(Minghui.org) It’s recently confirmed by Minghui.org that three Changchun City, Jilin Province residents, have been sentenced to prison for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
The three practitioners were targeted during a group arrest by the Erdao District Domestic Security Office and several local police stations on February 19, 2023. At least 17 Falun Gong practitioners and their family members were arrested at that time. It’s reported that the operation was ordered by Li Yan, head of Changchun City 610 Office. The police monitored the practitioners for months before conducting the arrests.
Ms. Lu Jinhua, 59, was seized by officers from the Dongzhan Police Station. Prior to her arrest, the police installed surveillance cameras outside her home to monitor her daily activities and any Falun Gong practitioners she had contact with.
Two other practitioners, Ms. Zhang Hong and Ms. Zhang Chunjie (no relation) were arrested by officers of the Rongguang Police Station and Dongzhan Police Station, respectively.
Both Ms. Lu and Ms. Zhang Chunjie were given a 15-day administrative detention. After it expired on March 7, three officers took them for a physical examination and put them on criminal detention. One of the officers was in plainclothes, surnamed Zhang. The other two were in police uniform and their police IDs were XJ0002 and XJ1822.
Ms. Zhang Chunjie was later sentenced to three years by the Chaoyang District Court and taken to the Jilin Province Women’s Prison on December 25, 2023. Only six days later, the prison informed her family that she had fallen ill and demanded 20,000 yuan to cover her medical treatment. She is now at the Jilin University First Hospital. Details about her condition aren’t clear.
Ms. Lu was secretly sentenced to four years. She has been admitted to the Jilin Province Women’s Prison. But details about her indictment, trial and sentencing aren’t clear either.
Ms. Zhang Hong’s family recently learned that she was sentenced to two years by the Chaoyang District Court and she was transferred to the Lanjia Women’s Prison on December 13, 2023. Her family didn’t receive a copy of her verdict. They are also kept in the dark about details concerning her sentencing. They applied to visit her in the prison, but the guards refused them with the excuse that Ms. Zhang has not renounced Falun Gong.
Ms. Zhang Hong was living with her mother, who is in her 80s. Her mother relied on Ms. Zhang’s care. Her arrest and prison sentence left the elderly woman in a dire situation.
Jilin Woman Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong