Person profile: Yu Yongli (于永利) — Political Prisoner Profile
This page collects the published reporting on the case of Yu Yongli (于永利), a Falun Gong practitioner from Dongguang County, Hebei, sentenced to three years in the Ningjin County six-practitioner case, with source attributions and the limits of what is known.
Source chronology
2024-08-28 — WOIPFG case notice (updated 2026-03-08). The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong published a notice opening an investigation into the Ningjin County case against six Falun Gong practitioners, including 于永利. It documents the June 19, 2024 seizures, home searches, detention at the Dezhou City Detention Center, the July 29, 2024 arrest approval, the April 18, 2025 first trial (adjourned after attendance restrictions and the dismissal of counsel), the August 12–13, 2025 retrial, and the sentences (Yu Yongli: 3 years). Its March 2026 update records the appeal’s rejection and the February 10, 2026 transfer of Yu Yongli to Jinan Prison. URL: zhuichaguoji.org (PDF) — verified (opened and read). Provenance note: WOIPFG is a Falun Gong-affiliated monitoring organization; its characterizations of the case as persecution are its own.
2025-11-22 — Minghui report on the six practitioners’ sentencing. The CHRD database cites a Minghui article (minghui.org) as its source for the sentencing outcome and the June 18, 2027 term end. The page could not be opened directly (access denied, HTTP 403); its reported facts are corroborated by the WOIPFG notice.
2025-12-15 — CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database record. Record for 于永利 / “Yu Yongli”: male; taken 2024-06-19; charge unknown; 3-year sentence; release 2027-06-18; held at the Dezhou City Detention Center. Notes he is from Dongguang County, Cangzhou, Hebei, and a Falun Gong practitioner. Verified (direct database query). Provenance: CHRD is a recognized international human-rights NGO.
2026-08-31 — 维权网 Issue-131 report. 于永利 appears in the report’s 3-year sentence group and in its alphabetical Y-surname roster (after 于艳华). Verified via report mirror. Provenance: 维权网 is an established independent Chinese-language rights media outlet.
Related coverage
Cheng Guijun (程桂君) — co-defendant, already profiled on this site: person profile and media archive. Her profile independently documents the same June 19, 2024 sweep.
Evidentiary limitations
- The formal charge against Yu Yongli is recorded as unknown by the CHRD database.
- No court judgment, verdict document, or official procedural record is publicly available; sentencing facts come from monitoring organizations and Falun Gong-affiliated media.
- No PRC official-source or state-media coverage of the case was found.
- The CHRD record’s location field (Dezhou City Detention Center) predates the February 2026 transfer to Jinan Prison documented by WOIPFG; the later source governs current location.
Person profile: Yu Yongli (于永利) — Political Prisoner Profile