Li Xiuying is a Falun Gong practitioner from Dashiqiao City, Yingkou, Liaoning Province. She was detained in a coordinated police sweep on November 25, 2025, and sentenced on August 11, 2026, to two years in prison with a 10,000-yuan fine, in a nine-defendant case heard by the Zhanqian District Court in Yingkou.
Arrest and detention
On November 25, 2025, the Dashiqiao City Public Security Bureau carried out a coordinated arrest operation against local Falun Gong practitioners after what reporting describes as roughly six months of phone surveillance and tracking. Li Xiuying was taken into custody that day and placed under criminal detention at the Yingkou City Detention Center. According to the case record, she had been taken by officers of the Meidu police station in Dashiqiao; a separate account of the sweep reports that she was present at a fellow practitioner’s home in Yong’an Town when police arrived and was detained along with the others.
Indictment and trial
In late December 2025, the nine detained individuals were formally arrested, and the case was transferred to the Zhanqian District Procuratorate in Yingkou for prosecution. On July 16 and 17, 2026, the Zhanqian District Court held a two-day trial. The nine defendants included practitioners Zhang Yuzhen (71), Gong Suyan (72), Wang Zhaomin, Xing Dongmei, Wang Yun, Yang Qiang, Xing Chun’e, and Li Xiuying, along with Zhang Bo, the non-practitioner son of Zhang Yuzhen and Gong Suyan.
Sentence
On August 11, 2026, the court issued criminal judgment (2026)辽0802刑初72号， sentencing all nine defendants. Li Xiuying received two years of imprisonment and a 10,000-yuan fine. The charge was not specified in the available reporting. Her sentence runs through November 24, 2027.
Current status
Li Xiuying’s most recently documented location is the Yingkou City Detention Center, where she was held following her detention. No independently verified information about a subsequent transfer to a prison is available, and no official confirmation of her current whereabouts has been found. The charge in her case was not disclosed in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Case records identify Li Xiuying as a Falun Gong practitioner from Dashiqiao City detained on November 25, 2025. Reporting on the trial and sentencing comes from independent outlets covering the case; the court judgment number is (2026)辽0802刑初72号， issued by the Zhanqian District Court in Yingkou on August 11, 2026.
Further documentation
Further records: media profile and source archive for Li Xiuying （李秀英）.