Ms. Wang Xiuqin (王秀琴), 84, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China. Arrested on February 12, 2025, by domestic-security agents and held in the Fuzhou City Second Detention Center, she was sentenced to two years and five months in prison in late January 2026. This is her second prison term; she was previously arrested in 2009 and held in the Fujian Province Women’s Prison. The Rights Defense Network’s (维权网) monthly political-prisoners report (Issue 131, August 31, 2026) lists her as a current in-custody political prisoner in its two-year-five-month sentence group.
Background
Ms. Wang took up Falun Gong in 1998, together with her daughter, Ye Qiaoming. Falun Gong (法轮功), a spiritual discipline combining meditation exercises with moral teachings, has been suppressed in China since July 1999.
Earlier persecution
Ms. Wang’s first recorded encounter with the authorities came on October 14, 2000, when she and her daughter were seized on suspicion of writing Falun Gong slogans on banknotes. She was released on bail; her daughter was given a one-and-a-half-year labor-camp term. Ms. Wang was subsequently arrested on March 5, 2001 (15 days’ detention), placed in a brainwashing center in September 2001, arrested again on November 4, 2002 (15 days), placed in a brainwashing center again in October 2003, and arrested again on April 4, 2007 (15 days).
On September 16, 2009, she and her daughter Ye Qiaoming were arrested at their respective workplaces; their homes were ransacked and their Falun Gong books, computers, and printers confiscated. Ms. Wang was tried by the Cangshan District Court on April 9, 2010, and sentenced to four years. Her appeal resulted in the sentence being changed to probation; she was taken back into custody on December 12, 2011, transferred to the Fujian Province Women’s Prison on December 15, 2011, and held there until her release on November 17, 2013. Minghui reports that in prison she was subjected to drugging, being forced to kneel and sit still for long periods, sleep deprivation, solitary confinement, and forced labor.
She was arrested again on July 7, 2017, and released that evening, and again in August 2023 for mailing letters about Falun Gong; she was detained for over a month and then released.
The 2025 arrest and 2026 sentence
On the evening of February 12, 2025, Ms. Wang was arrested at home by agents of the Cangshan District Domestic Security Office in Fuzhou. The officers raided her home, confiscated her personal belongings, and interrogated her. Because her blood pressure was dangerously high, she was released on house arrest that night — but police ordered a 24-hour watch on her residence. A local community worker took her Falun Gong books, and when she wrote letters to the police demanding their return, she never received a reply.
Minghui reports that a month later, Wei Fuyu, then secretary of the Cangshan District Political and Legal Affairs Commission, ordered the harassment of local practitioners; Lei Meifa, director of the Cangshan District Domestic Security Office, visited Ms. Wang with officers and ordered her to sign a statement renouncing Falun Gong. She refused. On July 14, 2025, they broke into her home again, dragged her to the Fuzhou Second People’s Hospital for a physical examination, and admitted her to the Fuzhou City Second Detention Center. On August 21, 2025, her arrest was approved, and her case was sent to the Minqing County Procuratorate. The Minqing County Court appointed a lawyer to represent her. Her family was not informed of her hearing on October 9, 2025, until the day before; she was tried through a virtual hearing. She was convicted in late January 2026 and sentenced to two years and five months in prison. She has since been transferred from the Fuzhou City Second Detention Center to the Fujian Province Women’s Prison.
Current status
The Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 monthly report (August 31, 2026), which lists 1,638 reported current-custody political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, places 王秀琴 in its 判刑2年5个月 (sentenced to 2 years and 5 months, 1 person) group. A Minghui persecution-news item (February 28, 2026) confirms her transfer to the Fujian Province Women’s Prison. No later update on her condition has been found.
A note on sources
The case chronology draws on Minghui (minghui.org), a Falun Gong-affiliated news and information outlet that publishes practitioner-submitted reports on the detention of Falun Gong practitioners. Minghui’s reporting is partisan: its accounts present the detention and prosecution as persecution and reflect the perspective of the Falun Gong community. The prison-condition details described are Minghui’s account. The 2009–2010 case is also reported by ClearHarmony (clearharmony.net), another Falun Gong-affiliated outlet, which records the sentence as three years with five years’ probation while Minghui’s 2026 account records a four-year sentence changed to probation on appeal. No court document, state-media account, or independent international-media reporting on her case was found.
Sources
- Minghui (English), “84-Year-Old Woman Given 2 Years and 5 Months for Practicing Falun Gong,” February 6, 2026 — https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2026/2/6/232561.html
- Minghui (English), “Additional Persecution News from China – February 28, 2026 (8 Reports),” item 1 “[Fuzhou City, Fujian Province] Ms. Wang Xiuqin Sentenced to Two Years and Five Months in Prison,” March 10, 2026 — https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2026/3/10/233255.html
- ClearHarmony (English), “Fuzhou Domestic Security Division Agents Arrest Many Falun Gong Practitioners,” October 11, 2011 — https://en.clearharmony.net/articles/a57142-Fuzhou-Domestic-Security-Division-Agents-Arrest-Many-Falun-Gong-Practitioners.html
- 维权网 (Rights Defense Network), “维权网：中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告（2026年8月31日）第131期（共1638人）,” August 31, 2026 — https://chinatruth.net/zh/article/…009b1
- 维权网 (Rights Defense Network), English edition of the same report — https://chinatruth.net/en/article/…009b1