(Minghui.org) A former college professor was tried over a video conference on April 29, 2020, for his faith in Falun Gong, an ancient spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since 1999.

Hao Xingnan, the presiding judge of Yuhong District Court, didn’t announce the verdict during the hearing. But Mr. Yu Chunsheng’s family revealed to a Minghui correspondent that the court has previously fined Mr. Yu 5,000 yuan. It’s not clear whether that was part of his verdict.

Mr. Yu, a Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, resident in his 60s, was arrested at a local train station on June 19, 2019, after the police scanned his ID at the security checkpoint and found that he is a Falun Gong practitioner. He has been held incommunicado and not allowed to have any contact with his family since.

The Shenyang Railroad Transportation Procuratorate approved Mr. Yu’s arrest on July 3. He was transferred to Yuhong District Detention Center between November and December 2019. His case was also transferred to the Yuhong District Procuratorate.

Mr. Yu Chunsheng

This is the third time that Mr. Yu, a former mechanical engineering professor and department dean at Shenyang Institute of Technology, has been arrested for practicing Falun Gong.

Because he refused to renounce his faith, he was removed from his position as dean and no longer allowed to teach.

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