Liu Qingling (刘清玲) is a Falun Gong practitioner from the urban area of Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, a woman in her fifties. She was detained on April 23, 2025, and sentenced to two years and six months in prison, with a fine of 40,000 yuan. The specific criminal charge was not stated in the available reports.
Arrest and detention
On the morning of April 23, 2025, Liu Qingling and her mother, Li Guiying (黎桂英), who is in her 80s, were stopped and searched by officers of the Meijiang District Domestic Security Division while walking in the Jiangnan area of Meizhou, and both were taken into custody. Her mother was released to family members from the police station the next day; Liu Qingling was not released and was held at the Meizhou Chengdong Detention Center (Meizhou City, Meixian County Detention Center).
Sentencing
It was later learned that Liu Qingling had been sentenced to two years and six months, with a 40,000-yuan fine. The charge is not known. The recorded end of her sentence term is October 22, 2027. According to the December 2025 report, the court told the family she would be sent to a prison in Sanshui District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province; further details were still to be confirmed at the time.
Current status
The December 2025 report places her in detention with a 2.5-year sentence. The roster listing of August 31, 2026 classifies her as in custody. Whether she has since been transferred to a prison is not stated in the available sources.
Caveats
The reporting on this case comes from Falun Gong community sources and a prisoners’ database; no official court document or state-media account of the case has been found. The exact criminal charge and the current place of detention are not published and should not be stated as fact. This profile records only what the cited sources report.