(Minghui.org) A Heilongjiang couple from Harbin City was separated again after having reunited for ten months.
Ms. Wen Shufan was released in November of 2014 after three years in prison. In September of 2015, her husband, Wang Zhongyi, was arrested. He was given a five-year sentence at Hulan Prison on April 18, 2016.
Husband's Arrest and Sentence
Mr. Wang was arrested on September 29, 2015 at a private clinic operated by his daughter, Ms. Wang Wei. He began a hunger strike on November 8, 2015 while being detained in the Hulan District Detention Center. He was released for medical reasons 20 days later.
Local police and officials from the local 610 Office attempted to bring him back to detention. They forcibly took him in on February 19 for a physical examination at a hospital. Because he was in critical condition, he was sent home after three days.
More than 20 police took him to a hospital again on April 13. He was tried two days later at the Hulan District Court. Very weak, Mr. Wang remained in a wheelchair during his hearing. His defense lawyer presented strong evidence to prove his innocence. No verdict was reached.
His family received the notice of his five-year sentence the day after the trial. He was sent to the Hulan Prison on April 18 despite his poor health.
Mr. Wang had been given a year of forced labor term in 2001 for refusing to give up Falun Gong.
Mother and Daughters' Suffering of Persecution
More than a dozen police from the Songbei District Police Department broke into Ms. Wang Wei's clinic on November 2, 2011. They arrested Ms. Wen Shufan and her two daughters, Ms. Wang Wei and Ms. Wang Jiaojiao. They also confiscated eight bank books worth of 700,000 yuan, three computers, and two cameras.
The daughters were released later but Ms. Wang was tried on December 28, 2012. She was sentenced to three years of prison term. She was released on November 3, 2014.
This was Ms. Wen's second arrest. She had been detained for 52 days before this and released only when her family paid 4,900 yuan to the authorities.
