(Minghui.org) A 76-year-old woman in Tianjin is awaiting a verdict after two court hearings because she practices, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Ms. Li Yuxiang was arrested at home on July 5, 2024, by 16 police officers from the Nanlou Police Station and the Wuqing District Domestic Security Office. They targeted her after discovering that she mailed letters to the general public to raise awareness about the persecution in the past few years.

None of the officers produced their IDs or arrest or a search warrant. A few of them held her down on the couch, while the others ransacked her home. They confiscated her Falun Gong books and cell phone.

Ms. Li was taken to the Wuqing District Police Case Processing Center for interrogation. Terrified, her blood pressure became dangerously high and she had other symptoms. She was released on bail later that day.

After nearly two years, on April 9, 2026, the Wuqing District Procuratorate suddenly informed Ms. Li that she had been indicted and that she was scheduled to stand trial soon. She received another notice from the procuratorate on April 15 that her court date was set for April 23.

After the first hearing, Ms. Li was made to appear in the Wuqing District Court again on May 12. Prosecutor Gao Jin grabbed her defense statement, and did not allow her to read it.

Ms. Li was seized at home the next day and taken to the Wuqing District Detention Center. The police accused her of mailing letters to the prosecutor and the presiding judge after her two court hearings.

Ms. Li’s family filed complaints against the prosecutor and the presiding judge with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and Commission for Discipline Inspection of Tianjin and Beijing on May 29, 2026. Given Ms. Li’s advanced age, they are worried about her physical and mental well-being while she’s held at the detention center.