Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Court Officials Deprive Mr. Sun Yi's Family of the Right to Attend His Trial and Sentence Him to Three Years in Prison

Name: Sun Yi
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Address: Mianyang City, Sichuan Province
Date of Most Recent Arrest: May 23rd, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: Mianyang Detention Centre
City: Mianyang
Province: Sichuan Province
Persecution Suffered: Forced labour, home ransacked, detention

Fucheng District Court officials in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, put Mr. Sun Yi on trial on November 28th without informing his family and sentenced him to three years in prison. After Mr. Sun's family learned this, they contacted Judge Wang Chen, who claimed that the court didn't have to inform the family of an adult before his trial.

Mr. Sun was arrested on May 23rd, as he was working on his family's farm. Officers from the Xinzao Police Station and the Fucheng District Domestic Security Division made the arrest. One of them even fired a gun in the air. Mr. Sun was taken to the Mianyang Detention Centre.

On December 3rd, Mr. Sun's family received a letter from him that was mailed from the detention centre. He told his parents that he had received a subpoena from the Fucheng District Court, telling him that he would be tried at 9:30 a.m. on November 28th, in the Fucheng District Court.

However, Mr. Sun's family never received any notice from the court regarding Mr. Sun's trial.

Mr. Sun's family went to the Fucheng District Court at 9:20 a.m. on December 5th to ask the judge why they had not been informed of his trial and to request the verdict in writing. The court police wouldn't allow Mr. Sun's family to enter the courthouse, but let them talk to Judge Wang Chen over the phone. Wang Chen claimed that the court doesn't have to inform the family of an adult when he is tried.

Wang Chen also said that they only gave the written verdict to Mr. Sun but refused to give a copy to his family. Mr. Sun's family said they would appeal. Wang said, “We hired a lawyer for him, you contact him. You also have to get an agreement from Mr. Sun.” Mr. Sun's family called the court appointed lawyer and asked to go with him to visit Mr. Sun, but the lawyer said he didn't have time and would make an appointment to visit him some other day.

Mr. Sun's family insisted on seeing the written verdict. Judge Wang still refused to give them a paper copy and told court clerk Mu Jianfeng to go out and read the verdict to Mr. Sun's family and then ordered them to leave.

Parties responsible for the persecution:
Fucheng District Court in Mianyang City:
Wang Chen, judge: +86-13909015188, +86-816- 2212652 (Office)
Mu Jianfeng, Court clerk
Wang Libing, presiding judge: +86-13890120511

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2011/12/7/250271.html