Person profile: Zhang Suying (张素英)
This archive preserves the key source records documenting the case of Zhang Suying (张素英), a Huaian, Jiangsu practitioner of Falun Gong sentenced to seven and a half years’ imprisonment in early 2021.
Source records
- 明慧网资料馆 (Minghui Victim Library), victim record i84538 (last updated January 5, 2022). The primary case record: identifies Zhang Suying (female, 68 at the time of the record, from Huaian, Jiangsu, Falun Gong practitioner); documents the 2000 labor-re-education term, the May 13, 2012 group detention and brainwashing-center placement, and the June 12, 2014 seizure and home search; records her seizure by the Huaian 610 Office around June 19, 2020, the December 9, 2020 trial at the Qingjiangpu District Court with a not-guilty plea by her lawyer, the seven-and-a-half-year sentence reported March 8, 2021 with an appeal filed, and her detention in Nanjing Women’s Prison as of December 2021. Read the record
- Prisoners of Conscience database (tenchu.org/pocd), record for 张素英 / “ZHANG SU YING” (entered April 26, 2021). Records: born 1953; female; last taken into custody June 19, 2020; charge unknown; sentence 7 years 6 months; Nanjing Women’s Prison. The record cites the Minghui victim-library page above as its source. Database search page
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly report, August 31, 2026. Lists 张素英 in the seven-and-a-half-year sentence group among mainland political prisoners and prisoners of conscience classified as currently in custody. Read the report
Source chronology
- 2000 — Seized for producing materials; 3-year labor-re-education term.
- May 13, 2012 — Group detention, brainwashing center.
- June 12, 2014 — Seized again, home searched; bail release next day.
- June 19, 2020 — Seized by the Huaian 610 Office.
- December 9, 2020 — Trial, Qingjiangpu District Court; not-guilty plea.
- March 8, 2021 (reported) — Sentenced to 7 years 6 months; appeal filed.
- December 2021 — Reported held in Nanjing Women’s Prison.
- August 31, 2026 — Issue 131 roster listing (in custody).
Provenance and limitations
- The case narrative comes from Minghui, a Falun Gong–affiliated outlet; its characterizations of the proceedings are its own framing, not independently verified findings.
- The seizure date, court, sentence length, and prison transfer are corroborated by the independent CHRD database record.
- Note: the CHRD record’s release-date column reads June 18, 2027 while its case narrative states the term runs through December 18, 2027; the narrative date is consistent with the June 2020 seizure plus seven and a half years, and is used here.
- No official court document for the case has been located, and the specific charge is not stated in any available source.
- No mainland state-media coverage of the case was found.