(Minghui.org) Ms. Wang Weizhen, a military doctor in Liaoning Province, was sentenced to eight years in prison for practicing Falun Gong. After being admitted to the Liaoning Women’s Prison on January 5, 2017, her health deteriorated, and she is currently held in the old and disabled division.

Prison officials have tried repeatedly to convince her to renounce her belief in exchange for a reduced term, but Ms. Wang remains determined in her faith. During family visits, she has told her family that she was innocent and would not bow to the unjustified persecution.

Ms. Wang, a colonel in the Shenyang Military Region, is responsible for both research and teaching. After beginning to practice Falun Gong in 1996, her numerous illnesses disappeared, including heart disease, liver problems, herniated lumbar disc, and severe anemia. She also became more open-minded and a better person.

Because of her belief in Falun Gong, however, Ms. Wang was arrested six times previously in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Her home was ransacked three times. Xiangying Police Station, Taoyuan Police Station, and the Airport Police Station were responsible for these arrests. Each time there was no warrant for either the arrest or the search.

Zhongshan Court held a hearing against Ms. Wang on October 29, 2014. On December 6, 2014, she was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment.

Agents from Xiuyue Police Station arrested 68-year-old Ms. Wang at home on December 16, 2016, and sent her to the Yaojia Detention Center. Although her blood pressure was as high as 230, the detention center still admitted her.

Her family didn't know where she was until they received a phone call from Liaoning Women’s Prison. The detention center had sent Ms. Wang to the prison on January 5, 2017, without notifying her family. When her family went there the next day to visit her, prison officials denied the request, saying that they had to wait for two months while Ms. Wang went through “training and orientation.”

Liaoning Women’s Prison has been known to detain many practitioners. According to released practitioners, this two-month training period amounts to time for physical abuse and brainwashing to try to force practitioners to renounce their belief.

Ms. Wang’s blood pressure remained high, at 230, when she was admitted to the prison. Worried about her health, her family members contacted officials requesting release on medical bail. The request was denied, and one officer told the family, “The detention will continue here unless it is a terminal illness.”