Ma Ling (马玲) is a retired associate research librarian at Yunnan University in Kunming, Yunnan Province, and a Falun Gong practitioner. Reporting by Minghui says she was arrested on June 6, 2024, during a police sweep and was sentenced by the Xishan District Court on May 1, 2025, to three years in prison and a 10,000-yuan fine. A mainland-China prisoner roster also listed her in custody in 2026.
Background and earlier detention
Minghui reporting describes Ma as born around 1957 and formerly employed at the Yunnan University Library. The same source documents earlier detention beginning in 2004 and reports that she was arrested again in 2014 and later sentenced to four years. These details come from practitioner-run reporting and have not been independently verified from court records.
2024 arrest and 2025 sentence
According to Minghui, Ma was arrested in Kunming on June 6, 2024. Nine practitioners were tried by the Xishan District Court on March 26, 2025. Minghui reported that Ma and several others were sentenced on May 1; Ma received a three-year term and a 10,000-yuan fine. A 2026 prisoner-of-conscience database independently reproduces the three-year sentence and identifies her as a retired Yunnan University librarian, although that database appears to draw in part on advocacy reporting.
Health and custody reporting
Minghui reported that Ma entered Yunnan Province Second Women’s Prison on December 25, 2025, and later suffered serious medical problems. A July 2026 report said she had received three critical-condition notices between December 2025 and June 2026. WOIPFG, an advocacy organization, also published allegations concerning her health and requests for medical release. These medical and custodial allegations have not been independently verified and are presented here as source-attributed claims.
Status and evidentiary limits
Sources available in 2026 continued to list Ma as imprisoned. No authenticated court judgment reviewed for this profile establishes the precise charge, and no independent medical record was located. Accordingly, claims about her prosecution and health are dated and attributed rather than presented as independently established facts.
Related archive: Media Profile & Archive — Ma Ling (马玲)
Sources: Minghui reporting from May 2025 and July 2026; mainland-China prisoner-of-conscience roster/database, 2026; WOIPFG case notice, 2026.