(Clearwisdom.net) Four elderly practitioners from Yuping County, Tongren Prefecture in Guizhou Province, were illegally arrested for distributing Falun Dafa fliers in Yangqiao Area, Qingong County. They were taken to the Laocheng Detention Center in Qingong County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, where they remain to this day. Agents of the county court and judiciary department, as well as the local police, are planning to sentence each of them to long prison terms.

The four practitioners are Ms. Quan Daoyin and Ms. Zhang Dezhen, in their sixties, and Ms. Tian Xiuju and Ms. Deng Xiaoling, in their fifties. Their families are very angry that their loved ones were arrested and detained. Ms. Quan's spouse became very emotional upon hearing the news.

Ms. Zhang's husband, Mr. Yao Maoyuan from Yuping County, was previously sentenced to four years in the Duyun Prison. Not long after that, the couple were jointly sentenced to three years in the Zhongba Forced Labor Camp.

Shortly after Ms. Zhang's most recent arrest, her family found out that her spouse was reported for handing out Falun Dafa fliers on January 30, 2008 . Mr. Yao along with Ms. Chen Huamei, Ms. Liu Julian, Ms. Zhang Sanmei, Ms. Qiu Bizhen, and Ms. Li Gaomei were arrested in Shuiwei Town and later detained at the Laocheng Detention Center. The prison guards would not permit family members to visit with the practitioners.

The Qingong County Court later sentenced Mr. Yao to four years in prison, Ms. Zhang Sanmei to three and a half years, Ms. Chen Huamei, Ms. Liu Julian, and Ms. Qiu Bizhen to three years, and Ms. Li Gaomei to one and a half years in prison.

Related telephone numbers:
Gong County Detention Center: 86-855-3512104
Tang Gang, director
Pan Renxiang and Fu Yinuo, deputy directors