(Minghui.org) Less than three months after Ms. Li Guihua finished serving four years for practicing Falun Gong, the 69-year-old retired lumber mill worker was arrested again for practicing her faith.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
Ms. Li Guihua
Ms. Li, a Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province resident, was arrested at her home by officers from the Songlin Police Station on September 15, 2023. When her daughter returned to their residence after work, she noticed that the place had been searched. She soon received a call from Ms. Li, who said that she was given 15 days of detention.
The younger woman was phoned by the police two days later and was told that Ms. Li had been put on criminal detention and transferred to a detention center. She was asked to deliver some clothes to her mother. It’s not clear whether Ms. Li was released at the time of writing.
In addition to Ms. Li, dozens of practitioners in Jiamusi City were arrested in September 2023, mostly by the Songlin Police Station. Guo Dalong, the police chief, and Liu Zhongwu, the deputy chief, threatened to force all practitioners in the jurisdiction to renounce their faith.
Previous Four-year Term
Ms. Li was previously arrested on June 20, 2019, for talking to people about Falun Gong. The Xiangyang District Court sentenced her to four years on December 18, 2019, for “undermining law enforcement with a cult organization,” the standard pretext used by the CCP to imprison Falun Gong practitioners.
Ms. Li appealed the verdict, only to be turned down seven months later. She developed dangerously high blood pressure and a heart condition after 13 months in the Jiamusi City Detention Center. The detention center provided some medical treatment, but she did not improve. Her family filed a medical parole request on her behalf with the Jiamusi City Intermediate Court, but the court did not approve it and ordered the bailiffs to take her to the Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison. She served the full term and was released on June 20, 2023.
Because Ms. Li’s pension was suspended during her four-year term, she now struggles to make a living. It’s also not clear whether her pension was reinstated at the time of this report.
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