Case chronology
- May 1, 2015 — Ms. Yang Xiuhua, 50, a warehouser at the Beigang steel plant, and Ms. Yu Guimin are seized at a supermarket in Fularji District, Qiqihar, while telling passersby about the persecution of Falun Gong. They are taken to the Hongan Police Station, beaten and interrogated, and transferred the next day to the Qiqihar City Detention Center. (World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, December 28, 2015)
- November 3, 2015 — The Fularji District Court tries the two women. (Minghui, December 18, 2015; WOIPFG, December 28, 2015)
- November 23, 2015 — Each is sentenced to three years in prison by Judge Liu Qinghua of the Fularji District Court. (Minghui, December 18, 2015)
- May 1, 2018 — Ms. Yang is released after serving the three-year term. (Minghui, December 23, 2024)
- April 26, 2024 — Officers of the Hongan Police Station arrest seven practitioners at once; Ms. Yang, arriving unaware of the raid, is among them. The others are released on bail; she is re-arrested and taken to the Qiqihar City Detention Center. (Minghui, December 23, 2024)
- Mid-September 2024 — Her family learns her case has been assigned to the Longjiang County Procuratorate. (Minghui, December 23, 2024)
- December 12, 2024 — The Longjiang County Court sentences Ms. Yang to four years in prison. Indictment details are not publicly documented. (Minghui, December 23, 2024)
- August 31, 2026 — A monthly monitoring report lists 杨秀花 among 171 people recorded as serving four-year sentences, indicating she remained in custody at that date. (Rights Defense Network)
Source records
1. Minghui (English), December 23, 2024 — “Once Jailed for Three Years, 59-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Gets Another Four Years for Her Faith.” The core sentencing record: Ms. Yang Xiuhua, 59, Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang, former steel worker; arrested April 26, 2024 (Hongan Police Station, Fularji District); case assigned to the Longjiang County Procuratorate mid-September 2024; sentenced to four years on December 12, 2024 by the Longjiang County Court; prior three-year term after May 1, 2015 arrest, released May 1, 2018. Source type: Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; procedural details are the outlet’s. Verification: opened and read in full this pass; 4-year sentence, Qiqihar/Fularji, and 2015-case history corroborated by the independent WOIPFG document and the Rights Defense Network roster.
2. World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (Chinese), December 28, 2015 — notice on the Qiqihar Fularji case. Names 杨秀花, 50, employed at 富区北钢 as a warehouser, with Yu Guimin (58): seized May 1, 2015 at a Fularji supermarket, beaten and interrogated at the Hongan Police Station, home searched, transferred to Qiqihar City Detention Center May 2, tried by the Fularji District Court November 3, 2015, each sentenced to three years on November 23, 2015 (judge Liu Qinghua). Source type: Falun Gong-affiliated human-rights investigation organization; claims about motive and legality are the organization’s. Verification: opened and read in full this pass; byte-verified the characters 杨秀花 from this independent source.
3. Minghui (English), December 18, 2015 — “Additional Persecution News from China – November 27, 2015,” §4. Confirms the 2015 case in summary: “Fularji District Court held a less than 10 minute trial against Ms. Yu Guimin and Ms. Yang Xiuhua on November 23, 2015. Judge Liu Qinghua sentenced each of them to three years in prison.” Verification: opened and read in full this pass.
4. Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly report, August 31, 2026 — 中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告, Issue 131. Places 杨秀花 in the “sentenced to 4 years, 171 people” group and in the pinyin-ordered name index, establishing that she was still recorded in custody as of that date. Source type: recognized independent monitoring organization. Verification: report read directly; Chinese and English editions cross-checked positionally.
What remains undocumented
No official court judgment, procuratorate notice, or state-media coverage of the 2024 case has been publicly located. The details of the indictment, the prison where Ms. Yang is serving her term, and the exact end date of the term are not publicly documented. Her personal history before 2015 is not part of the public record located for this archive.
Related records
The person profile for this case: Yang Xiuhua (杨秀花). Ms. Yu Guimin, co-defendant in the 2015 case, is a separate individual with her own record and is not merged here. A separate roster entry, Yang Xiuhua (杨秀华), is a different person with a different case and is not merged here either.
Related: Yang Xiuhua (杨秀花) — Person profile