Li Meihong (李美虹) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiexi County, Guangdong Province. Monitoring records report that she was detained again in May 2024 and sentenced in February 2025 to five years in prison.
Background and earlier sentence
The CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database identifies Li as born in April 1960, from Heshan Village, Hepo Town, and employed by the local power supply station. Minghui reports that she was previously detained in August 2014 and sentenced by the Jiexi County Court on June 5, 2015 to seven years in prison.
2024–2025 case
Minghui and CHRD report that Li was detained on May 13, 2024 while distributing Falun Gong materials near the Heshan village committee and was held at the Jieyang City Detention Center. In February 2025, the Jiedong District Court sentenced her to five years in prison. The formal criminal charge is listed as unknown.
Monitoring records report that Li was transferred to Guangdong Women’s Prison in August 2025 and give May 12, 2029 as the term endpoint.
Status and evidence limits
Rights Defense Network Issue 131 lists 李美虹 among reported current prisoners in its five-year-sentence group as of August 31, 2026. No official judgment or independent PRC account was located, and no status beyond that dated evidence is inferred.
Media Profile & Archive: Li Meihong / 李美虹 — Media Profile & Archive.