83-Year-Old Woman Faces Prison for Practicing Falun Gong

(Minghui.org) Ms. Jin Guizhi, 83, from Gaotang County, Shandong Province, may be sent to prison for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Ms. Jin most recent ordeal began when she was arrested around 11:30 a.m. on March 15, 2021. Officers from the Gaotang County Domestic Security Division and the Yuqiuhu Police Station broke in her home after scaling her fence. Her Falun Gong books, informational materials, photo of Falun Gong’s founder, and computer were confiscated. She was held at the Liaocheng City Detention Center but was later released on bail.

The police and Guo Jiandong, secretary of the Houguo Village, harassed Ms. Jin on April 29, 2021.

In March 2022, the Gaotang County Domestic Security Division submitted Ms. Jin’s case to the Dong’e County Procuratorate. She was harassed four times in the following month. The prosecutor indicted her in April 2022. She stood trial at the Dong’e County Court on April 20 and June 16, 2022. The judge didn’t announce the verdict after the second hearing and she was allowed to return home.

Hua Xinggang of the Gaotang County Domestic Security Division arrested Ms. Jin again in July 2022 and took her to the Dong’e County Court. They attempted to force her to plead guilty for practicing Falun Gong. She firmly refused. They told her that she was sentenced, but did not tell her the exact prison term. She refused to acknowledge the persecution and was allowed to go home later that day.

The police forcibly took Ms. Jin to the Gaotang County Maternal and Child Health Center on March 23, 2023. Despite the fact that she was found to have high blood pressure, the police still took her to the Liaocheng City Detention Center. As the guards refused to admit her, the police took her to another hospital. Her blood pressure readings were very high so the detention center refused to admit her. She was released around 9:30 p.m.

Hua and three officers came to Ms. Jin’s home on the morning of March 18, 2025. They said they were following orders from the Donge County Court. They measured her blood pressure and said they would take her into custody if the reading was normal. But because her blood pressure was over 200 mmHg (the normal reading is 120 mmHg or lower), the police left.

The police returned on the morning of March 27, 2025 and took her to the Liaocheng City Detention Center. Because her blood pressure was even higher (250 mmHg), the guards refused to accept her. Before they allowed her to go home around noon, the police threatened her and said they weren’t done with her case and they would return.

In addition to the above-mentioned harassment and arrests, Ms. Jin was arrested on November 17, 2016, for talking to people about Falun Gong. The police raided her home and confiscated her personal items. Her two tricycles were impounded. She was detained for an unknown amount of time.