About this archive
This archive preserves the media and documentary records used to document the case of Wang Housheng (王厚升), a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinan, Shandong, sentenced to three years in prison. Each item below is recorded with its provenance and verification status. Advocacy characterizations in the original sources are the sources’ own positions and are not adopted as findings.
CHRD Prisoners of Conscience Database — case record poc_w_00600 (updated August 21, 2026)
(CHRD Prisoners of Conscience Data, Mainland China, opened and read in full: https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/pocs/4699) The database’s case file for 王厚升: born 1960, Jinan, Shandong, retired Dazhong Daily employee, Falun Gong practitioner. Twice subjected to re-education through labor (2000: 3 years; 2005: 1.5 years, both by Jinan police). September 29, 2025 — seized with 40+ Jinan practitioners by Changqing District PSB; at least 19 criminally detained. May 28, 2026 — family received mail from Shandong Provincial Prison: sentenced to 3 years (charge unknown); transferred to Shandong Provincial Prison on May 20, 2026; term to September 28, 2028; listed as currently imprisoned. The record cites a minghui.org article (August 12, 2026) as an additional source. Source grade: established human-rights monitoring database; primary case narrative; attributed. Verification status: VERIFIED.
WOIPFG — “Notice of investigation into those responsible for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners including Liu Ruping and Ji Fenglan in Jinan, Shandong” (May 16, 2026; updated May 31, 2026)
(World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, opened and read in full: https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2026/06/9312.pdf) The notice describes the September 29, 2025 Jinan operation — the Jinan Political and Legal Affairs Commission directing the public security bureau and subordinate police stations to seize nearly 40 Falun Gong practitioners including Liu Ruping, Zhang Chenglan, Fang Yusheng, Chen Xuejing, Ji Fenglan, and Wang Qinping — and lists 王厚升 (male, in his 60s) among the practitioners from that incident still detained at the time of the notice. It names the officials and units the organization holds responsible. Consistent with the CHRD record on the roundup date, the city, the police units, and Wang’s profile. Source grade: established monitoring organization (founded 2003); independent corroboration of the roundup and continued detention; attributed. Verification status: VERIFIED.
Rights Defense Network — Monthly Report Issue 131, August 31, 2026 (Chinese edition)
(维权网, opened and read in full: https://chinatruth.net/zh/article/维权网-中国大陆在押政治犯-良心犯月度报告-2026年8月31日-第131期-共1638人-009b1) 王厚升 appears in the 判刑3年，110人 (sentenced to 3 years, 110 people) group: “…李桂珍、王厚升、陆宝珍、高兟…” Independent confirmation of the three-year sentence classification and in-custody listing as of August 31, 2026. The bilingual positional equation (ZH group list ↔ EN group list) establishes the characters as 王厚升. Source grade: activist-compiled roster; corroborating listing. Verification status: VERIFIED.
Rights Defense Network — Monthly Report Issue 131, August 31, 2026 (English edition)
(opened and read in full: https://chinatruth.net/en/article/维权网-中国大陆在押政治犯-良心犯月度报告-2026年8月31日-第131期-共1638人-009b1) “Wang Housheng” appears in the “Sentenced to 3 years” group between “Li Guizhen” and “Lu Baozhen,” and in the pinyin-ordered index between “Wang Haoda” and “Wang Hong (Chongqing).” Used for the EN↔ZH positional identity equation. Verification status: VERIFIED.
Source chronology and provenance
2000 and 2005 — re-education through labor (CHRD). September 29, 2025 — Jinan roundup, seizure by Changqing District PSB (CHRD; WOIPFG). May 16–31, 2026 — WOIPFG notice documents Wang among those still detained from the incident. May 20, 2026 — transfer to Shandong Provincial Prison (CHRD). May 28, 2026 — family notified of the 3-year sentence by prison mail (CHRD). August 12, 2026 — minghui.org article cited by CHRD (not opened from our connection — flagged below). August 21, 2026 — CHRD record updated. August 31, 2026 — in-custody listing, 3-year group (Rights Defense Network Issue 131). No international-media, consular, or PRC official/state-media coverage of this individual case was located.
Evidentiary limitations
The charge and the sentencing court are not stated in any located source and must not be inferred. The exact date of the sentencing is not given (the family was notified May 28, 2026 of a sentence already imposed; the transfer occurred May 20, 2026). The underlying minghui.org article cited by CHRD could not be opened from our connection; it is flagged below rather than treated as verified. The WOIPFG notice’s advocacy framing (characterizations of proceedings as “illegal,” genocide framing) is the organization’s own position and is not adopted. No further detail is inferred.