(Clearwisdom.net) On September 29, 2009, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Zhihong and his wife, Ms. Sun Xiuxia, from Changchun City, were arrested by police officers from the Public Security Bureau in Changchun, along with officials from the 610 Office and the Jingqian Police Office. The police confiscated their personal belongings, including a TV, a computer, and a printer. Wang Zhihong is being detained at the Third Detention Center in Shuangyang District, and has been detained for over a year. His wife Sun Xiuxia is detained at the Tiebei Public Security Hospital.

Officials from the prosecutor's office in Erdao District have twice filed their case with the Erdao District Court. In both cases, court officials dismissed the case due to lack of evidence, but officials from the 610 Office in Jilin Province manipulated the legal system and continued persecuting the couple, and refused to release them. Their family hired lawyers to defend them, but officials from the Jilin Province 610 Office, the Erdao District Court, and the Third Detention Denter in Shuangyang District prohibited these lawyers from visiting their clients.

The two lawyers, who were hired by Wang Zhihong and Sun Xiuxia's family, went to the Erdao District court on September 14, 2010, requesting to examine the case files of these two practitioners. Judge Yan Hongyi denied their request, using the excuse that lawyers from other provinces are not allowed to access cases in this province.

The couple's family members and lawyers went to the Third Detention Center in Shuangyang District on September 15, 2010, and requested to visit Wang Zhihong. The administrative chief refused to let them see Mr. Wang and said that the judge from Erdao Court would not allow them to see him. This act violated the law, which states that lawyers can visit their defendants.

People involved in this case:
Yan Hongyi from the Erdao District Court in Changchun City: 86-431-88559449 (Office)
Jingqian Police Station director in Erdao District: 13630594568