Yu Faquan (余发全), born in 1956, is a resident of Qianwei County in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, and a long-time Falun Gong practitioner. On the evening of March 3, 2023, police entered his home and detained him with two fellow practitioners; on December 12, 2023, the Qianwei County Court sentenced him to four years in prison and a 5,000-yuan fine. He was taken into custody on March 4, 2024, with the term running through September 3, 2027.
Who he is
According to case records compiled by the human-rights organization Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Yu Faquan began practicing Falun Gong in the early years of the movement. After 1999 he was twice sent to re-education through labor and once sentenced to seven and a half years in prison — a history of repeated punishment for his religious practice. These details come from the CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database, which cites practitioner-community reporting.
The 2023 case
On the evening of March 3, 2023, four police officers from Qianwei County and two community workers entered the homes of Yu Faquan and two fellow practitioners — Fan Huiying (范惠英), 68, and Wang Yufu (王玉富), 77 — seizing Falun Gong books, a printer, a laptop, and other personal belongings from Yu’s residence. All three were taken to the Qianwei County Public Security Bureau, held for nearly twenty-four hours, then released and placed under residential surveillance.
On December 12, 2023, the Qianwei County Court sentenced Yu Faquan to four years in prison and a 5,000-yuan fine. His appeal was rejected by the intermediate court. He was taken into custody on March 4, 2024. The formal charge and the prison where he is held were not stated in the available records; his term runs through September 3, 2027.
Status
As documented by the CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database (record updated April 13, 2024), Yu Faquan is serving a four-year sentence imposed in December 2023, with custody beginning March 4, 2024 and the term ending September 3, 2027. No release has been reported.
Sources
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database — record for 余发全 / “Yu Faquan” (citing Minghui reporting).
- 维权网 Issue-131 mainland political-prisoner roster (August 2026), “sentenced to 4 years” group.
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