Zheng Hongling (郑洪玲) — Media Profile & Archive
Person profile: Zheng Hongling / 郑洪玲
This archive preserves the source record behind the Zheng Hongling (郑洪玲) profile: a Falun Gong practitioner from Tai’an, Shandong, detained in January 2025 and sentenced to three years in prison that June, with provenance and limitations noted. Sources are graded; allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Case chronology
- October 1998 — Zheng Hongling begins practicing Falun Gong (CHRD case record).
- July 1999 onward — Long-term surveillance and harassment; repeated home raids, detentions, forced indoctrination; twice sent to re-education through labor (CHRD case record).
- November 10, 2012 — Taken to the Jinan Shandong Women’s labor camp; released after becoming critically ill (Minghui report).
- October 25, 2018 — Home in Tai’an’s Tianping Xinyuan neighborhood raided by police; belongings seized (Minghui report).
- July 24, 2019 — Feicheng Court sentences her to three and a half years in prison and a 20,000-yuan fine; husband Zhao Qisen sentenced to two years in the same case; she does not enter prison for health reasons and her pension account is frozen (Minghui report).
- January 6, 2025 (morning) — Seized by Xiazhang police-station officers at the market in Lijiashangzhang Village, Xiazhang Town, Daiyue District; taken to the Tai’an City Detention Center (CHRD case record; Minghui report).
- June 5, 2025 — Sentenced to three years in prison with a 20,000-yuan fine; offense of conviction not recorded; appeal denied (CHRD case record; Minghui report).
- September 23, 2025 — Transferred to the Jinan Women’s Prison (Shandong Provincial Women’s Prison); term through January 5, 2028 (CHRD case record; Minghui report).
- August 31, 2026 — Listed in the Rights Defense Network’s monthly in-custody report among the 110 people in the “Sentenced to 3 years” group; name rendered 郑洪玲 in the Chinese edition (Issue 131).
Media and documentary record
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Prisoners of Conscience database, individual record for 郑洪玲 / “Zheng Hongling” (record entered 2025-12-15; retrieved 2026-10-10 via the database’s own query endpoint, exactly one record in the 4,372-record database): female, born 1964, last taken 2025.1.6, charge unknown, sentence 3 years, release 2028.1.5, Shandong Provincial Women’s Prison; full case narrative (Tai’an, Xinwen Mining Group’s Liangzhuang Mine Hospital, Falun Gong practitioner since October 1998, January 2025 arrest at the Xiazhang market, Tai’an Detention Center, criminal detention/arrest/prosecution, June 2025 3-year sentence + 20,000-yuan fine, September 2025 transfer to Jinan Women’s Prison). Database search page (established human-rights monitoring organization).
- Minghui (明慧网) — “山东泰安市郑洪玲被枉判三年入冤狱” (November 21, 2025; opened and read in full 2026-10-10): 61-year-old Tai’an Falun Gong practitioner Zheng Hongling seized January 6, 2025 by Xiazhang police-station officers and held at the Tai’an City Detention Center; sentenced June 5 to three years with a 20,000-yuan fine; appeal upheld; transferred September 23 to the Jinan Women’s Prison; plus the 2012 labor-camp episode, the October 2018 home raid, and the July 2019 couple’s case (husband Zhao Qisen, 2 years). Full report (established independent Chinese-language media; Falun Gong-affiliated — language is advocacy, facts graded).
- Rights Defense Network (维权网) — Issue 131 monthly in-custody report (August 31, 2026): 郑洪玲 / “Zheng Hongling” in the 判刑3年，110人 / “Sentenced to 3 years, 110 people” group (ZH: “…管学恒、刘宗珍、郑洪玲、余秀琼、赵俊芳、魏久福…”; EN: “…Guan Xueheng, Liu Zongzhen, Zheng Hongling, Yu Xiuqiong, Zhao Junfang, Wei Jiufu…”); also in the surname index between 郑桂香 and 郑荣珍 (independent monitoring organization).
Evidence notes and limitations
The detention and sentencing facts come from two monitoring-organization records (CHRD’s Prisoners of Conscience database and Minghui’s case report), which agree on all key dates — arrest (January 6, 2025), sentencing (June 5, 2025, three years + 20,000-yuan fine), transfer (September 23, 2025, Jinan Women’s Prison), and term (through January 5, 2028). Both record the offense of conviction as unknown or unstated, and it must not be inferred from her Falun Gong practice. The Rights Defense Network’s monthly report is an independent roster listing of people it counts as in custody as of August 31, 2026. No court judgment, police notice, or state-media coverage of the case was located. Nothing in the record establishes any sentence reduction, transfer after September 2025, or release — those must not be inferred.
Do-not-merge note: 郑洪 (Zheng Hong, a Chongqing official) and 赵其森 (Zhao Qisen, her husband and co-defendant) are different people.
Person profile: Zheng Hongling / 郑洪玲