(Minghui.org) A 59-year-old resident of Dong’e County, Shandong Province, was sentenced to two years in prison following her arrest in 2023 for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.

The exact time of Ms. Shao Aimin’s arrest and sentencing remains to be investigated. It is also unclear where she is being held. Prior to her latest sentence, Ms. Shao was targeted multiple times in the past two decades for upholding her faith.

Ms. Shao went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong shortly after the persecution began in July 1999. She was arrested there and taken back to Dong’e County to be detained and given a fine. After she was released one month later, the police harassed her numerous times at home. Her family was unable to live a normal life.

In the years that followed, Ms. Shao was detained a few more times and brutally tortured each time. Her mouth once bled during a beating session. Another time she was forced to kneel for extended periods of time.

The Niudian Town Police Station officers arrested Ms. Shao at home on May 26, 2008 and took her to the Dong’e County Lockup. Two weeks later, her family was notified to pay 400 yuan and pick her up. Her loved ones paid, only to see her given one year of forced labor and taken to the Jinan Labor Camp on June 13, 2008.

Ms. Shao was forced to work for up to 15 hours every day at the labor camp. The living conditions were extremely poor.

The Dong’e County Court held a hearing of another local Falun Gong practitioner, Mr. Xu Gongrui, on April 11, 2014. Many practitioners, including Ms. Shao, went to the courthouse to show their support and were arrested. Ms. Shao’s home was also raided and she was released after an unknown amount of time.