This archive preserves the documented media and case record for Li Tao (李涛), a Falun Gong practitioner from Chengdu, Sichuan, serving a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence. See also the person profile of Li Tao / 李涛.
Case chronology (as documented)
- May 24, 2023: Seized by the Wenjiang District branch of the Chengdu public-security bureau with Duan Qiongying, Xu Yueqin, Li Jun, Luo Yi, Wang Wentao, and Sun Hao; families told of residential surveillance at a designated location on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power”; actually held in secret at the Xinjin brainwashing center (attributed practitioner-community account).
- June 30, 2023: Formally arrested; moved to the Pi County and Wenjiang detention centers; charge changed to the provision the authorities described as “using a cult organization to undermine law enforcement.”
- March 1, 2024: Prosecutor Zheng Bo of the Wenjiang District Procuratorate indicts Duan Qiongying, Li Tao, and Xu Yueqin; case moved to the Wenjiang District Court.
- May 2024: Presiding judge Hu Weiwei splits the eight-person joint case into individual cases.
- July 25, 2024: Wenjiang District Court sentences Li Tao to three years and six months (Duan Qiongying 3.5y; Yu Chuancheng 3y; Xu Yueqin 2y8m; Luo Yi 2y8m; Li Jun 2y2m), with court fines. All appeal. Sun Hao and Wang Wentao tried the same day; sentencing outcome unreported.
- November 2026: Term expected to end (database date field: November 13, 2026; case summary: November 23, 2026 — exact date uncertain).
Source record
- CHRD political-prisoner database (tenchu.org) — individual record for 李涛 / “Li Tao”: male; Chengdu (Sichuan); Falun Gong practitioner; taken 2023-05-24 by Wenjiang District PSB with Duan Qiongying, Yu Chuancheng, Xu Yueqin, Li Jun, Luo Yi; held in Xinjin brainwashing center; arrested 2023-06-30; moved to Pi County/Wenjiang detention centers; charge changed from “inciting subversion of state power” to “using a cult to undermine law enforcement”; sentenced 2024-07-25 by Wenjiang District Court to 3 years 6 months; all appealed; location unknown; case summary entered 2024-09-11. Queried live 2026-10-10 (query name=李涛 → exactly 1 record; variant queries name=李滔 and name=李韬 → 0 records; foreign_name=LI TAO → same 1 record).
- Minghui (明慧网), August 3, 2024 — 成都段琼英、李涛等多名法轮功学员被非法判刑 — practitioner-community case report: May 24, 2023 arrests of eight practitioners (naming Li Tao); secret detention at Xinjin; attributed accounts of interrogation; June 30, 2023 arrests; charge change; March 1, 2024 indictment by prosecutor Zheng Bo; judge Hu Weiwei; July 25, 2024 sentences (Li Tao 3.5y); all appealed. Opened and read October 10, 2026. https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2024/8/3/%E6%88%90%E9%83%BD%E6%AE%B5%E7%90%BC%E8%8B%B1%E3%80%81%E6%9D%8E%E6%B6%9B%E7%AD%89%E5%A4%9A%E5%90%8D%E6%B3%95%E8%BD%AE%E5%8A%9F%E5%AD%A6%E5%91%98%E8%A2%AB%E9%9D%9E%E6%B3%95%E5%88%A4%E5%88%91-480420.html
- Minghui English edition, August 7, 2024 — “Six Sichuan Residents Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong” — corroborates the arrest date, detention, charge change, July 25, 2024 sentences (Li Tao 3.5y), fines, and appeals; adds that Sun Hao and Wang Wentao were tried the same day with sentencing outcomes unreported. Opened and read October 10, 2026. https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2024/8/7/219412.html
Evidentiary limitations
- The person’s sex is conflicted in the record (the CHRD database records male; the English-language Minghui report refers to “Ms. Li Tao”; the Chinese-language report does not indicate sex) and is not asserted.
- The exact term end date is uncertain (November 13 vs November 23, 2026, within the same database record).
- The post-sentence detention location is unknown.
- Interrogation-abuse details and characterizations of the proceedings reflect the practitioner-community case archive’s narrative and are presented as attributed claims, not independently verified findings.
- No PRC court verdict or state-media coverage of the case was located.
- Sentencing outcomes for co-defendants Sun Hao and Wang Wentao were not reported and are not asserted.
- Identity note: this record concerns Li Tao (李涛) of Chengdu, Sichuan (2023–2024 case) and should not be confused with other individuals named Tao, including Tao Bo, Kong Wentao, Yu Jingtao, Li Guotao, Shi Tao, or An Jingtao — all different people.
See the person profile of Li Tao / 李涛 for the full case narrative.