sent Ms. Jiang’s photos taken during the incident to her son. 

Ms. Jiang was indicted in January 2024 and sentenced by the Shushan District Court seven months later. Details about her sentencing aren’t clear.

Prior to her latest arrest and sentencing, Ms. Jiang had been arrested five more times and sentenced another time to one year in prison.

Her first documented arrest was on September 11, 2008, for talking to people about Falun Gong at Xiaoyaojin Park. As she refused to get into the police cruiser, the officers sprayed pepper water on her and pushed her into the car. She was detained for ten days. 

Ms. Jiang was arrested again on August 25, 2015, for filing a criminal complaint against Jiang Zemin, the former head of the Chinese communist regime who ordered the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999. She was detained for 12 days. 

Ms. Jiang was arrested another time on January 22, 2019, and detained for 13 days. She was released on February 4, the eve of the Chinese New Year.

Her next arrest was on March 29, 2020, by officers from the Xinglin Police Station. Her Falun Gong books, computer, and printer were confiscated. The police interrogated her and released her the same day.

Ms. Jiang was arrested again on January 21, 2021, together with another practitioner Ms. Liu Tifei. The arresting officers from the Chengdong Police Station claimed that they were reported by a young man for talking to him about Falun Gong and giving him a flash-drive containing Falun Gong information in November 2020. The Shushan District Court sentenced Ms. Jiang to one year with a 2,000-yuan fine and Ms. Liu to probation with a 1,000-yuan fine in December 2021. Ms. Jiang was released on January 20, 2022.