Person profile: Yao Yufen
Media record: the case of Yao Yufen, Baishan, Jilin
Key records
- Minghui.org, “66-Year-Old Jilin Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Practicing Falun Gong,” 26 March 2026 — the principal profile record. Reports Yao Yufen, 66, of Baishan City, Jilin, serving a four-year term imposed around late 2024; held in Cell Seven of the Eighth Division, Jilin Province Women’s Prison; describes abuse by inmate Dai Yu (sitting torture, sleep deprivation, beatings, cold water on bedding, food and restroom deprivation). Also records her earlier detentions: the 2001 arrest and two-year forced-labor term, the 2012 detention-center refusal and release, and the November 2014 arrest. States that details of the arrest, indictment, trial, and sentencing for the current term are unknown.
- Minghui.org, “Jilin Province Women’s Prison Incentivizes Inmates to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners,” 27 December 2025 — corroborating record on the prison context: reports that the Eighth Division used inmates Dai Yu and Qi Xin to torture practitioners, and specifically that “Dai used sleep deprivation on another practitioner, Ms. Yao Yufen, in her 70s. She also beat and verbally abused her.”
Source provenance and limitations
- Both records come from Minghui.org, which is affiliated with Falun Gong; no independent outlet or official source has corroborated Yao’s sentence or treatment.
- The Chinese-character form of her name has not been independently established; the form 姚玉芬 is an inference from the English rendering and should be treated as unverified.
- No PRC state-media or court record of the case was found; no consular dimension applies (domestic case).
- Contradiction noted: the March 2026 profile gives Yao’s age as 66; the December 2025 prison report describes her as “in her 70s.” The discrepancy is unresolved; both figures are reported as the sources state them.
- Evidence gaps: arrest date, indicting authority, trial court, exact sentencing date, and verdict document for the current four-year term are all unknown. No photographs or court records located.
Person profile: Yao Yufen