This archive gathers the available reporting on the case of Wang Xiuyu (王秀玉), a Falun Gong practitioner from Nantai Town, Haicheng City, Liaoning Province, sentenced to three years in prison in July 2025.
Case chronology
- 2008: Sentenced to four years by the Haicheng City court, according to Minghui and the CHRD prisoner database.
- March 6, 2025: Detained by Nantai Town police station officers; her home was searched. (Minghui)
- March 18, 2025: Arrest approved by the Lishan District procuratorate, Anshan City. (Minghui)
- May 8, 2025: Indicted; the case submitted to the Lishan District Court. (Minghui)
- June 26, 2025: Tried by the Lishan District Court. (Minghui; CHRD)
- July 7, 2025: Sentenced to three years; charge and detention location not reported. (Minghui; CHRD)
- July 28, 2025: Appeal file received by the Anshan Intermediate People’s Court; outcome not reported. (Minghui)
- March 5, 2028: Reported end of the sentence term. (CHRD record)
- August 31, 2026: Listed by the Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 monthly report in the three-year-sentence group.
Archived reports
- CHRD (Chinese Human Rights Defenders) Prisoners of Conscience database — 王秀玉 / Wang Xiuyu record (entered 2025-09-16): the structured case file — female, taken away 2025-03-06, 3-year sentence, term to 2028-03-05, detention location unknown; notes the 2008 four-year Haicheng sentence.
- Minghui (Chinese edition), August 15, 2025 — “辽宁海城市法轮功学员王秀玉被枉判三年上诉”: the fullest narrative account — the March 6 detention, the June 26 trial at the Lishan District Court, the July 7 three-year sentence, and the appeal to the Anshan Intermediate Court.
- Minghui (English edition), May 30, 2025 — “Additional Persecution News from China – May 19, 2025 (8 Reports)”: item on Wang Xiuyu’s March 6 arrest, approved arrest, and May 8 indictment.
- Minghui (English edition), April 10, 2025 — “Additional Persecution News from China – April 7, 2025 (8 Reports)”: the same Haicheng arrest.
- 维权网 (Rights Defense Network), August 31, 2026 — 中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告第131期（共1638人）: 王秀玉 listed in the three-year-sentence group. Roster evidence only.
Evidentiary limitations
- The specific criminal charge, the detention facility, and the outcome of the appeal have not been reported in the available sources.
- Minghui is a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; its characterizations of the proceedings are its own, not independently adopted findings.
- No official court document, government statement, or state-media report on this case was located.
- Other people share this name — including Falun Gong practitioners detained in Lingyuan (2025), Yantai (2014), and Weifang (2011). Those are separate people; they are not attached to this case.
Consulate / official-source check
No consular dimension (a PRC citizen detained in the PRC). No PRC court-published judgment, state-media report, or official record of this verdict was located in bounded searches. Recorded as: not found.
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