Belated News: Married Couple and Wife’s Sister Convicted for Practicing Falun Gong, Husband Previously Jailed for a Total of 13 Years

(Minghui.org) Three members of an extended family in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, were sentenced to prison in 2024 for practicing Falun Gong, Minghui.org recently learned.

Mr. Han Laiqing, his wife Ms. Guo Jinxian, and Ms. Guo’s sister Ms. Liu Buxian, were arrested on November 9, 2023, by the police from the nearby Qingxu County (which is under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan City). Mr. Han was held at the Taiyuan City Second Detention Center, while the two sisters were taken to the Gujiao Detention Center, also in Taiyuan.

The three practitioners were later sentenced to prison by the Yingze District Court in Taiyuan: Mr. Han was given three years, Ms. Guo four years and Ms. Liu fourteen months. Mr. Han and Ms. Guo appealed, but lost the case on April 9, 2024. Ms. Liu completed her term on January 9, 2024, but was subjected to frequent police harassment since.

After the Chinese Communist Party began to persecute Falun Gong, an ancient spiritual discipline, in 1999, Mr. Han was repeatedly targeted for his faith. He was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2001 and four years in 2013. Just six months before his latest arrest, he was seized by the police on May 6, 2023, and detained at the Jinzhong City Brainwashing Center for over two months.

See the first report below for details of Mr. Han’s past persecution.

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