 On 4 July 2009 , around 20 security agents broke into the home of Wang Yonghang . Wang , a Weiquan lawyer from Dalian City , had defended Falun Gong adherents . He was taken into custody for interrogation and was reportedly beaten severely . Wang 's lawyers were not permitted to contact him . In November 2009 , Wang was sentenced in a closed court to seven years in prison for his advocacy on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners . When his lawyers were permitted to see him in January 2010 , they reported that he had been tortured . 
