Zhang Yuemei (张月梅) — Media Profile & Archive

This archive collects the verified media and documentary record for Zhang Yuemei (张月梅), a Falun Gong practitioner from Pingdu, Shandong Province, sentenced to one year and ten months in prison in April 2026. The identity of the person in these records has been verified through multiple independent anchors: exact Chinese and English name match, the 1-year-10-month sentence fitting the Rights Defense Network roster’s sub-2-year band, matching birth year, village, detention date, court, and fine across three independent sources.

Media records

1. WOIPFG — October 3, 2025 (updated April 4, 2026)

Title: 追查山东省平度市迫害法轮功学员张月梅、于洪芝的责任人的通告
URL: https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2026/04/9135.pdf
Type: Human-rights NGO investigation notice (PDF)
Verification: Opened and read in full on October 8, 2026.

What it establishes: Zhang Yuemei, female, 71, of Qiegezhuang, Zhugou Town, Pingdu; detained June 3, 2025 with Yu Hongzhi for posting “真善忍好” stickers; held at the Qingdao No. 2 Detention Center (located in Pudong Town, Jimo District); case sent to the Pingdu Procuratorate (June 27, 2025) and indicted to the Pingdu Court (September 26, 2025); on April 2, 2026 the Pingdu Court sentenced her to 1 year 10 months plus an 8,000-yuan fine, and Yu Hongzhi to 1 year 4 months plus a 5,000-yuan fine; an appeal was filed. It names the responsible units and individuals (Pingdu political-legal committee, public security bureau, procuratorate, court, Zhugou police station).

2. 明慧网资料馆 (Minghui.org case library) — victim page

URL: https://library.minghui.org/victim/i4652.htm
Type: Case biography / victim dossier (Falun Gong-affiliated outlet)
Verification: Opened and read in full on October 10, 2026.

What it establishes: A decades-long case biography of Zhang Yuemei (张月梅/张月美), 70, of Qiegezhuang Village, Zhugou Town, Pingdu — former village primary-school teacher, practicing Falun Gong since 1997 — documenting detentions, fines, a 2007–2008 labor re-education term, brainwashing sessions, and the 2025 detention and prosecution alongside Yu Hongzhi (hearings November–December 2025). The page links dozens of related Minghui reports on the case (trial coverage, detention notices). Village, age, and case facts match the WOIPFG and CHRD records exactly.

3. CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database — record entered May 7, 2026

Type: Human-rights NGO individual prisoner record
Verification: Retrieved directly from the database on October 10, 2026 (exact Chinese-name query returned a single record; zero-collision check across the full 4,373-record database confirms exactly one 张月梅 record).

What it establishes: 张月梅 / “Zhang Yuemei”, female, born 1955, detained 2025.6.3, charge unknown, sentence 1 year 10 months, detention location unknown post-sentencing, release date 2027.4.2. The record’s case summary (Pingdu, Zhugou, 2025-06-03 detention, 2026-04-02 sentence, 8,000-yuan fine) matches the WOIPFG notice and the Minghui biography, and cites the Minghui victim page as its source.

4. 维权网 (Rights Defense Network), Issue 131 — August 31, 2026

Type: Monthly political-prisoner roster report
Verification: Band listing verified in local cached copies (ZH and EN) on October 8, 2026.

What it establishes: “Zhang Yuemei” / 张月梅 appears in the “sentenced to under 2 years, 52 people” band — a roster listing, not an individual case record. It corroborates the sentence band independently of the WOIPFG/Minghui/CHRD chain.

Source provenance & limitations

Three independent chains converge on the same person and case: the WOIPFG investigation notice, the Minghui case biography, and the CHRD database record (which cites the Minghui victim page); the 维权网 roster band independently corroborates the sub-2-year sentence.
The detention facility is described slightly differently across sources — the WOIPFG notice places the Qingdao No. 2 Detention Center in Pudong Town, Jimo District, while the CHRD record names the Jimo Pudong Detention Center — consistent with the same facility described from different reference points.
No official court document, verdict, or PRC state-media coverage of this case was found in open sources (checked October 10, 2026).
The charge is recorded as unknown/unspecified in the CHRD record; no source publicly names the charge.
Some Minghui reports render her name as 张月美; village, age, and case facts confirm the same person — not a separate identity.
Yu Hongzhi (于洪芝), the co-defendant, has no individual record in the CHRD database and does not appear in the 维权网 Issue 131 roster; her case is documented only in the WOIPFG and Minghui sources and is treated as a separate individual record.
The Minghui victim page links many related reports (trial coverage, detention notices); only the victim page itself and the WOIPFG notice were read in full — linked reports are flagged for click-verification by the publisher if used.

Zhang Yuemei (张月梅) — Media Profile & Archive