Media Profile & Archive — Wang Zhengyong (王正勇). This archive preserves the source basis behind the Person profile for Wang Zhengyong, a Falun Gong practitioner from Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in late 2024. See her full profile.
Case chronology
- March 1998 — Wang Zhengyong, a property-management employee in Daqing, begins practicing Falun Gong, crediting it with resolving multiple illnesses.
- December 2001 — Her employer withholds several thousand yuan of her pay because she refuses to renounce Falun Gong.
- October 22, 2015 — Arrested at work by the Donghu Police Department; taken to the Daqing City First Detention Center. Released on bail on November 27, 2015, after police extort 20,000 yuan.
- May 18, 2023 — Arrested in a police sweep of more than 30 practitioners in Daqing; her home is raided and Falun Gong books confiscated. Released on bail five hours later.
- May 19, 2024 — Taken back into custody by the Donghu Police Department when her one-year bail period ends.
- Late September 2024 — The Ranghulu District Court holds a secret virtual hearing without notifying her family; prosecutor Feng Guang present; presiding judge unknown to the family.
- Late 2024 — Sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 50,000 yuan.
- Late April 2025 — The Daqing City Intermediate Court upholds the verdict on appeal.
- End of July 2025 — Admitted to the Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison.
Source records
- Minghui.org (English), “57-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Secretly Sentenced to 7 Years for Practicing Falun Gong,” Jan. 11, 2025 — https://projectshield.en.minghui.org/html/articles/2025/1/11/223557.html — Detailed case biography: employment, practice since March 1998, 2001/2015 incidents, May 2023 arrest, May 2024 re-custody, secret virtual hearing, 7-year sentence, 50,000-yuan fine, appeal pending at the time.
- Minghui.org (English), “Additional Persecution News from China – April 22, 2025 (8 Reports),” May 2, 2025 — http://projectshield.en.minghui.org/html/articles/2025/5/2/226480.html — “Ms. Wang Zhengyong’s Appeal Against a Seven-Year Term Denied”: Daqing City Intermediate Court upheld the verdict in late April 2025.
- Minghui.org (English), “Additional Persecution News from China – September 14, 2025 (15 Reports),” Sept. 29, 2025 — https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2025/9/29/230031.html — “Ms. Wang Zhengyong Taken to Prison”: admitted to the Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison at the end of July 2025.
- Minghui.org (English), “Crimes of Liu Hui, Member of the Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee and PLAC, in Persecuting Falun Gong,” Aug. 25, 2025 — https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2025/8/25/229522.html — Independent overview repeating the case: 57-year-old Daqing woman, May 18, 2023 sweep, bail release, re-custody May 19, 2024, secret virtual hearing, 7-year sentence, 50,000-yuan fine.
- Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), “China: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest January 01-15,” 2025 — https://hrwf.eu/china-religious-persecution-and-issues-bimonthly-digest-january-01-15-2/ — Independent NGO digest repeating the Minghui case report (practice since March 1998; 7-year sentence; 50,000-yuan fine).
Provenance and limitations
The sentencing facts rest on Minghui reporting (a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet), reproduced by the HRWF NGO digest. The exact sentencing date varies across Minghui reports (“late 2024,” “late September 2024,” “December 2024”); the Person profile uses the least specific consistent phrasing (“in late 2024”). No official court judgment number has been located. As of the latest reporting (September 2025), she was being held at the Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison; no release has been reported and her present status has not been independently verified.