Liu Jingchun (刘井春) is a resident of Chengde City, Hebei Province, born in February 1958, who practices Falun Gong. He was arrested in July 2023 together with five other Chengde practitioners and sentenced in March 2024 to three years and six months in prison, with a 10,000-yuan fine. The specific criminal charge was not stated in the available reports.
Arrest and detention
On July 18, 2023, officers from the Shuangqiao District Domestic Security Division arrested five practitioners in Chengde — Li Guifang, Yu Suhua, Du Fengjuan, Zhao Baoli, and Zhao Xiaohong — and searched their homes, confiscating personal property. The following day, July 19, 2023, four officers detained Liu Jingchun at his home. According to the case report, only one of the four officers was in uniform, and no search warrant or list of confiscated items was provided to the family. All six were held at the Chengde City Detention Center. Their arrests were approved by the Chengde City Procuratorate on August 16, 2023, and the Shuangqiao District Procuratorate took over the cases; the indictment was brought under case number 承双检刑诉Z2号.
Trial and sentencing
The six practitioners were tried at the Shuangqiao District Court on December 25, 2023. On March 7, 2024, the court issued verdicts: Li Guifang received four years; Yu Suhua three years and seven months; Liu Jingchun three years and six months; Du Fengjuan and Zhao Xiaohong three years and four months each; Zhao Baoli three years. Each was also fined 10,000 yuan. The verdicts were signed by presiding judge Fan Xiaojun (樊晓军), judges Deng Lijing (邓立靖) and Zhao Zhiguo (赵志国), judge’s assistant Liu Rongli (刘荣利), and clerk Yang Zhuang (杨壮).
Current status
At the time of the April 2024 report, all six were being held at the Chengde City Detention Center. The recorded end of Liu Jingchun’s sentence term is January 17, 2027. Whether he has since been transferred to a prison or remains in the detention center is not stated in the available sources. The roster listing of August 31, 2026 classifies him as in custody.
Caveats
The reporting on this case comes from Falun Gong community sources and a prisoners’ database; no official court document or state-media account of the case has been found. Details such as the exact criminal charge and the current place of detention are not published and should not be stated as fact. This profile records only what the cited sources report.