Person profile: Tang Zhiwei (汤志伟)
Tang Zhiwei (汤志伟) — Media Profile & Archive
This page preserves the source record behind the case of Tang Zhiwei (汤志伟) of Meizhou City, Guangdong Province — reported to be serving an eight-year sentence and recorded as in custody in August 2026, together with his wife Liu Xuemei, who received the same sentence. It documents the chronology, the procedural record as reported, and the evidentiary limits of the case.
Source chronology
- July 7, 2025 — Police attempt to seize the couple at their Meijiang District home; they refuse to open the door and the attempt fails (reported by Minghui). The couple’s clothing shop is subjected to repeated harassment and forced to close.
- October 11, 2025 — Tang and Liu put up Falun Gong stickers and distribute flyers while being followed and monitored (same source).
- October 12, 2025, ~9:50 pm — The couple are seized by Meijiang District Public Security Bureau police near their residential community; their home is searched and a laptop, printer, Falun Gong books, and Minghui Weekly copies are taken. They are placed in criminal detention at the Meizhou City Detention Center (same source; CHRD database).
- November 17, 2025 — The Meijiang District Procuratorate approves formal arrest; the couple are later indicted. Case path: Meijiang District PSB → Meijiang District Procuratorate → Meixian District Procuratorate → Meixian District Court (same sources).
- 2026 (trial) — The Meixian District Court tries the couple. The two sources give different trial afternoons (February 24 per the CHRD record; March 24 per Minghui) — recorded here as reported, unresolved.
- 2026 (judgment) — Both are sentenced to eight years in prison with a 120,000-yuan fine; the CHRD record places the judgment at the end of February with the term ending October 11, 2033, while Minghui reported the judgment in late April. Liu Xuemei has appealed (Minghui).
- By 2026 — Weiquanwang Information Center’s monthly in-custody roster (issue dated August 31, 2026) lists 汤志伟 in the eight-year-sentence group, still in custody.
Procedural record as reported
The trial personnel named in the Minghui report include the Meixian District Court’s criminal-division presiding judge and court staff; the public prosecutor came from the Meixian District Procuratorate. These names are preserved here as recorded in the report; they are the outlet’s allegations, not independently verified findings. Personal contact details appearing in the source are not republished.
Sources preserved
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Prisoners of Conscience database record: 汤志伟 / “Tang Zhiwei” (record entered 2026-06-11; retrieved by direct database query, October 9, 2026): sentence 8 years, term to 2033.10.11, held at Meizhou City Detention Center; https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/searchpage (source citation embedded in the record: Minghui, May 9, 2026)
- Minghui — 广东梅州市汤志伟、刘雪梅夫妇均被枉判八年 (May 9, 2026; ZH): https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2026/5/9/广东梅州市汤志伟、刘雪梅夫妇均被枉判八年-509670p.html
- Weiquanwang Information Center — monthly report on political and conscience prisoners in custody (issue 131, August 31, 2026; ZH): https://www.chinahrc.org/content/43092/
Evidentiary limits
The narrative record rests on a community-media report and a monitoring organization’s prisoner database; the surveillance and arrest details are presented as reported, not as independently verified court findings. The trial date and judgment date differ between the two sources and are recorded unresolved. The formal criminal charge, the current prison, and the appeal outcome have not been publicly documented. No court judgment or official record was found.
Person profile: Tang Zhiwei (汤志伟)