Xu Jinfeng is a Falun Gong practitioner from Shuangmiao village in Chiping District, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province. On January 10, 2024, the Dong’e County Court sentenced her to seven years in prison with a fine of 10,000 yuan. She was transferred to the Shandong Women’s Prison in June 2024, where she was last reported in September 2024.
Earlier detentions
In 2015, Ms. Xu was among six practitioners detained by police while distributing informational materials at a market in Qihe County. In August 2017, she was among dozens of practitioners in Chiping subjected to home visits and questioning by police about whether they still practiced Falun Gong.
In August 2022, she was detained with about ten other practitioners at the home of a fellow practitioner in Liaocheng. Several of the detainees, including Ms. Xu, were held at a local hotel under residential surveillance before being released weeks later; police continued pursuing the cases through the procuratorate and courts.
2023 detention, trial, and sentencing
On October 31, 2023, domestic-security police from the Chiping District Public Security Bureau detained Ms. Xu at a rented residence, presenting an arrest warrant from the Dong’e County Court. She was held at the Liaocheng City Detention Center.
Ms. Xu was tried by the Dong’e County Court on December 11, 2023. Her lawyer entered a not-guilty defense; no verdict was announced at the hearing. On January 10, 2024, the court sentenced her to seven years in prison and imposed a fine of 10,000 yuan. The term runs to October 30, 2030. Her family and lawyers appealed.
On May 7, 2024, the Liaocheng Intermediate Court upheld the sentence without holding a hearing. On June 13, 2024, Ms. Xu was transferred to the Shandong Women’s Prison. As of September 2024 she was held in the prison’s 11th ward; her family reported concerns about her health and filed complaints that were rejected by the intermediate court in July 2024.
Current status
As of the most recent report (September 2024), Ms. Xu remained imprisoned in the Shandong Women’s Prison. No later information about her condition has been published.
Identity note: She is not the United World Wrestling athlete or the Offshore Leaks individual of the same romanized name, nor any fictional character — those are different people. Minghui reports use both 徐金凤 and 徐金风 for the same person and case chain.
Media and documentation archive: Media and documentation archive for Xu Jinfeng (徐金凤)