Person Profile: Wu Yanduo (吴炎哆) — Political Prisoner Profile
Case summary
Wu Yanduo (吴炎哆), a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiedong District, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, was taken from his home on July 4, 2024, held at the Jiedong District Detention Center, tried by video by the Jiedong District Court in February 2025, and sentenced to five years and six months in prison with a 50,000-yuan fine. His sentence is recorded as running to January 3, 2030. The charge against him has not been publicly identified.
Source chronology
- July 4, 2024 — Wu Yanduo and his wife are taken from their home by domestic-security officers, according to Minghui.org’s June 8, 2025 report. Wu is placed in criminal detention at the Jiedong District Detention Center in Jieyang; his wife is released after a day in custody when their son provides a guarantor. Wu is subsequently formally arrested and indicted.
- February 2025 — The Jiedong District Court tries Wu together with four co-defendants — Lu Lifang (陆丽芳), Wu Fengyin (吴凤音), Yang Jingxia (杨静霞), and Lu Yuanyuan (陆媛媛, Wu’s daughter-in-law) — via a video hearing, according to Minghui. No verdict is announced in court.
- June 8, 2025 — Minghui.org reports that Wu was sentenced to five and a half years in prison with a 50,000-yuan fine; co-defendants received sentences ranging from thirteen months to six years.
- July 14, 2025 — The CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database records Wu’s entry: name 吴炎哆 / Wu Yanduo; taken away 2024.7.4; charge unknown; sentence 5 years 6 months; term to 2030.1.3; held at the Jiedong District Detention Center, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province; profile: Falun Gong practitioner, Jiedong District resident.
Media and document records
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database — Wu Yanduo entry (record entered July 14, 2025). Individual case record from the Chinese Human Rights Defenders PoC database, which the 维权网 Issue-131 report names as its source for individual records. Establishes the case facts above. Record: tenchu.org PoC database (query path: tenchu.org/pocd/public/searchpage).
- Minghui.org, June 8, 2025 — “广东揭阳市陆丽芳、吴炎哆等五人被非法判刑” (https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2025/6/8/495881.html). Case report from the Falun Gong-affiliated outlet Minghui. Corroborates the CHRD record on the name, sentence, fine, detention site, and dates, and supplies the case chronology. Minghui’s characterizations of official conduct are its own reporting, not independently verified findings.
Evidentiary limitations
- The criminal charge against Wu has not been publicly identified; it is recorded as unknown.
- No court verdict document or official record of this case has been located; the proceedings are reported by Minghui.org, a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet.
- Wu Yanduo’s case facts should not be confused with those of co-defendant Wu Fengyin (吴凤音), a different person sentenced in the same case to thirteen months.
- The roster from which this case was first identified listed Wu Yanduo in two conflicting classifications (a 5-year-6-month sentence band and a detained-without-trial index); independent records resolve the conflict in favor of the sentence.
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