testifying party

Official court document, as used in court proceedings in the People's Republic of China. Testimony 1: father daughter brother sister son mother grandfather grandmother grandson granddaughter uncle aunt nephew niece brother-in-law sister-in-law father-in-law mother-in-law son-in-law daughter-in-law cousin friend colleague former student relative relation unclear from same town/region n/a husband wife the victim lawyer child friends, family, and students great-nephew great-niece former schoolmate cousin once removed friend of relative boyfriend girlfriend friend of friend aunt-in-law acquaintance judge cousin-in-law nephew-in-law niece-in-law uncle-in-law former neighbor stepbrother stepsister stepfather stepmother stepdaughter stepson neighbor of relative detained together former teacher relative of friend relative of teacher sibling grandchild cousin twice removed trial attendee ex-wife great-uncle great-aunt in-law grandmother-in-law grandfather-in-law great-grandmother great-grandfather half-brother half-sister ex-husband direct third-party
Testimony 2: add father daughter brother sister son mother grandfather grandmother grandson granddaughter uncle aunt nephew niece brother-in-law sister-in-law father-in-law mother-in-law son-in-law daughter-in-law cousin friend colleague former student relative relation unclear from same town/region n/a husband wife the victim lawyer child friends, family, and students great-nephew great-niece former schoolmate cousin once removed friend of relative boyfriend girlfriend friend of friend aunt-in-law acquaintance judge cousin-in-law nephew-in-law niece-in-law uncle-in-law former neighbor stepbrother stepsister stepfather stepmother stepdaughter stepson neighbor of relative detained together former teacher relative of friend relative of teacher sibling grandchild cousin twice removed trial attendee ex-wife great-uncle great-aunt in-law grandmother-in-law grandfather-in-law great-grandmother great-grandfather half-brother half-sister ex-husband add add direct third-party

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about the victim

Luo Chuanmei (罗传梅), female, ethnic Han, "no set profession". Born on November 9, 1956 in Urumqi. Residential address: No. 202, Entrance 2, Building No. 45, North Friendship Road, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐市友好北路4号45号楼2单元202室).

current location

Shuimogou Detention Center. [Presumably this is the Liudaowan detention center, which is the detention center for Shuimogou.]

chronology of detention(s)

She was first sentenced to three years in prison and a one-year deprivation of political rights for “state subversion” on November 2, 2006. She was released on March 7, 2009. Luo was then officially arrested for the second time on January 10, 2013, with the arrest warrant issued on February 7. Sentenced to 5 years on December 12 the same year. Luo appealed the sentence, and a second hearing on January 27 rejected the appeal.

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

Organizing and using an "evil cult" to undermine law enforcement".
The jury describes that in the early morning hours of January 10, 2013, Luo met a fellow Falun Gong member named Jia outside the Baodi Hotel in Urumqi’s Friendship Road (友好路“宝地宾馆”). The couple then went to Baoshan Road 75 (宝山路75号), and as Jia was standing guard, Luo stamped 5 Falun Gong slogans on a notice wall, which read “Heaven destroy the evil cult of the CCP, safety to those that quit the CCP!” (天灭中共邪教，退党团队保平安). They then continued onto Backend West October Street (十月街西后路), where Luo put two copies of the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party” on the windows of parked cars, as well as a Falun Gong magazine and four leaflets. At 7 am on Yangzijiang Road (扬子江路), they handed copies of Falun Gong material and a CD with VPN various software to a person named Zhang, who immediately called the police. Half an hour later, Luo and Jia were apprehended by a police officer outside the No. 22 primary school at Yangzijiang Road. The police identified that the stamp used by Luo had been used in disseminating Falun Gong material previously in 2012. In court, Luo refused to admit guilt, arguing that believing in Falun Gong did not constitute a crime.

last reported status

Sentenced.

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

The court decision is an official document from the Xinjiang judicial system.

additional information

Official court decision: https://archive.ph/fe2xX

places of detention

Former Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center

entry created on: 2021-05-17

entry last modified on: 2021-05-27

last update from testifier(s): 2014-01-28