Wang Baoru (王宝茹) is a resident of Dehui City, Jilin Province. The August 31, 2026 monitoring report on political and conscience prisoners in mainland China (维权网, Issue 131) lists Wang Baoru as in custody and as one of 72 people sentenced to four years and six months.
According to reporting by Minghui, a Falun Gong-affiliated news outlet, Wang Baoru, 58, was arrested on July 2, 2023, by officers from the Zhenlai County Police Station of Baicheng City, after they discovered that she had sent information about Falun Gong on her cellphone. Minghui reports that she was detained at the Baicheng City Detention Center and later sentenced by a court in Baicheng to four and a half years, and that she was admitted to Jilin Province Women’s Prison.
Minghui also reports that Wang took up Falun Gong in spring 1997. On December 23, 2009, it reports, she was arrested while working at the Deda Meat Processing Factory, her residence was searched, and she was beaten during interrogation. After 15 days, according to the same reporting, she received a one-year forced-labor term and served it at Heizuizi Women’s Forced Labor Camp.
Status and evidence limits
Wang was reported in custody as of August 31, 2026. The exact sentencing court, sentencing date, verdict text, criminal-charge articles, current prison conditions, and any release information were not located in the reviewed sources and are not asserted here.
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