(Minghui.org) A 49-year-old woman in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province has been detained since her arrest on July 14, 2023 for her faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.
Ms. Liang Jun’s case now rests with the Funing District Court and she is facing trial. It is unclear when the Funing City Procuratorate indicted her. She is currently held at the Qinhuangdao City Detention Center.
Daughter Appeals for Mother’s Release
Ms. Liang was a victim of domestic violence and had long divorced her husband. She was given full custody of their daughter and brought up the child all by herself.
On the day of Ms. Liang’s arrest on July 14, 2023, her daughter, a college student on summer break, happened to be home when the police came with the key they had taken from Ms. Liang. Upon seeing that someone was home, the police left and returned two hours later with a search warrant and the property management personnel. They proceeded to raid Ms. Liang’s home, confiscating her Falun Gong books, two laptops, and other personal belongings.
The police produced a list of confiscated items and had a staffer at the property management office sign the document instead of Ms. Liang’s daughter.
Ms. Liang’s daughter wrote an appeal letter and mailed it to dozens of relevant government agencies. She recounted how her mother taught her to be a good person while bringing her up alone. She demanded the authorities to uphold justice and release her mother, but to no avail.
Ms. Liang’s Parents Harassed
Around February 7, 2024, three days before the Chinese New Year, the Yanshan Boulevard Police Station chief led an officer and descended on Ms. Liang’s parents’ home. They asked if the elderly couple knew of their granddaughter’s appeal letter to government agencies. The couple said no. The police left without saying how they’d address the appeal letter.
Around February 26, 2024, officer Zhao from the Haigang District Domestic Security Office called Ms. Liang’s father and asked if he had planned to visit relevant government agencies to seek his daughter’s release. He said no.
Another officer called Ms. Liang’s father either later that day or the next day, asking if he was working with his daughter’s lawyer to seek her release. He immediately suspected that the lawyer’s phone had been tapped because the police repeated what the lawyer had said to him. His wife decided to go to the Haigang District Domestic Security Office to talk to officer Zhao. Zhao said that he had no say in releasing her daughter.
Ms. Liang’s mother went to the Funing District Procuratorate on February 28, 2024 but was turned away. The security guard at the gate claimed that they had a new chief prosecutor who barred visitors for the time being. She proceeded to the Funing District Court. Judge Shi Wenjing’s assistant said they must put Ms. Liang on trial because the procuratorate had indicted her and forwarded her case to them.
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