On Aug. 26, a Chinese court live stream of a pension suspension case was abruptly cut off in the middle of the proceedings. Tang Yuehua, the plaintiff, sued local authorities for withholding her pension after she was released from jail. Tang was imprisoned between 2015 and 2018 for her belief in Falun Gong. There were more than 1,400 people online viewing the trial when the signal cut off while the court was questioning the identities of the plaintiff and her representative. Human rights lawyer Liu Lianhe told The Epoch Times that the regime manipulates the court to persecute Chinese citizens and rights defenders with illegal administrative decisions, in this case legitimizing pension suspension, despite it lacking legal grounds. He added that he believes that online trials are used as propaganda for domestic audiences. Tang Yuehua is a 60-year-old retiree of a city management service center. She retired in January 2012 …