Li Huanzhen (李焕珍)
Li Huanzhen is a Falun Gong practitioner from Kunming, Yunnan Province, reported born in 1956. She was sentenced to three years in prison by the Xishan District Court in Kunming in May 2025, with a reported term running to June 5, 2027. [Sources 1, 2]
The “1.6” mass arrest (June 2024)
On June 6, 2024, police under the Kunming Public Security Bureau’s direction carried out a coordinated operation against Falun Gong practitioners in Kunming, led by the Xishan District Public Security Bureau’s state-security unit with units from the Wuhua, Panlong, and Guandu districts and multiple local police stations, centered on the Zongshuying Police Station. Police referred to the operation as the “1.6” special case (a task force said to have been formed on January 6, 2024). More than 30 practitioners were detained, including Li Huanzhen. [Source 2]
Li Huanzhen was formally arrested and her case was sent to the Xishan District Procuratorate; the procuratorate indicted her and eight other practitioners on February 8, 2025. [Source 2]
Trial and sentence (2025)
On March 26, 2025, the Xishan District Court tried the nine practitioners — 刘翠仙 (Liu Cuixian), 刘晓萍 (Liu Xiaoping), 马玲 (Ma Ling), 杨惠芳 (Yang Huifang), 郑翠兰 (Zheng Cuilan), 张秀珍 (Zhang Xiuzhen), 李焕珍 (Li Huanzhen), 朱永珍 (Zhu Yongzhen), and 毕晟 (Bi Sheng). In early May 2025, Li Huanzhen was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of RMB 10,000. Most of the nine appealed, according to the case report. [Source 2]
Current status
The CHRD Prisoners of Conscience Database records her term as running to June 5, 2027, with the current detention location listed as unknown. [Source 1] No verified record of release has been located; her status as of this report is recorded as reportedly incarcerated, with the caveat that no independent confirmation of her current detention facility has been published.