(Minghui.org) Four Weihai City, Shandong Province, residents were sentenced for practicing Falun Gong after four court hearings, Minghui.org learned recently.
Ms. Yu Jingtao, 56, was given six years. She previously served three years of forced labor (2006 – 2009) and a 4.5-year prison term (October 2014 – April 2019), also for her faith.
Mr. Wang Deshui received three and a half years. Ms. Xiao Bo was sentenced to three years. Ms. Ding Huimin was given one year.
The three women were arrested at a rental place on October 27, 2025, while they were binding calendars which had information about Falun Gong. The arresting officers from the Jing District Domestic Security Office confiscated a large amount of Falun Gong materials and other personal belongings from the rental place.
The police put a black hood over Ms. Yu’s head during the arrest. They raided her home that afternoon and seized her computer, printer, and Falun Gong books.
The three women were taken to a local detention center and placed under criminal detention.
Mr. Wang was arrested by agents from the same domestic security office on November 27, 2025. They also raided his home. Prosecutor Zhang Luo (+86-631-012166, 15666307581) from the Rongcheng City Procuratorate then indicted him and the three woman practitioners. Rongcheng is under the jurisdiction of Weihai.
The four practitioners appeared in the Rongcheng City Court four times, including once on April 23, 2026. Judge Wang Guanying (+86-631-7596328, 18563178198) did not allow any spectator to attend the hearings. It is unclear when exactly he sentenced the practitioners. His assistant, surnamed Song (+86-631-7593097), also signed the ruling.
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