Classification: Falun Gong practitioner from Acheng, Harbin, Heilongjiang; detained August 2023; sentenced to three years and six months in 2024; reported serving the term in the Heilongjiang Provincial Women’s Prison with release due February 22, 2027.
Xiao Kun (肖崐) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Acheng District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. According to the Chinese Human Rights Defenders Prisoners of Conscience database, she was detained on August 23, 2023, and sentenced to three and a half years in prison around March 2024; her listed release date is February 22, 2027. The specific charge is not publicly documented.
Xiao Kun is the younger sister of Xiao Yang (肖洋). The sisters previously ran a photo studio together in Harbin. On December 31, 2011, both sisters were detained by officers of the Xiangfang District domestic-security unit and Heping police station inside their studio. On May 18, 2012, the Xiangfang District Court sentenced each of them to seven years in prison. They were transferred to Heilongjiang Provincial Women’s Prison on September 19, 2012, and released on December 30, 2018.
On the afternoon of August 23, 2023, Xiao Kun and her sister were again detained by officers of the Acheng District domestic-security unit downstairs from their home in Harbin; their home was searched. Xiao Yang was released later that night. Xiao Kun was held at Harbin No. 2 Detention Center, formally arrested, and indicted by the Acheng District procuratorate. She was tried by video link at the Acheng District Court on February 28, 2024. According to Minghui, the court sentenced her to three years and six months in prison plus a 10,000-yuan fine about a month after the procuratorate had requested a three-year term. She appealed; the Harbin Intermediate Court notified her on June 27, 2024, that the appeal was denied and the original verdict upheld. She was transferred to Heilongjiang Provincial Women’s Prison on August 9, 2024.
Status
Currently imprisoned (detained since August 23, 2023; latest reported location Heilongjiang Provincial Women’s Prison, August 2024; sentence runs to February 22, 2027, with no reported release).
Identity note: The canonical name is 肖崐 (the variant form 肖昆 appears in the CHRD record for this same person). She is not any other person recorded as 肖昆 or 肖坤 — those are separate persons, not to be merged.
Sources: Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Prisoners of Conscience database entry for 肖崐; Minghui victim-library page “肖崐(昆)” (updated August 15, 2024). Procedural details are attributed to these sources.
Media and documentation archive: Media and documentation archive for Xiao Kun (肖崐)