Yang Lixia (杨丽霞)
Yang Lixia is a resident of Tianjin and a practitioner of Falun Gong. She was sentenced to six years in prison on April 26, 2021.
Ms. Yang was arrested on March 2, 2020, by officers from the Changhong Police Station. According to Minghui, a Falun Gong-affiliated news service, police searched her home and took her computer, printer, laminator, Falun Gong books, banknotes carrying messages about the practice, and other personal belongings. She was released on bail the following afternoon, after which police monitored her daily life and kept her from going to work.
On July 13, 2020, police told her that her case had been sent to the Nankai District Procuratorate, and she was ordered to remain at home pending the next stage of the prosecution. She stood trial at the Nankai District Court on January 15, 2021, and was sentenced on April 26. Her lawyer was not informed of the sentencing hearing. She was taken back into custody after the verdict, and her family was preparing an appeal.
Minghui reports that she was prosecuted for putting up informational posters about Falun Gong. That characterization of the reason for detention is the outlet’s account and is presented as reported, not as an independently verified official finding. No official Chinese government or state-media record of her case has been located. The end date of the sentence is not stated in the sources located, and no release has been reported.
Sources for this profile
- Minghui.org, “Tianjin Woman Sentenced to Six Years for Posting Informational Materials” (May 6, 2021) — http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2021/5/6/192200p.html
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