(Minghui.org) A 70-year-old woman serving an eight-year term for practicing Falun Gong is being subjected to daily beatings by the inmates. The prison guards have also knocked out her teeth while forcibly administering unknown drugs she refused to take.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
Ms. Wang Ruiling of Zunhua City, Hebei Province, was taken to the Shijiazhuang Women’s Prison on April 16, 2021. She was held in the 13th ward. According to an insider, she is subjected to daily beatings, including in the morning, noon, and evening. Bloodstains are often seen in her cell. As she refused to take the unknown drugs the guards gave her, they knocked out her teeth and force-fed her the drug.
Ms. Wang was arrested with her husband, Mr. Ma Kuo, at 3 a.m. on July 6, 2019, during a police sweep. More than 300 police officers were mobilized to round up the practitioners. A police chief revealed that they had monitored the practitioners’ cell phones for two months before making the move.
Twelve practitioners arrested that day were tried by the Zunhua City Court on December 17, 19, and 23, 2019, before being secretly sentenced on November 27, 2020.
Among them, Ms. Wang was sentenced to the longest term, eight years, and fined 10,000 yuan. Her husband, Mr. Ma, 70, was sentenced to five years and fined 5,000 yuan.
The prison sentences of the remaining ten practitioners, who are mostly in their 60s and 70s, are:
Mr. Zhang Yuming was sentenced to seven years and fined 6,000 yuan.Mr. Wang Jian was sentenced to seven years and fined 5,000 yuan.Ms. Tian Shuxue was sentenced to five years and six months and fined 6,000 yuan.Ms. Sheng Jinling was sentenced to four years and ten months and fined 4,500 yuan.Ms. Lin Xiuzhen was sentenced to four years and ten months and fined 4,000 yuan.Ms. Zhang Qin was sentenced to four years and six months and fined 5,000 yuan.Ms. Guo Shuhuan was sentenced to three years and ten months and fined 3,500 yuan.Ms. Lu Cuihua was sentenced to three years and two months and fined 3,000 yuan.Ms. Gao Jingru was sentenced to three years and fined 3,000 yuan.Mr. Wang Kun was sentenced to two years and fined 2,000 yuan.
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