Wu Shaochuan (吴少川)
Status: currently imprisoned. Listed in the August 31, 2026 custody roster of the Rights Defense Network (维权网) in the “Sentenced to 3 years” cohort; a 2025 prisoner record places her detention at the Zhanjiang City Detention Center with a three-year term running through September 15, 2027.
Wu Shaochuan (吴少川), born 1963, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Chikan District, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province. According to a November 10, 2025 entry in the Prisoners of Conscience database of China Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), she was taken into custody on September 16, 2024, together with fellow practitioner Yu Mei (余梅), by police from the Chikan branch of the Zhanjiang Public Security Bureau and the Haitian and Cunjin police stations. The two were detained at the Zhanjiang City Detention Center, tried on March 19, 2025, and each sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by the Chikan District Court of Zhanjiang. The charge was not stated in the sources. Her term runs through September 15, 2027.
A community report dated October 17, 2025, states that she and Yu Mei were buying food at a market in Chikan District when detained, that about ten officers subsequently searched both of their homes, and that the March 2025 trial was presided over by three judges with no witnesses appearing. The same account records an earlier 15-day detention of the two women in May 2023.
Sources
- China Human Rights Defenders, Prisoners of Conscience database — record for 吴少川 / Wu Shaochuan (entered 2025-11-10; accessed 2026-10-09): female; born 1963; Chikan District, Zhanjiang, Guangdong; Falun Gong practitioner; taken 2024-09-16; held at Zhanjiang City Detention Center; sentenced to 3 years, term through 2027-09-15; charge unknown; links a community case report. https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/pocs
- Minghui, “广东湛江市法轮功学员余梅和吴少川被枉判三年” (October 17, 2025; accessed 2026-10-09): arrest on 2024-09-16, detention, March 19, 2025 trial before the Chikan District Court, three-year sentences for both women; notes her age as 62 and an earlier 15-day detention in May 2023. https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2025/10/17/广东湛江市法轮功学员余梅和吴少川被枉判三年-501567.html
- Rights Defense Network / 维权网, Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Custody in Mainland China, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026) — lists “Wu Shaochuan” / 吴少川 in the “Sentenced to 3 years, 110 people” cohort of the current-custody roster, adjacent to 余梅 / Yu Mei. Figures and listings attributed to the reporting organization; the report describes its list as incomplete. https://chinatruth.net/en/article/维权网-中国大陆在押政治犯-良心犯月度报告-2026年8月31日-第131期-共1638人-009b1
Media Archive: Wu Shaochuan (吴少川) — Media Archive
Caveats
- The case narrative (arrest, detention, trial, sentence) comes from a prisoner-monitoring NGO database and Falun Gong–affiliated community reporting; no court judgment or independent non-affiliated media account has been located. Details are presented as reported, not as independently verified findings.
- The criminal charge was not identified in any source.
- No consular, diplomatic, or PRC official/state-media record naming this individual was found.