This archive preserves the documented record of the case of Dong Daoqun (董道群）, a Falun Gong practitioner from Banan District, Chongqing, sentenced to five years in prison in proceedings reported in January 2025.
Case chronology (as documented in the sources)
- December 31, 1999 — Detained while practicing Falun Gong exercises in public; held at a detention center; pressured to sign renunciation statements. (Minghui, Jan 2025)
- March 2000 — Traveled to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong; detained; escorted back to Chongqing; one year of forced labor. (Minghui, Jan 2025)
- 2001 — Detained again shortly after release; three-year forced-labor term. (Minghui, Jan 2025)
- July 19, 2008 — Taken by Lianshi Police Station officers to Shengdengshan Brainwashing Center; transferred about a month later to Chongqing Women’s Forced Labor Camp; released February 26, 2010. (Minghui, Jan 2025; corroborated in Minghui persecution-news digests, September 2008 and October 2009)
- May 12, 2017 — Detained in Qijiang District, Chongqing; sentenced to two years; held in Chongqing Women’s Prison through 2019. (Minghui, Jan 2025)
- January 2024 — Detained by police and home searched after speaking with people about Falun Gong. (Minghui, Jan 2025; Minghui persecution-news digest, Jan 14, 2025; CHRD entry 2025-02-11)
- January 2025 (reported) — Sentenced to five years in prison; term to January 2029. (Minghui, Jan 17, 2025 Chinese edition; English edition Jan 21, 2025; CHRD)
Source record
- CHRD prisoner database (tenchu.org) — structured prisoner record for 董道群 / Dong Daoqun: female, Chongqing Banan Dajiang Factory retiree, detained 2024.1, sentenced to 5 years (term to 2029.1), charge and facility unknown. Verified live via the database’s search interface, 2026-10-10.
- Minghui Chinese edition, January 17, 2025 — “曾遭冤狱迫害 重庆七旬董道群再被枉判五年” — full case report: identity, detention history (1999–2019), January 2024 detention, five-year sentence. Opened and read 2026-10-10.
- Minghui English edition, January 21, 2025 — “Chongqing Woman in Her 70s Sentenced to 5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong” — English rendering of the same report (notes the alias Dong Daoquan). Opened and read 2026-10-10; translation/syndicated copy of the Chinese original.
- Minghui persecution-news digest, January 14, 2025 — “[Chongqing] Ms. Dong Daoqun Sentenced to Five Years in Prison” — identifies her as a retiree of the Yudong Dajiang Factory (formerly Qingjiang Machinery Factory), Banan District; arrested January 2024.
- Minghui monthly sentencing table, January 2025 (PDF) — tabular record #68: 董道群 / Dong Daoqun, 70s, Chongqing, machinery factory worker, sentenced January 5, 2025.
- Minghui English, September 20, 2008 digest — Ms. Dong Daoqun of Banan District detained after the 2008 brainwashing session and sent to a forced labor camp. Corroborates the 2008 episode.
- Minghui English, October 12, 2009 — “Forty-six Innocent Women are Held at Chongqing Women’s Forced Labor Camp” — Ms. Dong Daoqun, Banan District practitioner, held at the labor camp after the 2008 brainwashing center. Corroborates the 2008–2010 episode.
- Clearharmony English, December 10, 2009 — Ms. Dong Daoqun among practitioners forced to stand in sun and cold at the Chongqing Women’s Forced Labor Camp. Corroborates the 2008–2010 episode.
Evidentiary limitations
- The criminal charge for the 2024–2025 case is not stated in any source (CHRD: “unknown”); no court verdict or official document has been located.
- The detention facility for the current sentence is unknown (CHRD: 不详； Minghui: “remains to be investigated”).
- Mistreatment accounts are drawn from Falun Gong-affiliated reporting and are presented as reported, not as independently verified findings.
- No coverage by international media, human-rights NGOs, or PRC official/state media was located for this case.
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