(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Gong practitioners Jin Guoyou, Feng Hezhi and Xing Qingyun in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province were sentenced illegally to lengthy prison terms.

Mr. Jin Guoyou is more than 60 years old, and he is a retiree from Jin'an Chemical Plant. He lives in the third Jin'an village, which was under jurisdiction of Dunhuafang Police Station in Xinghualing District, Taiyuan City. At 9 pm on December 22, 2009, he was arrested at home by five policemen from Dunhuafang Police Station, then his home was ransacked. The policemen took away his computer, printer and CD writer. Later on, Mr. Jin Guoyou was detained at Xinghualing Detention Center. In May 2010 he was illegally sentenced to four years' imprisonment.

Ms. Feng Hezhi is 70 years old, and she is a family member of a retiree from Jin'an Chemical Plant. She also lives in the third Jin'an village. On the afternoon of December 21, 2009 she was illegally arrested when she was clarifying the truth and was sent to Dunhuafang Police Station. Her home was also ransacked and the police took away Falun Gong books and truth-clarification materials. On May 23, Ms. Feng Hezhi was illegally detained at a detention center and later on, she was illegally sentenced to three years of imprisonment.

Mr. Xing Qingyun is more than 60 years old, and she is also a retiree from Jin'an Chemical Plant who lives in the third Jin'an village. At 10 a.m. on December 23, 2009, she was arrested at home by three police (a policewoman named Zhao Junli and two policemen) from Dunhuafang Police Station, then her home was ransacked. They took away Falun Gong books and truth-clarification materials. On the afternoon of December 24, she was sent to the detention center. Due to her high blood pressure, she was released. In May of 2010, she was illegally sentenced to five years of probation.