This archive preserves the source record for the case of Liu Jingchun (刘井春), a Chengde City, Hebei Province resident born in February 1958, who was arrested in July 2023 and sentenced in March 2024 to three years and six months for practicing Falun Gong. See the Person Profile for the biographical summary.
Case chronology from the sources
- July 18–19, 2023 — Six Chengde practitioners arrested: five on July 18 by the Shuangqiao District Domestic Security Division, Liu Jingchun on July 19. Homes searched, property confiscated. All six held at Chengde City Detention Center.
- August 16, 2023 — Arrests approved by the Chengde City Procuratorate; Shuangqiao District Procuratorate takes over; indictment under 承双检刑诉Z2号.
- December 25, 2023 — Trial at the Shuangqiao District Court.
- March 7, 2024 — Verdicts issued: Liu Jingchun sentenced to 3 years 6 months plus a 10,000-yuan fine; the other five receive 3 to 4 years.
- April 10, 2024 — Minghui publishes the case report; an English version follows on April 13, 2024.
Source records
- Minghui (Chinese), April 10, 2024 — “河北承德市李桂芳等六名法轮功学员被非法判刑” (minghui.org). Detailed case narrative: arrest dates, the five-plus-one group, detention center, indictment number, trial date, verdicts, judges and officials named, and Liu Jingchun’s individual data (male, born February 1958, sentenced to 3 years 6 months, 10,000-yuan fine). Source type: Falun Gong community case reporting; single-perspective; opened and read in full.
- Minghui (English), April 13, 2024 — “Chengde City, Hebei Province: Six Residents Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong” (en.minghui.org). English translation of the same case report: “Mr. Liu Jingchun, 66, was sentenced to three years and six months.” Source type: translation of item 1; opened and read in full.
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders, prisoners database — record for 刘井春 / Liu Jingchun (entry 2024-05-11): male, born 1958.2, Chengde City Hebei, arrested 2023-07-18, sentenced 3 years 6 months, term to 2027-01-17, charge unknown, detention location unknown. Source type: human-rights monitoring database; corroborates the Minghui case details independently.
Evidentiary limitations
No official court verdict text, no state-media coverage, and no consular or diplomatic record of this case has been found. The criminal charge and the current place of detention are unpublished; this archive does not state them. All claims above are attributed to the cited sources; nothing in this archive should be read as an independently verified official finding.
See also: Liu Jingchun (刘井春) — Person Profile.