(Minghui.org) A 58-year-old man in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province was sentenced to four years for his faith in Falun Gong. His appeal was denied and he is currently being held at a local detention center.
Mr. Jiang Yuntian, born on February 5, 1967, was arrested on July 12, 2024, after he posted information about Falun Gong on Kuaishou (a TikTok-type social media platform). The arresting officers from the Conghua District Police Department put Mr. Jiang in the Conghua District Detention Center. He was repeatedly denied bail and his mother was so distraught that she died on September 20, 2024, unable to see her son one last time.
The Liwan District Court sentenced Mr. Jiang to four years at an unknown time. He appealed with the Guangzhou City Intermediate Court, which ruled to uphold his original vedict.
This is not the first time that Mr. Jiang has been targeted for his faith. He previously served a three-year forced labor term and a ten-year prison term while living in Dalian City, Liaoning Province.
Mr. Jiang contracted an unusual disease in 1993 and his doctors were unable to give him a diagnosis. He looked decades older than his age. In 1998, he started practicing Falun Gong and soon regained health. He looked his age again.
After the Chinese Communist Party launched a nationwide campaign against Falun Gong in July 1999, Mr. Jiang walked 26 days to Beijing to appeal for his right to freedom of belief (he walked to avoid being arrested due to heavy police surveillance on all public transportation systems).
On October 9, 2000, Mr. Jiang went to Beijing again to appeal for Falun Gong, this time with his wife (also a Falun Gong practitioner) and their seven-year-old son. Mr. Jiang and his wife were arrested. On November 30, 2000, Mr. Jiang was given three years of forced labor and his wife received two years of forced labor.
While held at the Dalian Labor Camp, Mr. Jiang was stripped naked and shocked with four electric batons simultaneously for more than one hour. He passed out and the guards poured cold water on him. After he came to, they continued the electric shock torture. Officer Wang Jun shocked him on his private parts and laughed at his suffering.
Mr. Jiang had injuries all over his body as a result of the electric shocks. The web between his right thumb and index finger was deteriorated; there was a small hole on his right ring finger and two holes on his lower back; and the area behind his ear was “cooked.” He has scars on his body to this day.
Officers from the Ganjingzi District Domestic Security Office in Dalian City arrested Mr. Jiang and his wife on July 23, 2003. Mr. Jiang was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Ganjingzi District Court. His wife was given two years of forced labor.
Mr. Jiang served time at the Nanguanling Prison in Dalian City. When he refused to do hard labor, the guards grabbed his collar and slammed him against a metal pipe. He went on a hunger strike in protest and fell into a coma. He was rushed to the hospital.
Mr. Jiang was released on July 22, 2013. He moved to Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province in 2023, only to be arrested there in July 2024 and sentenced to another four years.
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