Person profile: Sun Zhifen (孙志芬)
This archive preserves the documented source record behind the Sun Zhifen (孙志芬) profile: a Taiyuan, Shanxi Falun Gong practitioner arrested June 25, 2018, tried April 2, 2019, and sentenced to ten years plus a 30,000-yuan fine. Entries are ordered by publication date. Allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Case chronology
- June 25, 2018 — Yingze district police in Taiyuan raid homes and detain Sun Zhifen (60) and eight other elderly Falun Gong practitioners, including Wang Suping (67); a ninth practitioner, Wang Lanmei (72), is detained on October 18, 2018.
- April 2, 2019 — The Taiyuan Yingze District Court tries the nine together. Lawyers argue the police fabricated witnesses and conducted the raids and detentions without search or arrest warrants.
- 2019 (reported May 2019) — The court sentences Sun Zhifen to ten years’ imprisonment and a 30,000-yuan fine; she is transferred to prison. The formal charge is not documented in available sources.
- December 18, 2019 — CHRD enters her record in its Prisoners of Conscience database.
- August 31, 2026 — The 维权网 monthly prisoner report lists “Sun Zhifen” in its sentenced group, confirming her in-custody status as of that date.
Key source records
- Minghui victim library — “孙志芬” victim profile (updated January 20, 2026; opened and read in full October 9, 2026): establishes the Taiyuan practitioner, age 60 in 2018, the June 25, 2018 group arrest, the April 2, 2019 group trial, and the ten-year sentence with 30,000-yuan fine. URL: https://library.minghui.org/victim/i124122.htm (Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; case facts corroborated by CHRD).
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Prisoners of Conscience database, record 孙志芬 / “SUN ZHI FEN” (record entered 2019-12-18): female, born 1958; taken away June 25, 2018; unknown charge; 10-year sentence; release date June 24, 2028. Database search page (verified retrieval 2026-10-09; exactly one record returned, no name collisions).
- FreeChina.live — Wang Suping Person Profile: states Wang Suping and Sun Zhifen were each sentenced to ten years and fined 30,000 yuan; cites the USCIRF FoRB Victims Database, Uphold Justice, Minghui, and CECC records (independent corroboration within the project’s own published content).
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly report (August 31, 2026): monthly mainland prisoner report listing “Sun Zhifen” in its sentenced group (verified as roster record).
Limitations and contradictions
The roster’s eleven-year group classification conflicts with the ten-year term in every case source. The cause is unresolved; neither side is rejected. The ten-year term is treated as the verified sentence because it is corroborated by three independent lineages. The formal criminal charge is undocumented (CHRD: charge unknown) and the current detention facility is undocumented. Minghui (English), October 3, 2008 — “I Missed Celebrating the Moon Festival with Ms. Sun Zhifen, a Member of My Family” — documents the Shuangcheng (Heilongjiang) Sun Zhifen with an 11-year term from the 1999–2008 era; it is a different person and is kept only as do-not-merge evidence. No PRC official or state-media record was located for the Taiyuan case; no consular-access reporting applies (domestic case).
Person profile: Sun Zhifen (孙志芬)