Person profile: Liu Cuixian (刘翠先)
This archive preserves dated reporting on Liu Cuixian, a Falun Gong practitioner from Kunming, Yunnan Province.
2012–2013 — arrest, trial and eight-year sentence
Minghui reports that Liu and three other women were arrested on December 20, 2012 in Lufeng County while distributing Shen Yun informational DVDs. The Lufeng County Court tried the group in May 2013 and sentenced Liu to eight years.
January 2013 arrest report · May 2013 hearing report · Sentencing report
2019 — first-person prison account
In a first-person account published by Minghui, Liu described her imprisonment in Yunnan No. 2 Women’s Prison and alleged sleep deprivation, forced sitting, forced labor, restrictions on restroom access, and forced medication or injections. These are Liu’s allegations as published by the outlet and are not presented as independently verified findings. The account gives October 20, 2018 as her release date.
June 2024 — re-arrest
Minghui reported a coordinated June 6, 2024 police operation in Kunming in which Liu and other practitioners were detained. Reports differ on participating units, entry time, and cash seized; those differences remain unresolved.
June 2024 brief · July 2024 detailed report
2025 — trial, sentence and prison transfer
Minghui reports that the Xishan District Court tried a joint case on March 26, 2025 and sentenced Liu on May 1 to four years and six months plus a 15,000-yuan fine. A later report says Liu did not appeal and was transferred to Yunnan Province Second Women’s Prison on October 9, 2025.
June 2025 sentencing report · October 2025 update
Source conflicts and limits
Sources use several forms for Liu’s daughter-in-law’s name and conflict on her death date. They also differ on details of the June 2024 raid. Those disputed details are not treated as settled facts here. No PRC court judgment or official case record was located, and no current-sentence release date is calculated.