(Minghui.org) A 59-year-old woman in Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province, was sentenced to prison on March 26, 2026, because she practices Falun Gong.
Ms. Wu Yongqiong, born in November 1966, worked at the Pangang Energy and Power Center. She was arrested at home on February 1, 2024, by plainclothes officers from the Dong District Police Department. They confiscated over 750 yuan in paper currency printed with Falun Gong messages, letters containing Falun Gong information, and envelopes with the recipients’ names and addresses already written on them.
Since the Chinese Communist Party started the persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, Ms. Wu used various means to debunk the propaganda perpetuated by the regime, including printing messages on banknotes and mailing letters to the public.
The police released Ms. Wu on bail at 8:30 p.m. the day she was arrested. Officer Liu Zhenghua from the Dadukou Police Station called her on August 15, 2024, to say that the police completed the investigation and were planning to submit her case to the local procuratorate.The Dong District Court initially scheduled a hearing of Ms. Wu’s case for October 25, 2025, but postponed it to February 26, 2026. The judge sentenced her to one year with a 3,000-yuan fine on March 26. The police took her to two hospitals for physical exams after she was convicted. She was found to be unfit for detention at both places. The Mianshawan Detention Center refused to take her and she was released that night.
The next day, the police seized Ms. Wu at home and took her straight to the detention center. She has been detained since.
Prior to her latest sentencing, Ms. Wu was repeatedly arrested and harassed in the past 27 years for upholding her faith. See the related report for details of her past persecution.
58-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Faces Trial Because She Practices Falun Gong