This archive preserves the documented media and case records concerning Liu Zhengang, a political prisoner from Henan reported in 2024 to have been sentenced to five years and six months in prison for subversion of state power in the Luzhou 2022 China Democratic Victory Party case.
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Person Profile: Liu Zhengang (刘振刚)
The records below are listed with their provenance. Attribution follows the source: facts reported by the monitoring organization are identified as such. Co-defendants in the same case are separate records and are not part of this archive.
Source chronology
September 9, 1987 — Birth. Case records give Liu Zhengang’s date of birth as September 9, 1987, native of Caiyuan Town, Tangyin County, Henan.
May–September 2022 — The Luzhou wave. Sichuan authorities carry out a wave of arrests of people involved in organizing the China Democratic Victory Party; Liu is taken by Luzhou police on May 19, 2022, and placed under residential surveillance at a designated location.
September 7, 2022 — Criminal detention. Liu is placed in criminal detention on suspicion of subversion of state power and held at the Luzhou City Detention Center; on September 30 the Luzhou procuratorate formally approves the arrest.
June 19, 2024 — First-instance sentencing. The Luzhou Intermediate Court sentences Liu Zhengang to five years and six months for subversion of state power, with two years’ deprivation of political rights and a 40,000-yuan fine; five co-defendants receive twelve to three years. All appeal.
June 20, 2024 — Case-database entry. The human-rights monitoring database records the full case: 刘振刚 / Liu Zhengang / born 1987.9.9 / taken 2022.5.19 / subversion of state power / 5 years 6 months / term to 2028.1 / Sichuan Chuanzhong Prison.
November 18, 2024 — Rights-organization profile (Chinese). China Political Prisoner Concern publishes the full profile (CPPC No. 01338) with documentary images, corroborating the birth date, Henan origin, online names, the May 2022 arrest, the June 2024 sentence, the December 2, 2024 appeal dismissal by the Sichuan High Court, and the placement at No. 6 ward of Sichuan Chuanzhong Prison.
December 2, 2024 — Appeal dismissed. The Sichuan High Court rejects the appeals and upholds the original judgments; the estimated term runs to January 2028.
April 2025 — Prison transfer reported. Liu is reported transferred to the No. 6 ward of Sichuan Chuanzhong Prison.
Issue 131 roster (August 31, 2026). 刘振刚 / Liu Zhengang listed in the “sentenced to 5 years 6 months, 34 people” group, in custody.
Source records
- Case-database record — 刘振刚 / Liu Zhengang, male; born 1987.9.9; native of Caiyuan Town, Tangyin County, Henan; resident of Xingbao Garden, Chang’an Road, Wujiang District, Suzhou, Jiangsu; online names “南宫道人” / “刘子德”; key member of the China Democratic Victory Party; taken 2022.5.19; subversion of state power; 5 years 6 months; term to 2028.1; Sichuan Chuanzhong Prison. (Human-rights monitoring database; exactly one same-name row — verified unique by ZH and EN queries.)
- “劉振剛（CPPC編號：01338）” — China Political Prisoner Concern blog, November 18, 2024. Full profile corroborating every case anchor, with documentary images (portrait, arrest notice, partial verdict pages). (Chinese-language rights-monitoring organization; case facts as reported by the organization.)
- Rights Defense Network (维权网) Issue-131 monthly report (2026-08-31): 刘振刚 / Liu Zhengang listed in the “sentenced to 5 years 6 months, 34 people” group. (Roster-level anchor retained from prior research; ZH↔EN equation.)
Contradictions and gaps
- The term end “2028.1” is a database estimate, not an officially stated release date.
- No official or state-media coverage of the case was found.
- No information post-dating the April 2025 transfer report exists about custody or release.
- The five co-defendants’ individual records are separate and were not individually verified.