(Minghui.org) A 75-year-old Chongqing woman was admitted to the Chongqing Women’s Prison on March 5, 2026, one day after she lost an appeal of a 2.5-year term for practicing Falun Gong.
Ms. Liu Fanqin, a former manager at the Beibei District Optical Instrument Factory, took up Falun Gong in 1994 and soon recovered from many ailments, including severe rhinitis, pharyngitis, and tonsillitis. After the persecution started, she held firm to her faith and was repeatedly targeted, including an arrest on June 21, 2003, that resulted in her arms becoming disabled after the police tortured her by hanging her up. She was sentenced to nine years but was released ahead of time on December 20, 2011.
When a new deputy chief was appointed to her local Chaoyang Police Station in early 2025, Ms. Liu delivered some Falun Gong informational materials to him and urged him not to participate in the persecution. He seemed receptive and asked for more materials. She visited him again on April 27, 2025, only to be arrested on the spot. He led his subordinates to raid her home and confiscated her cell phone, laptop, and Falun Gong books.
Ms. Liu was put in the Beibei District Detention Center. On June 22, 2025, the Beibei District Procuratorate transferred the case to the Jiangbei District Procuratorate, which has been designated to handle Falun Gong cases in Chongqing since 2010.
The Jiangbei District Procuratorate indicted Ms. Liu on September 11, 2025. The Chongqing Political and Legal Affairs Committee and Justice Bureau threatened her lawyer with license revocation if he dared to enter a not guilty plea for her.
Ms. Liu was tried by the Jiangbei District Court on November 12, 2025. She testified in her own defense. She argued that no law in China criminalizes Falun Gong and that she should not be prosecuted for exercising her constitutional right to freedom of belief.
The court sentenced Ms. Liu to two and a half years on November 29, 2025. She filed an appeal, which was rejected on March 4, 2026. She was admitted to prison the next day, even though she was unfit for imprisonment, given her arm disability and inability to take care of herself.
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