Several Practitioners Harshly Sentenced by Nanguan District Court in Changchun City

Falun Gong practitioners, Mr. Gao Weixi, Mr. Shi Guoliang, Ms. Wang Fuxia and Ms. Yang Defang from Changchun City, Jilin Province were tried and harshly sentenced on April 29th, 2008. This was after they had been held in detention for nearly a year. Among them, Ms. Wang Fuxia and Mr. Shi Guoliang, were sentenced to nine-year prison terms. Mr. Gao Weixi and Ms. Yang Defang were sentenced to seven-year prison terms. Eyewitnesses said that the Nanguan District Court tried another group of Falun Gong practitioners, after they sentenced these four practitioners.

Practitioners Mr. Gao Weixi, Mr. Shi Guolaing, Ms. Yang Defang and Ms. Wang Fuxia were arrested on May 9th, 2007. The Nanguan District Court and Changchun City Intermediate Court processed their case earlier this year. The case was rejected due to the lack of evidence.

The Changchun City Chinese Communist Party officials divided the several dozen Falun Gong practitioners arrested on May 9th, 2007, and secretly tried them in each Procuratorate. Among them, the Luyuan District Court and Nanguan District Court in Changchun City tried and has severely persecuted Falun Gong practitioners since 1999.

According to reliable sources, the Luyuan District Court in Changchun City secretly tried these Falun Gong practitioners, who had been held for nearly a year, at 3:00 o'clock on April 30th. The Chinese Communist Party officials ordered all concerned to attend this "public trial." However, they didn't notify the families of these Falun Gong practitioners about the trial time.

The practitioners were arrested because they had gathered to hold an experience sharing conference. Most of the practitioners were detained in the No. 3 Detention Centre in Changchun City. The authorities tried hard to cover up how the practitioners were persecuted during the period of time they were held in detention. However, it is known that among the practitioners who were arrested on May 9th, 2007, Ms. Wang Yuhuan, a retired employee, was persecuted to death, Mr. Feng Liping suffered broken bones due to beatings, and Ms. Chen Tong was sent to the hospital as the result of a brutal forced-feeding.

The People's Procuratorate in Luyuan District , Changchun City: 86-431-7666001-07
Chu Lianwen, Procurator-general of the People's Procuratorate in Nanguan District, Changchun City: 86-431-8615130
Tan Fangzheng, presiding judge of the Luyuan District Court, Changchun City: 86-431-88556728

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/5/1/177602.html