(Minghui.org) A 62-year-old woman in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, is facing prosecution for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Ms. Liu Xiaoya was accosted by an elderly woman when she passed by a senior center on June 4, 2026. Moments later, a police car pulled over and four plainclothes officers emerged, including Li Junfeng and Luo Hao of the Economic and Technological Development Zone Police Department, as well as Wang Cheng and Xu Bo of the Zhongchao P Solice Station.

The police took Ms. Liu to several nearby locations, including a bus station and a residential building. They forced her to stand by the Falun Gong posters at those locations. It’s not clear who put up the posters. She was videotaped and photographed at all locations. They also searched her and confiscated some of her personal items. None of the officers produced IDs, an arrest warrant, or a search warrant.

The police used the photos and videos and accused Ms. Liu of putting up the Falun Gong posters. They broke into her home that afternoon and searched the place while no one was there. They confiscated her Falun Gong books, portrait of Falun Gong’s founder, and other personal belongings.

Ms. Liu was taken to the Tiexi Police Department Case Processing Center that evening. She was interrogated and forced to undergo a physical exam. She was admitted to the Shenyang City First Detention Center around 4 a.m. on June 5.

The police submitted Ms. Liu’s case to the Dadong District Procuratorate days later, requesting a formal arrest warrant be issued for her.

Prosecutors Ge Mingyi and Wang Tingting deposed Ms. Liu on June 12. She refused to answer any questions, and demanded that the photos and the videos the police had forcibly taken of her be removed from the prosecution evidence. It’s unclear if the prosecutors have made a decision yet.

Prior to her latest persecution, Ms. Liu was arrested by officers from the Xita Police Station on July 17, 2014, and sentenced to three years by the Heping District Court in October 2015. She was admitted to the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison on January 5, 2016. She was subjected to various tortures and was released in July 2017.