Yu Jingtao (于静涛) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive preserves the source record for Yu Jingtao (于静涛）, a Falun Gong practitioner from Weihai, Shandong, born around 1970, sentenced to six years in prison on June 2, 2026 after a four-person case tried at the Rongcheng City Court. Sources are listed in chronological order with verification notes. Minghui is a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; its reports are attributed as such throughout.
Source chronology
July 18, 2015 — Minghui (Shandong correspondent): earlier sentencing report. Reported that Yu Jingtao, a Falun Gong practitioner from Rushan, Weihai, was detained on October 6, 2014 while posting Falun Gong materials, tried on June 1, 2015 at the Rushan City Court, and sentenced on July 10, 2015 to four and a half years in prison. The report also records her earlier three-year term of reeducation through labor beginning in 2006 and describes mistreatment in custody. https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2015/7/18/山东乳山市善良妇女于静涛被诬判四年半-312611.html
May 1, 2026 — World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG): investigation notice on the four-person Weihai case. Named Yu Jingtao, Ding Huimin, Xiao Bo, and Wang Deshui; recorded the October 27, 2025 and November 27, 2025 arrests, the consolidation of the cases at the Rongcheng City Court, and the April 23, 2026 trial date; noted Yu’s two prior imprisonments totaling seven years. The notice was issued before the June 2026 verdicts and names officials the organization holds responsible. https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2026/05/9303.pdf
June 26, 2026 — Minghui Chinese-language Weihai edition: sentencing report. Reported the Rongcheng City Court’s June 2, 2026 sentences: Yu Jingtao six years; Wang Deshui three and a half years; Xiao Bo three years; Ding Huimin one year.
July 21, 2026 (record entry) — Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Prisoners of Conscience Database: 于静涛 / Yu Jingtao. Database record: female, born 1970, from Weihai, Shandong; last detention October 27, 2025; charge unrecorded; sentence six years; term ending October 26, 2031; detention location unrecorded. Case summary identifies her as a Falun Gong practitioner and recounts the 2006 labor-camp term and the 2014–2015 4.5-year term. https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/dosearch (search: 于静涛）
August 31, 2026 — Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly prisoner roster, Issue 131. Lists 于静涛 / Yu Jingtao in the aggregate band of 54 prisoners serving six-year terms.
Evidence gaps
- No official court judgment or government record for the 2026 case was located; the specific criminal charge is not stated in any source reviewed.
- The facility where Yu is serving her sentence has not been publicly reported.
- No dedicated English-language report of the June 2026 sentencing was located; the sentencing is attested by the Chinese-language report, the CHRD record, and the roster listing.
- No consular or diplomatic dimension was found; no official source addresses this individual case.