(Minghui.org) A 58-year-old woman in Yi County, Liaoning Province, is facing indictment for her faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.
Ms. Zuo Lizhi, born in September 1968, was arrested on the morning of May 12, 2026, after a police officer’s mother reported her for distributing Falun Gong informational materials at a fair. The arresting officers from the Linghai City Domestic Security Office put her in the Jinzhou City Women’s Detention Center, where she remains. Both Linghai City and Yi County are under the administration of Jinzhou City.
Ms. Zuo was later issued a formal arrest warrant and is now facing indictment. Prior to this latest incident, the middle school teacher served a five-year prison term (August 2008 to August 2013), also for her faith in Falun Gong. She was brutally tortured in the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison.
Ms. Zuo is not the only person in her family who has been targeted for practicing Falun Gong. Her brother, Mr. Zuo Zhongyou, was held and brutally tortured in a forced labor camp, where he died on May 29, 2006, at the age of 35. The siblings’ great-aunt, Ms. Kan Yiren, died in 2008. Her health declined after being repeatedly persecuted. Their maternal grandparents, Ms. Long Xiuying and Mr. Kan Zetian, died in 2012 and 2014, respectively, after being intimidated and harassed by the police and community workers for years. See the related reports for Ms. Zuo and her family’ past persecution.
Ms. Zuo’s mother, Ms. Kan Zhixi, in her 80s, served two terms in forced labor camps, lengths unknown. Ms. Kan is urging the authorities to release her daughter.
Related Reports:
Persecution of Falun Dafa Claims the Lives of Four People in the Same Family
Brother Persecuted to Death and Sister Illegally Sentenced to Prison
Young Teacher Dies after Suffering Cruel Torture at Jinzhou City Labor Camp in Liaoning Province
Yi County Court in Liaoning Province Secretly Transferred Practitioner Zuo Lizhi
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