72-Year-Old Jiangxi Woman Given Fourth Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
(Minghui.org) A 72-year-old woman in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, was sentenced to more than three years because she practices Falun Gong, Minghui.org learned recently.
Ms. Wu Zhiping
Ms. Wu Zhiping, born in June 1954, was arrested on October 9, 2024, while talking to people about Falun Gong near the Jiangxi Province Maternal and Children’s Health Center. The arresting officers from the Nanchang City Domestic Security Division took her to the Qingyunpu District Brainwashing Center. Not long after, they moved her to the Nanchang City Detention Center.
It is unclear when Ms. Wu was indicted, tried, or sentenced. Her exact prison term also remains to be investigated. She has likely been admitted to the Jiangxi Province Women’s Prison.
Ms. Wu, a retired worker of the Nanchang Steel Factory, took up Falun Gong in April 1997. After the persecution began two years later, she was repeatedly targeted for upholding her faith. Prior to this latest persecution episode, she was sentenced three times for her faith, and served a 3-year term from October 2008 to October 2011, a 3.5-year term from June 2015 to December 2018, and a 1.5-year term from September 2021 to March 2023.
In addition to her three prison sentences, Ms. Wu was also detained at various facilities multiple times. She was held in a psychiatric hospital for an unknown amount of time in 2021, even though she had no mental illness.
Ms. Wu’s daughter was also implicated for her faith. The daughter was repeatedly called by the police and street committee staffers in May 2020, who ordered her to persuade her mother to renounce Falun Gong. She could no longer handle the pressure and became ill. After she underwent surgery, she begged Ms. Wu, “Mom, I can’t stand it anymore. Can we just disown each other?” Ms. Wu understood the pressure her daughter was put through and agreed. For details of her past persecution, see the related reports.
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