Gao Ying (高英; Chinese characters not independently verified) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Beizhen City, Liaoning Province, reported to be serving a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed in January 2025. The Chinese characters are not independently confirmed in the available source record.
2022 arrest and reported abuse
According to Minghui.org, Gao was arrested on May 24, 2022 while working in a crop field. Minghui reported that after she refused to answer questions during interrogation, an officer identified as Chen Xinyu slapped her, struck her ribs, and stabbed her ribs with a pen. Minghui also reported that a local detention center repeatedly refused to admit her because of an elevated temperature and alleged that police attempted to substitute a thermometer showing a lower temperature. These allegations are source-attributed and have not been independently verified.
Re-arrest and sentencing
Minghui reported that Gao was arrested again around April 1, 2024 and taken to the Jinzhou City Detention Center. Her case was assigned to the Linghai City Procuratorate and Linghai City Court. In mid-January 2025, Minghui reported, the Linghai City Court sentenced her to four and a half years in prison.
Status and evidence limits
The Rights Defense Network Issue 131 roster dated August 31, 2026 lists Gao Ying among reported current-custody cases. The specific prison, exact sentencing date, case number, and any official verdict document have not been independently confirmed. The reported sentence would extend into 2029 by arithmetic, but no release date is presented here as a verified fact.
Media profile and archive: Gao Ying — Media Profile & Archive.