Person profile: Wang Shuhua
This archive collects verified reporting on the case of Wang Shuhua (王淑华), a Falun Gong practitioner from Songyuan City, Jilin Province, reported to have been sentenced to nine years in prison in 2018. This is the plain-name Jilin 9-year case — not the separate Liaoning or Heilongjiang cases under the same name.
Case chronology
- September 13, 2017 — Wang’s husband, Li Guojun, is seized by officers of the Minkang Road police station in Changchun at a fellow practitioner’s apartment; the report describes him being struck in the face during the arrest. The family later locates him at the Changchun Xinkang Prison Hospital and learns he was formally arrested.
- October 12, 2017 — Wang and her elder sister Wang Shufen go to the Minkang Road police station to demand Li Guojun’s release. Both women are detained; the sister is released on the evening of October 13. Wang is kept in custody.
- Late December 2017 — Wang is formally arrested.
- February 9, 2018 — A lawyer retained by the family attempts to visit Wang at the Songyuan (Shanyou) Detention Center. The detention center refuses the meeting; the Songyuan Justice Bureau reportedly tells the lawyer that non-party members are not permitted normal visits.
- 2018 (date unspecified) — Wang is reported to have been sentenced to nine years in prison, the charge not stated.
- June 4, 2018 — Wang is transferred to the Lan Jia Women’s Prison (Jilin Provincial Women’s Prison).
- August 31, 2026 — The Rights Defense Network’s monthly report (Issue 131) lists Wang Shuhua as a political prisoner in custody, in the nine-year sentence group. A prisoner-of-conscience database entry records the nine-year term through October 11, 2026.
Sources
- Minghui (明慧网), “营救丈夫 吉林省松原市王淑华被非法判刑九年” (May 18, 2019) — https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2019/5/18/营救丈夫-吉林省松原市王淑华被非法判刑九年-387505.html. Full case narrative: 2017-09-13 husband arrest, 2017-10-12 station detention with sister, late-2017 formal arrest, 2018-02-09 lawyer-visit refusal, 9-year sentence, 2018-06-04 transfer to Lan Jia Women’s Prison.
- Rights Defense Network (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）” (Monthly Report, August 31, 2026, Issue 131) — https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/20268311311638.html. Lists 王淑华 / Wang Shuhua in §VII in the “判刑9年” group and in the §VIII A–Z name index; in custody as of 2026-08-31.
- Prisoners of Conscience Database (tenchu.org/pocd), 王淑华 entry (logged 2019-12-18): female, Jilin Songyuan; arrested 2017.10.12; 9 years; transferred 2018.06.04 to Lan Jia Women’s Prison; term through 2026.10.11; husband 李国军, sister 王淑芬 — via direct database query (triple separation confirmed: Jilin 9yr / Liaoning 4yr / Heilongjiang 3yr).
Notes on the record
- The Minghui article dates from May 2019; no later case-specific reporting on Wang Shuhua was located. Her presence on the roster in August 2026 is the most recent dated status evidence.
- The criminal charge is not stated in any located source.
- No official court document, judgment number, or state-media record of the case was found in the sources searched.
- The Minghui reporting uses loaded language for the proceedings; only the factual case details are used here.
- The nine-year term through October 11, 2026 is from the prisoner database and is consistent with an October 2017 detention start; the exact sentencing date is unrecorded. Verify release status after that date from a dated source before any status change.
- Do not merge with 王淑华（辽宁） (live pair, 4-year sentence) or 王淑华（黑龙江） (live pair, 3-year sentence) — different provinces, different sentences, different cases.
Person profile: Wang Shuhua