(Minghui.org) A Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, resident, was sentenced to five years and fined 10,000 yuan on January 13, 2025. This is the fourth time that Mr. Liao Zhijun has been sentenced for practicing Falun Gong since the Chinese communist regime ordered its persecution in 1999. He is appealing his latest verdict.
Mr. Liao Zhijun
Mr. Liao, around 53 and a former employee of the Chenzhou Train Inspection Office of Hengyang Depot, was arrested at home on August 1, 2024, by officers from the Suxian District Police Department and Nanta Police Station. His family recently confirmed his conviction, but details about his indictment, trial, and sentencing aren’t clear.
Since the onset of the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, Mr. Liao has been repeatedly arrested for upholding his faith. Prior to his latest ordeal, he was arrested at least seven other times, resulting in a two-year term of forced labor and three prison terms totaling eleven and a half years.
Mr. Liao’s father, Mr. Liao Songlin, was also brutally persecuted for practicing Falun Gong. The older man was jailed three times for a total of ten years. He struggled with poor health after completing his third prison term on July 13, 2021. He died on October 14, 2022, at the age of 81. Unaware of his passing, local community workers visited his home again to harass him and attempted to verify his death by checking out his burial place.
For details about the father and son’s ordeals, see the related reports below.
Related Reports:
Hunan Man Arrested for His Faith Again After 13.5 Years of Prior Incarceration
81-year-old Man Dies One Year After Serving Third Prison Term for His Faith in Falun Gong
77-Year-Old Man Jailed a Third Time Following Eighth Arrest for Refusing to Renounce Falun Gong
Father and Son Arrested a Total of 15 Times and Imprisoned 18.5 Years For Their Faith
Father and Son Repeatedly Suffer Persecution, Son to Be Put on Trial Again
Father and Son Imprisoned for Helping Install Independent Television Receivers in China
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