Person profile: Zhang Shujie (张淑杰)
Media Profile & Archive — Zhang Shujie (张淑杰), born 1965, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Dandong City, Liaoning Province. She was detained on May 22, 2024, together with fellow practitioner Zhao Hong’e (赵鸿娥), tried at the Zhen’an District Court on October 25, 2024 — where both women stated in court that they were not guilty — and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months on November 29, 2024.
Case chronology (all details as reported by the cited sources)
- May 22, 2024 — Zhang Shujie and Zhao Hong’e seized by Xicheng Police Station officers, Dandong; held at the Dandong City Detention Center.
- June 25, 2024 — Arrests approved.
- September 20, 2024 — Zhen’an District Procuratorate indicted both to the Zhen’an District Court.
- October 25, 2024 — Trial at the Zhen’an District Court; both defendants made not-guilty statements in court (reported by Minghui, November 5, 2024).
- November 29, 2024 — Both sentenced to 2 years 6 months; Zhang’s charge unspecified; reported sentence term through November 21, 2026.
Key sources
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database — individual record for 张淑杰 / “Zhang Shujie” (entered January 17, 2025): records name, birth year 1965, sex F, last detention May 22, 2024, charge unknown, sentence 2年6个月, release date November 21, 2026, location Dandong City Detention Center. Database search page
- Minghui.org (November 5, 2024) — “Liaoning’s Zhao Hong’e and Zhang Shujie say in court they are not guilty” (trial report): reports the October 25, 2024 trial at the Zhen’an District Court and both women’s in-court not-guilty statements. Read the report
Evidentiary limitations
- No court verdict or charge sheet has been seen; the criminal charge is reported as unknown. No charge is asserted here.
- Real-time custody status is not independently verified; the reported sentence term runs through November 21, 2026.
- No PRC official or state-media coverage of this case was found; PRC state media does not routinely report individual Falun Gong prosecutions.