This archive preserves the documented media and case record for He Pengfei (何鹏飞), a Falun Gong practitioner from Fuzhou, Fujian, currently serving a four-year prison sentence.
Case chronology
- 1986: Joins the army.
- December 2002: Transfers to civilian work with the Fuzhou Broadcasting and Television Bureau inspection team.
- 2011: After institutional merger, moves to Fuzhou’s cultural-market comprehensive law-enforcement brigade; begins practicing Falun Gong, according to practitioner archives.
- 2012: Seconded to the provincial culture department; receives positive evaluations.
- 2013: Promoted to principal staff member (主任科员).
- June 7, 2015: Seized by plainclothes officers at his apartment entrance; taken to Jinshan Police Station; home searched.
- May 11, 2016: Tried by the Cangshan District Court (Judge Liu Wenfeng).
- September 29, 2016: Sentenced to five and a half years.
- December 8, 2016: Fuzhou Intermediate Court upholds the verdict.
- December 22, 2016: Transferred to Fuqing Prison.
- March 2017: Dismissed from his post (learned after release).
- December 2020: Released.
- January–April 2021: Harassed by local police at least three times, per practitioner archives.
- May 22, 2024: Taken at home by Mawei District domestic-security police; held in Fuzhou City Second Detention Center.
- November 5, 2024: Tried by Minqing County Court in a closed hearing; prosecutor Cai Xiaoqin; presiding judge Liu Xiaoxia.
- Early 2025 (reported January): Sentenced to four years; filing an appeal.
- August 31, 2026: Listed in custody in 维权网 Issue 131 monthly roster.
Source record
- CHRD political-prisoner database (tenchu.org) — individual record for 何鹏飞 / “He Pengfei”: male; born 1968; Fuzhou (Fujian); Falun Gong practitioner; army → broadcasting-TV inspection team (Dec 2002) → culture-market law-enforcement brigade, section-level; practicing since 2011; 2015: 5.5-year sentence by Cangshan authorities, released Dec 2020; taken 2024-05-22 by Mawei domestic-security police at home, held in Fuzhou #2 detention center; tried 2024-11-05 by Minqing county court; 4-year sentence, charge and detention location unknown, term to 2028-05-21; case summary entered 2025-02-11. Source: the database’s public search (query: name=何鹏飞; exactly one record returned; variant query name=贺鹏飞 returned zero records).
- Minghui (明慧网), January 12, 2025 — 曾遭五年半冤狱迫害 福州市何鹏飞又被枉判四年 — practitioner-community case report covering the full trajectory: 2011 practice start, 2015 5.5-year sentence and release Dec 2020, post-release dismissal, 2024-05-22 detention by Mawei police, Minqing court trial 2024-11-05, 4-year sentence, appeal planned; includes named court/procuratorate personnel.
- Minghui English edition, January 18, 2025 — “57-Year-Old Fujian Veteran Gets Another 4 Years, After a Prior 5.5-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong” — corroborates all key 2024-case facts and the 2015 case details (arrest, sentence, dismissal, pension loss, 2021 harassment).
- Minghui English edition, September 4, 2024 — “Once Jailed for 5.5 Years, 57-Year-Old Fujian Veteran Faces Indictment Again for His Faith” — indictment-stage report: Fuzhou #2 Detention Center cell 211, the June 7, 2015 arrest and interrogation account, Cangshan court proceedings, and attributed accounts of mistreatment in prison through release in December 2020.
- Minghui English edition, August 4, 2017 — “Additional Persecution News from China – July 7, 2017 (24 Reports)” — one-line roundup entry confirming the 2015 sentencing in a contemporaneous listing.
- 维权网 / rights-monitoring network — Issue 131 monthly report, August 31, 2026: He Pengfei listed in custody (English edition H-index block); the Chinese edition records 何鹏飞, corroborating the characters.
Evidentiary limitations
The formal criminal charge for the 2024 four-year sentence is not publicly recorded; the practitioner’s lawyer argued the applicable criminal provision did not fit the conduct, as reported by Minghui. The exact date of the 2024 sentencing is not stated (reported January 2025). His post-sentence detention location is unknown; the Fuzhou #2 detention center was the pre-trial holding location. Detention-abuse details, characterizations of the proceedings as unlawful, and the account of He’s practice of Falun Gong reflect the practitioner-community case archive’s narrative and are presented as attributed claims, not independently verified findings. No PRC court document or state-media coverage of either sentence was located.
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