Note: The following article is a shortened version of a longer and more detailed article that appeared on the minghui.ca website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net).
On August 10th, 2008, Falun Gong practitioners, Qi Changrong, Song Hongcui and Bai Hong were secretly sentenced after having been detained in a detention centre for seven months. Qi Changrong was sentenced to five years of imprisonment, and Song Hongcui and Bai Hong were both sentenced to three years. They have now been transferred to Tianjin No. 2 Prison. Their relatives never received any notification from either the Domestic Security Division, 610 Office1, court or prison, nor have they ever received any information of legal procedures against any of the practitioners. As of today, their relatives are still not allowed to meet with them. Qi Changrong, Song Hongcui and Bai Hong have already lodged an appeal against the decision.
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1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2008/11/28/190594.html
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