(Minghui.org) A Longkou City, Shandong Province resident was arrested on March 5, 2025, while talking to people about the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of his faith, Falun Gong.
Mr. Yi Xiangyang (also known as Yin Xiangyang), around 76, was given criminal detention hours after his arrest and put in the Longkou City Detention Center. He is currently on hunger strike to protest the arbitrary detention.
This is not the first time that Mr. Yi has been targeted for his faith. He was arrested at least 18 times prior to his latest persecution and served two five-year prison terms (October 2004 – October 2009 and August 2014 – August 2019). His wife, Ms. Wu Manping, was also repeatedly arrested for practicing Falun Gong. Following an arrest on October 27, 2014, she was given three years and four months in prison and released in February 2018.
Both Mr. Yi and his wife were subjected to brutal torture during their repeated detentions. See the related reports for details of their past persecution.
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