See also: Yang Tanguo (杨谈国) — Person profile.
Yang Tanguo — Media Profile & Archive
This page preserves the dated public record on Yang Tanguo (杨谈国) of Qinzhou District, Tianshui City, Gansu Province — a Falun Gong practitioner reported sentenced to two years in July 2026 — with source attributions and the limits of what is known.
Case chronology
- Late December 2024 — Mr. Yang Tanguo, a Falun Gong practitioner living in Qinzhou District, Tianshui, is detained at his home by domestic-security officers of the Qinzhou branch of the Tianshui City Public Security Bureau; his home is searched. He is placed in criminal detention and is later formally arrested with the approval of the Qinzhou District Procuratorate (POCD database, record poc_y_00288).
- December 2024 onward — Mr. Yang is held at the Qinzhou District Detention Center; his family is not permitted to visit him (POCD database).
- 2025–2026 (pre-trial) — In the prosecution of Mr. Yang together with four co-defendants — Wang Shilie, Liu Qiye, Ma Xiaojuan, and Liu Qiye’s husband — the Qinzhou District Procuratorate twice returns the case to the police for insufficient evidence, according to the co-defendant account documented on the FreeChina.live profile of Wang Shilie.
- July 2026 — The Qinzhou District Court sentences Mr. Yang to two years in prison. The families were not notified of the trial and learned of the sentences only afterward (co-defendant account; POCD database).
- August 31, 2026 — The Rights Defense Network’s monthly report of mainland political prisoners and prisoners of conscience (Issue 131) lists Yang Tanguo in its fixed-term-imprisonment section in the “sentenced to two years” group (Chinese edition).
Case actors named in reporting
- Qinzhou-branch domestic-security officers, Tianshui City Public Security Bureau (detaining authority, per the POCD database).
- Qinzhou District Procuratorate (approved the arrest; twice returned the case for insufficient evidence, per the co-defendant account).
- Qinzhou District Court (sentencing court, July 2026).
- Co-defendants named in reporting: Wang Shilie (王世烈), Liu Qiye (刘齐叶), Ma Xiaojuan (马晓娟), and Liu Qiye’s husband (a non-practitioner).
Source records and limits
The primary record is the prisoners-of-conscience database entry (CHRD), which cites Minghui as its further source. The co-defendant narrative is drawn from the published FreeChina.live profile of Wang Shilie, which attributes the detention circumstances to Minghui. The original Minghui article on the July 2026 sentencing was not directly located during this research pass; the facts are reported as attributed, not as independently verified official findings. No official court judgment or state-media account of the case has been located. The formal charge against Mr. Yang is not stated in the records located.
Related: Yang Tanguo (杨谈国) — Person profile