(Minghui.org) Ms. Guan Longmei (管龙妹), a 62-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Shanghai, was illegally arrested by police from the Jinyang Police Station in June 2014 for handing out information about Falun Gong. Ms. Guan was tried in Pudong District Court on January 6, 2015.
During the trial, she refused to answer the judge or the prosecutor's questions because she refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the trial, which would validate the persecution. Because her lawyer believed the evidence and witnesses were not permissible, he asked for a dismissal. No verdict was rendered on the day of the trial.
Ms. Guan's attorney questioned how the evidence was obtained since the police searched Ms. Guan's house without her permission and while no one was at home. The attorney also pointed out that the prosecution's witness testimony was questionable since the witness never came to court. Also, the attorney did not believe that Shanghai Press & Publication had the authority to authenticate the evidence (i.e., the literature about Falun Gong).
The defense attorney thus requested that the prosecutor recuse argument because of the flaws in this case. In the end, the attorney indeed asked the judge to dismiss the case.
During the trial, the judge interrupted Ms. Guan's and her lawyer's defense speeches over and over. The judge called for recess four times, and in the end did not render a verdict that day.
Falun GongMs. Guan had a very unhealthy lifestyle, and she smoked and drank heavily before she practiced Falun Gong. She was also addicted to gambling, but after she began practicing, all her physical ailments disappeared, and she stopped all of her bad habits.
After the persecution of Falun Gong began, Ms. Guan was incarcerated for many years because she refused to give up her belief. She was put in the Qingpu Woman's Forced Labor Camp from 2001 to 2003. In 2007, she was put in the Songjiang Woman's Prison for six-and-a-half years.
People and organizations responsible for Ms. Guan's most recent arrest and trial:Shi Shidong (施世东) from Shanghai Press & Publication, +86-13012865226 (Cell)Bao Jianmin (鲍建敏), female, prosecutor from Pudong District Procuratorate in Shanghai, +86-21-50138620Pudong District Court in Shanghai, +86-21-38794518Liu Juanjuan (刘娟娟), leading judgeShi Yaohui (石耀辉), judge, +86-21-38794518 ext 11101, +86-21-68541824
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