China: 86-Year-Old Faces Lengthy Prison Term for Handing Out Fliers

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86-Year-Old Faces Lengthy Prison Term for Handing Out Fliers
By Jack Phillips, Epoch Times   |  March 1, 2017 AT 6:18 PM

An 86-year-old Chinese woman was sentenced to three years in prison for distributing information telling the truth about her meditation practice, Falun Gong, which has been vilified and persecuted by the Chinese regime since 1999.

Qu Shuyun, of Daxinganling in Heilongjiang Province, also received a 3,000 yuan ($435) fine and three years in probation.

In July 2016, Qu and another woman were arrested while handing out leaflets about the widespread persecution of Falun Gong. Qui apparently handed a flier out to a local Chinese Communist Party official, who ordered her arrest.

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