Zheng Yuming (郑玉明) — Media Profile & Archive
Person profile: Zheng Yuming (郑玉明)
This page preserves the documented media and source record for the case of Zheng Yuming (郑玉明), born 1957, a Falun Gong practitioner from Dehui City, Changchun, Jilin Province, detained February 25, 2023 and sentenced January 4, 2024 to seven years by the Dehui City Court.
Source record
- Prisoner-of-conscience case database record (primary case record). CHRD prisoner-of-conscience database, record entered 2024-04-12. Records: Zheng Yuming (郑玉明), male, born 1957, from Dehui City, Jilin, self-employed, Falun Gong practitioner since June 1999 (reported); detained 2023-02-25 at his shoe shop by Dajiagou Police Station officers with a home search (computer, printer, Falun Gong books seized), held at Dehui City Detention Center; sentenced 2024-01-04 by the Dehui City Court to 7 years (charge unknown); transferred to Jilin Prison; term to 2030-02-24.
- Minghui victim database page (corroborating, independent of CHRD). Minghui victim archive page for 郑玉明 (Zheng, Yuming), updated 2026-06-05, read 2026-10-10: victim page — confirms born 1957, male, Dehui (Changchun) practitioner; detained at the “万客来” shoe shop February 25, 2023 along with his wife (later released); video hearing June 9, 2023; sentenced January 4, 2024 by the Dehui City Court to seven years and moved to Jilin Prison. The page also reports earlier persecution history after 1999 (attributed) and lists co-detained practitioners’ sentences.
- 追查国际 investigation notice (corroborating). World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong notice on the Dehui case group (2023-10-19, updated 2024-03-24): confirms Zheng Yuming was among those detained February 25–26, 2023, sentenced January 4, 2024 to 7 years by the Dehui City Court, and moved to Jilin Prison. Direct document fetch failed in this pass; facts taken from the indexed search result text — flagged for click verification before citation: notice PDF (mirror of zhuichaguoji.org notice).
- Roster listing (corroborating band only). 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》 places “郑玉明 / Zheng Yuming” in the “sentenced to 7 years, 86 people” in-custody band — consistent with the 7-year term above; no independent case detail.
Evidentiary limitations
The formal charge of record is unknown. No PRC official acknowledgment or court announcement of this case has been found; state media is silent. The 追查国际 notice was confirmed only through indexed result text; the document itself was not opened in this pass.
Chronology
- 1999-06: begins practicing Falun Gong.
- After 1999: repeated detention and re-education-through-labor (reported in the case records; attributed).
- 2023-02-25: detained with his wife at their Dehui shoe shop by Dajiagou Police Station officers; home searched; held at Dehui City Detention Center; wife later released.
- 2023-06-09: video hearing (no verdict reported; attributed to Minghui).
- 2024-01-04: sentenced by the Dehui City Court to 7 years.
- 2024-03 (mid-month reporting): transferred to Jilin Prison (Jilin No. 2 Prison).
- 2030-02-24: recorded term end.
Person profile: Zheng Yuming (郑玉明)