Liu Zhiming (刘志明) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Xishan District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province. Monitoring sources report that he was born in November 1973 and was 51 in 2024.
Minghui reports that Liu previously worked as a postal carrier and ride-share driver and later stayed home to care for his autistic sister and young son. His wife, Cheng Yun (成云), worked as a babysitter.
According to Minghui, the Falun Dafa Information Center, and WOIPFG, officers from the Jinbi Police Station arrested Liu at his home at about 7 a.m. on November 16, 2023. He was held at the Xishan District Detention Center, and his arrest was approved on November 22.
The sources report that the Xishan District Court tried Liu on April 19, 2024. Minghui states that the court rejected the lawyer hired by Liu’s wife shortly before the hearing. On April 22, the court sentenced Liu to three years and six months in prison and fined him 10,000 yuan.
The sources also report consequences for Liu’s family, including interrogation of his wife and the transfer of his autistic sister to a psychiatric hospital. Allegations concerning the circumstances of the interrogation and other official conduct remain source-attributed.
The Falun Dafa Information Center gives May 15, 2027 as the stated end of Liu’s sentence term.
Status: the reported sentence window places Liu in custody in September 2026. The May 15, 2027 date is a source-reported term endpoint and is not treated as a confirmed future release. His prison placement after sentencing and current conditions were not located.
Sources: Minghui, May 3, 2024; Falun Dafa Information Center; WOIPFG notice, May 18, 2024.