This archive preserves the source record behind the Li Decheng 李德成 profile: the February 2023 Dehui sweep, his four-year sentence, and his reported admission to the Changchun Tiebei Prison, with provenance and limitations noted. Sources are graded; allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Minghui — “Arrested in a Police Sweep, 80-Year-Old Jilin Man Latest Confirmed to Be Jailed for Practicing Falun Gong” (July 25, 2025)
(Minghui.org, opened and read in full: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2025/7/25/229028.html) Dedicated case article: Mr. Li Decheng, an 80-year-old man in Dehui City, Jilin Province, admitted to the Changchun Tiebei Prison to serve a four-year term for practicing Falun Gong; arrested during the February 25, 2023 police sweep; home search details (90+ Falun Gong books, computers, laptops, printers, paper cutters, phones, music players, copy paper, flash drives; 100 yuan from his wife Ms. Ma Shuhua’s purse); Dajiagou then Xiajiadian police stations; wife released the next morning, Li released on bail days later; Minghui “recently confirmed” the wrongful conviction and prison transfer, but notes it is “unclear when he was sentenced or admitted to prison.” Lists the same sweep’s other sentenced practitioners (Zheng Yuming 7 years, Su Cuizhi 7 years, Wang Yufen 2 years, Guo Encai 2 years, Liu Zhongrong 2 years, Xie Yunxiang 5 years, Wang Guiying 10 months) with their reported prison locations. Source grade: subject-community media; most recent custody-location report; attributed.
World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong — notice on Dehui persecution of Su Cuizhi and others (October 19, 2023; updated March 24, 2024)
(WOIPFG, opened and read in full: https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2024/03/8570.pdf) Names 李德成 in Chinese characters among the at least 15 seized February 25–26, 2023 in the operation the notice attributes to the Dehui police chief’s planning — listing him alongside his wife 马淑华 (matching the English article’s Ms. Ma Shuhua, confirming the character-level identity). Documents 7 released the same or next day, six formally arrested (Su Cuizhi, Xie Yunxiang, Liu Zhongrong, Wang Guiying, Wang Yufen, Zheng Yuming), and the sentences handed down in August 2023 and January 2024. Lists the officials and units the organization holds responsible. The notice uses strong accusatory language (“illegal,” “crimes”) which reflects the advocacy position of the issuing organization, not independently established findings. Source grade: Falun-Gong-affiliated human-rights monitoring organization; attributed; advocacy framing preserved as reported.
维权网 — August 2026 monthly report, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026)
维权网《中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告（2026年8月31日）第131期（共1638人）, positional EN↔ZH equation verified in the prior research round. Independent Chinese-language rights-monitoring outlet. Lists 李德成 in the “判刑4年” (sentenced to 4 years) group — consistent with the four-year term reported by Minghui. Supplies no biographical detail beyond the sentence and custody status; it is the source for his classification as in custody as of August 2026. Source grade: monitoring organization; single-source roster fact.
Source conflicts and limitations
The exact sentencing date and the date of admission to Changchun Tiebei Prison are unknown — Minghui’s July 2025 report states the conviction and transfer were “recently confirmed” without dates. No primary court record, official procedural record, international-media account, or recognized-NGO coverage beyond the outlets above has been located; no PRC official source was found for this case. The roster gives no cause detail beyond the sentence and custody status; the Falun Gong affiliation and full case history are Minghui/WOIPFG-reported and attributed accordingly. No consular dimension was established.
Person profile: Li Decheng 李德成