This page archives the source reporting behind the profile of Wang Hongwu (王洪武), a Falun Gong practitioner from Wulian County, Rizhao City, Shandong Province, sentenced to prison in 2019 and again in 2023. The records below are presented chronologically, preserving provenance and limitations.
Media records
1. “Additional Persecution News from China – June 3, 2019 (10 Reports)” — Minghui.org, June 19, 2019.
A roundup including a Rizhao City item reporting that on May 14, 2019, the Wulian court sentenced Wang Hongwu to three years in prison with a 10,000-yuan fine; Zhao Qiuwu to two years with a 10,000-yuan fine; Zhao Yuhua to one year of monitored supervision with a 5,000-yuan fine; and Lin Lili to a 5,000-yuan fine.
URL: http://en.Minghui.org/html/articles/2019/6/19/178131.html
2. “774 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith in 2019” — Minghui.org annual sentencing register.
The register lists “王洪武 Wang Hongwu — Shandong, Rizhao — 3-year prison term — sentenced May 2019 — 10,000-yuan fine,” corroborating the 2019 report and supplying the verified Chinese character form.
URL: https://daiphap.org/en.Minghui.org/u/filer_public/05/7d/057db8ed-23d1-4545-9d08-6bc81fee813d/falun-gong-practitioners-sentenced-2019.pdf
3. “Shandong Woman Given Second Prison Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong” — Minghui.org, March 29, 2022.
The article states that the Shandong Province High Court had designated the Wulian County Procuratorate and Wulian County Court to handle Falun Gong cases in Ju County and Wulian County and lists Wang Hongwu among practitioners sentenced since 2018.
URL: http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2022/3/29/199713p.html
4. “Five Shandong Residents Sentenced to 1.5 to 8 Years for Practicing Falun Gong” — Minghui.org, June 1, 2023.
The most detailed account of Wang Hongwu’s second case reports the October 10, 2022 arrests, detention at Rizhao City Detention Center, joint hearings on April 28 and May 8, 2023, and the May 15 sentencing. It reports Wang Hongwu receiving four and a half years and an 8,000-yuan fine.
URL: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2023/6/1/209677p.html
5. “Ms. Li Fengying Hospitalized Days After Being Imprisoned to Serve 8-Year Term” — Minghui.org, August 20, 2023.
A follow-up on co-defendant Li Fengying that recaps the shared arrests and May 2023 sentences, including Wang Hongwu’s four-and-a-half-year term. It adds no new facts about Wang Hongwu himself.
URL: https://projectshield.en.minghui.org/html/articles/2023/8/20/210899p.html
Source provenance and limitations
The records above come from a single reporting lineage: Minghui.org, a news outlet affiliated with the Falun Gong community, plus its mirrors and annual registers. No independent international-media, NGO, or official Chinese source covering Wang Hongwu’s cases was located in the preparation record. Details appearing in only one report are presented as reported, not as independently established facts. The specific criminal charge is not stated in the sources found.