(Minghui.org) A woman in Wuhan, Hubei Province was secretly tried five months after her arrest this March for putting up self-adhesive notes about Falun Gong.
What Ms. Liu Zhenli (刘珍俐) did typifies one of the creative ways Falun Gong practitioners use to get the word out when all legal channels to appeal against the persecution are deliberately shut down to them.
Ms. Liu, however, was charged with “posting counter-revolutionary slogans” and “using a cult organization to sabotage law enforcement,” a commonly used pretext to frame and sentence practitioners.
Despite Ms. Liu's two sisters' repeated efforts to find out her trial details and outcome, the police and the court have refused to give them a direct answer.
Mr. Liu remains at Wuhan No. 1 Detention Center at the time of the writing.
Sister Threatened for Challenging Groundless Police Allegation
In order to get Ms. Liu admitted to Wuhan No. 1 Detention Center, agents from Wujiashanjie Police Station went to Baiquan (where her household registration card was issued) to secure signatures as required by law.
Baiquan Police Station and Baiquan Neighborhood Committee supplied the signatures. Ms. Liu was sent to the detention center two days after her arrest on March 3, 2014.
When Ms. Liu's oldest sister went to Wujiashanjie Police Station to inquire about what happened to her, officers there admitted that Xu Hongzhe led her arrest.
Xu was initially at a loss for words when pressed to explain what law enforcement Ms. Liu had sabotaged, but he soon started threatening her sister.
On March 21, Xu and another police officer went to the sister's home to deliver Ms. Liu's formal arrest warrant. The sister noted it only had the police station's seal, and lacked signatures from the police chief and the arresting officer.
When the older Ms. Liu refuted her sister's alleged crime of “using a cult organization to sabotage law enforcement,” Xu threatened to cut off her retirement pension.
Court Staff Hangs Up on Family Trying to Find Out Ms. Liu's Trial Outcome
Ms. Liu's oldest sister went to the police station again, three months after her secret trial by Dongxihu District Court on August 5. She wanted to know when her sister was tried, and how the trial went.
The receptionist lied to the older Ms. Liu that Xu Hongzhe was out of town on a business trip. But when she turned around, she saw Xu right there! He had no way to hide and said, “Your sister's trial has nothing to do with me. Someone reported her to us and we were just responsible for arresting her. That's it.”
This oldest sister of Ms. Liu, along with another older sister, went to the detention center on November 17 to see if their younger sister was still there and if she had been sentenced. The guards directed them to the court, but the court staff was on lunch break when the sisters got there. They couldn't find the responsible person to answer their inquiry.
The oldest sister called the court several times the next day and eventually got hold of a male staff member. He said that he was busy and hung up the phone.
She was not deterred and kept calling the court number. The female clerk who answered the phone asked brusquely, “Didn't you come yesterday?” Ms. Liu's sister replied, “Yes, we did, but you didn't give us a straight answer. It was very frustrating.” Upon hearing this, the clerk hung up on her, too.
Ms. Liu has been detained for eight months and her family members are still in the dark regarding her current situation.
Parties involved in the persecution of Ms. Liu Zhenli:
Dongxihu Political and Legal Affairs Committee: +86-27-83210027, +86-27-83891459 (Fax), email: dxhzfw@yahoo.com.cnComprehensive Management Office: +86-27-83890220 , +86-27-83890459 (Fax)Dongxihu 610 Office: +86-27-83895663, +86-27- 83895971 (Fax)Chen Shede (陈社德), deputy secretary of Political and Legal Affairs Committee:+86-27-3081501, +86-13507153378, +86-27-83894173Cao Bin (曹斌), director of the 610 Office: +86-27- 83896941, +86- 13329700482,+86-27- 83892523Dongxihu District Criminal Court: +86-27-83241279Tong Xinxian (童新贤), chief judge of the criminal court
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