After Two Years of Imprisonment, Nine Beijing Dafa Practitioners Receive Severe Illegal Sentences
(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, after being incarcerated for two years,
nine Beijing Dafa practitioners have received unlawful and severe prison
sentences. Mr. Wang Yi, Ms. Dan Ling, Mr. Zhang Zhenzhong, Mr. Zhang Hongru, Mr.
Li Hai, Mr. Jin Yuantao, Ms. Xu Ruohui, Mr. Guo Weimin and Ms. Bai Lili are
currently at the Beijing City Detention Center, but they will be transferred
shortly to Daxing Section's Tuanhe Dispatching Station. Practitioners registered
as Beijing natives are to remain in the prison of the Dispatching Station, while
the remaining practitioners are to be sent back to their respective hometowns. The Second Branch of the Beijing City People's Procuratorate proposed to try
publicly the nine Dafa practitioners, and the Beijing City Second Intermediate
People's Court then commenced with this so-called "public trial"
without notifying the relatives of the defendants (only a public notice was
actually posted). The practitioners were also assigned lawyers who were barred
from "defending under the plea of not guilty," so the lawyers could
only defend their defendants based on guilty pleas. Dafa practitioners Wang Yi, Dan Ling, Zhang Zhenzhong and Zhang Hongru
refused the assigned lawyers and defended themselves. After the nine Dafa practitioners were illegally found guilty of
"utilizing a cult organization to break the law," they did not accept
this verdict and appealed at the Beijing City High Court, where their appeals
were refuted and the assigned lawyers' opinions disregarded. This second trial
was also not public, and the guilty verdict was not repealed. The practitioners' circumstances are as follows: Wang, incarcerated since June 2002, was illegally sentenced to thirteen
years of imprisonment. He was also given an additional two year sentence and a
4,000 yuan fine under the verdict of having "organized others to cross
the border without authorization." Dan, detained since August 2002, was sentenced to another twelve years of
imprisonment. Zhang, in detention since August 2002, has been given a twelve-year prison
sentence. Zhang, imprisoned since August 2002, was sentenced to eleven years of
further imprisonment. Li, imprisoned since November 2002, was sentenced to nine years of
imprisonment. Jin, detained since August 2002, was sentenced to eleven years and six
months of further imprisonment. Xu, detained since August 2002, was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment. Guo, incarcerated since August 2002, was given a ten-year prison sentence. Bai, imprisoned since August 2002, was sentenced to three years of
imprisonment. Every one of these Dafa practitioners is a law-abiding citizen and a
productive member of society. Yet Jiang's followers recklessly trampled on their
rights, imposed false charges, and passed unjust verdicts. I hope that all
practitioners will work as one body to rescue these practitioners, suppress the
evil, and clarify the truth.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/8/30/82934.html
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