Person profile: Lu Baozhen (陆宝珍)
This archive preserves the source record behind the Lu Baozhen (陆宝珍) profile: a retired senior engineer from Kaili City, Guizhou Province, reported to be serving a three-year prison sentence after detention in 2026. Entries are ordered by publication date. Allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Case chronology
- Mid-November 2025 — Lu Baozhen is detained by police from the Kaili City domestic-security brigade after speaking with members of the public about Falun Gong. Because of high blood pressure she is released on bail pending trial, but police and prosecutors continue to pursue the case (Minghui report).
- March 23, 2026 — Tried in the Kaili City court.
- June 3, 2026 — The Kaili City court issues a verdict sentencing her to three years in prison.
- June 5, 2026 — Before she or her family receives a copy of the verdict, four special police officers take Lu from her home to the Kaili City Detention Center. When she is later transported to Guizhou No. 1 Women’s Prison, the prison declines to admit her — an intake examination finds her blood pressure above 200, high blood sugar, and that she cannot walk — and she is transferred to the Guizhou Provincial Public Security Hospital.
- August 21, 2026 — CHRD enters her case in its Prisoners of Conscience database, stating she was held at the Kaili City Detention Center, with a stated release date of June 4, 2029.
- August 31, 2026 — The Rights Defense Network’s monthly report (Issue 131) lists Lu Baozhen among prisoners sentenced to three years and counts her as in custody.
Key source records
- Minghui (明慧网), August 7, 2026 — 被枉判三年入囹圄 八旬陆宝珍身体状况堪忧: a detailed account — detention in mid-November 2025, release on bail for high blood pressure, trial on March 23, 2026, the June 3, 2026 three-year sentence, her seizure by four special police officers on June 5, 2026 before the verdict was delivered, and her medical condition (blood pressure above 200, high blood sugar, unable to walk), which led Guizhou No. 1 Women’s Prison to refuse her admission and transfer her to the Guizhou Provincial Public Security Hospital. The report names the presiding judge and court personnel. URL: https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2026/8/7/513112.html (Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; verified read in full 2026-10-09; the publisher presents its framing as a source attribution, and readers should note its perspective).
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Prisoners of Conscience database, record 陆宝珍 / “Lu Baozhen” (record entered 2026-08-21): woman, born 1942, retired senior forestry engineer from Kaili City, Guizhou, Falun Gong practitioner; taken into custody 2026-06-05; police told her family she had been sentenced to three years though no written verdict had been shown to them; held at the Kaili City Detention Center, with a stated release date of June 4, 2029. Database search page (human-rights NGO prisoner database; verified retrieval 2026-10-09).
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly report (August 31, 2026): statistical table under “Sentenced to 3 years” and pinyin name index; the report counts 1,638 people as in custody (verified as roster record).
Limitations and contradictions
The three-year sentence figure is consistent across all three sources, but the family reportedly never received the written verdict; the stated release date of June 4, 2029 comes from the CHRD record, not from a published court document. Sources disagree on her current facility: the August 7 report places her at the Guizhou Provincial Public Security Hospital after the prison refused her on medical grounds; the August 21 CHRD entry lists the Kaili City Detention Center. Both are presented here as dated source attributions, not as settled fact. No official court record or PRC government statement on this case has been located.
Person profile: Lu Baozhen (陆宝珍)