Hou Lijun (侯利军) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. Falun Gong-affiliated reporting and family advocacy state that he was arrested on April 25, 2023 and later received a long prison sentence.
Earlier reported history
Family accounts published through Falun Gong-affiliated sources report earlier detentions beginning in 1999 and 2000, followed by forced-labor detention. They also report that Hou was seized again in October 2002, suffered severe mistreatment, and later lived in hiding for more than twenty years. These accounts remain source-attributed.
2023 case
WOIPFG and family advocacy reporting state that Hou was arrested at his Taiyuan residence on April 25, 2023, held at the Taiyuan City No. 1 Detention Center, and later sentenced by the Wanbailin District Court. The better-attested sentence figure is ten years: it appears in WOIPFG reporting, a family petition update, and rally reporting. A separate August 2024 Minghui report relays a family notice saying fifteen years. No court judgment was located, so the conflict is preserved rather than resolved as an official fact.
Custody and health reporting
WOIPFG reports transfer to Jinzhong Prison in Shanxi and describes hunger strikes, force-feeding, solitary confinement and critical-condition notices, including hospitalization in January 2024. Earlier rally reporting names Qi County Prison. These custody and health claims are source-attributed and have not been independently verified.
Evidence limits
No public court judgment, official charge document or independent international-media investigation was located. Current health status after the latest 2024 reporting is unknown.
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