Wang Jianying (王剑英)
Wang Jianying is a retired government employee from Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province. Sources including Bitter Winter and Minghui.org report that he received a five-year prison sentence in 2025 in connection with his Falun Gong practice.
2024 arrest and the death of his sister
Bitter Winter, Minghui.org, and the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) report that Wang and his younger sister, Wang Yuying (王玉英), were arrested in Gongzhuling in August 2024 and held in the Gongzhuling City Detention Center. Those sources report that Wang Yuying died in custody around September 2024. No independent official account of her death was located in the research package.
The same sources report that Wang was released on bail pending trial in late September 2024.
2025 sentencing
Bitter Winter and Minghui.org report that Wang was tried by video in June 2025, entered a not-guilty plea while acting as his own lawyer, and was sentenced to five years in prison. They report that he was taken into Gongzhuling Prison on July 1, 2025 and give a reported release date in May 2030. This page does not infer his present condition or prison circumstances beyond those dated reports.
Sourcing note
This profile relies on Bitter Winter, Minghui.org, WOIPFG, and a UK government country information note that cites reporting on the case. Claims about the arrest, sentence, prison intake, and Wang Yuying’s death remain attributed to those sources. A publicly accessible PRC court judgment or official account of the death was not located in the research package.