(Minghui.org) A Deyang City, Sichuan Province resident was sentenced to 3.5 years on October 30, 2023 for her faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Ms. Jiang Xiaorong was arrested at home at around 7 p.m. on June 21, 2021, by more than ten officers from the Gongnongcun Police Station, who targeted her after two elementary school students reported seeing her distributing Falun Gong materials. The police kept asking her where she got the materials. She refused to answer their questions and was taken away at around 11 p.m.

Ms. Jiang’s family went to the police station several times to demand her release, but to no avail. The police wouldn’t tell them where she was detained or accept the clothes the family prepared for her.

Ms. Jiang’s family confirmed in mid-December 2023 that she was sentenced to 3.5 years with a 5,000-yuan fine by the Jingyang District Court on October 30, 2023.

In addition to Ms. Jiang, at least three other Falun Gong practitioners in Deyang City have also been sentenced to prison in 2023.

Mr. Tang Lirong, the father of a U.S. resident, was sentenced to four and a half years with a 40,000-yuan fine by the Jingyang District Court in February 2023.

Ms. Zhao Jie, 52, was sentenced to eight years and fined 100,000 yuan by the Jingyang District Court on February 17, 2023.

Ms. Zhang Shufeng, 70, was sentenced to three years and eight months following a hearing on June 19, 2023. Previously out on bail, she has been taken back into custody on November 23 to serve time.