This archive collects the available documentation on the case of Wei Bin (魏彬), a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiangyou City, Sichuan, sentenced to six years’ imprisonment on April 29, 2022. See the full Person profile.
Case timeline (as reported)
- June 18, 2021 — Wei Bin detained at his home in Xinhua Village, Taiping Township, Jiangyou City, after police entered the home; taken to Fule Mountain, Mianyang. (WOIPFG, June 2022 notice)
- August 2021 — Formal arrest approved; case transferred to the Jiangyou procuratorate and court. (WOIPFG)
- November 2021 – March 2022 — Trial sessions at the Jiangyou Court. (WOIPFG notices)
- April 29, 2022 — Jiangyou Court sentences Wei Bin to six years’ imprisonment and a 6,000-yuan fine. (WOIPFG)
- 2022 — Appeal filed; rejected by the Mianyang Intermediate Court. (WOIPFG, August 2024 notice)
- August 2024 — WOIPFG follow-up reports Wei Bin held in Jiazhou Prison and on hunger strike in protest.
- August 31, 2026 — Rights Defense Network Issue 131 lists 魏彬 in the 54-person six-year-sentence band, indicating continued custody.
Earlier history (as reported by WOIPFG)
- ~2002 — Wei Bin sentenced to 10 years; served in Deyang Prison.
- September 2009 — Father Wei Chaohai (魏朝海) detained; sentenced to seven years.
- January 1, 2013 — Wei Chaohai died in Deyang Prison, according to WOIPFG.
Media records
- World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong — “追查四川省江油市迫害法轮功学员魏彬的责任人的通告” (PDF case notice, June 8, 2022). https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2022/06/8069.pdf
- World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong — follow-up notice (PDF, August 3, 2024). https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2024/08/8824.pdf
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 (August 31, 2026) — 魏彬 in the six-year band, position 8/54.
Evidentiary limitations
- The only detailed case source is WOIPFG, an advocacy organization; its framing is the organization’s position and is attributed as such.
- No court judgment, procuratorate document, or independent news report on this case was found.
- The exact criminal charge was not stated in the available notices — no specific charge is asserted.