Stiff Sentence Handed Out to Innocent Female Practitioner in Jiaozhou City

Dafa practitioner Ji Xiuling of Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province, received a four-year sentence, along with other practitioners, from the thugs in Jiaozhou City between December 2002 and March 2003.

Ms Ji Xiuling, a 43-year-old practitioner, is a native of Jiaozhou City. In June 2002, Ji Xiuling and fellow practitioner Li Xia were arrested by police from Nanguan Town police station and the "610 Office" ["610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.]. They were locked up in a steel cage for several days. After that, Li Xia was escorted back to her hometown by local police. Ji Xiuling was interrogated for several more days before being taken to Zhangjiatun Brainwashing Centre in Jiaozhou City for further persecution. As soon as she walked into the brainwashing centre, the police beat her violently, resulting in a broken leg. To protest the illegal and cruel treatment, Ji Xiuling started a hunger strike. Her peaceful and righteous action did not stop police atrocity. They even intensified their brutality by force-feeding her with alcohol [Dafa practitioners do not drink alcohol] and a group of policemen together beat her up. Ji Xiuling refused to yield to the evildoers and was sentenced to four years in prison at the end of 2002 in a secret trial.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.cc/mh/articles/2003/4/13/48288.html