A case was filed in the Qiaoxi District Court of Shijiazhuang City, and no one knew when the trial took place. On November 9, the family was notified of the illegal judgment and learned that Ms. Shi Xiangdong had been sentenced to three years of imprisonment, and her husband was sentenced to five years in prison. Both have appealed the verdicts. Mr. Liu has been on a hunger strike since the day he received notification of the sentence.
Currently, the family consists of only Mr. Liu Xin's mother, who is in her seventies with poor health, and the couple's six-year-old daughter. Mr. Liu's mother is very worried about her son's health condition. She is often in tears all day long, while struggling to take care of her young granddaughter.