Kuang Zongyao is a Falun Gong practitioner from Xinhe Village, Buyunqiao Town, Qidong County, Hengyang City, Hunan Province. Falun Gong-affiliated reporting states that he was arrested in March 2023 and later sentenced to eight years in prison.
Earlier reported detention history
In a first-person account published by Minghui, Kuang described detention beginning in November 1999, including more than forty days in custody, a fine, and a later eighteen-month reeducation-through-labor term. He alleged beatings, forced labor and sleep deprivation. These allegations remain his source-attributed account and have not been independently verified.
Minghui and Clear Harmony also report further detentions in 2006 and 2007, including a one-year forced-labor term after a July 2007 arrest.
2023 arrest and sentence
Minghui reports that police arrested Kuang at his home on March 14, 2023 during a broader operation in Qidong County. The outlet states that police seized Falun Gong books and materials as well as approximately 100,000 yuan in cash.
According to the same reporting, Kuang was later sentenced to eight years in prison and fined 30,000 yuan, and was transferred to Wangling Prison. The dates of indictment, trial and sentencing were not reported.
Status and evidence limits
The latest detailed report located, dated May 14, 2024, described Kuang as serving the sentence at Wangling Prison. No independent or official PRC record of the case was located, and all detailed reporting comes from Falun Gong-affiliated outlets. His Chinese-character name has not been independently confirmed and is intentionally omitted. No release date is inferred.
Media Archive: Kuang Zongyao — Media Archive.