Zhang Aimin — Media Archive
This archive preserves the documented record of the detention of Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Aimin of Wuhan, Hubei Province, as reported by independent media, with source provenance and evidentiary limitations noted. Profile: Zhang Aimin.
Chronology
- July 8, 2004 — Zhang Aimin is taken to the 610 Office’s Jiangan District brainwashing class (Chenjiaji), according to Minghui.
- November 18, 2004 — Officers come to Zhang’s home on Huaqiao Street, Jiangan District, Wuhan, and take away Zhang and his wife Liu Lin; both are sent to the same brainwashing class. Minghui attributes the planning of this detention to Li Yingjie, head of the Jiangan District 610 Office.
- December 15, 2004 — Minghui publishes its report documenting both detentions.
Source record
- Minghui (Clearwisdom.net), “Latest News from China – November 23, 2004,” published December 15, 2004. The report’s Wuhan section documents Zhang Aimin and Liu Lin being sent to the 610 Office’s Jiangan District brainwashing class in Chenjiaji on November 18, 2004 — the second such detention for Zhang, the first having occurred on July 8, 2004. The report names Li Yingjie, head of the Jiangan District 610 Office, as having planned the detention, and lists the Huaqiao Police Station and the Huaqiao Street administration office as responsible units. (Minghui is a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; its claims are presented as attributed, not independently verified.)
Evidentiary limitations
- The only published account of Zhang Aimin’s detentions found to date is the single Minghui report above; no corroborating outlet, court record, or official account has been located.
- No formal charge, trial, or sentence is documented for either detention. The “brainwashing class” was an extrajudicial custody mechanism; its use against Falun Gong practitioners in this period is documented in broader reporting, but Zhang Aimin’s specific treatment inside the facility is not detailed in the available record.
- Zhang Aimin’s circumstances after November 2004 are not publicly documented.
- No account of this case has been found in PRC official sources or state media.