Person profile: Lin Hongjie (林洪杰)
This archive preserves reporting on the 2023–2024 Laizhou case involving Lin Hongjie and six co-defendants.
May 8, 2023 — raid
Falun Dafa Information Center reports that more than thirty officers, arriving in more than ten vehicles, raided a regular private gathering place used by practitioners in Laizhou. The source says at least five people were detained.
May 20, 2024 — seven-person sentencing
Minghui’s Chinese-language annual report lists seven defendants sentenced by the Laizhou City Court. It records 林洪杰 at eight years and a 40,000-yuan fine, with shorter terms for six co-defendants.
2024–2025 — later documentation
Falun Dafa Information Center’s year-in-review report cites Lin’s sentence as among the harshest in the group. October 2025 USCIRF hearing testimony separately repeated the core sentencing facts, while citing Minghui as an underlying source.
Year in review · USCIRF testimony mirror
Evidence limits
No public PRC court judgment or state-media account was located. The core reporting comes from Falun Gong advocacy sources, with later repetition in U.S. commission testimony. Sources vary by one year on Lin’s age, so no exact birth year is stated. Current prison location and present health are unknown.