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Aug. 10, 2005

(Clearwisdom.net)

Facts of the Persecution

Falun Dafa practitioner illegally sentenced to three years in prison

Dafa practitioner Yu Wanlan was an instructor at the Department of Literature at Huazhong Normal University. She was arrested by the police in October 2004 while distributing truth clarification flyers in Beijing. After over eight months of incarceration at the Haiding District Detention Center, the Haiding District Intermediate Court sentenced her to three years in prison on June 2, 2005. Yu Wanlan and her family have filed an appeal.

Yu Wanlan has a congenital kidney defect and as a result has only one functional kidney. Her family is very concerned about her while being held in prison and have written letters asking for her release.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/7/29/107253.html

Dafa practitioners in Fujin City sentenced to forced labor and prison

On March 24, 2005, Dafa practitioners Xu Zhongrang, Li Rongtang, Tian Shiwu, Li Yuxia and others from Xinglonggang Town, Fujin City, Heilongjiang Province went to Yongqing Village, Jinshan Town to distribute truth clarification materials. Some villagers who had been brainwashed by government propaganda reported the practitioners. Personnel from the Fujin City Political and Judiciary Committee, from the 610 Office and the police department illegally sentenced practitioners Xu Zhongrang and Li Rongtang to six years in prison, and they sentenced practitioners Tian Shiwu and Li Yuxia to three years in prison.

Xu Zhongrang's wife, Ms. Liu Hailan, was sent to a forced labor camp twice for telling people "Falun Dafa is great!" She was released at the end of February 2005. Xu Zhongrang's daughter Xu Zhuo was sentenced to two years of forced labor for clarifying the truth about Falun Gong. Xu Zhongrang was illegally detained once and held in a labor camp for two years. Practitioner Li Rongtang's wife, Wang Changfen, was cured of numerous illnesses through practicing Falun Gong. Wang Changfen simply shared the miracles that she experienced and was sentenced to two years of forced labor for doing so. Li Rongtang's daughter Li Yuxia was arrested on March 24 and sentenced to three years in prison. In the past six years of persecution, Li Rongtang was detained once, had over 10,000 yuan extorted from him, and was twice sent to a labor camp. The second time he was held for three years.

Other Dafa practitioners currently being held in Fujin City include Ms. Wang Xiuyun, Mr. Li Shaotie, Ms. Qi Lizhen, Ms. Liu Hong, Mr. Liu Zhimin, and Mr. Zhao Qingxiang.

http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/7/29/107183.html