(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Shao Xingbao, a practitioner in Jiaonan City, Shandong Province, was sentenced to four years in prison by the Jiaonan City Court at 2 p.m., on April 24, 2009. On the afternoon of May 8, his wife, Ms. Wang Lifang, was arrested by the Beijing Road Police Station.

Mr. Shao was previously arrested and sentenced to prison for practicing Falun Dafa. He was arrested again in the afternoon on February 24, 2009, by the Beijing Road Police. His wife, Ms. Wang, asked to visit him many times at the police station, detention center, and police department. She was turned away each time.

The Jiaonan City Court did not disclose the April 8 court date to Mr. Shao's family. After Ms. Wang got the information by asking at many places, she visited the procuratorate and the court, including Chief Judge Liu Jinren, and stated that her husband was innocent. The Jiaonan City 610 Office used all sorts of dirty tricks to prevent Ms. Wang from hiring lawyers to enter a "not guilty" plea. Ms. Wang entered a plea of not guilty in the court by herself.

In the second trial on April 24, Chief Judge Liu Jinren announced that the court was adjourned right after reading the sentence. The whole process lasted less than twenty minutes. Mr. Shao refused to sign the written judgment and asked for an appeal immediately.

On April 27, Wang Yajun and Li Chunfu, lawyers from the Beijing Gaobolonghua Law Firm, took the case at his family's request. They met Mr. Shao at the Jiaonan City Detention Center. While he was in detention, Mr. Shao developed high blood pressure. The Qingdao Haici Hospital evaluated his health and suggested he be released on medical grounds. The detention center, the 610 Office and the court ignored the doctor's recommendation.

Ms. Wang asked the 610 Office to release her husband for medical reasons. The 610 Office claimed that they were not aware of Mr. Shao's health condition, and collaborated with an office in the police department to force her to drop her request. Ms. Wang was then arrested by the Beijing Road Police.

Sun Aiyun, Jiaonan City 610 Office director: 86-13325019260 (Cell)
Ge Chunzhen, Jiaonan City Court vice president: 86-13905428275 (Cell)
Liu Jinren, Jiaonan City Court chief judge: 86-13573234262 (Cell)
Fan Kun, Beijing Road Police Station director: 86-13606487676 (Cell)