Li Jinqiu (李锦秋) is a retired accountant from Linghai City, Liaoning Province. Falun Gong-affiliated reporting states that she was arrested in July 2023 and sentenced on November 13, 2023 to four years in prison and a 4,000-yuan fine.
2023 case
Minghui reports that Li was arrested on July 31, 2023 while distributing Falun Gong materials and held at the Jinzhou City Women’s Detention Center. The outlet states that her arrest was approved on August 11, she was tried on November 6, and she was sentenced on November 13 to four years in prison and fined 4,000 yuan. The report states that she appealed.
Earlier reported detention history
Minghui and Clearharmony report earlier detention connected to Li’s Falun Gong practice, including a three-year forced-labor term beginning in March 2000 and a one-year term after a September 2009 family arrest. Those outlets also allege severe mistreatment during detention; such allegations remain source-attributed and have not been independently verified.
Status and evidence limits
Rights Defense Network Issue 131 lists 李锦秋 among reported current prisoners in its four-year-sentence group as of August 31, 2026. The sentencing court, current prison facility, exact sentence-end date and appeal outcome are not established in the reviewed sources. This record uses 李锦秋, the Chinese form established by the bilingual roster, and is not merged with people named 李金秋.
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