Additional Name(s): 来桂芳
Gender: Female
Current Location: Liaoning Women's Prison, Yuhong
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Falun Gong
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 7 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: October/8/2017
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Cult
Lai Guifang is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On or around October 8, 2017, public security officials from the Economic and Technological Development Zone in Dalian municipality, Liaoning province, detained 19 Falun Gong practitioners, including Lai.
On an unspecified day in 2018, Lai sentenced to seven years in prison for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).
Lai is currently at Liaoning Women's Prison.
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"Additional Persecution News from China – February 26, 2020 (9 Reports)" Minghui.org