(Minghui.org) A 74-year-old woman in the Beibei District of Chongqing was sentenced to two and a half years on November 29, 2025, for her faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since 1999.
Ms. Liu Fanqin, a former manager at the Beibei District Optical Instrument Factory, took up Falun Gong in 1994 and soon recovered from many ailments, including severe rhinitis, pharyngitis, and tonsillitis. After the persecution started, she held firm to her faith and was repeatedly targeted, including an arrest on June 21, 2003, that resulted in her becoming disabled after the police tortured her by hanging her up. She was sentenced to nine years but was released ahead of time on December 20, 2011.
Because the police kept harassing her after she returned home, she eventually decided to go to the Chaoyang Police Station on April 27, 2025, to urge them to stop persecuting her. The police promptly arrested her and put in the Beibei District Detention Center. They also raided her home and confiscated her cell phone, laptop, and Falun Gong books.
On June 22, the Beibei District Procuratorate transferred the case to the Jiangbei District Procuratorate, which indicted her on September 11. She was tried in the Jiangbei District Court on November 12. The Chongqing Political and Legal Affairs Committee and Justice Bureau didn’t allow her lawyer to enter a not guilty plea for her.
A guilty verdict was handed down on November 29, 2025. It is unclear when Ms. Liu will be admitted to prison.
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