Name: Ni Zhenxuan (倪振选)
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Address: Nanyangzhuang Village, Nancun Town, Chang'an District, Shijiazhuang City
Occupation: Owner and manager of a sofa factory
Date of Most Recent Arrest: March 4, 2011
Most Recent Place of Detention: No. 2 Detention Center of Shijiazhuang City (石家庄市第二看守所)
City: Shijiazhuang
Province: Hebei
Persecution Suffered: Home ransacked, detention, illegal sentence

(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ni Zhenxuan from Shijiazhuang City, 66, was illegally sentenced to three and a half years of forced labor, from March 5, 2011 to September 4, 2014. He has announced his intention to appeal.

Mr. Ni’s family and his attorney visited him in the No. 2 Detention Center of Shijiazhuang City on the morning of August 9, 2011. His attorney asked him whether he would like to appeal if an unjust sentence was handed down. Mr. Ni replied, “Of course I’ll appeal.” The attorney then suggested that he appeal verbally or prepare written appeal materials.

Mr. Ni has practiced Falun Gong for many years. He owned and managed a sofa factory. During the past years, he had been taking care of his 89-year-old mother and his uncle, who was disabled and seriously ill. His neighbors all praised him for his filial piety.

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ni Zhenxuan

On the afternoon of March 4, 2011, practitioners Meng Ruixian, Shi Qin, Yang Lanying, Zu Suzi, and Zhang Meiying, from Yangjia Village, Nanun Town, Chang’an District, Shijiazhuang City, went to Mr. Ni’s home and visited his mother, who was ill in bed. Several police officers broke into their home and forcibly arrested the five practitioners. The police also attempted to arrest Mr. Ni's wife, who was taking care of her mother-in-law, but failed due to resistance from her family.

The police ransacked the home and confiscated their personal belongings, including a satellite TV dish, a satellite TV receiver, and a computer. Later that day, the police broke into Mr. Ni’s sofa factory and confiscated printing equipment. Mr. Ni was taken into custody at his workplace.

The police took a notice regarding Mr. Ni's forced labor term to his family at 10:00 a.m. on March 13 and attempted to coerce the family members into signing it, but they adamantly declined. Mr. Ni was then sent to the No. 2 Detention Center of Shijiazhuang City. The police threatened that they would categorize the case as a criminal one.

Mr. Ni’s family and his attorney appealed to the Chang’an District Procuratorate of Shijiazhuang City on the morning of June 13, but were told that the case had been already submitted to the court.

The Chang’an Court of Shijiazhuang City held an illegal trial at 9:00 a.m. on June 21. The attorney pled not guilty for Mr. Ni. After the trial, Mr. Ni’s family told Judge Wang Xu that Mr. Ni was already in his sixties and demanded his immediate and unconditional release. However, the 610 Office agents who monitored the trial ordered the police to drive out Mr. Ni’s family.