(Minghui.org) A 75-year-old woman in Weifang City, Shandong Province, was taken to the Shandong Province Women’s Prison in the capital of Jinan on September 12, 2025, to serve a three-year term she was given in 2017 for practicing Falun Gong.
Ms. Ji Huiying was arrested at a farmers’ market on March 11, 2017, for talking to fellow shoppers about Falun Gong. Another practitioner, Ms. Wei Lanying, who was with her, was also arrested. Due to both having high blood pressure, they were denied admission by the local detention center. The police extorted 2,000 yuan from both of them and threatened to harvest their organs.
The police submitted the two practitioners’ cases to the Changle County Procuratorate in early June 2017. They appeared in the Changle County Court on September 15, 2017. Ms. Ji was sentenced to three years, and Ms. Wei received two years. Their appeals were rejected by the Weifang City Intermediate Court.
Agents from the Changle County Domestic Security Office made another attempt to detain both women on December 4, 2017. They were again denied admission due to their poor health. The police managed to take Ms. Wei to the Shandong Province Women’s Prison on December 7, 2017. They didn’t find Ms. Ji when they returned to her home, and later allowed her to serve time at home.
Due to the abuses in the prison, Ms. Wei had a stroke after she was released and became incapacitated. Her health continued to deteriorate as the police kept coming to harass her. She passed away on June 5, 2023.
Ms. Ji also faced constant police harassment. Her blood pressure remained very high. She had two strokes in 2023 and also became incapacitated, relying on her family for care.
Despite Ms. Ji’s medical condition and having served the prison term at home, agents from the Changle County Domestic Security Office drove an ambulance and took her to a designated hospital for a physical exam in the spring of 2025. She was found to have many ailments and was taken back home. Months later, on September 20, 2025, the police directly took her to prison to re-serve the term, without even having another physical exam.
The persecution of Falun Gong at Shandong Province Women’s Prison is the most severe persecution in the country. At least four practitioners were tortured to death there since 2023, including Ms. Lin Jianping, Ms. Li Fengying, Ms. Wang Yuling, and Ms. Xu Haihong.
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