This archive collects the public source record concerning Pang Xun (庞勋), a radio host and Falun Gong practitioner reported to have died in a Sichuan prison on December 2, 2022.
Source chronology
- July 2020: Falun Gong-aligned reporting states that Pang was arrested and later received a five-year prison sentence.
- December 2, 2022: A person close to Pang told The Epoch Times that he died while imprisoned in Leshan, Sichuan.
- February 2023: The Epoch Times published reporting based on a friend or informed source and images said to show injuries on Pang’s body. The outlet reported that the prison attributed the death to hyperthyroidism and that friends disputed that explanation.
- 2023–2025: Falun Gong-affiliated investigative and advocacy outlets published additional allegations concerning treatment at Jiazhou Prison.
Source provenance and limits
The original Epoch Times article has been located and verified. Most detailed reporting remains within Falun Gong-affiliated or aligned source lineages. No independent autopsy result, official death record, court judgment or non-aligned investigative account establishing the cause of death has been located. Claims of abuse and causation therefore remain attributed.
Key sources
- The Epoch Times, February 16, 2023
- The Epoch Times Chinese report, February 13, 2023
- World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong