Yu Guichun (于桂春) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Shenyang, Liaoning Province, who was reported to be 72 years old at the time her case was documented in 2024. She is serving an eight-year prison sentence.
According to reporting by Minghui, Yu Guichun’s case was decided together with those of two other elderly Shenyang practitioners, Li Yongmei (李咏梅, 79) and Zhang Yujin (张玉锦, 79). The three were sentenced in the first instance to eight years, five years, and four and a half years respectively, each with an accompanying fine — Yu Guichun’s fine was reported as 50,000 yuan. The second-instance court upheld the original verdicts. The report, dated June 7, 2024, stated that all three remained in the Shenyang No. 1 Detention Center (沈阳市第一看守所) at that time.
Yu Guichun also appears in the prisoner roster published by the Chinese Human Rights Defenders network (维权网) in its Issue-131 report, which places her in the group of prisoners sentenced to eight years.
Status: Currently imprisoned, per the most recent dated evidence (June 2024). An eight-year term is not yet complete.
Case facts at a glance: 于桂春 (Yu Guichun); Shenyang, Liaoning Province; age 72 at documentation (2024); 8 years’ imprisonment with a reported fine of 50,000 yuan; second-instance ruling upheld the original verdict (reported June 7, 2024); last known place of detention: Shenyang No. 1 Detention Center (reported June 2024).
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Identity note: Yu Guichun is not the same person as Feng Guichun (冯桂春) nor as Yu Guizhen (于桂珍, Changchun, 5-year sentence) — different persons and cases.