(Clearwisdom.net) The policemen from the Taoyuan County Public Security Department, Changde City, Hunan Province and the staff from the Taoyuan County "610 Office" arrested more than 20 Falun Dafa practitioners on July 14, 2008, before the Olympic Games in Beijing. Among the arrested practitioners, 13 had been detained at the Taoyuan Detention Center and were sentenced severely on September 4, 2009. Now their families have appealed to the Changde City Intermediate Court.

The following are the 13 sentenced practitioners:

Mr. Peng boxiang: 53, former assistant of the Falun Dafa Assistant Center in Taoyuan County, was sentenced to thirteen years in prison on September 4, 2009. He was put in a forced labor camp by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for six months on October 16, 2000 and later sentenced to three years in prison on January 9, 2003.

Ms. He Ligui: 46, sentenced to seven years in prison on September 4, 2009. She was sentenced to four years and six months of prison on October 22, 2001.

Mr. Jian Zhigang: 44, sentenced to seven years in prison on September 4, 2009. He was sentenced to a year of forced labor on December 2, 2005.

Ms. Fang Xingzhi: 56, sentenced to seven years in prison on September 4, 2009. She was sentenced to three years in prison on August 22, 2002.

Ms. Pang Changmin: 59, sentenced to six years in prison on September 4, 2009. She was sentenced to two years of forced labor on July 9, 2001.

Ms. Zhou Qinghui: 47, sentenced to five years in prison on September 4, 2009.

Ms. Chen Xiaohua: 51, sentenced to four years and six months in prison on September 4, 2009.

Ms. Jian Yuying: 51, sentenced to four years in prison on September 4, 2009.

Ms. Liu Xiachu: 57, sentenced to three years and six months in prison on September 4, 2009.

Ms. Zhou Fengjiao: 54, sentenced to three years and six months in prison on September 4, 2009.

Mr. Xu Chengming: sentenced to four years in prison on September 4, 2009.

Ms. Le Wenhui: 63, sentenced to three years in prison on September 4, 2009.

Mr. Lan Zhengming: sentenced to three years in prison on September 4, 2009.

The materials stolen by the CCP staff included: six desktop computers, one laptop computer, one MP4 player, eleven printers, five paper cutting machines, 233 printer ink cartridges, 63 boxes of A4 paper, two pieces of A3 paper, 29 pieces of photo papers, 200 blank CDs, six USB removable drivers, one satellite dish, one satellite program decoder, one box of plastic covers, nine rolls of tape, and one double-sided tape dispenser.

Original Article: September 12, 2009