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Four Practitioners Illegally Tried at the Luzhou City Court; Liang Jinhui, Sick and Disabled, Sentenced to 2.5 Years
(Clearwisdom.net) On May 10, 2006, four Falun Gong practitioners, Liang
Jinhui, Jiang Jiyun, Hu Jingbin, and He Shifang, who had been detained for ten
months, were illegally sentenced at the court of Naxi District,
Luzhou City, Sichuan Province. Liang Jinhui was sentenced to two and a half
years, Jiang Jiyun was sentenced to three and a half years, Hu Jingbin was
sentenced to two years, with a three-year suspended sentence, and He Shifang was
sentenced for a year and a half, with a two-year suspended sentence. The four practitioners were turned in for distributing the Nine
Commentaries on the Communist Party and calling on people to quit the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They were betrayed by a local special agent, Rao
Qing, who posed as a Falun Gong practitioner. Six other Dafa practitioners were
also illegally arrested on July 19, 2005, by the 610 Office in
Luzhou City. This case has been exposed both in and out of China, and has drawn
a significant amount of attention. Under the CCP's pressure, the case was
postponed several times. The court held a total of three sessions, repeatedly
changed the court date, and avoided holding the court sessions on politically
sensitive dates. The court waited until the night before the court session to
notify the family members, even though the law requires a three-day notice.
After Hu Jintao returned from his visit to the United States in April 2006, the
court hastily announced the verdict. Before practicing, Liang Jinhui had suffered from mental illness and a
disability of his foot. After his illegal arrest, the local 610 Office requested
a review of his case. In September 2005, the Xinan Judicature of Sichuan
Province determined that Mr. Liang was not capable of serving the prison term.
Instead, the CCP arbitrarily refused to release him and increased his
punishment. His family refused to accept the verdict and decided to appeal. Liang Jinhui's younger sister, Liang Xiaofeng (Liang Zhen), is a US citizen
residing in Hong Kong. After her brother's arrest, she aggressively launched the
rescue effort. More than ten United States Congressmen and Hong Kong Assemblymen
sent correspondence to CCP Premier Wen Jiabao, Sichuan Province Governor Zhang
Zhongwei, Luzhou City Major Xiao Tianren, and the United States Ambassador in
Beijing requesting accountability under law. But the CCP not only continued with
the persecution but treated the rescue efforts as a serious case of
anti-government activity. Beginning with the Sichuan Province 610 Office and
directly involving the communist party's system, the case was sent through a
morass of review and reexamination. In the end, the local judiciary officers
claimed they were powerless to do anything about the case, because the matter
was beyond the scope of its jurisdiction and must be decided by a higher
authority. For fear of exposing its evil acts, the 610 Office of Naxi District in Luzhou
City changed its phone number several times. Next, Liang Jinhui's mother Yuan
Yuju was illegally sent to a forced labor camp for one year. To add further
context to the unjust proceedings, Policeman Gao Li even refused to disclose the
labor camp papers to family members. Since the persecution began on July 20, 1999, Luzhou City's 610 Office has
followed the communist party in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. In
the earlier days, they secretly sentenced three practitioners, Zhao Derong, Zhou
Honglan, and Liang Yufeng. As a result, Liang Yufeng's only son became mentally
traumatized, leaving Liang's ninety-year-old mother uncared for. Country Code: 86, City Code: 830 Luzhou City, Naxi District, Public Security Department, National Protection
Brigade, brigade leader Huang Zhongjie: 4118633 Luzhou City, National Protection Contingent Brigade: 3199200 Sichuan Province, Public Security Department - (Person in charge of Falun
Gong persecution) 86-28-86301114 transfer - Department head Wei Luzhou City, Naxi District, People's Court, Criminal Court: 4262169 Luzhou City, Intermediate People's Court May 21, 2006 Posting date: 6/9/2006
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