Liu Hongyun (刘洪运) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Acheng District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. Minghui identifies him as a former worker at the Liuzhong Market and the husband of Zhang Yaru (张亚茹).
Minghui reports a history of detention beginning around 2000, including time at the Changlinzi Labor Camp and a four-year prison sentence imposed after a 2002 arrest. The outlet alleges beatings, electric-baton shocks, force-feeding during hunger strikes, and extortion during earlier detention. These claims remain attributed to Minghui.
On July 4, 2023, Minghui reports that Liu and his wife were arrested by the Acheng District Domestic Security Division. Liu was released on bail on July 9 after a hunger strike, then taken back into custody on August 22. The outlet reports that he resumed a hunger strike and was hospitalized on August 30, 2023.
In May 2024, Minghui reported that Liu had been sentenced to five years in prison and his wife to two and a half years. The outlet said the exact trial and sentencing dates were unclear. In June 2024, Minghui reported that Liu had been sent to Tailai Prison.
Status: current custody is unverified. The latest case-specific report located is dated June 2024; no release date or present circumstances are inferred from the reported five-year term.
Identity safeguard: other people named Liu Hongyun appear in separate reports, including a different 2025 Shuangcheng case and a former detention-center official in Shandong. They are not merged with this Acheng case.
Sources: Minghui, May 14, 2024; Minghui Chinese report, September 6, 2023; Minghui, June 19, 2024.