(Minghui.org) Mr. Li Jinsheng, 73, rode his motorcycle out to the cornfields near Yinchuan Township in Tongjiang City on September 11, 2012, to post some truth-clarification materials about Falun Gong along the roadside. He was arrested and taken to the Yinchuan Police Station, before being transferred to the Linjiang Police Station.

Mo Yafu, head of the Tongjiang City 610 Office, Lu Wenshuang from the Tongjiang Domestic Security Division and Li Bin from the Linjiang Police Station broke in to Mr. Li's house and confiscated his computer, DVD burner, truth-clarification materials, printing equipment and other personal belongings worth tens of thousands of yuan. Mr. Li's wife, Ms. Zhou Guilin, 65, was also arrested and taken to the Linjiang Police Station.

When Ms. Zhou's brother went to the police station to ask for Ms. Zhou and Mr. Li's release, the police released Ms. Zhou the following day, but took Mr. Li to the Tongjiang Detention Center.

A few days later, Ms. Zhou tried to visit her husband, but was turned away by the guards at the detention center. She then went to the police department to ask for her husband's release, and was told to talk to Mo Yafu. Ms. Zhou took her cousin and went to talk to Mo Yafu the next day. She said, “My husband is in his seventies. If something happens with him, you will shoulder the responsibility.” Mo threatened Ms. Zhou and said that he had not arrested her husband. Mo refused to release Mr. Li and told Ms. Zhou that if she did not leave, she would be arrested.

Mr. Li was sentenced to three years in prison, and was taken to Jiamusi City Prison on January 28, 2013. His family was not notified of the trial and all proceedings were held in secret. The first time the family heard news about the trial and sentencing was when Mr. Li was able to later phone his daughter-in-law, Ms. Li Zhanying, to tell her what had happened.

When Ms. Zhou heard that her husband had been sentenced, she was so upset that an old illness recurred. She was rushed to the hospital on February 12 and passed away on February 23, 2013.

Mr. Li Jinsheng became a kind and healthy person after he started to practice Falun Gong. He no longer had a bad temper, his many illnesses disappeared, and he no longer looked frail. Ms. Zhou's illnesses also disappeared when she started the practice. Those who knew them in Linjiang Township considered the elderly couple very kind and considerate. Within just a few months, however, Mr. Li was in prison and Ms. Zhou had passed away as the result of persecution.

Those responsible for the persecution:

Chen Shijun, director of Tongjiang City Police Department: +86-13359765005 (Cell)
Shen Enlin, deputy director of Tongjiang City Police Department: +86-13339542999 (Cell)
Cai Yongjiang: +86-13339549600 (Cell)
Mo Yafu, head of Tongjiang City 610 Office: +86-13803679778 (Cell)
Lu Wenshuang, officer from Tongjiang Domestic Security Division: +86-13846831345 (Cell)
Zheng Chengzhang, Tongjiang City Court: +86-13349549777 (Cell)
Zhang Shuwei, Procuratorate of Tongjiang City: +86-13803674999 (Cell)