Person profile: Zhang Aiquan (张爱泉)
This archive collects the verified source record for Zhang Aiquan (张爱泉), a Falun Gong practitioner from Dongying, Shandong, serving a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed in July 2024.
Case chronology from the source record
- 1999–2002: Following the July 1999 crackdown, Zhang was detained repeatedly; on September 30, 2000, he was sent to three years of re-education through labor at Wangcun, Shandong, completing the term in 2002. (Minghui.org, 2024-07-19)
- May 2005: Zhang and his wife Wang Minyun were arrested in a multi-city sweep (Dongying, Zibo, Hengtai County); police searched their home. (Minghui.org, 2005-06-16)
- July 2006: The Hengtai County Court sentenced Zhang to eight years and Wang Minyun to seven and a half years; defense lawyers entered not-guilty pleas. (Minghui.org, 2024-07-19)
- November 2012 – February 2013: Wang Minyun was released on November 19, 2012, after serving her full term, and died on February 11, 2013; family accounts linked her death to forced drugging in prison. (Minghui.org, 2024-07-19)
- November 29, 2023: Zhang was arrested at home by Dongying City and Shengli Oil Field Binhai public-security officers and held in the Binhai detention center. (Minghui.org, 2024-07-19; CHRD PoC record)
- July 2024: The Dongying District Court sentenced Zhang to three years and six months; term to May 28, 2027. Zhang appealed; no outcome reported. (Minghui.org, 2024-07-19; CHRD PoC record)
- November 2024: Transferred to the 11th ward of Shandong Provincial Prison. (CHRD PoC record)
- August 31, 2026: Listed in the fixed-term-imprisonment roster (3.5-year sentence group). (维权网 Issue 131)
Source records preserved
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database record for 张爱泉 / Zhang Aiquan — entered 2024-08-18; retrieved October 9, 2026 (single exact record; query documented in evidence packet below). Case profile: Dongying native, former Shengli Oil Field Binhai PSB level-3 police supervisor, arrested 2023-11-29, sentenced 2024-07 to 3 years 6 months by Dongying District Court, term to 2027-05-28, Shandong Provincial Prison 11th ward from 2024-11, charge unknown.
- Minghui.org (Chinese), July 19, 2024 — “曾陷冤狱十一年 山东张爱泉又遭枉判三年半” — full case history: 1995 start of practice, 2000 labor-camp term, May 2005 arrest, 2006 eight-year sentence, wife’s death, November 2023 arrest, July 2024 sentence, appeal filed. URL: https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2024/7/19/曾陷冤狱十一年-山东张爱泉又遭枉判三年半-479847.html
- Minghui.org (English), June 16, 2005 — “Latest News from China – May 31, 2005,” item 1 — reports the May 2005 arrests of Zhang Ai’quan, Wang Minyun, and Yu Desheng by Hengtai County police with Binhai PSB and Shengli Oil Field officials. URL: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2005/6/16/61929.html
- 维权网 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders / Weiquanwang) Issue 131, August 31, 2026 — fixed-term-imprisonment roster, “Sentenced to 3 years and 6 months, 126 people” group listing Zhang Aiquan; positional ZH↔EN match places 张爱泉 in the same group. (Local ZH copy: freechina-p1/blocked-sprint-2026-09-26/issue131-zh-20260831.html; EN edition live-pulled 2026-10-07.)
Evidentiary notes
- The 2005 English Minghui item uses the transliteration “Zhang Ai’quan”; identity with the 2026 roster entry is established through the Shengli Oil Field + Binhai + wife Wang Minyun anchors in the CHRD profile, not on the name alone.
- Minghui.org is a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; characterizations such as “unlawful sentencing” are its own and are preserved as attributed claims, not independent findings.
- No court document or official sentencing notice for the July 2024 judgment was located; the sentence facts rest on the CHRD record and Minghui reporting. The specific criminal charge is not stated in any available source.
- No release has been reported; the sentence term runs to May 28, 2027.
Person profile: Zhang Aiquan (张爱泉)