This archive collects published reports documenting the repeated detention and imprisonment of Sun Xia, a Falun Gong practitioner from Ning’an City, Heilongjiang Province.
2000 — First detention
Minghui reports that Sun was arrested at home on June 1, 2000 while reading Falun Gong materials and was released later that month after police collected 5,000 yuan from her family.
2008 — Five-and-a-half-year sentence
Minghui reports that Sun was arrested on April 22, 2008 with three other practitioners while distributing informational materials and was later sentenced by the Ning’an City Court to five and a half years. Allegations of torture, force-feeding and unpaid labor during that term are source-attributed.
2016 — Arrest
Minghui reports another arrest on March 26, 2016 for talking to people about Falun Gong.
2023 — Re-arrest and sentence
On January 28, 2023, Sun was arrested at her daughter’s home in Harbin. The Daoli District Procuratorate indicted her in May; the Daoli District Court held a virtual hearing on June 14. She was later sentenced to five years and fined 50,000 yuan. The exact sentencing date was not reported. Her appeal was denied around November 2023.
November 17, 2023 — Minghui.org: full case history, including prior persecution and the 2023 prosecution. URL: http://www.en.minghui.org/html/articles/2023/11/17/212962.html
December 5, 2023 — Minghui.org: reports admission to Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison following the denied appeal. URL: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2023/12/5/213215.html
Evidence limits
The available detailed reporting comes from Minghui, a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet. No PRC court judgment or independent third-party report was located. Sun Xia’s Chinese characters remain unconfirmed and are not published. Other people romanized Sun Xia in Shandong and Anhui are separate cases and are not merged here.
Person profile: Sun Xia