(Minghui.org) Ms. Ai Mingxia, 57, from Jubaoshan Town, Changling County, Jilin Province was sentenced to four years in late August 2023 for practicing her faith, Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.

Ms. Ai was arrested by officers from the Jubaoshan Town Police Station and the Changling County Domestic Security Office on April 19, 2023. One of the officers was surnamed Pan. They confiscated her printer supplies, Falun Gong informational materials and other valuables.

The Jubaoshan Town manager ordered and also personally participated in the arrest and subsequent raid of Ms. Ai’s home. He also threatened to search every local Falun Gong practitioner’s home. At his directive, in the following months nearly every practitioner in Jubaoshan Town had their homes ransacked by the police. One practitioner, surnamed Wang, was detained for 15 days after his home was raided on June 16, 2023.

Ms. Ai was taken to the Songyuan City Detention Center the day after her arrest. Songyuan oversees Changling County.

Ms. Ai’s family hired a lawyer to represent her, but the lawyer was forced by the Changling County Domestic Security Office to drop her case. The Changling County Court sentenced Ms. Ai to four years in late August 2023. It is unclear whether she was transferred to prison at the time of this report.