Zhao Jun (赵军) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive preserves the source record behind the Zhao Jun 赵军 profile: the reporting on his 2021 detention, the 2024 four-year sentence and rejected appeal, and his earlier seven-year imprisonment, with provenance and limitations noted. Sources are graded; allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Minghui.org — “Once Jailed 7 Years, Heilongjiang Man Gets Another Four Years for Talking to People about Falun Gong” (May 3, 2024)
(Opened and read in full: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2024/5/3/216864p.html). Reports: detained February 14, 2021 at a Mudanjiang public square while speaking about Falun Gong; home searched by Xin’an police-station officers, over thirty Falun Gong books confiscated; 15-day detention unexecuted after the detention center refused admission over COVID-19; release on bail; further custody attempts in December 2022 and March 2023 refused over high blood pressure; indictment by prosecutor Zhang Nianhui of the Aimin District Procuratorate in late 2023; trial at the Aimin District Court on April 12, 2024; four-year sentence with a 10,000-yuan fine on April 26, 2024. Also records the February 2001 arrest, torture, and seven-year term. Source grade: Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; richest case detail, attributed; strongest factual source for the Person page.
Minghui.org — “Ailing Man Loses Appeal Against Second Prison Term, Now Held in Police Hospital” (July 20, 2024)
(Opened and read in full: http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2024/7/20/219118p.html). Reports: the Mudanjiang City Intermediate Court upheld the four-year sentence without a hearing on June 27, 2024; Mr. Zhao was taken back into custody on July 9, 2024 and held in a police hospital. Source grade: Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; complementary appeal/custody detail.
Minghui.org — “Heilongjiang Man Admitted to Prison to Serve a 4-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong” (October 23, 2024)
(Opened and read in full: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2024/10/23/221336.html). Reports: transfer to the Mudanjiang Prison training team on August 8, 2024, and subsequent move to Tailai Prison in Qiqihar; by early October 2024 he was reported to be serving the four-year term. Source grade: Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; prison-transfer detail.
World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong — investigation notice on 法轮功学员赵军 (May 12, 2024)
(Opened and read in full: https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2024/05/8730.pdf). An independent Chinese-language investigation notice naming 法轮功学员赵军 of Mudanjiang, recording the same arrest, trial, and sentencing dates and naming the officials and institutions involved (Mudanjiang political-legal committee, Dong’an District public security, Aimin District procuratorate and court, Xin’an police station). Source grade: subject-community advocacy organization; independent ZH-language corroboration of the case facts.
维权网 — August 2026 monthly report, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026)
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), mirrored in English and Chinese. Lists 赵军 / “Zhao Jun” in the “sentenced to 4 years, 171 people” band. The report supplies no biographical detail beyond the sentence and custody status; it is the source for his classification as in custody as of August 2026. Source grade: monitoring organization; single-source roster fact.
Source conflicts and limitations
The case rests on Minghui.org’s reporting plus the WOIPFG advocacy notice and the 维权网 roster. No primary court record, official procedural record, international-media account, or independent NGO coverage has been located; no PRC official source was found. The criminal charge article is not stated in the sources. The Falun Gong affiliation, age (WOIPFG: around 70; birth year undocumented), full case timeline, appeal outcome, and prison assignment are outlet-reported and attributed accordingly. Health claims (high blood pressure, hospital holds) and the 2001 torture account are reported by the outlets and are not independently verified facts. No contradictory account of this case was found. No consular dimension was established.
Person profile: Zhao Jun 赵军