Person profile: Yu Faquan (余发全) — Political Prisoner Profile
This page collects the published reporting on the case of Yu Faquan (余发全), born 1956, of Qianwei County, Leshan, Sichuan — a Falun Gong practitioner sentenced to four years in December 2023 — with source attributions and the limits of what is known.
Case summary
Yu Faquan (余发全), born 1956, of Qianwei County, Leshan, Sichuan — a Falun Gong practitioner with a documented history of punishment for his beliefs (two labor-camp terms and one 7.5-year prison sentence after 1999, per the CHRD record). In March 2023 he was detained with two fellow practitioners in a home raid; in December 2023 he was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and fined 5,000 yuan. He entered custody in March 2024 with a term running to September 2027.
Source chronology
April 13, 2024 — CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database. Individual record for 余发全 / “Yu Faquan”: born 1956, male, Qianwei County, Leshan, Sichuan; Falun Gong practitioner; post-1999 history of 2 labor-camp terms and one 7.5-year prison sentence; March 3, 2023 raid and detention with Fan Huiying and Wang Yufu; residential surveillance; December 12, 2023 sentence of 4 years + 5,000-yuan fine by Qianwei County Court; appeal upheld; taken into custody March 4, 2024; charge and prison location unstated; term to September 3, 2027. Source cited by the record: Minghui (minghui.org). Verified (queried directly via tenchu.org/pocd/public/dosearch).
August 2026 — 维权网 Issue-131 mainland political-prisoner roster. Lists Yu Faquan in the “Sentenced to 4 years, 171 people” group (Chinese edition: 余发全 in the 判刑4年171人 band), consistent with the December 2023 four-year sentence. Verified via local mirror.
Minghui (minghui.org) — practitioner-community reporting cited by the CHRD record as the case source. The specific article was not individually located via web search; flagged for click-verification at publication. Presented as attributed, not independently verified.
Evidentiary notes
- The case narrative rests on a single recognized human-rights NGO database record (CHRD), which itself cites practitioner-community reporting (Minghui). No court verdict document, state-media account, or international-press report on this case was located.
- The formal criminal charge is not stated in the available record; the archive records the sentence, not a confirmed charge.
- The prison of detention is not stated in the available record.
- Minghui is a Falun Gong practitioner-run outlet; its reporting is presented as attributed, not independently verified.
Person profile: Yu Faquan (余发全) — Political Prisoner Profile