Person profile: Yang Shunmin (杨顺敏) — Political Prisoner Profile
Case chronology
- March 2021 – April 2025 — Mr. Yang posts more than 50 critical videos and statements on WeChat Moments, Douyin ("@四知山人—杨顺敏"), and the "塘下说四群" WeChat group, criticizing local party, government, and judicial officials. (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Portraits of Defenders database)
- April 18, 2025 — Ruian police detain him on suspicion of 寻衅滋事罪 (picking quarrels and provoking troubles). (Chinese Human Rights Defenders; Tencent News republishing Red Star News)
- May 2025 — The Ruian procuratorate approves his formal arrest on the same charge (reported as May 22 in the human-rights database entry and May 23 in the state-media report).
- August 14, 2025 — Police transfer the case to the Ruian procuratorate for review and prosecution; the procuratorate extends review on September 15, then the case is transferred to the Ouhai District procuratorate in Wenzhou. (Chinese Human Rights Defenders)
- November 12, 2025 — The case is tried at the Ouhai District Court in Wenzhou. Mr. Yang pleads not guilty, arguing his videos were constitutionally protected criticism; the court finds his conduct exceeded reasonable means of raising complaints. (Chinese Human Rights Defenders; Tencent News republishing Red Star News)
- December 25, 2025 — The court convicts him of 寻衅滋事罪 and sentences him to two years and six months; his family says they will appeal. (Tencent News republishing Red Star News)
- January 19, 2026 — Chinese Human Rights Defenders enters a full case record in its Portraits of Defenders database, recording his detention at the Leqing City Detention Center, Wenzhou, with his term running to October 17, 2027.
- August 31, 2026 — Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly report Issue 131 lists 杨顺敏 in the "sentenced to 2 years and 6 months, 30 people" in-custody band.
Source records
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Portraits of Defenders database record for 杨顺敏 / Yang Shunmin (entered January 19, 2026): full case narrative — identity, occupation, whistleblowing activity, detention, arrest, prosecution timeline, trial account, sentence, and detention location. Human-rights NGO documentation; case facts as compiled by the organization.
- Tencent News republishing Red Star News, December 26, 2025, "因多次辱骂、恐吓他人，瑞安一民警被控寻衅滋事罪一审获刑两年半 本人辩称系批评监督": trial and verdict report — prosecution's allegations, the defendant's constitutional-supervision defense, the court's reasoning, and the two-and-a-half-year sentence. The report names him as 杨某敏; identity is anchored by the matching unit (Tangxia police station, Ruian), dates, and sentence. State-linked media carrying the prosecution and court narrative.
- Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly report Issue 131, August 31, 2026 (Chinese and English editions): lists 杨顺敏 in the "sentenced to 2 years and 6 months" in-custody band — roster-line corroboration of custody status and sentence length. Independent monitoring organization.
Source limitation
A Douban note listed among the database record's other sources could not be opened at research time (access denied); its contents are not relied upon here.
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