Sun Xianting (孙显亭) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive collects verified media and documentary records concerning Sun Xianting (孙显亭), a resident of Tonghua City, Jilin Province, who was sentenced to four years and six months in 2023 in connection with his Falun Gong practice and transferred to Jilin Prison, with a term running to February 24, 2027. Person Profile: Sun Xianting (孙显亭)
Case record
The CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database records: 孙显亭, male, of Tonghua City, Jilin Province; Falun Gong practitioner. Taken into custody on August 25, 2022. Tried in secret by the Liuhe County court in Tonghua and sentenced to 4 years and 6 months; the charge is listed as unknown. Transferred to Jilin Prison in August 2023. Term ends February 24, 2027. (Database record used as an identity anchor; not a public-facing link.)
Reporting
Minghui (September 9, 2023) reported that Sun was arrested on the night of August 25, 2022 while distributing Falun Gong materials, after being followed by officers of the Erdaojiang Shanxia police station; his home was searched and several thousand yuan in cash and other belongings were taken. He was held at the Liuhe Detention Center for nearly a year, and the Liuhe County court tried him in secret without notifying his family or permitting family attendance, sentencing him to four years and six months before transferring him to Jilin Prison in August 2023. The report adds that his wife suffered a relapse of her heart condition upon learning of the sentence and was hospitalized; this detail comes from Minghui and is presented as reported.
Read the Minghui report (Chinese)
The English edition of the same report (Minghui, September 13, 2023) confirms the same facts: the August 25, 2022 arrest, the Liuhe County Detention Center, the secret Liuhe County Court hearing, the 4.5-year sentence, and the August 2023 transfer to Jilin Prison.
Read the Minghui report (English)
Minghui is a Falun Gong-run outlet; its account is presented as reported and has not been independently corroborated by non-advocacy sources.
Source chronology
- 2022-08-25 — arrested at night in Tonghua by Erdaojiang Shanxia police station officers while distributing Falun Gong materials; home searched (per Minghui/CHRD).
- 2022-08 → 2023-08 — held at Liuhe County Detention Center, nearly a year (per Minghui).
- 2023 (before August) — secret trial by Liuhe County court; sentenced 4 years 6 months; charge unspecified (per Minghui/CHRD).
- 2023-08 — transferred to Jilin Prison (per Minghui/CHRD).
- 2027-02-24 — sentence term end (per CHRD).
Evidentiary limitations
The charge is unspecified in all available sources. No official judgment document or state-media record was found in a bounded search. No non-advocacy source has corroborated the case. Claims about the legality of the proceedings, including the “secret trial” characterization, are attributed to Minghui and should be read as such.
Name-collision note
A different person, 孙现亭 (a Pingdingshan University physics professor, co-author of mechanics papers), shares a similar romanization but uses different Chinese characters (显亭 vs 现亭) and is a distinct person — no evidence from that namesake is attached to this profile.