Court of Zhongshan City in Guangdong Province Sentences Ms. Huang Xingyao to Three Years in Prison

On the evening of May 1st, 2007, when Ms. Huang Xingyao was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution about the persecution of Falun Gong in Shiqicheng District, Zhongshan City, four policemen followed, arrested, and detained her at the local detention centre for over seven months. Although her father hired a defence lawyer for her, the court still sentenced her to three years in prison. The following is information about Ms. Huang Xingyao and her family.

Ms. Huang is 44 years old. On December 19th, 1999, when she went to a local tea house to have tea with other practitioners, Tang Yuan and other police officers arrested her and detained her for 15 days. On July 12th, 2000, Hu Wensong and other officers from the local police station broke into her home, confiscated her property, and detained her in the local detention centre for a month. In April 2001, officials from the 610 Office¹ and local policemen arrested her and took her to the local brainwashing centre for three months. In August 2003, Yu Jun from the 610 Office and Xie Guanwen, along with other police officers, broke into her home, arrested her, and took her to the Sanshui Brainwashing Centre for another three months. Currently, she is being detained in prison for a three year term.

Mr. Huang Liande (Ms. Huang Xingyao's father) is 74 years old and started practising Falun Gong in August 1994. On July 14th, 2000, officials from the 610 Office, Hu Wensong and other policemen broke into his apartment, arrested him, and detained him in the local detention centre, then took him to Sanshui Forced Labour Camp, where he was detained for two years. On November 16th, 2004, 610 Office officials Li Lianghuan and He Guoyou, along with other police officers, broke into his home and arrested him. He was sentenced to three years in a forced labour camp. The police searched his apartment six times and confiscated many Falun Dafa books and leaflets exposing the persecution. On March 19th, 2007, when he was distributing materials, the police arrested him again and started monitoring his apartment.

Zheng Hailing (Ms. Huang Xingyao's mother) stayed at home alone when her husband was detained in Sanshui Forced Labour Camp and when her daughter was detained in the local detention centre. Policemen Hu Wensong, Sun Rongtian and others often came to threaten her. Under intense mental and physical pressure, she passed away on May 19th, 2005.

Note

1. "The 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.

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