(Minghui.org) Two women in Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, were sentenced to prison in July 2026 because they practice Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
Ms. Wei Liping, 67, was sentenced to five years and fined 20,000 yuan. Ms. Liu Xinli, 69, was given four years and was fined 20,000 yuan. Both of them have appealed with the Yingkou City Intermediate Court.
The two practitioners were arrested on March 8, 2026, after they were reported for talking to people about Falun Gong. Officers from the Wutaizi Police Station raided their homes and took them to the Yingkou City Detention Center.
The Zhanqian District Procuratorate initially returned the case to the police citing insufficient evidence, but the police fabricated additional evidence against the two women and resubmitted the case.
The police accused the two women of violating Article 300 of the Criminal Law, which stipulates that anyone using a cult organization to undermine law enforcement must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. No law in China, however, has criminalized Falun Gong or labeled it as a cult.
The Zhanqian District Court sentenced them on July 28, 2026.
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