Profile: Xiao Bo (肖波)
This archive preserves the source record for Xiao Bo (肖波), a Falun Gong practitioner from Weihai, Shandong, sentenced to three years in prison on June 2, 2026 in a four-person case tried at the Rongcheng City Court. Sources are listed in chronological order with verification notes. Minghui is a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; its reports are attributed as such throughout.
Source chronology
- May 1, 2026 — World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG): investigation notice on the four-person Weihai case. Named Yu Jingtao, Ding Huimin, Xiao Bo, and Wang Deshui; recorded the October 27, 2025 and November 27, 2025 arrests, the consolidation of the cases at the Rongcheng City Court, and the April 23, 2026 trial date. The notice was issued before the June 2026 verdicts and names officials the organization holds responsible. [VERIFIED — PDF fetched and read] Original notice (PDF)
- June 26, 2026 — Minghui Chinese-language Weihai edition: sentencing report. Reported the Rongcheng City Court’s June 2, 2026 sentences: Yu Jingtao six years; Wang Deshui three and a half years; Xiao Bo three years; Ding Huimin one year. (URL not captured in the citing archive; flagged for click-verification at publication.)
- July 21, 2026 (record entry) — Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Prisoners of Conscience Database: 肖波 / Xiao Bo. Database record: male, from Weihai, Shandong; last detention October 27, 2025; charge unrecorded; sentence three years; term ending October 26, 2028; detention location unrecorded. Case summary identifies him as a Falun Gong practitioner and recounts the October 27, 2025 arrest with Yu Jingtao and Ding Huimin. [VERIFIED — CSV fetched and parsed] Database search
- August 31, 2026 — Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly prisoner roster, Issue 131. Lists 肖波 / Xiao Bo in the aggregate band of prisoners serving three-year terms. (Roster line per queue; full report not independently opened — flagged for click-verification.)
- Live FreeChina.live records (corroborating, same case): Wang Deshui — person page · Ding Huimin — media archive · Yu Jingtao — media archive — each documents the shared arrests, trial, and sentences including Xiao Bo’s three years. [VERIFIED — read via REST]
Evidence gaps
No official court judgment or government record for the 2026 case was located; the specific criminal charge is not stated in any source reviewed. The facility where Xiao Bo is serving his sentence has not been publicly reported. No dedicated English-language report of the June 2026 sentencing was located; the sentencing is attested by the Chinese-language report, the CHRD record, the WOIPFG notice’s case frame, and the roster listing. No consular or diplomatic dimension was found; no official source addresses this individual case.
Profile: Xiao Bo (肖波)