About the person: Wang Ying (王英), born March 1959, is a Falun Gong practitioner and former jade expert/engineer at the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (Chinese Academy of Sciences), sentenced to 4.5 years in December 2025 in Maoming, Guangdong. See her full profile.
Media records (chronological)
1. Arrest and detention (December 2023)
“Two Guangdong Women in Detention for Their Faith in Falun Gong, Both Previously Jailed for 3 Years” — Minghui.org, December 29, 2023. Reports the December 13, 2023 raid at Ding Jiaxi’s home, the home searches, criminal detention at Maoming City First Detention Center from December 14, 2023; full background on Wang: born March 1959, jade expert/engineer, 2 years forced labor (July 2000), 3-year sentence (Tianhe District Court, after April 2008 arrest), fired May 2011, pension zeroed, moved to Maoming in 2017 after harassment.
URL: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2023/12/29/213535.html
2. Case notice with responsible parties (2024, updated 2026)
“追查广东省茂名市迫害法轮功学员陶永红、王英的责任人的通告” — World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (追查国际), May 29, 2024 (updated January 4, 2026). Case chronology: arrest December 13, 2023; procuratorate late March 2024; indictment April 12, 2024; trial June 25, 2025; sentencing December 1, 2025 — 4 years 6 months + 25,000 yuan fine; prior persecution summary (2 years labor education, 3 years prison, dismissal from public employment). Lists named responsible officials and officers across the Maoming/Maonan political-legal system.
URL: https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2026/01/8752.pdf
3. Trial (June 25, 2025)
“Two Guangdong Women Stand Trial for Their Faith in Falun Gong, Judges ‘Defend’ Prosecutor” — Minghui.org, July 10, 2025. Detailed trial account: four lawyers, not-guilty defense, recusal requests and their rejection, prosecutor Cai Linhui, presiding judge Tan Wei with judges Chen Lei and Ke Xuejun; Wang born March 1959, Tao born August 1960; photographs of both women.
URL: http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2025/7/10/228818.html
4. Sentencing (December 1, 2025)
“Two Guangdong Women Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong” — Minghui.org, January 6, 2026. Conviction and sentencing hearing December 1, 2025: 4.5 years + 25,000 yuan fine each; immediate appeals; verdicts signed by presiding judge Tan Wei, assistant judges Ke Xuejun and Chen Lei, prosecutor Cai Linhui; notes the Maonan District Court had previously sentenced at least 55 local practitioners.
URL: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2026/1/6/232198.html
Source provenance and limitations
Three records are from Minghui.org (Falun Gong-affiliated); one is from the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, an overseas advocacy organization. Both are established monitors of Falun Gong cases; their accounts are mutually consistent on dates, names, and institutions. No official court documents, state-media reporting, or other independent coverage was located.
Consulate / official-source check
Not relevant / not found: domestic detention of a Chinese national; no consular dimension. No PRC official or state-media coverage located. No foreign-government statements located.